 At Audiology Associates of Prestonsburg, you can live your life the way you want and find the freedom of better hearing. You'll experience patient care that is specific to you with exceptional follow-up care that ensures your hearing and balance needs are being met. Audiology Associates at 1428 Northlake Drive in Prestonsburg. On Tuesday, January 17th, the Southeast Kentucky Chamber of Commerce held a membership meeting to discuss events from last year and what the members will be doing moving into the future. Attending the meeting as a guest speaker was COO of SOAR, Joshua Ball, who shared his insights with the other members. It's always great to visit chambers of commerce. You have a mixture of business leaders, community leaders. You have just individuals from respective communities that are just very passionate about the future and creating opportunities for their kids and their grandkids. It's always nice to come in and share the resources that we have. I think the major point was to share some of the specific stats from 2022. It was such a challenging year and many respects. You still have COVID, you had the flooding. I really wanted to talk about some of the things that were accomplished despite all the challenges, but also paying respect to the magnitude of the flooding and what it meant to our communities and really what it meant to our families and understanding that that is always in the back of our minds and that we're working hard every day to work towards that long-term recovery that I think everyone wants. After speaking to the Chamber, Ball is optimistic about what's to come in the East Kentucky region. Communities and individuals will have plenty to look forward to in their lives and future generations. It's okay to dream big and it's okay to reach high and that it's okay to pave your own path instead of selecting a path. So really just empowering communities and individuals that the future of our region rests in our hands and it really rests in our efforts and our desire to work together and to truly understand that to get to where we want to be, it takes a lot of work and a lot of grit, but we're a region full of grit and perseverance and faith. Reporting from Out in Top News, I'm Nick Collum.