The Edmond Voices team sits down with Michelle Schaefer, the chairperson for the 2025 Downtown Edmond Arts Festival. Michelle fills the team in on the dates, May 2-4, as well as what artists, musicians, and food you can find at this year's festival.

This Month our team flips the table on our usual host Mark Nash. Keith Weber and the team interview Nash, a mayoral candidate, on the upcoming city council election. Mark's opponent in the race, declined an invitation to meet with the Edmond Voices team on the podcast or in an unrecorded interview.

This month our team visits with Marcus Jones, a candidate for the EPS district seat 5. His opponent, Jim Putnam was unavailable due to a scheduling error made by his campaign team; but the answers to the same questions asked of Mr. Jones will be available in an article in The Edmond Way.

NOTE: Editorial Board Chairman, Mark Nash, has excused himself from participating in this episode due to his Edmond mayoral race.

The Edmond Voices team discusses the recent forced resignation of Edmond's City Manager. What's next? How soon will a new manager be hired? And most importantly, what does Edmond need in a new manager's skills, experience, and community-knowledge?

While celebrating the Christmas season, the Edmond Voices editorial board reflects back on 2024 and several major events in Edmond. Then to round out the episode our team looks ahead at several significant events coming up in 2025.

This month's episode has the team back in the garden at Studio 46B pulling topics out of the old faithful red solo cup. Join us as we discuss once more the GO Bond Issue, the Senate District 47 race, next year's City Council election and more.

The Edmond City Council has decided to place a General Obligation Bond issue on the November 5th election ballot. This controversial issue has created quite the stir in the city. Listen in as our team visits with County Assessor Larry Stein about the merits of the GO Bond.

In our 40th episode we have a little surprise for our followers. This month we have included a visual appearance to the podcast. After all, this episode features Shannon Price, Executive Director of the Edmond Fine Arts Institute. Shannon brings us a brief history of the Institute, an explanation of the Fine Arts Institute new capital campaign, and how it all ties in to the Uncommon Ground art park. Listen in to learn more about EFAI and the future of art in Edmond.