100. Wes Rhea - August 8, 2016
/Welcome to season three of Podcast Stockton! Our entire team is back and we all are excited to bring you more of the people and the stories that make Stockton great!
Visit Stockton CEO, Wes Rhea
For our 100th regular episode, we are very happy to be joined again by Wes Rhea, CEO of Visit Stockton. We are all thankful for Wes and his incredible supporter of Podcast Stockton since the early days!
Episode 100 is hosted by Susan Spracher and Rod Villagomez.
Matt and Wes discussed what has changed in Stockton, and with Visit Stockton, in the past two-and-a-half years since the last time he was on the show.
They also discussed the bold, new Visit Stockton logo, why it's important to also market Stockton to people in Stockton - "The number reason people visit a community is to visit friends and family", the progress in Downtown Stockton, some upcoming events and more.
There are always so many fun things to do in Stockton and Wes and his team work hard to organize the area's best events calendar. Don't forget to sign up for the weekly Visit Stockton newsletter, you won't be disappointed.
Some upcoming key events:
Stockton Beer Week Brew Fest, September 11, tickets on sale now
Stockton Beer Week, September 16-25
Stockton Arts Week, October 14-23
NCAA Women's Division 1 basketball, March 24-27, 2017
Follow Visit Stockton on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram and their website, VisitStockton.org.
Thank you, again, to Wes Rhea for all of your support through the years, for your tireless dedication to presenting Stockton in a positive light, and for being our guest for episode 100.
Music for this episode, "I Told You I Love You, Now Get Out" courtesy of Wendi Maxwell. Visit her website wendimaxwell.com and follow Wendi Maxwell and Tres Hot Jazz on Facebook.