Fort Worth Roots Podcast

Episode 059 "Mayor Pro-Tem of River Oaks Texas" Darren Houk

Episode Summary

The Mayor Pro-Tem of River Oaks Texas and owner of a highly rated business, Darren Houk, joins us today in episode #059. Just an all-around fun recording with our new friend. We talk at length about the upcoming event "River Oaks Springfest Car Show" taking place April 30th. We also discuss some of the upcoming street and water projects for the city as well as a few rabbit trails. Darrens company is a commercial and residential roofing business and business is good! You have probably never seen a roofing company that has been around for 13 long years with a five star customer ranking. Well now you have. Find "Roofing Solutions by Darren Houk online at: www.roofingsolutionshouk.com To find information about the City of River Oaks Texas go to http://riveroakstx.com/ The event we talk about in this episode is the "River Oaks Springfest Car Show" and you can find event information on Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/RiverOaksSpringfest , this event will be free to the public and is on April 30th located at 6200 Sand Springs Rd, Fort Worth, TX 76114 . This is the YMCA Camp Carter grounds. Also, they will have a " Meet and Greet with Police Escorted Cruise" on Friday April 29th the day before. For more information text: 817.692.8496 The author mentioned in this recording is Mark A. Nobles. The book mentioned is called "Images of America Fort Worth's Rock and Roll Roots". You can purchase this book or find more info about it with this link: https://www.bing.com:443/shop/productpage?q=Images+of+America+Fort+Worth's+Rock+and+Roll+Roots&filters=scenario:"GenericShopExpansion"+gType:"OfferId64"+gId:"36951312537"+gIdHash:"0"+gGlobalOfferIds:"36951312537"+AucContextGuid:"825BA6874EA04BA8B9A6BB76D02D0749"+GroupEntityId:"36951312537"+NonSponsoredOffer:"True"&productpage=true&FORM=SHPPDT&browse=False?&shtp=GetUrl&shid=27972248-108e-4205-845f-a77246ac220c&shth=OP.M3xZblR1rSlRjg474C474 Woodpost Metalworks, LLC is a metal fabrication company that specializes in unique and custom metal gifts, metal home décor and metal fence/gate. You can find them at: https://woodpostmetalworks.com/ Other things... Find all of Fort Worth Roots content by checking out the website, www.fortworthroots.com and all other social media platforms . Youtube vids to complement the audio that you find on all your podcast players can be found on our youtube page... when i publish the episode. Some times the videos take a while... i work and stuff. Thank you for listening!!! Intro music provided with permission to use by Matt Novesky. Matt is the front man for the band Icarus Bell (https://icarusbellofficial.com/) ,Owner of Orb Recording Studios in Austin Texas ( www.orbrecordingstudios.com ), and is the bassist for the band Blue October out of Houston Texas (https://www.blueoctober.com/) The name of the song the intro was sampled from is: Bones by Icarus Bell. You can check Matt’s band out on your favorite streaming service like Amazon music or Spotify. The YouTube version of Bones can be found at this link ( https://youtu.be/d9HLLrvsqi8 ) A HUGE thank you to Matt Novesky for the privilege to share some of your newest art on Fort Worth Roots. I am sincerely looking forward to future creations made by you and the Orb Recording Studios family. #icarusbellbones #icarusbell #mattnovesky #orbrecordingstudios Did I forget to include something? Let me know please! media@fortworthroots.com About the show! This Interview style podcast or variety interview podcast originates out of Fort Worth Texas. We've recorded episodes in the Fort Worth Stockyards, many homes and offices, we've traveled all over the DFW area, and now currently we have set up shop in Austin Texas at the foot of the Hill Country. Its always been the purpose of the show to be a true mobile podcast with a mobile podcast studio. While we grow the show and continue to make friends, we are in the process of what one of our guests calls "bridge building". Simply put, bridge building is the process of working on your dreams while maintaining your day job! Andrew Turner, the host of Fort Worth Roots, is no stranger to the perils of being in business for himself. His first business was a landscape design business that landed him a role on HGTV with Andy and Ashley Williams on the show " Flip or Flop Fort Worth. Andrew and his little company appeared on 6 episodes of the show. This was the first time he had been part of a production this size. Eventually the show was finished filming and two years later Andrew left the world of landscape design. With experience in a dozen or more industries Andrew finds it easy to connect with almost all of his guests. The show continues to evolve and change with each episode. Bringing more interesting content to every recording is the goal and maintaining a feel of authenticity is paramount. We hope you enjoy the show and, we would love to hear from you! This Texas Based Podcast grows best when people tell us what the enjoy or what they cannot stand. Let us know. Email us, media@fortworthroots.com . Do you think you would like to be a guest on a podcast? Send us an email and tell us why you would be the next rock star episode. So far this has been.... A medical podcast. A comedy podcast. A business podcast. A Fort Worth Texas Podcast. A music podcast. A entrepreneur podcast. An Author podcast. A movie review podcast. A hangout podcast. A mental health podcast. A current events podcast. Find all the Fort Worth Roots content at fortworthroots.com Fort Worth Roots on all social media platforms. Email us and tell us what you think. NO. Really!!! Talk to us xoxo. Media@fortworthroots.com It starts in the place where the west begins. Fort Worth Texas. This interview style variety podcast is centered around meeting interesting people and making new connections. So far, we have had authors, doctors, comedians, musicians, businesses owners, indie film makers and many more. Our journey has already taken us from Fort Worth to Austin. Many other places have been suggested for our next stop, but you'll have to keep checking in to see where we land next. Terlingua? Colorado Springs? Maybe Elon gets that colony on Mars up and running? Hey! Thanks for checking out Fort Worth Roots. I hope you enjoy the show. As always, I'm constantly looking for feedback. For questions, comments, or to tell us who you think should be our next podcast guest, email us at media@fortworthroots.com #fortworthroots #interview #interviewpodcast #podcast #fortworthtexas #fortworthpodcast #dfwpodcast #austinpodcast #atxpodcast #andrewturner #smallbusiness #uspodcast #unitedstatespodcast #altitudegrove #varietypodcast #allthingspodcast #happylife #life #perspective

Episode Notes

The Mayor Pro-Tem of River Oaks Texas and owner of a highly rated business, Darren Houk, joins us today in episode #059. Just an all-around fun recording with our new friend. We talk at length about the upcoming event "River Oaks Springfest Car Show" taking place April 30th. We also discuss some of the upcoming street and water projects for the city as well as a few rabbit trails.  

 

Darrens company is a commercial and residential roofing business and business is good! You have probably never seen a roofing company that has been around for 13 long years with a five star customer ranking. Well now you have. Find "Roofing Solutions by Darren Houk online at:  www.roofingsolutionshouk.com

 

To find information about the City of River Oaks Texas go to http://riveroakstx.com/

 

The event we talk about in this episode is the "River Oaks Springfest Car Show" and you can find event information on Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/RiverOaksSpringfest , this event will be free to the public and is on April 30th located at 6200 Sand Springs Rd, Fort Worth, TX 76114 . This is the YMCA Camp Carter grounds. Also, they will have a " Meet and Greet with Police Escorted Cruise" on Friday April 29th the day before.

For more information text: 817.692.8496

 

The author mentioned in this recording is Mark A. Nobles. The book mentioned is called "Images of America Fort Worth's Rock and Roll Roots". You can purchase this book or find more info about it with this link: https://www.bing.com:443/shop/productpage?q=Images+of+America+Fort+Worth's+Rock+and+Roll+Roots&filters=scenario:"GenericShopExpansion"+gType:"OfferId64"+gId:"36951312537"+gIdHash:"0"+gGlobalOfferIds:"36951312537"+AucContextGuid:"825BA6874EA04BA8B9A6BB76D02D0749"+GroupEntityId:"36951312537"+NonSponsoredOffer:"True"&productpage=true&FORM=SHPPDT&browse=False?&shtp=GetUrl&shid=27972248-108e-4205-845f-a77246ac220c&shth=OP.M3xZblR1rSlRjg474C474

 

Woodpost Metalworks, LLC is a metal fabrication company that specializes in unique and custom metal gifts, metal home décor and metal fence/gate. You can find them at: https://woodpostmetalworks.com/

 

Other things...

Find all of Fort Worth Roots content by checking out the website, www.fortworthroots.com

and all other social media platforms . Youtube vids to complement the audio that you find on all your podcast players can be found on our youtube page... when i publish the episode. Some times the videos take a while... i work and stuff.  

Thank you for listening!!!

Intro music provided with permission to use by Matt Novesky. Matt is the front man for the band Icarus Bell (https://icarusbellofficial.com/) ,Owner of Orb Recording Studios in Austin Texas ( www.orbrecordingstudios.com ), and  is the bassist for the band Blue October out of Houston Texas (https://www.blueoctober.com/)  

The name of the song the intro was sampled from is: Bones by Icarus Bell. You can check Matt’s band out on your favorite streaming service like Amazon music or Spotify. The YouTube version of Bones can be found at this link ( https://youtu.be/d9HLLrvsqi8 )

A HUGE thank you to Matt Novesky for the privilege to share some of your newest art on Fort Worth Roots. I am sincerely looking forward to future creations made by you and the Orb Recording Studios family.

#icarusbellbones #icarusbell #mattnovesky #orbrecordingstudios  

Did I forget to include something? Let me know please! media@fortworthroots.com About the show! This Interview style podcast or variety interview podcast originates out of Fort Worth Texas. We've recorded episodes in the Fort Worth Stockyards, many homes and offices, we've traveled all over the DFW area, and now currently we have set up shop in Austin Texas at the foot of the Hill Country. Its always been the purpose of the show to be a true mobile podcast with a mobile podcast studio. While we grow the show and continue to make friends, we are in the process of what one of our guests calls "bridge building". Simply put, bridge building is the process of working on your dreams while maintaining your day job! Andrew Turner, the host of Fort Worth Roots, is no stranger to the perils of being in business for himself. His first business was a landscape design business that landed him a role on HGTV with Andy and Ashley Williams on the show " Flip or Flop Fort Worth. Andrew and his little company appeared on 6 episodes of the show. This was the first time he had been part of a production this size. Eventually the show was finished filming and two years later Andrew left the world of landscape design. With experience in a dozen or more industries Andrew finds it easy to connect with almost all of his guests. The show continues to evolve and change with each episode. Bringing more interesting content to every recording is the goal and maintaining a feel of authenticity is paramount. We hope you enjoy the show and, we would love to hear from you! This Texas Based Podcast grows best when people tell us what the enjoy or what they cannot stand. Let us know. Email us, media@fortworthroots.com . Do you think you would like to be a guest on a podcast? Send us an email and tell us why you would be the next rock star episode. So far this has been.... A medical podcast. A comedy podcast. A business podcast. A Fort Worth Texas Podcast. A music podcast. A entrepreneur podcast. An Author podcast. A movie review podcast. A hangout podcast. A mental health podcast. A current events podcast. Find all the Fort Worth Roots content at fortworthroots.com Fort Worth Roots on all social media platforms. Email us and tell us what you think. NO. Really!!! Talk to us xoxo. Media@fortworthroots.com It starts in the place where the west begins. Fort Worth Texas. This interview style variety podcast is centered around meeting interesting people and making new connections. So far, we have had authors, doctors, comedians, musicians, businesses owners, indie film makers and many more. Our journey has already taken us from Fort Worth to Austin. Many other places have been suggested for our next stop, but you'll have to keep checking in to see where we land next. Terlingua? Colorado Springs? Maybe Elon gets that colony on Mars up and running? Hey! Thanks for checking out Fort Worth Roots. I hope you enjoy the show. As always, I'm constantly looking for feedback. For questions, comments, or to tell us who you think should be our next podcast guest, email us at media@fortworthroots.com #fortworthroots #interview #interviewpodcast #podcast #fortworthtexas #fortworthpodcast #dfwpodcast #austinpodcast #atxpodcast #andrewturner #smallbusiness #uspodcast #unitedstatespodcast #altitudegrove #varietypodcast #allthingspodcast #happylife #life #perspective