Chelsea Callahan Haag from East Dallas Vintage joined the Chamber Chicks for a really fun conversation about community, creativity, and the love of finding pieces with a story. Chelsea owns East Dallas Vintage, a multi vendor shop in the heart of Old East Dallas, and also runs her own vintage dealer business, Callahan Clutter. She is plugged into just about everything in our neighborhood from the Greater East Dallas Chamber of Commerce to the Casa Linda Tree Lighting to the East Dallas Arts District. This episode gives you a look at the person behind the shop, the passion behind the work, and why vintage continues to bring people together in this part of town.

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Dawna Duke joined us for a conversation that shows what can happen when a parent’s instinct meets a little creativity and a whole lot of purpose. Dawna is the founder of STEMscapes Collab and Play Spaces, a company that is transforming the way kids learn and explore by bringing hands on discovery into schools, restaurants, offices, and waiting areas all over DFW.

She designs, builds, and installs these small scale kid museums so every student has access to unstructured play and real experience based learning. It is changing the way kids collaborate and how teachers create space for curiosity.

But her story does not stop there. After a school bus mix up left her four year old in tears, Dawna came up with a simple idea to keep kids safer. She created NFC keychains that let teachers and staff instantly reach parents in an emergency. It started as a quick fix for her daughter and turned into a tool that families all over North Texas are now using for peace of mind.

This is a conversation about problem solving, innovation, and what happens when someone sees a need and decides to build the solution.

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This week, Camille and Rich sit down with Victoria Shepherd-Burnett, the founder and executive director of The Inn Recovery Community, for one of the most powerful and emotional conversations we’ve ever had. Victoria shares how her journey began in 2019, helping young women facing homelessness, and how that mission evolved through unimaginable personal struggle. After nearly losing her life in 2022, she found recovery and purpose in helping others do the same.

Today, The Inn has grown into a life-changing organization housing over 120 women, children, and families each year—offering safety, sobriety, and second chances. With a relapse rate of just 5.5%, The Inn stands as proof that healing is possible when compassion meets community.

Something truly special is happening there… and this is the story behind it.

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