Reid Carroll
Age: 56
Notable: Moved from Tulsa to Siloam Springs in July of 1996, but was born and raised in western Kansas. Serves on the executive board with the Siloam
Springs Chamber of Commerce and on the elder board at Siloam Springs Bible Church. Also is a member of the Kiwanis
Club and Gideons International. Owned Barnett’s Dairyette for 18 years before selling it earlier this year. Currently works as a Realtor with Ward Jones Real- tors in Siloam Springs.
Q: Why are you running for the board of directors?
Carroll: I think one thing thing that really drives me is people. I personally believe that Siloam Springs is the
greatest community in the world. I think I have the personality and the desire to help the city make some wise choices to see this city to the next level.
Q: What do you hope to accomplish while on the board?
Carroll: I have kind of a campaign slogan, and I guess you have to use it for it to be a slogan. It’s just three words: “Connect the wow.” There are several things about our community, whether downtown or the water park or school system or what our chamber does, just a lot of different things. When you put those together, it creates something tremendous. We’re at a pivotal point in our community where we’re growing, so we have to make sure we’re growing the right way. We want to grow into that “wow.”
Q: What makes you a strong candidate for the board?
Carroll: I feel like having the ability to utilize common sense. I say that laughingly, please don’t publish just that. But when you couple common sense with a passion, I believe you can take the steps necessary that I think this community will be where it needs to be to maintain. I say this because I think we already have a good community. And I think we can make that even better. We just need to connect a few things where we already are. We have a wonderful foundation.
Q: What do you love about Siloam Springs?
Carroll: I want to say the people. This is a southern community and the way to put it is when I was working at the Dairyette, there were probably a dozen individuals that I met that would be driving through here on a trip or were going somewhere. There was a couple that stopped to have lunch and after lunch, they went over to a Realtor and bought a house. There was just something about Siloam Springs, you feel comfortable and you feel at home, that makes you want to be here. I think we as a community have something. I would like to build on it and maintain it. I think it takes an element of passion to do that and I believe I still have it.