Welcome back to Crushin’ It: OBKY — where hosts Brandon and Drew sit down with the locals who make Owensboro a place that moves. This week’s guest is Allyson Sanders — entrepreneur, community advocate, trainer, podcaster, mom, wife, and all-around powerhouse.

She’s the creative mind behind Party Space Place and Bayside at the Party Space Place, co-owner of Something Borrowed, co-host of The Broad Pod, and the founder of the empowerment initiative Build Her Crown. Allyson wears a dozen hats and somehow manages to make each one look effortless — but her story is more about heart than hustle.

In this episode, we cover:

• Kindness as a Superpower: Allyson shares her belief that kindness is the real “secret sauce” to life — the one thing that can change someone’s day, their mindset, or even their future.
• The Art of the Start: How a dream of creating an affordable, family-friendly event space turned into Party Space Place — and how it survived launching in the middle of the COVID-19 shutdowns.
• Building Bayside: The transformation of a former restaurant into one of Owensboro’s most versatile venues, complete with fairy lights that have literally survived tornadoes.
• Something Borrowed: Partnering with Summer Aldridge to create a one-of-a-kind event experience that celebrates collaboration over competition.
• The Broad Pod: How Allyson and Jackie “Blue” Smith built a platform to highlight local women doing incredible things, paired with an annual banquet that gives back to the community.
• Build Her Crown: A mentorship program for middle school girls built on the pillars of Confidence, Respect, Originality, Well-roundedness, Niceness, and Neighborliness.
• Paying It Forward: From helping a family celebrate a child’s final birthday to offering her venue to nonprofits, Allyson proves that kindness compounds.
• Real Talk: Life as an entrepreneur with ADHD, balancing big ideas with even bigger heart, and redefining what it means to be “rich.”

Follow Allyson’s Work:

Party Space Place

Bayside at the Party Space Place

The Broad Pod

Something Borrowed Events Owensboro

Episode Summary:

In this powerful conversation, Allyson opens up about building businesses that serve others, the lessons learned from launching during a pandemic, and her mission to empower the next generation through Build Her Crown. She talks about turning kindness into a leadership strategy, repurposing spaces (and energy) to create something meaningful, and how her “expensive hobbies” have become community cornerstones.

She may call herself “rich in love, not funds,” but make no mistake — Allyson Sanders is building wealth that lasts.