September 5, 2016 - Fruita Area Chamber of Commerce

September 2016
Fruita Area Chamber of Commerce Newsletter
Fruita Area Chamber will be Closed
Monday - September 5, 2016
Executive Director’s Message
Is it really possible? Can it be September already? The
Alpine Bank Fruita Fall Festival is upon us,
September 23-25! We are very excited to be in the
102nd year for this great festival. The Fall Festival is
not only a local’s favorite but we also see people from
all over Colorado and Utah as well. We hope this
year’s festival not only meets but exceeds
expectations. Enclosed in this issue of the Connection
Point you will find details on all the events and event applications for Fall
Festival weekend. Or go to www.fruitafallfestival.com to download and
print. Also listed in this newsletter are our Fall Festival sponsors, a huge
thanks to them as this event wouldn’t be possible without them. The Fall
Festival committee is hard at work finishing up last minute details but we
still have plenty of room for help during the event, if you can spare a few
hours to help, it will be greatly appreciated – plus you’ll get one of the cool
volunteer t-shirts. For those that are volunteering or will, we can’t thank
you enough, again this wouldn’t be possible without you.
As part of the Alpine Bank Fruita Fall Festival we are asking members to
donate promotional items, gift cards, etc. for “goody bags” for participants
of the different events. If you would like to donate items, please contact the
Chamber at 858-3894.
Have a great month! Thank you again Fruita business community for all
your help and support! We look forward to seeing you at the Alpine Bank
Fruita Fall Festival!
Frank Ladd
Executive Director
Please be sure when you are out and about
to give a big “THANK YOU” to all of our
Sponsors for the 2016 Fruita Fall Festival.
Without their support this event would not
be possible for the benefit of our community
and businesses.
FRUITA FALL FESTIVAL
FEW SPONSORSHIPS LEFT … ACT FAST
Shuttle - $ 500
Benefits Include:
 Banner placement on Shuttle.
 Company logo listed on Festival Web Page.
 Logo
link
on
the
Fall
Festival
www.fruitafallfestival.com.
Banner - $ 250
Benefits Include:
 One Banner placement in festival venue.
Web
Page,
Little Sprout Preschool
Good news!!
After weeks of interviewing and reviewing
applications and resume's, a new Director and Aide have been
hired!
Director Marza Moon, newly transplanted from Utah, comes to us
with a world of experience and knowledge. She's truly a motivated
professional with emphasis on being highly results-oriented and
energetic. She has experience where knowledge, composure and
interpersonal abilities are keys to success. She enjoys working as a
part of a team. Marza has 6 children of her own and has worked
for the school districts in Utah. She ran her own home day care for
three years while attending college.
Michelle Withouse is the new LSPS Aide. She is married to her
husband Nate and is the mother of three beautiful girls: Abby,
Ellie and Delilah. She's originally from Wyoming and moved to
Fruita 9 years ago. She loves working with children and has
provided in-home day care for several families over the years. She
volunteers as a Girl Scout Leader and is excited with this new
opportunity to work in a school setting at Little Sprout Preschool.
Come Visit or new Staff at the Back-to-School Night/ Open House
August 31, 2016. Little Sprout Preschool will be open from 6:30pm
to 8:00pm Marza, Brena and Michelle can answer any question you
might have about the school.
Introducing the SWiTCH “Infinity Program” — offered through your
Fruita Chamber of Commerce.
Courtesy of Orilee Witte
Welcome our New Team Members
The Fruita Area Chamber of Commerce is pleased to introduce our
new members—more connections for our team. Please welcome them by
visiting their websites, giving them a telephone call, or stopping by to
introduce yourself. The personal touch will help our Fruita Area Chamber
continue to grow and thrive.
Banana’s Fun Park
Brian Limper
2469 Riverside Pkwy
Grand Junction, CO 81505
Phone: 970-241-7529
Website: www.bananasfunpark.com
Fusion Group USA, Inc.
Sal Iadicicco
1048 Independent Ave #8211
Grand Junction, CO 81505
Phone: 970—424-5066
Website: http://fusiongroupusa.com
Renewing Team Members
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All Copy Products
Aspen Street Coffee Company
Bank of The West
CBH Enterprises, Inc.
Cendera Funding
Coldwell Banker Distinctive
Properties, Olan Clark
 Daily Sentinel
 DoubleTree by Hilton
 Fatjar Cannery & Brewhaus
 Grand Junction Pipe & Supply
 Veale Insurance
Announcing the 2017 Colorado Governor's
Tourism Conference Site
The Colorado Tourism Office would like to congratulate Grand
Junction, in partnership with Palisade and Fruita as the host cities for
the 2017 Colorado Governor's Tourism Conference. The conference
will take place at the Two Rivers Convention Center in downtown
Grand Junction, October 25–27, 2017.
Mark Your Calendars
Friday, September 9
Ambassador Meeting
Fruita Chamber
9:00 a.m..
Tuesday, September 13
Women In Business
Rib City Grill
6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m
Wednesday, September 14
Board Meeting
Colorado Canyons
7:00 a.m
Thursday, September 15
Business After Hours
No Business After Hours
in September due to
Fruita Fall Festival
Friday, September 16
Marketing Meeting
Judy’s Family Restaurant
7:30 a.m.
Tuesday, September 20
Business Toolbox
Business Incubator—Fruita
7:30 a.m.
Saturday’s 6/25—9/17
Fruita Farmers Market
Civic Center Park
8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m
September 23—25
Fruita Fall Festival
Downtown Fruita
Monday
September 5
Chamber
Closed
Business After Hours (BAH)
Thank you, Callahan Edfast Mortuary
Thank you for graciously hosting the August Business After Hours at the
Callahan Edfast Mortuary in Grand Junction, Colorado. Your support is
greatly appreciated!!! The theme was: "I wouldn't be caught dead in that
outfit!” and here are some great pictures of those outfits.
September Business After Hours
PLEASE NOTE: There is NO Business After Hours in September due to
Fruita Fall Festival.
Join us on Thursday, October 20, 2016 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Western
Rockies Federal Credit Union, 577 Kokopelli Blvd., Fruita, CO for Business
After Hours, hosted by Western Rockies Federal Credit Union.
Each month (except for September) the Fruita Chamber of Commerce offers
Business After Hours (BAH) for members and guests. This fun event is
hosted by a different Chamber member each month. Each BAH features the
host member and offers a valuable networking forum for all our other
members.
COST:
$5.00 per person for Fruita Area Chamber Members (early
registration), $10.00 after 12:00 noon day of event or at door.
$15.00 per person for Courtesy Clients, Prospective Members,
Member Guests, and Non-Member Businesses.
Please join us for this fabulous networking opportunity! It is so easy to
register online through your Chamber Master account. Unsure how to do so?
For help logging in … please call Jen with the Chamber office 858-3894.
Register Here
August
Ribbon Cutting
Kannah Creek Brewing
Company West
456 Kokopelli Blvd
Fruita, CO 81521
(970) 639-8296
www.kannahcreekbrewingco.com
7 Tips for Time Management
Time is precious, particularly when it comes to running a small
business. Yet there are never more than 24 hours in a day. Some
entrepreneurs respond to this fact of life with focus and purpose.
Others freak out.
Are you in the latter group? You don’t have to be. With the right
approach, you can work efficiently, productively, and relatively stressfree.
Here are seven tips for effectively managing your time:
1. Know your goals. Make sure you’re engaging in activities
that support your business goals, both short- and long-term.
Everything else is a potential time-waster. Your daily plan should
revolve around working on tasks and activities that directly relate to
generating income and growing your business.
2. Prioritize wisely. Stephen Covey, co-author of First Things First,
offers an organizational tool for your to-do list based on how important
and urgent tasks are.
Looking at what goes into making up your day, where do your
activities fit into these categories?
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Important and urgent — Tasks that must be done. Do them right
away.
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Important but not urgent — Tasks that appear important, but
upon closer examination aren’t. Decide when to do them.
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Urgent but not important — Tasks that make the most “noise,”
but when accomplished, have little or no lasting value. Delegate
these if possible.
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Not urgent and not important — Low-priority stuff that offer the
illusion of “being busy.” Do them later.
7 Tips for Time Management (Cont’d)
Write down your three or four “important and urgent” tasks that must
be addressed today. As you complete each one, check it off your
list. This will provide you with a sense of accomplishment and can
motivate you to tackle less essential items.
3. Just say no. You’re the boss. If you have to decline a request in
order to attend to what’s truly important and urgent, do not hesitate
to do so. The same goes for any projects or activities that you’ve
determined are headed nowhere: Be prepared to move on to more
productive tasks. Learn from the experience to avoid wasting time
later on.
4. Plan ahead. One of the worst things you can do is jump into the
workday with no clear idea about what needs to get done. The time
you spend thinking ahead and planning your activities is trivial
compared with the time you'll lose jumping from one thing to the
next (and rarely completing anything). Depending on your
personality, try one of these options:
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The night before — At the end of the day, take 15 minutes to
clear your desk and put together a list of the next day’s most
pressing tasks. It’s a great decompression technique, and you’ll
feel better sitting down at a clean desk in the morning.
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First thing in the morning — Arrive a few minutes early and
assemble your prioritized to-do list (see #2). This may prove to
be the most productive part of your day.
5. Eliminate distractions. Start paying attention to the number of
times someone interrupts you when you’re in the midst of an
important task. Track self-induced interruptions, too, particularly
those of the social media variety. Your smartphone is extremely
useful, but it’s also addictive and among the most insidious timewasters known to mankind.
It may take a massive exercise in will power, but shut the door and
turn off your phone to maximize your time. Instead of being "always
on," plan a break in the day to catch up on email, call people back,
talk with staff, etc.
6. Delegate more often. If you’ve done a good job of hiring
talented, dedicated employees, there’s always more work they can
take off your desk. Running a successful small business depends
upon the owner’s ability to think about what lies ahead and not get
mired in day-to-day operations. Look for opportunities to pass
responsibility for specific tasks to others on your team.
7. Take care of yourself. Be sure to get plenty of sleep and
exercise. An alert mind is a high-functioning mind and one that’s
less tolerant of time-wasting activities.
Business Builders
The Fruita Chamber has three Business
Builder groups designed for chamber
members to develop relationships that
enhance their networking and marketing
opportunities. Please see below for details on each group. For more
information, please contact the group Chairperson as noted below or Janet
Brazfield: [email protected].
Monday Noon Business Builders
Every Monday @ 12:00 Noon
Tim Merris
Sequent Information Systems
986-7138
[email protected]
Business Incubator Center - GJ
2591 Legacy Way, Grand Junction
Fruita Business Toolbox
Third (3rd) Tuesdays of each month @ 7:30 a.m.
Kathie Fingerson
Healers of the Valley
462-5290
[email protected]
Business Incubator—Fruita
325 E. Aspen Ave., Fruita
September 20, 2016 - Register Here
Speaker: Representatives from KKCO 11 News, MBC Grand Radio, and
The Nickel
Topic: Media Panel - Questions and Answers
Thursday Noon — WTF Network “Welcome Thursday Friends”
Every Thursday @ 12:00 Noon
Andrea Gatley
Alpha Dog Systems
639-0629
[email protected]
Meeting locations in Fruita for each Thursday of the
month are as follows:
1st Thursday:
2nd Thursday:
3rd Thursday:
4th Thursday:
5th Thursday:
Pablo’s Pizza — 456 Kokopelli Blvd., Suite C
Gears — 229 E. Aspen Ave.
El Tapatio Mexican Restaurant — 402 Jurassic Ave.
Suds Brothers Brewery — 127 E. Aspen Ave.
Rib City Grill — 455 Kokopelli Drive, Suite 5
The WTF Network—”Welcome Thursday Friends” is looking for more
presenters for their meetings. Please contact the Fruita Area Chamber of
Commerce to get on the list. You not only would be promoting your
business as a speaker, but also supporting your fellow business members
within the Chamber.
Along with the various Business Builder Groups the Fruita Area Chamber
of Commerce also offers the following networking groups for our
members:
Southside Market Place
Third (3rd) Monday of each month @ 3:00 p.m.
Julia McHugh
Museum of Western Colorado
(970) 858-7282
[email protected]
Dinosaur Journey Museum
550 Jurassic Ct., Fruita
Women In Business
Second (2nd) Tuesday of each month @ 6:00 p.m. held at various locations.
Fruita Chamber of Commerce
(970) 858-3894
[email protected]
Rib City Grill
607 Highway 340, Fruita, CO
September 13, 2016 - 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Register Here
Speaker: Josh McGuire - Switch Energy and Gold’s Gym
Topic: The Law of Attraction and Its Influence on Business
THANK YOU!!!
The following helped support our various chamber business meetings
for June 2016. Your support is greatly appreciated!
Business Incubator Center
Calahan Edfast Mortuary
Dinosaur Journey Museum
El Tapatio Mexican Restaurant
Family Health West
Judy’s Family Restaurant
Monument RV & Storage
Pablos Pizza
Rib City Grill
Suds Brothers Brewery
Board of Directors
President
Denise Hight, Freelance Writer
(970) 858-6375
Vice-President
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[email protected]
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[email protected]
Donna Stratton, Individual Member
858-8344
Director
[email protected]
Derek Biddle, Family Health West
(970) 858-3900
Director
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Dustin Wells, Grand Valley Bank
(970) 858-7555
Secretary
[email protected]
Mike Reeder, Visual Eyes Eyecare, PC
(970) 858-2020
Treasurer
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[email protected]
Tyler Dixon, Williams, Turner & Holmes, P.C.
(970) 242-6262
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[email protected]
Southside
Marketplace
Liaison
Julia McHugh, Museum of Western Colorado
City Council
Liaison
Joel Kincaid, Merge 2 Media
(970) 858-7282
(970) 858-2411
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[email protected]
[email protected]
Chamber Staff
Executive
Director
Frank Ladd
Administrative
Assistant
Jen Keck
Marketing & Events
Coordinator
Janet Brazfield
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
Fruita Area Chamber of Commerce, 432 E. Aspen Ave., Fruita, CO 81521
Telephone: (970) 858-3894  Fax: (970) 858-3121
fruitachamber.org
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questions or information can be sent to [email protected] or call
us at (970) 858-3894.