Chamber Expo drives business! - Carroll County Chamber of
Transcription
Chamber Expo drives business! - Carroll County Chamber of
Chamber News The Award Winning Monthly Newsletter of the Carroll County Chamber of Commerce October 2010 Chamber Expo drives business! www.carroll-ga.org Carroll Chamber Board member Mark Foster and Todd Rupp of Walker Cadillac-Buick-GMC showcase their autos at the 2010 Small Business Expo. See Expo highlights on page 16 ... CARROLL COUNTY CHAMBER 2010 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Chairman—Dr. Faye McIntyre Richards College of Business—UWG Chairman-Elect—Robie York Prater & York LLC Vice-Chairman—Leonard Woolsey Times-Georgian Treasurer—Gary Leftwich Southwire Past Chairman—Joe Stone Systems and Methods Inc. 2010 Board of Directors Terry Birdsong Sue Bloodworth Amy Brown Ben Butler George Chambers Mark Camp Casey Coleman Kent Edwards Rick Ford Mark Foster Lucy Gamble Byron Hunt Chip Jakins Anita Jones Terry Langley Rocky Lipham Heidi McGuire Jimmy Meigs Alicia Michael Steve Minor Ann Newman Jason Newman Derick Newton Trent North G. W. Rogers Tim Warren Mike Washington Larry Wood Kathy Yates 2 October 2010 Decostar Industries City of Mt. Zion State Farm Insurance Tanner Health System Carroll Co. Farm Bureau Advantage Office Solutions City of Carrollton Carrollton City Schools City of Temple Walker Cadillac City of Whitesburg Sand-Stone, Inc. Carroll EMC West GA Technical College Carroll County Sheriff Office Community & Southern Bank The Town Planner City of Bowdon Carrollton Collision Center Tisinger Vance PC Bank of North Georgia Die Tech Edward Jones Investments Carroll County Commission West GA Technical College United Community Bank The UPS Store City of Villa Rica Georgia Power www.carroll-ga.org The Carroll County Chamber of Commerce— fostering a dynamic business and community environment . Carroll Chamber News Next Ad Deadline October 22nd !! Promote your business with a full color advertisement in the Chamber News: Business card 2x3” - $20.00 1/4 page 4x5” - $30.00 1/2 page 5x8” - $40.00 Full-page portrait 8x10” - $50.00 Submit your camera-ready ads (300 dpi+) electronically to [email protected] For more information, please call (678)890-2332. The Carroll Chamber of Commerce Chamber News is distributed online on the first business day of each month to over 700 Chamber members and community leaders. CARROLL COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 200 Northside Drive, Carrollton, Georgia 30117 Phone: 770-832-2446 Fax: (770) 832-1300 [email protected] www.carroll-ga.org US Chamber ‘Get Out the Vote’ campaign begins Area entrepreneurs gather for unveiling of RISE Bill Miller, Senior Vice President & National Political Director of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, believes the business community will play a critical role in engaging citizens from across the country in the legislative and political process in preparation of Election Day on November 2, 2010. The University of West Georgia, along with Carroll Tomorrow, The Burson Center and the UWG Small Business Development Center, recently hosted a celebration announcing the virtual Resource for Innovation, Small business and Entrepreneurship (RISE) program. Eight years ago, the U.S. Chamber launched VoteForBusiness (VFB) – the Chamber’s advocacy program aimed at equipping the business community with the tools necessary to inform voters during the election season. Since then, the U.S. Chamber’s grassroots network has grown into a formidable force said to “rival those of the major political parties” and “to be a major force on the issues and elections it focuses on each year.” The announcement was made at the inaugural Entrepreneur Excellence Banquet held for over 60 entrepreneurs from the six-county area of Carroll, Coweta, Douglas, Haralson, Heard and Polk. The event featured a panel discussion with successful entrepreneurs Allen Nance, founder and president of the Mansell Group, W. Cliff Oxford, founder and CEO of Entrepreneur Advisors, Christa Pitts, COO of Creatively Classic Activities and Books, and Bob Stone, founder and chairman of Systems & Methods, Inc. “Following one of the toughest legislative landscapes in recent history – and one of the harshest economic environments to date, the 2010 midterm elections are our chance to weigh in and support American jobs and recovery. If legislation will hurt jobs, we’ll find officials who will protect them,” states Miller. For more information, www.voteforbusiness.com. The RISE program will create an online “incubator village” to assist entrepreneurs offering counseling, resource information exchange, distance learning opportunities, 3-D tradeshows and other helpful information for business owners on the program’s website. “It is our hope to reach those business owners who may not be able to leave their workplaces for our seminars, training and counseling,” stated Donna Lackey, director of The Burson Center. RISE will host three small business forums throughout the year, as well as provide online training. An estimated 2,500 small businesses in the West Georgia region will benefit from the RISE program’s virtual village. Staff Directory Daniel Jackson ♦ President/CEO Donna Armstrong Lackey ♦ Vice President, Business Development/Comm. Relations Suzy Montalto ♦ Director, Accounting & Administrative Services [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Suzy McCorkel ♦ Director, Programs & Events [email protected] Josh Rhine ♦ Manager, Economic Development [email protected] Cara Welch ♦ Membership Sales Associate [email protected] Joan Finch ♦ Administrative Assistant/Drugs Don’t Work Coordinator [email protected] Kathy Walker Rupp ♦ Administrative Assistant, The Burson Center [email protected] Chamber News October 2010 3 Thank you 2010 Forward Carroll Sponsors Gold Advantage Office Solutions Carroll County Sheriff’s Office Decostar Industries, Inc. University of West Georgia West Georgia Technical College Platinum Silver Ag-South Mortgages Michael L. Stone FOGO Data Networks Dan P. McBrayer, CLU River City Bank Bronze American Sign Depot, Inc. Edward Jones Investments—Fred O'Neal Fairfield Plantation Property Owners Assoc. First Baptist Church, Carrollton Garrett, Stephens, Thomas & Fazio & Co. PC Hannah Electric Co., Inc. Janus International Charter Bank Prater & York LLC Tisinger Vance P.C. Chamber Spirit Visit CHAMBER PERKS Are you making use of the Chamber Community Calendar? Not only is it a good source for planning your weekend but it also is a great resource for planning your events, so that your event is not in conflict with another event. Annual events stay on the calendar with the new date replaced as soon as it is available. Check it out at www.carroll-ga.org, and click on “Community Calendar”. Jill Duncan and staff of State Farm-Jill Duncan, 1654 Maple St., Carrollton, were honored with a Spirit Visit from Chamber Ambassadors and staff on September 24th. 4 October 2010 www.carroll-ga.org Please email your public events to [email protected]. Don’t Miss the Salad Luncheon! Sponsored by The Carrollton Civic Woman’s Club Tickets $10.00 Tuesday, October 5, 2010 Luncheon 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Carrollton First United Methodist Church Purchase your ticket from a club member or at the door. Carry-outs available Also enjoy our Silent Auction– 10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Proceeds to benefit CCWC Community Projects Bake Sale to benefit “Carroll County Soup Kitchen” 10:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Carrollton First United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall 206 Newnan Street Carrollton, GA 30117 For more information contact Laura Miller – 678-890-2357 Chamber News October 2010 5 . . . and exhibit sponsors who will be displaying their products & services during the evening: Indulge Salon and Day Spa Harvest Your Dreams Travel Advanced Massage Therapies 6 October 2010 www.carroll-ga.org Chamber News October 2010 7 Making Chamber News … featuring our members United Community Bank Junior Board named Bremen Quality Inn recognized United Community Bank in Carrollton is pleased to announce the members of this year’s Junior Board of Directors. The Junior Board – which is the bank’s fourth consecutive board – is composed of 12 outstanding high school students from Central and Carrollton High School. Students applied and were selected through their school advisors. Choice Hotels recently awarded the Quality Inn Bremen “Exceptional” status. The hotel was graded in three areas: brand standards section, cleanliness section and condition section. To receive “exceptional status”, a property must score equal to or greater than 93% and have no missed brand identity items. The United Community Bank-West Georgia 2010/ 2011 Junior Board of Directors are, from Central High School: Matthew Balte, Holden Blunschi, Brenda Campos, Raven Jackson, Austin Lackey and Daniel Sammon. From Carrollton High School: The Bremen Quality Inn received the Choice Hotels International “Gold Award” with a 98.1%, and the “Highest Overall Room Condition Award”. This honor recognizes Bremen Quality Inn as the #1 Quality Inn in the southern region, which includes Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi. Special Thanks! Georgia Cottrell, Nick Fazio, Sylvia Hjertstrom, Taylar Martin, Diamada Riofrio, and Jessica Stephens. These young board members will be introduced to the local business community and will get behind-the-scenes exposure to banking, leadership skills and community service. The Junior Board will develop leadership skills by conducting and participating in various team building and fundraising projects, including the 4th annual Prance Your Paws for a Cause Dog Show & Expo on Saturday, March 19th as well as working with The Community Foundation of West Georgia with their Wrap Up Hunger program by making boxes and signs to place all over the local area for drop offs. The Board will also visit the State Capitol and Federal Reserve in Atlanta later this school year. 8 October 2010 www.carroll-ga.org The Chamber is appreciative to Chamber board member Mark Camp, with Advantage Office Solutions, who recently donated and installed new blinds for the Chamber conference room. Mark’s expertise and generosity have been invaluable here at the Chamber as we have had several unexpected renovations the last couple of years. Thank you Mark! Also Shawn Phillips with Classic Gardens recently donated some fresh flowers for our courtyard containers. Thank you Shawn and Classic Gardens! Donations to the Chamber thus far have helped to renovate the employee offices and the large conference room. We will continue to use your generous donations to replace conference room tables and chairs for a more modern professional facility representing the business community of Carroll County. Improvements so far have been funded by the optional investment fee members can pay upon membership renewal each year. Many other members are stepping up to provide in-kind donations as noted by the two most recent donations mentioned above. Contact Suzy Montalto at (770) 832-2446 for all donations and inquiries. In kind and cash donations are warmly accepted and appreciated to assist with our renovations. ng i om s c Up vent E October 26—7:30am Economic Forecast Breakfast University of West Georgia Campus Center Ballroom October 27—8:30am Small Business/Entrepreneur Committee Chamber October 28—9:00am-Noon Education-Industry Tour October 1 & 2 Hands on Carroll County November 1 Chamber Board Retreat October 6—8:30am Chamber Ambassadors Chamber November 3—8:30am Ambassador Committee Chamber October 7—8:30am Workforce/Education Committee Chamber November 4—8:30am Workforce/Education Committee Chamber October 7—5:30-7:00pm Women’s Business Alliance Inner Body & Soul Sunset Hills Country Club November 11—5:00-7:00pm Networking After Hours October 14—5:00-7:00pm Networking After Hours Charter Bank October 18—11:30am-1:00pm Chamber Board Meeting Bowdon October 20—11:30am-1:00pm Business Success Luncheon Generational Impacts on Business Burson Center November 17—11:30am-1:00pm Business Success Luncheon Drugs Don’t Work in the Workplace Burson Center November 24—8:30am Small Business/Entrepreneur Committee Chamber November 25-26 Chamber Offices Closed October 22 Spirit Visit Chamber News October 2010 9 10 October 2010 www.carroll-ga.org Chamber News October 2010 11 Ribbon Cutting Carroll County School System board members and administration celebrate the expansion of Villa Rica High School’s new entrance and two-story instructional wing, and improvements to the media center and cafeteria. Turning Trash into Cash Seminar The Chamber Environmental Projects and Existing Industry Committees sponsored a well attended seminar, ‘Turning Trash into Cash—Sustainable Solutions for Business’ on September 23rd. Presenters Brad Smith from Green Sense; Denise Quarles with Southwire; John Christmas with Biofuels Racing Alliance; and, Tom Sammon of Georgia Tech Manufacturing Extension Program, shared insightful information concerning best practices for environmental stewardship in the workplace. The Chamber wishes to thank our sponsors, Decostar, Green Sense, Prater & York and Walmart.com, for co-hosting this event. Anyone interested in receiving copies of the presentations from this seminar, please email [email protected]. 12 October 2010 www.carroll-ga.org Chamber News October 2010 13 14 October 2010 www.carroll-ga.org Chamber News October 2010 15 Small Business Expo Highlights Approximately 300 attendees enjoyed 33 exhibits at the 2010 Small Business Expo hosted by the Chamber Small Business/Entrepreneur Committee on September 9th. Visitors spent time talking with business representatives and enjoying the food served up by Plates, Samba Loca and Sunnyside Café during the networking. Everyone had a chance to win a 3 day/2 night vacation courtesy of Harvest Your Dreams Travel—congratulations to Thomas Lewis! Thank you to all our event sponsors—Advantage Office Solutions, American Sign Depot, Community & Southern Bank, Gradick Communications, Dr. Stephen Kahler-West Georgia Center for Plastic Surgery, Oak Mountain Academy, Omni Communications, Robinson, Rowland & Co., PC, and Times-Georgian. 16 October 2010 www.carroll-ga.org Keep Carroll Beautiful is on the move Beginning in October, Keep Carroll Beautiful (KCB) will relocate its offices to 105 Folds Drive, Suite 3 after enjoying over 5 years of generosity from the Carroll County Chamber of Commerce. Many of you may remember that the idea to bring a Keep America Beautiful affiliate to Carroll County was born from a quality of life study that was commissioned for Carroll County. In that study, litter was identified as an important issue in our community. Since Keep America Beautiful is the foremost litter prevention organization in the USA, the environmental projects committee of the Chamber of Commerce decided that forming an affiliate in Carroll County would bring great benefits to this area. In the past five years, Keep Carroll Beautiful has successfully brought an awareness not only to the blight of litter in our community, but spearheaded major beautification activities like Hands on Carroll County, garden tours including the 2008 Georgia Historic House & Garden Pilgrimage and initiated bi -annual electronics recycling collections that have to date diverted over 500,000 pounds of e-waste from the landfill. Until recently, KCB was the education arm and a driving force behind the City of Carrollton’s curbside recycling program and is now working with the City of Villa Rica to bring curbside recycling to its City residents. Thanks to grant money from local foundations, Keep Carroll Beautiful can offer recycling of less mainstream commodities like florescent light tubes, ballasts and batteries. the Ambassador and Environmental Projects committees. In addition, KCB will continue to oversee the in-house recycling program and is the “Grants to Green” Green Champion for the Chamber of Commerce. On behalf of the entire Board of Directors of Keep Carroll Beautiful, we wish to thank the Carroll County Chamber of Commerce and its members for a great (more than) five years and look forward to a new partnership for a long time to come. Duane Sohl, Board President Keep Carroll Beautiful/ Gradick Communications Volunteer TODAY! 678-890-2361 www.keepcarrollbeautiful.org None of this would be possible without the support and generosity of the Carroll County Chamber of Commerce, its Board of Directors and staff. Over the past 5 years, the Chamber of Commerce has provided office and storage space to KCB, they have also provided in-house marketing and tech support as well as a phone line, copies, postage and internet connection to KCB and its interns and volunteers. The partnership (and membership) between KCB & the Chamber of Commerce will continue even after the move. Our executive director, Jacqueline Dost is a very active volunteer with the Chamber on both Chamber News October 2010 17 Welcome New Members! Best Western Inn & Suites Vincent Patel 1111 Bankhead Ave. Carrollton, Georgia 30117 Phone: (770) 830-1000 Fax: (770 830-1110 Email: [email protected] Category: Hotel, motel, lodge and resort Scott Evans Chrysler- Dodge-Jeep Scott Evans 2280 Bankhead Avenue Carrollton, Georgia 30117 Phone: (770) 834-5050 Fax: (770) 834-3364 Email: [email protected] Website: www.scottevansusa.com Category: Auto Sales & Dealership Rainbow International (Custom Cleaning ENT LLC) Chris Martin 1109 South Park Street Carrollton, Georgia 30117 Phone: (678) 378-7357 Fax: (770) 854-8817 Email: [email protected] Website: www.rainbowintl.com Category: Fire & Water Restoration Scott Evans Nissan Scott Evans 725 Bankhead Avenue Carrollton, Georgia 30117 Phone: (770) 832-8222 Fax: (770) 832-9102 Email: [email protected] Website: www.scottevansusa.com Category: Auto Sales & Dealership Peoples Community National Bank Tracy Perry 400 US Highway 27 Bypass Bremen, Georgia 30110 Phone: (770) 537-2265 Fax: (678) 821-0355 Email: [email protected] Category: Banks Stepping Out for Christ Ministries, Inc. Joe Louis 460 Mandeville Road Carrollton, Georgia 30117 Phone: (404) 342-6474 Fax: (404) 342-6487 Email: [email protected] Website: www.steppingoutforchrist.org Category: Non-Profit John Robertson University of West Georgia 359 Parker Hall 1601 Maple Street Carrollton, Georgia 30118 Phone: (678) 839-6431 Fax: (678) 839-6432 Email: [email protected] Website: www.careerweb.westga.edu Category: Education- Associate member for The University of West Georgia The Bridge Learning Center Christie Hembree 259 Tom Reeve Drive Carrollton, Georgia 30117 Phone: (770) 832-1930 Fax: (770) 832-2789 Email: [email protected] Website: www.bridgelearningcenter.com Category: Childcare 18 October 2010 www.carroll-ga.org Thank You to our Renewing Members! Archstone, Inc. BlueCross BlueShield of Georgia Bluewater Ropes, Inc. Charter Bank Cottage Landing Decostar Industries, Inc. Douglasville Conference Center First Georgia Banking Company Grant $$$$$ for You Vicki Hardin Harrison-Muller Enterprises Joanna Laconto Karen Lingrell Magnolia Lake Apartment Homes McGukin Construction Co. Inc. Millstone Townhomes Mount Prospect Church Multi-Pest Services North Point Baptist Church Trinity Services Group Inc. Wal-mart.com Fulfillment Center West Central GA Workforce Dev. Corp. 9th Annual Grand Night for CASA Saturday, October 16th 6:30 p.m. Carrollton Cultural Arts Center Sponsorship opportunities available. Tickets are $60 each and can be purchased at the CASA office. Call 770-838-1964 for more information. Literacy is for Today and Tomorrow In support of a brighter future for the residents of Carroll County! Volunteer with LIFT Today Call Laura Miller (678)890-2357 [email protected] Chamber News October 2010 19 20 October 2010 www.carroll-ga.org Chamber News October 2010 21 22 October 2010 www.carroll-ga.org 20 October 2010 www.carroll-ga.org Chamber News October 2010 21
Similar documents
Chamber News - Carroll County Chamber of Commerce
AgSouth Farm Credit, ACA/AgSouth Mortgages
Carrollton Club Congregate Community
MetroBank
University of West Georgia
West Georgia Technical College
Silver
Carroll County Animal Hospital
Milestone I...
Chamber News - Carroll County Chamber of Commerce
Individuals serving on the Board of Directors represent hundreds of professions
within the varied industries and businesses located throughout Carroll County.
Chamber News - Carroll County Chamber of Commerce
good first step in looking at a total revision of our tax structure. We have pieced our tax code
together over decades and I feel the time has come to undertake a massive redo instead of