october 2014 - the City of Ridgeland Chamber of Commerce

09/30/14
Raymond’s
Salon
City Hall
T Stylez Hair Studio, LLC
Callaway’s Yard & Garden
Laces by
Lexi
Steven Inzinna
Plato’s
Closet
New York Life
Ridgeland...Working Together for Success
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THANK YOU 2014 SPONSORS!
DIAMOND SPONSORS
BancorpSouth • BankPlus • Citizens National Bank • Community Bank
Entergy Mississippi • Jackson Orthopaedic Clinic • Trustmark National Bank
GOLD SPONSORS
Airflo Sales, Inc. • Community Trust Bank • Madison County Journal
SILVER SPONSORS
CenterPoint Energy • Regions Bank • Waggoner Engineering • Woodlands Office Park
BRONZE SPONSORS
Capital Oil, Inc. / Cappy’s Valero • BankFirst Financial Services
Baptist Health Systems • Dream Street Motors, Inc. • Hancock Law Firm, PLLC
Renasant Bank • Roundtree Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram
COPPER SPONSORS
Rogers, Ainsworth & Williams, PLLC • Vector Money Management, Inc.
FRIENDS
Fox 40 News • Mississippi PhotoBooths, LLC • MISS 103 • WJDX 105.1 FM
WLEZ 98.1 FM • WRTM 100.5 FM • WYAB 103.9 FM • WKXI 107.5 FM
WJMI 99.7 FM • WOAD 1300 AM • WRKS 105.9 FM • WJNT 1180 AM • WJQS 1400 AM
The Ridgeland Chamber of Commerce wishes
to thank area businesses and individuals for their
generous contributions to the Silent Auction. Their
donations far exceeded our expectations. Thank you
for your support!
Thank you to the terrific band Almost Famous from Memphis, TN and to
the Country Club of Jackson General Manager Larry Marquez for helping
organize and plan an evening celebrating Ridgeland Under the Stars!
Ribbon Cuttings
Friday, October 3, 11:00 A.M.
Diplomats First Friday
C Spire Building – 1st Floor
1018 Highland Colony Parkway
Friday, October 3, 11:30 A.M.
New Member Luncheon
C Spire Building – 1st Floor
1018 Highland Colony Parkway
Tuesday, October 7, 7:15 A.M.
Junior Diplomats First Tuesday
Holmes Community College
Pat McGowan Workforce Training Center
412 West Ridgeland Avenue
Wednesday, October 8, 11:30 A.M.
Board of Directors Meeting
Chamber Office
754 S. Pear Orchard Road
Thursday, October 9, 10:30 A.M.
Ribbon Cutting
T Stylez Hair Studio, LLC
6969 Old Canton Road, Suite D
Monday, October 13, Columbus Day
Thursday, October 16, 5 – 7:00 P.M.
Business After Hours
The Blake at Township
5
608 Steed Road
Tuesday, October 21, 10:30 A.M.
Ribbon Cutting
M. Corley Salon, LLC
605 S. Pear Orchard Road, Suite 100
Alderman Scott Jones and Tina and Hunter
Arnold, Waggoner Engineering.
Lois French, Fran Flood and Penny Mahaffey,
Account Services Group and Robert Mahaffey.
Linda Bynum, Ridgeland
Chamber of Commerce and Guy
and Sis Hovis of Ridgeland.
Tuesday, October 22, 9:00 A.M.
Mayor’s Fun Walk
Old Trace Park
Billy Brunt, First Commercial Bank; Steve
Douglas, Graduate Services, Inc. Ridgeland
and Barney Daly, Trustmark National Bank.
Saturday, October 25,
Make A Difference Day
Saturday, October 25 – Friday, October 31
WitchCrafted 2014
The Craftmen’s Guild of MS
950 Rice Road
For more info visit
www.craftsmensguildofms.org
Saturday, October 25 – Sunday, November 16
Have a Holly Jolly Christmas in Ridgeland!
Shop Local! Buy Local!
Pre-holiday Christmas Kick-off!
Watch for details on participating merchants!
Call the Chamber for more info.
601-991-9996
Wednesday, October 29, 8:30 A.M. – 1:30 P.M.
HobNob Mississippi 2014
MS Agriculture & Forestry Museum
Ridgeland Chamber is a
co-convener of this exciting event!
Thursday, October 30, 6 – 8 P.M.
Trunk or Treat
Freedom Ridge Park
$3.00 Admission – Children under 10.
Greg Webb, Louisiana
Publishing; Suzie Pooley,
Davenport Watts & Drake
Investment Advisors, LLC and
Randy Keng, John HancockSoutheastern Financial Services.
Ridgeland Under the
Stars Co-Chairman
Angie Steadman,
Trustmark National Bank
and Tommy Steadman.
Sandy Baas, Ridgeland
Chamber of Commerce
and Price Rosson, Madison
County Magazine.
2014 Ridgeland Chamber Board of Directors
Friday, October 31,
Halloween
Welcome, New Members!
When considering needs for your home or
office, please shop with
Ridgeland Chamber members first!
Steven Inzinna
215 St. Andrews Drive
Jackson, MS 39211
(601) 954-3783
[email protected]
Individual Member
Laces by Lexi
Shannon Brown
295 Hwy 51
(601) 790-9978
[email protected]
www.lacesbylexi.com
Boutiques & Specialty Shops
Front row, from left: Sam Keyes, Vice-President, Butler Snow, LLP; 2014 Ridgeland
Chamber President Marc Petro, Community Bank; Carla Palmer Allen, Immediate Past
President, CPA Realty, LLC. Middle row: Tom Cummins, Community Trust Bank; Robby
Channell, Baptist Health Systems, Inc.; Russell Wilcox, Woodlands Realty Group, LLC;
Greg Starnes, Treasurer, Trustmark National Bank. Back row: R. David Marchetti, Wells
Marble & Hurst, PLLC; John Dorsa, State Farm Insurance; Orien Watson, C Spire; Bailey
Chandler, OmniBank and Don Burnham, Holmes Community College.
Photo by Deryll Stegall, Stegall Imagery.
Chamber Staff
New York Life
Timothy Anderson • Jonathan Blair
Zac Rodgers • Devin Wood
1052 Highland Colony Parkway, Suite 101
(601) 607-1600
[email protected] • jablair@
ft.newyorklife.com
[email protected] • [email protected]
www.NewYorkLife.com
Financial Services • Insurance Companies
MISSION STATEMENT
Raymond’s Salon
Amaryllis Berry • Raymond Vaughn
114 West Jackson St., Ste. A
(601) 956-8161
[email protected]
www.raymondssalon.com
Hair Salons
You can contact the Ridgeland Chamber of Commerce at
754 Pear Orchard Road, Ridgeland, MS 39157, PO Box 194, Ridgeland, MS 39158-0194
ph 601.991.9996 fax 601.991.9997 email [email protected]
or visit us online at www.ridgelandchamber.com
T Stylez Hair Studio, LLC
Tiffany Turner
6969 Old Canton Road, Suite D
(601) 868-2040
[email protected]
www.tstylezhairstudiollc.com
Hair Salons
Linda Bynum
Executive
Director
Sandy Baas
Administrative
Assistant
Michelle Little
Receptionist
The mission of the City of Ridgeland Chamber of Commerce
is to encourage an economic environment conducive to the
continuing development of new and existing business.
The Ridgeland Chamber is asking members of the Ridgeland
Community to identify projects which the Chamber will
consider undertaking as this year’s Make A Difference Day,
Saturday, October 25, 2014.
If you have an idea, know of somone who needs assistance or
know of an organization which could benefit from our help, please call the
Ridgeland Chamber at 601-991-9996. All ideas are welcome.
Together we can Make A Difference Day in our Community!
SAVE THE DATES!
Have a Holly Jolly
Christmas
Ridgeland
Ridgeland Chamber Board members
John Dorsa, State Farm Insurance
and Helene Dorsa and Don Burnham,
Holmes Community College.
Health Care Medical ~ Members of
the Ridgeland Chamber of Commerce
helped celebrate the grand opening of
Health Care Medical located at 625
S. Pear Orchard Road. From left,
Ridgeland Mayor Gene McGee; Health
Care Medical owners Preston and Valerie
Tolley and 2014 Ridgeland Chamber
President Marc Petro, Community Bank.
Help the Chamber Choose A
Make A Difference Day Project
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Sissy Moreland and Ridgeland Under
the Stars Co-Chairman Russell
Wilcox, Woodlands Realty Group
and Stacey Wilcox.
J. Olive Co. ~ The Ridgeland Chamber of Commerce hosted a ribbon cutting for J.
Olive Co., located at 141 Township Avenue, Suite 109 in the Township. Front row, from
left: Shana Robertson and Hannah Wagnon, Community Bank; Alan and Tom James,
Debbie and Lee James and Manda and Tommy James, owners of J. Olive Co.; Beverly
Pilcher, PIP Printing; Ridgeland Mayor Gene McGee; Alan Hart, City of Ridgeland;
Mina Thorgeson, Ridgeland Tourism Commission; Alderman Scott Jones and 2014
Ridgeland Chamber President Marc Petro, Community Bank. Back row, from left:
Greg Starnes, Trustmark National Bank; Mary Lea Hagan, Jackson; Clint Herring,
Kerioth Corporation; Tom Cummins, Community Trust Bank; Adam Panetta, C Spire;
Allan Cole, TownePlace Suites and Sedric Brinson, BankPlus.
Christmas
Christmas
Ridgeland
Ridgeland
Shop Local – Buy Local
Pre-holiday Christmas kick-off!
Saturday, October 25 – Sunday, November 16, 2014
at Participating Merchants.
2014 – 2015 JUNIOR DIPLOMATS
The Ridgeland Chamber
recently hosted a Junior
Diplomat Orientation at the
MS Craft Center honoring the
30 Junior Diplomats named
to the Chamber’s dynamic
Junior Diplomat Council.
The students with their coadvisors are front row, from
left: Jim Lowery, co-advisor,
Pear Orchard Business Center;
Heather Van Horn and Vickie
Lowell, Ridgeland High
School; Krishna Desai, Madison Ridgeland Academy; Natalene Vonkonalee
and Vipanpreet Kaur, RHS; Hannah McCowan, Jackson Academy; Sarah
King and Brianna Turner, RHS and Julie Cox, co-advisor, City of Ridgeland.
Second row, from left: Ben Milam, MRA; Juliette Richert, RHS; Caroline
Burford, Jackson Academy; Ramya Sarna, RHS and Wyatt Horne, The
Veritas School. Third row, from left: Erriona Browder, Carmielle Travis,
Alex Medellin, Katie McMurtry, Kennedy Wilson and Gillian Goodloe,
RHS. Fourth row, from left: Torrye Evans, Martin McCandless, Alan
Merkle, Ahmed Hassan and Raven Manuel, RHS. Fifth row, from left: Alex
Sterling, Justin Necaise, Kirby Mitchell, Tyler Seal and Julius Wells, RHS.
Not pictured: Mary Katherine Miller, The Veritas School.
Selected to serve as Co-Captains for the
2014-2015 Junior Diplomat Council are, from
left, Caroline Burford, Jackson Academy and
Martin McCandless and Heather Van Horn,
Ridgeland High School.
DIPLOMAT OF THE MONTH
AUGUST 2014
Adam Panetta
C Spire
October 3rd is Luncheon Honoring
New Chamber Members
The Ridgeland Chamber of Commerce will welcome new members who
have joined the Chamber since July 1st with a luncheon, Friday, October
3, 2014. The luncheon from 11:30 A.M. to 1:00 P.M. is sponsored by C
Spire and will be held at the C Spire headquarters, 1018 Highland Colony
Parkway in Renaissance.
The following new Ridgeland Chamber members will be honored:
Apricot Lane Boutique • Chop’d Salad Bistro • From Our House to Yours
Guruz Fitness Studio • Steven Inzinna • Karen Mori Bonner, LLC
Kevin’s Nail Spa • Laces by Lexi • M. Corley Salon, LLC
Neighborhood Insurance Services • New York Life • Raymond’s Salon
Seafood R’evolution • T Stylez Hair Studio, LLC • Wiggins Photography
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Advertise your business here! Call the Ridgeland Chamber of Commerce for information. 601.991.9996