Chamber Chatter - LowellInChamber

Volume 2, Issue 1
January 2015
Chamber Chatter
2014 in Review
You Must Be The Change
You Wish to See in The
World.
~Muhatma Ghandi
Inside this issue:
Message from the President
1
Chamber News
2
Town News
2
2015 New Members
3
Inside Story
3
Quarterly Calendar
3
Local Sponsors
4
2014 was a very successful
year. We would like to thank
our Members for your continuing support and assistance.
job posting board. A Facebook page was also created
to update members and
Community of events
around Lowell.
Social Nights were held at
Mi Ranchito and McVey’s
Restaurant and the number
of members and guests increased with each outing.
At year end, the Chamber
held 71 active members.
New to the Chamber in 2014
were: Lowell Carpets & Coverings, Tiger Plumbing, Cedar Creek Health Campus,
Franciscan Alliance Services,
Oxford/Sagamore Mortgage
Services, A+ Tax & Accounting Services and Signature
Banquets.
The Chamber participated/
contributed towards the
following events: Labor Day
Fest & Parade, 3rd Annual
Wine Tasting & Silent Auction Event, Halloween
Hoopla, Holiday Magic &
Tree Lighting Festivities,
Franciscan Alliance Ribbon
Cutting & Cedar Creek
Health Campus Ribbon Cutting. Sophia Mazuria received the 2014 LHS $500
Scholarship Award. The
Chamber was also a member
in the Buy Local NWI Initiative.
New member benefits for
2014 included: Notary services, Member of the Month
spotlights and Chamber conference room in addition to
the updated services on the
website.
Technically speaking, the
Chamber website received a
complete update to include
an interactive calendar for
member events as well as a
3rd Annual Wine Tasting
held at Signature Banquets
Franciscan Alliance Ribbon Cutting
Ceremony
Message From the President
Member Aron Schurhke
State Farm Agency participated in the Holiday Parade
of Lights.
As the new year starts to take
shape, I am looking forward to
working with you as your new
Board President. I would like
to say thank you to Tara Klahn
for her time and dedication
during her term and wish her
well in her future endeavors.
My wife and I are life-long
Region residents and intend
on raising our two children
here. I currently sit as a Director on the Tri-Creek Education Foundation and have
been with Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance for over 10
years. I am looking forward
to getting to know our Member businesses and find different ways of helping to
promote each business individually.
More involvement with our
Members is also important.
Whether it’s your attendance at
a meeting or asking a question
or voicing your concern, the
Chamber appreciates your feedback.
My promise to you is that the
Chamber will continually strive
to better itself so we can work
together towards success.
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Chamber News
2015 is going to be a busy
year! We have several events
in the works!
Stop in the Chamber Office
to pick up your Buy Local
Decal!
First, at a Board Meeting held
in November, the following
2015 Directors were voted on
unanimously:
Michael
Hanger, President; Linda
Baer, Vice-President; Linda
Bourrell, Treasurer; Claudia
White, Secretary; Norma Gonzalez, Director; Garry Bales,
Director; Deana Sutton, Director.
The Chamber is planning a
Business Community Showcase for Saturday, March 21st.
This event will be held at
Lowell High School. Additional information will be sent
to members by the beginning
of February. As this is an ideal
location, we are asking all
Members to get involved in
this event and take advantage
of a great promotion opportunity for your business!
The Chamber is also looking
into planning a golf outing
sometime in June. More information will be sent in February. Doesn’t matter if you are
a scratch golfer or social
golfer, come out and enjoy!
The 4th Annual Wine Tasting
and Silent Auction will once
again be held in October. It is
a night of fun: bidding on
items and wine tasting. We
are looking for donations for
the silent auction and will be
sending out letters in April.
Social Nights will be held once
a month from 6pm-8pm with
a different location for each
event. If you haven’t had a
chance to attend, it’s a great
way to meet other Members
and network.
Questions?
Contact the
Chamber office at 696.0231.
Town News
Lowell Parks Department has
the Winter/Spring 2015 Programs and Events schedule up
and on the Town website.
Some activities offered:
Bumper Bowling, Soccer,
Wado-Ki Karate, Tumble-Bear
Pre-School Classes, Gymnastics, and Just Dance. Open
Gym for Volleyball, Soccer
and Dodgeball are also available. Check the Lowell website
at www.lowell.net.
The Parks Department is also
offering the following Senior
Happenings at the Lowell
Library: February 26th - LHS
Jazz Band and Dessert at
11am, March 11th - Bill Jamerson performs at 1pm.
Spring Soccer registration will
be held at Town Hall on Friday, February 20th from 6pm8pm and Saturday, February
21st from 9am-11am. This
2015 Board of Directors
President: Michael Hanger, Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance
Vice-President: Linda Baer, DL Sales
Treasurer: Linda Bourrell, A+ Tax & Accounting Services, LLC
Secretary: Claudia White, The Times Media Company
The Lowell Chamber of
Commerce is working for
the businesses in the Three
Creeks area, bringing new
ideas and concepts, working together with Lowell
Organizations; building
relationships within the
Community and Regions
Director: Norma Gonzalez, Standard Bank & Trust Company
Director: Garry Bales, Don Bales, Inc.
Director: Deana Sutton, Northwest Indiana Real Estate
Administrative Assistant: Gina Kirin
program is for ages 4-14.
Memorial Bricks are a great
way to remember a loved one.
Purchase a brick to be placed
in the Freedom Park Brick
Walk. Bricks are $50 each and
can be ordered at the Parks
Office.
For information on any program, contact the Parks Department at 696.1570.
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New Members for 2015
The Board of Directors
would like to welcome the
following new Members to
the Chamber: Intervention
Services, Inc., Niemeyer’s
Landscape Supply, Metro
Recycling and McColly Real
Estate-Nancy Frigo Team.
Intervention Services, Inc.
specializes in drug and alcohol intervention and as a
treatment center referral
network. To contact Kevin
Lee:219.695.0291
or
klee@interventionservicesin
c.com. “Like” their FB page
at www.facebook.com/
Intervention-Services.
w e b s i t e
Their
i s :
www.interventionservicesinc.com
Niemeyer’s Landscape Supply
specializes in trees, shrubs,
flowers, pavers, deco stone,
dirt, lighting, pond supplies
and landscaping materials. To
contact
Niemeyers:
219.663.1042
or
[email protected].
“Like” their FB page at
www.facebook.com/
Niemeyers. Their website is
www.niemeyerstone.com.
Metro Recycling is making an
impact on the world by mak-
ing scrap metal, paper and
plastic easier to recycle and
more profitable for the consumer. To contact LaRae
Dykstra: 219.922.1830. “Like”
their FB page at Metro Recycling and visit their website at
wheredoirecycle.com.
McColly Real Estate can assist
you with buying and selling
from the Chicago shoreline to
the Michigan shoreline! Contact them at 219-864-7200.
“Like” their FB page at
www.facebook.com/pages/
Mccolly-Crown-Point.
NEW
MEMBERS
Intervention Services
Metro Recycling
Niemeyer’s Landscape
Supply
McColly Real Estate
Social Night - Route 2 Brews
The Chamber held it’s
monthly Social Night at the
new brewery - Route 2
Brews. Members and business reps from the area
came out to network and
sample some of the beers
offered. The Chamber would
like to thank Route 2 Brews
for their hospitality and
wonderful catered food!
Businesses that were repre-
sented: The Times Media
Co, Don Bales, Inc., Indiana
Farm Bureau, Northwest
Indiana Real Estate, Midwest Accurate Grinding,
Hirata’s Lowell Body Shop,
Metro Recycling, McColly
Real Estate, Town Council,
and Lowell Women’s Club.
Information was given on
different events that will be
happening in the area and
1st Quarter 2015
within the Chamber. Our
next Social Night will be on
Wednesday, February 18th
with a location to be determined.
New members McColly Real Estate
and Metro Recycling enjoy the
ambiance of Route 2 Brews(left)
Celebrating his 87th birthday, Mr.
& Mrs. Hirata spent it networking!
(above) Thanks to all for attending!
428 E. Commercial Avenue
Lowell, IN 46356
219.696.0231
[email protected]
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