2013 Fall Winter - Port Sydney/Utterson and Area Chamber of
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2013 Fall Winter - Port Sydney/Utterson and Area Chamber of
Chamber Notes Fall & Winter 2013/2014 Port Sydney/Utterson & Area Chamber of Commerce Message from Chamber President, Gordon Haig INSIDE THIS ISSUE Greetings Everyone! I hope everyone is having a great fall and looking forward to the coming Holiday Season. We had a very busy year in 2013. Our Chamber, and the other five Chambers throughout Muskoka, partnered together to kick off an advertising campaign to promote shopping in Muskoka, so when you are out doing your Christmas shopping this year we hope you will choose a Chamber Member First, and keep it in Muskoka! Our Christmas dinner will be on Thursday December 5, 2013 at the Trillium Resort & Spa in Port Sydney this year. Price is $40 per person which includes a buffet dinner, taxes, gratuities, live music and guest favours. Consider making this your Company Christmas party and bring your employees, friends and family. It is always a great night and we will be presenting our Business of the Year Awards. Tickets going fast - get yours now! Thanks to Our Members Welcome New Members Pages 2,3 Business of the Year Awards 2013 Page 4 Chamber News Page 5 Chamber Insurance Executive & Board of Directors Page 6 Coming Events This year we partnered with Mary Lake Association and introduced the Member’s Privilege Card. Lots of positive feedback on this initiative and will find details and application form on the chamber website www.portsydneycoc.com The Chamber received a BEAM (Broadband for E-Business and Marketing) grant for a new website this year. We are currently working on the new site with our designer, Client First Canada, and will be going live some time in December. We are also working on the 57th Annual Winter Carnival event and trying to introduce new activities for 2014. At this time I would like to thank our Board of Directors, Management Staff and also all of the many volunteers within our communities that come out and help at all the different events. We are so very fortunate to have so many wonderful volunteers in our communities. They really do help to make the difference and make this a great place to live work and play. Best wishes for a safe and happy holiday season. Cheers! Pages 7 If you have questions or require information about this Chamber please call our office at 705-385-1117. We will be pleased to help you. COMING EVENTS Community Christmas Tree Lighting Event Working for You! Thursday, November 24, 2011 at community hall C HAM BE R N OT E S F ALL & W INT E R 2013/2014 P AGE 2 Thank you to our Members for your support ! Aben Graphics Ltd./Colour Crazy ACTION Pages/Muskoka Parry Sound Telephone Directory Algonquin Outfitters All Star Septic Amerispec Appraisal Group Muskoka Back of Beyond Equine Centre BDO Canada LLP Beverly Wood, Sutton Group Muskoka Realty Billingsley Funeral Home Bill Smith Transportation Inc. Blais Appliance Service Bonne Passmore, RE/MAX North Country Realty Inc. Bulk Barn Butler Books Camp Mini-Yo-We Carbon Footprint Solutions Carpentry Defined Cars 2 Go Cedar Laine Restoration Clearwater Carpentry & Contracting Clyffe House Cottage Resort Comfort Inn, Huntsville Corey Mainville Appliance Service Corporation of the Town of Huntsville Including Algonquin Theatre, Huntsville Public Library & Muskoka Heritage Place Creative Muskoka Cards Danielle Eakins, Sales Representative Your Choice Realty Corp. Davicor Construction Dean’s Home Hardware Deer Lake Auto Recyclers Designs for Living Elemental Construction Inc. Explorer’s Edge Four Season Green French’s Fine Homes Gentle Dental Gordon Haig, Your Choice Realty Corp., Broker Grand & Toy Greystone Project Management Hammond Transportation Ltd. Harvest Bible Chapel Henrietta’s Pine Bakery Heritage Property Services Hilarity Hall Cottage Rentals Hill & Gully Riders Snowmobile Club Hollow Tree Huntsville Place Mall Huntsville District Memorial Hospital Foundation Huntsville Pharmasave Huntsville Window & Door In-Home Personal Trainer Inc. Integra - Bespoke Lighting Systems Invisible Fence Brand of Muskoka Ivan Wilson Services Jimmy Hatz Cottage Cookhouse JND Designs Kaye Brothers Building Contractors KJE Services Knots and Burls to Bowls Maggie Tomlinson, Chestnut Park Real Estate Limited Manning Consulting Group Maple Orchard Farms Mark The Musician Mary Lake Association Mary Lake Marina Mary’s Maids of Muskoka McIlroy Insurance Brokers Metro Supermarket Mixed Mediography Inc. Mobile Trailer Repair Monique Heemskerk, Sales Representative Royal LePage Lakes of Muskoka Realty Moore Propane Limited Moose Delaney’s Sports Bar & Grill Muskoka Animal Hospital Muskoka Building & Contracting Muskoka Brewery Muskoka Community Futures Muskoka Grave Groomers Muskoka Magazine Muskoka Music Centre Muskoka Renovations and Maintenance Muskoka Roastery Coffee Co. Muskoka Small Business Centre Muskoka Stonescape Inc. Muskoka Window & Door Muskoka Woods Sports Resort North Granite Ridge Golf Course Noveltymann Ontario Pioneer Camp Pet Valu - Your Pet, Your Store C HAM BE R N OT E S P AGE 3 F ALL & WIN TE R 2013/2014 Thank you Members - continued Pillar to Post Pine Lodge Inn Port Sydney Cottage Rentals Port Sydney Electric Port Sydney Freshmart Port Sydney Recyclers R.M. McDermott Surveying Ltd. Red Door Home Furnishing & Décor Consignment John and Ray Jarvis, RE//MAX North Country Realty Inc. Robert Nelson Photography Robinson’s Independent Grocer Rogers Maintenance Ryan McKean’s Excavating Safeguard Business System Scentsy Fragrances - Connie Zator, Independent Consultant Scott Paralegal Sharp Communications Source One Mechanical Spring Creek Services & Pump Shop Stephenson District Lion’s Club STRONE-Your Complete Energy Solution (formerly TCR Disaster Kleenup) Summit Mortgage Services Inc. Taylor Carpet One Telizon Inc. Terry Smith Watch Repair The Benefits Coach The Brick Warehouse LP, Huntsville The Cottage Waterfront Grill The Diamond ‘in the Ruff’ Golf Club The Huntsville Forester The Moose 105.5, CFBK FM The New Bickley Ford The Peerless Group The Pines/Mary Lake Cottages The Real Muskoka Experience The Rocky Island Tire Co. Inc. The Trillium Resort & Spa Tim’s Cottage Care Top to Bottom Home & Property Inspections TPG International Travel Counsellors Two Horse Gallery Uncle Larry’s General Store Utterson General Store/The 141 Cafe Zoodonyms NEW MEMBERS (Since the 2013 Spring/Summer Newsletter) Agnew Masonry Always Handy Property Management Armstrong Dodge Artsy Pear Blackbird Boatworks Ltd. Black Creek Denture Services Bonnie’s Place Business Computer Resources Christian Clelland Photography Services Client First Canada.com Costco Wholesale Cottages on the Web Designs for Living DnDesigns Custom Embroidery Fibre Meadows Felting Gene MacKinnon Plumbing Happy Hounds Hairstyles Healthworks Chiropractic Huntsville Suzuki School of Music Jeff Pearson HVAC Services Jennifer Dutton-Munn, Century 21 Cottage Realty Inc. Mary Lake Retirement Residence Melissa Bradbury—Sutton Group Huntsville MTS Environmental—Muskoka Muskoka Audio Video Unlimited Muskoka Grave Groomers Muskoka Limousine Muskoka Party Rentals Muskoka River Property Services Painted Kids Pinnacle Property Maintenance Inc. Sharp Communications Shop Muskoka RH Designs Spa Muskoka/Arbonne-Ashley Stewart Steeped Tea Steve Bowman Renos Treasures & Trophies Ultrafast Wireless—Port Sydney You-Nique Boutique C HAM BE R NOT E S PAGE F ALL & W INT E R 2013/2014 4 BUSINESS OF THE YEAR AWARDS 2013 CRITERIA FOR THE AWARDS Open to members in good standing of the Port Sydney/Utterson & Area Chamber of Commerce CRITERIA FOR THE AWARD An established Chamber member who has been in operation for over 2 years and has demonstrated success and innovation over the years. The criteria for the award is a business who has demonstrated outstanding growth, environmental sensitivity, and customer service. They provide a quality product or service and have excellent employee/employer relations. A business who has demonstrated outstanding community involvement. Please refer to the Chamber website for a list of all established businesses. An award will also be presented to a new business who has been in operation 2 years or less. Nomination forms available on the Chamber website www.portsydneycoc.com or call the Chamber office at 705-385-1117. LAST YEAR’S AWARD WINNERS Alex Polmateeer Michelle Scott Dean Stevenson Port Sydney Freshmart Scott Paralegal Cars 2 Go Calling ALL members who have recently won awards - or have been recognized in some capacity. We would be pleased to publicize award details for you. Please contact the Chamber office at 705-385.1117. F ALL & WIN TE R 2013/2014 C HAM BE R N OT E S P AGE 5 NEWS!! The Chamber has been approved for a BEAM (Broadband for E-Business and Marketing Program) grant to build a new website. We are currently working on this exciting venture, with our website designer, Client First Canada. The new site will be live in December and will offer many new opportunities for members. Watch for more information! . Chamber Contact Info ADDRESS: 15 South Mary Lake Road, Unit 4 Port Sydney, ON P0B 1L0 Telephone 705-385-1117 Fax 705-385-9753 [email protected] www.portsydneycoc.com C HAM BE R N OT E S FALL & WINTER 2013/2014 P AGE 6 Why Chambers Plan? Employee benefits are an important tool used by employers to attract new employees and retain experienced employees. The Chambers of Commerce Group Insurance Plan® is Canada’s largest group benefit program for small The Benefits Coach business, serving over 25,000 firms. 705-457-1052 ext. 202 Thousands of small business owners join the [email protected] Chambers Plan each year because it's the simple, www.thebenefitscoach.com www.chambersplan.ca stable, smart choice for their business: combining accessibility, flexible options and pooled benefits that add stability to their employee benefits. Firms stay with the Chambers Plan year after year because the Plan combines unsurpassed value with excellent customer service at the national and local levels. Executive & Board of Directors of the Port Sydney/Utterson & Area Chamber of Commerce CITIZEN OF THE YEAR 2013 Congratulations Barry Pearson Gordon Haig, President Patrick Streppel, Vice-President Karen MacInnes, Secretary Patty Butler, Treasurer Barry, pictured here with his wife, Helen, his Mother, Connie who was visiting from England, Gord Haig, Tony Clement and Mayor Claude Doughty. DIRECTORS Carla O’Neill Derek Watson-Brown Duane Reid Karen Prince Kim Dubeau Maggie Tomlinson Tom Nichols NEWS, NEWS! Rebuilding, Rebuilding!! For those of you who don’t already know - the good news is in! MANAGEMENT TEAM Nancy Ewing Sandra McKerracher Smith’s Ultramar is in the process of being rebuilt - the plans are in place and the building has already started! Re-opening in 2014. Great news for Port Sydney and for the many visitors to Muskoka! CHAMBER NOTES PAGE 7 FALL & WINTER 2013-2014 COMING EVENTS Thursday, November 21, 2013 Community Christmas Tree Lighting Event Port Sydney Community Hall 6.30 - 8 p.m. Thursday, December 5, 2013 Chamber Christmas dinner event at Trillium Resort & Spa Bring your friends and family. Make this your Christmas party for your employees! Tickets going fast - call now 705-385-1117 57th Annual Winter Carnival January 23 - 26, 2014 Please consider sponsoring an event - we need your support! SPONSORS NEEDED Please consider sponsoring an activity - it’s all for the kids! GIANT IGLOO AT THE BEACH Winter Carnival Mascot - new in 2014 - start a new tradition! Photo Opportunity Boards for the kids! Entertainment by Muskoka Music School - Mr. Frank Face Painting by Painted Kids PLUS MUCH MORE! Full information will be on our website soon! Call the office if you would like to sponsor an activity. 705-385-1117