We will be holding the 2nd Annual Business Expo on February 25th, 2012. We are now reserving booths and they are filling up fast. The booths will be $45 for members with no electricity and $55 for members with electricity, $65 for non-chamber members with no electric and $75 for non-member electric. These rates are effective from October 6th thru December 31st, 2011. After the first of the year, there will be $10 increase per booth. Also, no booth will be held until money is in our hands. Be sure to get your spot early and again, be sure to have cash in hand to assure your booth is held.
Adrian Chamber of Commerce Newsletter–September 2011
Chamber website: www.adrianmochamber.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Adrian-MO-Chamber-of-Commerce/129462273755743
Or go to http://www.facebook.com and Search for Adrian Chamber of Commerce
The Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors and several members met September 1, 2011 at 7:30 a.m. at the VFW Building. Adrian Chamber of Commerce Board Meetings are held at 7:30 am the 1st Thursday of each month in the VFW hall on Main Street. The next meeting will be October 6. All Chamber members are encouraged to attend.
Items of Interest
Website: Pictures are needed for the website. Please call the Chamber Office (297-0004) to list information about your business on the website. Or e-mail pictures and/or event information to adrianmochamber@gmail.com. The way to make this an AWESOME site is for YOU to send your business information and pictures to be included. Thanks for your help.
Facebook: The Adrian Chamber now has a Face Book page. (See link above). Check it for copies of the newsletters and other Chamber notes on upcoming events, etc. You may post general information about your business (days, hours of business, etc.). It is not to be used for actual advertising of your business.
BAT (Business About Town): The BAT was September 9 at 12:00 noon at Wimfields on Main with American National Insurance as host. After the meeting, the host provided a short tour of it’s business on Main Street with dessert served.
December 9 will be the last BAT for 2011. If you would like YOUR business to be featured at a BAT, please call the Chamber office (297-0004), or send an email to adrianmochamber@gmail.com. Attendees pay for their own lunch and hear a presentation about the featured business/organization. Handouts, samples, etc. from the business are encouraged. BATs are held quarterly.
Welcome Bags: Items from individual Chamber businesses are needed for the Welcome Bags. These bags are given to new residents when they establish residence in Adrian. This is a great opportunity to advertise your business and help Adrian make a great “First Impression” on new residents. There have been many Welcome Bags given out this past year. Everyone who has a utility startup either at Adrian City Hall OR with Adrian Rural Water District #5 receives a welcome bag.
Does YOUR business have an item in the bag? If not, new residents don’t know about your business or what you offer. See page 2 for some examples of what Adrian and some other towns offer in their new resident Welcome Bags. Even if you have provided items in the past, MORE are needed. This is an ongoing project. You may drop your items off at the Adrian Bank or the Chamber Office.
Banners: Take a look at the great banners hanging on the light poles along Old 71 Hwy and Main Street. They do much to dress up our town. The business mentioned on each banner provides funding for that banner. If you would like a banner bearing YOUR business name, please call the Chamber office (297-0004), or send an email to adrianmochamber@gmail.com.
Dates/Upcoming events
Farmers’ Market—Ongoing throughout the summer. If you have fall vegetables, crafts, baked goods or other like items, please take advantage of this opportunity.
BAT—December 9, 2011 at 12:00 p.m. at Wimfields on Main.
Christmas Parade–November 26. There will be prizes for various entries. Not too early to be thinking about a parade entry. More details next month
Business Expo—February 25, 2012, reservations are being made now. This was a huge success last year and the Expo will fill up fast this year. No firm reservations without pre-payment. Call Chamber office (297-004) for more details or to reserve your spot.
BAT—Choose a month you would like your business to be highlighted. Call the Chamber office for more details or to put YOUR business on the schedule.
WELCOME BAG IDEAS, with your business name, business location, hours, etc. Many other items could be used also; these are just a few ideas:
Brochures
Bookmarks
Coupons for your services/products
Business Cards
Samples
Pens/Pencils
Drink Cosies
Refrigerator magnets
Kip Yoss, Adrian Chamber Commerce President
Adrian Chamber of Commerce Newsletter–August 2011
Chamber website: www.adrianmochamber.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Adrian-MO-Chamber-of-Commerce/129462273755743
Or go to http://www.facebook.com and Search for Adrian Chamber of Commerce
The Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors and several members met August 47, 2011 at 7:30 a.m. at the VFW Building. Adrian Chamber of Commerce Board Meetings are held at 7:30 am the 1st Thursday of each month in the VFW hall on Main Street. Chamber members are encouraged to attend.
Items of Interest
Website: Pictures are needed for the website. Please call the Chamber Office (297-0004) to list information about your business on the website. Or e-mail pictures and/or event information to adrianmochamber@gmail.com. The way to make this an AWESOME site is for YOU to send your business information and pictures to be included. Thanks for your help.
Facebook: The Adrian Chamber now has a Face Book page. (See link above). Check it for copies of the newsletters and other Chamber notes on upcoming events, etc. You may post general information about your business (days, hours of business, etc.). It is not to be used for actual advertising of your business.
Past events: The Adrian Chamber of Commerce helped the Adrian Community Library celebrate its five-year anniversary on August 6 by providing sno-cones and cotton candy to library visitors.
BAT (Business About Town): The next BAT will be September 9 at 12:00 noon at Wimfields on Main with American National Insurance as host. December 9 will be the last BAT for 2011. If you would like YOUR business to be featured at a BATs, please call the Chamber office (297-0004), or send an email to adrianmochamber@gmail.com. Attendees pay for their own lunch and hear a presentation about the featured business/organization. Handouts, samples, etc. from the business are encouraged. BATs are held quarterly.
Welcome Bags: Items from individual Chamber businesses are needed for the Welcome Bags. These bags are given to new residents when they establish residence in Adrian. This is a great opportunity to advertise your business and help Adrian make a great “First Impression” on new residents. There have been many Welcome Bags given out this past year. Everyone who has a utility startup either at Adrian City Hall OR with Adrian Rural Water District #5 receives a welcome bag.
Does YOUR business have an item in the bag? If not, new residents don’t know about your business or what you offer. See page 2 for some examples of what Adrian and some other towns offer in their new resident Welcome Bags. Even if you have provided items in the past, MORE are needed. This is an ongoing project. You may drop your items off at the Adrian Bank or the Chamber Office.
Banners: Take a look at the great banners hanging on the light poles along Old 71 Hwy and Main Street. They do much to dress up our town. The business mentioned on each banner provides funding for that banner. If you would like a banner bearing YOUR business name, please call the Chamber office (297-0004), or send an email to adrianmochamber@gmail.com.
Dates to Remember
Farmers’ Market—Ongoing throughout the summer. Notice the awesome Farmers’ Market SIGN on the side of the building.
BAT—September 9, 2011—See above.
Things to be thinking about:
Christmas Parade–November 26. Not too early to be thinking about a parade entry.
Business Expo—February ?? 2012, reservations are being made now. This was a huge success last year and the Expo will fill up fast this year. Call Chamber office for more details.
BATs—Choose a month you would like your business to be highlighted.
WELCOME BAG IDEAS, with your business name, business location, hours, etc. Many other items could be used also; these are just a few ideas:
Brochures
Bookmarks
Coupons for your services/products
Business Cards
Samples
Pens/Pencils
Drink Cosies
Kip Yoss, Adrian Chamber Commerce President
The Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors met November 4, 2010 at 7:30 at the VFW Building.
Website: We are in the process of changing the website. If you need something listed, please give Elbert a call and we will get it listed for you.
Banner Promotion: Bear with us we are in the process of getting the rest of the banners up as we speak. We are going to contact some other individuals to see if we can get the banners up any sooner. We appreciate the City Crew for putting the banners down Main Street but they are really busy working on other projects right now so we are going to see if we can get someone else to help us out with this project.
Sight and Safety Night: The Chamber would like to personally Thank the Lions Club for sponsoring the Sight and Safety night and for being a big part of the success of it for several years.
Christmas Parade: Plans are well underway for our 1st Annual Christmas Parade. As we speak we have several entries and are planning on having another committee meeting on November 9, 2010. Anyone interested in participating in the parade is more that welcome to just show up at the VFW Hall between the hours of 3:30 and 4:00 for Line-up and the parade will start at 4:30.
Chamber Banquet: The date for the Chamber of Commerce Banquet has been set for March 19, 2011. We actually took the date that the chamber had reserved for the Expo, because the Optimist Building was booking up fast, so the Board voted to have the Banquet in March and wait and have the Expo in April. I will be giving out more details when they become available I just wanted everyone to get that date on their calendar and make plans to attend, it should and always is a really nice evening.
Business Expo: The date for the expo has been changed to April 16, 2011. The Expo committee met and has been discussing plans for the Expo as far as Advertising and plans for the event. We are still in the planning stages as soon as we finalize our plans we will be getting some information out to our chamber members, so they can plan on attending.
BATS: December BAT: Crowe & Heckman, P.C.
Chamber Bucks: Once again it is getting that time a year to start planning on Christmas shopping. There is nothing better than getting chamber bucks for that certain someone that you just can’t figure out what to buy. Chamber bucks make great gifts for employees or for that boss that is hard to buy for. You can purchase chamber bucks at the Adrian Bank or at Yoss Thriftway or Citizens Bank.
Once again we have a lot going on and a lot on our agenda. Keep shopping local and like I said chamber bucks are always a great gift and we always have are chamber mugs for sale.
Date to Remember:
- November 27 – Christmas Parade – 4:30
- March 19, 2011 – Annual Chamber of Commerce Banquet
- April 16, 2011 – Adrian Chamber of Commerce Business Expo 2011
Lori Haskins, President
The Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors met October 7th, 2010 at 7:30 at the VFW Building.
Website: We are in the process of changing the website. If you need something listed, please give Elbert a call and we will get it listed for you.
Banner Promotion: Some of the banners have been put up and the city crew is in the process of getting the additional banners up as soon as possible. I just wanted to thank them in advance for their help in getting our banners up. They look so nice and it is a nice addition to our town.
Farmer’s Market: The Farmer’s Market will continue until the last Saturday in October, which would be the 30th. If you know of anyone that has any fall items that would like to bring to the Farmer’s Market they have until the end of October.
Business Expo: We have set March 19th, 2011 as the date. We are in the process of setting up a committee. If you are interested in serving on that committee, please give Phil Oates a call. Before we can officially take any names and or money, we have to get everything set up for the Expo. As soon as we get everything formalized, we will be sending out information to everyone. Thanks for all of the interest.
Craft Fair: Dale Bishop has been working on getting information ready for our Craft Fair for next year. He has been gathering information from other sources that have had some success in having Crafts Fairs.
BATS: December BAT: Crowe & Heckman, P.C.
Welcome Bags: The Welcome bags have been filled and have been delivered to our local Public Water office and our City hall. We are still in need of items to fill the bags, so if your business would like to donate an item feel free to contact me at the number listed. Lori Haskins@ 816-97-2194
Teacher Welcome Bags: We delivered teacher welcome bags to our new teachers at the school. The bags included everything from our welcome bags plus a chamber mug with some candy and a welcome tag on each bag.
Christmas Parade: The Chamber in conjunction with the WMAT&MA will be hosting a Christmas parade. The parade will be held the same night as the Hot Chocolate night at the Antique Tractor Village. The parade will start at 4:30 and will proceed down Main Street and end at the end of main. We welcome anyone to come be a part of this event. We are in the process of sending out a letter to organizations and schools in hopes to get some involvement. If you need any additional information please feel free to contact myself or Linda Oldfield or contact the Chamber office.
Sight and Safety Night: Just a reminder to all of our members October 31st, 2010 is the date for this year’s Sight and Safety night. If you have ever attended you know that every year it just keeps on growing and it is such a neat event for kids and adults to experience. This year it happens to fall on a Sunday night, so plan on being open and supporting our Lions Club and support our town with this great tradition that they have started.
Chamber Bucks: Once again it is getting that time a year to start planning on Christmas shopping. There is nothing better than getting chamber bucks for that certain someone that you just can’t figure out what to buy. Chamber bucks make great gifts for employees or for that boss that is hard to buy for. You can purchase chamber bucks at the Adrian Bank or at Yoss Thriftway or Citizens Bank.
Once again we have a lot going on and a lot on our agenda. Keep shopping local and like I said chamber bucks are always a great gift and we always have are chamber mugs for sale. Keep your calendar open for the end of February or the beginning of March for a possible date for our annual banquet. I will keep you updated when I know more details. Support your Chamber and get involved. Lori Haskins, President