The Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors met September 2nd, 2010 at 7:30 at the VFW Building.
Membership Dues:
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: We are in the final stages of getting those last few banners sold. If you are interested in advertising on one, you should get in contact with Kip Yoss.
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: The Board officially voted to hold off on having the Craft Fair this year due to time restraints. We will however be in the process of planning for next year. Look for information next year as it becomes available.
BATS: September 10th, 2010 will be our next BAT, at noon @ Wimfields. The September BAT is being hosted by Del’s Adrian Appliance Heating & Cooling. Be sure and stop by and have lunch and spend some time visiting with the employees from Del’s.
December BAT: Crowe & Heckman, P.C.
Welcome Bags: I have taken on the project of updating our current welcome bags. For some of our new Chamber members these bags are given out at City hall and also the Public Water office when new residents move to town. After receiving the current tub of goodies so to speak I realized that are goodies are really outdated. So here goes my plea to any current chamber member who would love to have something to promote their business in our welcome bags, please just give me a call and I will come by your business and pick those items up. I am not begging yet but it might get to that point if I don’t get a few phone calls. It doesn’t have to be anything elaborate, pens, notepads, or a flyer with a coupon on it. If you have any questions please feel free to call me at the number listed or e-mail me. Lori Haskins – Adrian Bank – 816-297-2194 – lori@adrianbank.com
Guest Speaker: Paul Burhart came and spoke to the Chamber about the Food Pantry and how it was moving to Butler. He wanted to make sure that everyone understood the reasons why this was happening. To get help from Harvesters, Adrian had to have 50 families and the number of families was down to between 20 and 30 families. Between the numbers being down and the financial responsibility it was more than what Adrian could handle any longer. They want everyone to understand that they will continue to support families through the Ministerial Alliance but with the understanding that they will do so by a case by case situation. They realize that organizations along with individuals like to make donations to this Alliance and they can still do so monetarily but unfortunately will not be able to accept food donations due to the lack of storage. If you have someone who you know needs help please feel free to contact any of the following churches, Adrian Christian Church, Adrian First Baptist Church, Adrian United Methodist Church and the Victory Assembly of God Church.
The Chamber of Commerce has a page on facebook. For updates and events, be sure and check us out on www.facebook.com under The Adrian Chamber of Commerce.
Don’t’ forget to shop locally and support your chamber.
Lori Haskins, President
The Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors met August 5th, 2010 at 7:30 at the VFW Building.
Membership Dues: As of the meeting, we have 90 paid members. Not bad for a small town!
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: Kip is in the process of collecting for the Banners. If you are interested in one, you need to get in touch with Kip Yoss. This has been a great addition to our town. I think they look great going down Main Street and now they will go down old 71 Highway from Casey’s to Yoss Thirftway.
Farmer’s Market: The Farmer’s Market is in full swing now and every week we get a few more vendors. With this extreme heat it has been hard on our attendance. Keep coming up to Main Street on Saturdays and support our local vendors. With our location now we are hoping that it will just continue to grow and bring more people to our Main Street.
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: We are also looking into having a Craft Fair on Main Street. We are still in the planning stage. Dale Bishop is going to head up our Craft Fair committee. So again if you are interested in serving on that committee, please contact Dale and let him know. The reality of having the Craft Fair this year is looking a little dim, so we are in hopes of having it start in 2011.
BATS: September BAT – Del’s Appliance
December BAT – Crowe & Heckman, P.C.
The Chamber of Commerce has a page on facebook. For updates and events, be sure and check us out on www.facebook.com under The Adrian Chamber of Commerce.
Don’t’ forget to shop locally and support your chamber.
Lori Haskins, President
The Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors met July 1st, 2010 at 7:30 at the VFW Building.
Membership Dues: Dues are now $40.00 and may be paid at the Chamber Office or mailed to the Chamber of Commerce @ PO Box 303.
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: At this point Kip has 5 banners available, if you are interested please be sure and let him know as soon as possible.
Farmer’s Market: The Farmer’s Market will be located just to the East of Del’s Appliance. We have received the approval of the city to have the street blocked off and have our vendors set up on the side street. We will start our Market on Saturday July 10th, at 7:00 am. The Farmers Market will run now thru Sept or Oct weather permitting. A big Thank you to the city of Adrian for allowing the Chamber to use this location. The actual location will be on Main and Lexington.
Business Expo: We have set a date March 19th, 2011.
BATS: September BAT – Del’s Appliance
4th of July Parade: Hope everyone enjoyed their 4th of July, again a big Thank you goes to Linda Oldfield, Patsy and Morris Lemon, Don Arndt and Midwest Lumber for donating the Sign for our float in the parade. I really appreciate all of the people who helped make our Chamber float possible.
WMAT&MA Show once again was a great success. The Chamber voted last year to sponsor a dinner for all of the exhibitors that were present at the show, all they had to do was present a coupon and they received a complimentary dinner from the Adrian Chamber of Commerce. Member Don Arndt voiced his appreciation to the chamber on how well received it was from the exhibitors at the show this year. The chamber voted to do this appreciation dinner for the exhibitors again next year.
The Chamber of Commerce has a page on facebook. For updates and events be sure and check us out on www.facebook.com under The Adrian Chamber of Commerce.
Looks like it is going to be a very busy summer, don’t forget to shop locally and support your chamber.
Lori Haskins, President
The Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors met June 3rd, 2010 at 7:30 at the VFW Building.
Membership Dues: Dues are now $40.00 and may be paid at the Chamber Office or mailed to the Chamber of Commerce @ PO Box 303.
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.
Flag Promotion: Kip is in the process of selling more Flags for the downtown area, if you are interested in this promotion for your business gives him a call.
Farmer’s Market: Plans are underway for the upcoming season for the Farmer’s Market. We are in the process of confirming a location for our Farmer’s Market.
City Wide Garage Sale: The City Wide Garage Sale was this past Saturday and it looked like it was a great success as usual. We had great weather and it looked like a lot of shoppers.
Business Expo: We are in the process of planning for our 1st Annual Business Expo if you have any ideas please feel free to contact Phil Oats. We are looking at some dates in early 2011. We will keep you posted on any updates.
BATS: Adrian Community Library Bat Luncheon – June 12th is the Quarterly BAT meeting. This BAT is being hosted by the Adrian Community Library. Be sure and mark your calendar for this Friday for the luncheon at Wimfield’s on Main.
4th of July Parade: After a lot of discussion it was finally decided that Linda would be in charge of getting something together for the parade, if we have any volunteers to help her out that would be great. Please contact Linda Oldfield at the Adrian Journal.
I would like to thank Dale and Linda for covering our Chamber meeting for me this month as I had to be out of town and asked if they could take care of the business meeting for me. I appreciate having such a good board and Secretary that if my real job requires me to travel that I can call on them to help me out in a pinch if needed. Thanks again, and I apologize for missing it was one of those things that I couldn’t miss.
Again, if anyone needs anything from the Chamber don’t hesitate to give myself or one of our board members a call and we will do what we can to help you out in any possible way that we can.
Looks like it is going to be a very busy summer, don’t forget to shop locally and support your chamber.
Lori Haskins, President
The Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors met May 6th, 2010 at 7:30 at the VFW Building.
Membership Dues: Dues are now $40.00 and may be paid at the Chamber Office or mailed to the Chamber of Commerce @ PO Box 303.
Website: We are in the process of changing the website if you need something listed please give Elbert or the Chamber Office (297-0004) a call and we will get it listed for you.
Flag Promotion: Kip is in the process of selling more Flags for the downtown area, if you are interested in this promotion for your business gives him a call. Our Spring/Summer Flags were put up this week and they look great. Thanks to the City of Adrian for putting up the banners for us.
Farmer’s Market: Plans are underway for the upcoming season for the Farmer’s Market. We are in the process of confirming a location for our Farmer’s Market. As soon as we get a definite location we will start advertising and put up our signs. The market will run May thru November.
City Wide Garage Sale: Will be the first Saturday in June (June 5th). Call the Chamber office for details.
Business Expo: We are in the process of planning for our 1st Annual Business Expo if you have any ideas please feel free to contact Phil Oats.
BATS: June 11, 2010 – Adrian Community Library
September 10, 2010 – Del’s Appliance
*Remember all Quarterly BATs are at 12:00 (noon) at Wimfields on Main*
Planters: The plants have been planted and they look great. Please remember to water your planters. A Big Thank you goes out to the Garden Club for planting the flowers and to all the businesses that donated money toward the purchase of the flowers and planting materials. Thank You.
Welcome Bags: Here we go again asking for donations, but as you might know we hand out welcome bags to new residents when they move to town. The chamber has done this for some time now but we are getting low on supplies to stuff in our welcome bags, so if your business can spare something like pens, notepads or magnets, etc.. We would greatly appreciate anything that you have that we could use in our welcome bags. If you have something, you can either drop the donation off at the chamber office or at the new location of the Library (Old Napa Building), or at the Adrian Bank.
Looks like it is going to be a very busy summer, don’t forget to shop locally and support your chamber.
Lori Haskins, President