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December 2006
Newsletter
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DECEMBER MEMBERSHIP MEETING
Our monthly membership meeting will be held on Thursday
December 7th at 8am at the Mt Airy Fire Hall (corner of
Watersville Rd and Main St, park at the rear/lower level and enter through
the back doors).
We will have our usual hour of introductions, committee
reports and discussions of new and old business.
Remember that minutes of all our monthly meetings can
be found on the Chamber website at www.mtairybusiness.com
Every month members also get to see all the
advertising, newspaper coverage and correspondence for the past month.
MEMBERSHIP DRIVE REPORT
Our 4th Annual Chamber Membership Drive
event was held 16th November at Century Dodge, Chrysler,
Jeep.
The event was a tremendous success and has helped us
sign up more than 150 members for 2007 – see Membership Report below.
The grand door prize of a snowblower from the Tractor Supply Co, was won by Rita Alexander of new member Damascus
Community Bank.
Other door prizes were won by Chris Carter of CarterQue, DJ Fenton of Stauffer Funeral Homes, and Dave
Pribulick of Sealcraft - who all won gifts kindly provided by Rob
and Debbie Truelove of Signs by Tomorrow.
Our thanks go to Joe DeGiorgi and his staff at Century,
and to Frank Illiano and Katie Scheel of New York J & P Pizza for
feeding and watering us so well!
BUSINESS CARD EXCHANGE REPORT
Thank you to Catonsville Homes for hosting our
December Business Card Exchange at their model home at Nottingham.
Door prize winners included: Ray Miller of Re/Max (a gift certificate to New York J&P Pizza); Gail Slane of Forever Flowers (a gift certificate for Retro-Metro); Tom Neff
of MSCC (a gift certificate for A Do or Dye); and Paula
Wilhelm of Lorien and Raymond Letterheads (a gift from Catonsville Homes).
Thank you to our hosts Rob Scranton, Steve Edmondson
and everyone at Catonsville Homes!
MEMBERSHIP REPORT
The following 15 businesses joined in November (all
signing up for 2007):
Big Perm’s Barber Shop, Jake Cadwell, 301-829-3007
Colleen Strube, Longaberger, 301-662-0455
Court Enterprises, Bob Batz, 410-876-4171
Damascus Community Bank, Joe Greenville, 301-253-1000
First Financial Group, Steve Schleupner, 301-662-7244
Fletcher Plumbing & Heating, Jeff Fletcher,
301-829-3443
Pam Harding, Realtor, Long & Foster, 301-253-5155
Heaven’s Best, Brian Ward, 301-829-9740
Hippocratic Systems, LLC, Bob Cage, 301-829-3146
Kevin & Co., Keller Williams Realty, 301-748-4046
Mount Airy Tile and Carpet, 301-829-9538
Nassau Broadcasting, Ginny MacCall, 301-620-7700
Pavement Depot of MD, David Pribulick, 301-668-7325
Slumber Parties by Kolby, Kolby Adams, 301-606-8061
Whipsmart Mail, Marsha Carmack, 301-514-8238
We have 154 members signed up for 2007 - with 20 new
members.
[Membership Committee Chair Dennis Emerson, Sherman
Emerson Insurance.]
2007 OFFICERS
Following the election at our November meeting, our
officers for the coming year are:
President – Carol Cahall
1st VP – Aaron Kahn
2nd VP – Kerry Turner
Recording Secretary – Archie Rogers
Treasurer – Denny Ahalt
Corresponding Secretary – (Open)
Thank you for your service to the Chamber!
PHONE BOOK UPDATE
Next spring there will be a Mount Airy Phone Book
(White and Orange Pages just as before) going to the 11,500 households,
businesses and PO boxes of the 21771 zip.
There will also be a Mount Airy Phone Book – Business
Edition (Orange Pages only) mailed to an additional 15,000 households,
business and PO boxes in the zipcodes and rural routes immediately
surrounding 21771.
All advertisers from the 2005 Book (plus new businesses
that opened since then) will receive a 5% discount. All display
advertisers will receive a $95 credit if they join the Chamber for 2007.
For additional information please contact Keir Knight
at (301) 829-1982 or by e-mail phonebook@mtairybusiness.com
2007 GALA
Come join your fellow Chamber members at the 2nd Annual Chamber Gala Dinner Dance - "A Starry Winter Night" on Saturday,
January 13th at the American Legion Gold Star Post 191.
This evening promises to be a delight for all who
attend. Elegant dining will be provided once again by Catering 2 You,
starting with a variety of hors d’oeuvres at 7:00pm.
There will be a cash bar.
Music will be provided so pull out your dancing shoes,
your holiday attire and enjoy the fun!
THE DEADLINE IS FRIDAY DECEMBER 8TH!
For more information and a list of sponsors for this
event, please visit http://www.mtairybusiness.com/gala2007
For all questions please e-mail pwilhelm@lorienhealth.com
or call 301-829-6050, ext. 112
[Gala Committee Chair Paula Wilhelm, Lorien Assisted
Living]
COMMUNITY EXPO 2007
The 2007 Mt. Airy Chamber Community Expo will be held
on April 21, 2007,
11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. at the Mt. Airy Volunteer Fire Co.'s Activities
Grounds.
Register today as one of sponsors or exhibitors by
visiting our website at
www.mtairybusiness.com/expo2007 and mail it with your check by
March 23, 2007, to Filomena Thompson c/o The Greater Mt. Airy Chamber of
Commerce, Community Expo, P.O. Box 15, Monrovia, MD 21770.
[Expo Committee Chair, Filomena Thompson, Events
Made Simple]
DROP-IN NETWORKING LUNCHES
This new program from the Ambassadors Committee is an
informal meeting of Chamber members and guests - meeting at Noon every
second Tuesday at The Greene Turtle.
It’s a "dutch lunch" where you pay for your own food
and drinks – but there’s a great coupon on the website at
www.mtairybusiness.com/dropinlunches
The next date is Tuesday December 12th.
SECOND E-MAIL LIST
The new Chamber e-mail group "mtairybusinessgeneral" is
now live.
Unlike the main group, this new group is not moderated
and members
are free to post anything related to their own business or to the
local business community in general.
To view messages posted to the group, or to join,
please visit:
http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/mtairybusinessgeneral/
An edited digest of postings is submitted to the main e-mail group once a
week.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact
Keir Knight at (301) 829-1982 or klknight@pipeline.com
WEBSITE REDESIGN
The Chamber’s website has a new look and lots of new
content. Be sure to check things out at www.mtairybusiness.com
A new Member Listings page is being developed (and a
beta page can be found on the site) - featuring searchable listings and
categorized listings. These new pages will be completed as members re-join
for 2007. Now is a great time to send in your member profile!
We are also looking for sponsors for the site – if you
are interested in signing up as a sponsor please contact Keir Knight at
(301) 829-1982 or by e-mail klknight@pipeline.com
COMMERCIAL SPACE WEBPAGE
The website now features a page dedicated to commercial
space for lease or for sale. This is being produced in association with
The Mount Airy Economic Development Commission and is co-sponsored by Illiano Properties and CBI Development.
CHAMBER FOLDERS
The Greater Mt Airy Chamber of Commerce now has pocket
folders available for all members to use. The glossy folders include four
interior sheets: committee descriptions, Chamber events, leadership and an
application form.
The folders are available at all Chamber events and
meetings – or by contacting Ambassadors Committee Chair Ellie Bonde of the Blossom & Basket Boutique at (301) 831-0010.
They are perfect to use to introduce potential members
to the Chamber.
INFO TO SHARE?
If you have information you would like to share with
other Chamber members – either through the monthly newsletter, the Chamber
website, or Yahoo e-mail lists – please contact Advertising & Marketing
Committee Chair Keir Knight of Plain English Writing & Design at
(301) 829-1982 or klknight@pipeline.com
HAPPY HOLIDAYS
EVERYONE!
Look for our full page holidays ads in The Messenger on
Wednesday 20th and in The Gazette on Thursday 21st !
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