THE 2005 BUSINESS FAIR

"A Family Event Showcasing the Products & Skills of Your Local Business Community"

Saturday May 7th 2005. 11am - 4pm.

Fireman's Activities Grounds on the corner of Rt 27 and Twin Arch Rd.

Please sign up to help setup for the Fair on Friday May 6 from 4-7 PM and to help breakdown immediately following the event.

Call Archie Rogers at (301) 663-4311.

MAY MEMBERSHIP MEETING

Our monthly meeting will be held on Thursday May 5th at 8am - at the Mt Airy Fire Hall (corner of Watersville Rd and Main St, enter through the back

doors).

As always, there will be a very full agenda and we hope to have many members in attendance. We welcome new members to stay after the meeting for a new

member orientation.

NEW MEMBER ORIENTATION - MAY 5th

Ambassador's committee chair Ellie Bonde is planning another orientation session after the May 5th membership meeting.

Chamber officers and committee chairs will be present, and all new Chamber members who have joined in recent months are invited. Refreshments will be

served! We look forward to the opportunity to meet you, to describe Chamber activities and benefits, and answer any questions you might have.

BUSINESS CARD EXCHANGE APRIL 28TH

By Audrey Staff.

If you did not attend the Greater Mt. Airy Business Card Exchange, April 28, 2005, you missed a wonderful event. Nestled in the trees off Christy Acres

Circle, is a beautiful home belonging to John and Lisa Wolsh. Opening their home for our Business Card Exchange, we had the opportunity to see John's

magnificent ponds (Premier Ponds) first hand. We wish to thank them for being such gracious hosts.

The Business Card Exchange was co-sponsored by Lisa's real estate team, Crivella Team, Long & Foster, Premier Ponds, Kemptown Too, Mt Airy Dent

Repair and Freedom Carpet Cleaning.

Door Prizes were won by:

Crivella Team, 4th of July Theme Bucket of Goodies: Tim Cahall, The Main Event

Crivella Team, Washington Nationals Baseball Tickets: Scott Rosenfeld, Century Dodge Chrysler Jeep

Premier Ponds, Basket of Gardening Supplies: Christine Williams, People Care, Inc.

Freedom Carpet Cleaning $50 Gift Certificate: Paula Wilhem, Lorien Assisted Living

Mt. Airy Dent Repair Gift Certificate: Ginger Francis, Edward Jones Investments

Crivella Team, Wine Basket: Peter Helt, Town of Mount Airy

Crivella Team, Basket of BBQ Goodies: Terry Smith, RealtorR with Coldwell Banker

Guests for the evening included:

Cathy Eckert, Frederick Memorial Hospital Rehabilitation

Craig Wowkanyu, The Merchandiser Newspaper

Karen Pelton, Pelton Marketing Services LLC

Wilma Brown, Longaberger

Wendy W. Peters, Town of Mount Airy

Gary Peters, US Food Service

AMBASSADOR'S PACKETS

Ellie Bonde of Blossom & Basket Boutique, chair of the Ambassador's Committee, has 100 more packets of marketing materials ready for new

members. Ellie and her committee will be distributing those this month.

To have materials from your business put in future packets, keep an eye on the e-mail list or check in with Ellie at (301) 829-8300 or visit her new

store, The Secret Stork, on Main Street!

MT AIRY PHONE BOOK

We had a tremendous response from advertisers, especially in the final week before the deadline, and the book is currently being prepared for

publication. Updates on the progress of the project will be posted to the website.

BUSINESS FAIR VOLUNTEERS

We are looking for volunteers to help with setting up and running the Business Fair. It's a great way to get involved and meet other Chamber

members. If you would like to be involved, please contact Archie Rogers of Rogers Engraving at (301) 663-4311.

E-MAIL LIST

All Chamber members are added to the Yahoo Groups list - mtairybusiness - but anyone wishing to receive just special announcements can contact Keir

Knight of Plain English Writing & Design at (301) 829-1982 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Use of the Yahoo list is open to all Chamber members. We ask that messages follow the Chamber's mission "to promote and support local businesses" -

general announcements, events and advertising opportunities are all legitimate uses. Direct advertising of an individual business is not.

GET INVOLVED - JOIN A COMMITTEE!

If you would like to become more involved in Chamber activities, we welcome you to join one of our committees. The list of committees can be seen at

Alternatively, please contact Chamber president Tim Barkley, of the Barkley Law Office at (301) 829-3778, or any of the committee chairs.

UPCOMING BUSINESS CARD EXCHANGES

Forty West Builders will be hosting an evening Business Card Exchange on Tuesday June 7 from 4-7 PM at their new Model Home.

Costco in Frederick is hosting an early morning coffee & goodies Business Card Exchange on Tuesday June 21 from 7:30 - 9:00 AM. If you have trouble

attending the evening exchanges, then this is your chance to network and mingle.

Our next scheduled exchange is set for October 12 from 5-8 PM at New Windsor State Bank in the Twin Arch Shopping Center.

Please look for details and directions on the website.

If you are interested in hosting or co-sponsoring a business card exchange, please talk to Paula Wilhem of Lorien Assisted Living, our Social Committee

Chair. She can be reached at 301-829-6050.

WEBSITE & GOLF TOURNAMENTS

The website is currently featuring a list of upcoming golf tournaments. If you are involved in organizing a local tournament and would like to have it

listed, please contact Keir Knight at (301) 829-1982.

As with other areas of the website, this area would be very well suited for a sponsor! In March we had a record 1,092 visitors to the site.

All members, new and old, are encouraged to check out the Chamber website to ensure we have your information correctly listed on the membership page -

and to submit a profile (up to 200 words).

NEW MEMBERS

Membership for April

We had ten members join in the month of April which brings the total Chamber membership to a whopping 280 members. We would like to welcome the

following new members and hope to see you at our future meetings and events.

B B & T Bank, Kim Lape, 301-829-5751

Bezalel Designs, LLC, Sandra Shumate, 301-865-3213

Chevy Chase Bank, Sean Cahill, 301-829-2493

Food Lion 1465 (Grocery), Tumeka Watkins, 301-829-5966

Thornberry Consulting, LLC, Robert L. Sinclair, 301-607-8561

Pelton Marketing Services, LLC, Karen Pelton, 443-744-2628

Belquest Kennels, Michael & Vicki Creamer, 301-831-7557

Donovan's Painting, Craig Punte`, 301-829-8249

Family Air Services, Inc., Glenn & Gail Suter, 301-829-9720

Jackie Powell - Avon

COMMUNITY CALENDAR OF EVENTS

The website will soon list events that are happening in our community. If you are involved in organizing a local event and would like to have it

listed, please contact Keir Knight at (301) 829-1982 or Lisa Wolsh at (240) 388-7113.

MAY FEST 5/14-15

LIONS' CARNIVAL 6/2-9

MAVFC CARNIVAL 7/23-30

FALL FEST 10/1-2

MAIN STREET CHRISTMAS 12/1,2,3

NEWSLETTER ARTICLES

Please submit your ideas or suggestions for the newsletter via email to Lisa Wolsh of Crivella Team - Long & Foster at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or call her

at 240-388-7113. We would like to keep the members informed of important events, business achievements and other activities that our group is performing in our community.