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Red
Carpet Service Award Red Carpet Award Winner
for January is Beth Thompson, High Plains Physical Therapy for her
outstanding customer service. Beth Thompson was
nominated by Jackie Jensen. Jackie
had these comments, “Beth is always ready and willing to help the
patients along with their exercises. If
we have a difficult patient who doesn’t want to do them, she will talk
them through it and even do the exercises with them.
She is a wonderful person and an asset to our community.
Beth also is willing to help the young stay on track and the old
stay on their feet! She has a
very big heart and isn’t afraid to show it to the patients”.
Beth receives a Red Carpet Pin, $25.00 Gift Certificate as well as
other advertising. She will be
entered in the Red Carpet Person of the Year award contest to be presented
at the Recognition Banquet in 2009. If you know someone out
there that has rolled out the red carpet for you, give them some well
deserved recognition and nominate them for next month’s award!
Nomination cards can be found at the Chamber office and also at
most of the businesses. If you were the
nomination person of a Red Carpet winner please stop by the office we have
a gift for you too. We
appreciate you taking the time and effort to make sure someone’s efforts
are noticed.
Lunch
& Learn January
winners: Don Thatcher, USPS, Newsletter Profile; John Dickey, Sweetwater
Pages, Radio; Jeff Driggs, Radio Network (donating to organization), Radio;
Joe Martinez, Reader Board Sign; 50/50 Raffle winner was Tom McCullough.
Tom donated the money back to the Chamber Building Fund. The
Lunch & Learn program is held the third Wednesday of every month at
Chamber Board of
Directors ¨ Bob Saunders, Past-President Wells Fargo 307-352-5538 ¨ Michael Nelson, President High Plains Physical Therapy
307-875-1847 ¨ Cindy Brandjord, Vice President School
District #2 307-872-3290 ¨ Bonnie Bigolin, 1st Vice-President Print Link Ad-Specialties 307-875-6128
¨ Robert Berg, Secretary Artic Circle 307-875-4582 ¨ Jeff Nieters, Treasurer City of Green River 307-872-6122 ¨ Kathy Gilbert Green River Star 307-875-3103 ¨ Joanna Nara-Kloepper BLM 307-352-0321 ¨ Brian Mortimer Solvay 307-872-6508 ¨ Jeff Wilson Desert View Eye Care Center
307-875-3399 ¨ Marie
Colestock
Green River Realty
307-875-5522 ¨ Terri Cook 307-875300 Hampton Inn Suites
Renewals 1
Years Green
River Pond Club
2
Years Arnold
Family Chiropractic Center Back
in Time Antiques Broken
Arrow Field Services, Inc. Carl
Morck Coldwell
Banker Carrier Realty Keama’s
Quilts Sweetwater
County Emergency Management, 911 & Local Emergency Planning Committee 3
Years Mathey
Law Office Red
Desert Roadrunners 4
Years Lemich
Law Center 5
Years Anytime
Fitness UESI/Rock
Springs 6
Years Brokerage
Southwest
Sweetwater
County Child Development Center Volcic
Homes Wyoming
Waste Systems 7
Years Ace
Hardware Bottomline
Marketing United
Site Services Vaughn's
Plumbing & Heating 8
Years Buckaroo's
Restaurant Cowboys
Against Cancer Green
River Auto Sales Oil
Can Western
Inn 9
Years Loc
Electric Inc McDonalds Mobility
Works, Inc. Pioneer
Nat'l Title Co. Swt. Cty. 10
Years Warehouse
Home Furnishings Inc 11
Years Active
Realty Ensignal Oak
Tree Inn USPS 12
Years Domino's
Pizza Western
Gas 13
Years State
Bank of Green River State
Farm Ins 15
Years Napa
Auto Parts Unlimited 16
Years Rock
Springs Chamber of Commerce
17
Years Sweetwater
County Museum 18
Years Embassy
Tavern Quality
Builders Sweetwater
Co Library SWEDA 20
Years Fraternal
Order of Eagles General
Chemical Company Green
River Cable
Wyo
Radio 21
Years Bank
of the West Green
River Star Memorial
Hospital of Sweetwater County OCI
Wyoming L.P. Rock
Springs Coca-Cola Rocky
Mountain Power Rocky
Mountain Service Bureau School
District No 2 Smyth
Printing Solvay
Chemicals Southwest
Industrial Association Teton
Distributors Inc Western
Wyoming Beverages Wyoming
Land Title Co. YWCA 22
Years Castle
Rock Realty Wells
Fargo/GR 28
Years Brady's
Auto Body
Sweetwater Recognition Banquet April 4th,
Be
thinking about what business or person you want to nominate this year.
Nomination form will go out to the Membership soon March. Here are the
categories for this year: Cornerstone
Award This
award will be presented to a business that has been in operation for 15 or
more consecutives years. Criteria is based on longevity of employment and
service or product delivery, as well as their contribution to the
community including community service, participation in local events and
activities, financial support to local community efforts and charities,
and active participation on boards and commissions.
This
award will be presented a business that has been in business for not less
than 1 year, but not more than 14 years.
Nomination should take into consideration: having provided and meet
a “niche” in the community, provided new or innovative product or
service or product delivery, demonstrated a willingness to “take a
risk”, contribution to the community including community service,
participation in local events and activities, financial support to local
community efforts and charities, and active participation on boards and
commissions. Athena
Award This
award will be presented to a business owned/operated by a woman.
The nominee must demonstrate excellence, creativity and initiative
in their business or profession and provides valuable services by devoting
time and energy to improve the quality of life for women in the community.
Stewardship
Award This
award will be presented to a company or agency whose primary mission is
not wildlife related yet have significantly contributed to the
maintenance, restoration, or enhancement of wildlife, their habitat, or
recreation above the normal regulatory requirement. Customer
Service Award This
award will be presented to any Company, business or individual that has
gone above and beyond ordinary and expected customer service. Nominees
should have consistently displayed excellent customer service and have
examples of going above and beyond their job, business or company job
description of customer service. Home
Based Business Award This
award will be presented to a business that is based from the home.
Nomination should take into consideration: having provided and meet
a “niche” in the community, service or product delivery, contribution
to the community including community service, participation in local
events and activities, financial support to local community efforts and
charities, and active participation on boards and commissions. Distinguished
& Outstanding Citizens Awards
Do you know
someone that is absolutely passionate about
The Chamber is looking for nominations in two categories. The first
is for “Distinguished Citizen Award”; persons qualifying for this
nomination must be a resident of
The second award for “Outstanding Citizen Award” will use the
same criteria but the nomination’s involvement can have been within the
last several years. A few of the previous winners of the “Outstanding
Citizen Award” have been, Ruth Lauritzen, Poncho Gardea, Cathy Luzmoor,
Ellen O’Neall and Bill Lewis. These winners are not eligible for
Outstanding Citizen nominations, but are eligible for Distinguished
Citizen nominations. Last years
winners were Patsy Sorensen, Distinguished Citizen and Ruth Lauritzen,
Outstanding Citizen.
To nominate an individual please write a letter to the Chamber of
Commerce; Attention Distinguished and Outstanding Citizen Award Committee.
Include other letters of support, newspaper clippings and any other
information that will help the Committee in making their decision. Please
submit nominations to the Green River Chamber of Commerce by New
Members JFC
is a multi-disciplinary firm consisting of an Engineering Department
including Civil and Structural Engineers, and a full-service professional
Surveying Department.
JFC’s Engineering Department also provides geotechinal services
and materials testing.
Randy J. Hansen, PE, 1515 Ninth St., Suite A, Rock Springs, WY
82901 307-362-7519,
307-362-7569fx
rhansen@jfc-wyo.com, www.jfc-wyo.com.
Don’t
tell me you got nothin’ to do!
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Profile of the Month -
Sweetwater County
Joint Travel & Tourism Board is getting great results, for every $1
spent on advertising we get $7.05 back in Sweetwater County
Travel & Tourism Board has administered 52 Event Grants, 3 Block
Grants, and 12 Board Projects, attended The Sweetwater County
Travel & Tourism Board was formed in 1991 to administer the county 2%
Lodging Tax. Their mission BRICKS AVAILABLE TO PURCHASE UNTIL Help
us build the new Visitors
Center by purchasing a brick. The Visitors Center will be located
in the parking lot at west end of town
The bricks will be a lasting “Legacy”—showing the community
and world your dedication and willingness to help build a
For those of you who that want to help out but at smaller level
have your name or your companies name on the Visitor’s Center “Walk Premier
Legacy Logo
Have
your name and business logo on a 12” x 12” inside the Visitors Center
for only $1,000.00. Bricks will be
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Borrowing Money in Tough
Times
By Bruce Morse, WSBDC Region 2 director
"I hear so much in
the media about banks not lending money. Can a small business person still
borrow money these days?" Kelly,
Ten Sleep
The bankers I have
talked to around
This generally is not a
result of being burned recently because most of them were more
conservative to begin with than their
national brethren, but their regulators have insisted they become a little
more cautious. I did have one lender tell me his organization
would look only at business loans to companies that have been established
for at least two years -- in other words, no start-up
ventures.
I feel that a solid loan
request that makes sense and can show repayment ability will still be met
with a favorable reception. After
all, that is how banks make money -- by loaning it out and getting it back
with interest.
Keep in mind bankers
will be looking for several things in that request. One, does cash flow
with the new debt being requested?
Two, is the collateral to secure the debt adequate? Three, does the owner
have a fair amount of his or her own equity in the deal
(existing or start-up)? Four, does the owner have the ability to manage
this business?
While every lender looks
at these items slightly differently, they will evaluate them all. Another
trend that may appear is for lenders
to seek a guarantee more frequently to help mitigate some of their risk.
This could be through the Small Business Administration,
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Wyoming Business Council or other agency.
I suggest that
applicants present a well-written, professional-looking request to the
lender. Since this usually does not happen, the
business owner will gain credibility immediately.
For assistance with
preparing a business plan or a thorough loan application package, contact
a local
Center
For an opportunity to post comments on this article, go to the www.wyomingentrepreneur.biz Web site, enter the blog site.
The WSBDC is a
partnership of the U.S. Small Business Administration, the Wyoming
Business Council and the
Wyoming
Information
Distributed by Chamber
January 2009 Year to Date
Relocation Packets 2 2
Vacation Packets 5 5
School Kids info 4 4
Convention Packets 0 0
City of
Gift Certificates 218 218
Dollar Amount $20,280.00 $20,280.00
Brochure Racks 919 919
Bulk Brochures 0 0
Chamber Kiosk 41 41
Walk ins 261 261
Web Site Hits 1700 1700
E-Mails 325 325
Sales Tax Disbursements–December*
County
2,687,648
County 5,255
Labor Force**
SW Co.
Employed
Dec. 2007
23,347
Nov. 2008 23,862
Dec. 2008 23,469
Unemployed
Dec. 2007
649
Nov. 2008 594 Dec. 2008 686
State
Employed
Dec. 2007
278,790
Nov. 2008 284,140
Dec. 2008 281,894
Unemployed
Dec. 2007
10,186
Nov. 2008 8,928
Dec. 2008 10,368
*Wyoming Department of Revenue
**
Enzi to
offer
U.S. Senator
Mike Enzi
I am inviting representatives from
I am co-hosting the 7th Wyoming Government Procurement
Opportunities for, Small Business Conference scheduled to take place
February 18, 19, 2009, at the Holiday Inn in Cody. The event will give
small business owners the opportunity to meet one-on-one with more than 50
federal and state government agencies and prime contractors and learn
about government contracting.
During the conference, business owners will have a tremendous opportunity
to meet with officials to talk about products they buy and any special
requirements. The keynote speaker will be Ron Hooper the Director of USDA
Forest Service Procurement. Representatives from the Defense Supply
Center, National Park Service, Department of Homeland Security, NASA,
Veteran’s Administration, University of Wyoming, Wyoming Department of
Transportation, the State of Wyoming, the Wyoming Army & Air Guard and
the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are just a few of the 50 state and
federal contracting agencies that have been invited to share information
with business owners. Past procurement conferences have led to a
number of successful business partnerships.
Please contact Peggy Baker at 307-382-0947 if you are interested in
participating in the conference. For more information visit http://www.gro-biz.com/
and click on the ‘Register Now’ link. The conference is being
co-hosted with the