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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
October 20th, 6 October 27th, 6 October 29th,
6 Ward I
– October 30th, 6 All
Forums will be televised live on Channel 13. Call the Chamber if you have questions or topics you would like the candidates to address: 875-5711
Renewals 1
Year Book n
Bean
4
Years Castillon,
A. Bryce 9
Years Palisades
Management Corp. 11
Years 11
Years Smiths
Food & Drug
Green River Chamber
of Commerce
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HAVE A
GHOULISH GOOD TIME AT OCTOBER 4TH Pick out your pumpkin from Miller’s Farm Games for the kids from 2 pm—5:30 pm Trunk or treat Local merchants will provide candy from the trunks of their cars—a safe environment for your kids to trunk or treat
FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY SPONSORED BY YOUR MAIN STREET PROGRAM AND MANY OF THE GOOD MERCHANTS OF CALL THE MAIN STREET OFFICE FOR MORE INFORMATION Red
Carpet Service Award Red Carpet Award Winner
for September is Mike Frink, Sweetwater Trophies for her outstanding
customer service. Mike Frink was nominated
by Teresa Warren. Teresa had
these comments, “I have always found Mike to be very helpful but in the
last two weeks he has taken care of the 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. Bricks
Still Available!! The Chamber is still
selling bricks to help with costs for the Visitor’s Center. The
Visitor’s Center is a partnership between the City of Bricks will be
available for sale until April of 2009, so don’t miss your chance to be
listed as one of the partners to bring the Visitor’s Center to fruition.
The Visitor’s Center will be located on the back side of the parking
lot, adjacent to the The bricks will be a
lasting “Legacy”—showing the community and world your dedication and
willingness to help build an enduring impression for years to come. The
“Great Wall of Fame” inside the building will be comprised of the
“Premier Legacy Logo” bricks—your name or your company’s name will
be on view to over 100 people a day. For those of you that
want to help out but at a smaller level, there are several options to
choose from, the Visitor’s Center “Walk and Wall of Fame” outside.
The bricks will be used to build a walking path and wall around the
building. Thanks to the
following folks that made donations for bricks to date:
Information
Distributed by Chamber September 2008 Year to Date Relocation Packets 3 57 Vacation Packets 4 73 Travel & Tourism Packets 0 0 School Kids info 1 17 Convention Packets 100 876 City of Gift Certificates 430 2770 Dollar Amount $18,500.00 $129,095.00 Brochure Racks 3489 11546 Bulk Brochures 0 176 Chamber Kiosk 287 1556 Walk ins 591 5111 Web Site Hits 1498 19918 E-Mails
275
1230 Sales Tax Disbursements–July*
Labor Force**
SW Co.
Employed Aug.
2007
16,195 State
Employed Aug.
2007
282,997 *Wyoming Department of
Revenue Planning for an Emergency By Candy Lane, WSBDC special projects coordinator, with contributions from Mark Lupo, Georgia SBDC business consulants. "With all the storms hitting various parts of the country, an emergency plan is probably a good idea for any business. What should I consider and how do I start?" Mike Casper. This is the first in a three-part series, "Emergency Preparedness." Explosion, fire, flood, winter storms, tornados, terrorist incidents--each of these events has the potential to have a devastating effects on lives and the continuity of business. Preparation will not eliminate the stress of disruption or the potential for injury or death; however, a plan may help mitigate the effects. An emergency plan will guide the business owner and staff members to best confront an unexpected threat to the business and customers. An individual plan should incorporate ways to address immediate threat(s) and how to continue doing business without interruption. The goal should be to minimize injury or death to the owner, staff and customers. The type of emergency will dictate whether to evacuate a building (in case of fire, bomb threat or a hostile, aggressive person entering the business) or whether to take shelter (incase of severe weather, certain terrorist threats, etc.). in order minimize injury, the initial goal should be to remove yourself and others in harm's way to a safe location. Designate a rally point. At the meeting place, roll call should be taken to verify those present and any person(s) who may be unaccounted for. Individuals who may conducting business away for the office, such as making sales calls or at meetings outside the office, should be alerted to the incident, their safety and whereabouts confirmed and pending actions communicated. Scenario planning is a good way to start emergency preparations. Three of four scenarios may emerge as the most likely events that could be faced. Consider all parties potentially at risk, how each would respond and the "walk-through" possible scenarios in detail. Put a plan on paper, make it available to each person on the team and most importantly--practice the plan Once an immediate threat has passed, a plan to assist with recovery should be implemented. The goal for continuity planning is to minimize downtime in the event of a natural or human-cased disaster. Recovery strategy should include retrieval of crucial information. The WSBDC is a partnership of the U.S. Small Business Administration, the Wyoming Business Council and the University of Wyoming. to ask a question, call 1-800-348-5194, e-mail swbdc@uwyo.edu or write to 1000 E. University Ave., Dept. 3992, Laramie, Wy 82071-3922 Additional help is available at the WSBDC web pat at www.wyomingentrepreneur.biz
A new U Haul campaign "Adventure Across America" features the John Wesley Powell expedition down the Green and Colorado Rivers. The new design was unveiled during the River Festival More that 2500 U Hauls will display the John Wesley Powell Expedition across the country.
The Chamber
Membership Committee will be unveiling a new promotional project for
Christmas. Local artist Angi Bennett has generously donated the use of one
her beautiful watercolors. The watercolor will be the artwork featured on
a full color jigsaw puzzle with just 16 pieces. Just 15 businesses will be
able to purchase single pieces of the puzzle. Customers are then invited
to collect the pieces by visiting participating stores—no purchase
necessary. Customers must visit enough members to obtain 15 of the 16
pieces, with the final stop at the Chamber office, which will have piece
#16. Customer will have a beautiful keepsake, plus receive a fine
porcelain, limited-edition Christmas ornament with the same image as the
puzzle. A special directory of participating merchants will be placed in
the brochure racks and they will also be listed on the Chamber’s
website. Call the Chamber if your would like to participate….limited to 1st Come-1st Serve Bases, 307-875-5711 Adopt-A-Tree Program
The Adopt-A-Tree program will be starting in November.
The Chamber is sponsoring the program with the Traveling Trophy
that will be presented for the best decorated tree.
Trees will be available on Adopt-A-Tree applications will become available on NOVEMBER 1st. For more information, please call the Chamber 307-875-5711 or stop by our office at 1155 W. Flaming Gorge Way, across from the Wild Horse Canyon Road. + Santa’s
Coming to Town!!! Mark your calendars
and bring you children to see Santa December 1st. Once again
Santa will lead the way in the Lighted Kiddie Parade the night of December
1st at Businesses this is a great time to promote yourself—we handout over 500 goodies bags. We would be happy to include a coupon from your business in those bags, just call us or drop them by the Chamber office. The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter. Mark Twain
TEACHERS The Green River Chamber of Commerce would like to remind you that we have a variety of maps, local, state and of the Flaming Gorge area for your classroom. If any of your students are doing reports, stop by and pick up samples of Trona or baking soda with information on the Trona industry. Don’t forget we carry information on the 49ers, the Powell Expedition and the Donner Party. Plus much, much more, stop in today and get stocked up for the year. Education's
purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open
one.
Malcolm Forbes Don’t
tell me you got nothin’ to do!
The Groomers Ribbon Cutting
l-r Ken Deichmueller,
Hole in the Wall Gang; Pam Spivak, Southwest Wyoming United Way; Kat
Kolesar-Picolde, Hole in the Wall Gang; Green River Chamber of
Commerce and the Hole in the Wall Gang welcome a new business to the
community. The Groomers hosted a Ribbon Cutting/Open House
Brokerage Southwest Ribbon Cutting
Rodeo Grill host Ribbon Cutting
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