News and Events

August 2010

Adrian Chamber of Commerce Newsletter
August 2010
www.adrianmochamber.com
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

July 2010

Adrian Chamber of Commerce Newsletter
July 2010
www.adrianmochamber.com
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

June 2010

Adrian Chamber of Commerce Newsletter
June 2010
www.adrianmochamber.com
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

May 2010

Adrian Chamber of Commerce Newsletter
May 2010
www.adrianmochamber.com
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

April 2010

Adrian Chamber of Commerce Newsletter
April 2010
www.adrianmochamber.com
The Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors met April 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.
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.

Annual Chamber Banquet: Our banquet was held at the end of March. We had a great meal served by Julie Carr and the FCCLA group at the Adrian School. They did a great job. Mr. Mike Haughton with SCORE did an excellent job speaking to the crowd about marketing. Our 2010 Person of the Year was Don Arndt. Congratulations Don on a very deserving award, you manage to do a lot for the chamber and this was our way of saying that we appreciate all of the hard work and dedication that you contribute to the chamber of commerce. Way to go!! One more thank you needs to go to the Adrian Optimist Club for the use of their beautiful facility, we are very lucky to have such a nice place to hold our events at in such a great town that we have.

Farmer’s Market: Plans are underway for the upcoming season for the Farmer’s Market. The market will run May thru November. Since we had to change our location we are going to try and start running some ads in April to help promote the market and the Adrian Journal said they would run an article on the Farmer’s Market in the newspaper also.

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

Planters: It is that time of year again when the Chamber will be coming by your business and asking for a small donation to help in the expenses of the plants used in the planters in front of your business on Main Street. All that we ask is that you or someone close please remember to water the plants this summer.

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 a pen, notepad or magnet. 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.

Once again Congratulations Don on your award and Good job Curtis on an excellent Banquet, I only hope I can do as good as job as the two of you have done in the past. Remember to support your local businesses and support your Chamber.

Lori Haskins, President

Events

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August
5th: Chamber Board Meeting (7:30am, VFW Hall)

September
2nd: Chamber Board Meeting (7:30am, VFW Hall)
10th: Quarterly BAT Meeting (12:00pm, Wimfields on Main)

October
5th: WMAT&MA Kids Day
7th: Chamber Board Meeting (7:30am, VFW Hall)
16th-17th: Collectable Toy Show (Adrian Optimist Club Building) 9-5 both days
15th-16th: WMAT&MA Fall Swap Meet

November
4th: Chamber Board Meeting (7:30am, VFW Hall)
27th: WMAT&MA Hot Chocolate Nite (5pm till ??)

December
2nd: Chamber Board Meeting (7:30am, VFW Hall)
10th: Quarterly BAT Meeting (12:00pm, Wimfields on Main)
10th,11th,12th: Gun and Knife Show (Adrian Optimist Club Building)

March 2010

Adrian Chamber of Commerce Newsletter
March 2010
www.adrianmochamber.com

The Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors met Mar. 4th, 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. Our Annual Banquet is coming up so you can also pay at the banquet.

Website: Let us know if you would like to see something new or would like to link your website to the Chambers (At no Charge). Let Elbert know of any changes or additions.

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.

Annual Chamber Banquet: Our banquet will be March 27th 2010 at the Adrian Optimist Building. The Adrian FCCLA Chapter will be serving the meal and the cost is going to be $12.00 per person. The evening will start with a mixer @ 6:00pm and Dinner @ 6:30pm. The speaker will be Mike Haughton from SCORE; he will speak on marketing of small businesses. We will also have our annual Door Prizes. All Chamber members are invited to donate items from their business, a gag gift or something of their choosing to be drawn for during evening.

BAT: The next BAT will be on March 12th, 2010 at Wimfield’s on Main, with the VFW hosting. Don Arndt has offered to speak to the chamber members about the memorial that they are in the process of building just east of Adrian. If you haven’t had a chance to talk to someone concerning this project this would be a great BAT to attend. Wimfield’s will be offering either their Friday special or a nice Lunch Salad.

Highlights: March – Mid-West Lumber April – Max Motors

New Business:

Farmer’s Market: Plans are underway for the upcoming season for the Farmer’s Market. The market will run May thru November. Since we had to change our location we are going to try and start running some ads in April to help promote the market and the Adrian Journal said they would run an article on the Farmer’s Market in the newspaper also.

Business Expo: We are thinking about having a Business Expo and will be sending out an e-mail asking for interest in this event. If you are interested in this and would like to learn more you can contact Phil Oates.

Why should a business or organization join the Chamber of Commerce? This topic was brought up to one of our board members, and her question was what should I tell them? What are the advantages or disadvantages of joining the chamber?

Our Motto is “ Strong Roots, Growing Branches” , with our mission statement being, the goal of the chamber is to provide support for local businesses and to encourage the growth of these businesses as well as recruit new business to Adrian.
With this being said we discussed, as always that our website is a very useful tool for the benefit of our members as well as updating a current brochure that we have that we could distribute to potential members. As we mention in our mission statement we encourage growth and are here to support our local businesses.

As you can see we covered a lot of topics at this month’s meeting. Again remember our Quarterly BAT meeting and our Annual Banquet coming up this month. As I mentioned last month if there is anything that the Chamber can do for you please don’t hesitate to let one of our Board members know and we will do what we can to help you or your business out.

Continue to support your businesses locally and support your Chamber.

Lori Haskins, President

February 2010

Adrian Chamber of Commerce Newsletter
February 2010
The Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors met Feb. 4th, 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. Our Annual Banquet is coming up so you can also pay at the banquet.
Website: Let us know if you would like to see something new of would like to link your website to the Chambers (At no Charge). Let Elbert know of any changes or additions.
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.
Annual Chamber Banquet: Our banquet will be March 27th 2010 at the Adrian Optimist Building. The Adrian FCCLA Chapter will be serving the meal and the cost is going to be $12.00 per person. The evening will start with a mixer @ 6:00pm and Dinner @ 6:30pm. We will be having a guest speaker for the evening along with our Door Prizes. All Chamber members are invited to donate items from either their business or something of their choosing to be drawn for during the banquet.

BAT: The next BAT will be on March 12th, 2010 at Wimfield’s on Main, with the VFW hosting. Don Arndt has offered to speak to the chamber members about the memorial that they are in the process of building just east of Adrian. If you haven’t had a chance to talk to someone concerning this project this would be a great BAT to attend.
Highlights: February – The Sign Shop
March – Mid-West Lumber
April – Max Motors

Well I hope I have covered everything, it was a pretty busy first meeting and I hope I didn’t leave any important details out. I just want to invite any chamber members that have never been to our Annual meeting to try and make plans to attend it is really a nice event and should be a great meal prepared by our own FCCLA students and Mrs. Carr. I am looking forward to a good year and I know I have a great Board of Directors to help me along the way. I want to take a minute to thank Curtis Reynolds for doing a great job for the past 2 years. Continue to support your chamber and if we can help in any way please let us know.

Lori Haskins

January 2010

Adrian Chamber of Commerce Newsletter
January, 2010
www.adrianmochamber.com

The Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors met Jan. 7th, 2010 at 7:30 at the VFW Building.

Chamber Dues: The board voted to increase dues to $40 per year. Dues are payable now and may be paid to The Adrian Chamber of Commerce at P.O. box 303 or dropped off at the Chamber Office.

Annual Business Meeting: Our annual business meeting was held Thursday evening at Wimfield’s. There were only 10 in attendance because of such cold weather (snow). We would like to thank Wimfield’s for their hospitality in hosting our meeting

New Officer’s: During our annual meeting new officers were elected for the upcoming year. They are as follows: President- Lori Haskins, Secretary- Linda Oldfield, Treasurer- Phil Oates. New Board Members: Dale Bishop and Kay DePriest.

Highlights: JAN. : Dance Craze

Chamber Bucks Promotion: Our Chamber Bucks Drawing was held at the annual business meeting. I would like to thank all the businesses that participated in the drawing. The winner from our box drawing was Ron Eastwood receiving $500 in Chamber Bucks. The winner from our website drawing was Tabitha Lacy receiving $500 in Chamber Bucks. This was a very successful promotion w/ thousands of entries.

Annual Chamber Banquet: The board has tentatively set March 20th for our 2010 annual banquet. More information will follow after our February board meeting.

This will be my last newsletter. It has been a pleasure to serve as your President the last 2 years. I would like to thank my past board members and all other Chamber Members that have and continue to support our local chamber. I would ask that you continue to support your new officers and chamber board.

Support your Chamber, get involved!!!!
Continue to shop local
Curtis

December 2009

Adrian Chamber of Commerce Newsletter
December, 2009
www.adrianmochamber.com

The Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors met Dec. 4th, 2009 at 7:30 at the VFW Building.
Chamber Bucks: Remember Chamber Bucks make GREAT Christmas Gifts for Family, Friends and also Employees. They can be purchased locally at Adrian Bank, Citizens Bank and Yoss Thriftway. They also can be redeemed at any Chamber Member business. Let’s try and keep our shopping dollars local as much as possible.

BAT: .Remember, our next Quarterly Bat will be held Friday Dec. 11th at Winfield’s on Main. This is a noon luncheon hosted by Peggy Buhr with the Bates County Museum. This will be a very interesting program. We hope to see a large attendance. I encourage everyone to bring a prospective new member. Make the extra effort to try and make these BATS we only have four of these a year.

Highlights: DEC. : Poindexter Concrete

Chamber Cups: Remember we have new Chamber cups and they make great Christmas gifts!! (Only $6.00) They are available at the Chamber Office, The Adrian Journal, and Adrian Bank.

Website: Let us know if you would like to see something new or would like to link your website to the Chambers (At no Charge). Let Elbert know of any changes or additions.

Chamber Bucks Promotion: Our Chamber Bucks Promotion is off to a good start. Our website drawing is also being utilized. If you haven’t got on the website, you need too and check out our drawing site and even enter you name in the drawing at that time. If you have questions, go on line at www.adrianmochamber.com or call the chamber office. Remember the only persons excluded from winning in the drawing are board members and family members in the household.

New Members: We have several new members which are: Crooked Fence Gun Shop
Welcome to our newest member.

2010 Board Members: There will be 2 board member positions up for election held January 7th, 2010 at the annual business meeting. If you have interest in serving on the board, I encourage you to contact any board member or contact the Chamber Office.

Christmas Lighting Contest: This year we will be going back to having our participants call or come in to the Chamber Office to sign up for the contest. We will be having 3 top winners each receiving $100.00 in Chamber Bucks. We ask that you as members encourage any resident with in the city limits with their homes decorated to call and get signed up. We also encourage our businesses to decorate their store fronts… But Sorry no prizes for you!!

Support your Chamber, get involved!!!!
Continue to shop local
Curtis

November 09

Adrian Chamber of Commerce Newsletter
November, 2009
www.adrianmochamber.com

The Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors met Nov. 5th, 2009 at 7:30 at the VFW Building.

BAT: .Remember, Our next Quarterly Bat will be held Friday Dec. 11th at Wimfield’s on Main. This is a noon luncheon hosted by Peggy Buhr with the Bates County Museum. This will be a very interesting program. We hope to see a large attendance. I encourage everyone to bring a prospective new member.

Highlights: Nov. will be Double D Designs.

Chamber Cups: Remember we have new Chamber cups and they make great Christmas gifts!! (Only $6.00) They are available at the Chamber Office, The Adrian Journal, and Adrian Bank.

Website: Let us know if you would like to see something new or would like to link your website to the Chambers (At no Charge). Let Elbert know of any changes or additions.

Chamber Bucks Promotion: Our Chamber Bucks Promotion is off to a good start. For those of you do not have your boxes out yet I encourage you to do so. Our website drawing is also being utilized. If you haven’t got on the website, you need too and check out our drawing site and even enter you name in the drawing at that time. If you have questioned go on line at www.adrianmochamber.com or call the chamber office. Remember the only persons excluded from winning in the drawing are board members and family members in the household.

.New Members: We have several new members which are: Crowe & Heckman, PC : Mike Brawley Hauling : Blackhawk Corner : Adrian R-3 Schools : Adrian Bit & Spur Club. We welcome these new businesses to the Chamber of Commerce.

2010 Board Members: There will be 3 board member positions up for election held January 7th, 2010 at the annual business meeting. If you have interest in serving on the board, I encourage you to contact any board member or contact the Chamber Office.

Christmas Lighting Contest: This year we will be going back to having our participants call or come in to the Chamber Office to sign up for the contest. We will be having 3 top winners each receiving $100.00 in Chamber Bucks. We also encourage our businesses to decorate their store fronts… But Sorry no prizes for you!!

Support your Chamber, get involved!!!!
Continue to shop local
Curtis

October 2009

Adrian Chamber of Commerce Newsletter
October, 2009
www.adrianmochamber.com

The Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors met Oct 1st, 2009 at 7:30 at the VFW Building.

Street Banners: Our street banners have been installed, well most of them, they look great. We are in the process of possible expansion of more banners if we can get the sizes needed for the additional pole hangers. More later

BAT: .Our first Quarterly Bat was held Friday Sept. 11th at Wimfield’s on Main. This was a noon luncheon hosted by Kreitler’s Martial Arts. It was a great program. We hope to see a larger attendance at our next noon quarterly BAT. I encourage everyone to bring a prospective new member. Our next meeting will be DEC. 11th at Wimfield’s on Main.

Highlights: Oct. Business Highlight is the Adrian Community Library. Thanks Patsy for the presentation.

Farmer’s Market: We have a new location for our Farmer’s Market. It will be located south of Happy Go Lucky convenience store. We feel this will be a good location, and will promote it well prior to opening in April 2010.

Chamber Cups: Remember we have new Chamber cups and they make great gifts!! (Only $6.00)

Website: Let us know if you would like to see something new or would like to link your website to the Chambers (At no Charge). Let Elbert know of any changes or additions.

Chamber Bucks Promotion: Our Chamber Bucks Promotion is off to a good start. For those of you do not have your boxes out yet I encourage you to do so. Our website drawing is also being utilized. If you haven’t got on the website, you need too and check out our drawing site and even enter you name in the drawing at that time. If you have a question, go online at www.adrianmochamber.com or call the Chamber office. Remember the only persons excluded from winning in the drawing are board members and family members in the household.

Sight and Safety Night: The board approved to encourage our members to participate in the upcoming Main St. event Sat. Oct. 31st. All members are invited to set up on Main St. whether your business is located on Main St. or elsewhere, there are plenty of spaces for all.

Circus: The Chamber sponsored the Family Fun Circus at the Adrian city park on Oct. 19th.
We received a percentage of the admission fee. This seems to be a fun and exciting event for our community.

Support your Chamber, get involved!!!!
Continue to shop local
Curtis

September 2009

Adrian Chamber of Commerce Newsletter
September , 2009
www.adrianmochamber.com

The Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors met Sept 3rd, 2009 at 7:30 at the VFW Building.

Street Banners: Our Banners should be in soon. One banner is for the Fall and the other is for Spring. These banners are available to members for advertising purpose. They will be $100.00 per year (one side only). There are 13 banners, which means there are 26 available spots. They are currently all sold, but we may have more spots available soon, so let Kip know if you would be interested in one.

BAT : .Our first Quarterly Bat will be held This Friday Sept. 11th at Wimfield’s on Main. This is a noon luncheon hosted by Kreitler’s Martial Arts. Attendees may order the luncheon special or order off the menu at your cost. We hope to see a larger attendance at our noon quarterly BATS. I encourage everyone to bring a perspective new member.

Highlights: September: Warner Law LLC.

Welcome Bags: I would like to thank each business that donated items for the new teacher/resident welcome bags. This is a good way to promote your business and to welcome newcomers to the Adrian community. Thanks Patsy for all your work on this!!!!

Chamber Cups: Remember We have new Chamber cups and they make great gifts!! (Only $6.00 )

Website: Let us know if you would like to see something new or would like to link your website to the Chambers (At no Charge). Let Elbert know of any changes or additions.

Chamber Bucks Promotion: To help promote our member’s business, the Chamber is starting a new Chamber Bucks Program. This will be a new exciting promotion that Kip will present during our upcoming BAT, Friday the 11th . This is a promotion you won’t want to miss out on !!!!!!!!!

Flags : A Big Thank You to each business that donated towards the purchase of new US Flags. They will be installed soon.

Support your Chamber , get involved!!!!
Continue to shop local

Curtis

August 2009

Adrian Chamber of Commerce Newsletter
August, 2009
www.adrianmochamber.com

The Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors met August 6th, 2009 at 7:30 at the VFW Building.

Street Banners: The Chamber has our new banner designs. One is for the Fall and the other for spring. These banners are available to members for advertising purpose. They will be $100.00 per year (one side only). There are 13 banners, which means there are 26 available spots. They are currently all sold, but we may have more spots available soon, so let Kip know if you would be interested in one.

BAT: AUGUST 14th: Studio 201. The Board has decided to change to QUARTERLY luncheon BATS beginning with September 11th as our 1st Quarterly Bat. We need a host for this Bat, so give the Chamber a call to host a Bat. Sept 11th; Dec 11th; Mar 12th; or June 11th These will be held at Wimfield’s at noon unless a Business would opt to have it at some other location. A short informative program can be part of the luncheon.

Highlights: August: Happy Go Lucky

Welcome Bags: Patsy will again be gathering donated items for our new teachers / residents. Please contact her to pick up items.

Chamber Cups: Remember we have new Chamber cups and they make great gifts!! (Only $6.00)

Website: Let us know if you would like to see something new or would like to link your website to the Chambers (At no Charge). Let Elbert know of any changes or additions.

Sign update: Let us know at the Chamber Office if there is anything you want placed on the sign. Frank, Keep up the good work!!!

Main Street Flowers: Pete’s Pots are hitting the spot on the Main Street; remember to take the time to water your flowers if you have volunteered to do so. Thanks!!

Flags: Collections are in process for the American Flags on Main Street in the amount of twelve dollars. Please help out so we can keep the flags looking good.

Support your Chamber, get involved!!!!
Continue to shop local

Curtis

July 2009

Adrian Chamber of Commerce Newsletter
July, 2009
www.adrianmochamber.com

The Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors met July 2nd, 2009 at 7:30 at the VFW Building.

Street Banners: The Chamber has our new banner designs. One is for the fall and the other for spring. These banners are available to members for advertising purpose. They will be $100.00 per year (one side only). There are 13 banners, so there are 26 available spots. Call Kip Yoss at 297-4120 to reserve your advertising spot. First come first served.
Better hurry, Kip has most of them sold !!! ( Only a few left )

BAT JULY 10 – ReMax @ Wimfield’s on Main……. Patsy and Morris are going all out, so be sure to attend!! 7:30 am on the Patio

Highlights: July – Hawkins Daycare

New Member: We want to welcome our newest member Happy Go Lucky , convenience store. Stop in and say Hi!!!

Chamber Cups: Remember we have new Chamber cups and they make great gifts!! (Only $6.00 )

Website: Let us know if you would like to see something new or would like to link your website to the Chambers (At no Charge). Let Elbert know of any changes or additions.

Sign update: Let us know at the Chamber Office if there is anything you want placed on the sign. Frank Enos of Adrian Plumbing your doing a great job on the sign, Keep up the good work!!!

Farmer’s Market: The Market is open as of April 1st , this is now in the commuter parking lot. Anyone is welcome to participate. Help spread the word so this project can grow!!

Main Street Flowers: Pete’s Pots are hitting the spot on the Main Street, Remember to take the time to water your flowers if you have volunteered to do so. Thanks!!!

July 4th Parade: What a great parade, the Chambers second choice worked out great. We want to thank Machelle Aurand for use of her convertible.

Support you Chamber , get involved!!!!
Continue to shop local
Curtis

June 2009

Adrian Chamber of Commerce Newsletter
June, 2009
www.adrianmochamber.com

The Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors met June 4th 2009 at 7:30 at the VFW Building.

Street Banners: The Chamber has our new banner designs. One is for the fall and the other for spring. These banners are available to members for advertising purpose. They will be $100.00 per year (one side only). There are 13 banners, which mean there are 26 available spots. Call Kip Yoss at 297-4120 to reserve your advertising spot. First come first served.

BAT: JUNE 12 – City of Adrian (Quarterly Bat in conjunction w/ open house at the new water plant); JULY 10 – ReMax @ Wimfield’s on Main (Patio)

Highlights: JUNE – Studio 201

Chamber Cups: The board has selected a new cup design that shows the Chamber established date in 2001. The cups are now in stock. The price is $6.00. They are available at several locations. 2008 Collectible cups are still on sale, they may be purchased for $5.00 each. They make great affordable gifts, and look great with flowers in them. We still have a few cups left from past years, for those that are missing some.

Website: The Chamber Website is www.adrianmochamber.com Let us know if you would like to see something new or would like to link your website to the Chambers (At no Charge). Let Elbert know of any changes or additions.

Sign update: Let us know at the Chamber Office if there is anything you want placed on the sign. Frank at Adrian Plumbing is now new sign person. Welcome him !!

Farmer’s Market: The Market is open as of April 1st , This is now in the commuter parking lot. Anyone is welcome to participate. Help spread the word so this project can grow!!

Main Street Flowers: Remember to take the time to water your flowers if you have volunteered to do so.

Garage Sale: The Annual City Wide Garage Sale has been set for Sat. June 6th . We have 49 listed sale locations ( our best yet ). Erin has done a lot of work on this project.

July 4th Parade: The board voted to participate in the parade. If anyone has an idea, please
let a board member know. We need the exposure this year.

Curtis

May 2009

Adrian Chamber of Commerce Newsletter
May, 2009
www.adrianmochamber.com

The Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors met May 7th, 2009 at 7:30 at the VFW Building.

Membership Dues: Dues are still $35.00 and may be paid at the Chamber Office. 13 members were removed from the membership role. Currently there are 72 members paid for the 2009 year.

BAT: MAY 15 – Yoss Thriftway in conjunction w/their remodeling celebration 7 am; JUNE 12 – City of Adrian ( Quarterly Bat in conjunction w/ open house at the new water plant); JULY 10 - ReMax

Highlights: MAY – Brian’s Signs; JUNE – Studio 201

Website: The Chamber Website is www.adrianmochamber.com. Let us know if you would like to see something new or would like to link your website to the Chambers (At no Charge). Let Elbert know of any changes or additions.

Sign update: Let us know at the Chamber Office if there is anything you want placed on the sign.

Farmer’s Market: The Market is open as of April 1st, in the same location and also at the south end of the commuter parking lot. Anyone is welcome to participate.

Main Street Flower: Pete’s Pots were decorated with flowers on Main Street on May 4th
with joint effort of the Adrian Garden Club, Lion’s Club, and the Chamber of Commerce.
Please thank any members of these service organizations and also the merchants for their contributions toward this project.

Garage Sale: The Annual City Wide Garage Sale has been set for Sat. June 6th. The registration deadline has been set for May 29th. Please get the word out about this Chamber Service Project.

Curtis

April 2009

Adrian Chamber of Commerce Newsletter
APRIL , 2009
www.adrianmochamber.com

The Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors met April 2nd 2009 at 7:30 at the VFW Building.

Membership Dues: Dues are still $35.00 and may be paid at the Chamber Office or
mailed to the Chamber of Commerce @ PO Box 303. Those that have not paid by April 15 th will be dropped from the membership role.

Annual Chamber Banquet: Our banquet was March 13th 2009 . We had 88 in attendance.
What a great program and meal. I think everyone enjoyed the evening.

BAT : APRIL – Computer 4 U ( in conjunction w/ their 2 nd anniversary open house - all day ); MAY – Yoss Thriftway; JUNE – City Of Adrian ( Quarterly Bat in conjunction w/ open house at the new water plant ); JULY - ReMax

Highlights: April ( Old 71 Café )

Sign update: Let us know at the Chamber Office if there is anything you want placed on the sign.

Farmer’s Market: The Market is open as of April 1st , in the same location and also at the south end of the commuter parking lot. Anyone is welcome to participate.

Curtis

March 2009

Adrian Chamber of Commerce Newsletter
March , 2009
www.adrianmochamber.com

The Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors met March 5th 2009 at 7:30 at the VFW Building.

Membership Dues: Dues are still $35.00 and may be paid at the Chamber Office or
mailed to the Chamber of Commerce @ PO Box 303. You may also pay at the banquet, if you are attending.

Annual Chamber Banquet: Our banquet will be March 13th 2009 at the Frontier Village. Mixer at 6:00 w/program at 6:45 SHARP. Cost is $11.00 per person. Please RSVP to the Chamber Office or Elbert to reserve your seat, seating is limited. Our special guest (Brent Mendenhall. Alias George W. Bush ) is sure to bring a record crowd. We have just a few seats left. Let us know if you plan on attending.

Door Prizes: Members are invited to donate give away items of their choice to be drawn for during the meeting. Any little or big item will do!!!

BAT: There will be no BAT in MARCH due to the Annual Banquet March 13th. APRIL – Computers 4 U; MAY – Yoss Thriftway; JUNE – City Of Adrian; JULY - ReMax

Highlights: Mar. (The King’s Cutter Shop) April (Old 71 Café)

New Board Member: Due to Alice Compton’s resignation as a board member, the board has appointed Cindy Warner to complete her term. Alice has been very helpful on the Chamber board and will be missed.

Chamber Cups: The board has selected a new cup design that shows the Chambers established date in 2001. The cups are now in stock. The price has not been set as of today, but will be soon. 2008 Collectible cups are still on sale. They may be purchased at several locations for $5.00 each. They make great affordable gifts, and look great with flowers in them. We still have a few cups left from past years, for those that are missing some.

Website: The Chamber Website is www.adrianmochamber.com . Let us know if you would like to see something new or would like to link your website to the Chambers (At no Charge). Let Elbert know of any changes or additions.

Sign update: Let us know at the Chamber Office if there is anything you want placed on the sign.

Annual Banquet: Again it is Friday, March 13th 2009, Plan on being there this a must attend event, you won’t want to miss it. Remember seating is limited get you tickets now!!!!!

Curtis

Photos Before Vision 2007

The pictures below were taken on July 4, 2007, just days before the beginning of the Vision 2007 renovation project on Main Street. Press the play button below to see a slideshow, or go here and click "Slideshow" to see a larger version.