January 2015

Welcome New Members

Message from the Chair – Happy New Year!

How many times have you exchanged the words “Happy New Year” with your friends and

business acquaintances? It may sound like an automatic response but we are truly wishing one another good fortune. If you think about it, it’s a wonderful time to be excited about new beginnings; extending good wishes to everyone for them, their families and their businesses.

I’m excited about new beginnings in Longmont! The Village at the Peaks mall construction! An entirely new landscape at the corner of 1st and Main Street! The new Stewart Auditorium at the Longmont Museum! Great new apartment buildings! New construction at Harvest Junction! New companies coming to town! There are many more - too numerous to mention here.

The Longmont Chamber of Commerce is beginning the new year with a calendar packed full of exciting

programs and events for its members. Let’s start with January, for instance. Business Before and After Hours are always a great way to jump into the new year.

Business Before Hours is slated for January 9th, 7:30-9am at the Ed & Ruth Lehman YMCA. The “Y” has been welcoming Chamber members to their Before Hours for several years now. Make plans to be there and while you’re at it, consider signing up to take advantage of all they offer in the way of exercise and healthy living activities.

Business After Hours is set for January 22, at Longmont’s wonderful Museum & Cultural Center. Currently, the Remington & Russell exhibit is residing at the Museum so you can stop in and appreciate the amazing works of two of the most popular illustrators of subjects of the American West in the late 19th Century. This exhibition will be the first time many of these works have been exhibited in Colorado. On the 22nd, we’ll also have

a chance to grab a hard hat and tour the construction of the new Stewart auditorium at the Museum!

Please mark your calendars now and plan to attend the Chamber’s signature event - Unity in the Community. It will be held at the Plaza Conference Center on February 26, 2015. It’s a perfect opportunity to showcase your business and network with other community leaders and elected officials from around the region.

The Chamber’s Public Policy Committee is anticipating the opening of the 2015 Legislative Session. They will be monitoring any bills that may be of importance to the business community. It promises to be an interesting session!

Another opportunity you don’t want to miss, call Scott Cook at the Chamber and sign up to sponsor one of our many events! It is one more way for you to gain exposure for your business!

Have a Happy and Prosperous New Year!!

GET NOTICED! Promote your business at Unity in the Community!

The Longmont Area Chamber of Commerce will once again be bringing Chamber members over 200 events and educational programs in 2015. From classes on Social Media to the Commerce Cup Open to the Debate, Chamber events are diverse in their scope and serve a wide range of members. When you, our member businesses, step up and sponsor an event or program, you not only help create a great event, but your business benefits in many ways!

One way to get started right away in 2015, is to check out the Chamber’s largest event: Unity in the Community. Each year, the Longmont Area Chamber welcomes elected officials from multiple municipalities along the Front Range and the state to Longmont for an evening of relationship building in our region. Also highlighted are numerous non-profit organizations that serve our community in various ways. For the past several years, sponsorships for this unique event have sold out. So hurry! Sponsorship information is available at www.longmontchamber.org or by contacting Scott Cook, Event & Program Director at scook@longmontchamber.org. Please note, per chamber policy, previous year’s sponsors are invited first to sponsor, however, every effort is made to accommodate each prospective sponsor.

For a year’s worth of sponsorship opportunities in addition to Unity in the Community, check out the “2015 Sponsorship Opportunities Packet” on the Chamber website or click the link in your weekly Chamber E-News. Similar to Unity in the Community, we encourage you to act fast –many event sponsorships and hosts are filling up fast. Our always-popular Business Before Hours and After Hours events are already SOLD OUT for 2015.

The fact is – Chamber events and programs would not be made possible without sponsors stepping forward and showing their support. During 2014, the Chamber received wonderful support from the business community and we say “thank you” to our devoted members for your support and ask for your continued support to make the 2015 events and programs schedule the best yet. Sponsor an event today and Get Noticed!

Smal l Business. Big Business. Our Business.

Thank you Membership Celebration and Annual Meeting Sponsors!

neXt Holiday Mixer at Grossen Bart Brewery

• 1600 Ironhorse• Elevations Credit Union• Longmont Power &

Communications• Longmont United Hospital• NewMark Merrill

Mountain States- Village at the Peaks

• Twin Peaks Heating Cooling and Plumbing

Colorado Aromatics303-651-2062340 Lashley St., Unit 220Longmont, CO 80504Skin CareCindy JonesHandcrafted skin care products for the Colorado climate.

Good Life Acupuncture and Wellness Clinic303-772-05981551 Professional Lane Ste. 180Longmont, CO 80501AcupunctureStacey DonaldsonThank you Tyler Perkins, Active Family Chiropractic, for your referral!

H.M. Brown & Associates303-414-23896377 S. Revere Pkwy Ste 450Centennial, CO 80111Automobile BrokersJeff StrizichAutomobile Sales and LeasingThank you John Bohn, Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co., for your referral!

NextLevel Ink720-939-7107Longmont, CO 80501Video ProductionJosh Stevens

TinkerMill720-204-30901840 Delaware Place, Unit ALongmont, CO 80501NonprofitScott ConverseNonprofit STEM education and economic development group.

Dr. Jason Kaminski: Vision Source Longmont, Dr. John Wendt: Life Wellness Centers, Dan Ditslear: 300 Suns Brewery

Toy collection for Safe Shelter of the St. Vrain Valley

Carol Shack2015 Board Chair

Membership Matters – Our Membership Matters Committee

Thank You Renewing Members

INTERESTED IN BECOMING A MEMBER?Contact Shelley McLeod. Membership Director at 720-864-2878

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Have you received a call from a fellow chamber member asking about your membership? If so, chances are it was one of the Membership Matters Committee. If you are a new member, you should receive a call from this group welcoming you to the Chamber, inviting

and encouraging you to attend events, and answer any questions. Sometimes it’s good to discover from another member what works best for them or simply to get another member’s perspective.

You will be invited to a New Member Orientation that each of the Member Matters committee attends as well. If it’s time for your membership to renew, you should also get a call from someone in the group asking how your year has gone, if you need to change any information or if you have any needs or concerns. This amazing group of volunteers truly cares about your business and they are there to help. Your membership DOES matter!

If you are interested in becoming a member of Membership Matters, please contact me, Shelley McLeod, at 720-864-2878.

Shelly McLeod, Membership Director

ADVOCATE FOR YOUR BUSINESS.Extend your reach to new customers monthly by placing your ad on the Longmont Chamber

of Commerce Advocate pages.

Call Syedah Belletti at 303-684-5353

2015 Membership Matters CommitteeJim Lytton – Legal ShieldMarty Quigley – ERA Herman GroupBrian Berry – MeritcardMarilyn Scarnici – Guaranty BankConnie Nelson – Food Stuff Etc, Inc.Christine Cavalier – Broker Associate RealtorEllen Ranson – Ellen’s Bed and Breakfast

Longmont Museum & Cultural CenterTHURSDAY, JANUARY 22 5-7PM400 Quail Road, Longmont

New Year’s Resolutions meet the YMCA! Ready to get serious about the new year? Be sure to attend the Business Before Hours at the Ed and Ruth Lehman YMCA. Whether your resolutions include fitness or building your business, the January 9 Business Before Hours is a great place to start! Enjoy a warm breakfast,

networking and a chance to win prizes!Business Before Hours is open to all members

and prospective members with RSVP by Thursday, January 8. Chamber members can RSVP online at www.longmontchamber.org. Prospective members must call Membership Director Shelley McLeod at 720-864-2878.

The Longmont Museum has collaborated with the Buffalo Bill Center of the West in Cody, WY to bring some of the finest Frederic Remington and Charles Russell artwork to Longmont. Enjoy world- renowned masterpieces, networking, food and beverages at the January After Hours! You will also want to grab a hard hat and take

a tour of the Stewart Auditorium now under construction with completion slated for later this year.

Chamber members can RSVP online at www.longmontchamber.org. Prospective members must call Membership Director Shelley McLeod at 720-864-2878.

WORKERS’ COMP CORNERSafety SeminarWEDNESDAYFEBRUARY 10 11:30am – 1pm

All Chamber Members Welcome

Dr. Jacob Hall: New Leaf Chiropractic and Family Wellness, Emma Hall: Downtown Services, Dave Bruce: Express it! Mail Center, Chris Oxley: Elevations Credit Union, Monty Meduna: First National Bank

Michelle Ferrera: Premier Members Federal Credit Union, Gail Sutton: Better Business Cleaning

Business Before Hours at Premier Members Federal Credit Union

Business After Hours at Eye Care Center of Northern Colorado

Nancy Berger and Ken Berger: Rocky Mountain Private Lending, David Ahrens: Law Office of David Ahrens

Debby Paris: First National Bank, Christine McDonald: Country Financial, Chad Rennicke and Diann Rennicke: Flight Deck Grill

Jon Rice: Longmont Website Solutions, Laura Greenfield: Longmont Website Solutions, Monica Londono: Seniors Helping Seniors, Joseph Bland: Sports Image.

Pinnacol Work Comp

Safety Program Interested in More

info? Contact:Brown & Brown Insurance Inc.303-827-2484

Ewing - Leavitt800-974-7840

TrueNorth Insurance and

Financial Strategies303-776-5122

Peak Insurance Group303-828-1020

January Business Before Hours

January Business After Hours

Ed & Ruth Lehman YMCAFRIDAY, JANUARY 9 7:30-9AM950 Lashley Street, Longmont

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