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January 2017

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The City of Healdsburg Storm Preparations


City of Healdsburg - January 4, 2017 - The City of Healdsburg has begun to experience winter rains and has taken several measures to prepare for the incoming weather. During the fall, Public Works utilized the California Conservation Corps to remove brush and debris from Foss Creek and its tributaries. Additionally, a flow gauge installed on Foss Creek at North Street, is monitored several times a day during and after storm events.

Routinely, Public Works monitors the city's detention basins, storm drain inlet structures and investigates and resolves any local flooding issues, which are usually drain inlets covered with leaves or papers.

In an effort to be cautious, the City has opened a sandbag filling station for city residents and businesses, should they need them, at the Community Center, 1557 Healdsburg Avenue. This station is open from 8 AM - 5 PM and is currently located on the paved area next to the field. Bags are unfilled and residents are asked to bring their own shovels and ties. For information on how to fill and place sandbags: https://youtu.be/5fa8ApB_TFc.

Residents are also encouraged to sign up to receive real-time localized emergency situations and relevant community advisories through Nixle. This service is secure, reliable, and easy to use. Nixle Alerts may be sent via Text, Email, Voice, Web, Social Media, and the Nixle Mobile App in an instant.

As a resident, there are two simple ways for you to register:
1. Text your zip code (95448) to 888777 from your mobile phone
2. Sign-up and create a user profile on www.nixle.com

If you need assistance from the City's Utility Department, we are asking that you please call the Utility Hotline at (707) 431-7000 or TOLL FREE (855) 755-6586. In the event of an emergency outside of utility needs, please call 9-1-1 or police dispatch directly at (707) 431-3377.

For additional tips on winter preparedness, please visit www.cityofhealdsburg.org or go directly to http://www.cityofhealdsburg.org/DocumentCenter/View/6857.
Happy Retirement  to John Del Monte, DPM


Long time Healdsburg Chamber member Dr. John Del Monte has announced his retirement. John has been a member of the Healdsburg Chamber since 1979. Thank you John and Mary for your many years of service to our community. Enjoy your retirement.

How to Lead More Effective and Productive Meetings
Business Builder Workshop, January 18th

Wednesday, January 18th
8:45-11:00 am
Continental breakfast provided.

Healdsburg Chamber Office
217 Healdsburg Avenue


Time is money, and you can't afford to have your meetings fail. Dynamic, well-planned and engaging meetings get results!

What you will learn:
  • How to improve your personal effectiveness leading and participating in meetings
  • New tools to help with meeting structure and process
  • How to help participants make quality decisions and follow through on action items
What we will cover:

Effective and Ineffective Meetings; Self-Assessment; Role of Accountability in Meetings; Handling Meeting Challenges; Designing Agendas and Meeting Goals; Facilitating Decision-Making; Engaging Virtual Participants


Presenter: Lynn Woznicki, MA, MAOD

Lynn Woznicki is an accomplished facilitator and trainer with Woznicki Consulting, and professor in the SSU Masters in Organization Development Program. Lynn has a passion for working with individuals to improve performance, and have fun in the process. Lynn shares, "I love giving people the tools they need to become more effective and successful in their life and work. My trainings are highly interactive and geared to the needs of participants."

Visit www.wozconsulting.com to learn more.
" The 30 Minute Website" Wordpress and the Internet - Business oriented - Free Course



Date: January 18th 2017 - Wednesday
Location: Healdsburg Chamber of Commerce Office, 217 Healdsburg Avenue
Time: 6:30PM - 8:30PM
Instructor: James Wills
More information - 415.461.9532 mobile or jwills@webdaki.com
Free admission!
 
This session demonstrates step by step the process of building a Wordpress website in just 30 minutes. Advances in software have profoundly effected the users ability to create and maintain web sites for a minimum of cost and time. The mechanics of what to do and best practices are explored in detail.

Topics
  • What the heck is Wordpress and how can I use it?
  • Getting Started
  • Preparing content
  • The ins and outs of Themes
  • Plug-ins, the key to functionality
  • How to add photos and video on your site
  • Building pages, making links, adding text
  • Testing links and functions
  • The future of Wordpress and the Internet

Instructor
James Wills has been making web sites full time since 1996. He is long-time Sonoma County resident. He has thirty- five years of hands on experience with computers and is expert in a video and audio editing, Photoshop work and print design and layout. His media design agency takes on all manner of media projects from podcasts, websites to  custom logos. Author of both non-fiction and fiction books, he has produced four documentary films.

Call James: 415.461.9532 or jwills@webdaki.com

Additional Wordpress courses that will result in your own Wordpress website!

Control your digital image
Build Your own Website from scratch - 5 sessions
Date: Begins January 25th 2017 - for 5 Wednesdays
Location: Healdsburg Chamber of Commerce Office
Time: 6:30PM - 8:30PM
Instructor: James Wills
Click here for more information!

Better Business Marketing Workshops
Free for Sonoma Businesses

Thursday, February 2, 9 am
Best Western Dry Creek Inn
198 Dry Creek Road
Healdsburg 95448

And the link to register (limited seating) https://ariaconnect.com/workshop-signup.html

A series of groundbreaking advertising workshops will be held throughout the Sonoma County region from January 30th - February 2nd, 2017. Organized and sponsored locally by Amaturo Sonoma Media Group, this "Better Business Initiative" is designed to provide education to local businesses wishing to make some sense out of today's complicated and often volatile advertising environment.

Delivering the workshops will be Matt Hackett, international media expert and speaker, exclusively for business people in the Sonoma County area.

The sessions will highlight the most common mistakes businesses large and small make in promotion of their businesses. Taking the advertising techniques of some of the world's most successful advertisers, Mr. Hackett will also discuss ways to get the most out of any media campaign, how to re-connect with your customers and stand out from your competition - even on a very limited budget.

Kevin Wodlinger of Sonoma Media Group said, "As providers of radio and digital marketing in Sonoma County and beyond, we know how important it is for local business to prosper if our community is to continue to prosper. We are very pleased to be able to provide someone of such an international standard to speak here for free. Matt Hackett is regarded very highly in the advertising industry and I can promise that he will deliver some extremely worthwhile, yet simple advice to businesses, whatever their size, product or service. The fact that these workshops will be free of charge to local businesses is very exciting. This is a rare opportunity indeed."

Matt Hackett has been at the forefront of the media industry for over twenty-five years. He has consulted to some of the world's largest corporations and has presented over 3,000 media and advertising workshops to over 40,000 business owners on three continents.

He focuses on re-energizing business owners, so they can look at their businesses with a fresh perspective - and helps them to communicate that perspective to their potential customers: using exciting, memorable, and cost-effective advertising.

Matt is in constant international demand as a speaker, he is founder and CEO of ARIAConnect, a San Francisco-based media agency with a global client base.

For further information, or to reserve a seat at this one-time event, please contact: Kevin Wodlinger @ 707-543-0117 or kevin@mysonomamedia.com
Mind Your Business; Forms and Types of Business Entities
Brown Bag Workshop
 
Wednesday, February 8th
12:00-1:00 pm
Healdsburg Chamber Office
217 Healdsburg Avenue, Healdsburg
FREE
Space is limited. Click here to reserve your spot.

Is your business a Sole Proprietorship, Partnership, LLC, or Corporation? 
Bring your lunch and learn the different forms of business entities and the effects each has on your business. Be sure to bring plenty of questions!


Don't forget to bring your lunch!


Presented by Ken Cyphers, Attorney, Welty | Welty, PC 
Ken has always been interested in legal aspects of financial and business practices. From debt relief to nonprofit or corporation formation, as well as deep experience in real estate law, he loves going to bat for clients and helping the community at large work through the monetary and real estate issues we all face. His experience working in Sonoma County real estate development and serving on the Windsor Planning Commission is helpful when resolving his clients' legal issues.

Ken received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from State University of New York at Albany, and earned his Juris Doctorate degree at St. John's University School of Law. He is licensed to practice in California, New York and Connecticut.
 
Sonoma Media Group is Hiring


JobLinks to host Hospitality Industry Job Fair February 28

Job Link is hosting a series of monthly industry job fairs and invites your company to apply for participation! If your business is interested in participating in the February 28th 2017 job fair, please complete the online Employer Application accessible in the link below.
Due to space constraints, registrations are not confirmed on a first-come, first-served basis. The key factors considered when confirming companies are a diverse mix of companies and diversity of job openings represented. You will receive an email confirming or declining your application.

For Job Fair inquires or questions, please contact Job Link's Business Line at (707) 565-8079 or joblinkbusinessgroup@schsd.org.

Creative Sonoma Launches Interactive Website

If you are the least bit artsy, please pay attention to the new www.creativesonoma.org website.  In particular there are two locations on the site where you can register if you are an artist or you can search if you are looking for art.  Creatives at Work is a place where artists, designers, gallery owners, photographers,  creatives of all types can register.  It is an interactive site so you can link to your website, add photos, video, social media, etc.  Art Right Here is a registry of art sources searchable by type of art or by location.  Both sites are user friendly and help to better connect the arts community with the greater community.  The creativesonoma.com site also has  current information about classes, grants, upcoming shows, calls for entries, etc.  as well as information about the positive economic impacts artists bring to our communities.  
 

A Small business Agenda for the First 100 Days
Letter from Small Business Majority CEO John Arensmeyer:

Dear Friends,

There's no question that the dramatic results of the 2016 election will have a profound impact on our country, including our small business community. In the face of drastic proposed policy changes, we must preserve hard fought gains that benefit America's entrepreneurs and push back against any policies that would endanger the prosperity of America's 28 million small businesses. That's why today we're releasing our recommendations for the new administration's first 100 days in office.

In order to ensure our nation's job creators can thrive and help grow our economy, it's crucial that the next administration focus on policy solutions that will truly help our nation's small businesses succeed. We believe at the core of what small business owners need is (1) affordable and quality health coverage, (2) tax policies that benefit small businesses rather than large corporations, (3) real infrastructure investments, (4) access to responsible capital, (5) comprehensive immigration reform, and more.

The Affordable Care Act has enabled 20 million Americans, many of whom are small business owners, their employees and the self-employed, to obtain affordable, quality health coverage. We are eager to amend the law where it needs to be fixed, but we will deploy the voices of small business owners across the country to strenuously combat any irresponsible efforts to repeal it.

Likewise, we are prepared to work in a bi-partisan manner to support real job-producing infrastructure programs and to amend our tax code to promote domestic job creation and broad, inclusive prosperity. But, we will not stand by in the face of a tax plan that further rewards large multinational corporations at the expense of America's consumers: the middle class-and America's job creators: small businesses.

We will also continue to help expand opportunities for small businesses to access much-needed credit and capital, but we will fight to protect policies and institutions that guard against predatory loan practices. And, we will do everything we can to protect our nation's hard-working immigrants who are vital contributors to millions of thriving small businesses and who start new enterprises at twice the rate of the population as a whole.

Our nation's small businesses have a crucial role to play in upcoming policy debates, and policymakers must keep them top-of-mind when considering significant policy changes. To read more about our recommendations for the first 100 days, visit our website.

We look forward to our continued partnership with you as we work to elevate these small business issues in 2017.


John Arensmeyer, Founder & CEO
http://www.smallbusinessmajority.org/
December Ribbon Cutting Ceremonies



Healdsburg Art Atelier
126 North Street
http://healdsburgartatelier.com
Cellars of Sonoma
20 Matheson Street
http://cellarsofsonoma.com

  Photo of Cellars of Sonoma by Natasha McGuire Photography. http://www.natashamcguire.com
HERO Card 2017
Get the card!
The HERO card is designed to both say thank you to our Healdsburg employees and to encourage local business. As a Healdsburg employer you can give HERO cards to your employees to use for special discounts and purchases at local businesses, and if you are a local business you can sign up to accept the card.

It is not too late to get your card. The 2017 HERO cards are almost here! Fill out the HERO Form and return it to Aleena at the Healdsburg Chamber of Commerce to receive 2017 HERO specials for you and your employees from these local businesses. 


Thank you to the following businesses for signing up to offer a HERO special for 2017.

8 Dragons
Acupunture and Herb Center
Best Western Dry Creek Inn
Café Lucia
Calderwood Inn
Camellia Inn
Cartograph Wines
Cellars of Sonoma
Costeaux French Bakery
Dragonfly Floral & Farms
Grape Leaf Inn

Healdsburg Lumber Company
Left Coast Marketing
Michel-Schlumberger Wine Estate
Mueller Winery
Natasha McGuire Photography
North Bay Credit Union
Options Gallery
Outlander
Parkpoint Health Club
Pizzando
Portalupi Wines

Seasons of Vineyard
Spicy Vines
Spoonbar
Team Jen at State Farm Insurance
The Salvation Army
The Taste of Tea
Thumbprint Cellars
Topel Wines
Wild Flowers Steakhouse Saloon
Wine Country Walking Tours
Your Truth Counseling Services


What's all the [ HYPE ] 
Healdsburg Young Professionals & Entrepreneurs

Morning Mojo
Costeaux
Date: Wednesday, January 11th

Time: 8:00 am

Location: Costeaux French Bakery, 417 Healdsburg Avenue, Healdsburg

What:Join HYPE for a cup o' jo and a morning business chat. Buy your own coffee and breakfast. Every 2nd Wednesday of the month!

Host a HYPE Mixer

Click here to for the HYPE Mixer Host Request Form. For any questions email Aleena Decekr at aleena@healdsburg.com


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Anniversaries, New & Renewing Members
 
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Please Make it a point to say "hello" to these folks!

Animal Medical Center of 
Healdsburg

Swicegood Civil Engineering

Webdaki
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Framing Arts
our "Bucks for Luck" sponsor
   
Congratulations to our DECEMBER membership anniversaries!
Business Years
Eddinger Enterprises, Inc. 40
City of Healdsburg 38
John A. Holt & Geraldine P. Holt 28
Hispanic Chamber of Commerce 25
Alliance Medical Center 24
Mazzocco Sonoma Winery 24
RLA Sheet Metal, Inc. 23
Healdsburg Signs Inc. 23
Rainsong Shoes 22
Ferrari-Carano Vineyards & Winery 21
Honor Mansion, A Resort Inn 17
Sonoma County Farm Trails 16
Golden Key Wealth Management, Paul Sullivan, MS, CFP® 16
Burke's Canoe Trips 13

Business Years
Kreck Design Inc. 12
Friends of Lake Sonoma 11
El Farolito 10
BirdSong Property Management 9
Platypus Wine Tours  8
h2hotel 7
Healdsburg SHED 4
Kendall-Jackson Wine Center 4
Toy Chest 3
Active 20-30 Club of Healdsburg #205 3
Savor Healdsburg Food Tours 3
Sonoma Sterling Limousine, Inc. 2
Little Lambs Preschool 2
Guild Mortgage Co. 2
Holly and Associates, Inc 2
Thank you for your many years of dedication
to the Healdsburg Chamber of Commerce and for your contribution to the local economy.


Be Updated on the Healdsburg Avenue Improvement Project

Stay up to date on the Healdsburg Avenue Improvement Project. This mutli-faceted project has its own website with updates, scope of the project, live webcam, designs, interactive map, etc.

Visit www.healdsburgaveimprovements.com to keep up with the improvements and to join the project's email list for immediate updates.
Many local businesses are HIRING!
Job Opportunities in Healdsburg
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Click the link below if you or someone you know is looking for a job or career in and around Healdsburg.

http://business.healdsburg.com/jobs/

Does your business have open positions you would like to post on our website? Please email Aleena or call (707) 433-6935 about posting your job and career opportunities.
Advertising Opportunities  

The Healdsburg Visitor Center located at 217 Healdsburg Avenue is open 7 days a week from 10:00am to 4:00pm assisting both tourist and locals with concierge-style service. The center averages over 1,000 walk-in visitors, plus a plethora of phone and email inquires opening the front door of Healdsburg for travelers from around the world. With Healdsburg.com as our domain, we maintain the most robust online directory of Healdsburg businesses, events, and area information to assist inquiries in finding our member businesses with between 11,000 to 20,000 website hits each month.

Here are a few ways you can maximize this exposure through our new online and digital advertising opportunities:
  • Newsletter Advertising - $50/mo, to list of over 1,400 subscribers
  • Digital Display Screen in Visitor Center - $100/mo, over 5,000 impresses/mo
  • Website Banner Ads - ranging from $500 to $1,000/year
  • Enhanced Online Directory listing with priority listing & photo enhancements $200/year
  • Community Happenings Email Advertising - $50/week, to list of over 1,400 subscribers

Contact Aleena Decker for more information at (707) 433-6935 or aleena@healdsburg.com.
Get Social With Your Business Listing

The Healdsburg Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Bureau has add more social media options to online business listings located at www.healdsburg.com. In addition to Facebook and LinkedIn, chamber members can now add Instagram, Twitter, Pinterest, and Google+! If you are interested in adding your social media pages to your business listing, please email Aleena Decker with website links to your social media pages. 

Like us on Facebook      Follow us on Twitter      View our profile on LinkedIn      Find us on Google+      Find us on Pinterest      View on Instagram
                         
 
More Ways to Get Your Business Noticed 
   
Digital Signage in the Visitor Center for less than 2 cents per impression,... now that makes sense!
 

Thousands of visitors from around the globe start their tour of the wine country at the Healdsburg Visitors Center. 

 

The digital signage display located in the Visitor Center which is the front door to Healdsburg and Sonoma County wine country.  Your digital poster signs will be displayed 24/7 over 5,000 impressions per month for less than 2 cents per impression. 

 

Digital signage is the most cost-effective and green way to capture the attention of visitors and drive them to your business.

 


To learn more contact aleena@healdsburg.com.

 

 

 

 

The Healdsburg Chamber of Commerce encourages and promotes a positive, balanced, vital economy and preserve those unique qualities that are good for business and make Healdsburg a special place in which to visit, live and work. We strive to grow the local economy, promote our community and serve as an advocate for our business members. 

 

Sincerely,

 

Healdsburg Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Bureau