 As a Chamber Member, you have significant buying power with access to some of the best pricing available on products and services you use every day. There are NO extra fees, and NO obligations to buy. Tap into the savings today!
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If you live or do
business in Appomattox County, you can sign up for Amber Alerts and severe weather notifications.
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Good afternoon everyone. This NewsBlast is chock full of Chamber News, Member Promotions, Legislative News and Business Resource articles. It is the Chamber's goal to provide our members with information to help them with their businesses so I hope you find the articles included herein to be just that -- helpful. Remember that the Chamber is here to serve YOU! So, please remember to take advantage of the promotional opportunities to promote your events.
Feel free to forward this NewsBlast to others in your business or organization so that they, too, can benefit from the information. Let us know how we are doing...the feedback is always welcome.
Remember to "BUY LOCAL" -- your local small businesses depend on you to keep them in the local community.
Quote of the Week:
"Concern yourself more with accepting responsibility than with assigning blame. Let the possibilities inspire you more than the obstacles discourage you."
Office Hours: Monday, Wednesday and Friday 9:00am-2:00pm
Whitney Napier: Office Manager
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Your Chamber Board is continually interested in doing whatever is in its power, given available resources, to promote the area's commerce. Recently, in a conversation with a member of the town council, it was suggested that the Chamber should organize a business education seminar to assist local merchants. There was certainly no disagreement regarding the validity of such assistance but the question remains as to what topic(s) would be the best attended and most constructive.
Marketing is certainly of primary importance to area merchants but there was marketing education provided relatively recently in conjunction with the Sesquicentennial. There is also an apparently excellent one day seminar being held in Richmond by the Virginia Community Viability Institute on April 19. Attendance is $135 and registration can be made at https://vafb.swoogo.com/virginiacvinstitute2017.
For additional information on this event Click Here
Attempts at canvassing the Chamber's membership via the NewsBlast have produced no suggestions to date. At this month's Board meeting, we discussed several ideas including seminars to cover hospitality/service issues, young entrepreneur guidance and attractive vocational opportunities but have yet to determine a definitive direction. Input from our membership is crucial, if we are to proceed. Please let us here from you.
John Redding
Chamber President
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1967-2017
The Appomattox Chamber of Commerce
is celebrating 50 years of serving the businesses of Historic Appomattox! |
 
In Honor of 50 years, we are giving away t-shirts. Please stop by and get yours while supplies last!!
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Want to start out 2017 on a positive note? Come to a Lions Club meeting and consider joining in with others to "serve".
The Appomattox Lions Club will be in possession of its PediaVision testing unit for most of the months of February and March. PediaVision provides an instantaneous evaluation of a child's ability to see well. If your organization has a group of children that you would like to be tested, contact Lion John Redding (352-0532) to schedule.
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Come visit the Babcock House for a true experience in Southern Hospitality. Simple, refined food at reasonable prices.
Introducing the First Annual Babcock House Beer Dinner on March 15.
Cost is $35/person, RSVP by March 11 to ensure a seat.
Lunch served Tuesday thru Friday from 11am to 1:30pm;
Brunch served Sunday from 11am to 2pm; and
Dinner served Tuesday thru Saturday from 5pm to 8pm.
RESERVATIONS NO LONGER REQUIRED!
Feel free to stop in on a whim!
250 Oakleigh Avenue, Appomattox.
434-352-7532
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Now Offers Mobile Check Deposit
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LIFE * AUTO * HOME * BUSINESS
Download and read the
First Quarter 2017
Insurance Update Newsletter provided by Auto-Owners Insurance. Auto-Owners along with Scott and Wilson Insurance can meet your needs in any of the following: Life, Home, Auto and Business!
This issue's topics include: Permanent vs. Term Life Insurance, The Paid in Full Discount Advantage, Healthy Equipment Maintenance and Do I Need Flood Insurance?
As your Local Independent agency in the community, we're your neighbor, someone you can TRUST and who will be here for you! Call or visit us today!
434-352-7550 Phone
569C Court Street, Appomattox, VA
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Best of Above the Fold March 8th- This edition contains articles on the following:
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Best of Free Enterprise - March 8th- This edition contains articles on the following:
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Chamber's Online Calendar of Events
The Chamber wants to remind everyone who is planning an "open to the public" event for next year to provide the event information to this office so it can get uploaded to the Chamber's website calendar. This online calendar will help the community (and visitors) to see a full list of events as they plan their activities. The goal of the online calendar is to prevent competing events so that every event is a success. So please submit your event information to the Chamber at least 2 weeks in advance of the event so it can be uploaded to the calendar. Make sure your email includes "Calendar Event Information" in the Subject Line. Please note that ALL event submissions for the NewsBlast are automatically added to the online calendar.
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Member Weekly NewsBlast Submission Guidelines:
All
current Chamber members are eligible to advertise in the Member Promotions section. Please send your PDF file to the
Chamber as outlined below:
- All submissions MUST indicate "Member Weekly NewsBlast" or "NewsBlast" in the Subject line of email.
- All submissions MUST be in Microsoft Word or PDF file format (file size limit is 2.0 MB).
- All submissions MUST include your business name & phone number.
- All submissions MUST indicate the time period for running the ad -- please include the beginning date & ending date. NOTE: ads that do not include this information will run for one week only!
- All submissions are subject to editing and/or rejection if not appropriate for the NewsBlast.
- Deadline for submissions is 10:00am on Wednesday. Any late submissions will be held until the following week's edition.
- NewsBlast will be scheduled to publish after 2pm on Wednesday.
- All submissions will be listed alphabetically by member business.
- Submissions not in compliance with these guidelines will be rejected.
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