CHAMBER UPDATES | FEBRUARY 28, 2023 |
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Chamber Leaders-
If you came to the top of the newsletter expecting Dave's picture and usual corny message with a sports analogy or life lesson, you'll have to wait until next month and settle for me instead. I'm Lora Dakin, on assignment with TeamUpToGreenUp. I have begun a three month investigation into where and how we tell our story better and while we haven't quite made the final turn, we have a great deal to be proud of.
I am helping the Colerain Chamber of Commerce test the theory that the Township's residential "Clean-Up Colerain" campaign led by the Colerain Community Association and our local initiatives with A Greater Northbrook and Groesbeck are making a difference when supported by local business through the chamber's website www.TeamUpToGreenUp.org .
- To begin with, the Colerain Avenue corridor is as litter free as I've seen it in a long time. Some pictures are included below.
- Several programs exist that raise awareness that we all need to pull in the same direction:
Spring Spruce Up (March 18-26) - see below for details
A Greater Northbrook Clean Up Day, April 22nd, 9-3 pm - watch for details
Do something impactful on Earth Day (April 22nd) or Arbor Day (April 28th)
Community Recycling Day (September 23rd - tentative date)
Colerain Community & PWC Give-Back Day (October 21st - tentative date)
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If you are participating in the Clean Up Colerain drive and have not received your TUGU decal for your business, reach out and I will drop one off, you can be a positive catalyst by sharing this message with your employees and customers.
No longer is it acceptable:
- to throw your trash into the streets. There are plenty of garbage cans available.
- to walk by litter and simply take a picture...it's time to pick up or let a business
owner know that you appreciate their clean parking lot.
- to leave your dumpster lid open or when it's full, place the trash where it can blow
somewhere else
- to toss recycling materials into the trash, recycling bins are there of a reason
- to "trash talk" one of the leaders in our community, Rumpke Waste & Recycling
- to assume someone else is going to do that which needs to be done...if it's meant
to be it starts with ME.
It is because of YOU that are in the CommUNITY, YOU are Making a Difference!
Finally, last week, I captured a Snapshot of Colerain Avenue and am very Proud to say, What an AMAZING view it was! What a huge, I mean HUGE improvement and accomplishment that occurs when the State, (Street cleaner) Township, (Litter pick ups), Chamber (Support TUGU efforts) Businesses (Adopting a Block or committing to daily property/lot clean ups) and Residents (volunteering time and being Proud of our litter free roads!)
Look around and see What We All have done and let me know what else you think can be accomplished together. Please join us by simply committing to make your property litter-free and attractive. Add a TeamUpToGreenUp decal that shows your support.
You can reach out to me through the phone and email address below. THANK YOU!
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Lora
Lora Dakin
TeamUpToGreenUp Coordinator
513-923-5036
TeamUpToGreenUpColerain@gmail.com
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HERE WE GROW AGAIN!
WELCOME OUR NEW MEMBERS!
The Colerain Chamber of Commerce membership is quite diverse bringing together local businesses, non-profit organizations, schools, and governmental bodies. There are many reasons for getting involved.
In this video, you will hear from chamber members about their WHY. Please share this others that may be interested in looking for involvement in the Colerain Chamber of Commerce.
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You have options when it comes to tree removal, tree trimming and pruning, and any other tree service. Trust the arborists at Lefke Tree Experts because they are local, have the best equipment in the industry and are fully insured to protect you.
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At Everest Financial, we approach your financial picture from a wide-angle lens and build long-term, trusted relationships, while working to pursue your goals.
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We provide help with a variety of basic needs during crisis situations such as loss of a job, house fire, natural disaster, or other unforeseen emergencies, by providing food, clothing, and necessary household items.
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We gracefully invite you to experience our hospitality, modern setup, and delicious Indian food. Grace of India offers dining, takeout, and catering!
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Chamber Member Survey
If you are an existing chamber member, we want to hear from you. Please take the quick 10 question survey linked here and let your voice be heard. Are you satified with your membership or are you delighted? Let us know through March 6th.
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CHAMBER & COMMUNITY UPDATES |
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ANNOUNCING COLERAIN CHAMBER'S NEW BOARD OF DIRECTORS |
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The Colerain Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors includes eleven (11) voting board members and two (2) advisory board members represented by Colerain Township and the Northwest Local School District.
Board members can serve as many as three, 3-year terms on the board and must be members in good standing throughout their time of service. As you can see, having fun is incorporated into our board activities which foundationally serve the chamber's core focus to Support, Connect, and Celebrate.
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COLERAIN H.O.P.E VIDEO CONTEST
"Helping Our People Everyday"
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Calling all community members, area students, and business members!
Put your creativity to work and showcase Colerain Township in a video!
Any area resident, student, or business member is eligible to participate!
CHOOSE YOUR THEME
I love Colerain… OR Colerain is a great place to live, work, and play…
NOW SHOW OFF OUR TOWNSHIP!
Some Considerations about Colerain might be:
Access to other parts of the city
Athletics/Competitiveness
Business in Colerain
Colerain Chamber of Commerce (Motto: Strong Business. Stronger Community)
Team Up To Green Up or Clean Up Colerain
Community Pride
Community History
Parks and/or Green Spaces
Restaurants
Shopping
Transportation
SUBMIT YOUR ENTRY
Videos should be a maximum length of 2 minutes 30 seconds
(preferably under 90 seconds for maximum viewing)
The deadline for the submission is
Monday, April 24, 2023.
WIN!
Winners to be selected by a committee based on the following categories:
Elementary school (K-5)
Middle school (6-8)
High school (9-12)
Community Member
Business Submission
Overall Winner will be selected from the winners in the categories above
Each category winners will receive a cash prize of $250.00
The overall winner will receive an additional $250.00
All submissions will receive recognition and visibility
Winners will be shared on website and social media
For more details and submission instructions, click here!
SPONSORED BY:
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CHAMBER HAPPENINGS & EVENTS |
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WEDNESDAY MARCH 1 | 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Do you want to make your area of Colerain Township cleaner and brighter as Lora Dakin shared in her message above? Join Dean Ferrier and Lora, in this monthly Zoom Meeting to talk everything
Team Up to Green Up is a community-wide initiative in Colerain Township to commit to a litter-free area and to preserve the beauty and cleanliness of the community. For more information about this project please visit www.teamuptogreenup.org
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FREE to Chamber Members and
invited non-chamber member guests!
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WEDNESDAY MARCH 8
8:30 AM - 10:00AM
(Virtual Meeting)
The Sales Summit concept brings together sales professionals from the business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-consumer (B2C) marketplaces to look at sales from a human-to-human perspective (H2H). This month's guest leader will be Duane Plapp, a 14-year Referral Marketing Coach and Trainer who also has 18+ years of experience working in the retail business and as an insurance professional.
Duane's goal is to help people learn to create Sales without Selling and help business professionals harness the power of word-of-mouth marketing to increase revenue by creating a referral relationship marketing-based business plan.
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Upcoming
Women's Networking
Events:
April 11 - Red Lobster with Speaker, Dinsmore Partner, Katie Jacob
May 9 - AFTER HOURS EVENT at Bud's Florist
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TUESDAY MARCH 14 | 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
El Trompo Mexican Grill
3659 Stone Creek Blvd. Suite D
Cincinnati, OH 45251
This popular group meets on the 2ndTuesday each month!
Come join us - We're sharing our experiences and talking about topics that affect working women. If you haven't been to this new chamber member restaurant, this will be a great time to experience the excitement of El Trompo!
Please RSVP to the Colerain Chamber by Monday, March 13th so we know you are joining us.
New Chamber Members are always welcome, so come on over and join us! Prospective new members may attend lunch once as a guest before joining the Chamber.
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Upcoming
Third Thursday
Events:
April 20 - White Oak
Gardens
May 18 - OneStop Pest Control (Bill & Angie Richter)
July 20 - Vinoklet Winery
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THURSDAY MARCH 16 | 5:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Dwyer Insurance Corporate Headquarters
3356 North Bend Rd.
Cincinnati, OH 45239
Our Third Thursday Networking will resume on Thursday, March 16th at the spacious corporate headquarters of Dwyer Insurance with a March Madness theme. If you would like to wear your favorite college apparel, this will be a great time to network as the NCAA basketball tournament gets started.
This informal gathering at a different Chamber Member location each month (except those months when another Chamber program is scheduled on the third Thursday) supplements our regular monthly events. Third Thursday Networking provides a free "drop-in" opportunity for Chamber Members to connect with each other!
Chamber members and community businesses are encouraged to stop by 5:00pm - 7:30pm to check it out.
Register today to connect and engage with up to 50 (or more) business professionals!
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"Helping Our People Everyday" |
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(MARCH 18-26)
We're excited to announce the launch of Colerain H.O.P.E's new website! We want to thank the team at webFEAT Complete for their help and for making this possible!
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See below for more details regarding this year's Spring Spruce Up: |
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THURSDAY, MARCH 23 3:30PM - 6:30PM
NETWORKING
& EDUCATIONAL
EVENT SERIES!
Xavier Center for Innovation
1605 Dana Avenue, 45207
Hosted by Xavier Leadership Center - Beers & Biz B2B is a monthly Networking event that includes growth-focused monthly topical roundtable discussions and open networking.
Roundtable Discussions are broken into primary areas of growth-focus and function and are designed to be topical discussions facilitated by a local leader in each group. These groups are great opportunities for peer-to-peer engagement, sharing of industry best practices, and real-time learnings and struggles of current relevant topics. They're also great for networking across your primary job function to meet other people in your role in different industry verticals.
New Roundtable Topics Each Month in these Areas:
Leadership Growth
People & Human Capital Growth
Revenue Growth
Faith @ Work
We hope to see you all at Beers & Biz this month!
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Returning in 2023
Basket Sponsorships
Do you want to be included
Please put together a
$100.00 value basket or donate an item for our silent auction
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THURSDAY JUNE 22
5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Willow Event Center
7881 Colerain Avenue
Join the Colerain Chamber of Commerce as we celebrate our 2023 Hometown Heroes!
Hometown Hero is our largest fundraiser and is always a blast!
Advanced Registration
Early Bird $60 Tickets available through Wednesday, June 7th.
Promote your business and be a sponsor!
Many sponsorship options and benefits are available starting at $100.00
(if interested, please reach out to president@colerainchamber.org for a detailed list of sponsor benefits)
Gold Sponsorship - $3000.00
Silver Sponsorship - $1250.00
Dessert or Bar Sponsorship - $1000.00
Support Sponsorship - $500.00
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Diana Egbers
Grant Us Hope Foundation
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Alison Delgado
Physician, Colerain HS Graduate
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Cheryl Popp
Honor Flight Tri-State
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COLERAIN CHAMBER ANNUAL AWARDS DINNER WINNERS |
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It is our pleasure to announce the winners in each of the six categories below. The Colerain Chamber Award Dinner had over 230 attendees and the support for the event held yesterday was nothing short of AMAZING!!!
Listed below are the results announced at this year's Awards Dinner.
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Ron Henlein (People Working Cooperatively) |
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CHAMBER
AWARD NOMINEES
Beautification and Community Investment Award
Colerain Township
Clippard Family YMCA
People Working Cooperatively
Community Impact Award
Junk King
Butler Tech
A Greater Northbrook/Community By Design
New Business – Rising Star Award
Art on Fire
Focal Point Coaching
The Enclave Event Center
Business Leader of the Year
Jack Brendamour (Junk King)
Cindy Rizzo (Clippard Family YMCA)
Ron Henlein (People Working Cooperatively)
Business of the Year
White Oak Garden Center
Pebble Creek Golf and Event Center
Cincinnati Ohio Police Federal Credit Union (COPFCU)
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CHAMBER CHOICE AWARD WINNERS!!!
Your voice has spoken! The Chamber Choice Award winners go to Jack Brendamour (Junk King) and Ron Henlein (People Working Cooperatively). This award is given to an individual or organization with the most votes from the 15 nominees named above. This year we had a tie and as Awards Chairman, Jeff Bresnen said at last night's event, "Unlike the NFL, we don't settle things with a coin flip".
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AS THIS YEAR'S EVENT COMES TO AN END,
WE'D LIKE TO GIVE A SPECIAL THANK YOU
TO ALL OF OUR AWARDS DINNER SPONSORS:
Event Sponsors
RUMPKE WASTE & RECYCLING
BUTLER TECH
DONAUSCHWABEN SOCIETY OF CINCINNATI
Silver Level Sponsors
Arlington Memorial Gardens & Funeral Home
Cincinnati Mine Machinery
Clippard Instrument Laboratory
Dinsmore
LongSchaefer
Mercy Health - West Hospital
North Side Bank & Trust
Pebble Creek Golf & Event Center
Playground Equipment Services
Vinebrook Homes
Visiting Angels
White Oak Gardens
Dessert & Bar Sponsors
Cincinnatus
LongSchaefer
A Special Thanks
Blust Motor Service, Inc.
Cincinnati Benefits Solutions
Cincinnati Ohio Police Federal Credit Union (COPFCU)
Dan Unger - Colerain Trustee
Emery Federal Credit Union
Fast Signs - Colerain
MWG Metalworking Group
Minuteman Press - Colerain
Red Carpet Inn
Sibcy Cline Realtors - Northwest Office
Stehlin's Meat Market
Thrivent Financial - Susan Bennett
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Is your business interested in having a ribbon cutting?
Do you have a celebration, grand opening, or business anniversary?
Let the Chamber promote
your big news!
Contact Dave for Details
HELP US CELEBRATE
WITH DAIRY QUEEN
Grand Opening & Ribbon Cutting
3545 Springdale Road
Date & Time to be announced soon!
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The 2023 Colerain Chamber Awards Dinner was a success! We had a wonderful turnout at the event, totaling more than 230 people in attendance!
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You have a chance to lock in low electric rates now before they are expected to increase in June of 2023. Recent utility auctions in the Duke, AEP and FirstEnergy regions indicate that the rate may be over $0.12 / kWh in June of 2023. Protect yourself by enrolling now with a June 2023 start.
Community Energy Advisors (CEA) is a Public Utilities Commission of Ohio certified energy management firm that educates and empowers organizations of all sizes to maximize the economics of their energy assets.
Through the Chamber Energy Program, CEA provides Chamber members with Education, Savings, and Protection on both regulated and deregulated energy expenses. With a credible partner looking out for your bottom-line, members enjoy peace of mind and budget-ability when it comes to your utility costs.
If you would like to obtain a free quote to see how much you can save on your electricity and natural gas, contact Ken Piechowiak today.
kpiechowiak@ceateam.com
330-208-2082
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ARE YOU TAKING ADVANTAGE OF ALL OF THE CHAMBER BENEFITS?
As a member of the Colerain Chamber, you are investing in a thriving and dynamic future for your own business and for the Northwest Cincinnati area. You can benefit from cost-saving discounts through our many Chamber benefits and services in addition to increased visibility for your business.
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EVENT SPONSORSHIP
Get your business name and visibility out there!
We are specifically looking for businesses that would like to sponsor the following events:
Emerging Leaders Sponsor - $500
Women's Networking Sponsor - $100
Sales Summit Sponsor - $500
Talk to Dave Moravec for more details!
SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE
BE IN THE KNOW! Keep up to date on all things Chamber! Better yet, Send us links, promotions, photos and local events in a timely manner, and let the Chamber promote for your business!
PROMO ITEM/GIFT CARD MARKETING
RIBBON CUTTING EVENTS
LOGOS & BRANDING... AND MORE!
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WE NEED YOUR PROMO ITEMS!
Do you have promotional items that you'd like to share with new and prospective members?
As you may know, we put together packets on a regular basis and we are currently in need of more items.
Please provide 25-50-100 items that will go into our promotional bag. Contact Beth or Dave directly and they can stop by to pick them up or connect with you.
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THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS |
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President Level Sustaining Sponsor
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Leader Level Sustaining Sponsors |
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Network Level Sustaining Sponsors |
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Team Level Sustaining Sponsors
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