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Our end goal as a team, TRA,PRA and the Mayor is to prevent another shutdown of restaurants in Texas by coaching sanitation and safety in our restaurants.

We can accomplish this if we make our restaurant owners aware of safety measures they should take and may already be taking to not only protect customers entering the restaurants but also send a message to all that Texas restaurants are safe and are not the spreaders thus hopefully preventing any new shutdowns which could be devastating to our restaurant partners.

I. Welcome – Jennifer Bara / Kevin Hawkins

II. Word from the Mayor – Ginger Nelson, Mayor

III. The PRA Promise – Jennifer Bara

a. Importance / Relevance

b. Potential Outcome

IV. Health Department – Anthony Spanel, Environmental Health Director

a. Common Operational Pitfalls

b. Public Health Insights / Common Questions

c. Enforcement

V. PRA Closing Statements – Jennifer Bara / Kevin Hawkins

VI. Questions

Meeting ID: 951 6482 7052

Passcode: 721071

Reminder! If you are a small business, nonprofit organization of any size, or a U.S. agricultural business with 500 or fewer employees that have suffered substantial economic injury as a result of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, you can still apply for the COVID-19 Economic Injury Disaster Loan.

The Chamber's 2021 Relocation Guide and Printed Membership Directory will be soon going to print. All current members receive a free listing in our printed membership directory, but you can increase your visibility in these publications with an ad. Time is running out to place an ad in one or more of these publications and promote your business to all of our members, future members, and individuals looking to relocate to our area.

If you are interested in placing an ad, please contact Cramer Marketing at (806) 371-7310 or email Mitch for pricing and information.

This is also the last call for members to update us on any changes in your business listing including address, phone, website, and business categories. For questions or updates on your membership listing, contact Christy at (806) 342-2004.

It's been a challenging year for America's nearly 32 million independent businesses. Now more than ever, it's important to shop small and support small businesses on Saturday, November 28 and throughout the holiday season.

We are highlighting a few more of our Business Excellence Award Winners including the Top 20 Under 40 young professionals as well as our Top Businesses and Top Emerging Businesses. Since we were unable to recognize them officially at our Annual Banquet which was cancelled due to safety concerns, we will bring you a few winners each week in our Tuesday emails. Tune in each week to learn more about these amazing businesses and young community leaders!

Sarah has volunteered and participated as an athlete at Mission 2540's Feed, Clothe, Love (and Lift) event as well as volunteered for TX Panhandle Pups Unchained building fenced yards for dogs living chained/tethered outside. Sarah also assists with planning and volunteers at the annual National Day of the Cowboy, hosted at the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame & Museum. Sarah is an active attendee of Hillside Christian Church where she was introduced to Compassion International program which gives children a strong opportunity to overcome poverty. Through this program, she sponsors two children. Her passion for American Quarter Horses brought her to Amarillo 9 years ago and she continues to climb the ranks as one of the top communications directors in the equine industry. Amarillo has taught her to slow down and appreciate the beauty of life through the sunrises and sunsets across the vast plains.

Amber has been an active member of the Panhandle Cancer Cure Foundation and has volunteered at the Salvation Army over the past three years. Amber volunteers regularly at Snack Pak 4 Kids, High Plains Food Bank, and Faith City Mission. As a wife and mother of three kids, she believes it’s important to lead by example and often takes her family with her to volunteer at various organizations. Amber is one of the worship leaders for the Extreme Kids group, leading a small group for 4th and 5th and 8th grade girls at Hillside Christian Church. She is a nine-year cancer survivor and was blessed to have many wonderful people around her to help her family. Amber now likes to return the same favor as often as she can.

Curtis has been a participant in the Harrington Cancer and Health Foundation Our Colors Run Together Race, American Cancer Society Relay for life and Susan G. Komen Race for a cure. He’s currently active with Circle of Friends, United Way, BSA/Coffee Memorial Blood and First Baptist Church Amarillo Young Adult Class. His wife and 3 children are Curtis’s greatest pride and accomplishment. One of the greatest blessings has been his employment at BSA Harrington Breast Center and Cancer Center to work in a field that he is truly passionate about.

Bennet is currently active with Texas Panhandle area Circle of Friends and Oklahoma Panhandle Partners, non-profit organizations that help to alleviate costs and transportation needs for patients affected with cancer in the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles, including Texas County. She is also a volunteer for Heal the City, a non-profit organization that provides free quality medical care and referral services to the panhandle community. Bennet and her husband have been married for 6 years and have three dogs Moose, Gunner & Gracie. She’s a member of Hillside Christian Church. Bennet is passionate for healthcare and empathetic towards the ill and their loved ones. She also finished a 70.3 IRONMAN along with her husband.

Owners: Gary Ward, Paula Ward, Mitchell Stevens and Jeremy Parkhurst

Established: 1978

Full-Time Employees: 23

Type of Business: Service Industry; Residential repair, maintenance and replacement for heating and air services. They offer ductwork and insulation, as well as indoor air products such as air purifiers, humidifiers and UV lights.

Owner: Trent Morgan

Established: 2008

Full-Time Employees: 21

Part-Time Employees: 2

Type of Business: Roofing, Commercial & Home Repair; They offer cost effective and timely solutions to all their customers, with an emphasis on quality. They strive to be the best roofing company on the high plains.

Owners: Mirna Fewell & Melissa Atchley

Established: 2019

Full-Time Employees: 9

Part-Time Employees: 2

Type of Business: Real Estate Brokerage Firm; They are on a mission to provide the highest quality service for all real estates needs in the area. One of their goals is to build a legacy real estate brokerage in the Texas Panhandle that will provide service for generations to come!

You can see our complete list of winners here.

CGI Communications has been a partner of the Amarillo Chamber for a number of years. CGI handles several advertising products offered to our members including website banner ads, community videos, ReviewTube reviews, and now has a new Magellan tool for voice activated website searching for text and videos.

Our representative, Al Forys, and his team will be reaching out to some of our members in the coming days and weeks to offer more information about these tools that may be beneficial for your business.

Should you want more information on any of their products, reach out to Al Forys at the contact information below.

We try to alert you anytime a third party may contact you so that you know they are a trusted and legitimate partner of the Amarillo Chamber. You may see our complete list of advertising options and partners on the Advertising Opportunities page of our website. We encourage you to always check this site or contact Penni Bentley at (806) 373-7800 to verify our official program partners before giving out personal or financial information.

The Chamber has compiled a list of links to helpful resources on our Chamber website. From our homepage, simply click the Learn More button under the COVID-19 Resources section or go directly to the page at https://www.amarillo-chamber.org/covid-19-info--resources.html.

See our Staff Directory with photos, direct phone numbers and more on our Contact Us page of the website.

Tyler Andrews, Andrews & Associates / cat.man.du

Blaine Baker, Crown House Insurance

David Bishop, Amarillo ISD

Lew Bradshaw, Pat Davis Properties

Lloyd Brown, Amarillo EDC

Kevin Carter, Amarillo EDC

Ryan Chandler, Northwest Texas Healthcare

Richard Constancio, Shiver-Megert & Associates

Joe Graham, Graham Brothers Jewelers

Jason Henderson, Bell

Brady Hochstein, Elevate Amarillo

Mark Hodges, FirstCapital Bank of Texas

Julie Imke, WTAMU Amarillo Center

Charles Leard, M&R Liquor

Trent Morris, Workforce Solutions Panhandle

Ed Nichols, Brown, Graham & Company, P.C.

Joseph Peterson, Edward Jones

Stephanie Price, Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum

Aaron Sage, Sage Oil Vac

Doug Street, Affiliated Foods

Wendi Swope, Double U Marketing 

Ronnie Walker, Xcel Energy

Peter Warrick, Atmos Energy

Mikel Williamson, Happy State Bank

Lance Wolff, Insurica DFB

on our website. 

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