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Fruita Area Chamber of Commerce Newsletter

January 2016

Executive Director’s Message Valued Fruita Chamber of Commerce members- Happy

New Year! Welcome to 2016!

Before we move to what is new for 2016 we must say a

fond farewell to outgoing and longtime board member

Linda Kochevar. Perhaps our longest serving board

director, serving more than two-three year terms, Linda

kept the financials for the Fruita Chamber as Treasurer.

We wish Linda the best moving forward and thank her

for many years of dedicated service to the Fruita

Chamber of Commerce as Treasurer and Director. We would also like to thank

Anissa Wright for serving as GVYP liaison to the board in 2015, thank you

Anissa! I would like to welcome our new Board members for 2016: Colin

Cummings, US Bank; Tyler Dixon, Williams, Turner & Holmes, P.C.; Derek

Biddle, Family Health West; and Julia McHugh, Museum of Western Colorado.

Julia is an appointed liaison for the Southside Marketplace Committee. They

will join current board members: President Dustin Wells, Grand Valley Bank;

Vice President Dr. Mike Reeder, Visual Eyes Eyecare; Secretary Denise Hight,

Colorado National Monument; City Council Liaison Stacey Mascarenas,

Family Health West; and Director Donna Stratton. Thank you all for your time

and dedication, we look forward to your leadership and direction for 2016 and

beyond!

Now on to what is new for 2016. As you will see later in the newsletter we

have moved a few meetings around to better accommodate our members, you

spoke and we listened! Please make note of these changes in your calendars.

One of the biggest changes you will see in 2016 will be our dues structure. We

will be moving to a tiered dues system. This will be a very simple structure to

allow you to invest at a level that makes sense for your business, allow you to

participate on your terms and take your business to the next level for 2016. We

will also offer an a la carte menu consisting of sponsorship and marketing

opportunities.

We’re bringing it back to Fruita!!!! Your Board of Directors and Chamber

staff are very excited to be bringing the Annual Banquet and Awards back to

Fruita, to be held this year at the Fruita Community Center! Please plan on

attending the 2016 Annual Banquet and Awards on Feb. 20th. This year’s

theme is “Welcome Team Fruita 2 Your Community Connection! A sports

and team based theme introducing you, our valued members to your new

Chamber “Your Community Connection!” More to follow…..

Attention all Fruita Chamber Members!!

As has been mentioned previously, we no longer accept the Chamber bucks for

redemption. Any bucks still left are well over a year old. This program was

discontinued in early 2015. We decided to allow redemption of outstanding

bucks through December 31, 2015. Please alert your front line staff to not

accept these as payment, we will no longer redeem them. Thank you, we will

be introducing a new program soon.

Looking forward to connecting you and the community in 2016!

Frank Ladd Executive Director

SAVE THE DATE!!!

Fruita Area Chamber of Commerce Annual Banquet February 20, 2016

WANTED: Members to join the Annual Banquet Team and support our

Annual Silent Auction!!! The Fruita Area Chamber of Commerce needs

some fabulous items for our fundraiser event. This is a great way to both

promote your business and also help the Chamber. The banquet will be

here before we know it, so if you are interested in supporting this event

please email janet@fruitachamber.org or call us at 858-3894. Everyone’s

assistance and support is greatly appreciated!!!

Board of Directors

President Dustin Wells, Grand Valley Bank

(970) 858-7555 dustin@grandvalleybank.com

Vice-President Mike Reeder, Visual Eyes Eyecare, PC

(970) 858-2020 info@visualeyeseyecare.com

Secretary Denise Hight, Colorado National Monument Asso.

(970) 858-3617 dhight@coloradonma.org

Director Colin Cummings, US Bank

(970) 858-0537 colin.cummings@usbank.com

Director Donna Stratton, Individual Member

858-8344 stratstein@gmail.com

Director Derek Biddle, Family Health West

(970) 858-3900 dbiddle@fhw.org

Director Tyler Dickson, Williams, Turner & Holmes, P.C.

(970) 242-6262 tydixon85@gmail.com

Southside Julia McHugh, Museum of Western Colorado

Marketplace (970) 858-7282 jmchugh@westcomuseum.org Liaison

City Council Stacy Mascarenas, Family Health West

Liaison (970) 250-7525 smascarenas@fhw.org

Chamber Staff

Fruita Area Chamber of Commerce, 432 E. Aspen Ave., Fruita, CO 81521

Telephone: (970) 858-3894 Fax: (970) 858-3121

fruitachamber.org

Executive Director

Frank Ladd frank@fruitachamber.org

Administrative Assistant

Sherri Boyce sherri@fruitachamber.org

Marketing & Events Coordinator

Janet Brazfield janet@fruitachamber.org

Business Builders The Fruita Chamber has three Business

Builder groups designed for chamber

members to develop relationships that

enhance their networking and marketing opportunities. Please see below for

details on each group. For more information, please contact the group

Chairperson as noted below or Janet Brazfield: janet@fruitachamber.org.

Monday Noon Business Builders Every Monday @ 12:00 Noon

Tim Merris Sequent Information Systems

(970) 986-7138

tmerris@sequent-is.com

Four Winds Coffee & Tea 1235 Bookcliff Ave., Grand Junction

Fruita Business Toolbox Third (3rd) Tuesdays of each month @ 7:30 a.m.

Kathie Fingerson Healers of the Valley

(970) 462-5290

kathie@healersofthevalley.com

Business Incubator—Fruita 325 E. Aspen Ave., Fruita

Register Here

Thursday Noon Business Builders - “Fruita Prosperity Group” Every Thursday @ 12:00 Noon

Tamara Ruckdeschel

The Social Resource, LLC

(970) 712-3258

admin@thesocialresource.net

Meeting locations in Fruita for each Thursday of the

month are as follows:

1st Thursday: Pablo’s Pizza — 456 Kokopelli Blvd., Suite C

2nd Thursday: No Coast Sushi — 229 E. Aspen Ave.

3rd Thursday: El Tapatio Mexican Restaurant — 402 Jurassic Ave.

4th Thursday: Suds Brothers Brewery—127 E. Aspen Ave.

The Thursday Noon Fruita Prosperity Group is looking for more presenters

for their meetings. Please contact the Fruita Area Chamber of Commerce to

get on the list. You not only would be promoting your business as a

speaker, but also supporting your fellow business members within the

Chamber.

Along with the various Business Builder Groups the Fruita Area Chamber

of Commerce also offers the following networking groups: for our

members:

Southside Market Place Third (3rd) Monday of each month @

Julia McHugh Museum of Western Colorado

(970) 858-7282

jmchugh@westcomuseum.org

Museum of Western Colorado 550 Jurassic Ct., Fruita

Women In Business Second (2nd) Tuesday of each month @ 6:00 p.m. at various locations TBD

Nelly Sinclair Deb Hogstad

Visceral Solutions Inc. Wildcat Car Wash

(970) 208-6351 (970) 858-4774

nelly@vsi-inc.net deb.wildcatcarwash@live.com

January Meeting:

Callahan Edfast Mortuary, Inc

2515 Patterson Road , Grand Junction

Register Here

Mark Your Calendars

Friday, January 8

Ambassador Meeting

Chamber of Commerce

9:00 a.m.

Tuesday, January 12

Women In Business

Callahan Edfast Mortuary

6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Friday, January 15

Marketing Meeting

Judy’s Family Restaurant

7:30 a.m.

Tuesday, January 19

Fruita Business Toolbox

Fruita Business Incubator

7:00 a.m.

Thursday, January 21

Business After Hours

Chow Down Pet Supplies

5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, February 20

Annual Banquet

Fruita Recreation Center

5:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

Business After Hours (BAH) Thank you, Alpine Bank

Thank you for graciously hosting the December Business After Hours at

Alpine Bank in Fruita, Colorado. Your support is greatly appreciated!!!

January Business After Hours Join us on Thursday, January 21, 2016 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Chow

Down Pet Supplies, 225 E. Aspen Ave, Fruita, CO for Business After Hours,

hosted by Chow Down Pet Supplies.

Register Here

Each month the Fruita Chamber of Commerce offers Business After Hours

(BAH) for members and guests. This fun event is hosted by a different

Chamber member each month. Each BAH features the host member and

offers a valuable networking forum for all our other members.

COST: $7.00 per person if paid by 12:00 noon on day of the event.

$10.00 per person if paid at the door.

Please join us for this fabulous networking opportunity! It is so easy to

register online through your Chamber Master account. Unsure how to do

so? For help logging in please call Sherri Boyce with the Chamber office at

858-3894.

Welcome our New Team Members

The Fruita Area Chamber of Commerce is pleased to introduce our

new members—more connections for our team. Please welcome them by

visiting their websites, sending them an email, giving them a telephone call,

or stopping by to introduce yourself. The personal touch will help our

Fruita Area Chamber continue to grow and thrive.

Edward Jones – Travis Mullenix Financial Advisor

Travis Mullenix

2139 North 12th Street, Grand Junction, CO 81501

Phone: (970) 242-2188

Email: travis.mullenix@edwardjones.com

Website: edwardjones.com/financial-advisor

Borman Group - Keller Williams, Colorado West Realty

Sandy Borman and Jan Curtis

2474 Patterson, Grand Junction, CO 81505

Phone: (970) 244-9202

Email: sandyborman@kw.com

Website: bormangroup.net

Renewing Team Members

Callahan Edfast Mortuary

Fruita Canyon Dental

Fruita Liquor Mart

Jeff Wendland, CPA

Paragon Restoration & Building, Inc.

Pro Build

Reddy Ice Corporation

Rimrock Adventures

Sunshine Taxi

The Source Newspaper

Monthly Newsletter Deadline

Please take note that the deadline each month for advertisement and

articles is the 25th of each month for the next monthly newsletter. Any

questions or information can be sent to janet@fruitachamber.org or call

us at (970) 858-3894.