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Newsletter of the Kenosha Area Chamber of Commerce JANUARY 2011
Expo 2011— February 19-20!The 2011 Kenosha Area Chamber of Commerce Expo,
presented by Gordon Food Service and WLIP is coming
soon to the University of Wisconsin- Parkside! On
February 19th and 20th the Frank J. Petretti Fieldhouse
will host over 150 businesses and organizations,
and give attendees the opportunity to purchase
products and services on-site. Don’t miss out on this
extraordinary two-day showcase of Kenosha business
at its finest!
We will also be conducting the Great Kenosha Raffle,
with all proceeds going to the Chamber Scholarship
Foundation. The raffle will feature many great prize
packages, all worth a minimum of $100. Our grand
prize will be a 37” LCD HDTV.
The 2011 Expo is a family-friendly, fun and informative
opportunity to meet the many businesses and
organizations that make the Kenosha Area Chamber of
Commerce such a strong organization.
The attendees at this year’s expo will have a lot to see
and do; including the “Just Say No” Family Activity
Area, Kenosha Community Health Fair (new for 2011!)
along with all of the other great exhibits.
Booths and endcaps are still available, with or without
electricity. There is a special deal on end cap booths
at Expo: $1,000.00 if registered before January 19th!
That’s a $225.00 savings over normal pricing. Register
soon - booths are filled on a first come, first served
basis and are updated daily.
M O M E N T U M
For more information or to register, visit:
kenoshaexpo.com
C H A M B E R R E P O R T
JANUARY 2011 3
Spotlight on Kenosha County Business
LoU MoLitoR, ExECUtivE DiRECtoR, KENoSHA AREA CHAMBER oF CoMMERCE
January 2011… another year has gone by, another year
starts! I wish that I had a crystal ball to let you know
what’s in store for 2011. Will business boom this year?
Will there be jobs? Will my business grow and prosper?
Will my business survive? These are tough questions,
as tough as today’s economic conditions.
Although I have been told of improvement in some
sectors, it appears that many of our members are
still in “survival mode.” Yet, I strongly believe that we
are on the up cycle and recovery is not too far away.
Perhaps the most important question to ask is how
can my business position itself as it transitions from
“survival mode” to “recovery mode” (and even to
“growth mode”)?
The Kenosha Area Chamber of Commerce can help you
answer that question. Your Chamber will do everything
it can to help your business grow and prosper in
2011! We provide marketing strategies, promotional
opportunities and networking events that will put
potential customers and clients in front of you.
One new promotional opportunity is “Spotlight
on Kenosha County Business”, the Chamber’s new
monthly radio show on WLIP starting in January. Each
month, a member can sponsor the half-hour radio
show and appear live on the radio with me. Not only
can you promote your business while on the show, but
you receive 25 promotional slots with the sponsorship.
What a great way to promote your business!
And, of course, February means EXPO! Look for
information about the Kenosha EXPO in this newsletter.
This is a fantastic opportunity to get your business in
front of thousands of potential customers!
Your Chamber Staff, Board and Ambassadors stand
ready to make 2011 your best year ever. Give us a call
at (262) 654-1234 and let us know how we can be of
service.
Have a great Kenosha County Day!
IN THIS ISSUE:Chamber Report . . . . . . . . . 3
Around The Chamber . . . . . . 4
Business News . . . . . . . . . . 5
Quarter in Photos . . . . . . . . 6
Our New Members . . . . . . . . 7
Chamber Calendar . . . . . . . . 8
Board of Directors . . . . . . . . 9
Y-Link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
M O M E N T U M
Lou MolitorExecutive Director(262) 654-1234 [email protected]
Michael MertzGraphic Designer(262) 654-1234 [email protected]
Emily DelabrueMember Service Specialist(262) 654-1234 [email protected]
Momentum is published quarterly by the Kenosha Area Chamber of Commerce. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form— print, electronic, or otherwise— without expressed written permission of the Executive Director.
Kenosha Area Chamber of Commerce600 52nd Street, Suite 130Kenosha, WI 53140www.kenoshaareachamber.com
IN THIS ISSUE:Chamber Report . . . . . . . . 3Around The Chamber . . . . 4Education . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Quarter in Photos. . . . . . . . 6Our New Members . . . . . . . 7Chamber Calendar . . . . . . . 8Networking & Board . . . . . . 9Y-Link . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
A R O U N D T H E C H A M B E R
4 MOMENTUM
Would You Like to Host a Business After 5?
Shop Kenosha County
Hosting a Business After 5 gives you great exposure
in the business community and allows you to directly
highlight your business and services! Only three
months are spoken for in 2011! Now is the time to
reserve your month!
What is a Business After 5? Business After 5 is a
two hour networking event featuring open, social
networking over drinks and hors d’oeuvres. Business
After 5 events draw business professionals from all
across the business community.
Anyone who books a Business After 5 by March 1st
will be given a $50.00 discount toward a 2012 Expo
booth and entered in a drawing to win a free booth
at the 2012 Kenosha Expo! For more information call
Lou Molitor at (262) 654-1234 x113 or email info@
kenoshaareachamber.com.
WHy SHOP KENOSHA COUNTy?
Anything you’re looking for can be found in Kenosha!
For every $100 you spend at a local business, $68 stays
in the community through taxes, wages, community
donations, supplies, and more. With a national chain,
$43 stays in the local economy. Buy online and the
Kenosha Area sees pretty much nothing.
HOW DOES IT WORK?
Simple. Every month Shop Kenosha County will be
in a different area of town. This January, look for
businesses in Southport Plaza and Green Bay Road
south of 52nd Street with the Shop Kenosha logo in
the window. For every $25 worth of purchases from
participating businesses, write your name, address and
phone number on the back of your receipts and drop
it off in one of our dropboxes. Previous highlighted
locations are eligible all year, so keep dropping off your
receipts from previous locations as well!
WHAT WIll I WIN?
At the end of the month, a winner will be drawn to win
a gift basket with hundreds of dollars worth of prizes
from our participating businesses!
WHERE WIll SHOP KENOSHA BE?
SKC will be in the following locations this spring:
• January — Southport Plaza and Green Bay Road
south of 52nd Street
• February — Somers Shopping Plaza and Green
Bay Road north of 52nd Street
• March — All retail stores west of I-94
• April — Uptown Businesses & 52nd Street west of
22nd Avenue
E D U C A T I O N
JANUARY 2011 5
What’s Your Disaster Plan?What would you do if there was a water main break
and your business was without water for a day? This
has already happened numerous times. Fortunately,
our local municipalities are usually quick to deal
with these situations. Are you? The average office
would not be affected unlike a restaurant or chemical
processing plant. Loss of water means no fire systems...
certain machines unusable...loss of coolant. Have you
discussed this with your team? Do you have plans in
place? If the water is off for more than a day what will
you do for long term?
Most businesses are somewhat prepared to handle
medical emergencies but emergencies and business
interruptions take many forms. www.ready.gov lists
different emergencies, emergency supplies, emergency
planning, and the all-important continuity planning to
get your business production back. You can visit this
free resource at www.ready.gov/business/plan/index.
html to help you plan.
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) lists
different scenarios on their website and provides basic
resources for everyone.
Continuity planning is the hardest. It is more than
stopping or rerouting scheduled shipments. It may
involve temporarily relocating and rebuilding. www.
disasterassistance.gov has a variety of resources and
links.
In the event of a true emergency and you have a need
to contact federal, state, or local government agencies
you can visit www.usa.gov and search for that contact
information for anywhere in the United States. It might
be best to have that information already on hand as
part of your emergency planning.
All businesses, large and small, should have an
emergency plan in place. Take the initiative to protect
your business, you, and your coworkers and make
the plans now so everyone knows what to do in an
emergency.
For more Disaster Planning informoation, visit:
disasterassistance.gov
Q U A R T E R I N P H O T O S
6 MOMENTUM
BUSINESS AWARDS DINNER vOlUNTEER Of THE yEAR
jANET EDSON
November 4, 2010
SHAlOM CENTER RIBBON CUTTINg
November 14, 2010
SHOP KENOSHA COUNTy WINNER— PATTI AKER
November 2010
THE CEllUlAR CONNECTION RIBBON CUTTINg
November 12, 2010
SPORTSDOME RIBBON CUTTINg
November 20, 2010
SHOP KENOSHA COUNTy WINNER— jENNIfER MIllER
December 2010
O U R N E W M E M B E R S
JANUARY 2011 7
lIvINg WEll HOME
MEDICAl SUPPlIES
3921 30th Avenue, Suite B
Kenosha, WI 53144
(262) 652-6288
SPORTS 24-HOUR fITNESS
3921 30th Avenue, Suite C
Kenosha, WI 53144
(262) 652-6781
CHAR’S CAfE
5537 6th Avenue
Kenosha, WI 53140
(262) 657-3677
OlIvE TREE RESTAURANT
5800 6th Avenue
Kenosha, WI 53140
(262) 652-8111
SARAH BAlDWIN PHOTOgRAPHy
5708 7th Avenue
Kenosha, WI 53140
(262) 925-1129
THE CEllUlAR CONNECTION
6430 Green Bay Road, Suite 102
Kenosha, WI 53142
(262) 653-0838
A SUMMER’S gARDEN flORIST
5617 6th Avenue
Kenosha, WI 53140
(262) 657-7673
ACCU TEMP HEAT TREATINg
2400 Racine Street
Racine, WI 53403
(262) 634-1905
ERICA’S fINE jEWElRy
4625 75th Street
Kenosha, WI 53142
(262) 605-9229
SUNNySIDE flORIST Of KENOSHA
3021 75th Street
Kenosha, WI 53142
(262) 694-6700
MANOR CARE Of KENOSHA
3100 Washington Road
Kenosha, WI 53144
(262) 658-4622
THE PROvEN PROfESSIONAlS, llC
2837 Lathrop Avenue
Racine, WI 53405
(262) 554-1533
COINS SPORTS BAR
1714 52nd Street
Kenosha, WI 53140
(262) 652-5028
ClEAR CHOICE USA
9600 Durand Avenue
Sturtevant, WI 53177
(262) 456-4187
vERIzON WIRElESS
9780 76th Street
Pleasant Prairie, WI 53158
(262) 697-8533
2011 Member Milestones110 yEARS IN BUSINESS
• Walgreens
100 yEARS IN BUSINESS
• Andrea’s
• Rode’s Camera & Photo Supplies
90 yEARS IN BUSINESS
• AT&T Wisconsin
• Rotary Club of Kenosha
• WE Energies
80 yEARS IN BUSINESS
• LaMacchia Travel Agency
• Piasecki-Althaus Funeral Homes
50 yEARS IN BUSINESS
• Brat Stop, Inc./Parkway Chateau
40 yEARS IN BUSINESS
• Kiwanis Breakfast Club
• Pulera Collision Auto Care Center
• Schmidt Industrial Truck, Inc.
• Twin Lakes Area Chamber
& Business Association
• U.S. Vinylux Corporation
30 yEARS IN BUSINESS
• A.T. Polishing, Inc.
• Cicchini Asphalt Paving, Inc.
• Eye Center of Kenosha
• Hospice Alliance, Inc.
• Johnson LHG, Inc.
• Landmark Title Corporation
• Uline
C H A M B E R C A l E N D A R
8 MOMENTUM
lUNCH & lEARN
January 12, 2011
11:30am - 1:30pm
Italian-American Club
2217 52nd Street, Kenosha
INvENTORS & ENTREPRENEURS
January 18, 2011
6:30pm - 8:00pm
Gateway Technical College
Horizon Center
4940 88th Avenue, Kenosha
AMBASSADOR MEETINg
January 25, 2011
Noon - 1:00pm
Kenosha Area Chamber of Commerce
600 52nd Street, Suite 130, Kenosha
BOARD MEETINg / RETREAT
January 29, 2011
8:00am - 11:00am
Location TBD
INvENTORS & ENTREPRENEURS
February 15, 2011
6:30pm - 8:00pm
Gateway Technical College
Horizon Center
4940 88th Avenue, Kenosha
ExPO 2011
February 19-20, 2011
9:00am - 4:00pm
University of Wisconsin - Parkside
Frank J. Petretti Fieldhouse
900 Wood Road, Kenosha
AMBASSADOR MEETINg
February 23, 2011
Noon - 1:00pm
Kenosha Area Chamber of Commerce
600 52nd Street, Suite 130, Kenosha
INvENTORS & ENTREPRENEURS
March 15, 2011
6:30pm - 8:00pm
Gateway Technical College
Horizon Center
4940 88th Avenue, Kenosha
BOARD MEETINg
March 16, 2011
7:30am - 9:00am
Location TBD
REgIONAl CONNECTIONS
March 23, 2011
11:30am -2:00pm
Bristol Oaks Country Club
16801 75th Street, Bristol
AMBASSADOR MEETINg
March 30, 2011
Noon - 1:00pm
Kenosha Area Chamber of Commerce
600 52nd Street, Suite 130, Kenosha
BUSINESS AfTER fIvE
March 30, 2011
5:00pm - 7:00pm
America’s Action Territory
12345 75th Street, Bristol
For a listing of all events, or to register, visit
www.kenoshaareachamber.com
N E T W O R K I N g & B O A R D
JANUARY 2011 9
officersCHAIR
Matt Carlson
Platinum Systems, Inc.
vICE-CHAIR
Jens Emerson
Clifton Gunderson, LLP
TREASURER
Jay Cashmore
Johnson Bank
SECRETARy
Carol Lamberson
American Solutions For Business
IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR
Terri Sinnott-Chardukian
Bank of Kenosha
Dan AntonneauDavid Insurance
John CamosyCamosy Incorporated
Matt CoffeyAurora Health Care
J. Thomas Duncan, IIIUnited Hospital System
Mike EvertWalmart
Jen FisherJay-Bee Collision Repair Center
David GeertsenKenosha County
Richard GosslingTown of Bristol
Wally GraffenBoys & Girls Club
Zina HaywoodGateway Technical College
Chris LopourVillage of Pleasant Prairie
Dan MelyonShalom Center
John MielkeUniversity of Wisconsin- Parkside
Michael MorroneAmeriprise Financial Services
Larry NelsonBane Nelson, Inc.
Frank PacettiCity of Kenosha
Kare VernezzeNextMedia Group
Gregg ViganskyRe/Max Elite
David WilkGuttormsen, Hartley, Wilk, & Higgins LLP
CONNECT fOR SUCCESS
NETWORKINg gROUP
Monday, (next 1/24) 3:00pm
Kenosha Area Chamber of Commerce
600 52nd Street, Suite 130, Kenosha
Secretary Pamela Mundling
PrePaid Legal
lIgHTHOUSE
NETWORKINg gROUP
Tuesday, (next 1/18) 12:00pm
Best Western Harborside Inn
5125 6th Avenue, Kenosha
President Tom Ogilvie
EZ Pack n’ Ship
HOME SERvICES
NETWORKINg gROUP
Wednesday, (next 1/19) 8:00am
Carolyn’s Coffee Connection
1351 52nd Street, Kenosha
President Brent Towle
Spectrum Pest Control
WOMEN’S NETWORKINg gROUP
Tuesday, (next 1/11) 12:00pm
Kenosha Area Chamber of Commerce
600 52nd Street, Suite 130, Kenosha
President Julie Mucha
Feel Great, Look Great!
y - l I N K
10 MOMENTUM
Y-Link Leadership ForumY-Link is a group made up of young, vibrant
professionals interested in developing professionally,
meeting new people and serving our community. In
2010 Y-Link kicked off a Leadership Forum breakfast
series as part of their professional development
initiatives. All of the breakfasts feature a local leader
who provides the young leaders keys to their success
and tips for ongoing professional development. In
2010 the breakfasts featured Jean Moran of LMI,
Bryan Albrecht of Gateway Technical College and Tom
Mahoney of Johnson Bank. This year the group plans
to hold at least six more breakfasts kicking off the 2011
with Chancellor Dr. Debroah Ford of the University of
Wisconsin - Parkside. The first breakfast will be held at
the Kenosha Country Club on January 26th.
Breakfasts are open to community members of all
ages and you need not be a Y-Link member to attend.
Registration for upcoming breakfasts is requested and
can be completed at www.ylinkenosha.com.
To join or attend an event, visit:
ylinkenosha.com
y-lINK PRESIDENT, RANDy TROUTMAN Of lMI PACKAgINg SOlUTIONS PROvIDINg lMI CEO, jEAN MORAN AN APPRECIATION PlAQUE
ON BEHAlf Of y-lINK AT THE KICK Off BREAKfAST HElD AT THE KENOSHA COUNTRy ClUB IN 2010.
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