Executive Committee

Ike Ornelas
President, VP EDC
Trejo Construction, Inc
Michael V. Garcia
Immediate Past-President
Garcia & Carvajal-Garcia, LLP
Jack Mix
President-Elect
Individual Member
Jyoti Kapoor
V.P. CVB
Holiday Inn Express
R. David Guerrero (Life Member)
V.P. Civic
Jim Wells County
Nena Castillo-Pitts
V.P. Membership
CHRISTUS Spohn Alice
Lane Bowen
Treasurer
Seidel, Whittington & Co. P.C.
Juan A. Navejar Jr.
Executive Director

Board Members
Ted Bearden
Carlisle Insurance & Realty
Mark Dominguez
AFLAC
Dr. Patricia Candia, PhD
Coastal Bend College Alice
Hector Hinojosa
City of Alice
Ofelia Hunter
Alice Echo-News Journal
Kathleen Kasper
AAACC
Mary Macareno
Macareno Signs & Graphics of Alice
Nicole Perez-Morris
Alice24-7.com
Ella Munoz
Del Cielo Home Health
Dr. Roel Valadez, DDS
Individual Member

Ray De Los Santos Jr.
Ex-Officio
City of Alice

Staff
Veronica M. Castillo
Human Resources Specialist
Noemi Andrade
Admin Assistant

Nicole Perez-Morris - President
Bruce Menking - Vice President
Jack Walker - Secretary
Maricela Perez - Treasurer
Dee Dee Arismendez
Blanca C. Garcia
Julie Gaza
Sadie Gonzalez
Angie Hernandez
Rosa Macias
Tem Miller
Nena Pitts (Life Member)
Elizabeth Ramirez
Nancy Ramirez
Javier Ramos
Mark Salinas
David Silva
Margaret Smith (Life Member)
Marisa Yvette Utley
Clare Wonders

 

 

The 2013 Lucien Flournoy Old Fashioned Barbecue sponsored by the Alice Chamber of Commerce is set for Thursday, October 10, 2013 at the Jim Wells County Fairgrounds.
Texas Commissioner of Agriculture Todd Staples will serve as our guest speaker this year.

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and the Alice Chamber of Commerce will host a FREE business event specifically designed to engage local veterans and their families and to showcase the various programs, resources and community organizations available to help them achieve business success on Tuesday, August 10, 2013.

Texas shoppers get a break from state and local sales taxes on August 9, 10 and 11 - the state's annual tax holiday. Lay-away plans can be used again this year to take advantage of the sales tax holiday. New this year includes items sold online, by telephone or mail.

Ike Ornelas
We continue with the next resolution, which are the goals to engage wisdom by learning how to apply the right principles at the right time.
These resolutions are grouped into these categories: Private, Public and Leadership Achievements.
 

As summer comes to a close and kids head back to school, I hope everyone had a safe summer while on vacation. For your business, it’s time to look at safety issues once again.
A well-written safety program is essential to a successful safety policy. It is the road map that management and employees follow to not only ensure regulatory compliance but also to dictate roles and responsibilities in the workplace, how and to whom training should be presented and how the program will be measured and evaluated.
 

Nicole Perez-Morris
The Alice Ambassadors are looking for new members who are willing to give of their time to help build the business community of the Hub City. Members must be employed with or own a business within good standing with the Alice Chamber of Commerce. Anyone interested in serving can call the Chamber office at 361-664-3454.
 
 

If you want to improve your finances, it’s important to be alert and engaged in your money habits throughout the year. In addition to monitoring your account balances and keeping up with your bills and savings plan, consider performing a more formal review of your finances half way through the year. Assuming you set financial goals in January, the mid-year review is an opportunity to make adjustments to your earning, spending and saving behavior to ensure alignment to your annual goals. If you tend to overspend or neglect your financial obligations, the simple act of dedicating time to your financial matters can also help strengthen your resolve. Here are five tasks to tick off on your mid-year checklist:
 

As a small business owner, youžve probably realized that itžs a jungle out there! Your competition is fierce, your prospects are skeptical and your marketing budget is sparse.
So, what's a small business owner to do? One of the best ways to beat your competition and convince your prospects that youžre the real deal (all on a shoestring budget) is to tap into the power of testimonials.

Has fear of change kept you locked in a archaic Matrix?  Fear of change can lock you up for eternity while others find the key for streamlined efficient operations in business, and escape the Matrix.  Wouldnžt it be better to eliminate risks rather than manage risks?  Or, do you prefer to play a scary game of numbers?

For 35 years, the self-storage industry has been the fastest growing segment of commercial real estate. Thatžs according to the Self Storage Association, which also stated there are more than 48,500 storage unit facilities in the United States.

Tourism is to a great extent a world of marketing.  In reality there are three major parts to the tourism product 1) the product itself, 2) the way the product is presented by both the provider (marketing) and perceived by the customer (reputation), and 3) the product delivery or service that is given as part of the product experience.  Often tourism professionals become so enthralled with one part of this triangle that they forget one or two of the other sides of the triangle.  This triangle holds true in all parts of the travel and tourism industry, be it airline or cruise tourism to restaurants and sports venues.  In all cases there must be something to sell, there must be a marketing and reputation component, and there must be some manner to deliver the product to the customer (often called customer service).