Welcome to 2018! It feels like we just ushered in 2017, doesn't it? We at the Chamber hope that you and your businesses have enjoyed success and have flourished over the past year! We have so much going on moving into 2018 and are excited for what this year brings. One of the things we promised at Installation,  was to be as transparent as much as possible with activities we engage in that meet our mission. We have several ways we do this; via our Facebook public page, our Facebook Group for Members Only, Instagram, Twitter, mixers, Ribbon Cuttings, and our Newsletter that reaches you monthly. If you haven't already, please join our Facebook group page here. We have set this group up as a way to keep you all informed in between our monthly newsletter publishes. Often times, we have information that needs to get to you quickly in a short amount of time or it may have missed the newsletter cutoff. We do encourage you to submit specials, local deals or anything else you have going on at your business so we can help get the word out for you! THIS is one of the best things about being a chamber member is leveraging the vast network we have to market your brands both here and beyond Boulder City. Please send your info to Monica to get your specials published either on Social Media or in the Newsletter.

Channel 8 has approached the Boulder City Chamber about a special advertising deal. They are focusing on Boulder City heavily and would like to extend an offer to all of our members. The target audience are those that tune in Monday - Friday from 4-5 pm and specifically during the show "Las Vegas Now". The program is a live daily mix of entertainment, lifestyle and all the latest trending news and more. Let us know you'd like more information and we will happily send it to you! Email Monica and she will get you in the loop!

Brenda Welch, a Senior Environmental Health Specialist has reached out to us to help facilitate a Boulder City Food Safety Partnership meeting. This is the first of its kind for us and an amazing opportunity to get questions answered by the Southern Nevada Health District. Brenda has attended several of our Wine Walks, complete several inspections at events here in Boulder City and her expertise and professionalism is top notch. She is a wealth of information and loves to come visit us out here! This will be a question and answer type of session and will cover topics such as pest control, temporary food events, as well as providing some topics for future meetings. This meeting is highly recommended for all restaurants as well as any of our Wine Walk merchants. Since the Wine Walk falls under temporary events, given the amount of merchants that participate, this will be a good time to learn more about the SNHD without being under pressure. We hope you can join us 1/24 from 9:30-3:30 at the Smith Building.

Marisa Pardinas is once again helping to support our working youth by offering "How to File Your Taxes" designed specifically for Boulder City High School working students. Come on down to the Boulder City Chamber office February 6 at 6:00 p.m. to learn the basics of filing taxes. Students will need to bring some items with them such as W-2(s) and social security number. Students will learn what taxes are and why we have to pay them, the general concept of taxes, the different types of taxes, basic process of the collection of taxes, and what a W-4 is and how to complete it. Please reach out to Marisa at info@pardinas.com or you can call her at 702-293-7437 should you have any questions. 

Just in cased you missed the Ribbon Cutting, Rail Explorers, has set up shop on the rails at the Nevada State Railroad Museum. The newest outdoor adventure, designed to give you exercise and a fantastic trip down the tracks to Railroad Pass and then back on the train, is ready for riders on the Rail Bikes! Popular during the summer on the east coast, rail bikes are the newest adventure tourism to hit Boulder City. Rail Explorers will operate from January through April and then will push out their fall schedule. We are hearing word of some special Boulder City locals weekends coming up so make sure you're following our Facebook page for the details! Check out RailExplorers.net for tour and ticketing information.

There is so much happening already this time of year! We don't want you to miss any of it, so make sure you check out the calendar of the happenings! Did you know you can set up email reminders? Yep! Very easy; just click the very bottom link on the event next to "email reminder". That will pop up a screen to enter in your information and a quick 'make sure you're not a robot' check and wallah! You'll be sent a reminder on the day of the event. Just be sure to enter in a time and date you'd like to be reminded so it pops up when you want it. Here's a link to the calendar and make sure to save it to your favorites for quick access!