CALENDAR OF EVENTS
2nd annual summer extravaganza for BARC
06/02/2018
09:00 AM - 03:00 PM E
Masonic Temple
45 E Chicago Street
COLDWATER, Mi 49036 Branch District Library Summer Reading Program Kick Off
06/06/2018
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM E
Branch District Library
10 E. Chicago Rd
Coldwater, MI 49036 Chamber Ambassador Meeting
06/07/2018
08:00 AM - 09:00 AM E
Coldwater Chamber of Commerce
Conference Room 20
Coldwater, MI 49036 Branch District Library Paleo Joe
06/12/2018
01:00 PM - 02:00 PM E
Dr Browne Recreation Center
1776 Heritage Park Dr
Coldwater, MI 49036 Tibbits Professional Summer Theatre: Mixed Emotions
06/14/2018- 06/23/2018
07:30 PM - 09:30 PM E
Tibbits Opera House
14 S Hanchett St
Coldwater, MI 49036 Strawberryfest 2018
06/16/2018
09:00 AM - 04:00 PM E
Downtown Coldwater
E Chicago St
Coldwater, MI 49036 5th Annual Summer mom2mom sale
06/16/2018
09:00 AM - 02:00 PM E
Coach Eby Family & Youth Center
89 W Chicago St
COLDWATER, Mi 49036 Branch County Republican Party Executive Committee Meeting
06/21/2018
07:00 PM - 08:30 PM E
Promedica Coldwater Community Care and Conference Center
370 E. Chicago Street Suite 500
Coldwater, MI 49036 Tibbits Popcorn Theatre: The Last of the Dragons
06/22/2018- 06/30/2018
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM E
Tibbits Opera House
14 S Hanchett St
Coldwater, MI 49036 Tibbits Golf Outing
06/22/2018
10:00 AM - 05:00 PM E
Coldwater Golf Course
270 Narrows Rd.
Coldwater, MI 49036 Cheetah Chase 2018
06/23/2018
07:00 AM - 11:00 AM E
Binder Park Zoo
7400 Division Drive
Battle Creek, MI 49014 Farmers Market Vendors - 2018
06/23/2018- 09/15/2018
09:00 AM - 01:00 PM
SW Corner Park
Division/Chicago St In front of Chamber of Commerce
Coldwater, MI 49036 Tibbits Professional Summer Theatre: Jesus Christ Superstar
06/28/2018- 07/07/2018
07:30 PM - 09:30 PM E
Tibbits Opera House
14 S Hanchett St
Coldwater, MI 49036 Habitat for Humanity Ribbon Cutting/Open House
06/29/2018
04:00 PM - 07:00 PM E
Habitat for Humanity
255 Division St.
Coldwater, MI 49036 Tibbits Popcorn Theatre: Charlotte's Web
07/06/2018- 07/14/2018
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM E
Tibbits Opera House
14 S Hanchett St
Coldwater, MI 49036 Corks for Conservation - Wine Event
07/13/2018
06:00 PM - 10:00 PM E
Binder Park Zoo
7400 Division Drive
Battle Creek, MI 49036 Tibbits T-TAB presents Spotlight on Teen Talent
07/14/2018
07:30 PM - 09:30 PM E
Tibbits Opera House
14 S Hanchett St
Coldwater, MI 49036 Tibbits Professional Summer Theatre: Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder
07/19/2018- 07/28/2018
07:30 PM - 09:30 PM E
Tibbits Opera House
14 S Hanchett St
Coldwater, MI 49036 Tibbits Popcorn Theatre: Cirque Amongus
07/20/2018- 07/21/2018
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM E
Tibbits Opera House
14 S Hanchett St
Coldwater, MI 49036 Tibbits Popcorn Theatre: Shiver and Shake
07/27/2018- 08/04/2018
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM E
Tibbits Opera House
14 S Hanchett St
Coldwater, MI 49036
8 Reasons Why a Chamber Membership Adds Value to your Small Business!
- Membership Brings Credibility To Your Business. You can increase positive perception among consumers and business owners when you're identified as a member of a chamber of commerce.
- Increase Your Visibility In The Community. You will be listed in the chamber newsletter that has interesting information about operating a local business, on Facebook and have an opportunity to be interviewed on WTVB for Chamber Chat. You also can grow your business by advertising with the chamber and sponsoring events. The chamber will also promote a Grand Opening I Ribbon-Cutting ceremony and assist with public relations efforts.
- Create Networking Opportunities. We have numerous committees and serving on one of them provides numerous networking opportunities as well as professional leadership development. You can build your business while promote, develop interest to local businesses and the community at large.
- Receive Chamber Newsletters. Newsletters provide new member information, interesting information about operating a local business, articles about the local community, a community calendar and details about up-coming chamber events, among other things.
- Acquire Customer ReferraIs. Every day, we receive phone calls from individuals and businesses looking for potential vendors, and suppliers; chamber members typically recommend other chamber members.
- Chamber Events & Programs. Chamber events and programs provide members with great opportunities to get to know new people and expand their prospect base. Chamber events are innovative and fun ways to help members meet potential customers, clients and vendors- and generate new business leads.
- Promotion & Publicity. With a chamber membership, you can reach potential clients through member exclusive advertising and opportunities for business-to-business advertising and publicity.
- Access To Member Only Discounts And Services. A business may offer a member-to-member discount where a chamber member will receive an additional discount off any purchase or buy one get one promotion.
A Chamber Membership is like joining a gym/health club for your business. If you don't go, you don't see results. Put the effort in!
Membership Descriptions/Benefits
-CORE MEMBERSHIP-
- LISTING IN MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY
- ACCESS TO TRAINING AND RESOURCES
- EXCLUSIVE SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
- BI-MONTHLY E-NEWSLETTER SUBSCRIPTION
- CUSTOMIZED WEB LANDING PAGE
- MEMBER ONLY REFERRALS
- CHAMBER CHECK "REDEEMABLE LOCATION"
- FREE ADS IN SHOP LOCAL FLYER
- RIBBON CUTTING
- EXPOSURE ON COMMUNITY EVENT CALENDAR
- MEMBER TO MEMBER DISCOUNTS
- FREE CLASSIFIED LISTINGS
-MARKETING MEMBER-
- LISTING IN MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY
- ACCESS TO TRAINING AND RESOURCES
- EXCLUSIVE SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
- BI-MONTHLY E-NEWSLETTER SUBSCRIPTION
- CUSTOMIZED WEB LANDING PAGE
- MEMBER ONLY REFERRALS
- CHAMBER CHECK "REDEEMABLE LOCATION"
- FREE ADS IN SHOP LOCAL FLYER
- RIBBON CUTTING
- EXPOSURE ON COMMUNITY EVENT CALENDAR
- MEMBER TO MEMBER DISCOUNTS
- FREE CLASSIFIED LISTINGS
- ONE E-BLAST TO 1,500 SUBSCRIBERS
- A 30-DAY HYPERLINKED AD ON CHAMBER WEBSITE
-COMMUNITY LEADER-
- LISTING IN MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY
- ACCESS TO TRAINING AND RESOURCES
- EXCLUSIVE SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
- BI-MONTHLY E-NEWSLETTER SUBSCRIPTION
- CUSTOMIZED WEB LANDING PAGE
- MEMBER ONLY REFERRALS
- CHAMBER CHECK "REDEEMABLE LOCATION"
- FREE ADS IN SHOP LOCAL FLYER
- RIBBON CUTTING
- EXPOSURE ON COMMUNITY EVENT CALENDAR
- MEMBER TO MEMBER DISCOUNTS
- FREE CLASSIFIED LISTINGS
- ONE E-BLAST TO 1,500 SUBSCRIBERS
- A 30-DAY HYPERLINKED AD ON CHAMBER WEBSITE
- BUSINESS HIGHLIGHTED AS A LEADER ON WEBSITE
- BUSINESS IS LISTED IN EVERY NEWSLETTER
- BUSINESS IS LISTED AT OVER 40 EVENTS
-CORPORATE PARTNER-
- LISTING IN MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY
- ACCESS TO TRAINING AND RESOURCES
- EXCLUSIVE SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
- BI-MONTHLY E-NEWSLETTER SUBSCRIPTION
- CUSTOMIZED WEB LANDING PAGE
- MEMBER ONLY REFERRALS
- CHAMBER CHECK "REDEEMABLE LOCATION"
- FREE ADS IN SHOP LOCAL FLYER
- RIBBON CUTTING
- EXPOSURE ON COMMUNITY EVENT CALENDAR
- MEMBER TO MEMBER DISCOUNTS
- FREE CLASSIFIED LISTINGS
- ONE E-BLAST TO 1,500 SUBSCRIBERS
- A 30-DAY HYPERLINKED AD ON CHAMBER WEBSITE
- BUSINESS HIGHLIGHTED AS A LEADER ON WEBSITE
- BUSINESS IS LISTED IN EVERY NEWSLETTER
- BUSINESS IS LISTED AT OVER 40 EVENTS
- FULL LOGO RECOGNITION AT OVER 40 EVENTS
- FULL COLOR LOGO RECOGNITION ON CHAMBER WEB HOME PAGE
- FULL COLOR RECOGNITION ON EVERY NEWSLETTER
- FULL COLOR LOGO RECOGNITION ON EXECUTIVE LETTERHEAD
- 2 DEDICATED E-BLASTS TO OVER 1,500 SUBSCRIBERS
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Entertainment Under the Stars: Summer Concert Series
Be sure to make it out to all of the Coldwater Area Chamber's Entertainment Under the Stars Concert Series this Summer! The series will start on Tuesday, June 19th and will run from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM every Tuesday through the last Tuesday in July, listed below is our full lineup!
2018 Schedule
-June 19th - Dani Jamerson - country & pop
-June 26th - County Line Band - classic rock & country
-July 3rd - Jim Stout Band - folk, classic rock & classic country
-July 10th - Zelda and Stevie Cornwell feat. The Branch County Boys - classic rock
-July 17th - BitterSweet Shanneen
-July 24th - Scotty Butters
-July 31st - Wasepi Bluegrass Gospel Singers - bluegrass
Farmer's Market 2018!
The Corner Farmer's Market season kicks off on the morning of Saturday, June 23rd at 9:00 AM on the NW corner of the Four Corners Downtown Park in Coldwater! Our first Farmer's Market performer will be Mr. Randall Hazelbaker!
Tibbits Golf Outing
Contact: Amy Crabtree, 517-278-6029, specialevents@tibbits.org
Date: May 29, 2018
GOLFERS AND HOLE SPONSORS NEEDED FOR TIBBITS GOLF OUTING
COLDWATER – Golfers can enjoy a day on the links while also supporting the arts at Tibbits Annual Golf Outing Friday, June 22 at the Coldwater Golf Course.
Registration is open for this four-person, best-ball, scramble format and 18-holes of golf. Teams are needed and spots are still remaining.
Royal Chevrolet takes center stage as the Title Sponsor of the Tibbits Annual Golf Outing. The event will feature lunch, a bar cart, door prizes. raffles, contests, and other games with cash prizes. Registration begins at 10 am and golf begins at 11 am with a shot gun start.
Main Event Sponsors include The Foundation Golf Center, Gordon’s Culligan, Century Bank and Trust, JR Colbeck, Attorney at Law, Sekisui Voltek, Adult and Pediatric Dental, Coldwater Sunrise Rotary, Vested Risk Strategies, Furniture and Mattress Warehouse, James Gordon, CPA, PC, Chemical Bank, Southern Michigan Bank and Trust, Studio 17 Salon and Spa, and Grand Vista Assisted Living.
Additional hole sponsors are needed for the event as well. Hole sponsorships are $100 and give local and non local businesses the opportunity to advertise on the course.
The 2018 Tibbit Golf Committee includes Ray Sebastian, Mike Beckwith, Dylan Foster, Adam Cappella, Mike Evon, John Bolton, Alicia Cole, and Amy Crabtree.
Individuals may also register and be placed with a team. Registration forms are available at the Coldwater Golf Course, the Foundation Golf Center, Tibbits Box Office, and Tibbits Administration Office.
If interested in playing in the event, please contact Tibbits at 517-278-6029, a member of the committee, or visit www.Tibbits.org.
A golfer tees off during the 2017 Tibbits Annual Golf Outing.
Strawberry Fest 2018
The Chamber is gearing up for another great Strawberry Fest. With vendor registration capped out for this year there is going to be a ton of fantastic vendors at this year's festival!
6 Benefits for You and Your Community From Supporting Local Entrepreneurs
John Rampton - ENTREPRENEUR VIP 
In recent years, a movement has begun. It’s a movement that takes consumers away from large, impersonal big-box retailers and introduces them to the people doing business in their very own cities. These are local farmers, craftsmen, antiques dealers, and other product providers, with items made locally and sold on a small scale.
When a consumer supports his local business owners, he enjoys benefits he can’t possibly get from shopping at national chains. Here are some top reasons to support your local entrepreneurs.
1. Improve your family’s health.
Buying local foods has numerous health benefits to your family. When you buy from local farmers, you have access to fruits and vegetables that you know are chemical free, as well as grass-fed meats, fresh eggs, and dairy from cows that feast on local green grass each day. There are also benefits to eating raw local honeys, which are thought to help battle allergies.
2. Improve the local economy.
When a consumer buys local, significantly more of that money stays in the community. In fact, one Chicago study found that for every $100 spent at a local business, $68 remained in the city while only $43 of each $100 spent at a chain retailer.
Local business owners often have incentive to support other local businesses, patronizing local establishments for both business and personal reasons. Chain businesses, on the other hand, tend to get their supplies from corporate, as well as having store managers and employees that aren’t as personally invested in buying local.
3. Know the people behind the product.
When you personally know the people behind the business where you’re buying local products and services, you enjoy a connection you would not otherwise have. Along with the rest of the community, you celebrate when a favorite local business succeeds and you mourn when it’s forced to shut its doors. This personal investment isn’t quite as present when a chain business closes, aside from feeling disappointment that you have fewer businesses within convenient driving distance.
4. Keep your community unique.
Local businesses give a community its flavor. Towns across America have similar chain restaurants, grocery and department stores but that diner down the street where you have breakfast every Saturday morning is one-of-a-kind. The combined presence of your town’s many local businesses makes it different from every other city in the world. By supporting those businesses instead of chains, you ensure that uniqueness is preserved as a part of your community.
5. Better customer service.
If you’ve ever dealt with a large corporation, you know getting help can be a nightmare. You’ll call a 1-800 number, only to be transferred seven times and put on hold. Even when you speak to a customer service representative, that person is so far removed from the decision-making process, there’s little concern that the company will lose you as a customer.
When you shop local, the business owner is usually directly connected to every employee in the store. That leads to a personal approach that often means any problem you have is taken seriously.
6. More personalized service.
Having the owner nearby also means that owner personally knows his customers. He knows the products you buy or the services you request on a regular basis and can tailor services to make your experience even better. A local gardening shop owner may learn about a new product on the market that can help you with a pest control problem you mentioned on one of your visits, for instance, and can order that product as part of his selections.
Buying local has benefits beyond mere convenience. When you support local business owners, you get a better level of service, as well as helping make your community a better place to live. This is in addition to the health benefits and access to unique products that you usually can’t find with chain locations.
Arts Alive/Coldwater Area Chamber of Commerce Art Walk
Do you like live art? Do you like food trucks? Do you like live music? If you do you need to make sure to make it out to the Annual Art Walk in downtown Coldwater, MI! DON'T MISS OUT!
Habitat for Humanity Restore Ribbon Cutting
Here Comes Summer!
Chamber Director - Cayden Sparks As the Summer starts to role in here in Michigan, so does all of the sunny weather and fun activities. Branch County is a huge tourist destination. We are centrally located in between major cities like Detroit, Chicago, Columbus, Indianapolis, etc... With my experience as a small business owner (Sunset Cove Resort, LLC) here in our County of Branch I have talked with people that have traveled from all over the country (California, Utah, Arizona, etc...) just to come see the sunsets on one of our multiple chain of lakes. We have a very quaint community here and mostly all of the visitors that I have talked to have always made it a point to discuss the fact of how friendly everyone in this community is. Make sure that when you are out and about this Summer that you are treating everyone with respect/gratitude as they might be a visiting tourist who is using your word as their opinion upon our Community. Right now our City is going through a huge growth/transition phase, we are seeing old businesses go while new businesses are coming in. I know that there is a good amount of tourists over the years who have gone down to Indiana to shop, play, and eat due to the fact that they are not aware of what we have to offer here in Coldwater, MI. Thanks to the efforts of Community leaders such as Debra Yee (Coldwater Country Conference & Visitor's Bureau), Dennis Babjack (Lake Access, LLC), David Powell (Lake Access, LLC), and many others there will now be more awareness with the "Seasonal Lakers" of what treasures Coldwater and the rest of the County holds. We have such a wonderful Community that is filled with such fantastic people here, with our small business efforts and community efforts acted upon in the most efficient way possible we can really stimulate the amount of dollars spent locally here within our Summer season. Enjoy yourself this Summer and relax a little bit, but always remember of how strong your thoughts, words, and opinions can be when taken in by a tourist/traveler who is new to our area. The message that you convey is the image that the traveler envisions. I hope that everyone has a fantastic Summer and that it is filled with many great memories to last a life time. Thank you to all of you who continue to make this community a great place and always remember to SHOP LOCAL! |
