
Weekly Facts for Week of January 9, 2017
Welcome New Members Express Employment Professionals Karl Amlie, Owner 1500 S Lake Street, #105 Forest Lake, MN 55025 651-464-9995 Renewing Members White Bear Eye Clinic & Optical Acorn Mini Storage Corad Healthcare Pizzeria Pezzo White Bear Lake Homeowners Assoc. Koves Trucking White Bear Foot & Ankle Clinic Coventry Senior Living AAA City of Mahtomedi Keller Williams - Korby Team Chamber Calendar of Events Professional EDGE 01/10/2017 Lunchtime Networking - Manitou Grill and Event Center 01/12/2017 Women In Business Networking 01/26/2017 New Lawsuit Threat 01/26/2017 2017 Annual Meeting / Inaugural 02/28/2017 White Bear Lake Magazine's Best Of '17 Cast your ballot in White Bear Lake Magazine's annual readers’ choice survey January 1-31. Call out the best shops, businesses and restaurants in your community. Tell us your favorites — winners are determined by readers of the magazine. Look for the results in the July 2017 issue. Click here and vote! Host a Board Meeting in 2017! The White Bear Area Chamber is currently scheduling their board meeting locations for 2017. Board meetings are held on the 3rd Thursday of each month from 7:30 – 9:00 am with up to 22 people in attendance. If you are interested in hosting a Chamber board meeting, please contact Maureen at Maureen@whitebearchamber.com or 651.429.8593. Community Calendar All in the Timing 01/19/2017- 01/21/2017 GriefShare at Mueller Memorial 01/21/2017 BEAR'ly Open Community Dance 02/03/2017 BEAR'ly Open 02/04/2017 Wizarding World (K-5 Theatre Class) 02/07/2017- 03/07/2017 Slapstick (Teen Theatre Class) 02/07/2017- 03/07/2017 GriefShare at Mueller Memorial 02/11/2017 35 E Road Construction Highway Construction Update Click HERE for more information regarding the progress of the I-35E exchanges throughout the community. 10th Annual Bear'ly Open Save the dates! Community Dance, February 3rd at White Bear Country Inn and the Golf Event is on February 4th at Ramsey Beach on White Bear Lake! Click HERE for more information. read more... Rethink Recycling Follow us on Social Media	TOMORROW - Professional EDGE Professional EDGE The Loss of a Customer: How it Can Happen, The Cost and the Path to Prevention! Presented by Jack Semler, ReadexResearch January 10, 2017 7:30am - 9:00am Vadnais Heights Country Inn and Suites The need to listen to customers is an essential business practice. Mr. Semler is a 32 year veteran of market research and the customer experience. Mr. Semler will share with you what the cost of losing a customer is, and why listening to your customers matter and what happens when you don’t. He will also give you five tactics you can implement in your business right away and survey best practices to follow. Professional EDGE is free to attend and the presentation runs from 8:00 – 9:00 a.m. (Networking begins at 7:30 a.m.) Continental breakfast will be provided and please register HERE. read more... Lunchtime Networking January 12th Lunchtime Networking Manitou Grill and Event Center 2171 Fourth Street, White Bear Lake 11:30am - 1:00pm Join us for great networking while you enjoy a fabulous lunch. Meet new contacts, touch base with some old friends and keep updated on what's going on in the Chamber. Cost is for your lunch only and please register HERE. Important Meeting for all White Bear Lake Businesses! As 2017 begins, we are inviting the White Bear Lake business community to the upcoming White Bear Lake Economic Development Corporation meeting to learn how you can have a voice in the future of our city. Our meeting is on Thursday, January 12, 7:30 – 9:00 A.M. at the Boatworks Commons Community Room, 4495 Lake Avenue South, WBL. Parking is available in the public parking ramp or across the street. read more... New Lawsuit Threat New Lawsuit Threat Americans Disability Act Lawsuits over Web Site Compliance Thursday January 26 3:30-4:30pm The White Bear Area Chamber supports the principals of the American Disability Act. By making businesses accessible to people with disabilities we all benefit. At this special Government Affairs meeting you will hear about the Minnesota Chamber’s effort to enact ADA Law Suit reform and learn how to protect your web site against frivolous ADA Law Suits. Our guest speaker is Mike Hanson who is a visually impaired attorney. He will address how the blind and visually impaired can experience challenges with various websites. There is no cost to attend and registration is required HERE. read more... 2017 Chamber Annual Meeting / Inaugural 2017 Chamber Annual Meeting / Inaugural Tuesday, February 28, 2017 Keller Golf Course 11:30am - 1:30pm Heyward Donigan CEO Vitals. Revolutionizing the medical coverage. Our Inaugural will address the issue of Health Care reform that is facing business and individual consumers. Our guest speaker is the Heyward Donigan CEO of an innovative start-up health care company destined to transform our health care delivery system by putting consumers in charge of selecting providers based on price and quality. Cost is $35.00 for Chamber Members and $50.00 for non-Members. Corporate tables of 8 are available for $280.00. Please register HERE for this great event! read more... Member to Member Discounts Member-to-Member Discounts is your opportunity to shop with other Chamber members, share your business' discounts and promotions. There is no charge for Chamber businesses to participate and the offers are listed on the Chamber website! This will increase your exposure and encourage members to "Shop Chamber Members First!" If you would like to promote your business and offer a discount to this Members-only webpage, please email maureen@whitebearchamber.com with the details of the discount offered exclusively to fellow Chamber Members. Click HERE for this week's Chamber member discounts, offerings and promotions! Biz Aware Biz Recycling - Did you Know? New Year Recycling Resolutions! Businesses with Recycling Programs If your business is already recycling, consider if as much waste as possible is being diverted from landfills. This Earth Day, set up a free meeting with a BizRecycling consultant to determine opportunities for your business to improve recycling. It could be as simple as adding reusable dish and service ware to your kitchens or staff breakrooms. Perhaps mobile recycling collection could improve your diversion rate. Or additional staff training with the help of BizRecycling and their associates is all your company needs. Premier Sponsors
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