
Weekly Facts for Week of December 26, 2017 "Strengthen Business through Advocacy, Networking and Education"
Welcome New Members The Anchor Coffee House Denise Atkinson, Co-Owner 4742 Washington Square White Bear Lake, NB 55110 651-983-9585 CubeSmart Andre Perkins, Greg Young 1828 Buerkle Road White Bear Lake, MN 55110 651-333-3710 Parlour Antiques Sharleen Lindeman, Owner 4762 Banning Ave. White Bear Lake, MN 55110 651-207-6503 Soul Chiropractic Dr. Shannon McCarty, Owner 4760 Banning Avenue, Suite 218 White Bear Lake, MN 55110 651-762-2985 Renewing Members Thank you for your continued partnership with the White Bear Area Chamber of Commerce. Our voice is stronger as a result! White Bear Lake Lions Club 16 Years Johnson Peterson Funeral Home 16 Years Mad Jack's Sports Cafe 3 Years Connexus Energy 16 Years White Bear Yacht Club 4 Years Olsen Thielen CPA's 25 Years Terracon 29 Years WBL Community Services & Recreation 62 Years Corad Healthcare Inc. 3 Years Chamber Calendar of Events Professional EDGE - Building Ships Outside Your Comfort Zone 01/09/2018 Lunchtime Networking - Manitou Grill and Event Center 01/11/2018 Twin Cities Orthopedics Vadnais Heights Grand Opening! 01/13/2018 Driverless Cars in our Communities' Future! 01/16/2018 Ribbon Cutting and Grand Opening - Anchor Coffee 01/23/2018 Women In Business Networking 01/25/2018 Market Your Business to our New Members! We welcome your marketing materials for inclusion in our "Swag Bag" welcome gift provided to each new member. Ideas include pens, magnets, key chains, notepads, gift cards, etc. with your company logo. Let us help market your business to the newest members! We request 30 items per business and if you would like to participate in this program please call or email Shari at the Chamber Office. 11th Annual Bear'ly Open! Save the dates! Community Dance, February 2nd at White Bear Country Inn and the Golf Event is on February 3rd at Ramsey Beach on White Bear Lake! Click HERE to register and for more information. Read more about this fun weekend in White Bear Lake! Community Calendar State of Maplewood Luncheon 01/11/2018 Breakfast With Benefits 01/11/2018 Twin Cities Orthopedics Vadnais Heights Grand Opening! 01/13/2018 Behind the Scene Tour of Century College 01/17/2018 The Underpants 01/18/2018- 02/04/2018 BEAR'ly Open 02/02/2018- 02/03/2018 White Bear Lake Revolving Loan and Grant Program COUNTY ROAD E AND DOWNTOWN REVOLVING LOAN AND GRANT PROGRAM (RLGP) This local program could help you finance improvements to your commercial property or business along County Road E or in Downtown White Bear Lake. Click HERE to learn more about this program! Follow us on Social Media	Wishing You a Very Happy New Year! (Due to the holiday, we will NOT have morning networking on January 2nd.) Save the Date! Driverless Cars in our Future Driverless cars coming soon to your community! January 16th, 8:00- 10:00am Maplewood Community Center 2100 White Bear Ave, Maplewood We have an incredible panel lined up for our Government Affairs session who will discuss the disruptive coming transportation revolution resulting from driverless cars. A continental breakfast will be available and there is no cost to attend. Registration is required HERE. Save the Date! Robotics Luncheon Event Humanoid Robot Sophia to address the White Bear Area Chamber (Click the image and meet our presenter!) February 27, 11:00am - 1:30pm Century College - Lincoln Mall 3300 Century Avenue N, WBL Hanson Robotics LTD will present Sophia the premier humanoid robot at this exciting and one-of-a-kind Chamber event! Sophia will discuss how she and her prototypes will transform our health care industry. After her speech Sophia will answer audience questions. Humanoid robots like Sophia are destined become fully integrated into major sectors of our business community. Special sponsorships are available for businesses that wish to purchase a table for 8 and have their picture taken with Sophia. For more information on sponsorship opportunities contact Tom Snell at the White Bear Area Chamber. Photos with Sophia cannot be used in any business advertising venture. Cost to attend this interactive event is $35 for Chamber members and $45 for non-members. Parking will be available adjacent to the Lincoln Mall. *Due to Sophia's growing popularity, there is a slight risk of this event being canceled. If that happens your sponsorship and ticket purchase will be returned in full.* Thank you to our sponsors: read more... Don't Miss the Quarterly Newsletter Advertising Opportunity! Our quarterly newsletter will be mailed out to all members in early August! If you would like to advertise or promote your specials and events, contact Maureen at the chamber office. This is a great marketing opportunity with a small investment. Local Area Chamber Maps! It is time to reorder our maps which makes it time for you to consider being one of the highlighted businesses on the area map. To bring the price of the maps to a reasonable cost, we order enough maps to last 2-3 years. So consider this a minimum of a 2 year investment as you plan your marketing dollars. Click HERE for Investment Options and Rates! Claim Your Holiday Gift TODAY! WHITE BEAR AREA CHAMBER JOB MATCH YOUR HOLIDAY GIFT IS WAITING! Chamber members have been given a holiday gift – free job postings! Please Go to whitebearchamber.workfountain.com to post your seasonal or winter opportunities and use the following promo code – ppunrbwk This promo code is good through December 31st and the first 100 jobs posted are free. If you have any questions please contact Dave Kornecki, Program Manager at dave.k@workfountain.com or call him at 612-868-7545. Rethink Recycling How the 1970's Created Recycling As We Know It Pretty much everyone recycles, at least a little bit. But where did our modern recycling system come from? This article gives a great overview of the development of modern recycling practices, and it's pretty interesting. We've come a long way with recycling, but there's always room for improvement. Click HERE for the full article. BizRecycling is here to help businesses in the East Metro find ways to recycle better! Click HERE to get your program started today! Premier Sponsors
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