Weekly Chamber Update

Serving Over 290 Businesses & Organizations In The Area

Downtown Community Partnership-Cherry Fest Meeting
01/27/2011
Cherry Fest meeting of the committee members.

Chamber Board of Directors Retreat
01/29/2011
The Chamber Board of Directors will participate at the Annual Chamber Retreat for 2011 in strategic planning for the organization.

Chamber Board of Directors Meeting
02/10/2011
Open to all Chamber members to attend and see what's going on at the Chamber and what the Board is working on.

Whitehouse Winterfest
02/12/2011
Downtown Whitehouse will be the home of Whitehouse Winterfest, the coolest event this winter! on February 12, 2011 from 11:00 am to 8:00 pm. Events will include cardboard box sled races, snowman building contest, snow angel contest, Toledo Roadrunners 5k race, horse and carriage rides, snowball throwing contest, ice sculptures by Ice Creations, music, food, petting zoo, and a Snowy Night Light Parade to end the day. Registration forms, event times and additional information are available on the Village Facebook page and website at www.whitehouseoh.gov/play.

Dessert & Wine Tour
02/13/2011
The Housley House Bed and Breakfast in Grand Rapids, Ohio will be hosting a Desert & Wine Tour on Sunday Feb. 13th

Happy Valentines Day
02/14/2011
Two tan for the price of one. Two pkts of lotion for the price of 1

Anthony Wayne Business Expo
02/18/2011
 

MARCH MADNESS at The Housley House B&B
03/01/2011- 03/31/2011
Save 50% MARCH MADNESS SPECIAL for Chamber of Commerce members! Book an overnight stay during the Month of March for yourself or for a gift to give and recieve an UNBELIEVEABLE DISCOUNT OF 50% OFF! There is no limit on certificates or overnight stays as long as it is during the month of March 2011 Offer Expires: 04/01/2011

Part of the Chamber's Main Street Marketing Program

The Chamber has reserved a full page in The Mirror Newspaper on the 1st and 3rd Thursdays of each month. We will highlight two businesses each month, feature our ribbon cuttings, groundbreakings, special events, as well a community events listing for the Whitehouse area.
We are offering our members a low-cost, high quality business card size ad for only $60 per week or $100 for two weeks, which includes design and layout of your ad. This full page business promotion layout will run in all 3 editions of The Mirror Newspaper and be delivered to 15,000 subscribers in Anthony Wayne, Maumee, and Holland-Springfield. There is NO contract required for members and you will pay The Mirror Newspaper directly and be responsible for paying their invoices to avoid being suspended from this very affordable marketing benefit.
Cost analysis:
15,000 subscribers at $60.00 per week=$0.004 per home or $0.003 per home when you run two weeks. There is no limit to how many times that you ad runs, you must adhere to these deadlines:
Publish Date Deadlines For Ad Copy
1st Thursday of the month 4th Friday of the month
3rd Thursday of the month 2nd Friday of the month

A FEW SPOTS STILL LEFT....SIGN UP TODAY!!

Brad Burkhart's Mt. Fiji and the Eruption band will perform at Business Expo!!

Don't Miss Out at the Great Opportunity To Gain Exposure In Our Community!

The Whitehouse and Waterville Chambers of Commerce will present The Anthony Wayne Business Expo in conjunction with the Anthony Wayne Spirit of Giving's Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser during the AW vs. Perrysburg Girls basketball game. The event will take place on Friday, February 18 from 4:30-8:00 p.m. at the Anthony Wayne High School Auxiliary Gym with full access for the public to attend this event. Unlike last year, this year the Chamber has confirmed with the school district that ALL doors will be open into the Business Expo with an expected 500+ people to attend. The Chamber is accepting registrations for the Business Expo for interested businesses, groups, and organizations interested in promoting their products and or services at a booth. The cost to register is $20.00 per Chamber member per business and $50.00 for non-Chamber members with a deadline of February 1st for all participants. The cost covers advertising and includes 1 8ft.banquet table and 2 chairs for booth setup. For complete information and to register contact the Chamber office at 419-877-2747.

Chamber Texting is not only for play time… it was built with business people in mind too. We provide functionality that makes it fast and easy to manage different parts of your business from one portal. We have found many uses for Chamber Texting services. Here are just a few ideas.
• Real Estate Offices sending out reminders about open houses to increase traffic.
• Event Planners managing vendors, staff, security team and others needed to run an event smoothly.
• Restaurants managing staffing issues on a daily basis to reduce coordination headaches.
• Bars sending out specials and promo announcements to customer base to bump up sales on slow nights.
• Bands sending out appearance dates/venues and ticket deals to fan club members to fill venues.
• Temp Staffing Agencies quickly notifying job seekers of coveted temporary positions before competitors thus increasing placement revenues.
• Home Repair Services immediately contacting all available repair people in the field when an emergency request comes in to capture the business and increase sales.
The business will be able to send a 140 character text to the entire community of texting subscribers and not just your in-store subscribers. You will have access to the entire business network of subscribers.
There is a small charge of $10 per text per business for this service and is managed by the Chamber office.
How can instant communications improve the bottom line of your business? Sign-up with Chamber Texting today and take it for a free test-drive! You will be provided with in-store materials to advertise this opportunity to your customers. Texting is the most personal way to immediately connect with a potential consumer. Contact the Chamber at 419-877-2747 to sign up.

A Village of Whitehouse Sponsored Event

 

• Make sure you’re open on Saturday, February 12, 2011
• Make sure you have staff available to assist customers
• Why not offer Winterfest specials!

Let’s clean up the downtown, wash your windows, pick up any trash, and look welcoming to our visitors! Colleen Wells from WTOL Channel 11 is the Grand Marshall for our Snowy Night Light Parade – we’re sure to have television coverage that day and during the parade. Show the world what a great community Whitehouse, Ohio is!

 

Events will include cardboard box sled races, snowman building contest, snow angel contest, Toledo Roadrunners 5k race, horse and carriage rides, snowball throwing contest, ice sculptures by Ice Creations, music, food, petting zoo, and a Snowy Night Light Parade to end the day.

Registration forms, event times and additional information are available on the Village Facebook page and website at www.whitehouseoh.gov/play.