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April/May 2015
December 2015/January 2016
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Keeping the ball rolling in 2016
There’s one factor that professional athletes, CEO’s, and successful entrepreneurs
possess. It has no smell or taste. You
can’t see it or touch it. But when you’ve
got it, you’re on your way to the levels of
success you aim for. It’s momentum – that
law of physics that says objects at rest
tend to stay at rest and objects in motion
tend to stay in motion, unless acted upon
by an outside force.
Momentum can be a game-changer.
Sports enthusiasts can probably list a
number of games where the game was won
simply because the momentum changed.
Watching a game, you can just sense when
it happens, and you don’t want to be the
team whose momentum changed from
positive to negative!
Momentum is like a steam engine. It
takes a lot of steam to get it going, but
once it starts moving it gets into a rhythm,
slowly building speed until it is going so
fast it can run through almost anything. It
becomes unstoppable.
In the US presidential election of 1840,
William Henry Harrison was running
against President Van Buren. Harrison’s
campaign slogan, “Tippecanoe and Tyler
“The two scariest things in life and
business are momentum, and lack
of it.”
(author unknown)
Too” built the momentum for his campaign, but the “Victory Balls” (huge balls
covered in campaign slogans) were rolled
from town to town and state to state, to
“keep the ball rolling” (hence the origin of
the term). (And yes – he won the presidential election.)
As I reflect on this past year, I can list
many good things that have happened in
our community and it seems like our momentum is building. We need to keep the
ball rolling in 2016.
The announcement of the Special Olympics Training for Life campus to be built
in Jefferson City along with the addition
of new jobs created by the re-location of
Continental Commercial Products to Jefferson City and local business expansions,
have really created an exciting momentum
for our community. Local developers have
invested in our community, bringing new
businesses and venues to vacant buildings.
The local tourism and sports industries
are experiencing growth, bringing more
people and revenue to the community.
In addition, exciting collaborative projects such as the new Boys & Girls Club and
a community wellness center are breaking
ground. The new St. Mary’s opened in
late 2014. Capital Region Medical Center
and JCMG expanded their campuses and
services. You can’t travel many places in
the city without seeing the infrastructure/
transportation improvement projects in
progress, laying the groundwork for future
development. Our local schools are growing and expanding their campuses and
programs. Young professionals are making a mark in the community. A riverfront
plan is coming to fruition. These are just a
few examples of the positives happening
locally.
Chamber TODAY
box ideas for economic development which
are very exciting and
have great potential
for our community.
You can read more
about parts of the
plan in President
Randy Allen’s column
on this page.
Gregg Bexten
What can you do
2015 Chairman
to help keep the ball
rolling? Invest in our
community. Support our local businesses.
Support our local organizations and charities. Get involved in the community. Be
enthusiastic and positive. Celebrate what
is good in our community! We have so
much for which to be thankful, and together, we can keep the ball rolling!
– April/May 2015
This past year, the Chamber, along with
the City and County, met frequently to develop an economic development strategic
plan for 2016 and beyond. This plan will
help “keep the ball rolling.” Parts of the
plan contain some aggressive, out of the
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It has been a privilege to serve as
Chamber Chair in 2015 and I thank you for
the opportunity. Thanks also to all the
Board members and volunteers who work
to make our community a great place to
live, work, and enjoy life. Here’s to a great
future! Merry Christmas!
Making economic development plans for 2016
As you might be
aware the local economic development
efforts are executed
by many partners.
The primary stakeholders are the City of
Jefferson, Cole County
and the Jefferson
City Area Chamber
of Commerce. For
Randy Allen
several months,
President/CEO
earlier in 2015, these
three partners met to discuss current best
practice ideas for local community and economic growth. During that 5 month period
the team heard presentations from Former
Governor Bob Holden, Mike Downing,
Director, MO Department of Economic Development, Steve Johnson, President/CEO
of the Missouri Partnership and Lincoln
University President Dr. Kevin Rome.
Former Governor Holden, who is the
Founder of the Holden Public Policy Forum
at Webster University and the Chairman
of the Midwest US-China Association in
Chicago, emphasized the importance of all
stakeholders committing to working together for progress and leveraging LU as a
larger contributor of our economic growth.
Mike Downing, on behalf of his agency,
pointed to the changing landscape of job
creation and workforce development. His
advice was to find and create the opportunities best suited to our local workforce
and culture. He pointed out some of the
strategies contained in our 2010 Strategic
Plan authored by TIP Strategies are still
relevant and worth continuing and enhancing. Steve Johnson discussed the trends
they have seen while marketing Missouri to
site selection firms and companies who are
looking for a new location. Dr. Rome used
his opportunity to highlight the impact of
LU on our community and discussed how
the community could assist in increasing
their economic footprint in the future.
At the conclusion of those meetings the
Chamber Economic Development staff authored an outline work plan for 2016 which
was discussed and revised by the three
partners at subsequent meetings.
As of the writing of this article, this work
plan is being developed as a part of the
Economic Development Service contracts
with the City and County for 2016.
A few highlights of the plan include:
Workforce
Develop a P-20 Committee (Preschool
to Advanced Higher Ed) of area public
and private schools and Higher Education
institutions to connect more closely with
employers and to align the career ready
and post-secondary education outcomes to
the workforce needs for the future.
In order to fully understand the challenges we face and to create and attract talent
at all skill levels, a Labor Availability Analysis will be commissioned to look below the
surface of the workforce “DNA”. This study
will be vital to understanding the location
of the available labor pool, the portion of
the labor force that is underemployed, and
the characteristics of general laborers,
skilled blue-collar workers, service and
support workers and professional whitecollar workers. It will also seek to understand further the needs of workers we will
be working to attract.
We will complete the Cole County, “Certified Work Ready Community” process, a
statewide initiative that seeks to establish a
work ready yardstick in which local businesses will be more equipped to screen
future employees. This certification will
also allow us to gain further credibility with
potential employers as they evaluate our
workforce potential.
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We intend to work with the City and
County to develop an agreement to be presented to the State to allow for local property acquisition, infrastructure improvements, private development and reuse of
the area between Lafayette, Capitol, Chestnut and the Missouri River to allow it to be
an economic engine we hoped it would be.
Lincoln University
Having a strong and vibrant university
in the community is essential for future
growth. We will work closely with Lincoln
University to grow their footprint with a
goal of increasing enrollment. One factor
needed for growth is to expand the university presence adjacent to campus. We will
work with LU to develop an “off campus
University Village” and begin the process
of creating more commercial and retail
business and housing for LU students in
the Lafayette, Chestnut and Dunklin Street
corridors.
The Chamber will work to increase business support of LU activities such as the
150 year celebration in 2016, LU sporting
events, LU Gala, golf tournament and Blue
Tiger Fest as well as the new LU Small Business Development and Technology Center
on the south campus to focus on small
business and minority business development in Central Missouri.
New Business Development
In order to “develop our own” we will
begin the process to cultivate two new economic development projects to leverage
the workforce and support institutions that
currently exist in this area. One of these
could be technology related and the other
could leverage our agriculture base.
Community Development
The Capital Improvement Sales Tax programs will be presented to voters next year.
Infrastructure development is crucial to
our community’s progress and we will be
involved in and strongly support the continuation of these 30+ year programs.
These are just a few of the highlights of
the 2016 Economic Development Plan. In
the coming months, you will hear more
specific information about the activities.
Thank you to all our partners that provided
input for the plan and we look forward to
an exciting 2016!
Chamber members and
volunteers vital to success
Our members are our lifeblood. From the
Board Directors to members of our committees and task forces, many business
leaders volunteer their time to carry out
the Chamber’s mission and work together
successfully. Whether they’re sitting in
economic development strategy sessions,
reviewing ideas submitted through the
BIS (Big Idea Sharing Process), working on
business attraction and retention projects,
encouraging entrepreneurs, or working on
one of our event committees, our members
are vital to our success.
Thank you to all our of members for their
investment in the community and also
their leadership and volunteer efforts in
the various chamber boards, committees,
task forces, and programs. We couldn’t do
it without you!
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2016 Executive Committee
Dan Westhues
Central Bank
Chairman
Janet Weckenborg
Capital Region Medical
Center
Chair-Elect
Gregg Bexten
Hawthorn Bank
Chairman-Emeritus
Bill Plank
Chamber Board of Directors
In addition to the Executive Committee
pictured above, members of the Chamber Board of Directors for 2016 are:
Term Expires Dec. 2016
Ann Bax, United Way of Central Missouri
Darren Heckman, High Five Communications
Rob Kingsbury, Farmer Companies
Alan Mudd, Associated Real Estate
Group
Chris Schrimpf, Hawthorn Bank
Jeremy Winegar, Midwest Block and
Brick
Term Expires Dec. 2017
Wayne Berry, Aquarius International
Corporation
Rod Dolph, Hy-Vee Food Stores, Inc.
Susan Mankoski, SSM Health-St. Mary’s
Hospital
Ben Vallier, Jefferson City Medical
Group (JCMG)
Donna Viessman, Imagemark Marketing
& Advertising
Bob Volmert, Alpla Inc. of Jefferson City
Term Expires Dec. 2018
Kathy Graessle, Williams Keepers
Morgan Fechtel, Fechtel Beverage
Brandy Bryant
Naught-Naught Agency
Treasurer
Nathan Hays, Jefferson City Autoplex
David Minton, Central Bank
Jason Otke, Dick Otke Construction
Chip Webb, Ameren Missouri
2016 Ex-Officio Members
Sam Bushman, County of Cole
Diane Gillespie, Jefferson City Convention & Visitors Bureau
Mark Kaiser, State of Missouri
Larry Linthacum, Jefferson City Public
Schools
Dr. Kevin Rome, Lincoln University
Carrie Tergin, City of Jefferson
Carl Sweezer, LJC Class of 2015
*Thanks to our retiring directors:
Stephanie Bell, Blitz, Bardgett &
Deutsch, LLC
Donna Deetz, Click2Sell4U/Kay’s
Collectibles
Roger Dudenhoeffer, Jefferson Bank
Karen Enloe, LJC Class of 2014
Bob Gilbert, Bartlett & West
Vicki Schwinke, Linn State Technical
College
Leslie Tanner, Central Bank
Lonna Trammell, Ameren Missouri
Jefferson Bank
Treasurer-Elect
Darren Heckman
Amber Hall
2016 YP Chair
Chair – Amber Hall, Central Bank
Chair-Elect – Holly Nunn, Central Bank
Chair-Emeritus – Jason Cecil, Capital Region Medical Center
Secretary – Tory Brondel, Williams-Keepers CPA’s
Membership Chair – Melissa Dunn, Huber & Associates
Social Chair – Hope Hoellering, John Conrad State Farm
Professional Development Chair – Brad Shimmens,
Central Bank
Marketing Chair – Kenney Newville, Whaley’s Pharmacy
Service Co-Chairs – Lindsey Forck, Central Bank;
Jacob Robinett, DNR
Member-at-Large – Tyler Beck, GFI
Member-at-Large – Adrian Branch, Central Technology
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Many thanks to our 2015 committee
& task force leadership:
Ambassadors:
Networking Groups:
Sharon Campbell, Regions Bank
Jim Logan, Logan Audio
Leslie Tanner, Central Bank
Dan Eiken, Samco Business Products
Kenney Newville, Whaley’s Pharmacy
BIS Team (Big Idea Sharing)
Mark S. Kaiser, Missouri State Office of
Administration
Janet Weckenborg, Capital Region Medical
Center
BEST (Business Entrepreneur Support
Team)/StartUp Jefferson City:
Leslie Tanner, Central Bank
Business Showcase:
Stephanie Lehmen, JCMG
Jeff DeLong, Custom Screen Printing
Tyler Brown, Jefferson Bank
Chamber BBQ:
Angela Nale, Central Bank
Dan LeCure, LeCure & Associates
Chamber Gala:
Cyndy Schnieders, Central Bank
Lonna Trammell, Ameren Missouri
Civic Progress:
Larry Kolb, Kolb Properties
Cole County Communities:
Lori Hoelscher, Ameren Missouri
Golf Tournament:
2016 Board Members
High Five
Communications
Member at Large
Robin Jacobi, Missouri American Water
Darrell Reinsch, Beautiful Home Interiors
Jeff City START:
Amber Hall, Central Bank
Membership Advisory Group:
Carol Griffin, Special Olympics Missouri
Roger Dudenhoeffer, Jefferson Bank
Partners in Education:
Lori Massman, Scholastic Inc.
Mallory McGowin, JCPS
Public Affairs:
John Landwehr, Chair, Cook, Vetter, Doerhoff, and Landwehr
Gary Wilbers, Vice-Chair, Ascend Business
Strategies
SCORE:
Steve Erickson, Erickson Financial Solutions
Small Business Academy:
Chris Thompson, University of Missouri
Extension
Transportation Committee:
Todd Kempker, Bartlett & West
Young Professionals:
Jason Cecil, Capital Region Medical Center
**Thanks also to all those who served on
these committees & task forces. In addition, several groups have no assigned
leadership roles, but the members spend
hours meeting together. Groups include
the Economic Development Team, Incentive Task Force, LJC and LJC Alumni Steering Committees, Leadership Forum, and
more.
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our community and that’s because local
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Bonnot meets with site selectors
in New York and New Jersey
Every business knows
that to generate sales
you have to have good
salesmen out marketing,
doing business development and telling your
story to increase your
bottom line.
The same thing holds
Missy Bonnot
Director, Economic
true for our community!
Development
Whether you are the
Convention and Visitor’s
Bureau pitching for an event to be held or
a hotel to host a large conference in your
meeting space, getting the word out about
your assets is critical.
I recently traveled to the New York/New
Jersey area to do just that, along with Missouri Partnership and other communities
including Springfield and Branson and an
economic development partner, Ameren
Missouri.
Missouri Partnership works with state,
regional and local economic development
organizations to bring new business to
the state of Missouri. The Partnership is a
non-profit corporation supported by the
Missouri Department of Economic Development and the Hawthorn Foundation, a
nonprofit, nonpartisan, business-led organization that supports Missouri’s economic
development efforts. Missouri Partnership facilitates Marketing Trips throughout the year and commu-
nities participate in the trip. By partnering
with Missouri Partnership and other communities, you can pool time and resources.
On this marketing trip we spent 3 days
meeting with 22 consultants representing
14 site selection, real estate firms and companies. It was a very fast paced trip yet
productive in that we met with each firm
and talked about the benefits of locating
to Missouri. I had the opportunity to talk
about all the assets of Central Missouri and
the CORE Region (Connecting Our Regional
Economy is a 5 county economic development entity consisting of Audrain, Boone,
Callaway, Cole and Cooper counties).
The purpose of the marketing trip was to
get in front of key site location consultants
in order to hear about things going on in
their practice, share updates on Missouri,
provide introductions to the three communities and simply build new and cement
existing relationships. Many of the firms were very familiar with
Missouri and had firsthand experience doing business in our great state by working
multiple projects over many, many years
while other firms were not as familiar.
The benefit of meeting with site selection
consultants is they represent many companies and at one time are working multiple
projects. Our community might not be
a good fit for a current project they are
working but it might be for a future project.
During the meetings we conveyed to them
Members of the Missouri delegation while attending the New York/New Jersey marketing trip.
all the community assets including existing
buildings, certified sites, available skilled
workforce along with infrastructure including roads, rail and river.
When companies are considering a new
location it works similar to a funnel. First
they look at a multiple state region such
as the Midwest. Next they narrow it down
to a few states, then to a region or regions
within a state then down to a few communities. During the whole process communities are just trying to stay in the game and
not get eliminated. Again, this is why it is
vitally important to market the region and
not just your community.
Pooling resources and highlighting regional assets is what companies are looking
for and having resources in the area within
a short driving time they can tap into is the
key to get them interested in our area.
“It was a pleasure to accompany such
top professionals on this important outreach activity.” Mike Kearney, Director of
Economic Development with Ameren Services stated. “I think it gave opportunity to
communicate and reinforce Missouri’s competitive business development strengths to
key project drivers and demonstrates how
Missouri partners work together to deliver
value to business clients.”
Local unemployment rate continues its decline
For all the novice
economists that follow
the U.S., state and local
unemployment news,
you have obviously noticed a steady decline
in all three areas since
2010. The overall econShaun
omy has been slow to
Sappenfield
recover since the great
Existing Business
recession began in late
Manager
2007, which resulted
from the U.S. subprime mortgage crisis
together with increasing consumer debt.
Since 2010, the overall economy has been
gradually improving as Americans regain
their consumer confidence, and as a
result, businesses are now more willing to
add jobs and make investments.
In 2015 alone, the nation’s unemployment rate has fallen from 5.7% in January
2015 to 5.0% for October 2015. Missouri’s
unemployment rate for the same period
has fallen from 5.5% to 5.0%. Here in
Cole County, our non-seasonally adjusted
unemployment rate for October 2015 was
3.2%. Cole County has not experienced
unemployment levels this low since 2003.
But declining unemployment has presented new challenges that directly or
indirectly affect us all. The positives offer
Unemployment
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U.S.
As most will agree, low unemployment provides a far greater benefit to the
overall economy than the alternative.
But in the short term, certain hurdles
have arisen which challenges employers
attempting to maintain profit margins and
control production costs.
higher consumer confidence, increased
discretionary and non-discretionary
consumption, increased tax revenues, and
a robust, more stable economy. The nation’s leading economic indicators such as
the stock market, retail sales, new housing
starts, manufacturing activity and gross
domestic product (GDP) have been affected in positive manor by employment gains
over the past few years.
In contrast, falling unemployment can
put an unwanted burden on employers
who are actively seeking to attract and
retain a quality workforce. This is happening in many areas of the country, and
our own local economy is not immune
to this effect. For some employers, low
unemployment diminishes an active labor
pool and creates competition between
employers seeking quality employees.
This potentially affects an employer’s
production capabilities and quality control
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and increases the costs associated with
training. To combat these issues, some
employers have become more aggressive
by offering flexible hours, increasing entrylevel wages, and increasing paid leave and
over-time pay.
As with any local economy, possessing a
quality and obtainable workforce is imperative to retaining and attracting industry
which drives community growth and sustainability. As mentioned, our community
is experiencing historically low levels of
unemployment which offers economic stability but also creates a separate layer of
concerns for the businesses that provide
economic security to our community.
As most will agree, low unemployment
provides a far greater benefit to the overall
economy than the alternative. But in the
short term, certain hurdles have arisen
which challenges employers attempting
to maintain profit margins and control
production costs. Economic conditions
spawned by the Great Recession have
retreated, and this reversal has reinforced
many local economies and offers new
options for unemployed and under-employed. Over time, employers will adapt
to the current labor market conditions but
it may require wage increases which has
been one the lagging pieces to a full economic recovery.
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Program of Excellence awarded
to Callaway Hills Elementary and
Mid America Bank-Holts Summit
Partners in Education Program of Excellence Award Winners.
The Program of Excellence award is
given to the School/Business Partnership
which demonstrates and incorporates the
enhancement of life skills, is innovative,
shows potential for expansion or
transferability to other schools, has an
impact and involves parents, students and
staff.
Over the course of the 2014-15 school
year, the leadership team at Callaway Hills,
in conjunction with the entire staff, worked
to develop a program that called ROAR.
ROAR stands for: Response, Outreach,
Activity, Retraining. ROAR has four areas
that are focused on with the students:
Teambuilding, Positive Behavior Support
(PBS), Character Traits, and 7 Habits for
Happy Kids.
Callaway Hills has been blessed to
have a wonderful business partner in Mid
New Members
American Family Insurance –
Greg Kolb Agency
Sam Fulkerson
3432 W. Truman Blvd., Ste. 102
Jefferson City, MO 65109
(573) 635-3240
www.gregkolbagency.com
Insurance
Your Direct Health Care
Ron Herring, Director
303 E. Stadium
Columbia, MO 65203
866-814-4825
Senior Home Care
America Bank and Brenda Leydens. With
the financial support and backing from
MAB and Brenda Leydens, Callaway Hills
was able to purchase 25 book sets of The
7 Habits of Happy Kids by Sean Covey.
The desired outcome of this program
is to help our students further develop
the intrinsic skills that will aid them in
working with others, problem solve, think
for them, relate to others, and succeed in
life.
The award was presented during
the Advocates for Education luncheon,
which was held at the Hawthorn Bank
Community Room. Thank you to
Hawthorn Bank for hosting the luncheon,
to the Jefferson City Public Schools
Food Service for providing the meal and
to Scholastic Inc., for sponsoring the
Program of Excellence award.
Leadership Luncheon - 10 Principles
for Effective Leadership
Leadership Jefferson City alumni and
Chamber members recently received
professional training to advance their
leadership skills. Tony Richards, Clear
Vision Development Group, gave a
presentation titled “10 Principles for
Effective Leadership”.
He highlighted each point and gave
“real world” examples of how leaders
create their business culture and bring
about positive change.
The 10 Principles are:
• Purpose
• Vision
• Passion
• Compassion
• Convictions
• Values
• Plan
• Dedication
• Communication
• Accountability
Guest Speaker, Tony Richards
A Special thank you to our sponsor:
Chamber members celebrate
milestone anniversaries
Pride and Progress ribbon cuttings were held to celebrate the milestone
anniversaries of several Chamber member businesses. Congratulations!!!
The Jefferson City Area Chamber of Commerce extends a
warm welcome to individuals and firms who have recently
joined the Chamber to help promote the development and
enhance the economy of the Jefferson City area.
Mud Face Massage & Spa
Kristina Cross
308 East High St., Ste. 205
Jefferson City, MO 65101
(573) 239-0539
www.mudface.massagetherapy.com
Massage Therapy
West Ridge Event Center
Denise Barnes
219 Murphy Ford Rd.
Centertown, MO 65023
(573) 634-9732
www.westridgeeventcenter.com
Banquet Hall/Event Center
JP Promotions – 30 years (Joanie Payne)
Pyramid Home Health Services
Jetawn Smith
3501 W. Truman Blvd., Ste. G2
Jefferson City, MO 65109
(800) 457-1975
Home Care Provider
Kas A Designs – 40 years (Kas Jacquot)
SSM Health – St. Mary’s Hospital – 110 years (Brent Van Conia)
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Networking
Calendar
Chamber Connections
John Parker, Septagon and Kay Mulligan, Villa Marie at American Legion
Chamber Connections.
Thursday, December 17
4:00-5:30 pm
Spectators
Thursday, January 21
4:00-5:30 pm
Bones
Friday Coffee at Fire Station No 3 hosted by Korsmeyer Fire Protection and
HOODZ.
Friday Coffee
Friday, January 8
7:30 am
Chamber
Jane Haslag and Terri Leifeste present prize to Hillary Hollan at Canterbury Hill Winery Chamber Connections.
John Marsh KWOS interview Mike
Grefrath at American Legion Chamber Connections.
Social Media
Marketing Forum
Wednesday, December 16
7:30 am
Chamber
Miranda Eickerman, Central Bank presents best practices for Content Curation at Social Media Forum.
Wednesday, January 20
7:30 am
Chamber
Young Professionals (YP)
Lunch Meeting
Rachel Hays and Nikki Pursley from Communique’ share social media tips
for business at Social Media Forum
Thursday, January 7
11:30 am
Canterbury Hill Winery
Gregg Bexten, Hawthorn Bank presents prize to Dick Hyleck at Canterbury
Hill Winery Chamber Connection.
Taste of Jefferson City
Wednesday, January 13
4:30 p.m.
Capitol Plaza Hotel
Annual Gala
Martellaro Marble & Granite recently broke ground for their new building to be
constructed at 10011 Marina Road.
Friday, January 29
6:00 p.m.
Capitol Plaza Hotel
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Jefferson City Area Chamber TODAY
The Chamber’s Cole County
Communities Committee hosts
the 36th Annual Prayer Breakfast
The Chamber’s Cole County Communities celebrated its 36th Annual Prayer
Breakfast at the Missouri Farm Bureau
on the eve of Thanksgiving. In its 36th
year, the Prayer Breakfast’s roots go back
generations. “It reminds me of how much
we have to be thankful for, not just now,
but all year long”, said Cole County Communities Chair Lori Hoelscher of Ameren
Missouri.
Judge Mary R. Russell of the Missouri
Supreme Court provided an uplifting
message as the keynote speaker. Judge
Russell encouraged attendees to look
for opportunities to mentor our younger
generation, especially those who may be
less fortunate and in need of guidance to
become productive citizens.
A special thanks to Senator Mike
Kehoe for his long-time sponsorship of
this wonderful event,
and to the Missouri Farm Bureau
for hosting one the
largest crowds ever,
as more than 300
attendees kicked off
the Holiday Season.
Rod Smith, KRCG &
Naught-Naught Agency, served as Master
Judge Russell
of Ceremonies.
The Prayer
Breakfast is organized by the Chamber’s
Cole County Communities Committee.
Chamber membership is not necessary
to participate in the Committee’s work.
Individuals who are interested in the
committee’s activities are encouraged to
call Shaun Sappenfield at 573-638-3586.
Members of the Cole County Communities Committee served breakfast.
Missouri’s General Assembly
invited to attend Taste of
Jefferson City 2016
The annual Taste of Jefferson City is
scheduled for Wednesday, January 13, 2016
at the Capitol Plaza Hotel and Convention Center from 4:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. This
Legislative Reception is hosted to give the
members of the Missouri General Assembly a warm welcome to our community.
This event gives our community the
great opportunity to welcome back the
legislators who call Jefferson City their
“home away from home” and to meet
and greet those newly elected senators
and representatives. “With Legislature in
session from January 6th to May 13th, it
adds a tremendous amount, economically,
to our community” shared Missy Bonnot,
director of economic development for
the Jefferson City Area Chamber of Commerce. “We hold Taste of Jefferson City
to not only welcome the legislature back
but also to give Chamber members in the
food and beverage industry an opportunity to showcase their business to this
large and active customer base.”
This event is open to the public. Tickets are $60 each and can be purchased
by contacting Ashley Temme with the Jefferson City Area Chamber of Commerce,
[email protected] or 573-6383590. Registration is also available on
the Chamber’s website, www.jeffersoncitychamber.org .
Chamber to increase dues
for first time since 2009
The Chamber Board of Directors voted
to increase the base rate for membership
dues from $290 to $300. This will be the
first increase in dues since 2009. The
Board was intentional in not increasing
dues after the recession in order to keep
costs as low as possible for members. In
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reviewing the budget, the Board determined an increase is necessary due to
inflation; however, they wanted to keep
the increase as minimal as possible. Even
with the slight increase, the dues are less
than other area chambers of the same
size. The increase will take effect in 2016.
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Chamber Gala recognizes volunteers,
celebrates community progress
Don’t miss the social business networking event of the year! Make plans
to attend the Chamber Annual Gala &
Awards Ceremony on January 29, 2016
at the Capitol Plaza Hotel. Highlights of
the evening include a cocktail reception
at 6; dinner & awards at 7 recognizing
2015 Chamber Chairman Gregg Bexten
and 2016 Chamber Chairman Dan Westhues, followed by an After Party with
Live Music. Reservations for the black
tie optional event are $50.
Receive special recognition for your
business at the Chambers’ biggest party
of the year by reserving a gold or silver
table, or sponsor a $100 Bill Give-Away…
but hurry, space is limited! Special
thanks to the Gala Committee chaired by
Shelly Pierson, Mid America Bank and
Lonna Trammell AmerenMO.
Join these sponsors to date:
GOLD: Ameren Missouri, Capital
Region Medical Center, Central Bank,
GFI, Hawthorn Bank, Hy-Vee, Imagemark,
Jefferson Bank, Jefferson City Nursing &
Rehab, JCMG, Joe Machens Capital City
Ford Lincoln, Missouri American Water
Co, Modern Litho- Print, NH Scheppers, Naught Naught Insurance Agency,
River City Florist, SSM Health St. Mary’s,
Lonna Trammell
Gala Co-Chair
Shelly Pierson
Gala Co-Chair
State Technical College of MO, Wallstreet
Group, Williams Keepers LLC CPAs.
SILVER: Alpla, Bartlett & West, Capital
Mall, Dick Otke Construction, JC Coca
Cola, Lincoln University, Mid America
Bank, Missouri Credit Union, News Tribune, Stonebridge Communities, Three
Rivers Electric, UMB Bank
$100 CASH GIVEAWAY: Midwest
Advertising Specialties, Midwest Block
& Brick, Prison Brews, Riley Dealerships,
Samco Business Products, United Services, Vogel Insurance.
Contact Susan Neill at susanneill@
jchcamber.org to make reservations and
table requests.
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