Weekly Chamber Update as Heard on WNEG Radio AM 630

Weekly Chamber Update as heard on AM630 WNEG Radio, Our Community Minded Radio Station:

First, we are honored to have the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Board Chairman, Mr. Tom Bell as our guest speaker at the 65th Annual Meeting on Thursday May 19th, from 11am to 1pm at the GBCC. You can go to our calendar online at www.toccoagachamber.com and nominate a fellow member to receive one of the 11 Awards, including the Lifetime Achievement Award. The deadline to vote is Friday, please cast your nomination, today. Come see our Chairman Lee Hicks pass the “gavel” to Vice Chairman Barry Roberts and meet the Officers for our new year that starts in July. Come celebrate with your Chamber! Register online today!

The Chamber’s Golf tournament will take place on Wednesday, May 25th at 11am at the Highland Walk Golf Course in Royston. Please recognize our presenting sponsor, North Georgia Credit Union.
Each Chamber will have 15 teams who will compete for the lowest score to win the Challenge Cup. Hole Sign Sponsors will have their signs seen by 2 different chamber communities. Players will have networking opportunities and great prizes. And ALL the membership can get involved, by purchasing a ball ticket and coming to watch the Ball Drop Event before the tournament starts. Applications are online at www.toccoagachamber.com or at the Chamber. Call 706-886-2132.

The Ambassadors kick off their 2011 Challenge TODAY to see who can make the most personal visits with our members and conduct one-on-one interviews, to listen and to share how to get the most out of their Chamber membership experience. The goal is to visit and interview every one of our 400+ Chamber members. So expect a call from one of our Ambassadors to interview you! We will summarize the responses and use them to focus our Business Plan based on the needs heard directly from the members.

Next Thursday May 5th at 8am we will have our Post Legislative Session Coffee at the Mitchell Allen Meeting Room in downtown Toccoa. Both State Representative Michael Harden and State Senator Jim Butterworth will attend as well as a representative from Congressman Paul Broun’s office. We will hear updates on what they were dealing with in government, this past session and they will take questions from the audience.

Also next Thursday is a Grand Opening Ribbon Cutting Celebration at GM Wood Products, one of our newest industries. It will be at their location in the Meadowbrook Industrial Park at 10am.

And after work next Thursday we will have a Business After Hours at the Gloria Adams Day Care Center at their location on Design Point Center Rd from 5pm to 6:30pm the Jackpot is up to $525! You must be present to win.

Invest where you are vested and join the Chamber today so you can be a part of creating positive change in our community.