April 2007 Newsletter
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SPONSOR

MOUNT GARAGE DOORS

Residential & Commercial

Sales & Service

(410) 549-2668

www.mountgaragedoors.com

SPONSOR

SHERMAN EMERSON INSURANCE

Auto • Home • Business • Life

Dennis Emerson

(301) 831-5885

www.shermanagency.com

The 2007 Mt. Airy Chamber
COMMUNITY EXPO
Saturday April 21st. 11am to 4pm
Mt. Airy Fire Co.'s Activities Grounds. Twin Arch Rd.
Go to www.mtairybusiness.com/expo2007 for your application.
Deadline for exhibitor applications extended to April 5th!

APRIL MEMBERSHIP MEETING
Our monthly membership meeting will be held on Thursday April 5th at 8am at the Mt Airy Fire Hall (corner of Watersville Rd and Main St, park at the rear/lower level and enter through the back doors).
We will have our usual hour of introductions, committee reports, and discussions of new and old business.
Remember that minutes of all our monthly meetings can be found on the Chamber website at www.mtairybusiness.com
Every month members also get to see all the advertising, newspaper coverage and correspondence for the past month.

NEW MEMBER ORIENTATION - APRIL
We will be holding a New Member Orientation immediately following our regular April meeting. All new members are invited, and our invitation extends to any interested Chamber member regardless of your length of membership.
We will begin the orientation meeting by 9.15am, and will adjourn by 10am.
You will hear about the many benefits of Chamber membership, and all your questions will be answered.
Refreshments will be served. We are looking forward to seeing you!
[Ambassador Committee Chair Ellie Bonde].

BUSINESS CARD EXCHANGE I
A Business Card Exchange will be held Tuesday April 17th from 4-6.30pm at The Acupuncture Center of Mt Airy at 106 East Ridgeville Blvd.
The event is co-sponsored by Mt. Airy Liquors, Big Perms and Hair Flair Salon.
As usual, door prizes are welcomed - door prizes can be a gift certificate to a local business or maybe something to promote your business like a T-shirt with your business name and number on it.

BUSINESS CARD EXCHANGE II
A Business Card Exchange will be held Monday April 30th from 4-7pm at The Healing Temple at 8 East Second St, Frederick. As above, door prizes are welcomed.

COMMUNITY EXPO 2007
The 2007 Mt. Airy Chamber Community Expo will be held on April 21, 2007,
11am-4pm at the Mt. Airy Volunteer Fire Co.'s Activities Grounds.
Register today as an exhibitor by visiting  www.mtairybusiness.com/expo2007 or call Filomena Thompson, Events Made Simple, at
301-758-4617.
This is a family event showcasing the products and skills of the local business community, with prizes, displays, giveaways and kids' activities. Over 50 local businesses will be in attendance, with no charge for entry and plenty of free parking. Food will be available throughout the day.
Businesses attending the Expo will have displays in the activities building, in a large tent to be set up outside the building, and in the front parking lot. Along with door prizes to be given away throughout the day - including the grand prize of a brand new TV - visitors can also expect plenty of giveaways from exhibitors.
There will be an art contest for kids at the Elementary, Middle and High School levels; The Maryland State Police Helicopter is scheduled to appear, along with dance companies, a karate show, moon bounce, a vintage ambulance display, and much more.
Sponsoring the Expo are:
Platinum  The Gazette
Registration  Barkley Law Office, P.C.
VIP Reception Sponsor  BB & T Bank and BB & T Mortgage
Silver Sponsor  Rogers Engraving & Stamps +Plus LLC
GOLD SPONSORS
Freedom Carpet Cleaning, LLC
Mason-Dixon Interiors
Mt. Airy Dent Repair & Touch-Up
Signs By Tomorrow
Susquehanna Bank
BRONZE SPONSORS
All Around Plumbing, Inc.
Lorien Mt. Airy
Mellon Chiropractic Clinic
New Windsor State Bank

MEMBERSHIP REPORT
The following 25 new businesses joined in March:
ABBEY'S MAJESTIC FLOORS.
AFLAC - Alyson Rothberg.
ALLIED RESOURCE MANAGEMENT.
AREA REFUSE SERVICE .
CHECKMATE "PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYER ORGANIZATION".
FREEDOM SEPTIC SERVICE, INC.
FRIENDS MEETING SCHOOL.
GRAYSON PLANT AND STONE LANDSCAPING.
JAMISON TREE SERVICE.
JERRY'S TROPHIES, INC.
KEN'S LANDSCAPING & EXCAVATION.
KING EXCAVATING, INC.
DR. MARSHA KOTLICKY BENSHIR (Optometrist).
LIGHT OF A LIFETIME.
LITTLE SPARKIE ELECTRIC.
MARIAH-BELLE MANOR KENNEL.
MARYLAND PEDIATRIC ORTHOPAEDIC CENTER, LLC.
MOLESWORTH-WILLIAMS PA FUNERAL HOME.
MT AIRY BICYCLE.
THE PC MD.
PROPERTY CARE, INC.
W.H. RASBORNICK - HANDYMAN EXTRAORDINAIRE.
STEVE SIER CPA.
TAEKWONDO-ARNIS ACADEMY.
TWIN RIDGE AUTO AND LIGHT TRUCK SERVICE, INC.
We have 330 members signed up for 2007.
[Membership Committee Chair Dennis Emerson, Sherman Emerson Insurance.]

BY-LAWS REVIEW
There is a review currently underway of several sections of our by-laws. A PDF file with proposed revisions can be found on the website under the monthly meeting entry of the Calendar section, and will be discussed at the April membership meeting.

LUNCHTIME EVENT REPORT
Thank you to everyone at The Links at Challedon for hosting a very well attended lunchtime event on March 13th
Over 40 Chamber members and guests attended the event  several of whom took advantage of the amazing weather that day to actually play some golf!

CARD EXCHANGE REPORT
Thank you to DJ and everyone at Stauffer Funeral Home for hosting our March Business Card Exchange. Thanks also to co-sponsors The Blossom and Basket Boutique, Carter-Que Barbecue and Grilling Company, Ray Miller, RE/MAX and Knitting Chicks.
We had more than 55 members and visitors in attendance  all of whom enjoyed great food and refreshments, door prizes and networking!
Door prize winners included: Susan Howes, Long & Foster (A light hat from Bezalel Designs); Claire Rosenfeld, Recomm Inc (Carter-Que barbecue sauce); Kerry Witner, Arbonne (A free dinner from Burrier Queen); Annette Graham, Colorful Stitches (A gift basket from Blossom & Basket Boutique); Steve Schleupner, First Financial Group (A vase of flowers from Forever Flowers); Visitor Paul Buck (a basket from Costco). Carl Minkel, Taekwondo-Arnis Academy and Trevor Stears, CertaPro Painters, each won a GMACC polo shirt.

2007 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SEMINARS
We will be holding two seminars this spring.
 On Monday, April 23, 6-9pm the topic will be Developing Advertising Materials for Your Small Business, at the Mount Airy Library on Ridge Avenue.
The seminar is being sponsored by Interstate Construction and Development, Mid Maryland Health Insurance Solutions and Plain English Writing & Design.
On Tuesday, June 12, 6.30-9.30pm the topic will be Tips and Tricks of Quickbooks, at the Carroll Community College Business Training Center. This seminar is being sponsored by Mid-Atlantic Accounting Solutions, LLC.
The workshops are FREE to Chamber members and $10 to non-members.
To register, please call (410) 386-8012 or email mtitus@carrollcc.edu.

AMBASSADORS PACKETS READY
Thank you to everyone who submitted materials for our new member packets  to now be distributed to all the businesses that have joined recently.
Thank you also to the following three volunteers for taking the time to put all the materials together: Laurie Dilks, Juice Plus, Sandy Shumate, Bezalel Designs, and Keir Knight, Plain English Writing & Design.
[Ellie Bonde, Ambassadors Committee Chair]

COLORFUL STITCHES
Colorful Stitches Custom Embroidery & Screen Printing has moved to 106
Prospect Road. Mount Airy, MD 21771. Their phone number is still the
same 301-829-7775.
 
INFO TO SHARE?
If you have information you would like to share with other Chamber members  either through the monthly newsletter, the Chamber website, or Yahoo e-mail lists  please contact Advertising & Marketing Committee Chair Keir Knight of Plain English Writing & Design at (301) 829-1982 or klknight@pipeline.com