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Grangeville Chamber of Commerce Minutes March 2nd, 2010 Present: Lark Hall, Lori Courtright, Annelle Urbahn, Jody Hoogland, Joe Cladouhos, Nancy Asker, Beryl Grant, Mary Beth Myer, Jeff Scott. Jeff Kutner and a guest Joan Hall. Absent: Paula McCulley, Melinda Hall, and Heather Killgore. Lark Hall opened the meeting in Melinda’s absence at 8:30 AM. Minutes: Lori moved the minutes be approved as emailed, Nancy seconded the motion and the motion passed. Guest: Joan Hall is running for Idaho County Clerk and came to ask for our support. She would be taking over the position being vacated by Rose Gehring. Rose is retiring. Grant: Jeff S will close last year’s grant right away, by June 1. Jeff went to the grant summit that was held in Boise, it was a 2 day this year and there are numerous changes in the Grant program. “Heads to Beds” is the theme again. We are in the Discover Guide, which is the regional NCITA; they are stressing collaborative efforts to save money. The State Travel Guide is due around May 1st. They are producing a ½ hr. video this year with a clip put on by the state. A family on vacation and traveling around the state showing different areas they are traveling to. Jeff says it is very well done. Merchants: The retail meeting Thurs. March 4th at 7:30 AM will be to discuss the Chili Feed and cook-off. Annelle announced that Miller’s had sold. Dick Larson from Sandpoint and Bonners Ferry has made motions to purchase. It will be a department store and they should be open by Oct. after some remodeling. The lock and key business John is running will stay in the basement. Horizons: Every other month now and no report Treasurer’s Report: Jeff K, handed out financials, see attached to these minutes. Social Media: face book presentation from 6:30 – 8:00 pm by Anna Holden. There were 15 people there and 4 non-chamber members for $5.00 each. Anna gave us an invoice for $50 which is very reasonable. Next class we will charge $10 for non-members. From this engagement we picked up two new members. Maintenance applications: We got one from Jay Smith and one from Green Acres, very different. Jeff will go back and do some clarification so that they are more similar in nature so we can award the contract for apples to apples. Sewing for Sports joined chamber and said they found us on the web site. We need to update our application on our web and make it more user friendly. Jeff K will take care of that. Visitor’s Center: The volunteers clocked over 2000 hours in 2009. They will stay on 1 day per week schedule until the April 1st date and then go to summer hours. They really need more help. Jeff K discussed the thermostats with them again, there are two. Quarterly meeting: Thurs. March 11th at noon at The Gallery. Jeff K is contacting folks to speak and Joe says we may introduce the 2 new Doctors. St Patrick’s Day: PEO is doing a fund raiser for women’s scholarships at Crimson Ridge. Anderson Aeromotive will be having an open house on March 10th from 4-7 pm. Stop by and see what they have to offer. Truck Route: Nancy and Jeff were at the meeting with ITD and folks. The State wants to move the truck route. They have many ideas in the works but with Chamber not on their side and the County and City against any move, no decision will be forthcoming. There is no money to do the project either. Jeff K was drafting a letter to ITD about the condition of Main Street in Grangeville. It is not done yet but Jeff K will get it done for us to look at before we sent it. North Idaho Chamber of Commerce would like us to pay $100 yearly dues. Dennis Duman, from Cottonwood is the Rep for our area. The area is from Riggins north and it is to lobby for Chambers with the legislature. Annelle made a motion to keep our membership and pay our dues, Mary Beth seconded the motion and the motion passed. Chamber after Hours: Mary Beth said that Early Bird would like to host one in May. May 20th from 5:30 – 7:00 pm. That is a Thurs. night. Joe said that they are interviewing an OB/GYN next week and that he is 40 years old with a wife and 2 children from Iowa. Street Rod “Jasper Street Rods” from Oregon wants to come thru. They like the idea of “Come Play in our Mammoth Backyard”. Another group of motor cycles from New Zealand would like to come to town the end of July and be here for 1 day. Ken O’Leary said it would be 25-30 riders. Heather Killgore sent us a letter of her resignation from the Grangeville Chamber of Commerce Board, effective immediately. Jeff K got it by email. Nancy made a motion to accept the letter and Mary Beth seconded the motion. The motion passed. Relay for Life: Jody told us that the weekend before the event will be “paint the town purple” again for a fundraiser. With no further business the meeting was adjourned at 8:25 am Our next Board meeting will be Tues. April 6th at 7:30 AM at Oscar’s. Respectfully submitted Grangeville Chamber Board Secretary Beryl Grant |
