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MAY Calendar
6 First Fridays - Class Act
5:30-9pm, Riverside Park
7 Heart of Virginia Festival
9:30am-4pm,
Downtown Farmville
9 Membership Meeting
12n, Charley's Waterfront Cafe
10 Prince Edward Co. Bd.
of Supervisors Mtg.
7pm, County Courthouse
10 Cumberland Co. Bd.
of Supervisors Mtg.
7pm, County Courthouse
11 Farmville Town Council
7pm, Town Hall
20 Deadline to Reserve
Ads
(Call the office at
434-392-3939 or e-mail)
25 Chamber Board
Meeting
8am, CSCH
27 Final Ad Proofs Due
to Tory by 2pm
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New Members
Lori Blackwood
Robert Russa Moton Museum
900 Griffin Boulevard, P. O. Box 908, Farmville, 23901
Phone: 434-315-8775 x 4
Fax: 434-315-8568
www.motonmuseum.org
Museum
Gregory Cagle
CenturyLink
208 South Main St., Farmville, 23901
Phone: 434-392-3240
Fax: 434-392-6340
www.centurylink.com
Telephone Company, Telecommunications |
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Many Thanks
We would like to take this opportunity to say a special Thank You to three Board members that will be retiring at the end of this fiscal year. We have been so honored to have Gretna Jackson from Hospice of Virginia-Farmville, Greg Cole from The Woodland, and David Carmichael of Main Street Lanes serve our Board for the last several years. We appreciate the time and dedication they have given us. Many thanks from members, staff, and The Board for a job well done.
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Nominating Committee
The Chamber Nominating Committee is pleased to announce three new candidates up for nomination to serve on the Chamber Board of Directors. These candidates are Debbie Savage of Trinity Mission, Brad Watson of Davenport & Company, and Don Baker of NSI Partners. The membership will accept nominations from the floor and vote at the June membership luncheon.
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2010-2011 Chamber Champions
at the
Platinum Level
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Membership Meeting
The Board of Directors of the Farmville Area Chamber of Commerce invites you to attend the May Membership luncheon on Monday, May 9 at 12noon at Charley's Waterfront Café. Our guest speaker will be E.W. Tibbs, President and CEO of Centra Southside Community Hospital. We hope you can join us as we help welcome him into the area. So mark your calendars now and plan to attend.
Chamber Members $5, Guests $10.
Credit cards CANNOT be accepted.
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Membership Renewals
A special Thank You to these members for renewing their membership in April:
Beauty & Fashion Sunae Pletcher
Creative Electrical Contractors Mark Southall
Discount Furniture Sales & Leasing Ernie Thompson
Farm Ridge Apartments Lois Mitchell
Farmville Pediatrics Dr. Hussein Al-Shammaa
Ferguson Enterprises Marc Hopkins
Mills Heating & Air Conditioning Anna Parker
Kerry Mossler Centra Southside Community Hospital
Sheetz Kyle Edwards
State Farm Insurance Edgar Jones
Twin Lakes State Park Anne Reeder
Watson & Duggan John Duggan
Wilcks Lake Sheds, Inc. Alethea Stringfellow
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Village Profile
The Board of Directors of the Farmville Area Chamber is pleased to announce that it is once again time to do a new Membership Directory. We have kept the promise of doing these directories every three years. The sales team, Mary and Neil Walker, will be in town starting June 6 to start the sales for this upcoming project. As members, you know how important these directories are as marketing tools for our community. They are used by as relocation and recruitment tools by local businesses and by local hotels as tourism information. You do not want to be left out. If you are interested in meeting with the sales team, please contact the Chamber office by e-mail or at 434-392-3939 to get on the appointment list. Please don't wait until all the good ad spaces are gone.
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Leadership Farmville Alumni Social
 | Susan Horne, of LEAD Virginia, spoke to Alumni of the Leadership Farmville Program at the 2011 Leadership Farmville Alumni Social on April 28.
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5th Annual Farmville Area Chamber Golf Classic
Golf Tournaments needs:
Volunteers for the Thursday, May 12th between 10:30am & 7pm. Contact Tory if you would like to participate. Goodies with your name and/or logo to put in the goody bags that will be sent home with each golfer. We will have 140 golfers that day. Contact Tory if you would like to include your goodies in the bags.
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Ribbon Cutting | Shorter Funeral Home
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Pictured above: Members of the Shorter Funeral Home staff and their families and friends along with members of the Farmville Town Council, Prince Edward Board of Supervisors and Farmville Area Chamber Board of Directors.
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