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April Chamber Luncheon
Introduction to Information Technology Infrastructure
(aka "what are all those boxes, and why are those lights blinking?")
Today, business owners find themselves solidly in the Information Age, like it or not. But with advanced technology all around us, who has the expertise to put the necessary boxes in the proper locations and plug all the wires into all the right places? Introducing Bob Coppedge from Simplex-IT to the rescue! In this informative session, Bob will explain, in the simplest of terms, the basics of designing, building and maintaining a computer network for your business. He'll offer tips, accepted business 'best practices' and offer suggestions on where to get additional help. He'll even answer questions! This is one presentation you won't want to miss.
Networking begins at 11:30, with lunch served at 12:00pm. Price for members is $15, for non-members is $20.
Location:
The Rusty Nail Banquet Hall
7291 S.R. 43
Kent, OH 44240
Sponsor:
Simplex-IT
Please call or email the Chamber by April 9th if you are interested in attending! |
| Meet your 2010 Chamber Board Members |
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Executive Director
President
Rick Shaffer
Immediate Past President
Bill Griffith
Griffith Consulting
1st Vice President
Steve Schwartz
HoneyBaked Ham
2nd Vice President
David
Christopher Integrity Home Evaluation Services, LLC
Natasha Squier
Third Federal Savings
Regular Board
Bruce Felber
Felber & Felber Marketing
Cheryl DeCavitch
Home Savings & Loan
Amy Wright Action Auto Body
Cathy Lance United Way of Portage County
Kathy Hammond
Kent Credit Union
Ex-Officio
Chief Richard Taiclet Streetsboro Police Dept.
Linda T. Keller Superintendent Streetsboro City Schools
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3rd Annual Health Fair C'mon Get Healthy! |
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Join us on Saturday April 10th for our 3rd Annual Health Fair at St. Joan of Arc Parich from 10am-2pm. This year, we will be promoting physical, mental and financial help.
Current Bronze Sponsors:
-Maple Wood Care Centre
-Layman & Associates, Inc.
-Comfort Keepers
Booth Prices:
Members: $75
Non-Member: $100
Non-Profit: FREE
Sponsorship:
Gold: $750.00
Silver: $500.00
Bronze: $250.00
FREE ADMISSION!
Contact the Chamber today to sign up! |
| In the Member Spotlight |
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Every woman wants to look and feel her very best. With Mary Kay's anti-againg products, we can create a personalized skin care program to firm, tone and brighten your skin. And with Mary Kay's color cosmetics, you can face the world feeling confident and beautiful.
Contact me today to schedule your complimentary makeover! You can sample our Timewise skin care products and get "no-fuss" application tips to use everyday!
Book your makeover in March and receive a $20 gift certificate to use at your appointment!
Leah Babb
Independent Senior Beauty Consultant
Mary Kay Cosmetics
330-618-4122
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Consumer Support for Small Businesses
By: Chief Richard Taiclet |
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For the first time, small businesses may now use the Ohio Attorney General's consumer complaint hot line to pursue scammers and deceptive vendors.
Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray is inviting all small businesses to take advantage of the consumer prote
tion division that until recently was reserved for individuals. Cordray's office has partnered with state trade organizations and chambers of commerce to begin steering small business problems to its hot line.
As quoted by Paula Schleis in the Akron Beacon Journal. Cordray stated, "For Ohio's economoy to properly sustain our families and communities, we have to properly support and grow small businesses." He said part of his motivation is small businesses are the path to economic recovery.
Small businesses that believe they have been the victim of an unfair practice can call 800-282-0515 or visit: http://www.OhioAtto
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| 1st Women in Business Luncheon of the Year a Success |
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Our Women in Business Luncheon took place last month at St. Joan of Arc Parish in Streetsboro.
Andra Polasky of Coleman Wellness Solutions presented on "Women and Wellness". She discussed the ways that people can free themselves from the everyday stressors and take control of their lives. She also offered some interactive activites on ways to instantly relieve yourself from stress which can be used at home, on the road or in the workplace
The event was sponsored by Classic Kia of Streetsboro.
Special thanks to those who brought donations for the women and children of Safe Path.
SAVE THE DATE for our next Women in Business Luncheon on July 14th
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Meghan's Moment...  Wow, So Much Has Happened!
I would like to take this opportunity to thank and welcome every returning Chamber member and members joining the Chamber for the first time. We had a very successful start to 2010, and we would like to keep the positive momentum moving forward. In just a few short months, we have had our first combined Night at the Races event with the Kent Area Chamber of Commerce. We've had three Monthly Networking luncheons, one Women in Business Luncheon, five Coffee 'n Contacts meetings, two Membership Meetings, one Re-Grand Opening/Open House, and it's still March! As you can tell, we are a very active Chamber and there are plenty of networking opportunities constantly occurring. Have you been part of them? If you haven't been able to make an event or would just like to keep your networking going, we have some great opportunities on the horizon.
We are currently planning our 3rd Annual Health Fair, an April Monthly luncheon, an After Hours gathering, a Senior Appreciation luncheon, a Re-Grand Opening, a June Monthly luncheon, a July Women in Business luncheon and of course continued Coffee 'n Contacts. Don't forget to Save the date for our 12th Annual Golf Outing on Friday July 23rd at Raccoon Hill Golf Club!
There are many opportunities to get involved in networking, events and committees to meet new people and grow your business. Please encourage your colleagues to join our Chamber to create even more opportunities for your businesses and for fellow members. I look forward to the next quarter of working with you and making our business and community successful!
 Problem Solve,
Get Involved,
We'll Co-evolve! |
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Save the Date! 
The 12th Annual Chamber Golf Outing to be held Friday July 23rd at Raccoon Hill Golf Club!
See you on the Course! |
Mark your Calendar 
for these upcoming Events...
March
30th - Coffee 'n Contacts 8am at Arabica
April
8th - All Chamber After Hours at Hattie Larlham 5:30pm-7:00pm
10th- 3rd Annual Chamber Health Fair 10am-2pm at St. Joan of Arc Parish
13th- Coffee 'n Contacts at 8am at Arabica in Liberty Corners Plaza
14th-Monthly Networking Luncheon at The Rusty Nail. Networking begins at 11:30am.
27th- Coffee 'n Contacts at 8am at Arabica in Liberty Corners Plaza
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5th- Senior Appreciation Luncheon at St. Joan of Arc Parish. Networking begins at 11:30am. $15 to sponsor a student's lunch. |
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Join Us in Welcoming New Members!
Go2Go Taxi/Shuttle Service
Doran Kutash
330-612-0204
KS Yocum Enterprises
Miller Catering
Susan Miller
330-626-4953
The Rusty Nail & Banquet Hall
Wendy Feibig
330-673-2297 |
 Get to Know Action Auto Body
Action Auto Body, located at 8895 St. Route 14 in Streetsboro, is a locally owned collision repair facility that has been serving the community since 1980. The owner, Mark Thompson, has been a resident of Streetsboro for 40 years and has been in the collision business for 40 years as well.
Action Auto Body takes great pride in representing the Streetsboro Community. This is evident in several ways; from the beautifully maintained facility to some of the awards it has received. In 2008, the Streetsboro Area Chamber of Commerce selected Mark Thompson as the Small Business Person of the Year. Action Auto Body was also awarded the Gold Star Award by the Better Business Bureau for three years of excellenct service with zero complaints from any customers. Giving back to the community, Mark Thompson is also a generous sponsor/donor to the Streetsboro Family Days car cruises.
All repairs are performed by certified, well-trained technicians, and all refinishing is done by PPG certified painters using PPG industrial products that are guaranteed by PPG and Action Auto Body for as long as you own your vehicle.
To contact Action Auto Body, call: 330-626-3116. |
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Welcome to Spectrum Machine
By: Tim Lamb
Welcome to Spectrum Machine! We are a family run Bronze machine shop and distributor of Brass and Bronze alloys since 1987. We are well stocked in either rounds, tubes or flats. We're sure that we can be of service to you as a material or finished parts supplier. Contact us! We stand ready to serve you.
We specialize in creating finished products for your business, or a semi-finished products, with quality being our number one goal. We will create rough castings, custom shaped bar stock, thrust washers, bushings: including sleeve, flange, and double flange. We also provide split bushings, pump bushings, wear plates, and gear blanks. We also offer specialized drill and plug graphite (IN HOUSE), and groove and graphite (IN HOUSE), custom cutting of rectangles (IN HOUSE), cut loops, double loops, figure 8's, double figure 8's, and multiple loop grooving.
From concept to delivery allow our experienced staff provide you with quality bronze products. We stock all available mill sizes in C93200, C95400, C86300, and many other alloys.
Our inventory has grown to include sizes of C93200, C95400, and C86300 up to 20 inches in diameter. Our facility, equipment, and staff have also been expanded; adding another 16,000 sq. feet, two new CNC Mills, one new 4-Axis CNC Lathe along with other upgrades and additions to our short order shop to provide better lead times on all of your finished machined parts. Our increase in staff offers faster customer service for on-the-fly questions or raw material orders. Please browse through our new inventory, and send us your next request for anything brass, bronze, or copper. We value your business and are proud to provide all of your quality bronze products. If you have any questions please contact us, or call 330-626-3666.
A glimpse of the inside of the Spectrum building
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On Wednesday March 10th, Chamber members and new guests packed the classrooms of Bohecker College to learn about the newest trends going on with social networking and calmed their fears about how to use the tools for social networking no matter how tech savvy they were. Andy Halko (above) is the CEO of Insivia and demonstrated the trends rises and falls with a graphic portrayal. This luncheon was set up as networking event and membership drive. Food was prepared by Susan Miller of Miller Catering. Though a large crowd, much quality networking took place. The next monthly luncheon will be Wednesday April 14th at The Rusty Nail. Speaker: Bob Coppedge Sponsor: Simplex-IT. RSVP today!
 Joel of Bohecker College talks to the group as the luncheon sponsor about the benefits and training courses Bohecker has to offer to students to best prepare them for future employment. |
Streetsboro High School Scholarship Fund
Donations/Senior Luncheon Sponsors Greatly Appreciated
Dear Streetsboro Area Chamber Community:
As we are all aware, education is very important to both our past, present and future communities. As a business organization within the Streetsboro Area, it is our hope to promote education among the youth of Streetsboro in order for them to strive for both higher education and a future career.
We are asking you as our Chamber members and supporters of this community to be a part of this hope. We have two major opportunities to provide hope for our children of Streetsboro. Each year, the Streetsboro Area Chamber of Commerce arranges a "Senior Appreciation Luncheon." It is set up to provide every graduating senior with a 3.5 GPA or better an opportunity to have lunch in a professional environment among local business professionals and with the students' peers to listen to an enlightening speech and walk away with a certificate of achievement and a few door prizes.
This year, our luncheon will be held on Wednesday May 5th at St. Joan of Arc Parish. We are asking each chamber member to sponsor at least one student for $15. You can sponsor more if you are able, but we also invite our membership and parents of students to attend this luncheon to serve as an example and mentor in interacting with the students that day. Last year, we celebrated the achievements of over 66 Streetsboro High School seniors. The students' feedback was very positive, and we know this year will follow the success of last year!
Finally, unfortunately last year we were unable to contribute a scholarship award given in previous years to a student pursuing a career in business due to lack of funding. This year, we would like to be able to present one scholarship to a deserving student. We are asking for your help to contribute any amount you are able to put toward our scholarship fund. We thank you for sharing a common vision of hope for our students; the leaders of tomorrow!
Most Sincerely,
The 2010 Scholarship Chamber Committee
 Special Thanks to this Year's Scholarship Key Contributors:
The Fraternal Order of Eagles
Contact: Mayor Art Scott
Delta Systems Inc.
Contact: Lissa Barry
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Sponsor a Streetsboro HS Student for $15
This year on May 5th at St. Joan of Arc Parish, we are honoring 38 Streetsboro High School Seniors with GPA's of 3.5 or higher. This is a great accomplishment for them. Please consider sponsoring a student or a couple students for $15/each for their lunch at our reception. We welcome our Chamber members and guests to attend this luncheon and interact with and honor these wonderful students-our leaders of the future. Contact the Chamber today to RSVP! Event Sponsored by ReMax/Haven. | |
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Member to Member
Discounts
Enjoy the offers provided by our members!
A benefit to being a member of the Streetsboro Area Chamber of Commerce is the discounts that our members offer to each other. If your business is not listed here, and you would like it to be, please contact the Chamber office with your details. (To be listed here, you must be a paid, up-to-date member of the SACC.)
Aurora Farms Premium Outlets
330.562.2000 - Claude Hopkins
Free VIP Coupon Book ($5 retail value)
Classic Nissan of Streestboro
835 Classic Drive
330.422.7300
1% over invoice on all new cars (except 370Z & GTR models)
Comfort Keepers
Through June 2010, Chamber members will receive a 50% discount on the first 10 hours of service when used with a minimum of 25 hours of service.
Fairfield Inn & Suites and TownePlace Suites by Marriott
Special rate for all chamber members: Both Hotels are currently being offered at $79.00/night. Meeting rooms are $75.00 a day.
Felber and Felber Marketing
Mark W. Boslett Inc. CPA
Offering $30 discount for all Chamber members or referrals for tax preparation services.
Park View Federal
9305 Market Square Drive, Streetsboro
330.626.9444
2.00% APY on a Savings Account
ReMAX/Haven
330.388.2771 - Barbara Kachenko
kachenkoteam@aol.com
Your choice of carpet or house cleaning after moving out or before moving in if you buy/sell with us!
Settler's Landing Apartments
330.528.1336 - Traci Zemba
Offering a Layoff Proof Lease
settlerslanding@goldbergcompanies.com
Teresa's Pizza
330.422.0050 - Billy Smith
20% off (excludes all other offers)
Western Reserve Racquet and Fitness Club
Chamber members receive 10% off health or tennis membership monthly dues with a NEW 12 month contract! If 5 or more people from your company join, you can save even more with our corporate discount!
To learn more about our club and our services, please visit our website at www.wrrfclub.com or stop in for a visit. If you'd like a guest pass to try out the club, please let us know! |
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