September 30, 2009

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Spirit Bank Presents the September E-news
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Your business is unique!  And, only by partnering with you to achieve success can SpiritBank ever be successful. So, we put together a unique banking concept with the Business Resource Center. It offers you...  
A Strategic Partner Network
  Many businesses can't hire full time positions for all business applications such as accounting, legal, marketing or human resources. This is the heart of the Business Resource Center. We've assembled some of the best of the best in these fields to make your outsourcing a breeze.
 
A Business Solutions Series
  These are educational seminars and forums to keep you informed of business topics. They are interactive and designed to provide networking opportunities among all of our businesses. After all, many of us have common business problems and solutions.
 
An Online Business Center
  Many of the tools, forms or solutions you need can be found on our website. Visit soon to see how we can help your business.
 
SpiritBank goes beyond traditional banking.  Now that's the spirit!

This is a paid advertisment. 
Joe White winenrJoe White Wins 24 inch TV at Luncheon as a Part of the NEW Member Reward$ Program!

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The Edmond Chamber announced the new Member Reward$ program at the September 29th Membership Luncheon yesterday.  The Chamber gave away a 24 inch flat screen TV which was won by Joe White, pictured above on the right with Chamber Chair Jan Moran (left) and Chamber Controller, Sherry Jordan.
 
The fourth quarter of 2009 will be used to test the program which will run from October 1, 2009 to December 18, 2009.

Points will be awarded for event attendance and committee meeting attendance. Point standings will be in the Wednesday e-news every other week and will also be available for viewing on the Chamber's website. Member point standings will be updated every Friday on the web site.

Prizes will be awarded on a monthly and quarterly basis. Members will be eligible for the prize drawings based on their accumulated points.

A complete list of point values and program rules are listed on the Chamber's web site at www.edmondchamber.com.
Speaker Series and Mayor Update
OSU's Spears School of Business Presents William D. Cohan - Author, House of Cards and The Last Tycoons
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Presentation and Luncheon: 12-1:30 p.m.; National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum
 
"House of Cards: How and Why the Financial Market Melted Down"
William Cohan is a former Wall Street senior banker and best-selling investigative journalist with insider knowledge and insights into the current financial crisis. He has written two books about Wall Street:
 
The Last Tycoons, which won the 2007 Financial Times/Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award, and House of Cards: A Tale of Hubris and Wretched Excess on Wall Street. The latter book, published in March 2009, dealt with the current financial crisis and the collapses of Bear Sterns and Lehman Brothers. Previously, Cohan was a Vice President at Lazard Fréres, a Director in the Mergers and Acquisitions Group at Merrill Lynch, and a Managing Director at JPMorgan Chase.

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Mayor Douglas has a new Mayor's Message that she is placing on the city's website at http://www.edmondok.com/government/mayor
 
Click on Mayor's Message on the left and read the latest message, view the archive of previous messages and sign up for the RSS feed for new messages.
 
Mayor Douglas is committed to communication with the business community and citizens.
TRC Campaign Trip Winners Back from Cancuntrip winners
 
The Total Resource Campaign trip winners vacationed in Cancun, Mexico last week as a reward for their hard work to raise money for the Chamber.
 
Left - right - Darin & Tyler Kent, Brenda & Tim Deimund, Lori & Kenneth Wohl, Jan & Wynn Moran, Phil Kerbo & Rhonda Bowman, & Ken Moore.
 
tad kennedyNew Video Tuesday: Tad Kennedy gives his view on being nominated for SBOY
 
Watch this energetic and funny video of Tad Kennedy's take on being nominated for the Chamber's Small Business of the Year award.
 
See this week's video on YouTube here:  http://www.youtube.com/user/EdmondChamber
 
These videos are funny, informative and will let you know about upcoming events or just tell you how the Chamber is helping local businesses. We hope you will watch these and give us feedback!
 
Also, let us know what you would like to see on upcoming videos!
mercy blackThank you Auction Donors for GREAT Items! auction logo 2009
 
We would like to thank the following Donors for making our auction a success.

3rd Combat Communications Group
A Bloom Above the Rest
Advanced Benefit Solutions, LLC
Allegiance Credit Union
Al's Bicycles-Edmond
American Guaranty Title Co.
Armstrong Developments LLC
Arvest Bank - Kingston
Aspen Athletic Club - Edmond
AT&T
Baggerley Funeral Home
Bank of Oklahoma, N.A.
Baxter, Electric, Heating & Air, Inc.
Best Buy - Quail Springs
Best of Books
Boulevard Steakhouse
Breast Imaging of Oklahoma
Buckley's Sticks & Stones L.L.C
Buffalo Wild Wings
Camp Bow Wow
Charleston's - Edmond
Citizens Bank of Edmond
City of Edmond
Coffee Creek Golf Course
Complete Landsculpture
Congresswoman Mary Fallin
Cookies by Design
Coppermark Bank
Crabtree Aircraft Company, Inc.
Creative Photo Video, Inc.
Crest Discount Foods, Inc.
Dennis Chaumont Insurance Agency
Designer Rugs
Downtown Edmond Business Association
Edmond Area Chamber of Commerce
Edmond Electric
Edmond Life & Leisure
Edmond Optical Shop, Inc.
Edmond Safe & Lock, Inc.
Edmond Wine Shop
Edmond YMCA - Rankin location
Elements Therapeutic Massage - North Edmond
Employment and Residential Centers (EARC)
Enterprise Rent-A-Car
Express Employment Professionals
FAA Credit Union
Farmers Grain Company
Fashion Boutique at the DownTown Shoppe
Fine Arts Institute of Edmond
Fish City Grill - Edmond
Framin' Gallery
Francis Tuttle
Gifts of Mercy
Glass Solutions LLC
Graeber Design
Healing Hands Massage
Hefner Eye Care & Optical Center
Homeland Stores
House of Vacuums
Integris Health
Intrust Bank, N.A. - S. Kelly
Jazzercise
JC's Funky Hair Ranch
Jenny Craig
Jetta Corporation
Johnnie's Catering
Karen Moore Studio in The DownTown Shoppe
Kelley Pointe
Kennedy Tire & Auto Service
Kickingbird Golf Club
Kumon of Edmond
Legacy Cleaners and Laundry #4
Lemongrass Modern Thai Cuisine
Lester, Loving & Davies, PC
LibertyFest
Lottinvilles Restaurant & Bar
Lu-Ray Petroleum, LLC.
Madeline's Flower Shop & Greenhouse, Inc.
Make It Yours
Massage Envy
Matthews Funeral Home
Michelle Schaefer Farmers Insurance Agency
MIDCON Data Services, LLC
MidFirst Bank
Natural Stone Design
Oak Tree Country Club
Oak Tree National
OK Tumblebus
Oklahoma Blood Institute
Oklahoma Christian University
Oklahoma Fidelity Bank
Oklahoma Heart Hospital
P.F. Chang's China Bistro
Parsons Jewelry, Inc.
Patti's Hallmark
Pelco Products, Inc.
Petra Industries, Inc.
Pink Sugar Shoe Boutique
Pollard Theatre
POPS
Quality Sleep Specialists, LLC
Ray Vaughn, County Commissioner
Results Fitness and Nutrition Center
RNL Systems, Inc.
Ruth Meyers, Inc.
Sam's Club
Science Museum Oklahoma
Signature Grill
Simpson-Brockhaus Fine Jewelry
Southwestern Publishing, LLC
Spirit Bank - Edmond
Sterling's Home Decor & Gifts
Super Suppers - Edmond
TeamLogic IT of OKC
The Arcadian Inn
The Culinary Kitchen
The Edmond Sun
The Greens Country Club
The Oklahoma Photo Booth Co.
The Oklahoman
Tinker Federal Credit Union
Tuscan Loggia
UCO
UCO Jazz Lab
UCO Wellness Center
VIP Insurance Agency, Inc. LLC
Vital Signs, Inc.
Upcoming Events
eypEdmond Young Professionals Networking Event
 
Come network with other Edmond Young Professionals!
 
When: October 6, 2009, 5:30-7 p.m.
Where: Gaillardia Country Club, 5300 Gaillardia Boulevard     
 
Gold Host Sponsor: Citizens Bank of Edmond
Silver Sponsor: Rubenstein McCormick & Pitts  
Members are encouraged to bring a friend to find out more about the organization!

Edmond Young Professionals - Presented by: Mo Anderson - Keller Williams; UCO 
October Morning Mingle
Presented by Allegiance Credit Union 
 
When: Wednesday, October 7, 2009 - 8 - 9:30 a.m. 
Where: Citizens Bank, Coffee Creek Branch at 855 W. Covell Rd.Edmond
 
Morning Mingle is a casual networking event hosted at a member business.
FREE!  No RSVP!
Find out what the Chamber can do for you! 
October New Member Orientation
Presented by First Fidelity Bank
 
When: Wednesday, October 7, 2009 - 4-5 p.m. 
Where: Chamber Offices
 
This is a fun, informative hour for new and old members alike! Members learn benefits and activities of the Chamber through a game and from other members.
Gold Host Sponsor: Super Suppers - Edmond 
Hone in on your Target Market
October Lunch & Learn
Presented by Coppermark Bank
 
When: Thursday, October 8, 2009
Time: 11:30-1pm
Where:  Chamber Offices  
 
Topic: Honing in on Your Target Market 
Conversation starters: Gail Carr, Genesis Designs, LLC & Ali Clark, Thornbrooke Group
 
All members are invited to come. The target audience for the workshops are small businesses. This is an open forum of discussion which provides information to help small businesses.

 'Conversation starters' are brought in by the steering committee to get the discussion started among the group and to share their knowledge on the topic. Participants may bring their own lunch and the Chamber will provide refreshments. 
 
FREE!  No RSVP!  
Register Now for the Inaugural Women's Conference presented by Edmond Medical! Cindi Broddus
 
The Inaugural Women's Conference is set for November 13, 2009 at the UCO University Center.  The conference will be from 9:00a.m. - 1:30p.m.  Register now.
 
The speakers are set for the four break-out sessions at the inaugural Women's Leadership Conference. 
 
Cindi Broaddus, also known as Dr. Phil McGraw's sister-in-law and author of "A Random Act", will be the keynote speaker discussing her life journey and the tragic assault that changed her life forever. 
 
The Conference's theme is "Women Helping Women". The conference will start with a main session, followed by two break-out sessions and conclude with Broaddus during lunch. Read more...
 Welcome New Members!
Batteries Plus - Edmond
1601 S. Broadway
Edmond, OK  73013
 
Kristin & Alex Blazy, Independent Consultants
3126 S. Blvd. #128
Edmond, OK  73013
 
Bridge Enterprise Solutions, LLC
P.O. Box 5193
Edmond, OK  73013
 
Capital West Securities, Inc.
211 N. Robinson, Ste. 200
Oklahoma City, OK  73102
 
Changes Hair Studio
235 S. Coltrane
Edmond, OK  73034
 
Chick-fil-A at Quail Springs Mall
2501 W. Memorial Road, Space #12
Oklahoma City, OK  73134
 
EMS Building Maintenance, LLC
5108 SE 51st St.
Oklahoma City, OK  73135
 
London Limo
1505 Commerce St.
Yukon, OK  73099
 
Representative Lewis Moore
P.O. Box 250
Arcadia, OK  73007
 
Premirus
3525 NW 56th, Ste. B110
Oklahoma City, OK  73112
 
Sooner Traditions, LLC
2221 W. Lindsey St.
PO Box 5156
Norman, OK  73070
 
Trotter Doors
6501 NW 122nd St.
Oklahoma City, OK  73142
 
UTurn Consulting, LLC
PO Box 8531
Edmond, OK  73083-8531
 
Walgreens at 150th & Western (#7444)
15100 N. Western Ave.
Edmond, OK  73013
 
Walgreens at 2nd & Bryant (#6436)
1400 E. 2nd St.
Edmond, OK  73034
 
Walgreens at 2nd & Santa Fe (#3648)
301 S. Santa Fe Ave.
Edmond, OK  73003
 
Walgreens at 33rd & Blvd. (#4896)
185 E. 33rd St.
Edmond, OK  73013
 
Walgreens at Kelly & Covell (#10094)
2675 N. Kelly Ave.
Edmond, OK  73003

 
Upcoming ribbon cuttings

All members are invited to attend ribbon cuttings!
 
- Thursday Oct 1 4:30 pm Hip & Swanky (Pam McGovern) - 1247 E Danforth; Kickingbird Shopping Center

- Tuesday Oct 6 10:00 am Koko Fit Club (Erika Lucas) - 309 S Bryant, St 100; 2nd & Bryant in shopping center with Edmond Medical Physical Therapy

- Tuesday Oct 6 11:30 am Batteries Plus (Marietta) - 1601 S Broadway, St. B; S of Starbucks and Chipotle

- Thursday Oct 8 8:00 am Verizon Wireless (Timothy Phipps) - 15th and Broadway, SW corner next to Starbucks

- Monday Oct 12 4:30 pm*** CoreVault (James Pellow) - 13900 N. Portland Ave.

- Thursday Oct 22 3:00 pm Mad Science of Central Oklahoma (Pat Grimes) - 344 S Santa Fe Ave (Willowcreek shopping center)

- Wednesday Oct 28 1:00 pm TeamLogicIT of OKC (Davis Merrey) - 3009 NW 63rd St., Ste. 1A, Oklahoma City
Board of Advisors 
Mo Anderson, Keller Williams
 
Arvest Bank
 
Bank of America
 
Capital West Securities, Inc.
 
Chase Bank 
 
Deaconess Family Care
 
The Edmond Sun
 
Edmond Electric 
 
First Commercial Bank
 
Integris Health
 
Kirkpatrick Bank
 
OGE Energy Corp.
 
Oklahoma Municipal Power Authority
 
Pelco Products, Inc.
The Edmond Area Chamber Of Commerce Is Dedicated To:
 
Creating a Strong Local Economy
 
Promoting the Community
 
Providing Networking Opportunities and Business Contacts 
 
Representing Business Interests to Government
Important Links
 
 
Members can share information and promotions with other members on this page. Please send your information to
info@edmondchamber.com with Our Member's Announce in the subject box.
 
2009 Calendar
  
October
Leadership Edmond Alumni Cookout
Oct 1, 2009, 6-8 p.m. At the Chamber Offices
  
Edmond Young Professionals Networking Event
October 6, 2009, 5:30-7 p.m. Gaillardia Country Club
 
Morning Mingle
Wednesday, October 7, 2009 - 8 - 9:30 a.m.
Citizens Bank
 
New Member Orientation
Wednesday, October 7, 2009 - 4-5 p.m. - Chamber Offices
 
Lunch & Learn
Thursday, October 8, 2009 - Time: 11:30-1pm
Chamber Offices
 
Business After Hours
Tuesday, October 13, 2009 - 5:30 - 7 p.m.
Coppermark Bank

Women's Network Breakfast
Thursday, October 22, 2009 - 7:30 - 9a.m.
Oklahoma Christian University

Edmond Area Chamber of Commerce
825 E Second St. Ste #100, Edmond, OK 73034
p: 405.341.2808 f: 405.340.5512 e: info@edmondchamber.com www.edmondchamber.com