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NOVEMBER, 2010 - Vol 1, Issue 3
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| Did you know? |
- For first time visitors to our monthly luncheon, lunch is on us! Simply contact us in advance.
- If you would like to donate a prize for the next MCBA event, let us know!
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Board of Directors
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PresidentVice-PresidentTreasurerSecretaryPast PresidentMembers at Large
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| New Board Members to be Announced | |
At the Annual MCBA Holiday Party the new board members for 2011 will be announced. If you don't make it, watch for their bios in the December newsletter.
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| What's in December that no other month has? (Other than the letter "D") |  The MCBA Annual Holiday Party
MCBA members are invited to enjoy the festive atmosphere at My Garden Nursery on Friday, Dec 3, from 5:30 to 7pm. Mix and mingle and maybe even do a bit of shopping among the fir trees as My Garden Nursery will be offering a special discount to members that evening.
Tickets are $15 and can be purchased at the door, however for planning purposes organizers encourage guests to pre-purchase their tickets at the November luncheon or anytime after from Heidi Butz at (425) 489-2569. $10 of each sale will be donated to the Alzheimer's Association of Western Washington. Price includes 2 drink tickets and heavy hors d'ouvres. Let's toast a successful holiday season for all Mill Creek businesses!
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| Commercial air service at Paine Field | |
Paine Field is home to the Boeing Everett plant (which as you may know is the world's largest building by volume). It is also home to Aviation Technical Services, one of the nation's largest aviation maintenance facilities. It may also soon be an airport servicing two commercial airlines, Allegiant Air and Hoizon Air. How will this impact Snohomish County from an economic standpoint? Why should this be of interest to small business owners? What is the time line for these changes? Tuesday's speaker, Reid Shockey will answer these questions and more.
 | | Reid Shockey, Principal of Shockey Planning Group |
Reid Shockey is Principal of Shockey Planning Group, an environmental and land use consulting firm located in Everett since 1980. Reid has served as the Board Chair for the Snohomish County Economic Development Council, Everett Area Chamber of Commerce and Providence Hospital Community Board. He is the current Chair of the Snohomish County Committee for Improved Transportation and in 2006 served on the Regional Transportation Commission as an appointee of Governor Gregoire. He is a lifelong Puget Sound resident and graduated from the University of Washington in 1968. He and his wife Linda reside in Everett.
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Shop Local Campaign Has Begun!
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If you haven't already,
we invite you to take a look at
The Mill Creek Business Association's (MCBA) targeted advertising campaign throughout the holiday shopping season with a website component.
A BENEFIT OF YOUR MCBA MEMBERSHIP!
LEARN HOW YOUR COMPANY CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS GREAT ADVERTISING OPPORTUNITY:
HTTP://WWW.BUYMILLCREEK.ORG.
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5 Tips to set priorities for your business
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From SCORE
- Use a paper-based, electronic or computerized list to keep track of your tasks, instead of relying on your memory. A list will give you a clear idea of what you need to accomplish.
- Which tasks could you handle another day? If you would face no consequences by moving a task forward, move it ahead another day or another week.
- Know the difference between important and urgent. Important means a task needs to be done while urgent means it must be done immediately. Knowing the difference between the two will make prioritizing easier.
- Realize that you can't do everything. This will help you to realistically prioritize your tasks.
- Determine if postponing the task would affect other projects you are working on. Tasks and projects can have a domino effect. If you do one task, yet fail to do another, you may have wasted effort on the first task.
For more business tips, visit www.score.org.
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Events around town
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NOVEMBER:
18-19-20 - H.M. Jackson High School Theatre Society presents "Servant of Two Masters." Presented at the Everett High School Little Theatre at 2331 Hoyt Avenue. Seating is limited. Curtain is 7 pm. To make a reservation click here.
DECEMBER
3 - Musings holiday open house and raffle
A fun and festive holiday open house will be held at Musings Artist Inspired on Friday, Dec. 3, from 5 to 8 p.m. Wine and hors d'oeuvres will be served, and with any purchase, patrons will be entered to win a necklace/earring set created especially for the event by Marcia Beck, co-owner of Musings.
The open house will also kick off Musings' annual raffle to benefit YWCA Pathways for Women of Snohomish County. Various works of art have been donated by Musings' artists for the raffle. Tickets are $5 each or five tickets for $20, with ticket sales continuing through Saturday, Dec. 11. All raffle winners will be notified by Dec. 15.
YWCA Pathways for Women provides shelter, transitional housing, classes, counseling and clothing for women who are in need of help, have been abused or are ready to turn their lives around.
Musings Artist Inspired is located in the Mill Creek Town Center at 15408 Main St., #103, in Mill Creek. For more information call (425) 337-3731 or go to www.musingsart.com.
4- Tree Lighting followed by "Santa's Coming to Town Parade"
Mark your calendar and please join Mill Creek Parks & Recreation for the annual Tree Lighting at City Hall. Immediately following the Tree Lighting, take your seat on Main Street to watch the "Santa's Coming to Town Parade" sponsored by Mill Creek Rotary and Mill Creek Windermere. A few highlights from the parade include musical performances by Jackson High School and Mill Creek Elementary students, Disney Characters, the Dickens Carolers, and Santa and his Elves.
Photos with Santa at the Forum in Town Center- Bring your cameras and add to your family memory collection. Time: 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
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| Member News |
- Synergy Chiropractic expands services to Mill Creek Community. Synergy Chiropractic recently opened doors in a new location in the Mill Creek Town Center. Now located at 15117 Main St. S.E., #208, Synergy has expanded into a wellness center that will offer chiropractic, massage, acupuncture, emotion code therapy, foot zone therapy, personal training and naturopathy. The wellness center will have a grand opening health fair on Sat., Nov. 20, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Visitors will enjoy appetizers during the event and have the opportunity to purchase special deals and packages. Appointments are now being made for Dr. Rhian Young, the naturopath at the center. Call (425) 357-1105 to make an appointment or for more information.
- Byte Slaves offering Get Charged Up for 2011 (Part One). Get ready for the New Year by defining your perfect customer and then create your strategy for engaging your top prospects. Many business people waste a lot of time and energy marketing to to people that will probably never use their services. These business people may also find themselves spinning their wheels with clients that are not the right fit.
This workshop is designed to help you:
Identify your top prospects
Create a marketing message that appeals to these prospects
Design a marketing plan to get your message in front of these prospects
Turn these prospects into customers
This workshop will be led by some of the area's experts in marketing, graphic design and more. Visit our home page to sign up for our events-only newsletter. You will get updates on the panelists and our 2011 event calendar!
Cost is $40 in advance, $50 after 12/3 or at the door. To register, click here. - Journal Newspapers will be contacting you in December to start work on the 2011 Mill Creek Business Association Directory. Want to get your order in early? Just click here.
- My Garden Nursery was recently awarded First Place in KING 5 TV's "Best of Western Washington" competition. Selected by viewers who vote online, they were chosen number one from a field of 59 nominees. Congratulations! Also check out My Garden Nursery's video on their participation in the Susan G Komen 3-Day for the Cure walk.
- Elle Marie Hair Studio was recognized as a Top 5 Finalist once again in KING 5 TV's "Best of Western Washington" competition and is proud to be the only hair salon to earn top five honors each of the last three years. In addition, they just wrapped their 4th annual Pink Hair for Hope campaign raising over $5000 for breast cancer awareness bringing their total donations from the October fundraiser over the past four years to over $17,000! Elle Marie welcomed employees of My Garden Nursery as they went pink with KING 5's Christie Johnson on October 11th. If you missed it, footage is available on Elle Marie's YouTube page.
- Nancy's Noah's Ark has just opened a new gift shop called Baskitkase featuring home decor, season items and other specialty gift merchandise. Open 8:30am-5pm Mon-Fri. During the month of November, you will receive a free Christmas soap with every purchase!
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New membership levels and sponsorship opportunities! |
 The MCBA board is introducing a new membership application, effective immediately, that provides more than the basic membership level. Members can now opt to step up as "Lunch or After-Hours Sponsors," or choose one of four Associate Champion Sponsorships designated as "Silver," "Gold," Platinum," or "Festival Title". Each of these levels of support come with a detailed list of the benefits associated with them. As a member/sponsor of the MCBA, you strengthen your company's competitive edge by increasing its visibility and credibility as you support events that interest the community that you do business in. Proven effective, business sponsorship is the fastest growing form of marketing in the United States.
Sponsorship differentiates your company from competitors by highlighting your community partnership. It shows civic pride and responsibility while strengthening relationships with existing and potential customers, showcasing your services and products, and building brand familiarity for your company.
By aligning your company with specific events, such as the annual Mill Creek Festival, you make use of an effective marketing tool that accesses a wide range of audiences, including decision makers in business, government entities and customers.
Sponsorship that involves hospitality is especially effective, given the advantage of exclusive networking opportunities like Chamber networking breakfasts and lunches, as well as after-hours events. The MCBA board hopes you consider these new levels of commitment with your business association for 2011. This is now also the new membership application for the rest of 2010. Download the MCBA Membership Application and Benefits (83K .pdf).
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