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We do "green." Heads Up designs, installs and maintains New Mexico's top commercial and residential landscapes.
Leading the xeriscape industry for over three decades. Heads Up is one of the 100 top landscape firms in the U.S.
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How does your company get involved in the community?
Your tips will be posted on our Corporate Sponsors and Affiliations webpage.
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Spotlight Sponsor :
EXHIB-IT! Tradeshow Marketing Experts
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EXHIB-IT! Tradeshow Marketing Experts is the leader in professional trade show displays and supplies and offers the most innovative and professional display exhibit systems. We offer a comprehensive line of exhibit systems that are modular, flat, popup, table top and banner stands. Our broad variety of booth accessories includes full color state- of- the- art graphics, table throws, drapes, literature holders, lighting, flooring and furnishings. We want to make your trade show a success by coming up with inspired displays that are sure to get you noticed and leave an impact on your target audience. We customize our trade show display systems to accommodate the objectives and the budget of your organization. We succeed in helping your organization create connections with new and existing customers by fashioning a fantastic display that is sure to be a success! Already have a display? We can furnish your existing display hardware with updated graphics, lettering, photography, and other peripherals. Not every company is ready to own a trade show display, or perhaps you are double booked and need a temporary solution. When you need a display in a hurry, or if you aren't ready to invest in owning an exhibit, renting your display may be the perfect solution for you. EXHIB-IT! has an outstanding rental division. Trade show exhibit rentals are both affordable and practical. We offer display rentals from custom modular solutions to smaller accessories such as lighting, flooring, literature holders and portable pop up displays. EXHIB-IT! also offers comprehensive design services for individuals that don't attend trade shows. Our exceptional graphic design professionals can offer packages that include logo design, business cards, brochure design, rack cards, website design and large format graphics for both the interior and exterior of buildings.
Over the years, we have established our business as an industry leader and have assisted hundreds of businesses across multiple industry sectors in creating custom displays and designs. We have more than two decades of experience and customers nationwide including commercial and governmental entities. Our team is known for their innovation and personalized service. We are friendly and professional. From start to finish, we will manage trade show display projects with an eye for detail. Listening to your needs enable us to conceptualize what kinds of designs will work best for your trade show displays. We focus on the goals of your enterprise and execute our custom display and exhibit systems flawlessly. At EXHIB-IT!, we are dedicated to the success of your business through appealing, one-of-a-kind graphic trade show displays. Before your next trade show or convention, contact EXHIB-IT! to discuss all of our display options and find out which one perfectly suits your company's mission and budget. |
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HOCKEY IS BACK!!
Don't miss the New Mexico Mustangs games against the the Witchita Falls Wildcats in November!
November 4th and 5th
7:30 pm / 6:30 doors
Click here for full schedule
***Private Suites for Parties and Groups are just $250!
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Hotel Packages are available at the Official Hotel Partners of Santa Ana Star Center.
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Welcome to November, the month between the fall and winter months! As we prepare ourselves for another holiday season we anticipate not only a new calendar year, but some new faces at the Star Center as well.
In this month's newsletter, we introduce our new food and beverage consessionaire. This is an exciting change for the Star Center.
Speaking of food, as Thanksgiving rapidly approaches and the New Mexico weather gets colder, it is also a good time to think about those who may be in need of help in our community. In fact, in this issue, you can learn how giving back to your local community can benefit others in addition to the growth of your own company.
And for you football fans looking to extend the season this year, you can learn a little more about the Indoor Football League as we get geared up for an exciting season in February!
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The Santa Ana Star Center Welcomes Ovations Food Services
Ovations Food Services has been awarded the concessionaire contract for the Santa Ana Star Center and the City of Rio Rancho, effective October 27, 2011. Along with menu changes, Ovations is also contributing a large portion of money to rebranding the concession area at Star Center with a new and exciting look.
Ovations Food Services' mission is to deliver fresh food and beverage with exceptional service. Ovations specializes in providing services to stadiums, arenas, convention centers, fairgrounds, expo-centers, auto racing, casinos, performing arts centers and amphitheaters. Ovations Food Services has managed food service contracts at more than forty venues in the United States and Canada. Among those are more than a dozen Minor League Baseball stadiums, one of them being New Mexico's own Albuquerque Isotopes Park.
The Santa Ana Star Center and the City of Rio Rancho are very excited to begin this new partnership with Ovations, and we are confident that all of our patrons will notice a tremendous increase in both the quality and service here at the Star Center.
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How Community Involvement Can Benefit Small Businesses
Article Provided by Encyclopedia of Small Business
Community relations refers to the various methods companies use to establish and maintain a mutually beneficial relationship with the communities in which they operate. The underlying principal of community relations is that when a company accepts its civic responsibility and takes an active interest in the well-being of its community, then it gains a number of long-term benefits in terms of community support, loyalty, and good will. "Community involvement builds public image and employee morale, and fosters a sense of teamwork that is essential in long-term success," Lisa Desatnik noted in Cincinnati Business Journal.
A comprehensive, ongoing community relations program can help virtually any organization achieve visibility as a good community citizen. Organizations are recognized as good community citizens when they support programs that improve the quality of life in their community, including crime prevention, employment, environmental programs, clean-up and beautification, recycling, and restoration. Some other examples of ongoing programs might include scholarship programs, urban renewal projects, performing arts programs, social and educational programs, children's activities, community organizations, and construction projects. On a more limited scale, small businesses might achieve community visibility and engender good will by sponsoring local sports teams or other events. Support may be financial or take the form of employee participation.
Good community relations programs offer small businesses a wide variety of benefits. For instance, they give employees a reason to be proud of the company, which increases loyalty and may help to reduce labor and production costs. Furthermore, a company with happy employees and a good reputation in the community is likely to attract highly qualified new employees. A small company also might generate new business through the contacts and leads it generates in its community relations activities. Such contacts might also make it easier for the company to obtain financing for expansion, find promising new locations, or gain favorable treatment in terms of taxes, ordinances, or utilities. Good community relations can also be beneficial in times of crisis, such as a fire or a plant closing, by rallying the community around the affected business. "Some companies don't achieve success despite their small-town locale," David Stamps wrote in Training. "They succeed because of it."
TYPES OF COMMUNITY RELATIONS PROGRAMS
According to Norman R. Soderberg in his book Public Relations for the Entrepreneur and the Growing Business, small businesses can become involved in their communities in any number of ways. Some recommended routes toward increasing community involvement include: taking an active interest in community problems; sponsoring youth activities; participating in local government; joining business and service groups; purchasing materials and supplies from local companies; encouraging community education and culture; making offices or other facilities available to community organizations; supporting local charity drives; and taking part in civic activities.
Soderberg discusses a number of specific programs designed to increase a small business's visibility and prestige within a community. For example, the company might volunteer to develop a civic program, like a charity drive or auction. In addition, the small business owner, or another company representative, could give talks before the local chamber of commerce or civic association. The company could also invite community groups to tour its plant or offices, or could make its facilities available to such groups for meetings or events. Alternatively, the company could prepare an informational videotape about its products, services, employment policies, and overall mission and make this resource available to the community. Informational brochures and newsletters might also be distributed to civic and government leaders. Another way to improve community relations might be to beautify the company's surroundings with a fountain, sculpture, or garden, so that it becomes a local landmark. Whichever types of community relations programs are used, it is important to keep the media informed about the company's activities.
Soderberg stresses that for a small business, community relations should involve more than just an annual contribution to the United Way. Instead, the small business owner should become personally involved in the effort, and should encourage employees to participate as well. A company's employees should try to represent it well in all their interactions-from practicing good manners on the road while driving company vehicles to treating customers and even visiting salespeople with courtesy. In order to motivate employees to be good company representatives, small business owners should take whatever steps are needed to boost morale. These might include maintaining an open-door policy, setting up a complaint box, or recognizing employees who are helping the community.
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What is the Indoor Football League (IFL)?
The Santa Ana Star Center welcomed their newest tenant to the building, the New Mexico Stars, last month. The Stars are part of the well established Indoor Football League, which over the last few seasons has established itself as the premier indoor football league in the United States.
In 2003, two businessmen in Texas launched the game and the 6-team Intense Football league was born all over Texas. The league grew from six to eight, to ten teams without ever having a game go un-played for five seasons.
A year later, several veteran team operators in the Midwest formed a league titled the United Indoor Football Association and for four years enjoyed...and really earned...the same success over the coming four years. During this period, league executives from both sides admired the others success and a frie ndship was developed.
In 2008, the suggestion of merger became reality as the two leagues agreed to dissolve their former affiliations to become the new Indoor Football League. Shortly after, the young league began receiving inquiries from teams in other leagues across American and granted entry to several solid teams to grow to 19 teams for the 2009 inaugural season.
In 2009, the league competes with 19 active teams in it's inaugural season. The Billings Outlaws defeat the RiverCity Rage and are crowned the first United Bowl Champion in August.
In 2010, the IFL expanded to 25 teams in its second active season. The Billings Outlaws defeated the Sioux Falls Storm to become repeat United Bowl Champions.
2011 brings in new faces and new places to the Indoor Football League. With the addition of new teams in markets such as Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Arizona, and Wyoming, the IFL is sure to give its fans another great year of fast paced, hard hitting entertainment.
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