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Grand Prairie Chamber of Commerce
Weekly Newletter
January 29, 2010 |
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Sustaining Member Spotlight .
Medical Center of Arlington is a 326-bed acute care, full service hospital that has served Tarrant County for over 30 years. MCA is fully accredited by The Joint Commission, Tarrant County's first and Certified Chest Pain Center, as well as Tarrant County's first accredited Primary Stroke Center Program, and the American College of Surgeons newest certified Cancer Program. As measured by Medicare's core measures, which ranks hospitals clinically for acute myocardial infarction (heart attack), heart failure, pneumonia, and surgical complications, MCA ranks among the top 10% of all hospitals nationwide. As MCA has grown its services and transformed from a rural community hospital in 1976 to a major healthcare player in the heart of the D/FW metroplex, the hospital has also continued to focus on providing high quality medical services with special attention to patient service.
MCA is anchored by several exemplorary programs that provide outstanding benefit to Arlington and its surrounding communities. 4,000 babies are delivered each year at the Women's Center, a dedicated building that also houses a fetal diagnostic center, and a level III neonatal intensive care unit. Emergency Services are second to none in an ED that sees nearly 70,000 patients each year with some of the fastest turn-around times in the country. As the official hospital and rehabilitation provider for the Texas Rangers, MCA is a regional leader in sports medicine for pro athletes as well as little-leaguers. In January of 2009, MCA opened its newly remodeled Heart and Vascular center, which includes 30 private suites staffed by a team of clinicians who are experts and who are passionate about heart and vascular care.
Medical Center of Arlington has over 500 board certified or board eligible physicians representing more than 40 different specialties on staff. We are committed to providing exemplary care for our patients and community. |
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State of the City Dinner - February 4, 2010
Ruthe Jackson Center
Join city, business and residential leaders at the annual State of the City Address given by Mayor Charles England at the Ruthe Jackson Center, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. The evening begins with registration at 6 p.m., dinner at 7 p.m. and the address at 8 p.m. There will also be a community silent auction which will begin at 6 p.m. and close at 7:30 p.m. Individual reservations are $40 per person and may be made by calling the Chamber at 972-264-1558 or by email to Sara@GrandPrairieChamber.org
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Event Sponsors*
Dealers Auto Auction of Dallas-Espey Consultants, Inc.-Freese and Nichols, Inc.-Grand Prairie Disposal-Chick-fil-A Carrier Towne Crossing-Atmos Energy-Manhattan Construction-TXU Energy Sports Corporation/ Oncor Electric Delivery-Texas Trust Credit Union-Mission Uniform & Linen Service-FASTSIGNS-J M H Printing Co.Control Products Corporation- Creative Embroidery & Trophy Division-Brinkley Sargent Architects-Hong Kong Market Place-Grand Prairie Housing Finance & Jackson Property Company-Bill Thorn Real Estate-Atmos Energy-Gail Wills, CPA-Hong Kong Market Place-Linebarger, Goggan, Blair & Sampson, LLP-CSL Plasma-CSL Plasma-Vought Aircraft Industries, Inc.-TXU Energy-Chesapeake Energy-Reynolds Asphalt & Construction Co.-Eye Care Associates of Texas, P.A.-Halff Associates, Inc.-Reliable Paving-Schrickel, Rollins & Associates, Inc. -
Teacher of the Year Award Sponsor-Ruthe Jackson in honor of Dan Clemson
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Monday, February 1st
Executive Board Meeting
Chamber
11:30 am
Wednesday, February 3th
Leadership Grand Prairie
"Health & Human Services" Day
Chamber Office
8:00 am
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Golf Classic Committee Meeting
Chamber office
4:00 pm
Thursday, Feb 4th
State of the City Address and Community Auction
6:00 pm Registration and Community Auction
7:00 pm Dinner
8:00 pm Address
Admission: $40 person
RSVP to 972-780-4990
Sponsorship Opportunities available
The Leadership Alumni Committee meets to plan the current Leadership Class Program making this a self perpetuating program. The format of each class relies heavily on past participants and each year raises the quality of the program.
Chairperson: Roy Wilson Northwood University 972-291-1541 wilsonr@northwood.edu Leadership Committee 4:00 pm Chamber Office Thursday, Feb 11th
Business After Hours Renegade Motorcycle
2618 W. I-20
5:30-7:00 pm
(Postponed from January 28th)
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Branding Irons Breakfast |
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Mountain Creek Retirement Living was the location of January 28, 2010 Branding Irons Breakfast. Mindi Willis, the Executive Director of Mountain Creek Retirement Living and her staff welcomed Grand Prairie Chamber of Commerce Branding Irons to their property. They served a wonderful, hot breakfast and gave an overview of the resident amenities and services they provide. Mountain Creek Retirement also has a meeting room which is available for public use, it has wireless internet available as well as catering services. The Branding Irons discussed the upcoming events and networked.
The Branding Irons is a committee of dedicated chamber members responsible for acting as the welcoming arm of the Chamber and serves as Ambassadors to make all feel welcome. They serve as official greeters at Luncheons and Business After Hour mixers. They preside over all ribbon cuttings that are specifically scheduled to welcome new members to the Chamber.
Jason Palmer, Mindi Willis & Victoria Sewell from Mountain Creek Retirement Living
Richard Whitman with Texas Trust Credit Union and Deborah Hepworth, Beauty Consultant - Independent Senior Sales Director with Mary Kay Cosmetics
Matt Delaney with Beyond Web Solutions, Maureen Forrester, Community Volunteer, Mary Telfrey with Grand Prairie Health Care, Prudence Mathis, Community Volunteer and David Kendall with Liberty Mutual Insurance
Deidra Green with Sam's Club, City Council Member Bill Thorn and Patrick Washington with Office Depot
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Kudos to Mark Dean at Guerrero Dean Funeral Home who is the current District Governor of District 2X1 Lions Club for bringing over 200 Lions from all over the Metroplex to the Uptown Theater in Grand Prairie. What a great way to show off our City and this wonderful venue. It was Chamber work at it's best using Eddlemon's as the caterer. Johnny and his crew did a wonderful job. What a great example of how we can work together to bring new attention to the attractions and businesses in our community. Thanks Mark! |
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Click on any of the Chamber links below.
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Grand Prairie Metro Rotary Club will sponsor a blood drive Monday 2/1/10
Oncor is offering cash incentives for the purchase and installation of residential and small commercial solar water heating systems.
Valentine Luncheon Benefiting Grand Prairie United Charities
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| "Call to Action" - Current Volunteer request |
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2010 Relay For Life of Grand Prairie needs you! We are looking for people who want to help plan this year's Relay. If you're interested in finding out more about planning committee opportunities please contact Brittainy Johnson, ACS Staff Partner at brittainy.johnson@cancer.org, 214-819-1213.
Brittainy Johnson
Community Manager-Development
American Cancer Society
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Welcome our Newest Members!
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Emery
Huber, DO
2080 N.
Hwy 360, #125
Grand
Prairie, TX 75050
(817)
633-2020
Nutrishop
Abu Berry
3040 W.
Camp Wisdom Rd, #150
Grand
Prairie, TX 75051
(972)
660-4400
Prudence
Mathis
Community
Volunteer
2 East
Creek
Grand
Prairie, TX 75052
(469)
583-0608
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Grand Prairie Rotary Club's
2nd Annual Texas Hold'em Poker Tournament
Grand Prize
A Seat in the Red River Roundup!!
$1,000 Value!!
Where to PlayGrand Oaks Country Club
When to Play
Saturday, Jan 30th, 7pm
What to Pay
$50 entry Fee
How to Register
gppokerplayers@yahoo.com
Still have questions: Contact Jeff at
214-597-5117 or email
gppokerplayers@yahoo.com
Proceeds from this tournament will benefit the Rotary Club of Grand Prairie's Dental Sealant Program and other community projects.
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Want to see your full color page ad in the Chambers' Newsletter? An Esert is a full color, one page ad, which will run in the Chamber's weekly newsletter for four consecutive weeks for only $75. Just sent us your ad in pdf or jpg format and we will do the rest. The newsletter is sent to over 675 email address, is online 24 hour a day 7 days a week on our website and on the Chamber's FaceBook page. For more info contact the Chamber at 972-264-1558 or by email contact Carmen@GrandPrairieChamber.org
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