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Greetings!
Congratulations to Kyle Ruzicka for being the 100th person to open the last Newsletter and the winner of the Staples Sponsor prize. Kyle, please email me at news@yukoncc.com to claim your prize.
If you would you like to be a newsletter sponsor, please email the Chamber at news@yukoncc.com. Thank you to all of the Members who have already emailed us. We will be emailing you with details next week.
The Chamber's website has some new improvements. The new Chamber directory and event calendar has recently been installed. Please be patient with us as we continue to add the new events to the calendar.
Q. Whose link was clicked on the most in the last newsletter??
A. Staples.
If you have an article, ad, or flyer to submit for the weekly newsletter, email it to news@yukoncc.com. Deadline for the TAKING IT TO THE STREET newsletter is Thursday at 5:00 p.m. for the next week's newsletter.
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In observance of Good Friday, there will not be a COMMUNITY COFFEE on Friday, May 21, 2008. |
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Iron Thistle Festival Community Coffee | 
Where: Kirkpatrick Property, 1001 Garth Brooks Blvd
When: Friday, March 28, 2008 at 8:30 a.m.
The Yukon City Council and Chamber Board of Directors cordially invite you to the Friday Community Coffee.
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The Big Easy New Orleans Cafe |
Where: 359 E Main St, Map
When: Thursday, March 20, 2008, at 4:45 p.m.
We invite everyone to come and visit one of the newest Chamber Members as we welcome them to the Yukon business community. |
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Chamber Home Page | 
Have you seen the home page of the Chamber's website recently?
If you haven't been north of I-40 on Garth Brooks lately, you will be in for a treat.
Could this be Target walls going up?
The 10th Street Bridge is nearing completion. Take a look on your next drive by.
Go to www.yukoncc.com for current photos on the latest construction projects in Yukon. |
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FEATURED BUSINESS OF THE WEEK |
Alan Behrens, CPA
Lonnie Heim, CPA
Marty Chisum, CPA, CFE
Natalie Heim Barn, CPA
Timothy Havern, CPA
It's tax season. Have you filed yet? See the professionals at Havern, Behrens, and Heim for all your accounting needs. |
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News from Oklahoma Chamber of Commerce Exectuives |
OklaTreasures is a new Oklahoma initiative, based on the Handmade in America project in North Carolina http://www.handmadeinamerica.org/
The Oklahoma program is inventorying artists who would be willing to be included in a statewide database of our artistic talents. I'm learning "Artists" in Oklahoma can mean a lot of things including traditional painters, chainsaw sculptors, novelists, poets, actors, storytellers, quilters, wheat weavers, cake artists, hot rod customizers and so many more.
The survey will be used for three primary reasons -
- Artists will be included in a database to be hired for fairs, festivals, classes, art shows, etc.
- Artists will be encouraged to form co-op galleries to fill rural downtown buildings.
- Artists will be selected to be included in rural tourism trails, showcasing (and selling) their work.
Click here for the Artist Survey.
Why care?
- This is rural economic development. The North Carolina system produces $172 million. The North Carolina tourism trails have built thriving retail areas in communities of 400 people.
- This influx of tourism dollars and the resulting sales tax has bolstered their primary jobs as well as allowed for fundamental improvements at the schools, parks and other public facilities.
- Tourism and the OK Arts Council are putting together the preliminary trails, now. Artists and communities included will have marketing and numerous opportunities for promotion.
- This is an opportunity for individuals to have the quality of life they want where they want to live.
Oklahoma Exposed is a brand new project being coordinated by the Oklahoma RC&Ds with partners like Tourism, Commerce, the Historic Society, Arts Council, OSU and many others. Oklahoma Exposed will be a trade show/fair/festival to be held at Harn Homestead, OKC, May of 2009. If you crossed the Wildlife Expo with the OKC Arts Festival, you might have the right vibe. Music-Food-Fun!
Communities will have the opportunity to showcase their local attractions, goods, and talents. Basically, each community will partner with local museums, agtourism, b&bs, MIO producers, etc and have a trade show type booth showcasing those things. Like the Wildlife expo, booths will be required to have some kind of activity, some free food, make a rope, draw a picture, something. Again, the focus is at generating interest in touring rural Oklahoma. Kansas has a similar festival www.kansassampler.org.
Right now, they are looking for people to volunteer to be committee chairs and members (children's activities, logistics, food, Made in OK, outreach and promotion, financial, entertainment, media, volunteer coordination and several others) There will also be many spaces available for people who want to come and volunteer for the day.
This is a rare chance to be part of the first year of a new Oklahoma tradition. Please call or email me if you are interested in joining one of the committees. A good cross section of people who are old pros and people with new ideas is needed.
What's next!?!
· Distribute the Artist's Survey to local groups and individuals who might participate.
· Get the Surveys returned to Stacy Cramer, OK Dept. of Commerce at Stacy_Cramer@odoc.state.ok.us or Melyn Johnson, OK Dept. of Recreation and Tourism, Melyn@travelok.com. Volunteer to help with Oklahoma Exposed!
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Oklahoma Film & Music Office
Film Location Request |
The Oklahoma Film and Music Office is looking for a film location for an independent film that would like to shoot in early spring/summer.
What they are looking for are a motel and a diner that can either be part of the same building, or separate, but the diner needs to be next door the motel. They both need to be out by themselves, looking isolated and desolate. The person at the motel needs to be able to look across the street and not see a whole lot there. They need to be able to feel alone. That's all the information he has about the location right now.
If you have anything like that in your community, would you please call or email Dino Lalli at the Oklahoma Film and Music Office. He can be reached at 405-230-8443 or dino@oklahomafilm.org. At some point, he will need to have digital photos taken of the location and emailed to him, if he is unable to get them himself. If you have any questions, please call Dino and he'll be happy to answer them for you. Thank you very much for your help. He looks forward to hearing from you. |
Year to date, the WBC has trained/counseled 467 entrepreneurs, and 18 Biz Connection Workshops were held. Visit our website, www.ruralenterprises.com for upcoming WBC events, and to register online for each event! | |
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I HAVE SOME EXCITING NEWS!!! I have a new dimension to my business - MAKEOVERS!!! Would you like a fresh look? Do you have a special occasion coming soon? Or do you just want to know what looks good on you. I would love to help you incorporate some new techniques that will give you a color update that won't break your budget and doesn't take a lot of effort. I have a few dates left for March. The first five clients to fill these dates with three of their friends will receive the Virtual Illusion Makeup Primer, one of the new products out last month that many, many, many are falling in love with after one use. WHETHER YOU ARE LOCAL TO OKLAHOMA CITY OR LIVE IN ANOTHER STATE YOU QUALIFY FOR THIS SPECIAL OFFER. BOOK TODAY!!!
Lisa Garza, Arbonne Independent Consultatnt
405-265-3029 |
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March 2008 Promotion
Rib Crib BBQ and Grill
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"Just one Bite and you'll be hooked"
Bold Catch Catfish $8.99
Bold Catch Catfish Combo $9.99
Bold Coast Shrimp $9.99
Introducing a new product,
Spicy Shrimp Wrap for only $6.99 |
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