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Chamber Connection April 2010
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Thank You Sponsors!
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Dragonfly Nursery & Garden, LLC
- Alive After Five
First Bank & Trust East Texas
- Fourth Friday Luncheon
Blueberry Golf Bash
Birdie Sponsor
Etech, Inc
Par Sponsors
City of Nacogdoches
First Bank & Trust
Giglio Distributing Company,
Inc.
Regions Bank
Bancorp South
Oncor Electric Delivery
Morgan Insurance Agency, LTD.
Russell Brewster
Hole
Sponsors
Austin Bank
Citizens 1st Bank
Roger Van Horn, DDS
USA Floors N More
Nacogdoches Furniture
Nacogdoches Medical Center
Oak Manor Nursing
Story-Wright
Huntington State Bank
Kline's Printing
Boatman Tire & Service
Edward Jones - Gregg Nichols
Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers
LugNutz Sports Bar & Grill
- Blueberry Golf Bash
Lunch and Dinner
Sponsors
Texas Blueberry Festival
presented by Brookshire Brothers
Sponsors to date -
Austin
Bank
Leon and Patsy Hallman
Hotel Fredonia
Lehmann Eye Center/Doctors
Surgery
Hayter's Mill Creek Farm
Huntington State Bank
Kroger
RIbbon Cutting Ceremony
Sponsors -
Express Employment Professionals
Nacogdoches Floral Company
The Daily Sentinel
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Greetings!
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The East Texas Spring Online Auction goes "live" on April 15.
Go online and bid on great items
and travel packages collected from local merchants and others around the state.
Auction runs April 15 through May 14. Click here for a list of auction donors. According to Chamber Executive Assistant Barbara Holl, the auction
highlights the cities and towns in Texas. Bidders will find sports and fine arts packages and have a ready-made family vacations, or bid on local items and have fun in Nacogdoches.
 Other auction items to bid on
including a gift basket from Tito's Handmade Vodka in Austin, enough restaurant gift cards to eat
out for a week and a Dallas Cowboys pennant signed by owner Jerry Jones and
coach Wade Phillips, left. If you have an item to donate, call us! |
Going outdoors for after business hours event
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Downtown business Dragonfly Nursery & Garden
owners Kimberly and Richard Wright will host Alive After Five on Thursday, April 22, from 5:30 to 7
p.m.
read more...
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Comedy creates creative thinking
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Former stand-up and improvisional comedian Dr.
 Adam Peck, left, will present "Harnessing the Power to Create: Lessons from
Improvisational Comedy" at Fourth Friday
Luncheon, April 23, noon - 1 p.m., at the Fredonia.
read more...
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Mary's blueberry report
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4/6/10 -As most of us are, the blueberry plants are enjoying this warm spring
weather! They have burst into bloom and are busy making many delicious blueberries.
Looks like a good crop this year!
- Mary Boutwell, Mill Creek
Farm, Sam B. Hayter Trust
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Get Chamber members-only web badge
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 Proudly display your
membership status on your web site with the 2010 Nacogdoches County Chamber of
Commerce Member Badge.
Contact the Chamber for details to post the badge on
business and personal sites.
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Chamber events
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More information on these and other community events. Post your event on the Chamber's online Community Event Calendar.
Chamber
event calendar
April 8 - Tyler
Chamber Day. From 6 a.m. - 5 p.m., Chamber representatives will promote Nacogdoches - tourism, SFA, retirement - at Tyler Pounds
Regional Airport.
You can help and attend the Tyler Area Chamber Business After Hours from 5 - 7
p.m.
April 17 - Ribbon Cutting, 10 a.m., Appleby
Fire Department, 14760 U.S.
Hwy. 59 N.
Chief Tim Hooper, Assistant Chief Dave Crawford, 559-5166.
New facility. Barbecue dinner begins at 11 am. $9/plate, eat in or take out.
April 20 - Ribbon Cutting, 4:45 p.m., Pizza
Hut of Nacogdoches,
2619 North St.
Owners Paula and Larry Marshall; General Manager Priscilla Ward, 569-7257. 40
year anniversary and restaurant remodel. Open House from 5 - 6 p.m. Hot Food Bar open and
refreshing beverages will be served to guests.
April 21 - Ribbon
Cutting, 1:20 p.m., Pinto Pony
Cookie Factory, Chamber lobby, 2516 North St. Owner Samye Johnson,
288-0606. Join us for a crisp, crunchy and delicious celebration!
April 22 - Alive
After Five, 5:30-7 p.m.,
Dragonfly Nursery & Garden, 134 N. Mound St., ph: 622-3408.
April 23 - Fourth
Friday Luncheon, noon - 1p.m.,
at the Fredonia Banita Ballroom. Registration required.
May 7 - Blueberry
Golf Bash. Piney Woods Country Club.
June 12 - Texas
Blueberry Festival, 8 a.m. - 4 p.m., downtown and Festival Plaza.
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Sincerely,
Kelly Daniel
Nacogdoches County Chamber of Commerce
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