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February Newsletter
February 1, 2010- Vol 5
Thank you to our February Sponsor
 
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In This Issue
February Meeting
January Meeting Recap
Economic Development Task Force Update
Education Task Force Update
Legislative Task Force Update
Marketing & PR Task Force Update
Membership Task Force Update
February BAH
January New Members
Join Our Mailing List!
February Calendar
February 4 @ 8:30am
Selling in a Tough Economy
Education Seminar
Brennan's
 
February 9 @ 7:30am
Legislative Task Force
 
February 10 @ Noon
Economic Development
Winking Lizard
February 11 @ 7:30am
Board Meeting
 
February 19 @ 11:30am
Monthly Meeting
Outstanding Work Ethic Awards
Lakewood Hospital
 
February 25 @ 6-9pm
Business After Hours
Healthy Start. Happy Heart
Rozi's Wine House
$25/ticket
 
February 27 @ 5pm
PILLARS Chili Cook Off
Around the Corner
Board of Directors
2009-2010 Officers
Chairman of the Board
Terry Vincent
Brouse McDowell
Treasurer
Steve Clark
Clark Financial Group
Vice Chair of
Econ. Development
Brian Salem
Howard Hanna Smythe Cramer
Vice Chair of Education
Debra Girman
First Federal of Lakewood
Vice Chair of Legislative and Government Affairs
Nikki Farley
Millisor & Nobil
Vice Chair of Marketing & Public Relations
Dan Carney
Cox Business
Vice Chair of Membership and Investor Relations
Lisa Tomm
Hospice of the Western Reserve
Immediate Past
Erin Fach
Lakewood Community Recreation & Education Department
 
Board of Directors
Linda Garrett Beebe
Attorney
Mary Anne Crampton
LakewoodAlive
Scott Duennes
Nature's Bin
Lucinda Einhouse
Beck Center for the Arts
Diane Helbig
Seize This Day Coaching
Shawn Juris
The Juris Agency
Nathan Kelly
City of Lakewood Planning & Development
Bill Koziol
Lakewood Hospital
Ryan Krivosh
Around the Corner
Matty Lucarelli
Sweetwater Restaurant Group
Bruce McNabb
Lakewood Senior Health Campus/ O'Neill Management
Linda Thayer
West Shore Career Tech
Julie Warren
Erie DeSign
Michael Whitkofski
Thinsolutions
 
Staff
Patty Ryan
CEO & President
Val Mechenbier 
Office Manager
Letter from the CEO & President
As I look at my calendar for the month of February, I realize there are a lot of cool things going on in Lakewood right now! 
 
With the bleak weather and even bleaker economy, it's hard not to have a bleak outlook. It's easy to lay low and hibernate like this month's animal star, the groundhog.  Instead, Lakewood businesses and organizations are pushing forward and creating opportunities to get informed, support great causes, socialize and network!
 
Be part of that push and attend an event or fundraiser this month.  There are several listed in today's newsletter, and more to come in this month's Weekly Updates. Get out, get involved, get connected and make February the shortest and most productive month of the year.
                                                  Patty Ryan     
February Outstanding Work Ethic Awards
Friday, February 19, 2010
Lakewood Hospital's Wasmer Auditorium
11:30 am Networking; Lunch at Noon
$15 Members/$20 Non-members
RSVP: 216.226.2900
 
The Lakewood Chamber of Commerce and the Lakewood/Rocky River Sunrise Rotary invite you to attend the 4th Annual Outstanding Work Ethic Awards, presented to exceptional students of the West Shore Career Technical District.
 
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Would you like to contribute a door prize or a gift bag item for the students?  Contact the Chamber office at 216-226-2900 or email [email protected].
January Meeting Focused on Federal Reserve Bank
Hal MitchelltreeTraditionally, the Lakewood Chamber of Commerce starts out the new year with a presentation from the Federal Reserve Bank.  This year's topic was "Demystifying the Federal Reserve" presented by Hal Mitchelltree, an administrative support team leader at the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland.
 
Mr. Mitchelltree opened his presentation explaining that he had given this speech for 15 years, and it had always been the same information year after year, until now.  He went onto explain that the Federal Reserve Bank is creating monetary policy the organization has never considered before in an effort to bring the country out of the current recession. "It's uncharted water, but the risk is too great to do nothing." stated Mitchelltree.
 
Thank you to Hal Mitchelltree for his informative presentation, The Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank and especially...
 
Thanks to our January sponsor:
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Economic Development Task Force
Sets Goals for 2010
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The Economic Development Task Force held a strategic planning session in January to identify economic development projects for 2010-11.
 
The outcome of this session defined 2 achievable goals for the upcoming year:
 1)  Work with LakewoodAlive and the City of Lakewood to finalize a user-friendly brochure for new businesses that includes information on business start-up, city guidelines and procedures and financial resources. 
2)  Work with merchants to develop a West End business district using the National Main Street approach.
 
The next meeting will be a presentation from Mary Anne Crampton on the Main Street approach for creating a merchants association.
 
Interested in the Economic Development Task Force?
Contact Chamber CEO,Patty Ryan at [email protected]
Education Task Force
"Selling in a Tough Economy"
 

 

 

The Education Task Force announces the first educational seminar of 2010:
Selling in a Tough Economy
Thursday, February 4, 2010
8:00-10:30 am
$15 Members/ $20 Non-members
 
How do you keep your services relevant to your clients when there isn't that much business out there?  Where do you invest your time and resources?  Diane Helbig of Seize this Day Coaching states, "Many of my clients have realized that they were not selling as much as just taking orders when the economy was booming.  Now the phones aren't ringing, and they're scrambling for business."
 
Sound familiar?  Diane's presentation, Selling in a Tough Economy, will help you rethink how to sell your product, your services, your business & yourself in tough times.
 
Interested in the Education Task Force?
Contact Chamber CEO,Patty Ryan at [email protected]
Legislative Task Force Held Reception for Lakewood City Hall
 
Lakewood City logoThe Legislative Task Force held a reception at the Lakewood Chamber of Commerce for our Board of Directors and all Lakewood City Council Representatives and Department Directors on January 12th. 
 
The informal gathering was catered by Gatherings Kitchen and was well attended by both our Board and City Hall. Nicole Farley, the Legislative Task Force Chair, hopes this reception will become an annual event and continue to strengthen the partnership between the Lakewood Chamber of Commerce and City Hall.
 
Interested in the Legislative Task Force?
Contact Chamber CEO,Patty Ryan at [email protected]
Marketing  & Public Relations Task Force 
Lakewood Centennial Map
The Lakewood Chamber of Commerce offers many affordable marketing opportunities to its members and one of our most popular is advertising on the Lakewood Map! 
 
An ad on the Lakewood Map is an excellent way to reach new customers and great Public Relations.  The map is given out to all new residents and employees in Lakewood and is available for free to residents at various locations through out the city. 
 
We are currently running very low on maps so it's necessary to update and print a 2010-11 Centennial version.  Spaces are going fast on this historic Lakewood publication. Contact Scott Hughes, our independent map sales agent, at 440-327-8499 for pricing and contract information.  Map ad rates and sales contracts area also available on our website at www.lakewoodchamber.org.
 
Interested in the Marketing & PR Task Force?
Contact Chamber CEO,Patty Ryan at [email protected]
Membership Task Force 
 
January MeetingThe Membership Task Force would like to thank all our members who brought a guest to the January Meeting. We had 8 guests at our meeting and we already have new member as a result!  Each member and their guest received Sweet Designs chocolate from the Chamber.
 
Based on the success of the January "Bring a Guest" Breakfast, the committee is considering repeating the concept at another meeting later this year.
 
Interested in the Membership Task Force?
Contact Chamber CEO, Patty Ryan at [email protected]
February BAH Supports "Healthy Starts. Happy Hearts." Fundraiser
This year marks Jordan's Family Foundation 501(c)(3), fifth annual "Healthy Starts. Happy Hearts." wine tasting to raise awareness of Congenital Heart Disease.  The fundraising event will take place at Rozi's Wine House (14900 Detroit Avenue, Lakewood, Ohio) on Thursday night, February 25th from 6-9pm.  
 
Once again, the Lakewood Chamber of Commerce has designated this local fundraiser as our February Business After Hours. The proceeds of the event will benefit Jordan's Family Foundation 501(c)(3), The Cleveland Clinic Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Diseases, and The Cleveland Clinic Children's Hospital.
 
The line up consists of heart-healthy gourmet dishes prepared by Bar Symon's (Avon Lake, Ohio) Executive Chef, Matt Harlan.  The food will be paired with exquisite red wine samplings from award-winning Argyle Winery, Oregon, presented by their owner/winemaker, Rollin Soles.  A silent auction and raffle will also be taking place throughout the evening in efforts of raising money, support and awareness of Congenital Heart Disease.
 
Admission is $25 per person which includes all wines sampled and gourmet menu pairings (heart-healthy conscious).  There will be door prizes, a silent auction, and a raffle.  No reservations required.  
 
For more information please e-mail [email protected] or contact Corey Rossen at 216-221-0147.

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PILLARS Chili Cook Off
chili cook offGot a great chili recipe? PILLARS could use your help.  Enter this month's Big Chili Cook Off on February 27th at Around the Corner.   
 
Not a cook, but love chili?  Come out to eat and vote for the best chili in Lakewood.  Details are on the PILLARS website @ http://www.pillarsoflakewood.com 
Welcome January New Members
Dunkin Donuts
dunkin donutsSam Patel
17609 Detroit Avenue
Lakewood, Ohio 44107
216-221-8139; fax:  440-331-3265
Restaurant
 
 
Ross Deli & Beverage
Yogesh "Yogi" Patel
15524 Detroit Avenue
Lakewood, Ohio 44107
216-226-3660
Beer & Wine Shop
 
 
Scott F. W. Hughes
scoot hughes4833 Scotch Pine Way
North Ridgeville, Ohio 44039
440-823-1908; fax:  440-327-8499
Independent Communication Specialist
Congratulations to....
 
va marti dress 1Virginia Marti College graduate, Ali Rahimi, designed both dresses seen here for actress Jane Lynch.  The green gown was worn at the 2010 Golden Globes and the blue gown was worn for the 2010 SAG Awards.  Congratulations to Virginia Marti College and their talented alumnus!
Va Marti dress 2
 
will be featured on the February 8th episode of Diners Drive-Ins & Dives on the Food Network. Guy Fieri and crew were at Melt to film way back in July.  Melt will be the first restaurant shown on the episode so be in-front of your TV at 10pm est sharp!