July 28 Pewaukee Chamber Open House

It takes a Village....no it takes an engaged and motivated chamber to hold an Open House the likes of what we saw Thursday night!  Over 100 attended our first Chamber Old Fashioned Barbecue held in the back parking lot of our new location, 1285 Sunnyridge Road.

Patty and Darryl Judsons served us barbecue.

We thank the following for their assistance with the food and beverages:

Able International and Judson Real Estate for serving as our host and chefs.  Katie Cianciolo of Cruise One and Sandra Raasch of American Republic Insurance for donating the salads.   

Walter Fiedorowicz, Able International and Tom Calder, Village President.

Jan Farber of Realty Executives and Janet Rasmussen of West Wood Health Center for donating beer and wine.  We thank Tropical Sno for their 24 flavors of shaved ice - yummy!  We also thank Elaine Kronberg of Waddell & Reed  and Five O'Clock Club for donating desserts and Amy Beyer of Natural Balance Therapy for donating vegetables and watermelon. Bubbas donated the ice and gift certificates.   And thank you also to Sandra Raasch and Janet Rasmussen for staffing the registration table.

All ages attended Matt Titel, Commonwealth Mortgage and his little one

Matt Titel of Common- wealth Mortgage and Bill Miller of Guardian Insurance coordinated the beverages, garbage and numerous other tasks.Matt also set up our projection system so our website could be navigated.   Cathy Czmudzinski of Waukesha State Bank served as our Education Coordinator.   

Cathy Zmudzinski, Waukesha State Bank and Mary Staudt, Wheaton Franciscan.

Lauren Zimmerly of Miche Bags, Jodi Keene, Mary Kay Cosmetics and Ron Wurm of Design Wurm for showcasing and donating door prizes.  A special thanks to Ron Wurm who did "double duty" as our bartender.  By the way, Ron, the Ambassador Group thinks you would make an excelled Chamber Ambassador!   

Ron Wurm, Design Wurm did "double duty" also serving as our bartender

We also thank Associated Bank for donating a barbecue basket, Tropical Sno for donating a basket, Natural Balance Therapy and West Wood Health Care Center and Bubba's for gift certificates and our three small businesses for their donations as well.  

The lines were constant in front of Tropical Sno.

Everyone had a good time! 

The weather was great and food was great!  Let's begin planning for next year! 

 Click here to Register for Chambe

August 10 "Organize Your Time or It Will Organize You" Luncheon at Kirkland Crossings 

Topic: "Organize Your Time or It Will Organize You"

Description:  Make the decision to focus on high value activities.  It seems like an easy concept, but the fact is that most people spend half their time doing "stuff" that adds zero value to the profitability of the business.                                  

Speaker:  Paul Parsons is a certified licensed business coach specializing in assisting the small to medium sized business owner.  Leveraging 15 years of business ownership in retail, wholesale, entrepreneurial ventures and public speaking, he partners with organizations to grow, streamline and improve overall bottom line results.
 
Location:  Kirkland Crossings, 700 Quinlan Drive

Menu: Fresh Basil Cucumber Tomato Salad with Honey Mustard Vinaigrette, Assorted Dinner Rolls, Roasted Turkey Breast in Wine Sauce, Salisbury Steak in Hunter Sauce, Red Skin Mashed Potatoes, Chef's Vegetable, Very Berry Shortcake, Beverages

Register Online for Luncheon

Fee: $15 online for Members;  Nonmembers:$20

Biz After 4 - August 25

Sandbar Sports Pub   

                           

Register Online for SandBar Biz After 4

Aug 26  - is the next Friday Coffee Meeting ..."One on One with Public Officials"

Ambassador Committee meets first Tuesday of each month over lunch at Chamber Office from 12-1.  We would love for you to join us.  Ambassadors orient new members and make calls to current members.

featuring this month.... 

Jan Farber Realty Executives

Jan Farber, Realty Executives is a Pewaukee Chamber of Commerce Ambassador.  She joined the Chamber to network with local professionals and to inform our community of the benefits the chamber has to offer. As a real estate agent, Jan enjoys working with senior communities and their families, giving them the little extra effort it may take to sell their home.  She enjoys conducting seminars educating seniors on selling and buying smaller or moving to a senior apartment.  She closes her emails with "The Finest Compliment, I can ever receive is a referral from a Client, Family or Friend"  Thank you Jan for serving as our Ambassador!

Join The Pewaukee Chamber of Commerce 

Chamber Marketing Brochure - Send to a Prospective Member

Our sincere thanks to The Scan Group for creating the Chamber's first brochure marketing tool.  Download a pdf - or stop in the chamber for several copies for your business.  Remember when you refer a new member - we will show our appreciation in many ways.  

The Scan Group, Inc. (Pewaukee Chamber Member - Representative Kathy Reading) is a full service digital and production group, providing one source for an impressive array of top-quality, award-winning services.  

Meet our Newest Chamber Members

Young Scholars Learning  Academy 

W238 N1664 Busse Road
Waukesha, WI 53188
262-523-6800

Young Scholars Learning Academy provides care and learning Monday through Friday from 6 am - 6 pm for children ages 6 weeks to 12 years. Their goal is to provide a safe and developmentally appropriate environment that promotes cognitive, social, emotional, motor, language and self-help skills through play. Through stimulating hands-on lessons, children will grow into life long learners.

Young Scholars Grand Opening is scheduled for August 11 with Ribbon Cutting at 2:00 p.m.

Costco Wholesale

443 Pewaukee Road

Pewaukee, WI   53072

tel:  262-746-1291

email:  w01101mkm@costco.com 

www.costo.com  

is a membership based warehouse that continually provides their members with quality goods and services at the lowest possible prices. Soon they will be moving into our area with a Grand Opening planned for October 27, 2011.  

Thank You for Renewing Your Chamber Membership and Supporting Us!

 
Lakefront Wellness Center

Dr. Beth Johnson (One Year)

Humana MarketPoint  

Dawn Lotz (One Year) 

New 2011 Chamber plaques are still available if you want to update yours!    

2011

Pewaukee Chamber Board of Directors 

2011 Pewaukee Chamber Board

Composure Graphics Will Create Ads for New Members

Design Wurm Will  Create an Ad for Existing Chamber Members

 
Current Members  -

We have advertising opportunities for you in our monthly newsletters.  If you send us a jpeg of your ad  before the 15th of the month- we will place it in our next newsletter free of charge.

Should you need an ad - created for you -Ron Wurm of Design Wurm (see ad below) will create it for you for $25. 

August Calendar  

Aug 10  Chamber Lunch/Kirkland Crossings

Aug 25  Sandbar Sports Pub Biz After 4

Aug 26  "One on One with Public Officials"

"Give to Get"

It works both ways.  You must "give to get".  Share with the rest of the chamber your story, encouraging members to support each other

According to networking experts, one must "give to get" to reap the benefits  resulting in referrals, leads and ultimately "growing your business".  Let us know how you have worked with other chamber members and we will publish your stories.  We want our Chamber to be known as one that promotes, supports, refers and uses each other!    

 "Greg at Cartridge World sold us a new HP printer with CHEAP cartridges.  The printer is a dream and we are spending $15 vs. $63 per cartridge - what a difference!  Lesson learned - when you need a printer - ask Greg the cost of replacement cartridges and base your decision on the ink cost - not the cost of the printer."  Kathy Eckhardt, Pewaukee Chamber

"I had a wonderful fish fry at Salsa Cafe and Cantina last month.  I found the fish delicious, the service fast and a fun atmosphere."  Kathy Oleinik, Neighborhood Welcome   

"I have purchased promotional products from LaVonne Beecher, Safari Specialty Advertising, for the third time."  Steve Bergelin, Realty Executives 

"My website crashed and Fred Miller from Atalanta Consulting saved the day by getting me back up and running."  LaVonne Beecher, Safari Specialty Advertising

"Mike Parve at Goff's Collision Repair Centers on Duplainville Road rolled out the 'red carpet' for me when I needed the spare tire carrier on my RAV4 repainted.  I didn't even need to leave my car there.  And they are adding a clear plastic finish so that my bike carrier won't continue to add scratches.  My kind of guys!  Kathy Eckhardt, Pewaukee Chamber  

"I began seeing Dr. Tadd from Chiropractic and Wellness on Pewaukee Lake" for my shoulder/neck problems and so far so good." Shannon Schlitz, Hau and Associates            

" Our Chamber Heroes"

We thank our Chamber Heroes!

We thank the following Chamber Members for their outstanding support of the Pewaukee Chamber of Commerce

Shannon Schlitz, Hau and Associates, who donated over 14 hours reconciling the Quickbooks Tri-Chamber Golf Account.  She's an accounting whiz so if you are ever in need of accounting help - we highly recommend her!

Kathy Oleinik, Neighborhood Welcome, who planned the Pewaukee Chamber Open House, coordinating the set up, food, door prizes and personally inviting many of the guests! 

Fred Miller, Atalanta Consulting , who donated 3 hours networking our new printer to our two computers.  Whenever we need computer help - we call Fred!

Kathy Reading, The Scan Group, created and donated a beautiful marketing brochure for the Pewaukee Chamber of Commerce - our first ever and we are so proud of it!  Thank you so much.  You can view it in the first column of this newsletter.  

Ron Wurm, Design Wurm, who contributes every month to this newsletter by converting pdf images to jpegs as well as completing many design projects for us. Ron is very pleasant and agreeable and we depend on him a great deal.  We are so glad he chose to join OUR chamber! 

Pewaukee High School Makes Newsweek Top 500

written by Joe Trovato

Lake Country Reporter 

jtrovato@jcpgroup.com  

"The individualized attention that students in Pewaukee receive, as well as high academic standards and an emphasis on student participation in AP classes all contributed to the schools high national ranking."

 Read article from Lake Country Reporter   

Jim Lindenberg, CEO of Lindy Enterprises

 Jim Lindenberg, CEO of Lindy Enterprises, joined Pewaukee Chamber of Commerce last December.  As a successful entrepreneur and, former CEO of World Class Wire and Cable, through his real estate and business consulting company, he is rebuilding the Milwaukee Wave.   

In the June 2011 edition of The Business Journal, Jim offered the following advice for start-up companies. 

1. You must have a passion for what you are setting out to do.

2. Understand that starting a business always requires more money than you think.

3. Keep your eye on the cash flow

4. Remember that revenues must always exceed overhead.

5. Get everyone in your organization involved in sales and marketing.

6. Spend as much time as possible on your business plan.  

Century Fence Company and  

Ruekert and Mielke Inc.  

Milwauke Marriott West

member advertisement 

A Review of Busines Networking Basics from July Luncheon at Butler Inn   

Municipal Update

• Verizon will be going into the 1273 Capital Drive building next to Buffalo Wild Wings  
• Wells Fargo will be going into the building next to AT&T and Dunn Brothers.

• The second 39 unit apartment building named Hidden Ponds will begin construction soon.  Their first apartment building was completed in June and is 100% occupied. 
• Harken obtained their permit this week to build their corporate headquarters and factory in the City of Pewaukee. The building size is 171,000 Sq Ft.

Young Scholars Grand Opening August 11 - Ribbon Cutting

scheduled for 2:00 pm 

Join the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at 1:00 p.m. at their new location at 

2325 Parklawn Drive  

RSVP by August 12 

Call Sign Synergy at 262-522-9333 to take advantage of their sale which ends August 15   

Contact Tony  

River Hills West Hosts Wellness Fair on Saturday August 27 from 10-3

List of Vendors Participating  

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GBecky's Blissful Bakery Grand Opening Friday, July 29

GGrow Your Business Expo Sept. 28