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Welcome to the Boulder County Independent Business Alliance Newsletter

Greetings!

We have a lot of exciting events coming up, please mark your calendars and join in on the fun. Stay tuned for website updates (enhanced member directory, featured business stories, social media, and more) as well as news on our 'Local & Loving It' print guide and directory.

BIBA Events

Breakfast with BIBA

Tuesday, March 20, 8:00 - 9:00 AM

Boulder Outlook Hotel

Join us for networking, hot topics, and conversations. Attendees will be signed up to be interviewed and have their business story featured on our website and special newsletter.

Local Lunch & Learn

Friday, March 23, 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

Boulder Outlook Hotel

$12/$20 non-members

Attend and receive take-away tips to 'Maximize Your Marketing'. Learn more about BIBA benefits, member discounts, and our Local and Loving It campaign. Includes a fabulous soup and salad bar lunch. More details coming soon.
Reserve your seat now!

BIBA Gets Happy
Tuesday, April 3, 5:00 - 7:00 PM
Tangerine
2777 Iris Ave, Boulder, 80304

Sponsored by BCBR and hosted at Tangerine with appetizers and drinks

provided by Arugula. Join us for our monthly happy-hour networking event and enjoy drinks with your local business community.

Partner Events

Chamber 2012 Awards Dinner
Thurs. March 15, 5:30 - 8:30 PM
1669 Euclid Avenue (University Memorial Center)
Boulder, Colorado 80309

DISCOUNTED TABLE FOR BIBA MEMBERS

Special thanks to Dan King of the Boulder Outlook Hotel for sponsoring a table for BIBA Members. Members can sit at this distinguished table for 1/2 price ($37.50),

first come - first served. For more information click here.

Please RSVP directly to JJ by this Thursday (3/8/12).

SBDC - Retail EDGE Series
March 13 - June 12, 7:30-9:30 AM
Boulder SBDC @ Boulder Chamber
2440 Pearl St., Boulder, CO, 80302

Free to City of Boulder Retailers. This is a 4-part series meeting on Tuesdays (March 13, April 10, May 8, and June 12). Topics to include: Display 101, Telling your 'brand' story, creative customer service, and planning events to drive traffic. If you are a City of Boulder Retailer, to register, please contact Rachel Garcia at Rachel.garcia@boulderchamber.com or 303-442-1475 x2.
For more information click here.

REAL Awards
Thurs. April 19, 6:30 PM
Hotel Boulderado
2115 13th St., Boulder, CO, 80302

BIBA is partnering with Boulder Magazine for the Boulder County REAL Awards (Recognizing Everything About Local). Since l978, Boulder Magazine has been dedicated to preserving, promoting and encouraging everything LOCAL in Boulder County. Now, with this second annual awards event, we honor the outstanding local businesses, organizations and individuals that really make a difference in our local community. Learn more and submit nominations here.

BIBA Exchange

Send any updates, special events, discounts, promotions and business news directly to other BIBA members and friends. Take advantage of your member benefit this month.

How can you participate?

Submit a one page "PDF" file by March 9th, and it will be shared via enews, our website, and social media on or around March 12th.

Some important details:

The file must be a one-page, 8 ½ x 11" PDF file;
Maximum file size is less than 500k;
Reduce photo quality of your images, if necessary, to fit the file size maximum;
Do you need a pdf creator? Go to www.win2pdf.com for a free pdf creator program. (If you use this, do not worry that it adds a second page, the extra page will be deleted before it is included in the Exchange)
Send your submission to Mike