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Our 93rd Year We’re On the Move November 2015
Bessemer Area Chamber of Commerce
Contents:
Chamber News ……..……………………....……2
Happening in Bessemer……………………….....4
Calendar of Events……………………………5
New Member……………….…………………......7
Community News……………………....……..6-9
Parade Registration…...………………………11
The 2016 Magazine
The Only Magazine
Advertising
Opportunity In the
Bessemer Area
Bessemer’s Only
Magazine
HAVE YOU
PURCHASED
YOUR AD?
Review Attached
Rates
Rates Available for
all business sizes.
Use the
registration
form in this
newsletter to
sign up to
participate in
the parade.
Call the chamber
at 425-3253 to
be a parade
sponsor.
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CHAMBER NEWS
Golf “FORE” Progress
Another successful
tournament
A windy and chilly day
didn’t keep away the
golfers for the 23rd Annual
Golf Fore Progress. Over
115 golfers came out for
the annual tournament that
was held on October 1st at
Bent Brook Golf Course.
We would like to express
our gratitude to our Hole
in One Sponsors: Premiere
Chevrolet, Steyr Arms and
Town & Country Ford.
Our gold sponsors were:
Holt Insurance, Dex
Imaging, Medical West
and Shoals Ambulance.
Silver sponsors: Alabama
Power, Alagasco,
Brookwood Medical
Center, Dollar General,
ITT Technical Institute,
Premiere Chevrolet,
Lawson State Community
College, Town & Country
Ford, ADCO Boiler,
Buffalo Rock, Bessemer
Utilities. Hole Sponsors:
Holt Insurance, Dex
Imaging, Medical West
Shoals Ambulance, A. G.
Gaston Construction Co., Engineering Environmental & Forestry Service,
Paden & Paden PC, State Farm Insurance Agent Julie Bell, Trustmark
National Bank, PNC Bank, Legacy YMCA, Regional Paramedical
Services, Steyr Arms, Inc., America’s First Federal Credit Union, Dr. Fred
Primm, KGS Steel, Inc., J. B. Processing, LLC, Moore Coal Company,
Vitas Innovative Hospice Care, General Automotive and Truck Repair,
Bob Sykes Barbecue, Bessemer Fire Union, Bessemer Development
Board, J Wings, Southern Linc Wireless, Paden Realty & Appraisals, Inc.,
Astro Electric Company, Express Oil Change / Tire Engineers, Comfort
Care Home Health, Marathon Electrical Contractors, Brasfield & Gorrie
LLC.
A special thank you to the Chamber Board of Directors and Ambassadors.
BOARD MEMBERS
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Julie Bell
State Farm Insurance
Richard Bishop
ITT Technical Institute
Lynn Brown
Alabama Splash
Adventure
Nathan Clark
Medical West
David Darby
Trustmark National
Bank
Terry Dawson
Bessemer Civic Center
Roderick Evans
Paden & Paden, PC
Connie Fuell
Dex Imaging
Lee Henderson
Alabama Gas Company
Joni Holt
Holt Insurance Agency
Charles King
Regional Paramedical
Services
Judy Mathis
Moore Coal Company
Dr. Fred Primm
Bessemer Board of
Education
John Sides
Alabama Power
Company
Kim Starling
Brookwood Medical
Center
Hank Tyler
Town & Country Ford
Anthony Underwood
Anthony Underwood
Automotive
Devron Veasley
Bessemer Business
Center
Trina Vines
Oak Trace
Chairman
Eric Messer
Shoals
Ambulance
Past
Chairman
Charles King
Regional
Paramedical
Services
Chairman
Elect
Joni Holt
Holt
Insurance
Agency
Treasurer
Nathan
Clark
Medical
West
Finance
Committee
Terry
Dawson
Bessemer
Civic Center
PROMOTIONAL ITEMS IN STOCK at the Bessemer Area Chamber of Commerce
The Bessemer Area Chamber of Commerce has
promotional items for sale. We have X-large
Beach towels and chairs for $20.00 each. Stop by
and pick up your items at 321 18th Street N.,
Bessemer, AL 35020.
2015 Investors
GOLD SPONSORS
SILVER SPONSORS
SMALL BUSINESS PARTNERS
AG Gaston Construction Company
Comfort Care Home Health & Hospice Engineering Environmental Forestry Service
Legacy YMCA
Paden & Paden, PC
PNC Bank
Regional Paramedical Services
State Farm Insurance Agent, Julie Bell
Trustmark National Bank
HAPPENING IN BESSEMER
Bessemer High School Homecoming Parade
Hundreds gathered on 19th Street in downtown Bessemer for Bessemer City High’s Homecoming Parade. Elected officials and business
and community leaders supported the high school’s parade.
We Honor and Salute Our Veterans
NOVEMBER
Veterans Day Holiday
Thanksgiving Holiday
DECEMBER
Christmas Open House Bessemer Chamber of Commerce Come network with other members, enjoy hors d'oeuvres and door prizes
5 PM – 7 PM
City of Bessemer Christmas Parade Downtown Bessemer
2 PM
Place Your Ad in
the Chamber
Communique
FULL PAGE AD
$75 per occurrence
SMALL AD
$50 per month or 6
months for $240
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CHAMBER NEWS
Chamber Ambassadors hosted the Spaghetti
lunch fundraiser. Proceeds benefited the Ora H.
Foster Community Service Scholarship, the
Salvation Angel tree, and Toy’s for Veterans
Children. Special thanks to Perfecting
Reconciliation Church International’s Pastor and
Mrs. Blanks and their membership for allowing
the chamber to use their facilities. Companies
and individuals who supported this event are
very much appreciated!
Photo Above {From Left to Right} - Those assisting on the day of the event included Bailey Ledbetter (Chamber Intern), Lou Hickey (former chamber
ambassador), Chamber Ambassadors Sarah Beasley and Nelda Pate, Mary Milan (staff) and Ambassadors Sarah Belcher and Kay Baggett. Not pictured
Lula Walter (ambassador coordinator) and LaTasha Cook (chamber president).
Photo on Right {From Left to Right} – Sarah Belcher, Lou Hickey and Bailey Ledbetter prepare lunch plates for pick up.
COMMUNITY
First Responders Appreciation Lunch
Vitas Hospice Care sponsored a luncheon at the Bessemer Elks Lodge in honor of all first responders.
Flex-N-Gate Alabama
Locates and Brings Over 100
Jobs to the Bessemer Area The Bessemer City Council approved
a tax abatement package to Flex-N-
Gate Alabama at its Oct. 20th meeting.
The package is expected to bring 107
new jobs to the city by 2017.
The company is embarking on a
$23.9 million project to expand its
facility on Bay Drive to produce front
end and rear bumpers for Nissan.
Flex-N-Gate currently has about 180
employees at the facility.
Company representatives said the
package will help keep the 180 jobs
in Bessemer, since the facility was
competing with another facility in
Mexico for the project.
Alabama Department of Transportation Upgrades Coming
The Bessemer City Council approved three project agreements with the Alabama Department of Transportation, or ALDOT. The City Council
recently authorized Mayor Kenneth Gulley to enter into agreements with ALDOT to replace bridges at 8th Avenue North and Halls Creek and
at 3rd Avenue North and Halls Creek. Both projects are part of the ATRIP projects in the city of Bessemer.
The third project ALDOT is sponsoring is the realignment and upgrades of the railroad crossing at 14th Street (Highway 150) between First
Avenue North and Hall Avenue.
Mayor Kenneth Gulley has proclaimed October 19th – 23rd as National Business Women’s Week for 2015 in the City of Bessemer.
Mayor Gulley presented a proclamation to the Bessemer Business and Professional Women's Organization at a recent City Council
meeting.
Fountain Building & Supply
731 20th Street N., Bessemer, AL 35020
PH 205-428-4173, F 205-481-3692
www.fountainbuilding.com
*Retail
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Lt. Carl Anderson passed away on
Friday, October 16th at the age of 43.
He was great man who was always
cheerful and greeted everyone with a
smile that expressed his kind and gentle
heart. While he was on this earth he
touched the lives of a lot of people and
made them a lot better. Lt. Anderson
was employed with the Bessemer
Police Department for over 20 years.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to his
family and the men and women that
served with him on the Bessemer
Police Department.
Business Leaders / Survivors Support Breast Cancer Awareness Month
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The City of Bessemer’s Paint the Town Pink and Purple Parade
Honorable Mayor Kenneth Gulley, Senator Priscilla Dunn and School Board Member Claire Mitchell, led the second annual Pink and Purple
Parade. The parade is was honor of October being Domestic Violence and Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Every 9 seconds in the US a
woman is assaulted or beaten. Around the world, at least one in every three women has been beaten, coerced into sex or otherwise abused
during her lifetime. Most often, the abuser is a member of her own family.
Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in women, exceeded only by lung cancer. The chance that breast cancer will be
responsible for a woman's death is about 1 in 36 (about 3%).
Erin Cooney, Holt Insurance Agency
Shirley Horn, Retired
Latesia Jefferson, Oak Trace Care and Rehab
Nikki Jordan, Bessemer Airport
Doris Lewis, City of Bessemer
Claire Mitchell, Visalus - Body by Vi
Daryl Owens, Bessemer City Schools
Minnie Roper, Retired
Trisston Wright Burrows, Moore Coal Co.
CHAMBER AMBASSADORS
Coordinator
Lula Walter, City of Bessemer
Co-Coordinators
Lori Chisem, Lawson State Community College
Andie Sloan, Vitas Innovative Hospice
Secretary
Nelda Pate, Retired
Kay Baggett, Retired
Sarah Beasley, Joe Beasley Memorial Foundation, Inc
Sarah Belcher, Retired
Ambassadors are the key
resource in extending
hospitality in the Bessemer
area and are experienced
in business, community,
and promotional arenas.
An Ambassador must
serve as an active public
relations arm of the
Chamber and be prepared
to meet visitors, local
businesses, and various
forms of the media.
We encourage you join the
ambassador program. The
ambassadors meet on the
1st Tuesday of each month
at 8:30am at the Bessemer
Area Chamber of
Commerce.
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Believe
Join the Chamber…
321 18th Street N, Bessemer, AL 35020
PH 205-425-3253 www.bessemerchamber.com
in Bessemer
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