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PIPELINE | December 2016 PAGE 1 MONROE COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
DECEMBER 2016Upcoming Events ......................... 1Members in the News .................. 2Thriving Michigan ......................... 3Calendar ....................................... 4
How to register for Chamber events and SAVE MONEY: www.monroecountychamber.com
SAVE THE DATEE L E C T E DO F F I C I A L SR E C E P T I O N
Monday January 23, 2017
FREE EVENT!
Tuesday, December 13th Monroe Bank & Trust Headquarters
7:45-9:00 a.m.
State of Our Communities
RSVP ONLINE BY DECEMBER 9TH!
Come hear local elected officials share the excitingprogress of their municipalities in 2016.
SAVE THE DATETuesday, February 28, 2017 - Annual Meeting & Awards Luncheon
Seeking Nominations for 2016 Small Business of the Year
Bedford Township City of MonroeBob Clark
Monroe Charter TownshipAlan Barron
Frenchtown TownshipJim McDevitt
Village of DundeeDavid Uhl
City of Luna PierDave Davison
Tuesday, January 10th Monroe Bank & Trust Headquarters
7:45-9:00 a.m.
RSVP ONLINE BY JANUARY 3RD!
State of Our CountyFEATURED SPEAKERS
Dan Schwanke, Promedica Monroe Regional HospitalDr. Kojo Quartey, Monroe County Community College
Tim Lake, Monroe County Business Development CorporationDr. Stephen McNew, Monroe County Intermediate School District
Board Chairman, Monroe County Board of Commissioners
FREE EVENT!
Application Available Onlinewww.monroecountychamber.com
BREAKING NEWS! Federal Court Suspends Overtime Rule
The new overtime rule, originally set to take effect on December 1, 2016, has been stopped by a Federal Court. In a consolidated case brought by 21 states and the United States Chamber of Commerce against the Department of Labor (the “DOL”), Judge Amos Mazzant of the Eastern District of Texas, Sherman Division, issued a nationwide preliminary injunction on 11/23/16 barring the rule’s implementation.For employers, this preliminary injunction preserves the status quo while the court determines the issues.For More Information go to http://bit.ly/2gqrQDd
PIPELINE | December 2016 PAGE 2 MONROE COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
2016
Monroe County Chamber of Commerce
Officers Don Lieto, ChairpersonMonroe Bank & Trust
Josh LaRoy, Chairperson ElectAdvanced Plumbing
Matt Budds, TreasurerRCO Law
Michelle Dugan, SecretaryChamber of Commerce
Board of Directors Aric Bennett The Mannik & Smith Group
TC ClementsPremier Cruise Planners
Shelli CrippenQuality Inn & Suites
Mark ElliottEastman & Smith Ltd.
Karen EssaryExciting Windows! by Couture by Karen
Jim JacobsJames S. Jacobs Architects, PLLC
John Kauffman Jr.DTE Energy
Stephen McNew, Ph.D.Monroe County ISD
Deborah SaboCooley Hehl Wohlgamuth & Carlton
Shelley TaylorFranklin Homes
Staff Tammy ChurchillOperations Manager
Laurie RostProject Manager
Tyler GedelianMember Service Coordinator
Michelle DuganExecutive Director
Contact us734-384-3366734-384-3367 (fax)[email protected]
Websitewww.monroecountychamber.com
A voluntary group of members who work together to help retain and grow Chamber Membership.• Milward Beaudry, MPACT• Jennifer Brown, Key Concern, Inc.• William Bruck, Visiting Angels Monroe• Brian Burns, Berkshire Hathaway Hudkins, Realtors• Norm Johnson, Red Wings Shoes• Jennifer Langenderfer, Monroe Bank & Trust• Marsha Oberleiter, LEADERSHIP MONROE Alumni• Ben Osborne, Brooks Insurance Agency• Jason Reinhardt, Go M.A.D. Fitness• Amy Zangara, DTE Energy
members IN THE NEWS
Flick’s Package LiquorStop in this holiday season for all your needs. Flick’s is getting in new items EVERY week and they have a lot of new gift sets this year that are starting to come in now. There are limited quantities of gift sets so stop in soon to get yours. Don’t forget that they do personal and corporate gift baskets too. Get your orders in soon to have them ready by Christmas. From everyone at Flick’s, they wish you all Happy Holidays! www.flicks4fun.com 734.854.2000Forest View Recreation Bar & GrillBrighten your holiday this New Year’s with Forest View Recreation Bar & Grill. Forest View has installed an all new state of the art light show, making this year’s New Year’s Eve the biggest party in town, and you are all invited. The have many different party packages available from 10am-4am. In addition to bowling, enjoy appetizers, a strolling dinner buffet, dessert, breakfast in the morning, 50/50 drawings, party favors, door prizes, champagne at midnight and much more! Last year spots sold out quickly! Early bird pricing is available until December 15th, so be sure to reserve your spot for the hottest party in Bedford to bring in the New Year! Or, bring out the family on New Year’s Day for their “all you can bowl” specials.ITC HoldingsFortis Inc. and GIC Private Limited announced the closing of the approximate US$11.3 billion acquisition of Novi, Michigan-based ITC Holdings Corp. “ITC will continue to focus on delivering value for customers through modernizing the electrical infrastructure of the United States and other areas,” said Linda H. Blair, President and CEO of ITC. “I am confident in our leadership team and the ability to execute on our strategic goals and our long-term strategy of investing in transmission opportunities to improve reliability, expand access to power markets and allow new generating resources to interconnect to transmission systems and lower the overall cost of delivered energy for customers.”Lake Erie Transportation CommissionLake Erie Transit, public transportation provider for Monroe County, will roll out a new series of wrapped buses with a Community Pride theme, each one covered with photos featuring people and landmarks from the area it serves. Each wrap is a montage of photos representing the community pride of each area featuring local sights, athletes, families, public servants and other residents of specific parts of their service area – the City of Monroe, Frenchtown, and the Bedford community including Lambertville, Samaria and Temperance. “Lake Erie Transit is proudly a community-driven organization,” said Mark Jagodzinksi, L.E. T. general manager. “These ‘Community Driven’ bus wraps are a great way to show that pride for everyone to see and reflect the pride of the people in each community. From the Grub Crawls to Holiday Camp to doubling as rescue transport in disasters, these buses are here to serve our communities. We’re proud to be here.”Sisters, Servants of the IHMA community-wide performance of the Christmas portion of Handel’s Messiah will be presented Sunday, Dec. 11 at 3 p.m. in the IHM Motherhouse Chapel. Adult tickets are $12, students and seniors $8. Advance ticket sales for the concert are available at the Motherhouse (M-F, 9-4) or by calling 734.241.3660. Concert tickets may also be purchased at the door the afternoon of the performance. The IHM Chapel will also be featuring a concert with the John Tyner Chorale on Friday evening, December 16, beginning at 7:30 p.m. The Chorale will present a service of Lessons and Carols modeled after the Christmas Eve service that has taken place in the Cambridge Cathedral in England since the year 1918. The service will include scripture readings by various pastors from the Monroe area and carols performed by the congregation and others by the Tyner Chorale. These types of services have been used widely around the world and have become traditions of the Christmas season.
The Sawyer HomesteadThe Sawyer Homestead is hosting a Christmas Luncheon with a full Christmas Dinner on Sunday, December 4, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. The social will take place before the luncheon beginning at 1:00 p.m. The cost for the luncheon is $10.00 per reservation. Please call 734.242.0168 to RSVP. The Sawyer Homestead is located at 320 E. Front St. in Monroe.Williams Insurance AgencyThe Williams Insurance Agency of Southeast Michigan, LLC is proud to announce the Meemic Foundation Club’s grant: “Be a Champion for our Schools!” Do you know a school in need? You may nominate a school for a chance to win a $500 grant to use at Office Depot. Nominate a school by December 31st. Visit www.WillilamsInsuranceMichigan.com to join the Meemic Foundation Club and nominate a school. Kerri and Chip may be reached at 734.244-0606 or stop by the office located at 14 West Front Street in beautiful downtown Monroe. As longtime educators and Meemic members, they are proud to be a part of the Meemic family as agents who understand the special needs of the educational community. BAND SPONSOR
Pipeline Submission GuidelinesAll Members in the News articles must be submitted by the 5th of each month (for the following month’s publication)
and be a short paragraph with no more than 125 words. Send to [email protected]
SPECIAL EVENT OR BUSINESS NEWS? If your business has a special event, promotion or news and would like it mentioned on The Chamber’s Facebook page and Twitter feed, please email information to [email protected]. Look for us on Twitter @MonroeMIChamber
Dear Member,As the 2016 Chamber year concludes at the end of this month, so does my two year term as your Chamber Board Chairperson. It’s been my honor and privilege to serve The Chamber in this lead-ership position, as well as work with the dedicated Chamber Directors and Staff.
I’m especially grateful to all of our members and their employees that have actively supported The Chamber by at-tending and/or sponsoring our events. You are the true heartbeat of the Chamber and the main reason it exists.
What I’ve learned and witnessed during the past 5 years on the Board, is that The Chamber is much more than just events! It’s also about networking, connecting and building relationships with other members and organizations.
Your Chamber is a resource in service to members in need of as-sistance to navigate through business challenges. It’s a dissem-inator of useful business and leadership information. It’s a voice of support for good legislation and best business practices. And ultimately, The Chamber has demonstrated again and again that improving the quality of life in our Communities is at the core of its efforts!
On behalf of The Chamber Board and Staff, we wish you the hap-piest of holiday seasons and hope that you can share the joy of the holidays with everyone you encounter. Best wishes for a Happy, Healthy and Prosperous New Year!
Sincerely,
Don LietoDon Lieto, Chairperson
PIPELINE | December 2016 PAGE 3 MONROE COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
NEW MEMBERSWELCOME
Thriving Michigan is an effort to make the ideas that comprise conscious capitalism “business-as-usual” in Michigan. The Chamber is doing our part to share this concept with businesses in Monroe County.
Conscious Capitalism identifies the purpose that capitalism serves in society as advancing human thriving. Business is the single greatest organizer of human effort on the planet – by far. 21st century humans spend about ½ of our waking adult lives in our places of work. Conscious Capitalism asserts that businesses perform best when they focus on four mutually reinforcing disciplines:
1) Higher Purpose beyond Profit
2) Alignment Amongst Stakeholders
3) Conscious Cultures care for their employees like family, and send people home at the end of the day happy and fulfilled which multiplies the capacity of their teams.
4) Conscious Leadership ensures that the company will not stagnate.
The culture of our workplaces has a dramatic effect on the quality of our lives and our communities. Conscious Capitalism is a call for business to aim higher, to acknowledge the impact it has on the world and the people in it, and choose to be intentional about creating a “business-as-usual” we can be proud of.
Empirical research shows that companies who consciously implement these four pillars make more profit than their counterparts who focus soley on profit.
To learn more about Conscious Capitalism, go to www.monroecountychamber.com> Click on the Thriving Michigan logo in the middle of the home page.
To learn how you may be involved in receiving more information on the topic email [email protected] Put “Thriving Monroe” in the subject line of the email
Thank You SPONSORS!PLATINUM SPONSORS
BAND SPONSOR
Thriving Michigan Update
Our Mission To be a resource that promotes, educates and assists in the growth
and success of Businesses in Monroe County, Michigan. JOIN TODAY!
2016 HOLIDAY SEASON
GUARD IAN
December 13 Koffee Klub State of our Communities MB&T Headquarters - Assembly Room 7:45 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. 23 & 26 Happy Holidays Chamber is Closed
30 Happy New Year! Chamber is Closed
January 2 Happy New Year! Chamber is Closed10 Koffee Klub State of our County Location: MB&T Headquarters - Assembly Room 7:45 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.23 Elected Officials Reception Location: TBD Time: TBD
P.O. Box 626Monroe, MI 48161
U p c o m i n g E v e n t s
2017
Did you know ? . . The Monroe County Chamber of Commerce is pleased to bring you a partnership with the National Chamber and Office Depot to deliver you steep discounts on the office supplies and day-to-day shopping critical to your organization’s needs. Here is how to take advantage of the Office Depot discounts online:1. Visit www.ncgaffinity.com/chamber_signup and complete the form, writing in “Monroe County Chamber of Commerce” as the chamber name.2. You will receive an email with login credentials so you can shop online at business.officedepot.com.To utilize the Office Depot discounts in a retail store, just text MonroeCountySPC to 555-888 and you will receive a store purchasing card directly to your phone! Show the picture to the cashier to receive the discounts. We are proud to bring you this added benefit of membership.
2016
�e Chamber by December 30, 2016
Award will bepresented at the
Annual Meeting &Luncheon held in
February 2017
December 30, 2016
2016 SMALL BUSINESS
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COMMUNITY IMPACT From feeding kids to creating meaningful family moments to building relationships among seniors, the Y is here to serve everyone. The Monroe Family YMCA is a non-profit organization that is here to strengthen our community. To support the Monroe Family YMCA’s Cause with an end of the year gift, visit ymcaofmonroe.org or scan here The Monroe Family YMCA is a501(c)(3) nonprofit charitable organization that has been serving our community since 1954. Gifts, donations and bequeaths are tax-deductible.
1111 West Elm Avenue 734.241.2606 ymcaofmonroe.org
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