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Garden City Area Chamber of Commerce1511 E. Fulton TerraceGarden City, KS 67846

Office: 620.276.3264Fax: 620.276.3290www.gardencitychamber.net

Plans are underway for Garden City Downtown Vision’s FallFest 2013 slated for Saturday, Septem-ber 21 from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Main Street in Garden City.

“We want to provide local and area vendors the opportunity to bring their products and wares to sell in the great central location of Downtown Garden City during FallFest 2013,” said Beverly Schmitz Glass, Downtown Vision executive director. “This year we are once again working in tandem with the Art in the Park folks along with the Knights of Colum-bus and its Oktoberfest to join us to help create a day-long event for all ages and interests. Last year we had over 5,500 attendees come through taking in this grand festival on Main Street and we’re expecting a record crowd again this year.”

This annual event will be similar in format as last year’s festival. The booth rental is $50 for In-dividuals/Non-Profits, $65 for Non-Commercial Vendors w/Electricity, $80 for Commercial Vendor/No Electricity, and $100 for Commercial Vendor w/Elec-tricity. There will be a limited number of electrical 110 and 220 connections and those will be re-served on a first come-first served basis.

“The booths will be lined up on both sides of the center line of the street to create a better flow of foot traffic so pedestrians will have the opportunity to venture up one side and down the other,” said Glass.

“We are moving the entertain-ment back to the center perfor-mance and sound stage to create a central location for FallFest attendees to meet up with friends or relax and enjoy the stage events. We are also looking for in-dividuals and groups that would like to perform for about 20 min-utes. It’s a great way to showcase your talent and have some fun to boot.”

Glass added the booth rental fee would be waived for any group performing in the entertainment arena for 20 or more minutes who would like a booth for sharing information or selling fundrais-ing products. The booths will be placed at appropriate locations to accommodate all types of vendors and products. Because of Down-town Vision’s agreement with the Knights, vendors are asked to not offer bierocks and/or bratwursts.

To participate in Fall Festival 2013, call 276.0891 or email vision@gcdowntown.com and ask for the FallFest registration form.

2013 Downtown Garden City

Fall FestPapa Murphy’s PizzaJim Jordan - Owner1110 Campus Dr., Ste AGarden City, KS 67846www.papamurphys.comRestaurant

Classy LooksAraceli Stewart - Owner605 N. 8th St.Garden City, KS 67846(620) 272-6438Hair Extensions & Wigs

Excavating UnlimitedJake Foltz - Owner1902 Windyview DriveGarden City, KS 67846(620) 521-3134www.excavatingunlimited.comExcavation Services

Web Candy Web DesignCaleb McMillian - OwnerPO BOX 501Holcomb, KS 67851(620) 640-2960www.webcandywebdesign.comWeb Design Services

Accurate Safety ComplianceLuis Chaparro2901 W. Mary St.Garden City, KS 67846(620) 805-6116www.accuratesafetyco.comSafety Services, Equipment, Clothing

New Chamber Members

September18 - Chamber Breakfast -State of the City Address

21 - Chamber Wine Tasting

21 - Downtown Fall Fest/Art in the Park

26 - Business After Hours hosted by American Airlines

27-29 - Southwest Riverless Festival & Hot Air Balloon Classic

October16 - Chamber Breakfast

29 - Ribbon Cutting for FCPL Outdoor Nature Classroom

November21 - Crystal Apple Teacher Recognition Awards

December6-7 - Chamber Legislative Caucus

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September 2013

Come experience a collision of fire, ice and wine during this year’s Garden City Area Chamber of Commerce Wine Tasting event set for Sept. 21 inside the Clarion Inn ballroom with the 2013 presenting sponsor, The Western Beverage Company.

This year’s event will be a night to remember with fire juggling enter-tainment to accompany this always exquisite spread of fine meats, cheeses and desserts to accompany the more than 30 fine wines. West-ern Beverage will provide samples of their craft beer and for the first time Reeve Cattle Company will host a Crown Royal sampling table for all to enjoy.

Tickets are $50 each and are available via the Chamber’s website or at the two ticket outlets- EWE Specialties and Davis Designs in Garden City. Individuals attending the event must be 21 years of age and present a valid ID upon arriving.

2013 Presenting Sponsor:Western Beverage Company

Marketing Partner:Finney County Convention & Tour-ism Bureau

Wine Flight Sponsor:Reeve Cattle Company

Media Partners:Rocking M RadioHigh Plains Public RadioWestern Kansas Broadcast Center

Vintage Sponsors:Sternberger, Van Norden & SchlappeClarion Inn

Champagne Sponsors:Plaza PharmacyGarden City TelegramPalace Computer Center

Cabernet Sponsors:Coldwell BankerBig L Sales, Inc.Chappel LiquorKlotz SandHigh Plains UrologyWindRiver GrainGarden City Ammonia ProgramTP&LLegacy Auto CenterVOLVO Rents

Chardonnay Sponsors:Fry Eye & AssociatesAmerican Family Insurance - Neil Hawley AgencyPrudential Insurance Company - Richard McNaughtHopkins, Hopkins & AckermanWasinger CiropracticPrudential Insurance Company - Greg Calzonetti American State Bank & Trust Co.DV Douglas RoofingComfort InnHomeTown Real EstateRental EnterpriseDr. Timothy Hanigan

Friends of Wine Donors:Royals Farms Dairy, LLCEWEs SpecialtiesDavis Designs

Wine TastingFire and ice

Southwest Riverless Festival & Balloon Classic

Ground crew volunteers are needed for the 10th Annual Hot Air Balloon Classic that returns on September 27, 28, & 29. The Finney County Fairgrounds will serve as the launching site for all flights. Volunteers are needed to assist with the balloons starting on Friday at 6:15 pm, followed by pizza and beverages with the pilots. Volunteers are also needed on Saturday at 7:00 am and 6:30 pm and Sunday at 7:00 am.

The Balloon Classic is being com-bined with several other events to form the Southwest Riverless Festival & Balloon Classic.

Come and be a part of this spec-tacular annual fun event. Bring your enthusiasm, energy and meet new people and have some fun. If you are interested or for more information please contact the Finney County Convention and Visitors Bureau @ 276-0607

Our Mission

Improve the Quality of Life. Aid in Economic Growth and Develop-ment. Represent the Business Community on Legislative Issues. Promote cooperation between the public and private sectors.

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With the help and support of our Board of Directors, we have worked hard to ensure that our Chamber continues to provide the business community with the resources and tools it needs to succeed.

As we look ahead to the remain-der of the year, I see the theme as focusing on strengthening partner-ships and our relationships with our members. Our focus on developing Commerce is simple.  We need our Chamber members to have finan-cial success.  The better you do, the better we do. I’m excited about the many new possibilities that lie ahead.

I would like to share a few of these partnerships and key improvements for 2013:

We have partnered with Garden City Community College to improve community resources for workforce development, while promoting train-ing opportunities that include, CDL, food safety, computer skills, market-ing, financial management.

We are also honored to support teachers in both Garden City Public Schools and Holcomb Public Schools by holding the Crystal Apple Awards. This award recognizes three outstanding teachers in Finney County each year.

This year we have City and County Representation on the board from both entities. This allows consistent communication between the groups on business related information; business requests, legislative issues and other business related informa-tion.

We have strengthen our relation-ships with Finney County Economic Development, CVB and Downtown Vision – We have participated in a cooperative body of work that in-cludes a shop Garden City campaign using several forms of marketing including web site, direct mail, newsletters, radio, tv, newspaper and more.

Strengthening our relationships with members has been paved by “going back to the basics”, this is done by staff or volunteers visiting businesses. Your feedback has been invaluable in shaping our agenda for the rest of this year and the next year. Your information is vital to measuring the Chamber’s effective-ness in achieving your goals.

We are proud to announce an Expanded Web Site, which will include a member section where members can update their own data, post photos and video, add a logo and other features not current-ly available on the current site.

We are strengthening our advocacy efforts for businesses by continuing to host a Legislative Caucus to give you a platform to share your views and concerns prior to the session along with monthly Legislative Coffee’s to give members an oppor-tunity to voice your opinion and views during session.

Furthermore, by developing a Legislative Agenda that is the blue-print for monitoring and support-ing legislation during the session. Whether you’re an emerging small business experiencing growing pains or a large global organization, we want you to think of us as your proactive business partner.

We look forward to continued success through the end of this year and into the next. Thank you for your continued support and in-volvement in the Chamber pro-grams, activities and events.

Debbie Reynolds, ChairChamber Board of Directors

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The Garden City Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors recently appointed Mr. Brian Weber to the 16-person panel.

“Brian Weber is a wonderful addition to the Chamber board., said Steve Dyer, Chamber presi-dent. “He is a local business owner, experienced board member and understands first hand what hap-pens in Topeka. I am very excited to welcome Brian tot he board.”

In April, Weber announced his resignation from the Kansas House of Representatives to focus more time on the family business at Weber Refrigeration and to his wife and young daughter. Brian and his wife Alicia recently moved to Garden City after living several years in the Dodge City area.

Weber is a 2005 graduate of Newman University where he majored in History and received a minor in political science. In 2009, Brian was awarded his Masters degree from Ft. Hays State University. In 2011, he was elect-ed to the Kansas House of Rep-resentatives overseeing District 119. During his time in Topeka, Brian served as the House Majority Whip, Social Services Budget Chair, Health Committee Chair and was the freshman GOP Caucus Chair.

While in Dodge City, Brian served as a city commissioner from 2008-2010. He also previously served as a member of the board of directors for the Dodge City and Liberal Chambers of Commerce.

Weber replaces Jarrod Stoppel, USD 457, who resigned from the Chamber board in July.

Debbie Reynolds, ChairThe Golf Club at Southwind.

Keith Collins, Chair-electAdvanced Merchant Services

Keysha Urie, TreasurerLewis, Hooper & Dick

Deanna Mann, Vice ChairGarden City Community College

Jennifer Dougherty, Vice ChairLegacy Auto Center

Randy Partington,Finney County

Kenne Whitson,St. Catherine Hospice

Todd Dauber,Kearny County Bank

Stephanie Bogner,MBA Real Estate

Mark Hinde,Southwest Developmental Services, Inc.

Mark Nelson,American State Bank

Michelle Stegman, City of Garden City

Della Brandenburger,AmericInn Hotels

Brian Weber,Weber Refrigeration

Weber to Join Chamber board

On Thursday, August 1, 2013, over 500 chamber members and sponsors turned out for the Annual Chamber of Commerce awards banquet at Garden City High School.

2013 marks the 125th anniver-sary of the Chamber, which was founded in 1888 and currently has over 430 local businesses in its membership. To help cele-brate significant milestone, the Chamber selected the theme “Looking Back...Moving For-ward” as the theme of the event to pay homage to the changes and successes within the busi-ness community of Finney County. The banquet, hosted by presenting sponsor Tyson Fresh Foods, featured a steak dinner catered by the Clarion Inn.

For the 30th year, the Cham-ber presented the 2012 Award of Merit to Mrs. Kathy Diehl, Vice President at American State Bank, for her outstanding commitment and support of the Chamber. Diehl is a current Chamber ambassador and has served on the Chamber board of directors and has also volun-teered with numerous Chamber and community events.

The Chamber also presented the annual Ambassador of the Year award to Mr. Scott Bauer, who was recognized for his volunteer work with the Chamber Ambassadors in 2012. Bauer joined the Ambassador team in 2012 and is slated to become the Ambassador chairperson in 2014.

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Following the banquet, guests were treated to the “Classic Comedy Live” show with comedians Dick Hardwick, Jack Mayberry and Mrs. Carol Hughes inside the high school auditorium.

The Chamber plans to announce sponsorship, ticket and entertainment information for the 2014 banquet soon.

Celebrating 125 years of Chamber History

Ribbon Cuttings

July 31, 2013 - Ribbon Cutting to celebrate the opening of Garden City Community College’s Excel Driver Service CDL program.

July 9, 2013 - Ribbon Cutting to officially welcome Synergy Physical Therapy Services to Garden City. Synergy is located at 1501 E. Fulton Terrace, Ste. 1.

Aug 23, 2013 - Ribbon Cutting to celebrate the opening of Kansas Children’s Service League’s new location at 603 E. Cedar St. in Garden City.

Aug 23, 2013 - Ribbon Cutting for the opening of the Sand & Stone Studio located at 602 Fulton Drive in Garden City.

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2013 Chamber Board of Directors