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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 2016 9 A www.fl orencechamber.com • 541-997-3128 290 Highway 101, Florence, OR 97439 Florence Area Business Beat January 6, 2016 UPDATE Underwriter 2014-2015 Three Rivers Casino Resort Distinguished Sponsors 101 Things to Do Bi-Mart Banner Bank Burns’s Riverside Chapel Driftwood Shores Resort Florence Heating & Sheet Metal Fred Meyer Stores KCST/Coast Radio Oregon Pacific Bank PeaceHealth Peace Harbor Medical Center Sea Lion Caves Shippin’ Shack/Siuslaw Signs & Graphics Spruce Point Assisted Living TR Hunter Real Estate The Siuslaw News Be sure to thank these members for their investment in our community! Coming Events For even more information on other exciting local events, visit www.FlorenceChamber.com/Calendar. Business At er Hours: January 7th – Boys & Girls Club January 21st – City of Florence Noon Forum: January 14th Lane Community College Staf Introductions & programs and projects ALSO IN JANUARY: 16, 17: Winter Music Festival presented by Friends of the FEC 20: Siuslaw Awards Welcome New Members! Call or visit these new Chamber members and tell them you’re glad they joined! Passages Coaching & Hypnosis – 1845 Hwy 126 Suite A10 - Using Hypnosis and Life Coaching to remove blocks and achieve your goals. Meet Our Distinguished Sponsors Oregon Pacifi c Bank Headquartered in Florence for over 36 years, Oregon Pacii c Bank is committed to local growth and economic development, investing local dollars directly back into the community. Established on December 17, 1979, Oregon Pacii c Bank has grown to include full service branches in Coos Bay and Roseburg, as well as a Trust and Wealth Management oi ce in Medford, and a Professional Banking and Trust oi ce in Eugene. Staf ed by local decision makers, the Bank specializes in of ering holistic i nancial services to local families and business owners, including full service, online, and mobile banking, business i nancing and cash management, mortgage lending, trust and asset management, and brokerage and insurance services. Founded on a culture of caring, Oregon Pacii c Bank is committed to giving back to the community through charitable git s and sponsorships. h e Bank’s culture inspires employees to actively participate in worthwhile volunteer activities, with over a dozen Bank employees holding active leadership roles in various boards and committees throughout the Florence community. h is is why we value Oregon Pacii c Bank as a Distinguished Sponsor of the Florence Area Chamber of Commerce! Committee Opportunities: Ambassadors – Mike Bones, Chair Thank you for your membership and support! City Wide Garage Sale Cindy Wobbe, Chair Ahoy, Florence Business Owners and Managers Downtown Revitalization Team David Wiegan, Chair By Bobby Jensen, Y-Marina With the many dif erent areas of concern business owners and managers have to deal with on a regular basis, this little tip may help one i nd focus. I have heard from many business owners that they can only grow as fast as they can i nd talented people they can trust. In the boat business we recently found that one of the larger boat dealerships in our area has three dealer locations. We asked them what their management strategy was and it was a simpler answer than we were looking for, their kids. h ey have three sons and each one rn a dealership. It’s apparent that the biggest issue is trust. I mean what are the chances E-Committee – Robbie Wright, Chair Marketing Committee Mike Rose, Chair Membership Committee Bobby Jensen, Chair Oktoberfest Committee Jenna Bartlett, Chair Old Town Committee Robyn Smith, Chair Rhody Festival – Jenna Bartlett, Chair Rhody Court – Dee Osborne, Chair Rods & Rhodies Car Show Gary Cargill, Chair Siuslaw Awards Lisa Walter-Sedlacek, Chair Check website for more info on committee service. Get the Chamber’s Membership Advantages • Networking • Business Tips • Cooperative Promotions • Preferred Trade Status Julie Pimentel from Celeste Daniel Advertising & Design instructs Chamber members on new Chamber website features at December 10th luncheon Executive Director’s Message “So-long, farewell…” By Cal Applebee, Executive Director, Florence Area Cham- ber of Commerce Well, it sounded good in the Sound of Music. It has been nearly i ve years that I have served as your Executive Director for the Florence Area Chamber of Commerce and this will be my i nal message to you. h ere are so many people to thank for making these past years not just successful but also enjoyable, starting with the Board of Directors, both past and present. h ese are the people in our business community who just don’t contribute their money to the Chamber in the form of dues, but also dedicate a signii cant Packed house despite inclement weather to visit Lounge & Grill at Sandpines for December 17th Business After Hours Business After Hours Kicks off for New Year Start 2016 attending the i rst Business At er Hours for the New Year! On January 7, 2016, Business At er Hours Will be hosted by the Boys & Girls Club of Western Lane County at the newly remodeled Teen Center from 5:30pm – 7:00pm. h e Teen Center is located at 1601 15th Street, Florence. Come meet the Club Teens who will be serving o’dourves to their honored guests. A new 2-piece 6’ rod and reel donated by North Country Lures and Flies will be ral ed during the event. See what the Git of a Great Future looks like to our future leaders in Florence. We have several dates still available for 2016 to host a Business At er Hours. If you would like to showcase your company and network with your business community, schedule one for your location! Join the City of Florence for the January 21st Business At er Hours at the Florence Events Center. Mayor Henry and the City Council will host an open house from 5pm to 7pm with the State of the City Address beginning at 5:30pm. Come hear what our City in Motion has been working on over the past year and where we plan to go in 2016. that the three sons were more proi cient in their job positions than thousands of other potential employees. So we have a trust problem. h is is the best solution I have come up with to date. Eliminate more areas where trust would be required: It’s called systems and procedures, take dif erent responsibilities and shit them around so that dif erent people are accountable for dif erent parts of the business. Example: If an employee orders items, have a dif erent employee receive items. An employee won’t be able order personal items and receive them without anyone else knowing about it. Test your trust: If this is a big holdup for you, simply create tasks that are tests of trust. Let them prove to you they are watching out for the company as much as themselves. Build it into your company culture: Tell everyone how important trust is to the business and what trust means to you. Do not allow the smallest act dealing with trust happen without, consequences good or bad. If you allow employees to use any company assets for personal use make sure that is clear and known to everyone. Trust allows you to let deserving people in the company move forward and take on roles that you would once only do yourself. h at is where focus comes in. You’re now free to work on your business, not so much in it. Remember this: Your job is to take care of your employees in every way possible. An employee’s job is to take care of customers in every way possible. h e customers Job is to take care of the $hareholders. amount of time and talent to get the job done. Our partnership with the City of Florence, both elected oi cials as well as professional staf ers, has been truly amazing particularly in recent years, and I am very grateful for that relationship and support. h e Visitor Center Volunteers, coordinated by Jean Het y, contribute thousands of hours of time and their own knowledge of our community to welcome visitors to our community. We wouldn’t be able to fuli ll that portion of our mission without their valuable help. Same with the Florence Area Ambassadors – these Volunteers not only contribute their time to augment our Visitor Center staf in the summer months allowing us to remain open seven days a week, they also represent us at Ribbon Cuttings and At er Hours as well as represent Florence around the state at Ambassador events. h en there are our members, particularly our Corporate Underwriter h ree Rivers Casino Resort, and our i t een dif erent Distinguished Sponsors who invest a signii cant dollar amount to not just cover their dues, but also recognize that by investing in the Chamber we’re able to accomplish more for the business community because of that commitment. Many of the rest of our 261 members who comprise our total membership base, contribute by supporting events, i lling committee obligations, and attending business and networking events to leverage the value of their membership. Over the years I have ot en received a common response from both members and non-members – ‘what do I get out of being a Chamber member?’ Besides the obvious value of networking, exposure and referrals from our Visitor Center and website, I ot en respond that they also get the added value of being invested in our business community with the realization that the larger and stronger we are, the more we can do for our business community – together. For example, with just 50 additional members, our part-time Event Coordinator could become full time resulting in more ef ective events. With 100 additional members, we could do that as well as additional media buys to promote Florence out of the area. As the Chamber moves forward in this New Year, please contemplate your dedication and support of the Florence Area Chamber of Commerce – it is your business community. To borrow from John F. Kennedy: “ask not what your chamber can do for you, but what you can do for your chamber.” Join the Florence Area Chamber of Commerce! www.florencechamber.com • 541-997-3128 Have some good business advice? An event to promote? A story about your Chamber membership? To get an article or notice published in Business Beat, e-mail Cal@FlorenceChamber.com by the third Friday of the month. Editor: Cal Applebee, Executive Director.
