SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 2016
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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!
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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.