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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 2016
www.fl orencechamber.com • 541-997-3128
290 Highway 101, Florence, OR 97439
Florence Area Business Beat
June 1, 2016 UPDATE
Underwriter
2015-2016
Three Rivers Casino Resort
Distinguished Sponsors
101 Things to Do
Bi-Mart
Banner Bank
Burns’s Riverside Chapel
Beachcomber Pub
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:
June 2 - Best Western Pier Point Inn
June 16 - Laurel Bay Gardens
Noon Forum:
June 9th
Also in June:
1 - RAIN Founder’s Fireside Chat
3 and 4 - Gypsy Camp Vintage Market
4 - 19th annual Fore Kids Boys and Girls
Club Golf Classic
9 - Coastal Fitness Spring Show
11 - Florence Green Fair
Committee Opportunities:
Ambassadors – Mike Bones, Chair
City Wide Garage Sale
Cindy Wobbe, Chair
Downtown Revitalization Team
David Wiegan, Chair
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
Welcome New
Members!
Please join us in welcoming a new member who
joined the Florence Area Chamber of Commerce:
America’s Mattress
2455 Highway 101
541-991-3700
www.americasmattress.com
Chamber Executive Director Bettina Hannigan and Events Coordinator Nancy Pearson
Welcome to the Florence Area
Chamber of Commerce!
Meet Our
Distinguished Sponsors
Burns’s Riverside Chapel
Burns’s Florence Riverside Chapel
has been a part of the Florence business
community even before it came under the
management of Alan and Karen Burns in
1987. The Burns’ purchased the funeral home
and crematory in 1992 and soon after became
the Chamber’s fi rst Distinguished Sponsor.
It has been in their current location at
27th and Kingwood streets since January
2006. They have always been active supporters
of our community and the Chamber. With
a staff of four, they provide a full range of
funeral and burial services, including the
only pet crematory on the Oregon coast. In
addition, they own Pacifi c Sunset Cemetery
with a section devoted to veterans, as well as
provide support for families with VA funeral
services. The Chamber is honored to have
them as a Distinguished Sponsor.
Bi-Mart
As one of the fi rst membership discount
stores, Bi-Mart began serving membership
families in the Northwest in 1955, starting
in Yakima, Wash. Bi-Mart opened the fi rst
Oregon store in Eugene in 1962, and opened
the Florence store in 1990. It currently
employs 35 Florence-area residents.
Bi-Mart is employee owned and operated
by people who live in, and are closely involved
with, the community they serve. They proudly
support local charitable organizations,
educational programs and sporting events,
and the Chamber is proud to have them as a
Distinguished Sponsor.
Florence Heating and
Sheet Metal
Originating down on Bay Street under
the bridge, Florence Heating & Sheet Metal
evolved from Florence Welding with a move
to its current location on Kingwood Street in
1991 as one of only two businesses on that
street at the time.
Steve and Krystal Wolford purchased
the business in 2000, and currently have four
employees. Florence Heating & Sheet Metal
install heat pumps, furnaces, and ductless heat
pumps, and is an independent Trane dealer.
They service all brands, and do architectural
fl ashings and custom sheet metal work.
As residents of the Mapleton area, the
Wolfords actively support the Mapleton
Booster Club as well as Boys & Girls Club
of Western Lane County and your Florence
Area Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber
is proud to have Florence Heating & Sheet
Metal continue their outstanding support as
one of our Distinguished Sponsors.
Chamber volunteers worked throughout Rhody Days to help Florence’s 109th annual
Rhododendron Festival go smoothly,
(photos by Chantelle Meyer/Siuslaw News)
From the
Director’s Desk
ByBettina Hannigan
Chamber Executive Director
The
109th
Rhododendron
Festival was a huge
hit! The feedback
is phenomenal with
record setting sales,
sold
out
vendor
space and even KVAL
coverage!
Thanks
to
our
amazing
volunteers
and
hard working event
coordinator
Nancy
Pearson this one’s in the can. To view KVAL’s
The Circle of Business
By Bobby Jensen Jr.
Chamber Board Member, Y Marina
Pieces of the Puzzle
Recently, a young
man asked me a
question that stumped
me pretty good.
He said, “What
are the i ve most
important things for
a business to do?”
h inking
the
question over in an
attempt to narrow
down the answer
to i ve, I realized that, there are so dang many
important things to do and also know or
understand. I’m also sure that even as much as
I love business, I don’t really know all that much.
One could spend a lifetime i ne-tuning a business.
So let’s look at a business like a Jigsaw puzzle.
As you i gure out how dif erent pieces connect
together and where they go, the picture becomes
more clear. h is process takes education,
experimentation and then i nally, implementation.
Your “puzzle pieces” might represent your
coverage, go to youtu.be/o8E9oTymTsY.
The Thursday, June 9, Noon Forum will be titled
RAMP UP YOUR ONLINE REVIEWS. We
will go over how to develop, manage, write and
respond to the critical element of your online
presence. Learn how positive reviews result in
revenue. You and your business will never be the
same after this program.
We really want to promote our June 9 Noon
Forum. It’s going to be an awesome program
in four parts. My purpose in the Chamber is
to really work hard to equip our members for
success.
This event is open to the public, so bring your
staff and invite others that will benefi t from this
Chamber event.
You’ll see more of this sort of equipping-oriented
Noon Forums. In July, the Noon Forum will be
on developing your 30-second commercial, or
elevator speech.
accounting system, marketing strategies,
technology,
corporate
image,
product
fuli llment, risk management, customer
relations and human resources. Each one
of these has hundreds of smaller pieces.
But here is some good news! You are on the
path that puts those pieces in place. I know you
are because you are interested enough to be
reading this article right now. Keep seeking out
more education and ask for help from others.
I myself really appreciate it when I’m
asked for advice — though no guarantees
it will be any good — and I’m pretty sure
there are lots of other people who do, too.
And don’t forget the many resources we
have through groups like the Chamber of
Commerce and RAIN (Regional Accelerator
and Innovation Network — oregonrain.org).
So, Really, why make all the mistakes yourself?
h ere are many experienced, knowledgeable
people willing to help you with your business
puzzle. Sometimes it takes “fresh eyes” to notice
something you might have looked right over.
I want to challenge you to pick one “piece” of
your business every month and Awesomize it.
If you see me around town tell me
what piece you are working on. Go!
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 cmeyer@thesiuslawnews.com by the third Friday of the month.
Too much to do in just one day!