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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2016
BUSINESS BEAT
541-997-3128
290 Highway 101, Florence, OR 97439
www.fl orencechamber.com
www.facebook.com/fl orenceoregon
www.twitter.com/FlorenceOrCoast
October 1, 2016 UPDATE
Welcome to the Chamber!
and congratulations to members
who recently upgraded!
OUR NEWEST
CORPORATE UNDERWRITER
THE KORANDO DENTAL GROUP
Giving people something to smile about since
1985!
1705 West 22 nd Street • 541-997-3111
www.korandodentalgroup.com
NEW PREMIER PARTNERS
All About Olives
1411 Bay Street • 541-997-3174
www.allaboutolives.us
Central Coast Disposal
5405 Hwy. 101 • 541-902-7554
www.FlorenceChamber.com/listing/Central-Coast
NEW BUSINESS PARTNERS
Christina Voogd – Realtor
1875 Hwy 101 • 541-999-0239
www.CallChristina.com
Florence Caring Pregnancy Center
1525 West 12 th Street • 541-902-2273
www.CaringPC.org
Florence Tech Solutions
Th e Florence Greater Area • 541-590-2474
www.FlorenceTechSolutions.com
Fresh Harvest Café
Open for Breakfast and Lunch
1677 3056 Hwy 101 • 541-997-4051
Th e J Group – Realtors
Amy and Desiree Johnson
1749 Hwy 101 • 541-997-1200
www.fl orencechamber.com/listing/j-group
J. Johnson Tree Service
Th e Florence Greater Area • 541-999-7989
www.fl orencechamber.com/J-Johnson
Maple Street Grille
Welcome new owners Marinela and Lane Eubank!
165 Maple Street • 541-997-9811
www.maplestreetgrille.com
2016-2017
Underwriter
Three Rivers Casino Resort
TR Hunter Real Estate
The Korando Dental Group
Distinguished Sponsors
101 Things to Do Magazine
Banner Bank
Bi-Mart
Beachcomber Pub
Burns’s Riverside Chapel
Driftwood Shores Resort
Fred Meyer Stores
KCST/Coast Radio
Lofy Construction
Oregon Pacific Bank
PeaceHealth Peace Harbor Medical Center
Sea Lion Caves
Shippin’ Shack/Siuslaw Signs & Graphics
Spruce Point Assisted Living
The Siuslaw News
Be sure to thank these members for their
investment in our community!
UPCOMING EVENTS
Chowder Fest and Wine Walk –
October 8 & 9
Saturday, October 8
2:00 to 5:00 p.m. Wine Walk. Stroll fabulous
Bay Street and sample wines from Ore-
gon wineries. Purchase a punch card. It’s your
palate’s passport to some of the region’s best
off erings, and gets you two commemorative
glasses to sample and remember your fun in
Florence.
Sunday, October 9
Noon to 4:00 p.m. Chowder Fest. Who
makes Florence’s best clam chowder? You
decide! In this election year, cast a vote that
truly counts—for the Central Coast’s best
chowder. Your $5 punch card serves as your
scorecard and ballot.
On Sunday enjoy live music at Gazebo
Park and a chance to fi nd gorgeous glass
fl oats hidden in the shops of Historic Old
Town. You may even meet Columbus and
Queen Isabella as they stroll Bay Street and
beyond with valuable wooden doubloons for
all.
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Noon Forum – October 13 – Economic
Development Report from the City, Mayor
Joe Henry and City Manager Erin Reynolds
will be sharing new news about our city’s
economic development. Florence is open
for business! Best Western Pier Point Inn at
noon on Oct. 13 th , lunch is available for $14
and this meeting is open to the public, come
join the Chamber and fi nd out how Chamber
membership means business.
Business Aft er Hours – October 6 th from
5-6:30pm at the Siuslaw Outreach Services
located at 1576 West 12 th Street. Enjoy won-
derful hors d’oeuvres by Marianne Brisbane,
a variety of wines, sparkling cider, and tours
of their building. Learn about this non-profi t,
which serves low-income families, seniors,
persons with disabilities, people in crisis situ-
ations, victims of domestic/sexual violence,
and the homeless. Last year they served 2,902
persons.
From the Director’s Desk
By Bettina Hannigan
Chamber Executive
Director
Welcome Fall!
I think of pumpkin
bread, cool mornings,
and my yard fi lled
with maple leaves.
Football is on the
television and the
days are getting
shorter. Th e holidays
are right around the corner and winter looms
ahead. Makes you feel warm and fuzzy right?
But au contraire! Th e Chamber isn’t slowing
down, no way—no how, this is a perfect time for
business!
Successful business strategy embraces the
seasons, each has its purpose and time. Many
entrepreneurs I’ve met over the years take time to
rest and relax. When the mind detaches from the
urgent pressure of day–to-day activity, creative
juices fl ow, then what I call “Witty Inventions”
develop. I encourage our business community
take a moment, a day, a week, and let your mind
wander. How can your business perform better
for you? Where do you see it in the next year,
next few years, next fi ve years? How can you
implement productive changes, new education,
marketing, staffi ng, inventory, even succession
strategies? Maybe your business needs to update
Jack of All Trades
Master of one
By Bobby Jensen Jr.
Chamber Board
Member, Y Marina
Th e
industrial
age showed us that
if we can master a
certain trade, it will
increase productivity
dramatically. Th en as
a community, we will
prosper much more
than each citizen
trying to take care of all their specialized needs
its location, procedures, equipment, policies, staff
training, and/or customer service. Th is season
brings opportunity to grow your business. Go for
it! Th e Chamber is here to help, we are Florence’s
business resource. Join us for our Noon Forum
October 13 at the Best Western Pier Point Inn for
an economic development report from Mayor
Joe Henry and City Manager Erin Reynolds.
Here at the Chamber we’re going strong,
our marketing team is hard at work expanding
and improving the out-of-area marketing, and
reaching potential visitors and customers from
all over the world! Th e Chamber’s website is
seeing more activity than ever, and it will only
get better as we respond to member and visitor
requests to meet their needs. New pages in
the works include Job Resources, Wedding &
Special Occasion Page, Antique Shopping and
Transportation.
Th e amazing volunteers at the Visitors
Center welcome guests coming to Florence
for our fabulous shops, food, lodging, and our
astounding sand dunes. Th en they make every
eff ort to direct them all around town to meet
all their needs and introduce them to the many
gems off the beaten path. And as they toodle
all over our awesome town, they meet you, our
local businesses and community. Th at’s when we
hear frequently their heartwarming response to
Florence—they want to stay longer and come
back soon. Florence, you are truly an amazing
community!
themselves. Th is is called interdependence
which is the highest form of productivity. When
we allow others to perform their specialty and
we focus on our own, you and the others will
prosper. I have found one very specifi c job that
requires a level of competency in about fi ve
specifi c trades or skills. Th is professional is a
business developer, aka, an Entrepreneur. Th ey
need to know how to read and record fi nancial
statements and have a strong understanding
of branding and marketing. Have you ever
talked in depth with a business attorney,
gotta know some law as well! Technology is
making advances every year, how you apply
that technology to a business is also a much
needed skill. To be a professional business
developer you’re going to need to become
good at a few other occupations. Th e key is
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exactly which ones. Yeah, you can always
hire out professionals but you’ll have to speak
their language. Th ink of yourself as the hub
in the middle of a wheel and each spoke is a
professional which holds up the tire. You are
the connector that brings them together and
the only way to do this is understand how
each works. Th is kinda sounds like a daunting
task when you look at all the areas of business
you need to learn but there are many ways to
get these skills. Lane Community College is
off ering a 3 year program which covers Small
Business Management, brochures are available
at the Visitors Center or online. If you can’t
participate in the program, copy down the list
of subjects and learn them through researching
and reading. Th en go to work and watch your
awesome business grow!
JOIN US….in honor of the
Service and Sacrifi ce of our
Armed Forces members and
Th e parade, will be starting at 1pm, on 11/11/16 and all Patriotic
Groups and individuals are welcome to participate!
Th is Veteran’s Day, our nation is again reminded of the
tremendous sacrifi ces endured to ensure America’s freedom.
Our Veterans have bravely and proudly carried the burden of
defending this country by their honorable service during war
and peacetime. And for that, there are no words to express our
gratitude.
Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines and the Coast Guard have all given
their time, and many times their lives, to protect our freedoms. Th ey
answered the call when our Nation needed them most. And now they
deserve our honor and respect. We invite you to take this opportunity
to say thanks.
Great viewing from Harbor Street, the Port parking lot and Bay Street.
Tributes and treats for Veterans will be available at Veterans Memorial
Park.
If you would like to be in the parade or would like to be a sponsor, please
contact Jim Swant 541-968-3692.
Learn Why You Should Vote NO on
Measure 97 in November
Th is fall, Oregonians will vote on Measure 97, the 2.5% tax on sales of
goods and services in Oregon that would cost Oregon consumers and
small businesses more. It is important to know the facts about Measure
97 before you vote.
Measure 97 is a tax on total sales – not profi ts – that would increase
consumer costs for all types of products and services. It has no
exemptions – not even for essentials like food and medicine. Most of
the $6 billion in new taxes would be passed on to Oregon consumers
and small businesses through higher prices for everything from food,
gasoline, electricity, natural gas, phone service, and cable TV to cars,
insurance, medicine and healthcare.
A study by the nonpartisan Legislative Revenue Offi ce (LRO) concluded
that Measure 97 would cost a typical Oregon family over $600 per
year, and would especially hurt low and middle-income families and
seniors who can least aff ord it.
Measure 97 would damage Oregon’s economy. Th e State of Oregon’s own
study concluded that this tax would cause the loss of 38,000 private
sector jobs in our state.
Th ere’s no guarantee the money would go to education or anything
else. Oregon’s Legislative Counsel, the Legislature’s own top legal
authority, has stated the Legislature could spend the money “in any way
it chooses.”
It’s wrong to try to expand Oregon’s state budget with a badly designed
tax that would increase costs for every Oregon family and business,
put the biggest burden on the Oregonians who can least aff ord it, cause
the loss of thousands of jobs - and let the politicians spend the money
however they choose.
Please join us in voting NO on Measure 97.
Visit www.NOon97.com to join the coalition to oppose Measure 97.
