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4 SIUSLAW NEWS | BUSINESS QUARTERLY | SATURDAY, JANUARY 6, 2018 BUSINESS BEAT 541-997-3128 290 Highway 101, Florence, OR 97439 www.FlorenceChamber.com www.facebook.com/fl orenceoregon www.twitter.com/FlorenceOrCoast January 6, 2018 Welcome to the Chamber! DISTINGUISHED SPONSOR Turell Group 800 Willamette Street, Ste 770 Eugene 541-685-5000 Turell Group excels at connecting you to your customers. turellgroup.com BUSINESS PARTNERS Beauty by Delivery Day Spa 508 Kingwood 541-337-5978 Welcome to Luxury, Wellness, & Beauty beautybydeliverydayspa.com Dan Hankins Service Florence 541-590-3066 Commercial Appliance Repair & Installation In Town Vacation Rental Florence 541-999-2948 Seasonal Vacation Rental and Short Term Rental Off Season Oregon Eye Consultants 2002 Hwy 101 541-687-1927 Physicians and surgeons of ophthalmology. Off ering comprehensive eye care. Retina, cornea and uveitis specialists. oregoneyeconsultants.com Richard Beaudro, Realtor at TR Hunter Florence Area 541-991-6677 Richard has a very good knowledge of the local market and continues to help folks with their real estate business in every location within the greater Florence area. 17lakesrealestate.com Sunni Days Yard Care Florence Area 541-999-5074 At Sunni Days Yard Care our core mission is to provide aff ordable beautifi cation of your outdoor space. sunnydaysyardcare.com Treehouse Signs & Decorative Arts, Inc. 309 Laurel St 541-997-7367 Full service sign shop off ering graphic arts and decorative arts. ASSOCIATE MEMBER Lane Families for Farms and Forests 92514 N. Coburg Rd – Eugene 541-914-0613 LaneFamilies.com Committed to harnessing support for Lane County’s rich heritage of agriculture and forestry. 2017-2018 Corporate Underwriters From the Director’s Desk By Bettina Hannigan Chamber Executive Director New year, new ideas and new opportunities! If we keep doing what we’ve been doing, we’ll keep get- ting what we’ve been get- ting. I know this isn’t new news, but it’s important we take time to really consid- er what we are doing and look at it carefully. I’ve had the pleasure of meeting with several new Chamber members and listen- ing (Yes, I do occasionally listen!). I’ve heard some very interesting comments and the bottom line is the Chamber has CHANGED and the community is seeing the results. You’ll hear me say “When you partner with the chamber you partner with suc- cess.” Well, I’m not kidding. Th e resources that the chamber has can and will positively aff ect your business, under one condition. Yes, there’s a catch. Micro-Changes: Hack your brain and become a Goal Achiever By Bobby Jensen Jr. Chamber Board President With the new year underway and all the hype of goals and progress, I thought it appropriate to discuss one way in which goals become more likely achieved. As you know, goals are oft en forgot- ten and fade away aft er “life” overruns our visions of accomplishment and achievement. I mean, go see how busy the gym is during January! Th e biggest reason I personally don’t achieve the outcome that I YOU have to participate. No matter how hard I try, I still can’t push a string. I write e-mails, I write articles for the paper, I talk on the radio and I meet people at our events and around town. Sometimes I feel like a broken record, THE CHAMBER IS YOUR GO TO RESOURCE! Want to build your business recognition? How about hosting a Business Aft er Hours? Want to expand your customer base? Have you done a chamber to chamber promotion? Updated your listing on the chamber’s website? Attended cham- ber events and made new connections? How about looping me into your promotions so I can include in my promotional materials? Have you stopped in and met our 22 amazingly dedicated volunteers here at the Visitors Center to introduce yourself and your business? Th ey’re on the front lines dispensing referrals every day. How about sharing your ideas? Have you joined a committee to build relationships and promote the chamber? Let’s brainstorm how the chamber can help you. When you join the chamber it’s a partnership, you’ll only get out of it what you put in and the returns are amazing. My heart’s desire is to help you build your business with growth and sustain- able stability. Small Business Revolution – Main Street Se- ries is HOT!! I want to shout out to Ellen Hunting- don from Oregon Pacifi c Bank! She stepped up to chair the chamber’s Downtown Revitalization Team. She’s done an amazing job and her latest feat of nominating Florence for the Small Busi- ness Revolution’s Main Street television series has rocked it out of the park. Th e Chamber’s DRT has been the catalyst for this incredible opportunity for our community and the City of Florence has stepped up to bring resources that will empower Florence to show why we should be the recipient of a potential $500,000 investment in our small businesses. Our community has rallied as a team and I couldn’t be more proud. We are currently in the top ten, the show’s producers will shave it down to fi ve. If we make the top fi ve, it’s up to us to rally social media and communications to get the most votes, I believe with all my heart we can do this. Th e circle is indeed getting bigger and our community is coming together in new ways. Go Florence! had set out to accomplish is my imagination is too far ahead of where I am personally, leav- ing a big gap between the goal and my abili- ties. Th is thinking probably spawns from the encouragement that we all receive like: “You can do anything you put our mind to.” or “If I could do it, you can too”. Th ese comments are nice to hear, but false. If not, so show me a 50 year old female playing basketball in the NBA. (I just checked to be sure and oldest player ever was Nat Hickey, a 45 year old male.) Th ese nice “feel good quotes” create some mo- mentary motivation creating big visions of in- sane progression! But then later the letdown of yet another missed mark. We become ap- prehensive of setting goals if we consistently fail to achieve them, putting ourselves in an apathetic lifestyle where we just don’t care as much as we used to. My opinion: this leads to our biggest social issues. When it comes to progressing ourselves towards who we want to become it really takes an honest case of self- awareness. You have to know you. Which is diffi cult because we cannot see ourselves like everyone else can. Th at’s why it’s easier to give advice than receive it! Now on to what we do about it. Start out with itty bitty tiny little micro goals you know that you can achieve easily with minimal ef- fort. Write it down and then treat that goal like it’s the most important thing in your life until you achieve it. Tell people about it, get some nice praise for being an offi cial achiever, then set another one just a bit bigger and do the same thing, keeping a perfect accomplish- ment record for yourself. Th is will program your mind to keep achieving and taking goals seriously. You’re going to know what it feels like to make progress in your life, directed by you! Th is will empower you to start tak- ing bigger steps and before you know it, you’re going to look up and notice that you actually achieved some of those old goals that you nev- er did because of that big gap! UPCOMING EVENTS You’re invited to the 10 th Annual Siuslaw Awards – Wednesday February 7 th at the Florence Events Center. Th is prestigious event recognizes excellence in the local business community by naming recipients for awards in Excellence in Customer Service, Curb Appeal, Non-Profi t Achievement, Community Caring, Innovation in Business and the Stu Johnston Business of the Year Award. Two outstanding individuals in the community will be honored with the Future First Citizen Award and the First Citizen Award. Th e First Citizen Award recognizes that individual who has given selfl essly to the community based on community involvement, leadership and overall community impact. Th e Future First Citizen Award recognizes that student based on his or her academic success as well as civic involvement and contributions to the community. Th e Florence Area Chamber of Commerce will also recognize an individual or business that has selfl essly given of their time and eff orts in supporting the Florence Area Chamber of Commerce and its eff orts with the Distinguished Service Award. Tickets on sale now at FlorenceChamber.com or at the Visitors Center. Come out and show your appreciation of these exceptional nominees who’ve given so much to our community. Drift wood Shores Resort Th e Korando Dental Group Th ree Rivers Casino Resort TR Hunter Real Estate Distinguished Sponsors 101 Th ings to Do Magazine Banner Bank Bi-Mart Beachcomber Pub Burns’s Riverside Chapel Fred Meyer Stores Lofy Construction Oregon Pacifi c Bank PeaceHealth Peace Harbor Medical Center Sea Lion Caves Spruce Point Assisted Living Th e Siuslaw News Turell Group Be sure to thank these members for their investment in our community! C hamber Noon Forums - Lunch & Learn! Luncheons are at the Best Western Pier Point and lunch is available for $14 • 1/11/18 Noon Forum - Get Your Bite of 11 Billion Bucks Kari Westlund and Natalie Inouye from Travel Lane County will describe how every business in our region can ensure they get their bite of the $11 billion that comes into Oregon every year through travel, entertainment, hospitality and destination marketing. • 2/8/18 Noon Forum – Th e Siuslaw Vision – A Business Tool. Th e Siuslaw Vision 2025 is all about business. Find out aligning with the Vision can boost your business. January 18 th , 5-7pm – Oregon RAIN and the Small Business Development Center at the Lane Community College Florence Center are on the same team when it comes to helping entrepreneurs launch and grow businesses in Florence. Th is month, they’re hosting Business Aft er Hours for the Florence Area Chamber of Commerce. Please join us for food and beverages, and learn how Oregon RAIN and SBDC/LCC work with the Chamber to support local business development. 3149 Oak Street. February 1 st – Florence Antiques and Coast Jewelers host Business Aft er Hours in their new location at 1220 Bay Street! Tom and Rich invite you to step into their new location, sip, savor, shop and make new connections. Doing business is powerful and even fun when you’re hosted by hosts with the most! Business Aft er Hours are FREE to attend and open to the public. We invite you to come see for yourself how the Chamber does business! Event Committee Meetings – Come join the fun! Want to grow your business? Business by referral is powerful. Participating on a Chamber Committee is an eff ective way to build relationships and referrals. Contact us for upcoming meetings and times at 541-997-3128.
