4 SIUSLAW NEWS | BUSINESS QUARTERLY | SATURDAY, JANUARY 6, 2018
BUSINESS BEAT
541-997-3128
290 Highway 101, Florence, OR 97439
www.FlorenceChamber.com
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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.