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COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL NOVEMBER 1, 2017 CHAMBER NEWSLETTER November Business After Hours Village Green Resort will host Business After Hours on Thursday, November 16 in the Cascadia Room, 725 Row River Road from 5:30 – 7:00pm. Please join us for a time to network with other businesses, learn something new, and have some fun! And don’t forget your business cards to share and enter the door prize drawing. Your attendance reinforces the spirit in which the Chamber provides these monthly activities. Cottage Grove and Creswell Chamber members are encouraged to attend this classic, fun networking event! 147 S. “M” Street (541) 942-4422 http://www.cgnaz.com Churches Future Business Aft er Hours December 21st – Cottage Grove Sentinel Reservations are being taken for Business Aft er Hours in 2018. Give us a call at 942-2411 and reserve your month today! Renewing Members Buster’s Main Street Café, Community Sharing Program, Cottage Grove Airport Welcome Center Committee, Don Strahan, Farmers Insurance Group, Friends of the Cottage Grove Public Library, Great Western Pub, Sports Bar & Grill, Jonathan E. Backer DDS, PC, Kiwanis Club of Cottage Grove, Lindsay Laycock - Keller Williams Realty, PDI, LLC, RG Media Company, Shelly D Insurance, Inc., Umpqua Bank. Christmas in Cottage Grove Saturday December 2, 2017 Please consider staying open during the celebration hours (5:00-8:00), have lighting displays, off er refreshments, and special shopper incentives. We want downtown to be the most exciting place to be! A list of businesses that will be open, discounts off ered, and activities happening, will be published in the Cookies & Carols section of the Sentinel on November 29, 2017. A fl yer announcing the day/ evening activities will also be given to over 1,800 students. Community Calendar For more details on the events listed below, visit the Event Calendar on our website at www. cgchamber.com. Weekly on Th ursdays: South Valley Farmers Market Monthly: Th ird Tuesday Poetry Night Nov 24- Dec 31: Christmas at the Village Green If you’re planning something special and you want the community to know, please let us know so it can be included in the schedule of activities. Businesses that will be offering discounts are encouraged to complete a Merchant Registration Form and return with payment (if required) to the Cottage Grove Area Chamber of Commerce: 700 E. Gibbs by November 10, 2017 to be included on the fl yer! November 3-4 Chamber Board of Directors Retreat 4 Dairy Goat Field Day 10 Chamber Offi ce Closed 13 Regular City Council Meeting 15 Chamber Board Lunch 16 Greeters Committee Meeting 16 Business Aft er Hours @ Village Green Resort 20 Promotions Committee 23 Th anksgiving 24 Chamber Offi ce Closed 27 Regular City Council Meeting Registration forms are available at the Visitor Center, on our website calendar: www.cgchamber.com, or you can request one be emailed to you by contacting beth@cgchamber.com. We are also planning for a Scavenger Hunt and looking for downtown businesses to participate in that as well. Th ere is no fee to members of the Cottage Grove Chamber of Commerce. Fee to participate for non-chamber members is $25.00 and includes all advertising. We hope you will be a part of this growing event and help us increase awareness of all the GREAT businesses in Cottage Grove! Th e Gift Certifi cate Program is a Member Benefi t Highlight. As a chamber we strive to educate the community of the value of supporting our local merchants. Th e Gift Certifi cate Program is one way we encourage shopping local. Purpose: 1. Promote shopping at CG Chamber Member businesses. 2. Support chamber members with dollars spent in Cottage Grove. Th is program makes gift giving easy while supporting local merchants and it promotes “Shop Chamber Members First.” To become a participating business, contact the Chamber at 541-942-2411. Participating businesses to date are: Ambrose Collectibles Apothecaria Books on Main Boyce & Sons, Inc. Buster’s Main Street Café Cascade Home Center CG Habitat for Humanity D & D Automotive Dirtcheapcopies.com Earthclick.net El Tapatio Elu Fusion Emerald Fitness Club (CG & Creswell) Lavender Field Embroidery Pinocchio’s Pizza South Lane Wheels Sweet Springs Family Farm Territorial Seed Company Th e Bookmine Th e Espresso Bar’n Th e Flower Basket Th e UPS Store Vanessa Peterson, LMT Wal-Mart MEMBER NEWS Please join us and welcome our newest chamber members Great Days Early Education Center Barbara Howell 403 N. River Road (541) 942-7460 www.greatdaysed.org Education/Schools Covered Bridge Church of the Nazarene Luke Graves, Senior Pastor December 1-3 Prospectors & Gold Diggers Holiday Bazaar 1 Seussical Opening @ Cottage Th eatre 2 Christmas in Cottage Grove - Events All Day 11 Regular City Council Meeting 18 Promotions Committee 20 Chamber Board Lunch 21 Greeters Committee Meeting 21 Business Aft er Hours @ Cottage Grove Sentinel 25 Christmas Day 25 Regular City Council Meeting 31 New Year’s Eve 31 Gamesquall! Save the Date! Mark your calendars and plan to attend our 69th Annual Awards banquet. Th e Chamber Banquet is a time to recognize those in our community who truly stand out through volunteerism and excellent business practices. It is also an opportunity to recognize student excellence and teacher appreciation among other recognitions. Th is year our banquet will held on January 20, 2018. Save the date on your calendar and look for details in the coming months. 9/30 thru 10/26 186 197 9 2 56 2017 Visitor Center Stats Phone calls: Walk-In Visitors: Relocate Requests: Visitor Requests: Referrals to Chamber Members: 2017 Website Stats Business Directory Searches Total Listed: Member Page Views: Event Searches: Events Viewed: Hot Deal Searches: Job Searches: YTD 356 397 499 412 20 31 1941 2196 44 42 560 6727 5043 9612 10,700 292 421 Special Thanks to our 2017 Enhanced Members PLATINUM PLUS Cottage Grove Sentinel Cottage Grove Sentinel GOLD 541-942-3325 Pacifi c Power SILVER Banner Bank Blackstone, Inc. – Windermer Real Estate City of Cottage Grove Emerald People’s Utility District cgsentinel.com Lane Community College Cottage Grove Center Lane Electric Cooperative Northwest Natural PeaceHealth Cottage Grove Community Medical Center South Lane County Fire & Rescue FREE CHECK-UP FOR AUTO HOME & LIFE INSURANCE. 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