January - Carroll County Chamber of Commerce

Chamber News
The Award Winning Monthly Newsletter
of the Carroll County Chamber of Commerce
January 2011
CARROLL COUNTY CHAMBER
2011 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Chairman—Robie York
Prater & York LLC
Chairman-Elect—Leonard Woolsey
Times-Georgian
Vice Chairman—Gary Leftwich
Southwire
Treasurer—Kathy Yates
Georgia Power
Past Chairman—Dr. Faye McIntyre
Richards College of Business—UWG
2011 Board of Directors
Ben Butler
Mark Camp
Kent Edwards
April Harris
Anita Jones
Steve Minor
Derick Newton
Larry Wood
Amy Brown
Mark Foster
Chip Jakins
Alicia Michael
Ann Newman
Jason Newman
Tim Warren
Mike Washington
Ann Fazio
Chris Gammon
Tom Hall
Mark Herring
Gary Hewitt
Tammy Hughes
Wayne Johnson
Heidi McGuire
Casey Coleman
Rick Ford
Lucy Gamble
Sue Bloodworth
Trent North
Jimmy Meigs
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Tanner Medical Center
Advantage Office Solutions
Carrollton City Schools
The Squire Shop
West Georgia Technical College
Tisinger Vance PC
Edward Jones Investment
City of Villa Rica
State Farm Insurance
Walker Cadillac, GMC & Buick
Carroll EMC
Carrollton Collision Center
Bank of North Georgia
Die-Tech
United Community Bank
The UPS Store
Garrett Stephens Thomas & Fazio
Printpack
Southern Sales & Marketing
AgSouth Farm Credit, A.C.A
Southland Insurance Agency
BB&T Bank
ESW Investment Company
The Town Planner
Carrollton City Manager
Temple Mayor
Whitesburg Councilperson
Mt. Zion Mayor
Carroll County Commissioner
Bowdon City Manager
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The Carroll County
Chamber of Commerce—
fostering a dynamic business
and community environment .
Carroll Chamber News
Next Ad Deadline
January 20th !!
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promotion in the Chamber News:
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Submit your camera-ready ads
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communications@carroll-ga.org
For more information, please call
(678)890-2332.
The Carroll Chamber of Commerce Chamber News is
distributed online on the first business day of each month to
over 800 Chamber members and community leaders.
CARROLL COUNTY
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
200 Northside Drive, Carrollton, Georgia 30117
Phone: 770-832-2446 Fax: (770) 832-1300
carrollchamber@carroll-ga.org
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Still time to make a date for the Chamber
Annual Meeting
Join your fellow Chamber members for this special event hosted by our 2011 Chairman, Robie
York. You’ll enjoy great food, special recognitions and fun entertainment by sportsman, and
radio and TV personality, O’Neill Williams. To make your reservation, call 770-832-2446 or
email suzymc@carroll-ga.org TODAY!
Staff Directory
Daniel Jackson ♦ President/CEO
Donna Armstrong Lackey ♦ Vice President, Business Development/Comm. Relations
Suzy Montalto ♦ Director, Accounting & Administrative Services
daniel@carroll-ga.org
donna@carroll-ga.org
suzy@carroll-ga.org
Suzy McCorkel ♦ Director, Programs & Events
suzymc@carroll-ga.org
Josh Rhine ♦ Manager, Economic Development
josh@carroll-ga.org
Joan Finch ♦ Administrative Assistant/Drugs Don’t Work Coordinator
joan@carroll-ga.org
Kathy Walker Rupp ♦ Administrative Assistant, The Burson Center
burson@carroll-ga.org
Cara Welch ♦ Membership Sales Associate
membership@carroll-ga.org
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Thank you 2010 Forward Carroll Sponsors!
Gold
Advantage Office Solutions
Carroll County Sheriff’s Office
Decostar Industries, Inc.
University of West Georgia
West Georgia Technical College
Platinum
Silver
Ag-South Mortgages
Milestone Investment Management, LLC
FOGO Data Networks
Dan P. McBrayer, CLU
River City Bank
Bronze
American Sign Depot, Inc.
Edward Jones Investments—Fred O'Neal
Fairfield Plantation Property Owners Assoc.
First Baptist Church, Carrollton
Garrett, Stephens, Thomas & Fazio & Co. PC
Hannah Electric Co., Inc.
Janus International
CharterBank
Prater & York LLC
Tisinger Vance P.C.
2011 Forward Carroll sponsorships available
Happy New Year! There is still time to sign up to be a
2011 Forward Carroll Sponsor. Show your support and
take advantage of the many promotional opportunities
benefiting your business.
Forward Carroll is a program that provides businesses
the opportunity to receive year-round promotional benefits at Chamber functions, in the Chamber lobby and in
most publications. Forward Carroll sponsors also receive preferred seating at the Chamber Annual Dinner in
January. Sponsorship levels start with Bronze at $450
to Platinum at $3,000.
Details of all sponsor levels and registration information
are available on pages 16 and 17 of this issue of Chamber News.
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Georgia Chamber CEO addresses members
Chamber members enjoyed a presentation by Chris
Clark, new president and CEO of the Georgia Chamber of Commerce, on December 9th at the final Carroll Chamber breakfast of the year. Over 120 attendees heard an overview of the Georgia Chamber’s
plans for 2011. Clark shared that his organization
would be more active than ever at the state capitol
during this coming legislative session, as well as taking their message to the nation’s capitol, “We will
be doing a better job of representing the voice of
Georgia businesses to Washington,” stated Clark.
Clark, a respected leader in state economic development for the past 20 years, recently took the helm of
the GA Chamber after serving as state commissioner
of the Department of Natural Resources and previously as assistant commissioner of the Department
of Economic Development. He began his career in
local Chamber work in a small south Georgia Chamber and for
Fayette County,
before taking
government
leadership roles.
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Upcoming Events
January 5—8:30am
Ambassador Comm.
Chamber
January 6—8:30am
Workforce Education
Comm.
Chamber
January 6—5:00pm
Young Professionals
Network
Oak Mountain Golf
January 8—6:30pm
Annual Dinner
UWG Campus Center
Ballroom
January 19—11:30am
Business Success
Lunch
‘State of the Chamber’
Burson Center
January 26—8:30am
Business Development
Comm.
Burson Center
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Ribbon Cuttings
American Pie Pizzeria celebrated their grand
opening with a Chamber ribbon cutting on December 14th. The new restaurant is located in Westover Square on Maple St., Carrollton.
The inviting diner atmosphere includes a specialty
pizza buffet, sports channel viewing and a large,
private party room with a mega-screen for movies
or gaming.
Milestone Investment Management enjoyed the
grand opening of their new offices at historic 206
Mandeville Avenue, Carrollton.
Following the Chamber ribbon cutting, Michael
Stone and his family celebrated with the many
guests enjoying fine food, including Michael’s
special chicken and sausage gumbo.
Spirit Visit
Chamber Business Development Committee members and Ambassadors delivered a Spirit Visit to
the Carrollton office of Associated Credit Union at
1034 Dixie St., Carrollton, on December 3rd.
In return, Lisa Herndon, ACU branch business development representative, sent a thank you, “On behalf of the Carrollton ACU branch, thank you for
visiting us today with the Chamber Ambassadors for
the monthly Spirit Visit. We appreciate the recognition and look forward to becoming more involved in
future Chamber events. We are enjoying the gift
basket goodies!”
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Young Professionals Network
The Young Professionals Network of Carroll County enjoyed gathering at the Irish Pub & Grill following
the Carrollton Christmas parade on December 9th . The YPNCC, under the leadership of Andy Johnson,
will be meeting monthly for social , business and service networking . If you are between the ages of 21
and 39, check out this month’s event at Oak Mountain Golf Club (page 8) and be watching for notices of
future gatherings.
Chamber reaches 100 new members in 2010
Chamber executive committee members, Robie
York and Gary Leftwich, congratulate Membership
Sales Associate, Cara Welch, for recruiting 100 new
members since joining the Chamber staff in December, 2009.
Congratulations and thanks for the hard work, Cara!
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Carroll Tomorrow unveils five-year plan
“Advantage Carroll” – That’s the name given to
the new five-year Business Action Plan of Carroll
Tomorrow. More than fifty corporate, community,
government and education leaders worked with the
Board of Directors and staff of Carroll Tomorrow
over a four-month period developing a plan to
stimulate economic, community and workforce development over the next five years.
Warren said, “The goals and objectives of Advantage
Carroll are of vital importance to every citizen of Carroll County. The benefits of this program over the
next five years will accrue to every segment of our
community, both public and private. It is a program of
such importance to this area that business, government, education and the community at large must all
unite in support of these goals.”
The plan will focus on Economic Development,
Education and Workforce development, and Leadership and Government Relations. Measurable goals
have been developed for each component of the
plan.
Loy Howard, Chairman of the Board of Carroll Tomorrow and Chairman of the Campaign Leadership
Council for Advantage Carroll, “Advantage Carroll
will utilize the power of organization and collaboration to achieve results over the next five years. This
initiative is an opportunity for the entire business,
government and education communities to work together to reach common economic, education and
workforce development objectives. Advantage Carroll will advance Carroll County toward its full economic potential. Tanner Medical System supports
Advantage Carroll and encourages all of our area
leaders to join us in this effort.”
Warren announced that Chip Jakins, President/CEO of
Carroll EMC, and H. B. (Rocky) Lipham, President of
Community & Southern Bank, are Co-Chairing the
Advance Division of the Advantage Carroll initiative;
while Sheila Butler, President of Sheila J. Butler &
Company, and Ben Garrett, President of RA-LIN, will
Co-Chair the Leadership Division; and Leonard Woolsey, Publisher of the Times-Georgian, is serving as
Publicity Chair. Other leadership roles will be announced in the next few days.
For more information on Advantage Carroll, contact
Gerald Scott at 678.890.2356.
Included among the measurable goals for Advantage
Carroll are 2,000 new jobs, $175 million in new
capital investment, $100 million in new payroll, assisting a minimum of 240 existing businesses with
expansion opportunities, and assisting 75 new startup businesses through The Burson Center.
The plan also calls for establishing a workforce development and education department at the Chamber, expanding health and wellness programs in our
parks and the creation of recycling programs
throughout Carroll County.
Howard announced that Tim Warren has accepted
the role of Campaign General Chairman for the Advantage Carroll. Warren is President of United
Community Bank.
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Volunteer TODAY!
678-890-2361
Welcome New Members!
American Pie Pizzeria
Southern Crescent Solutions
Doug Campbell
927 Maple St.
Carrollton GA 30117
Phone: (770) 832-3000
Email: Cmranch571@yahoo.com
Website: www.apiepizzeria.com
Category: Restaurants
Kim Melhouse-Guerra
2 C Jackson Street
Newnan GA 30263
Phone: (678) 633-5454
Email: kmelhouse@southerncrescentsolutions.com
Website: www.southerncrescentsolutions.com
Category: Web Design and Services
Avon Products
Vacare, Inc.
Ronda Stephens- Auclair
1614 Bar J Rd.
Temple GA 30179
Phone: (404) 992-6523
Email: Ronda.stephens-auclair@avon.com
Website: www.avon.com
Category: Cosmetics & Skin Care
Jeff Bush
500 Old Bremen Rd. Ste. 125
Carrollton GA 30117
Phone: (678) 890-2374
Fax: (770) 834-2232
Email: Jeffbush19@yahoo.com
Website: www.yourvacare.com
Category: Property Management & Promotion
Pugmire Ford
Austin Pugmire
One Ford Way
Carrollton GA 30117
Phone: (770) 832-2457
Email: Austin@pugmire.com
Website: www.pugmire.com
Category: Auto Sales & Dealership
Thank You to our Renewing Members!
Addison Smith Mechanical Contractor
Frank Alford
American Sign Depot, Inc.
Ashley Oaks Apartments
Associated Credit Union
Burger King # 12560
Burger King #2458
C.W. Construction Services, Inc.
Garrett & Robinson Investments
Hicks Cleaning and Care Services
Honey Baked Ham Company
Indulge Salon & Day Spay
Intertex World Resources
Lasting Beauty Permanent Make-Up
Little Hawaiian Seafood Grill
Lovvorn Construction, Inc.
Northwest Exterminating
O2 Plus, Inc.
Portage Plumbing Company
Super 2 Motel-Carrollton
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An abused or neglected
child needs your strength.
Become a
Court Appointed
Special Advocate!
P.O. Box 310
Carrollton, GA 30112
770-838-1964
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In support of a
brighter future for the
residents of
Carroll County!
Volunteer with LIFT Today
Call Laura Miller (678)890-2357
lift@carroll-ga.org
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Consider what a stronger commitment to the
Carroll County Chamber of Commerce could mean for your business!
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Seafood Grill & Tiki Lounge
206 Rome Street
Carrollton, Georgia
770-838-1220
Full Service Catering
20 to 2000 people
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