The Chamber Insider - Greater Maryville Chamber of Commerce

The Chamber Insider
September 2016
New Members
Grill Sergeant Barbeque
Food Truck-Varies
660-562-9464
First Friday Coffee Event
Get your antioxidants, meet fellow
Chamber members and kick off your
day! Join us on:
Friday, September 2nd at 7:30 am
Hosted by
United Way, taking place at
County Administration Building
If you would be interested in hosting
a coffee event, please contact Jordyn
at the Chamber, 582-8643.
Upcoming Meetings & Events
www.maryvillechamber.com
Calling for Customer Service Nominations:
Customer Service Week: Oct 3rd-7th
Customer Service Week is an annual event celebrated nation-wide since it was
first recognized by President George H. W. Bush in 1992. Participating businesses recognize the importance of customer service and honor the people
who serve and support customers with the highest degree of care and professionalism.
Locally, the Greater Maryville Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors recognize
that great customer service experiences not only create lasting relationships
between businesses and their customers, but also build lasting impressions of
our whole community.
The Greater Maryville Chamber of
Commerce needs your help though! If
you experience great customer service
or see another experiencing this,
please share by filling out form attached and sending it to director@maryvillechamber.com.
First Friday Coffee: Sept 2, 7:30am
Labor Day: Sept 5
Ribbon Cutting: Sept 9, 8am
Ambassadors: Sept 12, 12pm
The Affordable Care Act and Your Business
Ag Lunch & Learn: Sept 19, 12pm
Lunch and Learn: September 30th
Net@Night: Sept 21, 4:30-6:30pm
Board Meeting: Sept 22, 7am
ACA Lunch & Learn: Sept 30, 12pm
Your Chamber has taken advantage of an opportunity to partner with Small
Business & Technology Development, University of Missouri Extension and Missouri Foundation for Health to provide a Lunch and Learn program where we
will take about the Affordable Care Act and how it affects your business.
This presentation will cost $10/participant to cover the cost of lunch. Meridith
Berry with Grundy County MU Extension Office will be our speaker. At this
Lunch and Learn, she will cover how the ACA changes insurance in Missouri,
the options for employers, individuals, and the self employed, eligibility for tax
credits and how to claim them and how to avoid the “family glitch” for employees.
This Lunch and Learn will take place at the Nodaway County Administration
Building in the basement meeting room. Lunch will be provided by SSM Health
St. Francis and will start at 12pm. Take this opportunity to get one-on-one with
an Affordable Care Act professional and ask questions to help you better understand your business.
Check out our eLearning Course
Library!
Bristol Manor Supply Drive
Active Shooter Awareness & Prepardeness
Residents and staff of Bristol
Manor are hosting a supply drive
for two needs in the community.
FREE Webinar: Wednesday, September 7th
The Homeless & Veterans: Supplies needed are clothing, shoes,
hygiene items, walmart gift cards,
and shoes.
Zip Ed Tech are launching a premium course on active shooter training, a topic
that continues to increase in relevance and an issue that pertains to businesses
of all sizes. This course will be narrated by Jeff Zisner, President and CEO of
Aegis Security and Investigations. Jeff has been featured on NBC, CBS, CNN
and several other news outlets as a spokesperson on this topic.
New Nodaway Humane Society:
Supplies needed are bagged cat/
dog food, animal shampoo, kitty
litter, blankets or bedding, towels.
All items can be dropped off at
Bristol Manor, 323 E. Summit Dr.
For more information call Amber at
660-582-4131. Ending Sept 30th.
Ribbon Cuttings
September 9th at 8am
SSM Health St. Francis
2016 S. Main
Maryville, MO 64468
Celebrate the Hospital’s new renovations and physicians with us!
This is just one of than many construction projects they have going
on this year.
New Manager (12 course bundle)
Save 50%, making it only $25.00!
Starting as a new manager can come with many challenges. This course bundle
provides a comprehensive introduction to the new manager, covering critical
managerial skills such as conflict resolution, communication, mentoring, performance management and leadership. Click the picture for link.
Downtown Trick or Treat
Sign-up now to hand out candy or
other treats at the 20th Annual
Downtown Trick or Treat. The
event will take place from 5-7 pm,
Thursday, October 27.
The cost is $5 and may be dropped
by the Nodaway News Leader, 116
East Third Street or mailed to PO
Box 373.
For more information, contact
Kathy Rice at 660.562.4747 or
660.582.1742.
Are you qualified for a
Ribbon Cutting?
Have you had changes in ownership of your business? Added a
new professional? Or done some
huge remodeling in your business?
You could be qualified to have a
Ribbon Cutting! If you would like
to see if you’re qualified or schedule a Ribbon Cutting, please email
director@maryvillechamber.com!
ADA Compliance in Business
Save 50%, making it only $10.13!
Gain a clear understanding of management roles and responsibilities under the
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Learners will explore the correct procedures for interviewing and evaluating job candidates to avoid discrimination, as
well as the procedures for accommodating and ensuring a safe, discriminationfree environment for employees with disabilities. Click picture for link.
August’s Net@Night Business Highlight
Twyla Martin, Maryville Daily Forum/The Post
Twyla Martin works as an advertising account representative for the Maryville
Daily Forum and The Post. Her work in advertising began with the Penny
Press in 1988 until 1993. After following other career paths, she started work
at the Maryville Daily Forum in 2000, until she moved with Cobb Publishing
to start up The Post in 2012. She remained a core part of the advertising
team as The Post merged with the Maryville Daily Forum in 2014.
Twyla has been married for 23 years to Tom Martin, owner and operator of
Martin Garage Door. They have four kids, Jeff Martin, who works at Maryville
Lumber, Traci Garner, who works at Parkdale Manor, Jessie (Martin) Eggenberg in Shawnee Mission, and Andy Wiederholt, who works for Wiederholt
Construction. She has four grandchildren, Kaiya Ory and Eli Wiederholt, and
Nic and Wyatt Garner, and two dachshunds, Oscar and Cooper.
Twyla and Tom have both been active on the Nodaway County Fair Board off and on since 1989. They founded the
Haunted Campground at Mozingo Lake Recreation Park in 2007. Today the campground is full of trick-or-treaters and
campers passing out candy. They have added other activities included “punkin chunkin’,” camper decorating, pet costume
contests, pumpkin carving and others. This year’s event is Saturday, October 22 at 5 p.m.
She has also been active with Chamber Ambassadors and other various committees throughout her career.
The Maryville Daily Forum is the hub for news and information in and around Nodaway County.
With a five-day, Monday thru Friday print publication, a 24/7 oft-updated website and a viral social media presence, the
Maryville Daily Forum provides its readers with the information they want, when they want it and how they want it.
The Post is a free-distribution, total-market-coverage publication and online hub for advertising and great deals. Coupons,
great deals, advertising, and social media connections make The Post’s online presence all-inclusive. This publication is
delivered every Tuesday to the 18,400 homes in northwest Missouri and southwest Iowa.
Come to Net@Night with your business card and put it in our drawing. The winner will get their
business a highlight in our Chamber Newsletter! Come and go as you please! Net@Night takes
place on the Third Wednesday of every month from 4:30-6:30pm.
September 21 at the Burny’s Upper Deck!
Community Events
Saturday, September 10th:
 St. Gregory School Benefit Golf Classic starting at 7am-1pm. The four-person scramble will begin at 7:30am. Cost is
$60/player and includes green fees, lunch and one mulligan. Carts will be provided to participants. The Classic will
award three places in two flights. The tournament helps raise funds for the school’s Parent Teacher organization. For
more information contact Michael Casteel at 660-582-0365.

Maryville Heart & Sole 5k starting at 8am-10am taking place at the Bearcat Arena Circle Dr. 1 in every 3 deaths in the
US is caused by heart disease and stroke. The Maryville Heart & Sole 5k’s mission has been to educate the citizens of
Maryville regarding heart disease and to provide a way to get people, young and old alike, active. For more information on how you can participate, contact Rita Miller at 660-562-7933.
Thursday, September 15th:
Glitz & Glam, A Ladies Night Out Event will start at 6pm at the Maryville Country Club. This ladies night out will be full of
glitz, glam, food, fun and prizes! The event will feature a catered meal with local celebrity waiters and a Piccadilly Auction.
A Piccadilly is a lively, fun-filled interactive auction which gives everyone and opportunity to walk away a winner. Tickets
are limited to 96 lucky ladies who will enjoy an evening of fun, food, drinks and prizes including a goodie bag to take
home! This event is being held as a fundraiser for the Maryville Downtown Improvement Organization. For more information, contact Amy Strough at 660-562-8002 or astrough@maryville.org.
Thursday, September 22nd:
Tomato Fest 2016 will start at 5pm and go until 7pm at the Buchanan County Extension office. Mater Gardeners, Horticulture and Nutrition Specialists from university of Missouri Extentsion will be present to discuss producing, preparing, and
preserving tomatoes. Tomato products and taste testing of more than 45 tomato varieties grown on site will be provided.
There is no cost for this event.
Saturday, September 24th:
Seven Miles HyVee Trail Run will begin at 9am-1pm at Mozingo Lake Recreation Park. A continuous and challenging seven
mile trail. Gentle knolls, challenging hills, native grass pastures, creek bottoms, wooded areas and a breathtaking fall backdrop of Mozingo Lake. The well-marked, mostly grass trail is maintained, yet offers some technical running. It is Seven
Miles to lose yourself in the splendor of a Midwest fall morning. Hosted by your Maryville HyVee. For more information contact 660-582-2191 or go to www.enter2run.com.
Maryville R2 September Calendar
The school calendar can be found at http://meconference.org/g5-bin/client.cgi. Get out and support your Hounds!
Northwest Missouri State University Calendar
The university calendar can be found at http://calendar.nwmissouri.edu/?d=2016-9-1. Once a bearcat, always a
bearcat! Get out there and cheer them on!
We need your help in submitting any community events that are going on at your place of business or
with your organization.
This does not mean any sales or promotional items, but actual events that you are putting on within your business
and organization, that people of the community can attend. If you have any events you would like us to put in our
monthly newsletter, you must let me know by the 4th Monday of the Month or submit it on our website Community Calendar.
Do you know of newcomers to
our area?!
Send them our way!
“Thank you to all of the sponsoring businesses. The New Resident Program was a
great way for us to learn about all that Maryville has to offer. We really appreciated
the coupons and valuable information about the Sponsoring businesses and we will
continue to support those businesses before others because of their support for this
program”. — New Resident Packet Receiver
“Please thank all the sponsors for their welcome. It is great to be in a town with such
great team spirit and community pride”. — New Resident Packet Receiver
What is the New Resident Program?
The New Resident program has three separate purposes:
 to welcome new residents;
 present them with important information regarding Maryville
 and promote sponsoring businesses
All with no cost to new residents.
How do you get involved and benefit from sponsoring this program?
Sponsors will have their business name, address, and phone number placed on an Exclusive Ready
Reference Guide which is included in each packet. As new residents realize their needs for products
and/or services; they can refer to this list and choose to support businesses that went the “extra mile”
in welcoming them to Maryville. ADDITIONALLY, sponsors will receive timely contact information of
those new residents receiving packets which allows sponsors the opportunity to do a follow-up contact
should they choose to do so.
The fee is two dollars per packet payable to the Chamber. Billing is done quarterly. For a family of 2 or
more, only one packet will be given out. We average approximately 30-40 new residents/year.
Questions Asked:
What is considered a New Resident? New Residents must be moving from outside the area to within a
five-mile radius of Maryville city limits. Traditional university students are ineligible due to similar programs offered students through Northwest.
How does this benefit a new resident? New residents are made to feel welcomed and informed regarding
their new home. They receive information regarding Maryville as well as the sponsor packet. Sponsoring
businesses and organizations may provide a discount coupon, small token and/or business brochure as a
means of introducing their business. Sponsors may change items in the packet as desired with no additional cost.
If you are interested in becoming a New Resident Sponsor, please fill out application and return to Suzanne Von Behren at newcomer@maryvillechamber.com or call 660-582-8643 for more information.
CUSTOMER SERVICE WEEK
NOMINATION FORM
Customer Service Week is an annual event celebrated nation-wide in the first week of October of each
year since it was first recognized by President George H. W. Bush in 1992. Participating businesses
recognize the importance of customer service and honor the people who serve and support customers
with the highest degree of care and professionalism.
Locally, the Greater Maryville Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors recognize that great customer
service experiences not only create lasting relationships between businesses and their customers, but
also build lasting impressions of our whole community.
Member Business:
Name of Employee:
Your Name:
Date/Time of Incident:
How did this individual go “above and beyond” to make your customer service experience great?
THANK YOU!
We Mean Business
The Affordable Care Act and Your Business
This workshop will cover how the Affordable
Care Act affects all businesses, with a specific
focus on small businesses with up to 50
employees.
Topics include:
 How the ACA changes insurance in Missouri.
 Insurance options for employers, and what the
Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP)
website offers.
 Insurance options for individuals and the selfemployed, and how the Missouri Health
Insurance Marketplace works.
 Determining shared responsibility and
following reporting requirements.
 Calculating if your business is small or large,
and why it matters.
 Eligibility for tax credits and how to claim them.
 How to avoid the “family glitch” for employees.
Presenter
Dr. Meridith Berry
Family Financial Education Specialist
Grundy County MU Extension
When and Where
September 30, 2016
12:00 to 2:00 p.m.
County Administration Building
Basement Meeting Room
Please Register:
RSVP by emailing
chamber@maryvillechamber.com
Cost for lunch is $10/participant.
Registration deadline is September 26th.
Registration is not complete until
payment is made.
This presentation is made possible, in part, by funding from the Missouri Foundation for Health.
This presentation is provided free of charge by University of Missouri (MU) Extension. MU Extension is providing information to
help Missouri residents make informed health insurance decisions by understanding their options and responsibilities outlined in the
Affordable Care Act. MU Extension provides factual information on public policies such as the ACA. The Pacific Area Chamber of
Commerce and Missouri Small Business & Technology Development Centers are co-sponsoring this event.