2008 August Mainstream.pub - Midwest City Chamber of Commerce

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www.midwestcityok.com
AUGUST 2008
Midwest City, Oklahoma
2008 Annual Chamber Auction
October 27,2008
Hudiburg Chevrolet Showroom
6000 Tinker Diagonal
6-9 p.m.
Title Sponsor:
Foxmor Estates, Another Tom Jordan
Development since 1970
Thank you to our Title Sponsor,
FoxMor Estates, Another Tom Jordan
Development since 1970, and to
David Hudiburg for his generous offer
to host us once again. Also, thanks to
corporate partner Midwest Regional
Medical Center for their continued
support. Auction Co-Chairs Bill and
John Croak, FNB MWC, invite you to
join us for this fun evening of
networking as you support the
Chamber's efforts to promote the
quality of life in our community.
Donations of cash, gift certificates,
golf packages, trips and lodging
accommodations are needed.
David Hudiburg with Auction Co-Chairs Bill and John Croak
Individual tickets are available at the
Chamber office for $50 per person. Corporate tables are $600 and include: priority seating
for eight, four bottles of wine, eight drink tickets, wait staff for your table, recognition at the
event, and mention in media releases and in the auction catalog. For more information or to
purchase a corporate table or tickets please call the Chamber office at 733-3801.
”An extraordinary community and a great place to call home.”
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KOCO TV 5 Chooses Midwest City for their "On the Road" Show
Midwest City hosted KOCO-TV 5 for their On the
Road Show tour on July 23rd. Thanks to our
corporate sponsors, FNB MWC, Tinker Federal
Credit Union, Midwest Regional Medical Center
and OKC Abstract and Title Company for
sponsoring the event. The Free Family Fun Fest
was held at the Charles J. Johnson Park in Town
Center and featured live entertainment, pet
adoptions, blood pressure checks, a moon
bounce, face painting, laser quest, clowns,
jugglers, police, fire, sheriff's department
displays, a Tinker Air Force Base military display
and arts and crafts.
At right are employees of corporate
sponsor FNB MWC who cooked over 500
free hot dogs at the event.
(Left) Ghostbusters and Star Wars
characters were on hand for the fun.
1st Place winner of the pet parade
sponsored by The Oklahoma City
Abstract & Title Company was "DOOD",
a Labradoodle owned by Mark and Linda
Barnett. Pictured with Dood and Linda is
Jason Chartrand, Business Development
Liaison with the Oklahoma City Abstract
and Title Company.
”An extraordinary community and a great place to call home.”
The newscast was broadcast live at 5:00 and
6:00 p.m. Above are Jessica Schambach and
Maggie Carlo, KOCO-TV 5 anchors.
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Bill Croak and Eric Cheatwood, representing
corporate sponsor FNB MWC, cook the hotdogs.
Congratulations Tuan Nguyen 2007 Youth Excel
Participant
Corporate sponsor Tinker Federal Credit
Union's mobile unit and one of the clown
performers.
Sheraton Midwest City Hotel wins Frontier
Country Honor at Annual Awards Ceremony
Lt. Governor Jari Askins
presented the Frontier
Country Outstanding
Hospitality Provider of
the Year award to
Kimberly Breitwieser,
Director of Sales and
Marketing for the
Sheraton MWC Hotel at
the Reed Conference
Center on June 26th.
Pictured with them is
Emily Reagan with Frontier Country. Managed by the award-
winning DePalma Hotel Corporation, the facility has had an
amazing two year run which includes numerous recognitions and
shining moments. Much of this success can be attributed to a
guest-service-above-all-else philosophy and culture that can be
found throughout the facility. Congratulations!
Tuan Nguyen receives the Charles J. Johnson Youth
Excel Scholarship Award from James Chappel, Chamber President and City Manager Guy Henson at the
June Board of Directors Meeting. Tuan also received a
$500 scholarship for college.
Annual Membership Meeting
September 23, 2008
Chamber office, 5905 Trosper Road
11:45 a.m.
RSVP Required
”An extraordinary community and a great place to call home.”
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Ribbon Cuttings, Groundbreakings and Open Houses
City Electric Supply Company, 2830 Global Parkway,
held a ribbon cutting June 3, 2008.
Slumber Land Mattress and Furniture, 5900 S.E. 15th,
held a ribbon cutting June 6, 2008.
Dr. Ahmad, 1405 S. Douglas, Suite D, held a ribbon
cutting June 12, 2008.
Congressman Tom Cole, Lt. Gov. Jari Askins and
Congresswoman Mary Fallin at The Boeing Company
Open House and ribbon cutting June 13, 2008.
Jason Blair Insurance, 7117 E. Reno, held a ribbon
cutting June 24, 2008.
Hospice Quality Care, 921 S. Sooner Road, held a ribbon
cutting July 28, 2008.
”An extraordinary community and a great place to call home.”
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New Members
Event Planning by Leilani, Inc. is an event
planning business that started in 1995 to
coordinate corporate business events. The
company expanded in 1996 to include
conventions and trade shows, and added
specialty items in 1997. They specialize in
convention, party, wedding decorating and
balloon décor. Hours of operation for the
business are 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Monday
thru Friday. Call 232-0911 for more information.
Campus Corner Bakery and Cafe, located at
6240 S.E. 15th, specializes in soups, salads,
sandwiches, paninis, desserts and smoothies.
Owner Sue Pang also makes specialty cakes of
all kinds. Hours of operation are Monday Friday 7:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. and Saturday
9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Ocean Dental of Oklahoma, a multi-state
dental practice, opened their doors at 1225 S.
Sunnylane Road on July 21st. This clinic, the
12th in Oklahoma, will serve children and young
adults up to 20 years of age who are SoonerCare
card holders. Ocean Dental delivers high quality
dental care and is now accepting appointments.
Call 405-672-4321 for more information.
Metlife, a full service insurance agency, is
located at 1020 S. Douglas Boulevard.
Owner/agents David Moore and Sonja
Richards were both born and raised in
Midwest City and are excited about offering
life insurance, home and auto insurance,
business insurance and retirement planning
to businesses in the community. The office
hours are Monday thru Friday 9:00 a.m. 5:00 p.m. For more information call Sonja or
David at 455-7722.
Roger Hicks and Associates Group
Insurance is one of the largest independently
owned group health insurance agencies in
Oklahoma. The company offers group health,
dental and life insurance and takes pride in
being Oklahoma owned and operated. Their
staff always puts the clients first and has a
slogan of "whatever you want, whenever you
want it." Hours of operation are 8:00 a.m. - 5:00
p.m. Monday thru Friday. Call Kristy Ventimiglia
at 478-3836 for more information.
Fresenius Medical Care-Heritage Park
Dialysis operates more than 1500 outpatient
dialysis clinics in the United States. The Midwest
City location is 310 S. Highland (Reno and Air
Depot area). The clinic was established to meet
the growing population of those with end stage
renal disease and provides Hemodialysis,
Peritoneal Dialysis, and Home Hemodialysis.
They are open Monday thru Saturday from 6:00
a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Call 739-8274 for more
information.
Midwest City Goodyear Tire & Auto, located
at 7560 S.E. 15th Street (corner of S.E. 15th and
Midwest Blvd.), sells tires and wheels and is also a
bumper to bumper automotive repair shop. Owner
Pat Smith purchased the existing business a year
ago and has also owned the downtown Oklahoma
City Goodyear for 25 years. Hours of operation
are Monday thru Friday from 7:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Call store manager Todd Housel at 741-8473 for
more information.
Century 21 Goodyear Green is a real estate
sales and management service that serves
Midwest City, Del City, the greater OKC metro
area and eastern Oklahoma county. In addition to
the newly acquired MWC office, the company has
4 offices around the metro and has a 24 hour 7
day week answering service. Office hours are
9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Managing broker Charlie
Sanford is happy to be located in the new office at
7121 E. Reno. For more information please call
her at 736-0127.
”An extraordinary community and a great place to call home.”
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November 17-19, 2008
Sheraton Midwest City Hotel
at the Reed Conference Center
5800 Will Rogers Rd.
Midwest City, Oklahoma
Registration@TinkerandthePrimes.com
(405) 733-3801
Twelve Reasons your business should invest in the Tinker and the Primes
National Business Event:
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As the largest combined aerospace and government contracting event in Oklahoma, Tinker and the Primes
offers an opportunity to promote our community and your business on a scale that has not been locally
available in the past.
On the local, state and national levels, Tinker and the Primes promotes our community’s image as a
globally significant business center and encourages businesses to locate and invest here.
In 2008, the Tinker and the Primes marketing campaign will represent our community at targeted state
wide and national tradeshow/conference events with a total attendance of approximately 7,500. With your
support, we can reach out to more strategically targeted events and thousands more attendees in 2009.
More than 13,000 Tinker and the Primes printed promotional or informational pieces will be mailed to
target organizations across the US in 2008. Many of these organizations have never thought of our
community as a center for business development and economic growth until now.
`We currently maintain a list of more than 8,000 individuals in our national target marketing database. We
will send a total of 150,000 – 200,000 individual emails to this audience of key decision makers and
influential persons in 2008.
Our nationwide constituency will visit the www.TinkerandthePrimes.com web site an estimated 24,000
times in 2008. This is a unique opportunity to promote local assets to businesses that have never
experienced our community.
Our eight minute promotional video at www.TinkerandthePrimes.com will be viewed an estimated 1,000
times this year. This is often the first visual opportunity we have to impress out-of-state viewers.
Tinker and the Primes is a means for our community to deepen its positive relationships with the
Pentagon. Sue Payton, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, is the 2008 Keynote Luncheon
speaker. 2008 will be the third year that the Pentagon has supported Tinker and the Primes with a keynote
luncheon speaker.
For many of our out-of-state attendees, Tinker and the Primes is their first reason to visit our community.
There are contractors who visit Tinker AFB, yet do not learn about the community “outside the gate” until
they experience it at Tinker and the Primes.
This event is not exclusively targeted to aerospace related businesses. Our contractor matchmaking
sessions include procurement officials seeking vendors for a variety of non-military goods and services.
We anticipate 300 - 400 out-of-area guests will attend Tinker and the Primes over a three day period. This
boasts dividends for restaurants, hotels, stores and other businesses that choose to connect with the
Tinker and the Primes marketing opportunity.
The overall local expenditures associated with Tinker and the Primes, its producers, exhibitors and
attendees could well exceed $150,000. Using conservative multipliers, this could result in an annual
economic impact of $250,000 or more.
The Tinker and the Primes National Business Event contributes to the local economy and promotes our
national image as a globally significant business center. May we count on your support for this valuable and
vital mission???
”An extraordinary community and a great place to call home.”
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June-July
New Members
CENTURY 21 GOODYEAR GREEN
CHARLIE SANFORD
736-0127
7121 E. Reno
Midwest City, OK. 73110
www.c21goodyeargreen.com
Real Estate
EVENT PLANNING BY LEILANI
LEILANI STENDEBECH
232-0911
P.O. Box 55593
Del City, OK. 73155
www.eventdecorating.com
Event Planning/Decorating
LOGAN'S ROADHOUSE
JEFF PERSECHINO
736-9500
7221 S.E. 29th
Midwest City, OK. 73110
www.logansroadhouse.com
Restaurants
METLIFE
SONJA BAIRD-RICHARDS
455-7722
1020 S. Douglas Blvd.
Midwest City, OK. 73130
www.metlife.com
Insurance
MIDWEST DENTAL CENTER
STEVEN KENDRICK
732-0431
101 N. Douglas, Suite T
Midwest City, OK. 73130
www.mwdentalcenter.com
Dentists
OCEAN DENTAL
KATEY MASRI
OKLAHOMA CITY ABSTRACT
& TITLE COMPANY
AMIE WITT
348-8605
P.O. Box 260
Oklahoma City, OK. 73101
www.okcabstract.com
Title Insurance & Abstracting
ROGER HICKS & ASSOCIATES
GROUP INSURANCE, INC.
KRISTY VENTIMIGLIA
478-3836
P.O. Box 18169
Oklahoma City, OK. 73154
www.callhicks.com
Insurance
672-4321
1225 S. Sunnylane
Del City, OK. 73115
www.oceandental.net
Dentists
Membership Renewals
ACORN GROWTH COMPANIES
ALLIED MEDICAL MEMBERSHIP
ALRAY'S VALET & CLEANERS
AMERIWORKS OCCUPATIONAL
HEALTH
ANAUTICS
ANTHONY'S TV
& APPLIANCE, INC.
AUTOHAUS SPORTS CARS
BANCFIRST MID-DEL
MR. GARY W. BANZ
BECKI'S SPECIAL TOUCH
CATERING
BANK OF OKLAHOMACREST FOODS BRANCH
BANK OF OKLAHOMAWILLIAMS BRANCH
BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICABIG TEPEE DIST.
BUTTERLY COMPANY, LTD.
HEART CONSULTANTSDR. ASIM J. CHOHAN
CLARK CONSTRUCTION, INC.
Dr. LARRY J. COGGINS D.D.S.
COHERENT CONTRACTS, LLC
CORNERSTONE CHURCH
CROWN ELECTRIC
DENTISTRY BY DESIGN
DOMINION REAL ESTATE GROUP
EL CHICO
EMC
ET COACHLIGHT LLC
FAIRFAX APARTMENTS
FARMER'S INSURANCE GROUP
*FIRST FIDELITY BANK, N.A.
FIRST POINT INSURANCE AGENCY
FLINTCO, INC.
FORD FUNERAL SERVICE
GOLDEN CORRAL #550
RANDY GOODMAN P.C.,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
HARVEST LIFE CHURCH
HOBBY LOBBY
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS
HOTEL & SUITES
HOLLAND & ASSOCIATES, INC.
REALTORS
INSPIRATION LOGOS
JENKINS MUSIC COMPANY
JERSEY MIKE'S SUBS
JORDAN BUILDING CO., INC.
KELLER WILLIAMS EAST
LA QUINTA MOTOR INN
LEADERSHIP MIDWEST CITY, INC.
H.G. MARTIN, JR. P.C., C.P.A.
DR. JAMES E. MAYS III M.D.
MICHAEL MCCOY ARCHITECTS
MID-DEL SCHOOL
ADMINISTRATION
MIDWEST CITY OPTIMIST CLUB
MIDWEST CITY SUN
MIDWEST DERMATOLOGY, INC.
MIDWEST RADIOLOGY
ASSOCIATES
HEART CONSULTANTSDR. KEVIN W. MILLER
*MOOG, INC.
OK COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
OKLAHOMA PHILHARMONIC
SOCIETY, INC.
OLD GERMANY RESTAURANT
PELICAN'S RESTAURANT
PRUDENTIAL ALLIANCE
REAL ESTATE
QUINN & ASSOCIATES
MR. RAY REAVES
RICE & RENEAU
SANDERS INSURANCE AGENCY
SIGNS BY TOMORROW
SMC TECHNOLOGIES INC.
MR. RUSSELL SMITH
MR. CHUCK SNYDER
SOS STAFFING SERVICES
SOUTHERN NAZARENE
UNIVERSITY
SPENCER'S SMOKEHOUSE
& BARBEQUE
STEVENS & DILLINGER
PHYSICAL THERAPY
SUPERIOR SECURITY
AND INVESTIGATIONS
SUPPORT SYSTEMS
ASSOCIATES, INC.
TIGER NATURAL GAS
TRAVEL GALLERY, INC.
THE UNDERGROUND
VIRTUAL TECHNOLOGY S
SERVICES, LLC
BILL WARREN OFFICE
PRODUCTS
WELLINGTON PARKE
YMCA-MIDWEST CITY
*indicates Corporate Partner
”An extraordinary community and a great place to call home.”
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS
August
5
Air Force Quarterly Awards Luncheon, 11:30 a.m. Tinker Air Force Base, RSVP Required
5
Braum's Ribbon Cutting, S.E. 15th and Post, 4:00 p.m.
8
Celebrating Education Breakfast, 7:30 a.m. Carl Albert High School Field House
12
Midwest Dental Center Ribbon Cutting, 101 N. Douglas, Suite T, 12:00 noon
12
City Council Meeting, Council Chambers, 7:15 p.m.
13
Executive Board Meeting, Chamber office, 11:30 a.m., RSVP Required
14
OKC Abstract & Title Ribbon Cutting, 111 N. Post Road, Suite E, 4:30 p.m.
20
Chamber Auction Committee Meeting, 11:30 a.m. Chamber office
21
Rose State College Wellness Center Ribbon Cutting, 9:30 a.m.
22
A Scrapbooker's Delight Ribbon Cutting, 2001 S. Douglas, 10:00 a.m.
25
Navy Credit Union Ribbon Cutting, Town Center Plaza, 9:00 a.m.
26
Midwest City Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors Meeting, Chamber office, 11:45 a.m., RSVP Required
26
City Council Meeting, Council Chambers, 7:15 p.m.
September
9
City Council Meeting, Council Chambers, 7:15 p.m.
10
Executive Board Meeting, Chamber office, 11:30 a.m., RSVP Required
13
Operation KUDOS, Tinker Air Force Base
23
Midwest City Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors Meeting, Chamber office, 11:45 a.m., RSVP Required
23
City Council Meeting, Council Chambers, 7:15 p.m.
27
Renaissance Run, 8:30 a.m., Midwest City Library
October
4
Global Oklahoma, 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Rose State College
8
Executive Board Meeting, Chamber office, 11:30 a.m., RSVP Required
14
City Council Meeting, Council Chambers, 7:15 p.m.
16
Business After Hours, Penny & Irene's, 5-7 p.m.
25
Trick or Treat City, 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Regional Park
27
Chamber Annual Auction, Hudiburg Chevrolet Showroom, 6-9 p.m.
30
Midwest City Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors Meeting, Chamber office, 11:45 a.m., RSVP Required
Chamber Staff
Bonnie Cheatwood, Executive Director
David Burnett, CEDC, Economic Development Director
Jennifer Crowel, Marketing Director
Cindy Bullen, Office Manager/Bookkeeper
Johanna Clark, CEDC Assistant
Joe Groves, Chamber Photographer
MISSION STATEMENT:
The mission of the Midwest City Chamber of
Commerce is to create and maintain a favorable
business climate in the community.