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Chamber Activities
2007 HIGHLIGHTS
Over 400 attended the Annual Banquet with
speaker Jim Kennedy, Kennedy, Coulter, Rushing & Watson,
a strategic planning firm.
Coordinated 33 ribbon cuttings and 4
ground breakings.
Held Town Hall meetings with Congressman
Phil Gingrey and Congressman Nathan Deal.
Co-sponsored More Than a Taste of Calhoun
with Main Street Partnership.
Co-sponsored the Battle of Resaca Reenactment.
June’s Booster Breakfast sponsored by Prater Ford-Mercury
Graduated 26 in twentieth Leadership Class.
Over 500 graduates to date.
Supported Youth Leadership Program.
Co-sponsored Concerts in Calhoun City
Park with Main Street Partnership.
Sponsored three small business seminars
on marketing, technology, and Federal contracts and grants.
Sponsored a successful “Meet the Candidates”
Political Forum.
Held Member Appreciation Week by
delivering notepads to Chamber members.
Co-sponsored
Star Spangled 4th of July
Celebration.
Participated in Northwest Georgia Regional
Fair business exhibits.
Participated in Georgia Department of Labor
business exhibits.
Held Cook-out on the Corner for new and
prospective Chamber members.
Promoted Antique Engine & Tractor Show.
Held Business Expo 2007 with record
number of exhibitors.
Recognized as a statewide finalist for
the 2006 Governor’s Georgia Red Ribbon Award.
Continued successful Drugs Don’t Work
program through seminars and Red Ribbon Week programs.
Provided 12,000 drug awareness wrist bracelets
to every student in Gordon County during National Red Ribbon
Week.
2007 Leadership Class at
Government Session held at the
State Capitol, February 21
Provided Drugs Don’t Work members with
monthly newsletter.
Held Board of Directors Planning Retreat
at Calhoun Convention Center.
Sponsored Holiday Open House,
Moonlight Madness, and Christmas Giveaway 2007.
Sponsored the Historic Fairmount Town Square
Christmas Ornament.
Continued Gift Certificate program through
CertifiChecks.
Cook Out on the Corner for new Chamber
members, September 28
Co-sponsored the Christmas Parade of Lights
with Main Street Partnership and
the Northwest Georgia Regional Fair.
Supported arts and recreation through the
CVB Committee.
Advertised extensively through widely-read
publications and I-75 billboard.
Coordinated bi-monthly publication of Right
Here in Gordon County.
Participated in travel shows.
Developed tourism web site for
Convention & Visitors Bureau -www.ExploreGordonCounty.com.
Supported Main Street Partnership
projects.
Provided Manufacturers’ Directory and
State Wage Benefit Survey to industries.
Worked with Development Authority,
City and County Governments to attract new industries
and to support and retain existing ones.
Continued Volunteer Hostess Program.
Held six Booster Breakfasts and four
Business After Hours.
Published monthly newsletter.
Maintained Job Bank module on web site.
Continued Small Business Insurance Program
through Purchasing Alliance Solutions.
Began work on Governor’s “Entrepreneur
Friendly” community designation.
Created display for museum at Georgia Welcome
Center in Ringgold.
Co-sponsored the Festival of Trees at the
Harris Arts Center.
Participated in MACTEC public hearings
for Gordon County’s long range plans.
Financially sound at the end of 2007.
Annual Board Planning Retreat,
October 25
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