Laramie Area Chamber of Commerce
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800 South Third Street, Laramie, WY 82070 307.745.7339
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02/20/2008In this issue Back-door philanthropy Business Day at the Legislature is next week News from Main Street Upcoming Events Ludwig Photography News There's still time to put your business on the map!
Legislators tackle budget bill this week Member-to-Member
Who we are Director
Marketing
Accounts Stephanie Amberson
Networking@Noon is held the second Wednesday of each month, at the Holiday Inn. The cost is $12.00 ($15.00 with speaker).
Business After Hours is held the second Thursday of each month, unless otherwise stated. Cost: $5.00.
For both of these events, it is ESSENTIAL that members RSVP - the Friday before for N@N, the Tuesday before for BAH. We appreciate our Members' cooperation in this matter. |
Back-door philanthropy
Guy Warpness and WyoTech have donated a new back door for the Chamber offices. The present door is in a poor state of repair, and contributes mightily to our high winter heating bills. WyoTech will donate the cost of the door, and they are going to install it too!
Many thanks to Guy and WyoTech for their hands-on support of the Chamber. Now, if only someone would donate a Lear jet...
Business Day at the Legislature is next week
CHEYENNE – The 16th annual Business Day at the Legislature, presented by the Wyoming Chamber of Commerce Executives, will be held on Feb.26.
The day will start out with a breakfast at Little America with Senate President John C. Schiffer and Speaker of the House Roy Cohee. The breakfast is sponsored by Rocky Mountain Power.
At 8:15 a.m., a panel presentation on the pace of development (the good, the bad and the ugly) featuring Gene Bryan of the Wyoming Tourism Commission, Jane Darnell of the BLM, John Emmerich of Wyoming Game and Fish, Rock Springs Mayor Tim Kaumo, Gov. Fruedenthal’s Deputy Chief of Staff Ryan Lance and Randy Teeuwen of EnCana.
Following a break sponsored by the Wyoming Economic Development Association (WEDA), there will be another presentation on infrastructure and transportation sponsored by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, called Infrastructure/Transportation: How do we keep up with the demand! How do we maintain what we have! The presentation will feature John Cox of WyDOT, Jonathan Downing of the Wyoming Contractors Association, Joe Evans of the Wyoming County Commissioners Assn., Del McOmie of the Wyoming County Dept. of Transportation and Dr. Rhonda Young of UW’s Architecture/Civil Engineering program.
The morning wraps up with lunch at 12:15 with Gov. Dave Freudenthal.
Attendees are invited to spend the afternoon at the Capitol watching the Legislature in action.
Admission to the morning’s activities is $65 per person. To register, call 307-322-3977 or email wcce@wyomingwireless.com.
News from Main Street
I wanted to let you know that the third public forum for UW's Transportation Study will be held this Thursday, Feb. 21st at 7pm at Laramie High School Cafeteria (1275 N. 11th). You can read more about the forum and the study on our website's news & events page (http://www.laramiemainstreet.org/laramieEvents.html) or in UW's press release (http://www.uwyo.edu/news/showrelease.asp?id=20565)
Please attend this meeting to voice the need for transit linking downtown and campus!
I also wanted to let you know that the Downtown Holiday Window Display Contest was written up in the Dec/Jan issue of Main Street News, the National Trust for Historic Preservation's Main Street national newsletter. You can read it on our website (on the news & events page linked above.)
Hope to see you Thursday at the Transportation Forum!
Cara
Cara Griffin Executive Director Laramie Main Street Program ------------------------------------------- 313 South 2nd Street, Suite B P.O. Box 1250 Laramie, WY 82073-1250 Phone: (307) 742-2212 Fax: (307) 742-8200 Email: mainstreet@laramiewy.org |
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There's still time to put your business on the map!
I'm certain you've all used the Laramie City Street Map to get around town - perhaps, like me, you keep a copy in your car - and I'm also certain you've seen it on refrigerator doors and dorm-room walls all over Laramie! Around 35,000* copies of the Laramie City Street Map are circulated by the Chamber each year to tourists, businesses, students, and residents, and also it is sent out all over the state - and all over the United States - in relocation packets. As advertising opportunities go, it's unbeatable!
I'm now compiling the new Laramie City Street Map, and I'd like to offer you a chance to advertise on it. I'm sure you'll appreciate how your business or organization can benefit from this unique advertising opportunity. After all, there's only one Laramie City Street Map, and only a limited number of advertising slots on it! In addition to placing your advertisement prominently on the map border, we also mark your business on the map itself - so people know exactly where you are. What better way is there to show you're part of Laramie than to be right there on the FULL COLOR Laramie map! The map is smaller in size this year than in previous years, and advertising spaces are filling up fast. Prices for the 2008 Laramie City Street Map advertisement spaces are as follows: Size A (2.75 x 3.75 in.) $600 Size B (3.5 x 1.25 in.) $400 Size C (2.75 x 1.75 in.) $300 I look forward to hearing from you soon! Contact Simon at 307.745.7339, publicist@laramie.org * Last week's e-news erroneously gave a distribution figure of 60,000 copies. This was a typo. Sorry. The correct figure is 35,000.
Legislators tackle budget bill this weekFebruary 18, 2008 The public can also leave a detailed message for legislators by calling the Senate receptionist at (307) 777-7711 or the House receptionist at (307) 777-7852. The public can write legislators a letter by sending it to the legislator’s name, in care of the Wyoming House or Senate, State Capitol, Cheyenne, WY 82002. Fax messages may be sent to a designated legislator at (307) 777-5466. Legislators can also be contacted by e-mail, with all e-mail addresses listed at http://legisweb.state.wy.us/email/email.htm
SBIR Grant Awards $2.7 Million in 2007
In 2007, 20 small businesses in eight Wyoming communities received more than $2.7 million from the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program.
“The federal SBIR program is a primary source of seed capital for Wyoming’s technology-based start-up businesses and is a major component in the drive to diversify our economy,” says Gene Watson, Wyoming SBIR/STTR Initiative (WSSI) program manager at the University of Wyoming.
The program is becoming increasingly competitive nationally, reinforcing the need for Wyoming to strengthen support for technology entrepreneurs, he adds.
The SBIR and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs are grant-funding competitions specifically targeted to the nation’s for-profit small business sector, Watson says. The successful Wyoming businesses received awards ranging from $5,000 to $780,000 to support development of diverse products.
For more information, call Watson at (307) 742-7162 or e-mail
ewatson@wyoming.com or visit the Web site www.uwyo.edu/sbir
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Member-to-Member
Laramie Community Ice & Event Center The Laramie Community Ice
Arena is now the Laramie Community ICE & EVENT CENTER and will
be open during Spring Break for the first time in years! March
17-22 from 12 noon to 9 p.m. daily we will offer public skate
for $3.50 per session and skate rental for only $2.00! Want to
celebrate a birthday? We have the party room available as well
for only $10 an hour. Join us! Phone 721-5261 today to see
how we can help you plan your event!
Lions Community Service Award We have chosen the recipient
for the 2007 Lions Community Service Award. The official
announcement and picture of Leon & Grace Paules will be in the
paper today - Wednesday, Febr 20th. Tickets are available for $25.00 from Laramie Lions Club members, The Laramie Boomerang office at 320 E. Grand Avenue (corner of 4th & Grand), First National Bank at 2020 Grand Avenue (corner of 20th and Grand), & Wyoming State Bank at 3430 East Grand Avenue. Tickets need to be purchased
by 5:00 pm, Tuesday, February 26, 2008. Tech Talk from Happy Jack
Happy Jack Software is partnering with UWYO Computer Science department and is starting a Tech Talk series that might interest the tech companies here in town.
Topics and more information can be found here: http://www.happyjacksoftware.com/techtalk.html Free lunch and drinks will be served since it is at noon.
We are also looking for other companies who might want to promote their company and give a talk.
Mona Gamboa Happy Jack Software - Know what's going on! Wyoming Technology Business Center 1000 E. University Ave. Laramie, WY 82071 Toll Free: 888.207.9329 Direct: 307.766.6177 Mobile: 307.761.0903 Website: www.happyjacksoftware.com
French Creek Catering: What's For Dinner Wednesday
French Creek Catering is now
offering take home meals on Wednesday evenings. Just call by
9:00 a.m. on Wednesday morning to reserve your dinner, then
simply stop by between 5:00pm-5:30pm and pick up your dinner.
Call 742-6660 to reserve your take home dinner for next
Wednesday evening!
Turtle Rock Italian Night
Tonight's (Wednesday, February 20) Italian Night menu will be:
Fettuccine with shrimp, kielbasa, sun-dried tomatoes, red bell pepper, fresh basil, and broccoli Chicken, walnuts, baby spinach, feta, tomatoes, basil, tossed with fettuccine Spaghetti
Seatings are at 5:30 and 7:30 p.m. If you would like to make reservations, please call 745-3741.
NOTES:
Westfield Turtle Rock is now serving crepes and waffles on Sunday mornings too!
See you soon! Angela & Andy Faxon & Turtle Rock Staff
Cesar Chavez
Banquet
March 28, 2008-Friday evening
Contact Cynthia Chavez Kelly at 766-6193
Laramie HR Roundtable Group: Meeting Agenda
February 27, 2008 – 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Host: UW Human Resources – Wyoming Technology Business Center 1938 Harney Street – Parking is provided from 11:30 to 1:30
Lunch: Provided Cold cuts, cheese, bread, salad, and drinks
RSVP: Chris Clements (clements@uwyo.edu) Monday, February 25, 2008 at 5:00 p.m.
Topic/Speaker:
Bruce Moats, Esq. Law Office of Bruce Moats - Cheyenne, WY
Workplace Investigations
Other Business:
Local SHRM Chapter Laramie Chamber of Commerce Membership
Next Meeting:
April 19, 2008 – University of Wyoming College of Business Topic: Retention/Culture
Jazz, skiing & poker at the Trading Post
Feb 23, Saturday. 19th Annual Murf the Surf's Cross Country Ski Poker Run. This community fund raiser is tons of fun! Shuttles to and from Barber Lake Trail (a great ski), cash prizes for the 6 best poker hands, T-shirts, Murf's famous BBQ, Danno and Friends play 4pm. Registration is from 10am to 1pm at the Trading Post in Centennial. $12. Proceeds after expenses go to community needs. Info
For full details call 742-7731
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If you are interested in becoming a Chamber Member, or learning more about what your Chamber can do for you and the community, please contact us today Funded by your Membership Investments, the Chamber works for a healthy economic climate of good jobs, capital creation, and honest, efficient government. A Chamber’s strength lies in the number and diversity of its membership. Because the Chamber collectively embodies the vast experience of the many businesses and professionals in its membership, it has the knowledge and insight to identify issues of importance to the business community, and the combined means to devise and implement strategies to address them. Chamber members are the most responsible, innovative, and conscientious business and professional people in Albany County. The Chamber accomplishes collectively what no one business or professional can accomplish alone. There is power in the partnership with the members of the Laramie Area Chamber of Commerce. If you were to put a dollar figure on the publicity, referrals, business leads, political contacts, marketing services, economic development projects, research information, etc., it certainly makes your membership decision worth the investment. Laramie Area Chamber of Commerce 307.745.7339 chamberofcommerce@laramie.org |
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The
winter 2007-2008 Edition of the Bridal Planner came out
in January of this year and now has been distributed
throughout the states of Wyoming, Montana, Utah, Alaska,
and Idaho. 
