HILLIARD AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
BUSINESS MONTHLY
Issue 10
March 2011
Awards to be presented March 18 at Chamber’s annual meeting This year’s annual meeting — sponsored by ITT Technical Institute,Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield and Allied Sources — will be held at the Heritage Golf Club, Friday, March 18. Chamber awards will be presented in the following categories: “Most
Involved Chamber Member,” “Emerging Business,” and “Established Business.” We are proud to announce our winners in each category: Most Involved Chamber Member, Josh Hornik, Security Plus Insurance Agency; Emerging Busi-
ness, The Old Bag of Nails Pub; Established Business, Insource. Please come to honor these deserving chamber members. We will also be delivering our annual Chamber report. Mark your calendar and plan to attend on March 18, from 11:30 a.m.-
1:30 p.m. Cost is $25 for members and $30 for prospective members and guests. Deadline for reservations is Tuesday, March 15 and can be made through the website, www.hilliardchamber.org, or by calling (614) 876-7666.
City council candidates night set for April 20 The Hilliard Area Chamber of Commerce will once again sponsor Candidates Night on at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, April 20, at the Norwich Township Joint Safety Services Building, 5181 Northwest Parkway. The Chamber believes that it is incumbent upon the community to ask and hear the responses to their questions in public of all candidates who are running in a contested race. Hilliard is among the few communities that does not have a nonpartisan race for city council or mayor as outlined in the city charter. There was only one petition filed for the mayoral election by current Mayor Don Schonhardt, Republican. As there are five Republican can-
A closer look Unless an independent candidate files petitions by 4 p.m. on Monday, May 2, to run for either mayor or city council, the May primary will determine those who will be representing the community beginning in 2012 for the next four years.
didates running for three seats on Hilliard City Council, a primary election needs to take place on Tuesday, May 3. No Democrats filed petitions to run. Unless an independent candidate
files petitions by 4 p.m. on Monday, May 2, to run for either mayor or city council, the May primary will determine those who will be representing the community beginning in 2012 for the next four years. Of the three Hilliard City Council seats that are up, one current councilperson, Tim Roberts, is not running for re-election. Albert Iosue and Bill Uttley are running for re-election. Three first-time candidates are running and they are: Joseph Erb, Nathan Painter, and Cornell Robertson. We encourage you and ask that you inform others in your business as well as neighbors, friends, etc to attend the forum to learn the positions of those wishing to lead our city.
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