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Annual Chamber Activities
RIBBON CUTTINGS
Whether they recognize new ownership, a grand opening or a major remodel and grand re-opening, ribbon-cutting ceremonies are a special way to mark your business milestone. As a service to member businesses in Springville and Mapleton, the Springville-Mapleton Chamber of Commerce holds ribbon-cutting ceremonies to celebrate their opening and let the public know about what services or products they offer.
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The chamber’s board of directors and its members are invited to attend as well as city officials, community members and the Miss Springville/Mapleton Royalty. These ribbon-cutting events create excitement about the new businesses, welcome them to the community, help them get community leaders through their doors and begin the word-ofmouth advertising that is so important.
Anyone starting a business in Springville or Mapleton is welcome to call the Springville-Mapleton Chamber of Commerce at 801-491-7830 to set up a time for a ribbon-cutting event.
BUSINESS BINGO
Each May, at the end of the school year, the Springville-Mapleton Chamber of Commerce offers a chance for local elementary school students to win great prizes and have fun in the process as part of its Business BINGO program.
Business BINGO cards are sent out to elementary school-aged children in Springville and Mapleton during the last week of the school year. On the card is a grid with the names of various local businesses. The students and their families are invited to visit the businesses listed and get a sticker or stamp indicating they have visited the business.
Once the student reaches “blackout,” or has all the boxes filled, he or she should turn in the card at the Service Desk on the main floor of the Springville Civic Center, 110 S. Main. Students will also be able to turn in their cards at the chamber’s Art City Days booth, which will be set up in Civic Center Park June 9-11 during Art City Days.
Students will have until 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 11, to turn in their cards. All those who have submitted their cards by then will be entered into a drawing for prizes, which will be held at the chamber’s Art City Days booth shortly after 4 p.m. on June 11. Past prizes have been donated by business members and have included bicycles, prize baskets, jewelry and gift cards.
Businesses that are interested in participating in Business BINGO should contact the chamber at 801-491-7830 or info@springvillemapletonchamber.org.
CHAMBER BBQ
The Springville-Mapleton Chamber of Commerce is looking forward to its seventh annual Quarterly Networking Family BBQ this summer.
This year’s event will be held on Thursday, Aug. 18, at 6 p.m. and is open to all chamber members and their families. It will be held at the large pavilion at Jolley’s Ranch with the menu including grilled hamburgers and hot dogs and all the side dishes required to make it a great meal.
This event was created to provide chamber members with an opportunity to get to know each other and their families better and have an opportunity to network in a more relaxed environment than the typical lunch meeting with a guest speaker. Chamber members are invited to attend, relax, and admire the beauty of Hobble Creek Canyon while enjoying each other’s company.
There will also be a drawing for prizes donated by local businesses at the event.
The barbecue is just one more benefit of being a member of the Springville-Mapleton Chamber of Commerce. For more information about becoming a member, visit www.springvillemapletonchamber.org.
SCHOLARSHIP & CHARITY GOLF TOURNAMENT
Each September, members of the Springville-Mapleton Chamber of Commerce enjoy a round of golf in the beautiful fall setting of Hobble Creek Canyon while raising money for local students to attend college as well as other community needs.
This year’s Springville-Mapleton Chamber of Commerce Scholarship & Charity Golf Tournament will be held on Monday, Sept. 19, at Hobble Creek Golf Course. The chamber has been hosting this annual golf tournament since the early 2000s, and it has become a popular chamber event.
Businesses sponsor their own four-member team; up to 36 teams can participate. Businesses can also sponsor specific holes on the course and donate items for the event’s prize drawing.
The tournament is “best ball,” meaning the best stroke of the foursome is the one that counts on the score. As another way to raise money, the chamber offers candy ropes for sale that are three feet long; players that come up just short of the hole can cut the difference off their licorice rope, eat it and consider the ball sunk.
Reams Springville Market provides a steak and shrimp lunch for golfers to enjoy, with drinks being provided by Pepsi Cola of Springville and tournament snacks provided by Sunpro.
Proceeds from the tournament fund college scholarships for local students; all high school seniors living in Springville and Mapleton and children of Springville-Mapleton Chamber of Commerce members who are high school seniors are eligible to apply. In choosing the scholarship recipients, the chamber is seeking students who have been involved in business in some fashion or are planning to go into a business-related field.
The chamber raises enough money each year through the golf tournament to give out from four to six scholarships of $1,000 or more. Due to the large support of participants, the chamber was able to award additional scholarships in 2021. Local charities are also supported through the tournament’s proceeds. For information about applying for a scholarship, call the chamber at 801491-7830.
There are several ways businesses can lend a hand: by playing in the tournament, by becoming a sponsor or by donating an item for the prize drawing. Cost to participate in this year’s golf tournament is $550 for a four-member team. For more information or to sign up to participate in the tournament, call Craig Conover at 801-420-1289, Melanie Bott at 801-669-0451 or email info@ springvillemapletonchamber.org.
Mapleton Mountain High School
McKenna Cherrington Tristen Devenish Spencer Jackson Rebecca Whyte
Springville High School
Andrew Florence Paige Jacobson Chase Johns Hanna Muzquiz
Utah County Academy of Sciences
Emma Busath
SAFE HALLOWEEN
The Springville-Mapleton Chamber of Commerce’s Safe Halloween began as a small event offering a safe trick-or-treating alternative for local children and a way to promote downtown businesses. Over the years, however, attendance at the annual event has exploded, and many businesses from outside the downtown area now participate.
“The first year, there were about 300 kids. Then it was about 800 kids,” said Craig Conover, a member of the chamber’s board of directors and one of the founders of the Safe Halloween event. “Now, it’s like 3,000 kids that go down trick-or-treating at all the businesses.”
Each year, thousands of costumed children, and their parents crowd onto the sidewalks along Springville’s Main Street between 400 South and Center Street for Safe Halloween. So many people participate that it became necessary to have the all the traffic flow in a counterclockwise fashion to keep everything moving. Now, participants travel around in one long line like a festive Halloween parade.
As the families walk along Main Street, businesses pass out candy— and sometimes coupons or product samples — to the trick-or-treaters.
Conover said the event was originally envisioned as a safe event for children to enjoy on Halloween, a way to attract people into the downtown area and familiarize them with downtown businesses. As the event grew, however, the chamber began inviting all its members, regardless of location, to participate by setting up a booth in the Civic Center Park and handing out treats.
Springville City also participates, with city officials handing out candy to the children from their own booth in the park.
“It’s a good way for the kids to get out in the afternoon while it’s still warm,” Conover said, and businesses can showcase their products and services for the parents. The only cost for businesses to participate is purchasing the candy they distribute.
“It’s a good way to get your name out,” Conover said.
This year’s Safe Halloween will be held on Monday, Oct. 31, from 3 to 5 p.m. For more information about the chamber and Safe Halloween, contact the chamber at 801-491-7830 or info@springvillemapletonchamber.org.
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