Vol 14/Issue 10
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CHAMBER MATTERS 2015 The Greater Owensboro Chamber of Commerce’s mission is to provide leadership , advocacy and member services that foster growth and economic prosperity for our region. To accomplish this goal it is critical that Greater Owensboro business, organizations and citizens actively and fully participate in the civic process of voting and being politically engaged. The Chamber is providing leadership and opportunity in this area through the GO VOTE! Campaign and the Red White and Blue Picnic, sponsored by AT&T. The picnic is on October 29th from 4-6p.m. on the Daviess County Courthouse Lawn. All citizens are asked to attend this family friendly event to meet candidates for state offices including Matt Bevin and Jack Conway who are confirmed to attend.
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calendar CANDANCE BRAKE, President & CEO cbrake@owensboro.com SUSAN HIGH Business Manager shigh@owensboro.com JESSICA KIRK Executive Director, Leadership Owensboro/ Programs & Events Manager jkirk@owensboro.com Shelly Nichols Membership Development Manager shelly@owensboro.com DANIEL DENO Membership Services Specialist ddeno@owensboro.com Chamber Matters is published monthly in the Messenger-Inquirer for the Greater Owensboro Chamber of Commerce, P.O. Box 825, Owensboro, KY 42302-0825 • (270) 926-1860 • www.owensboro.com/chamber Follow us on Twitter @GOchamber Mark Martin Board Chair
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Ribbon Cutting – The Diet Doc 1605 Scherm Road, #1 12:15 pm
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Ribbon Cutting – Storm Insurance 3032 Alvey Park Drive West, Suite 400 12:15 pm
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Ribbon Cutting – PizzAroma 811 Emory Drive 12:15 pm
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Team Training Workshop Old National Bank Conference Room 8 – 11 am, 1 – 4 pm
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Ribbon Cutting – Goodfellows Sportscenter 4:30 pm
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Ribbon Cutting – ServPro of Daviess County 3290 Warehouse Road 12:15 pm
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Grayson to speak at October Rooster Booster breakfast Trey Grayson has served as the President & CEO of the Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce since July 1, 2014.  Trey current serves on the boards of directors of a number of organizations, including the Kentucky Governor’s Scholars Program, the Fund for Transforming Education in Kentucky, ArtsWave, and the Health Collaborative of Greater Cincinnati, in addition to several other boards by virtue of his position with the Chamber.  From 2011 to June 2014, Trey served as the Director of Harvard University’s Institute of Politics where he was known as an expert on the political views of millennials and the role of technology in politics and government.  Prior to Harvard, Trey served two terms as Kentucky’s Secretary of State, the youngest Secretary of State in the country at the time of his election. He led both the Republican Association of Secretaries of States and the National Association of Secretaries of State and was a nationally recognized expert in election administration, government innovation and civic engagement.  Trey remains engaged in election administration, with his service on the
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bipartisan Presidential Commission on Election Administration following the 2012 election and follow-up work to implement its recommendations, as well as serving as a board member of Democracy Works, best known for its innovative voter registration service, TurboVote.  Before politics, he was an attorney.  Trey received an A.B. in Government from Harvard College in 1994 and a JD/MBA from the University of Kentucky in 1998.  He resides in Boone County with his wife, Nancy, and his daughters, Alex and Kate.
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OCTC to sponsor October Rooster Booster Owensboro Community & Technical College (OCTC) is a public, two-year, open admissions college accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges and is one of the sixteen colleges that make up the Kentucky Community & Technical College System. OCTC values innovation, is focused on student learning, and is responsive to economic trends. Most OCTC students are from Daviess, Ohio, Hancock and McLean counties in Kentucky, but others travel from elsewhere in Kentucky and southern Indiana, attracted by the Advanced Technology Center and other distinctive programs. Examples include the first two-year degree program in Veterinary Technology in Kentucky, cutting edge training in alternative fuels, and the first Healthcare
Facilities Leadership program in the country. The college encourages its graduates to transfer and complete baccalaureate degrees by creating transfer pathways in all associate degree programs. OCTC is currently in a fundraising cam-
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Ambassador of the Month – Chris Arnold First Security Bank Chris was born and raised in Owensboro. His family includes his wife Barb Birgy Arnold and son Josh. He is the Deposit Services Officer for First Security Bank, downtown, where he manages business client’s deposit accounts and cash management needs. He graduated from Owensboro High School and received a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Brescia University. Chris is an Ambassador for the Greater Owensboro Chamber of Commerce, on the Board of Directors for the Kids Football League (KFL), volunteers for the Owensboro Reads program and has spent 13 years with youth football and baseball leagues as a coach and board member.
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Assured Neace Lukens Insurance Baskin Robbins Beltone of Owensboro Browns Valley Truck Equipment Carroll Hayden Appraisals Champion Ford Lincoln Mazda Daramic, LLC David Hocker & Associates, Inc. Daviess County Farm Bureau Federation de AM-RON Building Systems Dr. Mark Fort DMD E. Louis Johnson Law Office Envision Contractors LLC Famous Bistro Green River Area Development District Hayden Construction Johnson’s Dance Studio Junior Achievement of West Kentucky Kentucky Bioprocessing LLC Kentucky Farm Bureau Insurance Robert Edge Kentucky Health Cooperative, Inc. Marcus W. Bosley & Associates, Inc. Mechanical Systems Inc. Nick T. Arnold Jewelers Old Hickory Bar-B-Q, Inc.
Omico, Inc. Owensboro Community and Technical College Owensboro Daviess County Convention & Visitors Bureau Owensboro Medical Practice, PLLC Owensboro Riverport Authority Owensboro-Daviess County Industrial Foundation Party Paper Place Pat Hayden Moving Poole’s Pharmacy Care Regional Land Title Company Reid’s Orchard Riney Hancock CPAs PSC River City Insurance Agency RiverValley Behavioral Health Sherwin-Williams Spartan Staffing (Division of True Blue) Springs Urgent Care St. Joseph’s Peace Mission for Children StayFit24/Family Video Swan Cleaners & Shirt Laundry Towne Square Animal Hospital Valor Oil Ward O. Pedley Sr. Concrete Co, LLC Zaxby’s
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new members American Legion Post 9 James L. Yates 736 Frederica Street Owensboro, KY 42301 (270) 683-1633
L. Steve Castlen Realtors, Roger Stacy 2839 New Hartford Road Owensboro, KY 42303 (270) 926-3500
L. Steve Castlen Realtors, Stephanie Williams 2839 New Hartford Road Owensboro, KY 42303 (270) 926-3500
Goldbach’s Watch and Jewelry 325 Park Plaza Drive Owensboro, KY 42301 (270) 302-2137
L. Steve Castlen, Realtors, Sheryl Edge 2839 New Hartford Road Owensboro, KY 42303 (270) 926-3500
L. Steve Castlen Relators, Melissa Maze 2839 New Hartford Road Owensboro, KY 42303 (270) 926-3500
L. Steve Castlen Realtors, Sean Jackson 2839 New Hartford Road Owensboro, KY 42303 (270) 926-3500
L. Steve Castlen Realtors, Cindy Whitmer 2839 New Hartford Road Owensboro, KY 42303 (270) 926-3500
L. Steve Castlen Realtors, Jim Mason 2839 New Hartford Road Owensboro, KY 42303 (270) 926-3500
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Bobby’s Tire and Mechanical 6127 US Highway 60 East Owensboro, KY 42376 (270) 684-6939 Concept Sound and Light, Inc. 10401 Fellwock Drive Evansville, IN 47720 (812) 868-1200
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L. Steve Castlen Realtors, Eva Tullis 2839 New Hartford Road Owensboro, KY 42303 (270) 926-3500
L. Steve Castlen Realtors, Renne Ginn Roethemier 2839 New Hartford Road Owensboro, KY 42303 (270) 926-3500
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L. Steve Castlen Realtors, Kim Roberts 2839 New Hartford Road Owensboro, KY 42303 (270) 926-3500
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