December 2015 Chamber Matters

Vol 14/Issue 12

greater owensboro chamber of commerce

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3 Rooster Booster Breakfast Owensboro Convention Center 7:30 am

CANDANCE BRAKE President & CEO cbrake@owensboro.com DANIEL DENO Membership Services Specialist ddeno@owensboro.com SUSAN HIGH Business Manager shigh@owensboro.com

10 Ribbon Cutting – Kentucky Career Center 3108 Fairview Drive 12:15 pm

JESSICA KIRK Executive Director, Leadership Owensboro/ Programs & Events Manager jkirk@owensboro.com Shelly Nichols Membership Development Manager shelly@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 & Instagram @GOchamber Mark Martin Board Chair

3 Ribbon Cutting – YMCA 900 Kentucky Parkway 12:15 pm

10 CYP Celebrity Bartender Event Holiday Inn Riverfront 4 pm

15 Ribbon Cutting – Fire House Subs 5220 Frederica Street 12:15 pm 17 Chamber Holiday Open House Chamber Office 4 pm 18 Ribbon Cutting – The Crowne 107 East 2nd Street 12:15 pm

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Tanner to speak at last Rooster Booster breakfast of 2015 The December Rooster Booster will close 2015 with a spotlight on our community’s young entrepreneurs and upcoming leaders.

The Greater Owensboro community is seeing a resurgence of young professionals moving to and moving back to Owensboro.

The Chamber Young Professionals are preparing to kick off 2016 with highest membership in a decade. Jason Tanner, the owner and publisher of Owensboro Living Magazine and Owensboro Parent Magazines will share his story as a young entrepreneur who determined he would grow his business in his hometown. He will also spotlight stories of others who have done the same.

Come celebrate Junior Achievement and the achievement of our young

generation of leaders shaping our economy and building a Greater Owensboro.

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Junior Achievement of West Kentucky to sponsor December Rooster Booster Breakfast Junior Achievement of West Kentucky is proud to serve as the December sponsor for the Rooster Booster breakfast.

Here at JA, we give young people the knowledge and skills they need to be college and career ready, plan for their future and make smart academic and economic choices.

Our corporate and community volunteers deliver relevant, hands-on experiences that give students from kindergarten through high school the knowledge and skills in financial literacy, work-readiness, and entrepreneurship.

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Many chamber members partner with us each year to empower over 9,900 local young people (and over 21,000 across West Kentucky) to own their economic success, increase the vitality of our communities, and contribute to the availability of a welleducated workforce.

YOUR continued support will allow us to reach a new generation of students with life-changing financial literacy, work readiness and entrepreneurship programs.

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ERB Equipment Company

Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott

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Ambassador of the Month – Judy Brown Republic Bank Judy Brown has been the Vice President and Business Development Officer at Republic Bank and Trust since 1990. She started her career at Citizens State Bank/ Liberty and was with them for 21 years. Altogether, Judy has a total of 45 years in the banking profession.

She is very active in the community, has served on various boards and volunteered for numerous organizations including Hospice of Western Kentucky, Junior Achievement, Lions Club and Habitat for Humanity of Owensboro.

Judy has been a volunteer for the Greater Owensboro Chamber of Commerce for more than 25 years, and enjoys serving as an ambassador.

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Adams & Sons Men’s Fine Clothiers Advantage Eye Care All Blessings International/Kentucky Adoption Services, Inc. Audubon Federal Credit Union Bacon/Farmer/Workman - Marcum Engineering BB & T Bella Vita Salon Bruce’s Tri-State Roofing & Sheet Metal Burlington Civil Inc. Campbell Club Cecil Farms Produce Century 21 Partners, Brenda Loyal Century 21 Partners, Glenn Ashby Century 21 Partners, Wade Baker Charlie Castlen, Daviess County Commissioner Connor Enterprises Daymar College Disaster Team, Inc. Dynamic Directions Ebelhar Farms Evergreen Lawn Care Inc./Weedman Father’s Country Hams Fifth Third Mortgage, Christi Evans Gorman Recruiting Green River Area Federal

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Owensboro-SHRM Purcell Tire Company R.L. Wilson Masonry , Inc. Ramada Inn RBS Design Group Architecture Riverfront Appraisals RiverPark EyeCare, PLLC Sam’s Club Scott Baird Plumbing & Heating Co. Inc. Serene Relief Integrative Massage Therapy Simply Chic Home Accents Southern Recycling LLC Steinkamp Home Center Strode Farms T.R.U. Event Rental, Inc. Tapp Motors, Inc. The Earle Titan Contracting & Leasing Co., Inc. Tom Blue Furniture Tri State Fire & Safety, Inc. Tri-State Mailing Systems, Inc. Wal-Mart - Frederica Street Wellington Parc Whayne Supply Worth Insurance Group Yellow Ambulance of Daviess County

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