Vol 16/Issue 4
greater owensboro chamber of commerce
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CHAMBER MATTERS 2018
CHAMBER, WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS PARTNER FOR SERIES
The Greater Owensboro Chamber of Commerce and OCTC’s WorkFORCE Solutions present the On-Line Work Smart Series! Featuring timely and relevant courses
for your workforce, the online program six subjects listed below: has 20 different offerings. You choose the • Leadership & Management training that fits your needs, and employ• Human Resources ees never have to leave the workplace! • Customer Service The 20 courses include training in the • Information Security
• Project Management • Health & Safety Visit chamber.owensboro.com for more information or to enroll in courses.
CHAMBER WORKS EXPO A SUCCESS FOR MEMBERS More than 50 Chamber members par ticipated in the event on Thursday, March 15. The Chamber WORKS Expo, presented by the Owensboro Convention Center, took place in the lobby and included their wide range of hors d’oeuvres and cash bar at the “After Hours” event. The Expo was free and open to the public, allowing the par ticipating Chamber members the opportunity to showcase their services in unique and engaging ways, ranging from trivia, games, paintings and more! It was an exciting evening as WBKR’s Chad Benefield announced door prizes throughout the night and as March Madness games filled the lobby. Thank you to the following organizations that participated in this year’s Chamber WORKS Expo and to ever yone who came to the event! • Owensboro Convention Center • Transcend Credit Union • Arc of Owensboro • Sleep Number – Owensboro • Alpha Laser & Imaging, LLC • Custom Audio-Video, Inc. • Owensboro Museum of Fine Art • Wendell Foster • Tanner Publishing Co. • Tanner+West • All Care Equipment & Rentals • Nation’s Medicine on HWY 54 • Owensboro Family Pharmacy • Party Paper Place • Hospice of Western Kentucky • Wonder Boy Media • Care Net Owensboro
• Infintech, LLC • The Scrub Shoppe • Limos By Knight • Bar Louie • Red Wing Shoes • Shane Satterfield, State Farm Insurance • Riney Hancock CPAs, PSC • Owensboro Community and Technical College • OCTC Workforce Solutions • Independence Bank • Almost Family • Painting With a Twist – Owensboro • Owensboro Health • Hill View Farms Meats • KeeFORCE • Kentucky Farm Bureau Insurance – Gavin C. Roberts Insurance Agency, Inc • Aflac Keller & Associates, LLC • Ely Wireless LLC, T-Mobile • Girl Scouts of Kentuckiana • Diamond Lake Resort • Rex Robinson’s Visual Art Center • Imperial • Chick-fil-A • Owensboro Medical Practice – Rejuve • Disaster Team, Inc. • Trunnell’s Farm Market • O.Z. Tyler Distillery • The Better Business Bureau • Alorica • The Women’s Hospital • Castlen Steel, LLC • 270 Power Yoga • Kentucky Wesleyan College • Serene Relief Massage • Richard House for Daviess County Clerk
2018 NONPROFIT OF THE YEAR
Habitat for Humanity was founded in Americus, Georgia in 1976 in recognition of poverty housing. Millard & Linda Fuller saw this and thought, “People should not have to live like this.” They began with the idea to eliminate poverty housing worldwide, thus the name Habitat for Humanity International, of which our local affiliate emerged in 1988. Habitat for Humanity of Owensboro-Daviess County celebrates their 30th Anniversar y this year, as well as their 135th house! Call (270) 926-6110 to volunteer.
MEMBER APPRECIATION The Greater Owensboro Chamber of Commerce would like to extend a “Thank You” to each one of our members for another year of continued support of the Chamber! Over the next two weeks, a board of directors member, Chamber ambassador or Chamber staff member will be delivering the 2018 Membership Appreciation Packet to each of our 1,000 members.
The Member Appreciation Packet will include: • 2018 Chamber Member Decal • Letter from Chamber President & CEO, Candance Castlen Brake • Annual Investment Report • 2018 Annual Magazine • 2018 Chamber Advertising & Marketing Opportunities We are proud to work for you and look forward to seeing you soon!
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Member Renewals AARP Kentucky Acme Plumbing & Heating All About You Salon & Spa Audubon Area Community Services, Inc. BCS Big O’ Movers Boardwalk Pipeline Partners Bowen Tire Company Brilliant Signs, Copies & Printing, LLC Buffalo Wild Wings Casey’s General Store Clark Distributing Co., Inc. Commonwealth Title and Mortgage Services, Inc. Concept Sound and Light, Inc. de AM-RON Building Systems Dr. Mark Fort DMD EDGEFiT Edward Jones, Tycen Brock, Financial Advisor Gavilon Grain Girl Scouts of Kentuckiana Glenmore Distillery Good Shepherd Church Great Harvest Bread Co. Green Valley Development, Inc. Hampton Inn & Suites Downtown/ Waterfront Hannan Supply Company Health First Community Health Center Hermitage Care & Rehabilitation Center J. McCrystal Design, LLC Jagoe Homes, Inc. Johnny Warren Farms
Karen Pannell, Realtor, Home Realty, Inc. Mellow Mushroom Owensboro Motel 6 Nomad Technology Group Owensboro Convention Center Owensboro Dance Theatre, Inc. Owensboro Goodwill Industries & Goodwill Job Placement Services Owensboro Grain Company, LLC P & K Professional Klean Team LLC Paul Martin Builders, Inc. Pediatric Dentistry of Owensboro Red Wing Shoes RiverValley Behavioral Health SERVPRO of Daviess County Shady Green Farms, Inc. Shelby’s Wheel and Tire State Farm Insurance, Shane Satterfield Swan Cleaners & Shirt Laundry Tapscotts Taylor Homes Top Flite Financial, Inc. Transcend Credit Union Triple Crown Realty Group United Way of the Ohio Valley UPS Velotta Design Ward Family Dentistry, PSC. WEHT ABC 25/WTVW Local 7 Wendell Foster Willow Tree Woodward Consulting, LLC Woody Woodward - Help Office of Owensboro
New Members Active Day of Owensboro 1035 Frederica St., Suite 170 (270) 683-6127 www.activeday.com Audubon Area Community Care Clinic 819 E. Ninth St. (337) 302-5684 www.audubon-area.com Caliber Home Loans 3427 N. Green River Road Evansville, IN 47715 (812) 213-8506 www.caliberhomeloans.com/pperone Evolved Engineering & Design 1517 E. 18th St., Suite 209 (270) 883-5560 www.eed.design
Ginza 2601 West Parrish Ave., Suite A Houchens Benefits 2009 Frederica St. (270) 313-2111 www.higusa.com Koger Properties, LLC 3108 Fairview Drive, Suite 101 (270) 929-0048 Porter Speech Pathology, LLC 4531 Highway 54, Unit 1 (270) 240-3089 http://porterspeech.com Utopia Wellness Medispa 3110 Fairview Drive (270) 228-4772 http://utopiamedispa.com
GADSOOK, LLC 220 Hamilton Ave. (270) 231-8122 www.gadsookcustomprinting.com
April Calendar
12 Ribbon Cutting -
20 Kentucky Thoroughbreds
AnaGayle’s Boutique
Towne Square Mall 12:15 p.m.
12 Ambassador Social
Bar Louie 4 p.m.
- Chamber Night
Owensboro Sportscenter
26 Leadership Owensboro
Changing Our Community
26 Ribbon Cutting - Sunrise
13 New Member Breakfast
Commerce Center (3rd Floor) 8:30 am
Children’s Services
1925 Frederica St. 12:15 p.m.
17 Ribbon Cutting -
Audubon Area Community Care Clinic
819 E. 9th St. 12:15 p.m.
CANDANCE CASTLEN BRAKE PRESIDENT & CEO cbrake@owensboro.com JACLYN GRAVES MEMBERSHIP DEVELOPMENT MANAGER jaclyn@owensboro.com SUSAN HIGH BUSINESS MANAGER shigh@owensboro.com JESSICA KIRK EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, LEADERSHIP OWENSBORO PROGRAMS AND EVENTS MANAGER jkirk@owensboro.com LAUREN WOOD EVENTS/COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR lwood@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 • chamber.owensboro.com Follow us on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram @GOCHAMBER
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Sintros to speak at March 29 Rooster Booster The April Rooster Booster has been moved up due to its inter ference with Spring Break. The next Rooster Booster will be this Thursday, March 29 at 7:30 am at the Owensboro Convention Center. The breakfast will be sponsored by UniFirst Corporation and will feature guest speaker, Steven Sintros, President and CEO of UniFirst Corporation.
Steve first joined UniFirst in 2004 ser ving as the company’s Finance Manager and Corporate Controller. He was promoted to Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Of ficer in 2009, before being appointed to his current position in 2017 following the unexpected passing of longtime chairman, president, and CEO Ron Croatti.
Although Ron left some big shoes to fill, Steve has embraced the role with similar passion and a vision for continued annual growth and success, along with staying true to the company’s core values. Today, Steve is positioning UniFirst to achieve future successes in the years to come, and the UniFirst family is proud to have him leading the way.
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UniFirst celebrates 20 years of success in Owensboro A
lot can happen in 20 years. Just ask Dave Roberts, general manager of distribution for UniFirst Corporation, a North American leader in providing work uniform programs, corporate attire, and facility ser vice products to more than 300,000 business customers in virtually ever y industr y. Roberts was still in high school in 1998 when UniFirst first opened its then state-of-the-art distribution center in Owensboro to fulfill the growing demand for its uniforms, workwear and facility ser vice products. Today, Roberts oversees operations at the 360,000square-foot Owensboro distribution center (DC), which has experienced tremendous growth and business success over the past 20 years, and is currently one of the area’s largest employers with 445 employee Team Partners. “Our 20th anniversar y marks an important milestone for UniFirst as we reflect on past accomplishments
and look for ward to the company’s continued growth and accomplishments,” said Roberts, who joined UniFirst in 2007 as a plant engineer before his promotion to general manager. “Our extraordinar y growth and long-term business relationships that we have established with our valued customers are certainly cause for celebration.” Since 1998, the Owensboro DC has added 60,000 square feet of space and nearly doubled its staff during this time, with 90 percent of its leadership team promoted from within. UniFirst has also made significant investments in technology through the implementation of advanced automation and latest-generation robotics to seamlessly fulfill customer orders and provide the highest level of quality and ser vice in the industr y. Currently, the facility ships 18 million garments annually, an increase of more than 240 percent since its opening. UniFirst has also been
successful in creating deep roots in the Owensboro and Daviess County area through its support of numerous community organizations, including the schools, civic and other philanthropic nonprofits that ser ve the area. “UniFirst would like to extend a warm thank you to all of our customers, Team Partners and community organizations who have contributed to our success,” Roberts said. “We’re committed to continuously improving in order to best ser vice the needs of our existing and future customers.”
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Ambassador of the Month
Amber Farmer Amber Farmer is the Marketing Representative for Disaster Team/Building by Wayne Baker. She has worked there for more than 12 years and has been involved in every aspect of the company. She is very dedicated to
the company and to the community. She enjoys being involved with the Chamber and other community organizations. Amber is married and has two children. She enjoys spending time with her family and friends as much as possible.
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