Vol 15/Issue 11
greater owensboro chamber of commerce
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CHAMBER MATTERS 2017
Shop Owensboro is Saturday, November 25
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hop Owensboro is a program that was designed to elevate the highly known Small Business Saturday. Shop Owensboro, which falls on Small Business Saturday is a banner day for many local businesses as Owensboroans have adopted the mentality that shopping small is a big deal for our community. The 3rd Annual Shop Owensboro initiative, powered by Independence Bank will take place
on Saturday, November 25th. The event kicks-of f at the 2425 Frederica Street and 3228 Hwy 54 Independence Bank locations at 9:00am. The first 500 shoppers to arrive will receive a free Shop Owensboro bag filled with discounts from over 50 local retailers! Play along throughout the day with your Shop Owensboro B-I-N-G-O card for your chance to win $25 gift cer tificates and giveaways from the par ticipating businesses.
This shopping event has grown to an all-day experience, bringing in visitors from all over the Tri-State area. Shop Owensboro 2017 is sure to be another great day to showcase our great community thru our local retailers! Keep your money where your heart is, Shop Owensboro!
Owensboro’s legislative priorities process underway
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he Kentucky General Assembly convenes in regular session on Jan. 2. Prior to that time, Greater Owensboro will release its Kentucky Legislative Priorities. The priorities are a joint list of transpor tation, capital and policy priorities that the
City of Owensboro, Daviess County Fiscal Cour t, Greater Owensboro Economic Development Corporation and the Chamber of Commerce endorse and publicize with the idea that a united voice is better for Greater Owensboro.
Thursday, November 16 4:30 – 6:00pm l 200 East 3rd Street Join us at 4:30pm to celebrate and welcome The Women’s Hospital at the Greater Owensboro Chamber of Commerce. The reception will take place on the Third Floor and will recognize the 40 Under 40 Honorees.
Join fellow Chamber members fo r food, drink s and fun during this afterhours netw orking opportunit y!
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Nov. 2 Public input at fiscal court meeting Nov. 7 Public input at city commission meeting, 5 p.m. Week of Dec. 4 Announcement of Priorities
e need a ridesharing service in Owensboro and Chamber Young Professionals have the passion and energy to make it happen. To help attract UBER and Lyft to Owensboro, CYP with the partnership of the Chamber and CVB are pushing a social media blast Nov. 2. The groups are asking people to do a few things before Nov. 2 like download the ridesharing service apps and set up accounts. Additionally, they ask that you like the social media pages of UBER and Lyft and join the groups on Facebook to Bring UBER and Bring Lyft to Owensboro. On Nov. 2, we need as many people in
Owensboro as possible to blast the social media accounts for UBER and Lyft using messages such as #Lyft up Owensboro. @lyft @GOchamber #okby and Owensboro is #UBER excited. @uber @GOchamber #obky In addition, we encourage you to post on UBER’s and Lyft’s Facebook pages specifically asking them to bring their services to Owensboro. The only way to bring enough attention to this project is if we get everyone in our community to act and take part in such an exciting venture. Please share this information with your family, friends, coworkers, classmates, etc. and encourage others to actively participate Thursday, Nov. 2.
To be a part of the process, you may attend one of the public input opportunities listed above or you may email ideas to chamber@owensboro. com and put Community Priority in the subject line.
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Tinsley to speak at Rooster Booster George Tinsley Sr.’s road KFCC’s Premier Operator, to success could be likened to the highest honor presented that of a rags-to-riches story. to franchisees. Today, George George’s unyielding determinaTinsley is the President and tion and strong work ethic are CEO of PenGeo Inc., Tinsley the true gifts that catapulted Family Concessions, Inc., The him to a lifetime of multiple Tinsley Group, Inc., Tinsleycareers, professional achieveBridgeman, LLC, and GW ments, business success and Tinsley Consulting, LLC. His George meaningful contributions to company owns and operates Tinsley Sr. improving the lives of others. more than 60 franchises in Despite many obstacles, Tinsley Florida and Kentucky. capitalized on his athletic gifts and Tinsley was named Florida’s was recruited on scholarship to Ken- Minority Entrepreneur of the Year tucky Wesleyan College in 1966, and in 1989, Louisville Male High School as a freshman he led the team to the Hall of Fame 1986, Smoketown Hall first of 3 Division II NCAA National of Fame 1985, was named Winter Championships. He quickly earned Haven Businessman of the year in the rep of being a ‘defensive demon’. 2010. He has been inducted to the and would take the Panthers on to Kentucky Wesleyan Alumni Hall of two national titles in 1968 and 1969, Fame in 2005, the Kentucky Black selected as an alternate to the 1968 Sports Hall of Fame in 2011, the KenU.S. Olympic Team, and would soon tucky Athletic Hall of Fame in 2011, be drafted to play for professional the Kentucky Wesleyan College Athteams, such as the New York Nets letic Hall of Fame Inaugural Class of and the Kentucky Colonels. 2013 and the National Small College Tinsley transitioned his talent for Basketball Hall of Fame 2017. Tinsley team management to the corporate also holds an Honorary Doctorate sector, beginning with an eight-year Degree from Kentucky Wesleyan in management career at Kentucky Humanities. Fried Chicken Corporation where In the midst of all his success, he paved the way to his first franTinsley says his greatest treasure is chise in 1984. Within five years he his family. He and his wife Seretha had acquired and built five more of forty-five years have two children, franchises and in 1989 was named Penni and George, II.
November Calendar
2 Rooster Booster Breakfast
Owensboro Convention Center 7:30 a.m.
9 Ribbon Cutting New Life Thrift
1920 W 4th Street 12:15 p.m.
13 Ribbon Cutting
- Western Kentucky Botanical Garden: Smart Flower
25 Carter Road 1 p.m.
15 Ribbon Cutting - 17 Ribbon Cutting
NashVegas Bound 12:15 p.m.
16 Leadership Owensboro Education Day
- Budget Blinds of Owensboro
Commerce Center (1st Floor) 200 East 3rd Street 12:15 p.m.
Member Renewals
Aleris Rolled Products Baskin Robbins BB & T Boutique 54 Bruce’s Tri-State Roofing & Sheet Metal Burlington Civil Inc. Caretenders Carroll Hayden Appraisals Century 21 Partners, Brenda Loyal Commercial Warehousing, Inc. Connor Enterprises Crazy Me Gifts & Apparel David Hocker & Associates, Inc. Daviess County Farm Bureau Federation DMC Graphics Ebelhar Farms Evergreen Lawn Care Inc./Weedman Felts Lock & Alarm Company First Baptist Church Fresh Ideas Management LLC Glenn Ashby, Remax Professional Realty Group H & R Block Harold’s Economy Cleaners & Laundry Heritage Christian School Hill View Farms Meats, LLC Hilliard Lyons, Inc. Hollison, LLC Hunter-Douglas, Inc. ITumble & Bounce Junior Achievement of West Kentucky Keller Williams Elite, Steve Lewis Principal Broker Lighthouse Recovery Services, Inc. Limos By Knight Lowe’s of Owensboro, Inc. Main Street Motors Inc. Marcus W. Bosley & Associates, Inc. Marshall Ventures Marty G. Jacobs, Attorney Ms. Daisy B. James Munday Activity Center Myriad CPA Group, LLC Northwestern Mutual Norton Children’s Hospital
Oberst Printing Company O’Bryan Contracting & Leasing Inc. Ohio Valley Nephrology Associates, P.S.C. Ole South Barbeque OMICO, Inc. Overtime Drywall Company & Plastering Owensboro Christian Church Owensboro Community and Technical College Owensboro Dermatology Associates PSC Owensboro Family Eye Care Owensboro Health Healthpark Owensboro Lions Club Owensboro Sister Cities Owensboro-Daviess County Industrial Foundation PizzaRoma Plumbers & Pipefitters Local Union 633 Raben Tire and Auto Service Real Hacienda Mexican Restaurant Red Door Boutique Regional Land Title Company Regional Water Resource Agency Reid’s Orchard Risner & Associates, JoAnn Risner Riverfront Appraisals Schrecker Supply Co., Inc. Scott Baird Plumbing & Heating Co. Inc. Serene Relief Integrative Massage Therapy Shelton Appraisal Service Simply Chic Home Accents Spectrum Transportation Corporation The Daniel Pitino Shelter The Family Bakery Towne Square Animal Hospital Towne Square Mall Tri-State Fire Protection, Inc. UniFirst Corporation US Bank Home Mortgage, Karen Carper Valor Oil Ward O. Pedley Sr. Concrete Co, LLC Weir’s Photo Whayne Supply Yellow Ambulance of Daviess County
25 Shop Owensboro, 16 Chamber After Powered by Hours - The Women’s Independence Bank 2425 Frederica Street and Hospital Commerce Center (3rd Floor) 200 East 3rd Street 4:30 - 6 p.m.
3228 Hwy. 54 9 a.m.
New Members Advanced Cardiology of Owensboro 3110 Fairview Drive (270) 240-2129 advancedcardiologyofowensboro.com
Merr y Maids of Owensboro 920 Frederica Street, Suite 212 (270) 685-3819 merrymaids.com
Bar Louie 234 Frederica Street, Suite 101 (270) 215-7723 www.barlouie.com
New Life Thrift 1920 W 4th Street (270) 685-5887 www.facebook.com/NewLifeThriftOWB/
Budget Blinds of Owensboro (270) 228-0448 www.budgetblinds.com/owensboro Ely Wireless LLC, T-Mobile 5140 Frederica Street, Suite C (270) 240-3258 www.elywireless.com McDonald’s - Highway 54 3328 US Highway 54 (270) 852-4906 www.mcdonalds.com
People Plus, Inc. 316 3rd Street Henderson, KY 42420 (270) 869-9060 www.peopleplusinc.com Say It Southern Monograms & More 5000 Frederica Street, Suite 62 (270) 852-8902 www.facebook.com/sayitsouthernky/
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 & EVENTS MANAGER jkirk@owensboro.com LAUREN NUNEZ ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT lnunez@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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KWC sponsors November Rooster Booster
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entucky Wesleyan College is a proud member of the Owensboro and Daviess County community, providing affordable faith-based higher education opportunities. The College is proud of its rigorous academic environment and vibrant campus life experience. KWC earned two Top 10 rankings in U.S. News & World Report’s recent annual list of best colleges; No. 3 in the category of “Great Schools, Great Prices” among Regional Colleges in the South and No. 8 in the South as a Best Regional College. Both rankings were improvements from last year, when Wesleyan ranked 5th and 13th, respectively. Wesleyan is one of only three Ken-
tucky schools to achieve a top three category ranking. In August, Wesleyan was recognized by the Princeton Review as a “Best in the Southeast” school for the 14th consecutive year. In the last year, Wesleyan has announced innovative educational partnerships with the University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law, University of Kentucky College of Medicine and the Western Kentucky University Gordon Ford College of Business. Meanwhile, Panther athletics celebrated three Great Midwest Athletic Conference titles and NCAA Tournament appearances in 2016-17 – men’s basketball, softball and baseball.
Sharing Chamber talent efforts in Frankfort One of the strategic goals in the Chamber’s Plan of Work is to develop and connect leaders for the future of Greater Owensboro.
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e do this in many ways including our Leadership Owensboro program, Chamber Young Professionals, our Chamber internship program, our partnership with the Business Education Alliance and the 40 Under 40 Group. On Sept. 27 our community presented to Kentucky’s Interim Joint Committee on local government co-chaired by Senator Joe Bowen. Senator Bowen afforded us the opportunity to share the stor y of our community’s success relating to the retention and recruitment of young people. We told our stor y – Chamber Board Chair Wade Jenkins and Chair Elect Bart Darrell were joined at the podium by seven different YPs testifying – about the limitless opportunities we are finding as we engage our young people – and how the under 40 residents in turn are fueling a renaissance in the Owensboro region which has led to deeper engagement of a group who have much to offer, a stronger economy with steady and sustainable growth and a livable community where you can get involved and make a difference, no matter what your age.
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Ribbon Cuttings
McDonald’s – HWY 54 3328 US Highway 54 270-852-4906
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The Family Bakery 3152 Commonwealth Court 270-684-1108
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Community Dental Clinic
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native of Grayson County, Edna became a part of the Owensboro community 10 years ago when she joined the team at Hospice of Western Kentucky. She ser ves as the agency’s Donations, Communications and Grants Specialist. A proud Hilltopper, she has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Western Kentucky University in Photojournalism and Government.
Prior to Hospice, she was the director of planning and marketing for an area hospital for 14 years, and a newspaper editor for 13 years. She is also a near 30-year member of Zeta Chi, the Leitchfield chapter of Epsilon Sigma Alpha (ESA), an international ser vice and leadership organization dedicated to philanthropic and volunteer efforts.
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