Vol 19/Issue 7
greater owensboro chamber of commerce
CHAMBER MATTERS 2021
Rooster Booster Returns to the Convention Center this Thursday The Chamber will host its Rooster Booster breakfast in-person this Thursday, July 1 at 7:30 a.m. at the Owensboro Convention Center (501 West Second Street). The program, sponsored by Kentucky Wesleyan College, will feature a special summer-fall preview of upcoming Chamber programs and local events, plus some special giveaways for attendees. Make plans to join us as we celebrate being back together in-person! Reserve your spot now at www.chamber.owensboro. com or by calling the Chamber office at (270) 926-1860.
Reservations include breakfast, which will be served cafeteria-style. COST IN ADVANCE: $12 for Chamber Members and $20 for non-members. COST AT THE DOOR: $15 for Chamber Members and $20 for non-members. Following Rooster Booster, the Chamber will host a drive-thru COVID-19 vaccination clinic at First Christian Church (700 J R Miller Blvd) from 8:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. – read more on page 3.
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Kentucky Wesleyan College is honored to sponsor the first in-person Rooster Booster of 2021 as we work together to reopen the Owensboro community safely, including our return to a fully operational residential campus in the fall of 2021. This year, we are celebrating Owensboro being our home for 70 years! We are proud to not only be a college in Owensboro, but a college for Owensboro. In order to do that and serve our students and broader Wesleyan community, we’ve developed Three Pillars to inform our vision – Academic Innovation and Investment; Building for the Future; and Commitment to Affordability and Excellence. We look forward to working with our constituents, including community partners, as we move forward together. We continue to be dedicated to furthering our mission of preparing students intellectually, spiritually and physically to achieve success in life, and we are proud to be doing so in a community that has shown such resilience over the past year. Our alumni remain a part of the fabric of Owensboro, and are seen throughout our community as leaders in business, education, health care and more. Wesleyan brought them here to pursue a quality education, and the Owensboro community kept them here to put that education into practice. Give us a call at 270-852-3120 or visit kwc.edu to learn more about getting on your Wesleyan Way today!
38 business leaders graduated from the Leadership Owensboro Program at a ceremony presented by German American Bank on Thursday, June 17 following a year of building relationships and in-depth learning about the community. The program consists of nine full-day sessions beginning in September that include topics such as education, human needs and services, local government issues, justice, tourism, healthcare and more. In addition to the once monthly classes, the class members were required to participate in local civic leadership meetings and worked in teams to present a solution to an identified community challenge. Leadership Owensboro, the community leadership program sponsored by the Greater Owensboro Chamber of Commerce has name recognition and a tradition of excellence in building and encouraging Owensboro leaders since 1982. The program, boasting an alumni base of more than one thousand, is the premier local professional development and community learning opportunity. Applications for the 20212022 class beginning in September will be available this July – watch Chamber social media for the announcement! For more information on the Leadership Owensboro program, please contact Executive Director, Hannah Thurman at hthurman@owensboro.com
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE LEADERSHIP OWENSBORO CLASS OF 2021! Alex Ross, Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline Amanda Huff, Audubon Area Head Start Antoine Smith-Rouse, Owensboro Community and Technical College Workforce Solutions April Jennings, CherriCare, Inc. Bethanie Roberts, Owensboro Grain Company, LLC Brandy Mathew, Advanced Cardiology of Owensboro Bryson Morrow, Owensboro Parks and Recreation Donna Fitzgerald, Hospice and Palliative Care of Western Kentucky Drew Hardesty, Wonder Boy Media Ellen Ebelhar, Independence Bank Emmy Woosley, Daicel Safety System America Inc. Gwyn Payne, Owensboro Symphony
Harrison Bryant, Malcolm Bryant Corporation Jason Anderson, Owensboro Health Healthpark J.D. Winkler, Owensboro Police Department Jeanna Siddons, American Patriot Getaways Joe Janes, Owensboro Municipal Utilities John David Sandefur, Owensboro Public Schools Joy Carroll, IMPACT 100 Owensboro Katie Drab, RE/MAX Professional Realty Group Kitty Jones, Puzzle Pieces Employment Opportunities Leslye Krampe, Big Rivers Electric Corporation Mary Moorhouse, German American Bank Matt Fitzgerald, Daniel Dick State Farm Megan Gross, New Beginnings Sexual Assault Support Services
Quincy Harris, Puzzle Pieces Rachel Whelan, Brescia University Rev. Rhondalyn Randolph, Owensboro NAACP Robin Dunivan, U.S. Bank Samantha Howard, Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline Sara Butterworth, Owensboro Health Sarah Poole, Wendell Foster Somer Dunaway, EM Ford Dr. Stacy Edds-Ellis, Owensboro Community and Technical College Summer Crick, Kentucky Wesleyan College Travis Owsley, Saint Joseph Peace Mission for Children Trudy Mattingly, Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline Tyler Shookman, Talk to Tyler, LLC (L. Steve Castlen Realtors)
Chamber to host Shop Owensboro – Summer Edition
Powered by Independence Bank The Chamber is excited to announce the retur n of Shop Owensboro – Summer Edition, Powered by Independence Bank, on Saturday, July 24! Shop Owensboro was created to elevate the wellknown Shop Small Saturday concept, a nationally recognized shopping day occurring each year on the Saturday following Thanksgiving. This is the second year we are hosting a summer edition of this signature event to promote shopping small and suppor ting our local businesses as we return to more in-person activities.
Take advantage of spe- drawing on Monday, cial promotions for one July 26! day only by shopping in-store or online at parPARTICIPATING ticipating businesses to LOCATIONS INCLUDE: be entered to win one of 54 Pizza Express the 10 grand prizes – a Adorn Boutique $50 gift card to a ChamAzzip Pizza ber Member business of Be Real Sports Cycling & your choice! Each purFitness chase will count as one Bella Ragazza Boutique entr y, and shoppers can Boutique 54 earn an additional entr y Byron & Barclay - Fine by tagging both the Goods & Apparel Chamber (@GOcham- Carpet One Floor & Home ber) and Independence Cecil Farms Produce Bank (1776bank) in a Chicken Salad Chick photo of their purchase Consumer Mall or of themselves shopCrazy Me Gifts & Apparel ping or dining on social Drake’s Owensboro media. En Vogue The winners will be The Market at Hill View announced via a live Farms Meats
Home Inspired HorseFeathers Gifts Integrity Nursery & Outdoor Living
J.J. Fosters Jiffy Lube Owensboro Julep Home and Gift Kidstop Children’s Boutique
Lance & Co Jewelers Legacy Salon & Spa Legends Mantled Home: Home Boutique + Design Studio Mega Replay Owensboro Nick T. Arnold Jewelers Party Paper Place Peacocks & Pearls Red Wing Shoes Robin’s ReSale & Boutique School of The Rising Lotus Owensboro Shoe Stop Simply Chic Home Accents SIP Owensboro Swank Style & Boutique The Brew Bridge The Cottage The Creme Coffee House The Party Space Place The Pub on Second The Scrub Shoppe Trison’s Gifts Willow and Pine Market Whittaker Country
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Member Renewals First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Freddy’s Frozen Custard Girls Incorporated of Owensboro-Daviess Co. Green River Appliance Co, Inc. H.L. Neblett Community Center Hayden and Co. PSC, CPAs Hayden Electric, Inc. Hospice and Palliative Care of Western Kentucky International Bar-B-Q Festival Irving Materials, Inc. J.E. Shekell, Inc. Kahn, Dees, Donovan & Kahn, LLP KORT - Physical Therapy L. Ruth Interior Design Lee’s Famous Recipe Fried Chicken LifeMark Securities Corp. Maddox Insurance Group Messenger-Inquirer, Inc. Mizkan America, Inc Murphy Appliance Co., Inc. O’Bryan Contracting & Leasing, Inc.
5ive Financial, LLC 1801 Barnard Way, Bowling Green (270) 2027768 facebook. com/5ive President/
Panther Creek Baptist Church 7146 US Hwy 431 (270) 684-2155 facebook.com/Panther-CreekBaptist-Church-10077 1048034424
Weed Man 3903 Vincent Station Drive 270-495-3332 facebook.com/weedmanwesternkentucky
Evergreen Lawn Care 2900 Fairview Drive 270-926-2649 evergreenlawncareinc.com facebook.com/EvergreenOBKY
Wonder Boy Media 810 Princeton Pkwy (270) 315-2186 wboymedia.com facebook.com/WBoyMedia
Mosquito Joe 3903 Vincent Station Drive 270-405-8275 kentuckiana. mosquitojoe.com facebook.com/ mosquito joeofkentuckiana
Seth Lawson – State Farm Insurance 1401 J R Miller Blvd (270) 231-8080 sethlawson.com facebook.com/sethlawsonstatefarmagent
Murray State University – Henderson Regional Campus 2660 South Green Street, Henderson (270) 8315111 murraystate. edu/ academics/ care/ RegionalCampus/Henderson facebook.com/msuhenderson
CANDANCE CASTLEN BRAKE PRESIDENT & CEO cbrake@owensboro.com SHELLY NICHOLS VICE PRESIDENT shelly@owensboro.com HANNAH THURMAN DIRECTOR, TALENT PROGRAMS, COMMUNICATIONS AND EVENTS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, LEADERSHIP OWENSBORO hthurman@owensboro.com SUSAN HIGH BUSINESS MANAGER susan@owensboro.com
Owensboro Museum of Science & History 122 East Second Street (270) 687-2732 owensboromuseum.org facebook.com/owensboromuseum-of-science-andhistory-374555513359
KENZIE TOMES COMMUNICATIONS AND EVENTS COORDINATOR ktomes@owensboro.com LYDIE BOONE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT lboone@owensboro.com
Swank Style and Boutique 1210 East Byers Avenue Owensboro, KY 423037558 (270) 6850010 swanksalon owensboro. com facebook. com/1210swankstyleboutique
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 W. CLAY H. FORD PARTNER, EM FORD CHAMBER BOARD CHAIR
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Julep Home and Gift 2738 Frederica Street (270) 215-7750 julephome andgift.com facebook.com/studioslant
Ohio Valley Insurance, LLC Owensboro Daviess County Regional Airport Owensboro Health Foundation Owensboro Museum of Fine Art Owensboro Symphony Orchestra Packages Plus Poole’s Pharmacy Care PVF Supply Company, Inc. Real Hacienda Mexican Restaurant Rowland Family Dentistry Sheffer Law Firm, PLLC SIP Owensboro Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline, Inc. Sterett Crane and Rigging Summit Obstetrics & Gynecology, PSC Sun Windows, Inc. The Children’s Advocacy Center of Green River To The Max Behavior Therapy, LLC The Scrub Shoppe
Owensboro Convention Center 501 West Second Street (270) 687-8800 owensborocenter.com facebook.com/ owensboro conventioncenter
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A Better Weigh MD American Patriot Getaways Barret-Fisher Company, Inc. Better Business Bureau Inc. Serving Fort Knox (Branch) Blue Line Entertainment Christian Family Radio Concept Sound and Light, Inc. Courtyard by Marriott Owensboro CPR Cell Phone Repair of Owensboro Daviess County Diabetes Coalition Daviess County Teachers Federal Credit Union Dental Designs of Owensboro Digital Group, LLC Don Moore ChevroletCadillac, Inc. Don Moore ToyotaMitsubishi-NissanHonda Dr. Richard Good, OB/GYN Express Employment Professionals
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Chamber to host drive-thru vaccine clinic at First Christian Church
Ambassador of the Month
MICHAEL VANOVER
Michael Vanover is an agent for all lines of insurance at Helton Insurance Group. In addition to being an Ambassador for the Greater Owensboro Chamber of Commerce, Michael is a member of The Gideons International, and he and his wife, Gayla, serve on the Impressions Ministry at Owensboro Christian Church where they are also active in mission-work for the nation of Portugal. Michael is the President of Owensboro Sister Cities & Regions, and also serves on the board of directors and executive committee for Crossroads, Inc., and its ministries, including the only walk-in emergency overnight shelter for homeless women (with or without children) in Owensboro/ Daviess County. Michael is a life-long member of the WKU Alumni Association (B.A., 1990), a member of The President’s Circle and Cupola Society, and was named as the Greater Owensboro Chamber of Commerce Ambassador of the Year in 2014 and 2019.
Following Rooster Booster this Thursday, July 1, the Chamber will host a Drive-Thr u COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic at First Christian Church (700 J R Miller Boulevard) with the Green River District Health Depar tment fr om 8:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. What you should know: • Va c c i n e s a r e available for all individuals aged 18 and older. • Va c c i n e s a r e completely free for ever yone, regar dless of insurance. • No appointment is required. • Bring a photo ID. Option of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine or the two-dose Moderna vaccine (individuals will be contacted by the Health Depar tment to schedule their second dose following 28 days). The clinic will take place in the parking lot at First Christian Chur ch, which can be enter ed
July Calendar 8 Ribbon Cutting: VDEX Diabetes & Endocrinology Specialists 2200 East Parrish Avenue 12:15 p.m. 14 Chamber Ambassador Meeting
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via J R Miller Boulevar d or via Daviess Street. You will receive registration paper work then r eceive your vaccine, all while r e m a i n i n g i n y o u r c a r. O n c e you’ve received your shot, you will be directed to a parking spot to wait for the designated 15 minutes to be monitored by a nurse. Then you’re good to go! Yo u ’ l l l e a v e with your of ficial CDC vaccination card and some free merch from our sponsors – the Green River District Health Depar tment and Kentucky Wesleyan College! The giveaway items are limited and available while supplies last. Any medical questions should be dir ected to the Gr een River District Health Depar tment at (270) 686-7744. For directions or other questions, please contact the Chamber at (270) 929-1860.
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Last month the Chamber hosted five ribbon cuttings celebrating our Members! On June 4, we celebrated the one-year anniversary of Willow and Pine Market. Visit their downtown location or check out their online shop at willowandpinemarket.com! On June 11, we hosted two ribbon cuttings honoring the brand-new locations of two local non-profits, CASA of Ohio Valley and The Center
of Owensboro-Daviess County, at 608 Frederica Street. Learn more about the work and service of these organizations at casaov.org and thecenterodc.org. On June 12, our ribbon cutting kicked off PorchFest OBKY, a live music event hosted on local porches. To learn more about the PorchFest festivities visit porchfestobky.com! Finally, on June 18 we welcomed StepStone Family and Youth Services,
a national foster care agency, to our community. To find out more about StepStone’s support services, visit stepstoneyouth.com. If your business is new to Owensboro, is celebrating an anniversary, new ownership, or a new location, we would love to celebrate with you and host a ribbon cutting! Contact the Chamber at (270) 926-1860 for more information.
Willow and Pine Market, 126 West Second Street, (270) 478-1022, willowandpinemarket.com
PorchFest of OBKY, (270) 315-7882, porchfestobky.com
CASA of Ohio Valley, 608 Frederica Street, (270) 683-2138, casaov.org
The Center of Owensboro-Daviess County, 608 Frederica Street, (270) 684-3837, thecenterodc.org
StepStone Family and Youth Services, 2601 West Parrish Avenue, (270) 691-1090, stepstoneyouth.com
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