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Grapevine Chamber of Commerce Newsletter
Business Matters
Grapevine 02-03 04-05 Economic Development Can Help You… Networking Opportunities Ambassador of the Month AMP’T
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New Members Leadership Grapevine
If you are looking to permanently move your business or office to Grapevine or you need assistance in helping to relocate your business, Dan Truex, Grapevine Economic Development Specialist, can help you find the perfect office, building or site to suit your needs. You can reach Dan by calling 817-410-3153 or email: The mission of the Dant@grapevinetexas.gov.
Mission:
121 Community Church Blagg Tire & Service The Carlyle @ Stonebridge Park Chesapeake Energy Corporation Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport First Young Financial Bank, NA Renewing Members Entrepreneurs August Calendar Grapevine Mills Academy Women’s Division Infiniti Grubbs Northgate Constructors Stacy Furniture The T WCK Cleaners, LLC Wells Fargo Bank - Grapevine Main Wright Development Co., Inc.
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Values: Excellence Innovation Integrity & Community
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The Grapevine Chamber is proud to welcome Wayne Huddleston from the U.S. Small Business Administration as the guest speaker at the next Membership Luncheon, August 29, sponsored by Frost Bank and catered by Big Racks BBQ. Huddleston’s topic will be the U.S. Small Business Administration: More Than Just Loans for Your Business. He will provide insight into the services that the U.S. Small Business Administration offers for businesses. Huddleston serves as an
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Learn More about the U.S. Small Business Administration at the August Membership Luncheon
Grapevine Chamber 4 l O CTO 2 012 www.grapevinechamber.org ofBER Commerce is to promote business that adds value to our community.
The vision of the Grapevine Chamber is a progressive business organization that brings relevant and essential opportunities for our investors and community to grow and prosper.
August, 2013
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Economic Development Specialist for the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Dallas/Fort Worth District Office. In this role, he is responsible for collaborating with an extensive network of public and private sector partners to further SBA’s mission of helping businesses start, grow and succeed in North Texas. The SBA District Office covers 72 counties in North Texas and serves approximately 660,000 small businesses. During fiscal year 2012, the Dallas/Fort Worth District Office Continued on page 2
Learn and Share Best Practices to Grow Your Business One of the biggest advantages of the Grapevine Chamber of Commerce is the quality of businesses we have in this great Chamber. Regardless of the type of industry, you can be assured that you can find a quality Chamber business to fit your needs. We always talk about networking with businesses in an effort to build relationships with companies and educating them on what is available to each member, as well as how
companies can work together to build value for one another. Most of this relates to a sales focus, but I would also like to discuss the value of looking at these Chamber companies as an opportunity to improve your business practices. By watching what other companies do, you can see best practices that can be implemented into your own company. A major part of your Chamber Board’s focus when it came to our accreditation was to benchmark our Chamber with other Chambers that were already
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accredited. Your Board of Directors took time to meet and discuss best practices with these Chambers to learn the things they do well in many different areas including governance, finance, programs, human resources, etc., to learn different ways to incorporate these practices into the Grapevine Chamber. Your Board of Directors also had the opportunity to share our practices in return. It was a very helpful practice and was critical in the Chamber achieving 4-Star Accreditation. I can also say Continued on page 3
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