Newsletter January 2014 Newmarket Chamber of Commerce by Newmarket Chamber of Commerce

The Newmarket Chamber Newsletter

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January 2014

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Board of Directors Chair Rob Chaggares Chaggares & Bonhomme, Chartered Accountants

Director* Lorne Cooper Century 21 Heritage Group Ltd., Brokerage

1st Vice Chair Veronica Williams SNAPd Newmarket

Director Kirsten Eastwood Women’s Centre of York Region

2nd Vice Chair Kevin Murdoch The Murdoch Group Private Wealth Management

Director Simon Fenn Fenn & Fenn Insurance Practice Inc.

Past Chair Steve Hinder Magna International Inc. Secretary/Treasurer Scott Fitzpatrick Bateman Graham & Fitzpatrick Chartered Accountants

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Director Robert Horst Upper Canada Mall Director Claudine Johns RBC Royal Bank Director Neil Moore York Region Media Group Director Sabine Schleese SCHLEESE - The Female Saddle Specialist

* non-voting Newmarket Young Professionals Group representative

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The Year Ahead A Message from Rob Chaggares – Board Chair

In the months ahead we will continue to introduce innovative new opportunities for our members.

I have had the opportunity to serve on the Board of Directors since 2009 - working with dedicated local leaders on the board, enthusiastic committee members and a devoted Chamber staff. All of these people, along with our members, help make the Chamber a success.

We will continue our commitment to participate in collaborations such as the Shared Digital Infrastructure (SDI), the Newmarket Economic Development Advisory Committee (NEDAC), Business Innovation in Changing Times Series and other strategic initiatives. These initiatives have helped earn Newmarket a place in the Top 10 Places to Live in Canada & recognition as the strongest online business community in Ontario with a 2013 Google e-Town Award.

The Newmarket Chamber has over 850 members representing more than 15,000 local employees. We’ve been here at the heart of business since 1857. Our mission is to help our members build successful, thriving businesses, and to continue to work with partners on issues related to the continued transformation of Newmarket. There are exciting times ahead for us here at the Newmarket Chamber. We are building a new set of services that will help keep our members ahead of the curve in business. In January we are introducing PeerGroups – an amazing concentration of Chamber benefits – learning, networking, business development and more.

The Chamber believes that strong community partnerships drive economic development and community transformation and we will continue to work together with key stakeholders such as the Town, the Region, Small Business Enterprise Centres, Regional Innovation Centres, the Library, Not-for-Profits and our member businesses to help drive the Town’s economic development vision. I want to thank each of you for your membership and support of the Chamber. I look forward to serving as your Chair in the year ahead.

January 2014

Your Events Holiday Luncheon Thank you to our members, guests and Bradford Board of Trade members for joining us at our Holiday Luncheon on December 6th at Cardinal Golf Club. Donations were made to the Newmarket Food Pantry with over $500 in cash and gift cards donated and approximately 175 lbs in food.

Pat (Town of Newmarket) and Anne-Marie (Cardinal Golf Club)

Melanie (SNAPd Aurora) and Neil (The ERA)

The Arts Music Store

Networking Breakfast Financial and Investment retirement planners from RBC Royal bank introduced a life planning program “Your Future by Design”.

Corporate partner RBC sponsored the December Networking Breakfast

Debbie (Goodnight & SweetDreamzzz) and Katherine (Katherine Joy Interiors)

Nadege (Lemee Spa & Nails), Lorne (Century 21 Heritage Group Ltd., Brokerage) and Cecli (Legal Shield)

Mix ‘n Jingle The Newmarket Young Professionals Group gathered at Milestone’s Grill & Bar for a holiday Mix ‘N Jingle. Kathy Rusell of Butler Girl Services shared organization and time saving tips to help NYPG members enjoy a stress free holiday.

Doug (Workplace Safety Revolution), Stephanie (Goldenvale Veterinary Hospital and Kennels ), Julia (LeTip) and Kathy (Butler Girl Services) and Alanna (Pickering College) Katie (NYPG member) 4

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Michael (Incube8 Creative), Tara (Tara Coaching and Training) and Wasim (Wasim Jarrah-Royal Lepage Your Community Realty)

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Thrive. Our one word mission statement Of course we have a full corporate mission statement that we’ve built ourselves around, but if there’s one word to define what we’re all about, it’s thrive. It’s our prime directive to help businesses in Newmarket flourish (which is just a synonym for thrive) – and we’d like to help your business do just that.

New Service - Big benefits. Introducing PeerGroups As the hub of business in Newmarket, we are constantly looking for new ways to help our members improve their business practices. This coming year, we will introduce a slew (or perhaps it’s a glut) of great new services to our community. First up, and coming in January is our new concept: PeerGroups.

More experience. Better insights. Improved results Imagine you had a personal team of all-star advisors in your corner offering guidance, encouragement, counsel and insight. Our new service makes that happen. PeerGroups bring a selection of complementary businesses together to form a powerful advisory and/ or networking group. Regular meetings include MasterClasses, Trouble-Shooting, What’s-New? and more. PeerGroups work together to find the best business practices for all participants.

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NewmarketChamber.ca/thrive So how does all this work? In a word, easily. Just register to join one of our January kick-off PeerGroups sessions and you’re all set to go. Take our What-have-I-got-to-lose? challenge, and register for a PeerGroup. We think you’ll walk away smarter, faster, taller, better looking and completely convinced that there is more to business in Newmarket.

You (and, of course, your business) will benefit from the experience of your peers. And you, in kind, will also have the opportunity to contribute to the success of your fellow PeerGroup members. It’s an exciting and collaborative approach in which all can thrive.

Different businesses have different needs. To ensure the best results for all, we have two PeerGroups offerings - one for small businesses from 1 to 5 employees and another for business in the 6-25 employee range. Choose the group that will offer the most relevance for your business.

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Your Members Welcome New Members Please support and network with the following new members: Alexis Foreman Sales Representative@ Kearney Law Office Century 21 Heritage Group in Newmarket Alexis Foreman 17035 Yonge St., Newmarket L3Y 5Y1 alexis-foreman@hotmail.com century21.ca/Alexis.Foreman

Neal Kearney 3 - 320 Harry Walker Parkway N, Newmarket L3Y 7B4 nkearney@kearneylaw.ca

Uniglass Plus / Ziebart

Body Works Center

Signarama Newmarket

York Mills Garden Centre Inc.

Clearview Financial

Tech Buy Inc.

Harmony at Home Music

Keren Duncan 436 Queen St., Newmarket L3Y 2H2 bodyworkscenter.ca kerenduncan@yahoo.ca Katrina Morris 2 - 1260 Journey’s End Circle, Newmarket L3Y 8Z7 katrina@clearviewfinancial.ca clearviewfinancial.ca

Alex Vatamanescu 25 - 16715 Yonge St., Newmarket L3X 1X4 alex@signarama-newmarket.com signarama-newmarket.com Omer Chauhdry 103 -713 Davis Dr., Newmarket L3Y 2R3 sales@techbuy.ca techbuy.ca

Jody Tomlinson 15&17 - 18075 Leslie St., Newmarket L3Y 9A4 ziebartnm@hotmail.com ziebartnewmarket.com

Richard Aguanno 31 Superior St., Newmarket L3Y 3X3 rickaguanno@hotmail.com

Sarah Kerzner harmonyathomemusic.com harmonyathomemusic@gmail.com

Thank you:

• Best Western Voyageur Place Hotel for being a member for 25 years. • Engineered Air for being a member for 22 years. • Braywood Services Inc. and McKechnie Counselling Service for being members for 19 years.

Congratulations:

• XE.com, Inc. named as one of Canada’s Top 50 Small and Medium Employers for 2014. • Southlake Regional Health Centre on being named as the top hospital in Ontario for maternity patient experience in overall care, in the second annual “Patient Ratings of Overall Care and Likelihood to Recommend Ontario Hospitals” report. • Southlake Regional Health Centre, XE.com Inc. and the Regional Municipality of York for being named on the GTA’s Top Employers list. Congratulations to Lemee Spa and Nails Inc. on their Grand Opening

Canadian Plastics Group Ltd. for hosting a pre-budget consultation with Prime Minister Stephen Harper

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Welcoming Our New Directors Sabine Schleese has been working together with her husband since 1986 to make Schleese Saddlery Service Ltd. a leader in the equestrian industry in North America. The company specializes in saddles custom made especially for women, and has been instrumental in furthering the cause of education on saddle fit all over the world. Together they have won many business achievement awards from various Chambers of Commerce, including an Award of Merit from the Ontario Chamber in 1997. Schleese has been profiled in the Wall Street Journal and been on Discovery Channel twice – on ‘How it’s Made’ and “Harrowsmith Country Life”. Sabine has been on PROFIT’s list of Top 100 Women Entrepreneurs in Canada almost every year since the list first came out, and won York Region’s Woman of the Year for International Business in 2000. In 2008 the Organization of Women in International Trade named her Exporter of the Year. Kevin Murdoch is an Investment Advisor and the senior partner in The Murdoch Group of RBC Dominion Securities. His specialty has been helping people achieve their goals for 20 years. One of the youngest to attain the Fellow of the Securities Institute designation (FCSI), Kevin has successfully navigated through many market conditions and life events for clients. Strongly committed to giving back to the community, Kevin served as the Chair of the Southlake Regional Health Care Centre Foundation with a mission to complete the fundraising for the hospital’s cardiac wing. He has also co-chaired many Easter Seals galas, and is committed to making a

difference with kids. Kevin is the co-author of a teens’ book on healthy eating, The Lifestyle Journey Program, and he is currently developing a sequel about kids and their finances. Lorne Cooper Lorne Cooper is a Real Estate Sales Representative with Century 21 Heritage Group Ltd. and balances his schedule helping clients through his company’s many offices located up and down the Yonge Street corridor in York Region. An entrepreneur, Lorne spent 10 years as the owner and operator of The Ultimate School of Rock & Jazz; a successful music school that started in York Region and expanded its reach globally online. Lorne is recognized as one of the pioneers of live online guitar lessons. Lorne’s interest in helping people, creative marketing, property investment & valuation ultimately led to a career in real estate. Lorne has always looked for opportunities to utilize technology to reach and engage people and he brings this energy and ingenuity to his clients in his Real Estate practice. Through virtual tours, social media marketing, and a wide array of modern tools, Lorne’s focus is to utilize every advantage to his clients benefit when buying or selling a home. Lorne is an active member of the Newmarket Young Professionals Group and lives in the Newmarket area with his wife and two young children.

Thank You As we welcome our new Board members, we would like to thank our past Board members who are stepping down. 1st Vice Chair, Rick Henry (Microcel Corportation) and Past Chair Dean Smalley (A & B Courier) Their contributions have been immense and we are thankful for their time and effort. January 2014

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