December Viewpoints 2012

Alabaster Columbiana Wilton Chelsea Montevallo Helena Vincent Wilsonville Indian Springs Calera Pelham Harpersville

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Shelby County ViewPoints Five-year initiative of the Greater Shelby County Chamber of Commerce

December 2012 Greater Shelby County Chamber of Commerce • 1301 County Services Drive • Pelham, AL 35124 • 205-663-4542 • info@shelbychamber.org

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Welcome New Members

Crossfit Sky Soldiers Blue Rain Express Car Wash Brownlee Morrow Company, Inc. DirectBuy of Greater Birmingham Funky Plumbing Gardens of Pelham Gastroenterology Assoc. No.-Cea AL Glitz & Gowns by Missy Grace Community School & Daycare Hampton Inn & Suites of Hoover Healthspring of Alabama Hospitality Business Solutions Junior Davis & Associates, Inc. Karen Ross Miller Allstate Agency Lakes at Inverness Michael Gray Agency Precision Roof Contractors, Inc. PrimePay of Alabama RealtySouth of Inverness Roto-Rooter Services Co. Saginaw Pipe Company, Inc. Schaeffer Eye Center Trinity Medical Center Tutor Doctor of Birmingham Vapor Thrift Store Wells Fargo Commercial Insurance

Michele Burch Michael Luna Gordon Morrow Marianne Darmstaedter Meghan Funk Greer Bisignani Rose Cameron Missy Anthony Nate Wells Hina Patel Patrick Foley Tynette Lynch Maurice Mercer Karen Ross Miller Jan Norred Michael Gray Erin Shields Alison Weinstein Kathy Tomaszewski Josephus Morrow Howard Wise Joy Myers Keith Granger Phil Storie Rhodes Roberts Erin Russell

704 Heritage Park Lane 2109 Natalie Lane P.O. Box 380008 3780 Riverchase Village, Ste 800 308-A 2nd Place SW 2124 Old Montgomery Highway 513 Brookwood Blvd, Ste 401 8919 Highway 119, Ste 102 8777 Helena Road 4520 Galleria Boulevard 2 Chase Corporate Drive 1240 Highland Lakes Trail P.O. Box 1175 119 Ace Place 1000 Hunt Cliff Road 4000 Eagle Point Corporate Dr 2154 Pelham Parkway, Ste A 3584 Hwy. 31 South, PMB #148 109 Inverness Plaza 3865 Industrial Drive P.O. Box 8 3143 Pelham Parkway 800 Montclair Road 201 Courtside Drive 2200 Farmlinks Blvd 420 20th Street N, 7th Floor

Health & Fitness Automobile Car Wash Distributors Home Improvements Plumbing Services Retirement Community Medical - Specialized Formal Wear Education/Childcare Lodging Health Insurance Bus. & Personal Training Promotional Products Insurance Real Estate - Residential Insurance Roofing Payroll Services Real Estate Plumbing Services Manufacturer Eye Care Hospital Training & Tutoring Thrift Store Insurance

To find out more about any member listed -- or other Chamber members -please visit our online Business Directory at www.shelbychamber.org.

Hoover Hoover Birmingham Hoover Alabaster Pelham Birmingham Alabaster Pelham Hoover Birmingham Birmingham Pelham Helena Birmingham Birmingham Pelham Pelham Birmingham Birmingham Saginaw Pelham Birmingham Birmingham Sylacauga Birmingham

2012 Greater Shelby Chamber Board of Directors David Nolen M&F Bank Chair

Keith Barfield Barfield Murphy, Shank & Smith, PC

Terri Williams AT&T Immediate Past Chair

Keith Brown Jefferson State Community College

April Weaver Shelby Baptist Medical Center

Lisa McMahon Warren Averett, LLC

Bill Keller Regions Financial

Paul Rogers Aliant Bank

Clint Umphrey Texas Roadhouse

Phillip Heard Alabama Gas Company

Dave Davis Legacy Community Federal Credit Union

Silvia Hoyos Hispanic Interest Coalition of Alabama

Howard Bailey Neil Bailey Insurance & Investments

Tim Bowen Alabama Power Company

Joe Sullivan Sullivan Communications, Inc John Browning Cahaba Valley Computer Services, LLC

Tim Prince Shelby County Newspapers, Inc. Vivian Johnson Sam’s Club Hoover Kirk Mancer Greater Shelby County Chamber of Commerce

Thanks to our 2012 Continual Sponsors A.C. Legg, Inc.

First Commercial Bank

Alabama Power

Graham and Associates, CPA

Alabama Telco Credit Union

iBERIABANK

ALAGASCO

Legacy Community Federal

Aliant Bank

Credit Union

America’s First Federal Credit Union

Lemak Sports Medicine

AT&T

& Orthopedics

AT&T Advertising Solutions

M&F Bank

Brookwood Medical Center

Minuteman Press Alabaster

Business Telephones, Inc.

Regions Financial

Cahaba Grand Conference Center

Shelby Baptist Medical Center

Cahaba Valley Computer Services

Shelby County Reporter

Charter Business

St. Vincent’s Health System

FastSigns

Congratulations to the GSCC’s 3rd Annual Sporting Clay Shoot Winners

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What a BLAST of a day was had at Selwood Farm for the sporting clay team participants in the Greater Shelby County Chamber of Commerce’s 3rd Annual Sporting Clay Shoot! Everyone enjoyed breakfast and coffee provided by Ground Up Coffee & Smoothies located inside Snider’s Pharmacy, Chelsea. The teams had a brief safety talk and then they were off to compete shooting clays! Teams returned to a delicious lunch provided by Full Moon BAR-B-QUE during the award ceremony. Congratulations to the following winners: Cotton Drop contest, Andy Harper, ALAGASCO, won a split the pot and a travel bag from Adventure Travel; M&F Bank came in 2nd place and received a round of golf from Ballantrae Golf Club; ALAGASCO was the 1st place winners and each won a universal gun cleaning kit, hunting seats, & a $25 gift certificate to the Bass Pro Shop courtesy of Trustmark Mortgage! A huge THANK YOU to our Title Sponsor Regions Bank!

Board of Directors Nominations Sought In accordance with the Chamber’s by-laws the Nominating Committee is responsible for selecting a list of six candidates, who are all members in good standing, to serve a three-year term on the Board of Directors beginning in January 2013.

Due consideration will be given to the candidate’s business or profession in an effort to have a broad representation of Chamber members on the Board of Directors. If you are interested in being considered as a candidate or would like to nominate someone for the Nominating Committee’s consideration please contact Chamber President & CEO Kirk Mancer via email at kmancer@ shelbychamber.org or by phone at 663-4542 by November 15th.

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Ring in the Holiday Season on December 18th at Business After Hours

The Greater Shelby County Chamber in partnership with the Calera Chamber, Montevallo Chamber and South Shelby Chamber is planning the area’s premier business networking event with a “holiday” theme on December 18th from 5:30 p.m. until 7 p.m. at Timberline Golf Club, 300 Timberline Trail, Calera. The event is sponsored by Business Telephone, Incorporated.

With businesses from all four organizations invited to “celebrate the season” this will be an excellent opportunity to make new business contacts, so plan on bringing lots of business cards with you December 18th!

Investment is $5 per person for Chamber members from any of the four Chambers and includes Sponsor: hot, heavy hors díoeuvres and two complimentary beverages.

Two New Opportunities for Chamber Members!

New Shelby County Map Offers Visibility and Opportunity Your Chamber works yearround to make Shelby County an even better place to live and do business. To accomplish this, we offer a variety of goods and services to businesses, newcomers and visitors. That’s why were pleased to announce a new Community Map. This formidable marketing tool is the only map distributed by the Chamber to members, potential newcomers, tourists, visitors, etc.

The map, published in full-color street detail by Chamber member firm Village Profile, will be used by families and businesses relocating to Shelby County and a valuable resource for business travelers and long-time residents.

The 2013 Shelby County map will include: • Distribution — thousands of full-color, updated printed maps featuring schools, hospitals, parks and development areas will be distributed through the Chamber.

• Pinpoints — Chamber sponsor business locations will be pinpointed on the map.

• On-Line Viewing — At

publication, the printed version of the map will be hyper-linked to the Chamber’s website where you can view on-line community information, a directory of sponsors and your printed advertisement alongside your street location mini-map.

• National Website Listing Chamber sponsor businesses will be included on www.villageprofile. com which receives over 2.5 million hits a month!

• Ad Preparation — Complimentary advertising preparation is available, or you may submit your ad to Village Profile electronically.

Voluntary membership advertising helps support this project, and is another valuable way to ‘introduce’ your business, product or service to Chamber members, new businesses, new residents and visitors to Shelby County. If you would like to be a part of this valuable and informative project, please contact Ms. Sandy Semerad, our Village Profile representative, at (678) 296-5394 or via e-mail at ssemerad@aol.com.

Looking to Reach New Residents?

ChamberMail Program Offers Opportunity for Members In October, the Greater Shelby County Chamber launched a new opportunity for members -ChamberMail -- which places members businesses in front of new residents shortly after their move. This business-to-consumer program is designed to get participating members in front of 2,000 new residents for the cost of participating/ advertising.

The ChamberMail program is another opportunity for members to promote their products and services.

The advertising cost paid by participants allows them to get in front of 2,000 new residents who have actually moved to Shelby County.

In addition to the mailing and online advertising participants receive, the program also

offers an optional new resident database for member follow up efforts.

Limited space means this opportunity will sell out quickly, so to reserve your space, call our ChamberMail representative at 1-800-267-9139 or view all ad sizes and prices at the Greater Shelby ChamberMail website at www.shelby.chambermail.us.

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Congratulations to the 2012 Annual Safety Award Recipients

Shelby County law enforcement and firefighting agencies honored their own for helping to keep county residents safe during the annual Greater Shelby Chamber of Commerce safety awards luncheon at the Pelham Civic Complex. Congratulations to the following individuals on achieving this high honor!

North Shelby Fire Department Firefighter - Rusty Johnson

Alabaster Firefighter Phil Harris

Alabaster Officers Tim Crocker and Brandon Green

Calera Firefighter Luke Crim

Calera Officer Mitzie Wheat

Chelsea Firefighter Chris Kizziah

Chelsea COP Patricia Hipps

Helena Firefighter Chaed Agee

Helena Officer Michael Johnson

Pelham Firefighters - Stephen Kiel and Shawn Massey

Pelham Officer Mark Fridley

Shelby County Sheriff’s Office Sam Talton

Westover Fire Department Firefighter - Michah Woodley

Snapshots Congratulations to Blues Rain Express Car Wash in Pelham which celebrated its official grand opening with a ribbon cutting ceremony. Mayor Don Murphy joined Warren Bailey and family, Michael Luna, team members, and Greater Shelby Chamber Ambassadors in support.

Thank you to Alabama Telco Credit Union for co-sponsoring the recent 2012 Annual Safety Awards membership luncheon!

Congratulations to Covenant Classical School and Daycare on the grand opening of its new facility in Pelham. Covenant Classical School is structured more like a school than typical daycare/playcare.

Congratulations to Peaches n’ Clean of America, Inc. on the opening of its new location in Pelham.

Peaches and Clean provides professional cleaning services for your home or business, and can serve as your oor care consultant.

Thank you to FASTSIGNS for co-sponsoring the recent 2012 Annual Safety Awards membership luncheon!

Thank you to Kevin Liles, General Manager (M), Lee House, Marketing Representative (L), and the team at Edwards Chevrolet Hwy. 280 for hosting the Network 280 meeting. Shown with Jeff Neufeld (R), ShelbyOne consultant for the Greater Shelby Chamber.

Upcoming Events

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Find more details of what you can expect about any event listed by visiting the Greater Shelby County Chamber’s website at: www.shelbychamber.org. Register for events online at www.shelbychamber.org, call the RSVP Line 663-8923, or the Chamber 663-4542.

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Chamber Works Tuesday, Dec. 11th ~ 8:30 a.m. - 10 a.m.

Chamber, 1301 County Services Dr, Pelham.

No cost. RSVP required by noon, Monday, Dec. 10th.

Sponsored by: Cahaba Valley Computer Services, Charter Business, and Minuteman Press Alabaster Holiday Business After Hours Tuesday, Dec. 18th ~ 5:30 p.m. - 7 p.m. ~ Greater Shelby County, Calera, Montevallo and South Shelby Chambers.

Timberline Golf Club, 300 Timberline Trail, Calera.

No RSVP required. Investment $5.

Sponsored by: Business Telephones, Inc.

Update on ShelbyOne Nothing is more important to us who live in Alabama than to enjoy our lifestyle and the beauty of our area. ShelbyOne intends to help Shelby County play a leading role in the future of our great state. The goal for ShelbyOne is to raise 1.7 million dollars and to date, we have investors that have pledged $1,526,250. Won’t you join the following investors that have pledged toward our ShelbyOne goal to continue building a bright future for Shelby County and for Alabama? Please contact Chamber President Kirk Mancer via email at kirk@shelbychamber.org or call 663-4542.

A.C. Legg, Inc. Alabama Telco Credit Union ALAGASCO/Energen Aliant Bank America’s First Federal Credit Union AT&T of Alabama Barge, Waggoner, Sumner & Cannon, Inc.

Boatright Companies Brownlee-Morrow Company, Inc. Cahaba Valley Computer Services, LLC Charter Business Day Eye Center EBSCO Industries, Inc. First Commercial Bank Hampton Inn & Suites - Pelham Hampton Inn & Suites - Hoover HealthSpring Holiday Inn Express - Pelham iBERIABANK ISSIS & SONS M&F Bank Regions Financial Corporation Saginaw Pipe Company, Inc. Sain Associates, Inc. Shelby Baptist Medical Center Shelby County Shelby County Newspapers St. Vincent's Health System Texas Roadhouse - Pelham Thompson Tractor Company, Inc. Trinity Medical Center Vulcan Termite & Pest Control, Inc. Warren Averett, LLC

Chamber Office Closed Monday & Tuesday, Dec. 24th & 25th Chamber office closed for Christmas Holiday.

Join in our County’s progress by serving on a Chamber Work Group There are numerous opportunities for involvement with the Chamber.

The following is a list of Work Groups along with a brief description of each. These Work Groups will begin meeting on a monthly basis in January 2013 the Chamber’s next program year. If you’d like to participate in forming these Work Groups and working on these new programs and activities, please contact Chamber President Kirk Mancer via e-mail at kirk@ shelbychamber.org or by calling 663-4542.

Existing Business & Industry Work Group Small Business Work Group Governmental Affairs Work Group Education Work Group Community Improvement Work Group Health Services Work Group Ambassadors

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