Chamber Focus | December 2022

FOCUS ON BUSINESS

Have a Magical (& Local) Season

The holiday season always promises to be a wonderous time filled with the signs and sounds of Christmas!

This year you can add some special Holiday cheer and boost the local economy by shopping, dining, exploring, and enjoying all things local with Temple Chamber of Commerce members!

Did you know that every dollar you spend cycles over in our community?

DECEMBER 2022

BUSINESS LINK LUNCH

Thursday, December 8, 2022

12:00 - 1:00 pm

Sponsored by: Pattillo, Brown & Hill LLP

Register at templechamber.com/events

As if by magic, the dollars spent locally cycle through the Temple area economy as much as seven times. In other words, every $1 spent locally equals $7 in local economic impact. It is really not magic, but the power of economics.

Think of how those dollars help everyone. Every dollar spent in the Temple area strengthens our community. The stores, restaurants, and entertainment facilities we patronize pay taxes. Those taxes help pay for the ser vices we expect, such as police, fire, and infrastructure. These businesses also pay salaries and wages to our neighbors, family, and friends.

BUSINESS AFTER HOURS

Tuesday, December 13, 2022

5:00 - 7:00 pm

Sponsored by: Brockway, Gersbach, Franklin, & Niemeier, PC

Learn more at templechamber.com/events

You can purchase all the goods and services imagniable in the Temple area. Join us this year by thinking about shopping with Temple Chamber Members first to keep our “magical” dollars at home and be part of building the local economy!

This Holiday season, and always, give local businesses your support. There is no need to roam as the best shop ping is at home. Let's have a Temple area Christmas!

To find the best spots in the greater Temple area to shop, enjoy, and explore locally visit the Temple Cham ber's online Business Directory at bit.ly/ThinkTempleFirst or by scanning the QR code.

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Temple Chamber of Commerce Staff

November Renewing Chamber Members

Animal Medical Care

Azbell Electronics, Inc.

Best-Way Carpet Services, LTD Boston Properties

Brick City Martial Arts, LLC Casebolt Tree Care

Cedar Crest Hospital & Residential Treat ment Center

City of Temple - City Manager's Office DanHil Containers

Dennis Turk Express Employment Professionals

First Christian Church First Finance & Furniture

Hindu Temple of Central Texas Homespec

Hope for the Hungry InHouse Systems, Inc. KEG 1 O'Neal, LLC Lake Belton Barber Shop

November New Chamber Members

Anyplace Audiology

Tamara Reeves| (254) 598-2000 1005 Marlandwood, Ste. 118 Temple, TX 76502 https://apaud.com Audiology & Speech Pathology

Crunch Fitness

Spencer Churchill | (254) 677-8700

4501 S. General Bruce Dr. Temple, TX 76502 www.crunch.com/locations/temple Fitness

Essential Advisors Corporation

Debbie Evans | (317) 809-3548 Temple, TX www.essential advisors.com Consultants

Globe and Anchor Industries, LLC

Mark Bellomy | (469) 401-0797 409 N. Hwy 95, Unit H Little River Academy, TX 76554 www.globeandanchorllc.com Signs & Banners

Hamm's Tile and Marble

Wesley Hamm | (254) 231-9016 Belton, TX https://hammstileandmarble.com Floor Coverings

Maid Right of Bell County Mario Martin | (254) 441-5352 Killeen, TX www.maidright.com/bell county Cleaning & Organizing Services

Pignetti's

PPG Architectural Coatings

Sara Irvine/Sojourn Real Estate

Shine Richardson Investment Group of Wells Fargo Advisors

Spare Time Texas

Temple Civic Theatre Tyroch Boyd PLLC

Wes Albanese Photography

Newman's Audio & Video, LLC. Branden Newman | (541) 633-3754 Salado, TX www.newmansaudiovideo.com Audio/Video

Yoshi's Sushi Hibachi Pho & Vietnamese Cuisine

Yoshi | (254) 899-8128 2201 SW H.K. Dodgen Loop Temple, TX 76502 yoshishibachiandsushi.business.site Restaurants

Salute to Business 2023: Annual Business Celebration Scheduled for January 31, 2023

Temple

Chamber of Commerce Staff

The Temple Chamber of Commerce is honored to invite the business commu nity to Salute to Business 2023. Salute to Business is an annual banquet used to reflect on the past year, pass on Chamber leadership positions, and gain inspiration for the new year.

“Salute to Business is a signature event of the Temple Chamber of Commerce, that brings business and community leadership together to celebrate the ex citement of the transformation happening in the greater Temple community,”

said Rod Henry, President & CEO of the Temple Chamber of Commerce.

Salute to Business will be held at the Mayborn Convention Center on Tuesday, January 31, 2022. A social hour begins at 5:30 p.m. followed by dinner and a keynote speaker.

For more information or to register for the event, visit templechamber.com, or contact the Temple Chamber of Commerce at (254) 773-2105.

First Friday is Tonight - December 2, 2022

City of Temple

Visit Downtown Temple for First Friday tonight December 2, 2022. You won’t want to miss an evening of late-night shopping, fantastic food, cold drinks, and live music. Keep it local in Downtown Temple!

For a full list of downtown specials visit downtowntemple.com/first-friday.

Anyplace Audiology

Grand Opening

Hearing Care Beyond Compare

Turn to AnyPlace Audiology in Temple, TX for com prehensive hearing health care. They do more than just provide you with technology. They help you understand your condition and explore all available possibilities, so you feel totally comfortable with your hearing health decisions.

Tamara Reeves

1005 Marlandwood, Ste. 118 Temple, TX 76502 (254) 598-2000 https://apaud.com

Aladdin

Your car is a major investment, so you must maintain it over time to preserve its beautiful look. Aladdin Car Wash of Temple, TX makes it easy. They offer a newly renovated automatic car wash with com plimentary self-serve vacuums with every car wash purchase. Visit their locally-owned car wash today. Riad

RIBBON CUTTING

Yoshi's Sushi Hibachi Pho & Vietnamese Cuisine

Grand Opening

Come by our kid-friendly sushi place, where we serve-up a delicious menu which includes small plates and vegetarian options. We also offer cater ing. Reservations accepted, so feel free to book in advance. Wheelchair accessible seating available. Hope to see you soon!

Yoshi

2201 SW H.K. Dodgen Loop Temple, TX 76502 (254) 899-8128

https://yoshihibachiandsushi.business.site

City of Temple is 76th Annual Christmas Parade

City of Temple

For over 75 years, the annual City of Temple Tree Lighting and Christmas Pa rade has brought joy and holiday merriment to Temple residents and surround ing areas. The City of Temple is 76th Annual Christmas Parade is scheduled for Monday, December 5, 2022, at 6:30 pm for “It’s a Groovy Christmas” in Historic Downtown Temple!

Date & Time: Monday, December 5, 2022

6:15 pm - Mayor Tim Davis will light the Municipal Building's holiday decorations and the City's Christmas tree located in the municipal parking lot of City Hall (2 N. Main Street)

6:30 pm - Parade Starts

7:20 pm - Santa starts his arrival down W. Adams Avenue

Location: Downtown Temple

It’s no secret that a cherished holiday tradition for the city of Temple is seeing and participating in the Annual Christmas Parade. Christmas parades can be

viewed as the unofficial starting point to Christmas, because nothing gets you in the holiday spirit quite like a festive parade filled with seasonal favorites and Santa Claus with all his Christmas cheer. This event is a family favorite and one you truly must see. Here’s everything you need to know about the upcoming Christmas parade.

Leadership Temple Health Care Day: Wellness is a top priority in Temple

of the Baylor College of Medicine wants to recruit doctor candidates that want to be a part of the Temple community".

The Temple Campus will welcome its inaugural class of medical students in summer 2023. This class of medical students will be the first to study a new problem-based learning curriculum created to better train and equip students to handle residency. According to Baylor College of Medicine Senior Faculty member Stephen Christopher Charles, PhD, the new curriculum allows more clinical time and less time in lectures.

To conclude the day, the class met with Alita Risinger, Regional CFO for Baylor Scott & White Health – Central Texas, for an enlightening briefing about the healthcare system and the challenges faced during the pandemic.

The healthcare system in Temple features the only Level 2 Childrens Hospital between Austin and Dallas and accounts for one of 18 Level 1 trauma centers in Texas. The Temple system offers a complete continuum of care and inno vative industry-leading procedures and care in cardiology, transplants, robotic surgeries, and more, attracting people to Temple from near and far – not only for patients but medical professionals as well.

The 2022-2023 Leadership Temple class embarked on the day to learn about health care in the Temple area. The day started with meeting at the Temple Community Clinic (TCC) located at 1905 Curtis B. Elliott Drive to learn about the work and impact TCC provides citizens in this area.

Sherri Woytek, Executive Director, and Hollie Spin, Patient Care Program Man ager, provided introductions and a tour of the facility. A history of TCC revealed that it was the vision and project of the Leadership Temple class of 1991. Woytek explained TCC began to fill a gap and serve working people who could not afford health care, even when insured, due to high deductibles.

According to Spin, in 2022, 1,334 patients have been taken care of [at TCC], re sulting in a community benefit of $5,642,415. The ability to provide this benefit to the community helps create a healthy community that places less strain on the already strained health care system. The overall benefit to the community has been well worth the efforts, and the vision of the 1991 Leadership Temple class continues to provide a significate service to the Temple community.

The day continued with a visit with Chief Medical Officer Jeff Bates, MD and Chief Executive Officer David Byrom from Coryell Health. Coryell Health has a new Medical Clinic at 6208 West Adams in Temple. The Temple clinic is a part of the branching out of services provided by Coryell Memorial Hospital located in Temple’s backyard, Gatesville, Texas.

According to CMO Bates, the goal of Coryell Health is “putting the patient first with access to affordable and fast medical services". Bates said, “when patients require services like CT scans or MRI, we are able to schedule those procedures within just a day or two of being seen by a physician". CEO Byrom explained that Coryell Health is financially sound and has excellent staff and services to provide the Central Texas area with high quality medical care.

The class then met with leadership from the Baylor College of Medicine at the Temple Campus. According to Alicia Dunn, Chief of Staff to Dr. Alejandro Ar roliga, Regional Dean of the Baylor College of Medicine, “the Temple Campus

The pandemic presented unprecedented challenges for all, but arguably it impacted the healthcare industry most drastically. The Central Texas Region Leadership team had to change their entire operational model, essentially over night, at the onset of the pandemic and is faced with keeping their practitioners and personnel healthy and safe, caring for the well-being of the community, all while managing variables such as supply chain, bed capacity, and workforce.

The class learned how the regional system faced the initial wave of COVID-19 cases in 2020 through current operations. It was enlightening to learn what was happening with our largest hospital system in Bell County and how this affected the level of care that was available to our community.

The Leadership Temple class key takeaway from health care day was unmistak able: challenges and all, wellness is a top priority for the community of Temple.

Leadership Temple Class of 2023 Participants: Amanda Carlson, Jeff Clark, & Ben Lopez

LT Participants

listen Baylor Scott & White Health Leadership

Hollie Spin, Patient Care Program Manager, Temple Community Clinic, gives the LT CLass of 2023 a tour of the facility.

Rotary Club Doubles Up in Duet of Downtown Deeds Dec. 2

Rotary Club of Temple

The Rotary Club of Temple is conducting two simultaneous fundraising proj ects at two downtown locations supporting two local organizations during one event – the First Friday in Downtown Temple on December 2.

“Fill the Truck” is how Rotary Club of Temple President Jason Duckworth an nounced to the service club members the initiative to help alleviate low levels of food supplies at local food pantries. A decorated Rotary Club of Temple pickup will be positioned in front of Tour Temple/Corky’s at 13 South 2nd Street from 4 to 8 p.m. during First Friday.

“The goal is to fill the truck with food items, can goods, boxed goods, and other non-perishable items,” Duckworth said. “Everything collected will be provided to the Temple Christian Outreach for their food pantry.”

Two blocks west of “Fill the Truck” will be a second Rotary Club of Temple project, this one supporting the Red Kettle Campaign for The Salvation Army of Bell County. A member of the Rotary Club of Temple will be dressed as Santa’s “Papa Elf” and will be ringing the bell from 4:45 to 8 p.m. in front of Fire Base Brewing at 8 South First Street. All proceeds go to the local Salvation Army center.

“There is a lot of need in our community, and our Rotary Club wanted to give the community an opportunity to support these two non-profits who help our neighbors in need,” Duckworth said.

December Holiday Business After Hours

Rotary is an international network of 1.4 million members in 46,000 clubs who pursue projects to make their communities better. The Temple Rotary Club meets at noon every Thursday. For more information go to TempleRotary.org.

Join us for the December Business After Hours sponsored by Brockway, Gersbach, Franklin & Niemeier, PC (BGFN) on Tuesday, December 13, 2022, from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. at the Temple Railroad & Heritage Museum/Santa Fe Depot.

Business After Hours is a complimentary net working opportunity to make new connections with local professionals in a relaxed, social en vironment.

More information about BGFN: We know executing the accounting and finan cial needs of your business is overwhelming when you need to focus on other aspects of your business. Even if your company has an in ternal accounting department, you need a sec ond set of eyes from a team of experts to en sure your accounting operations and planning are maximizing your company’s profitability.

Our team of 30+ professionals has a 40-year history of guiding clients to financial success. You can count on us today and tomorrow, whether you’re a large company, a nonprofit, or a young professional—we can help.

Temple Chamber President, and Rotarian, Rod Henry will be dressed as "Papa Elf" ringing the bell for the Red Kettle Campaign for The Salvation Army of Bell County.

Temple Executive Wins National Award

Perry Office Plus

H.B. Macey, President of Temple-based Perry Office Plus, was named Young Executive of the Year in the 12th North American Office Products Awards (NAOPA) in November.

The awards are organized by Office Products International, and were presented during Industry Week, a gathering of North American business supplies ven dors and independent distributors in Las Vegas, hosted by Independent Sup pliers Group.

Janet Bell with OPI said the panel of judges commented that they were im pressed by the fantastic work that H.B. Macey does at Perry Office Plus, and that they are looking forward to watching H.B. evolve into a leader of the fu ture.

“We are in challenging times, and we need leadership and innovation more than ever,” Bell said. “And the judges thought H.B. Macey demonstrated this.”

H.B.’s father and predecessor, Harry Macey, was in attendance to present the award. Harry & Debbie owned and operated Perry Office Plus for 27 years until retiring and selling the business to H.B. and his wife Lynnsay at the end of 2021. The younger Macey was named President in 2021 after serving as the Business Development Manager for several years.

Upon acceptance of the award, H.B. stated, “Honestly, this is not an H.B. award. This is a Perry Office Plus award. We have the best group of employees, we have a long-tenured management team, and they make me look good.”

He also encouraged the dealers in attendance to prepare their businesses for the future with a succession plan, rather than selling out to the big box stores.

“Empower the next generation in your business and get them involved,” he said.

H.B. Macey, center, receives the Young Executive of the Year Award in Las Vegas from Office Products International, Director Janet Bell at right. His father and predecessor, Harry Macey (left), was on hand to make the presentation. Photo: OPI, Inc.

About Perry Office Plus:

Perry Office Plus is the largest independent office essentials and furniture deal er in Central Texas and has been locally owned and operated since its establish ment in Temple, Texas in 1920. They provide thousands of office and classroom essentials, industrial janitorial products, complete furniture solutions, floor care machines and supplies, custom printing, and promotional products. Their expe rienced, dedicated staff support the needs of workplaces of any size. To learn more, visit www.perryop.com.

Bell County Veteran-Owned Business Recognized by the U.S. Department of Labor

Topsarge Business Solutions

On November 9th, 2022, the US government awarded Topsarge Business Solu tions LLC (TBS) the prestigious Platinum HIRE Vets Medallion Award. The U.S. Department of Labor held the ceremony virtually from Washington D.C. where employers were recognized for their investments in recruiting, employing, and retaining our nation’s heroes.

To qualify for this award, a business must have the following. 10% of new hires must be veterans OR 85% of your retained staff must be veterans AND the company must have a 10% overall veteran employee count. Awardees must have this, and two of the following qualities. Be a veteran organization or re source group, have a leadership program, a human resources veterans’ initia tive, a pay differential program or a tuition assistance program.

Managing Partner Dan Elder states, “Putting Veterans back to work is part of our DNA, we exist to deliver high quality service and employ Veterans and their families“.

Topsarge Business Solutions is proud to check off boxes for this wonderful hon or. TBS is committed to putting veterans and their families to work and being a

recipient of this award exemplifies that commitment tenfold. They cannot wait to see what the future holds for their company and the vets they employ.

The HIRE Vets Medallion Awards is the only federal-level veterans’ employ ment award that recognizes a company or organization’s commitment to vet eran hiring, retention, and professional development. The ceremony was held by some of the most prestigious representatives from the department of Labor and the United States Army in order to reward the businesses that have shown the best practices and care towards honoring those who have honored our great country.

About Topsarge Business Solutions: Topsarge Business Solutions with offices in Temple, TX, is a service-disabled, veteran-owned firm that provides professional services to industry and gov ernment. First created as a digital collaboration project in 1991, TBS has trans formed to a training development, professional services, and research support firm that provides contract services to the public and private sectors.