Chamber Focus | July 2022

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BUSINESS Celebrating Entrepreneurship Temple Chamber Staff

The Rotary Club of Temple, the Rotary Club of TempleSouth, Temple College, and the Temple Chamber of Commerce recently celebrated the completion of the first cohort of Launch Temple. 13 aspiring entrepreneurs graduated from the 10-week program on June 7, 2022.

Launch Temple is part of the LaunchMyCity family of programs, modeled after LaunchDETROIT (Michigan) and LaunchRALEIGH (North Carolina).

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LaunchMyCity is a program of Rotary International, the community service and global humanitarian organization located in over 200 countries.

The program strives to develop successful entrepreneurs by expanding access to comprehensive business training and financial and business resources.

Launch Temple is a collaborative effort between the two Temple Rotary Clubs, Temple College and the Temple Chamber of Commerce, which provides training, mentorship, and networking to cultivate local entrepreneurs.

The program is offered at no cost to qualified applicants and held at Temple College. The curriculum is through LaunchMyCity, with Temple College staff, Rotary Members, and business community volunteers providing instruction.

The program has eight training sessions with topics including Business Models, Market Research, Funding, Legal Strategy, Marketing and Branding, and more. The participants are also matched with a Mentor to help them navigate the journey of an entrepreneur.

Some of the program participants did so to strengthen an existing business. Others participated to gain a great foundation to start their business on the right foot.

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The Temple Chamber of Commerce, through a grant, can provide a one-year Chamber membership to the Launch Temple participants.

Congratulations to the first cohort of Launch Temple graduates, and welcome to the Temple Chamber of Commerce!

The 13 Launch Temple Graduates are: • Tita Charleston ҉​҉ Total Elegance Creations Event & Rental Center • Cassi Coates • Doree Collins ҉​҉ Cultiate Events and Enrichment • Marcos Gomez ҉​҉ Infinite Entertainment • Searra Hollie ҉​҉ SOULyOrganic • Mark Jones ҉​҉ MES FITT • Mary Jacq (MJ) Kirchhoff ҉​҉ Arthur Murray Dance Center of Temple • Tanya Roper ҉​҉ Hilltop Recovery Ministries • Paulette Sanders ҉​҉ Hifi Beauty Bar • Erik Sivertsen ҉​҉ MexiPlant - Plant-based Mexican food • Garry Smith ҉​҉ Mist of Eden Sanitizing • David Stone ҉​҉ Our Town Temple • Dava Villafranca ҉​҉ Villabella Memorial Cremation Gardens

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June Renewing Chamber Members 2TP Services A New Day Learning Academy Acme Brick Company American Heart Association-Bell County Atmos Energy Baird, Crews, Schiller & Whitaker, PC Batteries Plus Bulbs BCC General Contractor Bedding Express Bell County Court-at-Law #2 Bell New Line Management, LLC Belton Christian Youth Center Beronio Wealth Planning Solutions Best Li'L Hairhouse In Temple Best Western Temple Bickels Contracting & Painting Bill Stokes Brautigan Realty Candor Consulting and Diagnostics, LLC Canyon Creek Behavioral Health Centex Printing, Inc. Central Texas 4C, Inc. (Head Start) Central Texas Youth Services Classic Events Texas Comet Cleaners & Laundry Comprehensive Engineering Solutions, Inc. Cornerstone Automotive Cory Herring Homes Covey Landscape Architects Cox/Bond Dental Group, LLP Crawford-Bowers Funeral Home CRW Construction Co. Inc. DB Fuller Homes Double T Construction, Inc. Eagle Eye Consulting and Construction, LLC Eagle Ridge Builders Eighth Street Baptist Church Ellis Air Systems Encore Fence English Maids, LLC Family Pet Clinic Fast Signs Temple Fikes Wholesale, Inc./CEFCO Food Stores First Baptist Church Temple First Convenience Bank inside Walmart Garlyn Shelton Great Clips Gunter Financial Services/ Raymond James H5B3 Hawkeye Shooting Academy/ Czerka Armaments Research Heart of Texas Goodwill Industries, Inc. Heart of Texas Landscape & Irrigation Co., Inc.

H-E-B Temple #182 H-E-B Temple Retail Support Center Hewett-Arney Funeral Home Hill Country Transit District (The HOP) Holiday Inn Temple-Belton Hooked On Health Wellness Begins at Home Horny Toad Harley-Davidson Industrial Electric Service J&M's Classic Dogs and Paninis J.A.I.L. Ministry, Inc. J.C. Wall Construction Inc. Jaynes, Reitmeier, Boyd & Therrell, P.C. Jersey Mike's #15087 Jersey Mike's Subs Jimmy's Egg Jolly Trolley Sno-Cones Jupe Feeds, Inc. Keeping It Realty Kiwanis Club of Temple Kona Ice L.M. Armstrong Construction La Luncheonette Langerman Foster Engineering Company Laser Service USA Lastovica Jewelers Lighthouse IT, Inc. Love Group Travel, LLC Lucky In Love Tattoo Magnolia Realty Temple/Belton Matous Construction, Ltd. MB Land Moose & Goose Winery Morris & Pursley Financial Plan NAACP - Temple Branch Nami Japanese Steakhouse, Sushi & Bar Nothing Bundt Cakes Omega Builders PaperGraphics Printing Parsons Commercial Roofing Pizza PieRos Primrose School of Temple Progressive Protection Rebath of Central Texas Rodney Dunn Co., Inc./Nancy Daniel Rodney Dunn Co., Inc./Rodney Dunn Ronald Carroll Surveyors, Inc. Rosa's Cafe & Tortilla Factory Rosie Jo Meals RVOS Insurance Company Salon Karen Scanio-Harper Funeral Home

Schlotzsky's Scott & White Employees Credit Union Secrest Law Firm Signs of the Times Smile at the World Orthodontics Sparta Crane & Construction, LLC Spherion Staffing Services Spradley Properties Standards Home Health & Hospice State Farm Insurance/Tyler Jermstad State Farm Insurance/Shaffin Wegener Stellar Homes Subway Sandwiches Temple Bible Church Temple EMS Temple Iron & Metal Temple Machine Shop Temple Towing Inc. Temple Veterinary Hospital Temple VFW Post 1820 Temple Welding & Industrial Supply, Inc. Temple-Belton Ladies Lions Club Tenroc Ranch Terri Matthew Texas A&M University - Central Texas The Starting Place Birth & Wellness Center Topsarge Business Solutions United Portable Buildings LLC Validus Fitness & Training Gym, LLC Vista Real Estate Vista Real Estate/Maria Jones Hall Ward's Towing, Ltd Wells Fargo Advisors Winton Engineering, Inc.

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June New Chamber Members Bell County Public Health District Erin Hughley | (254) 773-4457 P.O. Box 2149 Temple, TX 76503 www.bellcountyhealth.org Government

High 5 Hot Dogs Jennifer Ryder | (214) 284-9406 1210 Woodall Street Belton, TX 76513 www.facebook.com/High5Hotdogs Food Trucks

Scales Engineering PLLC John Scales | (254) 498-6431 1124 Cliffview Waco, TX 76710 www.facebook.com/wacoengineering Engineers

Brandon Whatley Homes Brandon Whatley | (254) 306-2526 4404 Cedar Creek Road Temple, TX 76504 www.brandonwhatleyhomes.com Home Builder

Killeen Fort Hood Regional Airport Roque Aguon | (254) 501-8700 8101 Clear Creek Road, Box C Killeen, TX 76549 www.flygrk.com Airports

Temple Vision Services Michael Alexander | (254) 778-6165 2910 Market Loop Temple, TX 76502 www.templevisionsource.com Optometrist

Enterprise Truck Rental Lyn Cerkoney | (254) 501-7005 900 South W.S. Young Drive Killeen, TX 76413 www.enterprisetrucks.com/truckrental/ en_US/locations/us/e1655t-killeen Truck Rental

Marc Whitehead & Associates, Attorneys at Law LLP Natalie Hightower | (254) 275-5568 16 E. Avenue A, Ste. 214 Temple, TX 76501 www.disabilitydenials.com/texas-disabilitylawyers/temple Legal Services

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Business Spotlight: Firefly Yoga & Movement Studio

Claire Jones, UMHB Student, Temple Chamber of Commerce 2022 Spring Intern

Firefly Yoga & Movement Studio states that, “when people feel better because of the benefits of yoga, they are generally kinder, and the world is just an allaround happier place.” They are grateful to be in the Temple area, because the fast-growing pace brings in new faces who are looking for a studio “home.”

It is to the ones who come in daily, no matter their schedules or what is occurring inside their personal lives, that inspires Firefly to continue to spread its wings. People from all walks of life step in Firefly’s doors. What they experience inside is a new, supportive, and inclusive community.

In the next 5 years, Firefly hopes to expand, and open other locations. Kelly closed by adding that what makes Firefly so unique is their teachers and students, and she challenges you to stop by and see it for yourself!

Kelly Partyke (back row, center), owner of Firefly Yoga & Movement Studio along with the Firefly Yoga Team (photo courtesy of Firefly Yoga)

​ ollow Firefly Yoga & Movement Studio on facebook and instagram, and visit F them online: https://firefly-yoga-studio.com.

Much like the lightning bug, Firefly Yoga & Movement Studio brings light to dull places. In fact, that’s how owner Kelly Partyke chose the studio’s name. She wanted their mission of bringing light to the community to be clear. Kelly fell in love with yoga after her youngest of three boys was born. Yoga was the perfect balance of wellness and family, allowing her to feel successful in both. After discovering her passion for yoga, Kelly decided to become certified to share the gift of yoga with others. Kelly’s certification is in Holy Yoga, which is a form of Christian Faith based yoga.

The studio offers a variety of yoga classes, including chair yoga for the less mobile, aerial yoga, and adult yoga classes. Firefly Yoga & Movement Studio also offers a semi-private program that serves those who are looking for a more goal-oriented wellness routine. Firefly is the only yoga studio in the Temple area. Not only do they offer yoga services but located in the studio you will also find a boutique. The boutique hosts an array of yoga apparel, supplies, and wellness lifestyle products.

Interior photo of Firefly Yoga during a class (photo courtesy of Firefly Yoga)

Firefly Yoga & Movement Studio Firefly Yoga & Movement Studio recently celebrated the expansion of their studio and boutique. Located at 1684 Morgan's Point Rd, Firefly Yoga & Movement Studio provides stress relief, strength building, balance and injury recovery with yoga in the TempleBelton area.

Kelly Partyke | (254) 218-4072 1684 Morgan's Point Road Morgan's Point Resort, TX 76513 www.firefly-yoga-studio.com

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Nonprofit Spotlight: Amy's House

Claire Jones, UMHB Student, Temple Chamber of Commerce 2022 Spring Intern are allowed in. In addition, separate food storage drawers and separate refrigerator spaces are assigned for each patient. ​ Patients who stay at Amy’s House may stay anywhere from 1 night to around 2 months depending on their medical needs. Patients and their caregivers are encouraged to make donations. However, the Board of Amy’s House understands that many patients have expended large sums on necessary medical care, leaving little to cover the expenses of temporary lodging. Therefore, Amy’s House allows patients and caregivers to stay regardless of their ability to make donations. Amy’s House also has other ways of providing patients and caregivers with ways to satisfy other needs. One example of this is that financial donors often provide grocery vouchers that Amy’s House distributes to patients who need them.

Exterior photo of Amy's House, 2114 S. 15th St. (photo courtesy of Amy's House) Amy Henderson Firth died suddenly in 2012. Amy was an organ donor whose organs and tissues either saved lives, or made lives better, for least 70 people.

Jim Fly, the Executive Director and Chaplain of Amy’s House explained that in honor of Amy, an affordable, sanitized, and safe home-away-from-home was established in Temple, Texas. He explained that Amy’s House is for living organ donors, organ recipients, and their support teams. Amy’s House provides rooms for patients who are gaining strength to return home, patients who still need to be close to the hospital, and the families and caregivers of transplant patients.

Once a patient has stayed at Amy’s House, they are welcomed back when traveling into Temple for medical appointments related to their transplants.

There are several things about Amy’s House that make it so unique and make it a huge asset for the community. Amy’s House knows how important sanitizing is for those who stay in the house. Most every patient who comes in is on an immunosuppressant, which makes patients very susceptible to infections. To minimize infections, several steps are in place. The air and surfaces are sanitized, guests are required to wear masks, and no children under the age of 16

In the future, Amy’s House plans to add opportunities for volunteers to help maintain the services Amy’s House provides. As for now, Amy’s House is focused on keeping the infection rate at low to none, and continuing to provide a home feel to patients who need peace, comfort, and a place to call home for a while.

Visit Amy's House online: www.amyshouse-temple.org.

Interior photo of Amy's House Dining & Living Area (photo courtesy of Amy's House)

Amy's House Members of Amy's family pose for a photo during the December 2020 ribbon cutting. for the facility that provides affordable temporary housing for Baylor Scott & White transplant patients and their caregivers The $1.1 million 6,000-square-foot facility has eight bedrooms, a common living area, a dining room, a laundry room, and a stateof the-art kitchen, along with a conference room and offices.

Jim Fly | (254) 598-2378 2114 S. 15th Street Temple, TX 76504 www.amyshouse-temple.org

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CUTTING Ras Kitchen First Anniversary Ras Kitchen is the first and only fine dining Jamaican Style Restaurant in Texas. Making it the #1 destination for Caribbean-Style cuisine. Nested in the Historical District of Downtown Temple, TX. Step out of Texas and into Jamaican at Ras Kitchen.

This top-of-the-line contemporary interior design is completed with beautiful chandlers, wood finishing, and a spiral stairwell that leads to a private venue on the 2nd level, perfect for any celebration.

Guests can enter the 2nd level through the elevator to make a grand entrance. Fur friends are welcome on our completed covered patio that will keep you shaded. The entire family will be comfortable in this completely wheel-chair accessible space.

Emilie Wright | (254) 833-9333 17 N. Main St. Temple, TX 76501 www.raskitchentx.com

Revital Dental Grand Opening We provide affordable services for customers. The best dental services in your city are just a phone call away. We offer same-day cleaning, implant crowns, dental bridges, root canals, extractions, and much more!

Ratikanta Nanda | (254) 227-5777 4311 S. 31st St., Ste. 145 Temple, TX 76502 revitaldentaltx.com

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CUTTING Warm Cookie Co. New Location Grand Opening We specialize in delicious, freshly baked cookies made with butter (no oils) pure cane sugar, and no preservatives, that can be delivered to your home or office. Warm, ooey-gooey, soft, and chewy.

Andrew Johnson | (254) 831-9201 7348 W. Adam’s Ave. Temple, TX 76502 www.warmcookiecompany.com

News from the City of Temple: Temple Public Library receives state Award

City of Temple The Temple Public Library has earned the Achievement of Excellence in Libraries Award.

Every year, the Texas Municipal Library Director’s Association gives this award to libraries that demonstrate consistent excellence to public library services in their respective communities. The Temple Public Library had to exemplify its distinction in 10 areas of service, including providing programming and services to under-served populations, offering literary support for all ages, hosting a Summer Reading Program, providing public internet access and online library services, and supporting workforce development.

First Friday is Tonight - July 1, 2022 City of Temple

Visit Downtown Temple for First Friday tonight July 1, 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/firstfriday.

“It is an honor to receive this prestigious award,” said Temple Public Library Director Natalie McAdams.

“The Temple Public Library strives to be a hub of education, exploration, creativity and enrichment for the community, and it’s exciting for our programming and services to be recognized.”

Visit exploretpl.com for information about the Temple Public Library and its offerings.

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News from the Temple EDC: H-E-B is expanding in Temple, TX with Planned Frozen Distribution Center

Temple Economic Development Corporation The Temple Economic Development Corporation (Temple EDC) recently announced that H-E-B, the San Antonio based supermarket chain, will be expanding their Temple, Texas distribution facilities with a new automated frozen distribution line. Pending final negotiations with Temple EDC and the City of Temple the project will grow H-E-B's current facility footprint by 325,000 sq. ft. and will add over 100 jobs to the local economy.

"It is our privilege to continue to work with H-E-B as they grow their presence in Temple, Texas" said Adrian Cannady, President and CEO of Temple Economic Development Corporation. "H-E-B has seen many cycles of growth and expansion throughout their time in Temple and we are proud of the opportunities they continue to bring to our region. This expansion project, paired with Temple's strategic location and immediate access to I-35, will work to strengthen H-E-B's operations in Texas."

"As H-E-B grows into new markets across Texas, expansion of our Temple facilities supports our commitment to be the best retailer in Texas," said Chad Madison, group vice president of H-E-B warehousing.

H-E-B's Temple Distribution warehouse supports over 100 H-E-B retail stores across the region, from Austin to Dallas, and has been operating in the Temple community since 2010. With over 117 years in business H-E-B is one of the nation's largest independently owned food retailers and sees $36 billion in annual sales. The company is in the permit stage of the expansion with construction slated to begin by the end of 2022, and project completion expected in 2024.

A Nor'easter in Temple this August Temple Chamber of Commerce Staff The Temple Chamber of Commerce is excited to host the second annual Summer Sizzle "Seltzer" in the Santa Fe Plaza Friday, August 5, 2022. This free, family-friendly community event coincides with First Friday in Downtown Temple.

It is an evening of live music, food trucks, an outdoor market, and fun for the entire family from 6:00 - 9:30 pm.

This year’s event is being “taken over” by one of Temple’s newest businesses, Polar Texas Bottling. They are bringing the “Chill” to Summer Sizzle "Seltzer" as they introduce their New England roots to Central Texas.

Founded in Worcester, Massachusetts, in 1882 by a savvy bartender, Denis Crowley recognized an opportunity in carbonation as Prohibition began to rumble in New England. He crafted what he considered the best-tasting bubble recipe and began selling sparkling beverages from a horse-drawn carriage.

Today, Polar Beverages remains owned and operated by the Crowley family’s fourth and fifth generations, under the leadership of President and CEO Ralph Crowley Jr. They are the largest independent beverage company in the United States. They are purveyors of premium-quality sparkling beverages, including Polar® Seltzer, heritage sodas, and Polar Orange Dry®.

Polar Beverages invites you to sip into their world on August 5, 2022.

Visit templechamber.com/summerseltzer for more information.

Aerial photo, H-E-B Retail Services Center in Temple (photo courtesy of Temple EDC) "Temple is a community where growing businesses like H-E-B can thrive. We are thrilled that H-E-B has chosen to expand its footprint in our city and look forward to the new opportunities that will be available to our community," said Assistant City Manager of Temple, Erin Smith.

To learn more about this project and sites available in Temple, Texas, visit www. templeedc.com.