"We are a friendly service oriented chamber committed to the growth of our members businesses and to the positive impact to the NOR Community." |
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Looking ahead with the NOR Chamber January 10th, Zane Smith from the Boys and Girls Club of Bakersfield will bring us up to date on everything happening at the BGCB. Feb 14th, Tim Curley from the Valley Children’s Care Facility & Eagle Oaks Pediatric Specialty Care Center March 14th, Panama Buena Vista Preserve – Dona Schilling April 11th, Aeronautical University May 9th, Be Delighted Coaching – Eric Merz June 13th, Installation of our new board |
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Save The Date Taco Tuesday Event on April 2nd at Temblor. More details to come! |
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Missed last month's newsletter? Can't find it in your email? We now are archiving our newsletters at norchamber.org! | | |
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BizFed Central Valley Pulse Poll BizFed Central Valley is a federation of business associations and industries focused on strengthening the voice of business to enhance our overall economy. Our "pulse poll" is an important tool that we use to help policy makers understand which issues are most pressing to business owners in their districts. | | |
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Monthly Luncheon Join the NOR Chamber on Thurs Jan 10th 11:30 AM Networking 11:50 AM Program Members $20 Non-members $25 Includes Lunch $15 without lunch | | |
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Speaker Spotlight- Zane Smith |
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Zane Smith, Executive Director approaches everything as if it is a blank canvas with all kinds of possibilities. Drawing since the age of 4 years, art has always been part of his life including a B.A. in Fine Art, teaching art to children, a caricature artist, a portrait artist and developing the fine arts program for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Kern County. | | |
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Board Spotlight- Rob Duchow |
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Just as many of you made resolutions to begin 2019 with new hopes and expectations, so, too, is your North of the River Chamber of Commerce looking to the future with fresh excitement. This past fall, the Chamber’s Board of Directors held a strategic planning session at which we delved into many aspects of the North of the River Chamber of Commerce, including why do we exist, what value do we bring to our members, and what else should we be doing for our members. | | |
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Member Spotlight- Michelle Brown |
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Michelle Brown Insurance Services First off, I would like to say that Bakersfield is my hometown. Very proud to be a Californian, my Grandfather and Grandmother travelled from Arkansas in the early 50’s and owned a gas station on California Ave when that was a main street. | | |
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NOR Members are more than welcome and invited to join the various available committees. This is a good way to get involved and help where you have interests. Available committees to consider are as follows: NOR 4th Annual Business Expo March 21st, 2019 - Chairs Lauren Patterson & Eric Merz with Be Delighted Coaching, Mindy Gardner; Holiday Inn & Suites Bakersfield Golf Tournament Spring 2019 - Chairs Tony & Karen Bonanno; P.A.S. Associates Economic Outlook Conference - View on the Valley Chair July 2019 Miranda Whitworth Munoz; Kern Medical Football Booklets August 2019 Chair John Heath; Alpha Technology and Alarm Systems |
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In order for the chamber to continue to offer our services and with operating expenses rising, we will be increasing our fees slightly starting with renewals in March 2019. … 1-5 Employees $100 6-25 Employees $150 26-50 Employees $200 51+ Employees $250 Nonprofit $75 (Charitable nonprofit - please include tax ID #) Senior $30 (over 55 with no business listing) One time new member administration fee $2 |
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Thank you to these members who brought goodies for the North High Choir goodie bags, Canned Food for the food drive for the Hope Centers and for those who brought door prizes to the luncheon. This gives added exposure to your business and it adds to the excitement at the end of the luncheon. Adela Nolan from Labor Finders, Cayla Johnson fromm Wells Fargo, Terre Crisman from Marty Davis Bookkeeping, Hailey Adams from Stinson’s, Marilyn Stewart from Alpha Canine, Cathy Wolfe from Mary Kay, Zach Martin from Covenant Community Coffee, Cathy Butler from the DBDC, Chris Lowe from AltaOne Federal Credit Union, Noe Paredes from Kwik Signs, Lauren Patterson from Delighted Coaching, Karen Bonanno from P.A.S. Associates, Marti Harbin from Servicemaster at Bakersfield and Jay Hershey from JCH-2 Enterprises. If you have a special company recognition or employee honor you would like to share with the NOR Chamber, please let us know so we can share your celebration in our monthly newsletter. |
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New Members Michelle Brown Aflac Agent 4200 Truxtun Ave., Ste. 102 Bakersfield, CA 93301 (661) 444-2719
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Renewing Members Arcpoint Labs of Bakersfield BARC Battlefield LIVE Bakersfield Dignity Health Management Services (Formerly GEMCare) Sunbelt Business Advisors Supervisor Mike Maggard WorklogicHR |
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Advertising Opportunity E-blasts – $50 $50 ½ page flyer & $100 full page flyer Newsletter Advertising $100 for 12 issues 2018 Directory – Contact chamber office for advertising opportunities |
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President Rob Duchow- SoCalGas President Elect Marti Harbin- ServiceMaster at Bakersfield Vice President Karen Bonanno- P.A.S. Associates Secretary Cayla Johnson- Wells Fargo Treasurer Brian Stanley- Varner Bros. Inc. Past President Miranda Whitworth Munoz- Kern Medical |
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Terre Crisman- Marty Davis Bookkeeping Mindy Gardner- Holiday Inn and Suites Bakersfield John Heath- Alpha Technologies & Alarm Jay Hershey- JCH-2 Enterprises Russell Johnson- Common Sense Consulting Michele McClure- Pacific Western Bank Adela Nolan- Labor Finders Judy Scoles- Retired |
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