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| Chamber Home > About your Chamber > Message from the President March 2007 - Message from the President March Madness is here! As this note is being written, Muhelnberg County is hosting both the Boys and Girls 10th District basketball games. Muhlenberg South will also host the Girls 3rd Region Tournament. During this time, we will have many visitors to our county. This will be an opportunity to promote ourselves and our businesses. PLEASE make our visitors welcome! In addition to using this as an opportunity to show off our communities, we are also showcasing our biggest asset – our young people. Both boys teams and the North Lady Stars will advance to the title games of the 10th District and 3rd Region Tournament. Our young people are representing us well – show them your support. Another type of March madness is taking place. The Legislative bodies of Kentucky are in session in Frankfort. This is not a budget year and this will be a a short session. However, several items of interest to our chamber will be addressed. The Chamber Board of Directors is planning a meeting with the leaders of both bodies in Frankfort. We feel that this will allow us to keep Muhlenberg County’s goals and abjectives in their minds. Our chamber should push to make them aware of our achievement in education, industrial development, and tourism along with asking for their help to improve upon the foundation we hav already laid. We should all be active in communicating with our government’s leaders. Below are phone numbers and addresses for our elected leaders. As items of interest come up, we will ask for a fax blast to these individuals. Representative Brent Yonts: Phone (502)-564-8100 ext 686 Fax (502)-564-1010 Senator Jerry Rhoads: Phone (502)-564-8100 ext 622 Fax (502)-564-6151 Sincerely, Elizabeth Gentry February 2007 - Message from the President As we start our second year as a merged chamber, we owe a debt of gratitude to those who promoted our community and worked so hard to provide a firm foundation for future growth and opportunity. I wish to personally thank Chamber President Dean Rowe for his dedication and leadership during 2006. Past Presidents Lanie Gardner and Mike Mercer, and Board members Steve Wells and David Richey will rotate off our board and will be greatly missed. Their concern for our community will not end here, and I know they will always be available for advice and continue to work digilently for our chamber! We welcome our new board members Gail Johnson, Laura Holt, Judy Stinnett and By virtue of their positions Judge Executive Rodney Kirtley, Mayor Hugh Sweatt, and Mayor Ruthie Lewis will no longer be on our board. We owe many thanks to them for their outstanding service. Bringing fresh ideas and guidance to the table, we welcome newly elected Judge Executive Rick Newman, Central City Mayor Jerry Mitchell, and Greenville Mayor Eddie DeArmond. We begin 2007 with 220 members strong!!! All our platinum, gold and bronze sponsors have renewed their commitments, and we thank you. This immeasurable support speaks for itself as our newly merged chamber starts another year. Last year was a great year, and we are looking forward to an even best 2007. Sincerely, Elizabeth Gentry February 2006 - Message From the President Greetings, fellow Chamber members and "believers" in Muhlenberg County! We're off and running in 2006 with the momentum of a truly wonderful kickoff of the Greater Muhlenberg Chamber last month at the Purple Onion. We laid out a truly ambitious agenda and your Board of Directors is working hard to make those important goals a reality this year. Projects like our website development and county economic assessment are well underway, and our membership emphasis has resulted in over 155 members to date. A Chamber billboard is now up on Everly Brothers Boulevard (across from Walmart) promoting the mantra - "Make a Difference. Join Today!" Our sincere thanks for First National Bank for use of their billboard space to promote the GMC and to each of you for spreading the word on our exciting and significant mission. We look forward to seeing you at Thursday's meeting. Dean Rowe January 2006 - Message From the President Welcome to the Greater Muhlenberg Chamber of Commerce! It is truly a pleasure to share those words with you as the day that many thought could never come is now upon us and with it comes great hope and expectation. Your Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors has been hard at work since October - laying the ground work for our new organization, which is now up and running. We are committed to taking the very best aspects of the Central City and Greenville - Muhlenberg County Chambers of Commerce and building on them to nurture a new, dynamic organization that we believe will be a catalyst for great economic progress for Muhlenberg County. Together - as charter members of the Greater Muhlenberg Chamber of Commerce - we can make an impact on our community far beyond what any individual or business can do alone. I am honored to serve this organization as president in 2006. It is a responsibility that I take very seriously. However, the job of running the Greater Muhlenberg Chamber of Commerce goes far beyond what any one man or woman can do. We - each of us - are the Greater Muhlenberg Chamber of Commerce. We all bring something unique to the table and I look forward to seeing the impact that we can make in our communities, county and state. God bless you all, Dean Rowe | |
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