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BUSINESS AFTER HOURS
The MainStay Inn will host the Fairfield Chamber’s Business After Hours for all Chamber members, spouses and guests on Thursday, April 17 from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. at 300 North Main directly across from the Fairfield Arts & Convention Center. The Chamber encourages its members to meet and socialize with the staff who make up The MainStay Inn.
Please join Barry & Kate and fill the halls of The MainStay Inn and Cottage while you enjoy hot & cold hors d’oeuvres, lots of bubbly and of course tours of both buildings and all the rooms. As a special bonus they are offering free mattress testing and a chance to win a free overnight in their door prize drawing! They won’t blame you if you want to stay over, so you might want to bring your pajamas!
If your place of employment is a Chamber member, then you are a Chamber member also. This is a great opportunity for members, spouses and prospective members to not only meet and socialize with the people who make up the work force of The MainStay Inn, but to also discover the potential and fun of networking.
If you are interested in hosting a Business After Hours, please contact Nancy Morrissey at 641-472-2111 or by email at nmorrissey@fairfieldiowa.com.
WOMEN’S NETWORKING LUNCHEON
Information What: Women’s Networking Luncheon
When: May 14, 2008 – Noon
Where: Fairfield Golf & Country Club
Speaker: Peggy Sullivan, M.Ed., Counseling, National Certified Counselor
Presentation: Paint the Picture of a Positive Work Place or How to Have a Happy Work Place
The Fairfield Area Chamber of Commerce will host a luncheon and speaker Peggy Sullivan of Peggy Sullivan Counseling Services on Wednesday, May 14, from 12:00–1:00 at the Fairfield Golf & Country Club. Highlights:
- The case for self care
- The ideal work dynamic
- What to do with your ego
- What marital disputes, teenage daughters, and angry customers have in common
- The most powerful word in the English language and how to use it
- How reframing transforms your job satisfaction
- What to avoid – what to emphasize
- What to do with mistakes and criticism
- What to do when there is a problem
For more information or to sign up today for this networking luncheon opportunity contact Nancy Morrissey at 472.2111 or email her at nmorrissey@fairfieldiowa.com
CHAMBER ANNUAL SPRING CITY GARAGE SALE
What: Chamber Annual Spring City Garage Sale
Where: SE Corner of E Washington & S Court Street
When: May 17, 2008 from 8:00 a.m. - ?
Mark your calendars for May 17, 2008! That is when the area’s largest Garage Sale will be happening! Spaces are already being purchased which means that it’s going to another great sale. If you’ve been thinking about having a garage sale, now is the time! Clean out those drawers and closets you’ve been putting off doing and bring those unwanted items that are just too good to throw away to the Fairfield Area Chamber of Commerce’s semi-annual Garage Sale on Saturday, May 17th.
The sale will be held in the municipal parking lot at the corner of South Court Street and East Washington Ave. beginning at 8:00 a.m. Spaces are still available for $8.00 plus tax and may be reserved by stopping by the Chamber at 204 West Broadway and choosing your garage sale space. In the event of heavy rain, it will be rescheduled for the next Saturday.
This is the area’s biggest garage sale and you can be a part of it!
SPEED NETWORKING
Faster than the Speed of Business
What: Speed Networking
Where: Best Western Fairfield Inn
When: May 8, 2008
Time: Registration begins at 6:30 p.m.
Chamber member - $10.00
Non-Chamber Member - $15.00
Reservation Requested
Speed Networking is an opportunity for local business people, merchants, elected officials, restaurateurs, etc. from throughout the area to meet, greet and get connected through a carefully choreographed but simple format which eases and accelerates the often tedious "Nice to meet you" part of everyone's day.
Borne from an increasingly popular concept in business hubs across the country, Speed Networking will put you across the table from a counterpart, customer, colleague or friend you probably didn't know you had. You'll meet, learn, exchange information and move on to another meeting. Then you'll have a chance afterward to reconnect during a mingling period.
New business contacts in minutes. That's the idea. Participants will have a series of brief face-to-face meetings with other likeminded folks looking to expand their networking circle. With the Chamber behind maximizing the networking experience, your only focus will be on making new contacts and expanding your circle.
Registration begins at 6:30 pm. Sign up now at the Chamber, 204 West Broadway, or give us a call and we'll get you signed up 472.2111.
BLAST OFF DATES SET
The Chamber has announced the dates of the 2008 Blast Off series. The Men will go June 6 at the Fairfield Golf & Country Club with pre-event dinner on the 5th and the Ladies go June 20 at the Walton Club with pre-event dinner on the 19th. Mark your calendars, get the day off work and plan on playing in Fairfield's liveliest best-ball golf event. There'll be food. There'll be drink. There'll be a ton of prizes. It'll be a lot of fun. Start assembling that foursome- we'll be taking registrations before you know it.
Questions till then? Cindy at the Chamber 472.2111.
new members!
Curt Hanson
801 North Court Street
Fairfield, IA 52556
Phone: 641.472.3349
Email: hansoncu@lisco.com
Jesse and Pamela Schele - South American natural fabric clothing and jewelry
1008 South Main Street
Fairfield, IA 52556
Phone: 641.919.3830
Email: jschele603@yahoo.com
Contact: Jesse Schele
Co-Ed Theatre - The Co-Ed Theatre opened on July 28, 1910 as the Orpheum Theater. In 1940 the Orpheum Theater closed for remodeling. A contest was held to see who could come up with the best idea as to how the theater should be remodeled. Students from Parsons College came up with the best design idea. When the theater reopened on Christmas Day in 1940, the name was changed to the Co-Ed Theater in honor of those students because Parsons College was a co-ed college. In 1984 the Co-Ed Theater was remodeled again. When it reopened in August of 1984, it was a twin theater.
119 West Broadway
Fairfield, IA 52556
Phone: 641.472.3707
Fax: 641.472.3707
Web: dreamstar-cinemas.com
Contact: Marilou Parsons
If your club or organization has changed contact people or installed a new president, please contact the Chamber with this information so we are able to update our brochures and website. Please call 641-472-2111, fax 641-472-6510 or email cwhite@fairfieldiowa.com
Southeast Iowa Blood Center
Tuesday, April 8, 2008; 2:00 – 7:00 pm: Jefferson County Activities Center Fairgrounds
Friday, April 11, 2008; 8:00 am – 12:30 pm: Jefferson County Activities Center Fairgrounds
Tuesday, April 15, 2008; 3:30 – 7:30 pm: Lockridge Fire and Rescue/Senior Center
Tuesday, April 29, 2008; 2:00 – 7:00 pm: Jefferson County Activities Center Fairgrounds
Wednesday, April 30, 2008; 1:30 – 5:30 pm: Cambridge Investment Research, Inc.
Please bring a picture ID with you and remember to eat before donating. For more information, or to make an appointment for holding a blood drive, please call the SOUTHEAST IOWA BLOOD CENTER at 1-800-452-1097.
Please remember, the life you save could literally be your own. Support your local Blood Center.