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Happy Holidays!
Wishing you the happiest of holidays and a prosperous New Year!
-Healdsburg Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Bureau staff and volunteers
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Anniversaries, New & Renewing Members
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Please Make it a point to say "hello" to these folks!
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Welcome to our
newest members
Blue Moon Spa
Guild Mortgage Company
Healdsburg Running Company
Holly and Associates, Inc
Munselle Civil Engineering
Sonoma Sterling Limousine, Inc.
Wilcox Family Vineyard, LLC
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Congratulations to our NOVEMBER membership anniversaries!
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33 Years - Max Machinery, Inc.
31 Years - Healdsburg Tax Service
30 Years - Wright Realty
27 Years - Ledger Domaine
24 Years - American River Bank
23 Years - Regina Plumbing
11 to 20 Years
Alexander Valley Community Hall
Fern Grove Cottages
Alexander Valley Winegrowers
Safety & Environmental Compliance Associates
Passalacqua Winery
Sotheby's International Realty
Hammerfriar
Our House Healdsburg
Vanguard Properties
Bella... all things beautiful
Dutcher Crossing Winery
Fowler Associates
River's Edge Kayak & Canoe Trips/Trowbridge
Hudson Street Design
Sbragia Family Vineyards
America's Best Value Inn & Suites
Sonoma Orchid Inn
Weinstein Security, Inc.
Thumbprint Cellars
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Kokomo Winery
A Plus Locksmith
Michael Laird, RE/MAX Full Spectrum
Healdsburg Printing, Inc.
Visit Mendocino County, Inc.
The Christopher Hill Gallery
Bravas Bar de Tapas
Kerry Rego Consulting
M�tier, Ltd
Sarah Marie Photography
Roving Table
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Thank you for your many years of dedication
to the Healdsburg Chamber of Commerce and for your contribution to the local economy.
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Leading Effective Meetings - Face to Face and Virtual
With Lynn Woznicki
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Tuesday, January 13th
8:45-11 am
Healdsburg Chamber Office
217 Healdsburg Avnue
Healdsburg, CA
$35 for Chamber Members
$45 for Non-Chamber members
Continental breakfast included
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What you will learn:
- How to improve your personal effectiveness leading and participating in meetings
- New tools to help you with meeting structure and process
- How to help participants make quality decisions and follow through on action items
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What we will cover:
- Effective and Ineffective Meetings
- Self-Assessment
- Role of Accountability in Meetings
- Handling Meeting Challenges
- Designing Agendas and Meeting Goals
- Facilitating Decision-Making
- Engaging Virtual Participants
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About Lynn
Lynn Woznicki, Woznicki Consulting, is an accomplished facilitator and trainer with a passion for working with individuals to improve performance-and have fun in the process. Lynn shares, "I love giving people the tools they need to become more effective and successful in their life and work. My trainings are highly interactive and geared to the needs of participants." Visit www.wozconsulting.com to learn more about Lynn's extensive background and experience.
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Congratulations to Carla
Spirit of Sonoma Recipient
The Healdsburg Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Bureau is thrilled about our very own Spirit of Sonoma award recipient; Carla Howell, Executive Director. The Sonoma County Economic Development Board honors a handful of people who actively contribute to the economic development of their community through personal skills and volunteered time.
Carla received the award for her economic contributions to Healdsburg on Friday December 5th at the Sonoma County Economic Board's Spirit of Sonoma Awards Luncheon. |
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Closure of Mail Process Facility
Planned
The U.S. Postal Service is planning to consolidate the Petaluma Mail Processing Center with either the Oakland or San Francisco Centers. Each of these centers is more than 50 miles away and processing mail will become more cumbersome and slower, possibly resulting in delayed mail. The residents of Marin, Sonoma, Lake and Mendocino Counties will be adversely affected. For example, customers who receive medications by mail delivery may have to wait longer to receive their mail. We urge you to contact the U.S. Postal Service at (415)550-5591 and let them know you are against this move. Thank you.
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Member's Spotlight
Healdsburg High School Academic Internship Program Awarded Golden Bell
Healdsburg Unified School District's flagship high school, Healdsburg High School, received the prestigious Golden Bell Award by the California School Boards Association (CSBA). This award recognizes Healdsburg High School's innovative Academic Internship Program that connects students with local businesses in an engaging consulting project. Celebrating its 35th year, the Golden Bell Awards honor outstanding best practices in education throughout California. "The Golden Bell Award recognizes the strong connection and beneficial collaboration between Healdsburg Unified School District and our local community," said Jeff Harding, HUSD Superintendent. "Now in its fourth year, the program has grown from a pilot project to a rite of passage for our students. The Academic Internship Program plays an intrinsic part in achieving our goal of preparing each student for college and career." Healdsburg High School's Academic Internship Program connects approximately 150 students with 80 local business partners. Each student collaborates with their workplace mentor for six days on a goal-oriented project utilizing the student's skills and interest. Past projects included designing a website and establishing a social media presence for a local restaurant, creating a Healdsburg bicycle guide, building a computer from spare parts, and developing budget, rationale and timeline recommendations for planting a .33 acre vineyard. "The Academic Internship Program strengthens our school-community connection," said Judy Velasquez, Board of Trustees President. "Our community has gained an appreciation for our students' talents. Through our students' application of classroom learning in the real world, they are better able to understand how their studies prepare them for life beyond graduation." While the six-day project experience is during the student's Junior year, program preparation begins during the Freshman year career and college planning seminars. The program culminates in a student presentation to a panel of local business leaders, HUSD staff, and career mentors. Healdsburg Unified School District will receive the Golden Bell Award at a recognition ceremony on Tuesday, December 16, 2014 from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. at CSBA's Annual Education Conference and Trade Show at the Westin St. Francis, 335 Powell Street, San Francisco. |
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New Program from Economic Development Board
Local employers are invited to take advantage of a new program offered by the Sonoma County Workforce Investment Board and Job Link, which will help local employers subsidize their orientation/on-boarding and training costs for new hires. This program can pay for 50% of an individual's wage, (up to $10,000 or six months), to local employers for each new eligible person they hire, to help compensate for training costs. This program called "On-the-Job" training or OJT is available now, until funding runs out. What is OJT? OJT is a method of training sponsored by Job Link, which connects employers with subsidies when they hire qualified and eligible job seekers. The program reimburses employers 50% of a new hire's wage up to six months or $10,000 (whichever comes first). This money can offset training costs, production losses, and supervision time. Do I Get to Choose Who To Hire? ALWAYS! Your staffing choices remain your decision. Job Link can offer assistance if you need to identify a person who is already qualified for OJT, or they can conduct an eligibility assessment on a person you've chosen to hire through other means. It usually takes a week to qualify and assess your chosen candidate to determine their eligibility for OJT. (All eligibility assessments must occur prior to the hire date. Not all job seekers qualify.) How Quickly Am I Reimbursed? Job Link works quickly to process reimbursements on a monthly or quarterly basis. How do we get the process started? To learn more about OJT, or get started on the process contact Heather LoBue, Business Services Program Manager at the Economic Development Board: (707) 565-6415 or [email protected]
Sonoma County Economic Development Board 707-565-7170 http://www.sonomaedb.org
141 Stony Circle, Suite 110
Santa Rosa, CA 95401
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Chamber Events
Business After Hours Holiday Party!
When: Wednesday, December 17th
Time: 5-7PM
Where: Vanguard Properties
421 Healdsburg Avenue
Healdsburg, 95448
Be sure to bring your ugliest Christmas sweater for our ugly Christmas sweater contest!
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Visitor Bureau Spotlight
George Seeber
George Seeber is a cherished member of our Visitor Bureau team. He has been offering smiles and friendly recommendations at the Healdsburg Visitors Bureau for over two years. George is originally from Glendale in Los Angeles County. From there, George went on the teach English and religious studies to high school students in San Jose for over 20 years. Because of George's wonderful volunteer and organizational skills he he went on as Administrator of Volunteers for his church in San Jose. George has been in Healdsburg for 7 years and also volunteers with Meals on Wheels and Our Lady of Guadalupe in Windsor.
George's Picks:
- Things To Do: Walk around and enjoy the beauty of Downtown Healdsburg. Especially in the mornings.
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What's all the [ HYPE ]
Healdsburg Young Professionals & Entrepreneurs
Unite
Healdsburg professionals aged 40 and under, who are committed to a standard of excellence in their profession.
Cultivate
peer relationships, offer support to one another and work cohesively to further our individual businesses.
Advance
as emerging leaders in Healdsburg business while enjoying a healthy, balanced life.
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HYPE Membership Fees
Healdsburg Chamber of Commerce Members:
Annual
$25.00 for Business
Per Mixer:
$10.00 for any employee
Non Chamber Member
Annual
$75.00
Per Mixer:
$10.00 for any employee
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Advertising Opportunities
The Healdsburg Visitor Center located at 217 Healdsburg Avenue is open 7 days a week from 10:00am to 4:00pm assisting both tourist and locals with concierge-style service. The center averages over 1,000 walk-in visitors, plus a plethora of phone and email inquires opening the front door of Healdsburg for travelers from around the world. With Healdsburg.com as our domain, we maintain the most robust online directory of Healdsburg businesses, events, and area information to assist inquiries in finding our member businesses with between 11,000 to 20,000 website hits each month.
Here are a few ways you can maximize this exposure through our new online and digital advertising opportunities:
- Newsletter Advertising - $50/mo, to list of over 1,400 subscribers
- Digital Display Screen in Visitor Center - $100/mo, over 5,000 impresses/mo
- Website Banner Ads - ranging from $500 to $1,000/year
- Enhanced Online Directory listing with priority listing & photo enhancements $348/year
For more information download advertising sales sheet.
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More Ways to Get Your Business Noticed
Digital Signage in the Visitor Center for less than 2 cents per impression,...now that makes sense!
Thousands of visitors from around the globe start their tour of the wine country at the Healdsburg Visitors Center.
The digital signage display located in the Visitor Center which is the front door to Healdsburg and Sonoma County wine country. Your digital poster signs will be displayed 24/7 over 5,000 impressions per month for less than 2 cents per impression.
Digital signage is the most cost-effective and green way to capture the attention of visitors and drive them to your business.
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The Healdsburg Chamber of Commerce encourages and promotes a positive, balanced, vital economy and preserve those unique qualities that are good for business and make Healdsburg a special place in which to visit, live and work. We strive to grow the local economy, promote our community and serve as an advocate for our business members.
Sincerely,
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