March Newsletter

Our Home & Commerce Show always comes at the right time to welcome the start of the spring season. We hope you will be attending this year as a vendor or as a visitor to see some new businesses and some returning ones. It is this Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Waterford Union High School. There will be a raffle, spotlight presenters and great food so be sure to stop by.

Our chamber provides members great opportunities such as the Home & Commerce Show to Promote member businesses; provide new Educational seminars; and avenues to Network with other chamber members. If you are not yet a chamber member contact our office to receive membership information or contact one of our board members to find out why they are a member.

Katy Engels, Executive Director

Waterford Area Chamber of Commerce

102 E Main Street

Waterford, WI 53185

(262) 534-5911

New Members

Allexi Chiropractic and Acupuncture

Racine Home Insulators

Nature's Classroom Institute & Montessori School

Vesel Services

Power Lunch

Please join us on Thursday, March 12th from 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM for our March Power Lunch! The Cotton Exchange will provide a buffet lunch. Chamber member, Kim Miller with Express Employment Professionals, will be presenting on one of the 8 mentoring sessions from Monday Morning Leadership by David Cottrell, Hire Tough, which covers the "Three Rules of Three" in hiring. Click here to register!

Business After 5

If you want to hold a Business After Five, please contact the Chamber office at 262-534-5911. Space is limited for these events, so hurry!

Featured Business

March's Featured WACC Member Business of the Month - Ruma Sports

1000 Main Street, Union Grove, WI

Ruma Sports is a family owned business founded in 1982 by Terry Kieslich who wanted to earn extra money by creating trophies and awards for local school and youth sports teams out of his home. Soon the demand increased so Terry moved his business to a small store front in Union Grove. His son Jeff helped and shortly after college was working full time. Jeff took over the family business in 2004 after his father passed away. In 2005 he moved the business to the current store front at 1000 Main Street (hwy. 45) which used to be the Ben Franklin Store for many years. The store front was remodeled in 2010.

Ruma Sport's main focus is selling high quality apparel and equipment to teams, schools, and youth organizations such as travel baseball, basketball, and football programs. A large part of their business continues to be trophies, corporate awards and engraving. Jeff and his employees take pride in providing exemplary customer service and strive to build loyal, long-term customer relationships. Getting your order right and on time is their #1 priority. He would like customers to think of Ruma Sports as a realistic alternative to the big box sports stores. Ruma Sports has very competitive pricing and can offer customization on many products that the big box stores cannot.

Visit their website at www.ruma-sports.com

We feature a different Chamber member business every month! Businesses are picked at random. Look for our next Featured Business in April's Newsletter!

Chamber Events

21st Annual Home and Commerce Show -

Saturday, March 7, 2015 - 9AM to 4PM - Waterford Union High School

Saturday March 7, 2015 will be the 21st Annual Home and Commerce Show! This show provides a unique opportunity for the public to see exhibitors from traditional home improvement and remodeling contractors, landscapers and arborists, roofers and window companies, as well as from finance and banking, health/wellness, photography, and more! Plan on eating lunch at the show! There will be a number of local food vendors on hand selling delicious lunch items. Again this year there will be several Spotlight Presentations from several businesses with attendees given a chance to win a special drawing at each presentation. There will be a Kid's Zone with face painting and fun activities for the young visitors. New this year will be a raffle of various baskets and donated items from the vendors. The cost of admission is $3 ($2 with a non-perishable food donation for Love, Inc.) Call the Waterford Area Chamber of Commerce office today at 262-534-5911 for booth availability or click on the link for more information: http://www.waterford-wi.org/home_commerce.html

Racine County Business Resource Event

Hosted by RAMAC, Union Grove, Burlington, and Waterford Area chambers of commerce. The event is free for Chamber members on April 16th from 3-7pm at Ironwood Chophouse. There will be speakers scheduled throughout the event addressing the following topics: social media for business; millennials in the workforce; leadership; and marketing with a Keynote Speaker at 5pm. Sponsored by Community State Bank and Kurk Concrete. Click here to register!

Small Biz Planning Series

The Waterford Area Chamber of Commerce and WWBIC are hosting a class for starting a small business. This series provides in-depth learning for starting and running a small business. Participants will have the materials and instruction to complete a draft of their business plan and information on starting, running or growing a small business. The class will meet once a week on Tuesdays for seven weeks at the Baymont Inn & Suites, Waterford. The cost is $200 which includes the textbook. There is a reduced fee scholarship available based on need. Tuesdays, April 14 through May 26, 2015. A Graduation Ceremony will be from 6 to 9 p.m. on June 2, 2015. The instructor is Heather Lux. Register at the chamber office, 102 E. Main Street, Waterford or by calling WWBIC at 262-898-5002, [email protected]

Member News/Events

High School Senior Scholarship Opportunity

Educators Credit Union will be offering 25 $1,500 scholarships to high school seniors! The deadline for application is March 14, 2015. The application is available online at www.ecuscholarships.com

Business Resources

2015 Higher Expectations Young Adult Job Fair
The 2015 Higher Expectations Young Adult Job Fair is a career event focused on connecting employers from Southeastern Wisconsin with job ready candidates, ages 16 - 24, for employment opportunities.

If you are an employer looking to hire young adults for summer employment, internships, permanent, full time or part time employment - this event is for you!

It takes place on April 7th from 1-4pm.

Click here to register

Waterford Area Chamber of Commerce | 262-534-5911 | [email protected] | http://www.waterford-wi.org
102 E. Main Street
Waterford, WI 53185