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Interns to Present to City Council
The Chamber participated in the Healdsburg High School internship program by hosting two interns. We were so impressed and pleased with Taylor and Kelly. Their work product, a survey of downtown businesses, is very informative. They not only were able to survey the sentiments of the downtown business community in regards to the parking issues in downtown, they also gathered information about how many workers there are, where they come to work from, how they arrive and if they drive, where they park. Since parking has become a hot button issue in the downtown and one that residents have expressed strong concerns about to the City Council, it was important to gather information from the business community and hear their concerns as well. Kelly and Taylor will be presenting their findings to the City Council on April 6 at 6:00 pm.
I would particularly like to thank Aleena Decker, the Chamber Administrative Assistant, who worked directly with the interns helping them to track and compile their results as well as being an enthusiastic cheerleader for their successful completion of their task. |
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Healdsburg Chamber Sponsors the Mike Hauser Algebra Academy Again
Looking for Business Participation
The Mike Hauser Algebra Academy is a program of the Santa Rosa Chamber of Commerce that the Healdsburg Chamber participated in last year. This program aims to strengthen the algebra skills of English Language Learners (ELL) students entering the ninth grade by engaging them in interactive, hands-on learning guided by local teachers, engineers and technical experts. Healdsburg will once again be participating this year. Last year the Healdsburg Fire Department, Healdsburg Airport, Metier, Max Machinery, E&M Electric, Costeaux Bakery, Max Processing and Sonoma Millworks welcomed students, giving them hands-on, real life experience using math in the workplace. We are currently asking for greater participation from the business community. Are you able to host students for 1 or more days so they can see how math is applied in the real world? The dates for this year's academy are June 8 through June 26. Workforce development is important to the success of Healdsburg's business community. It is our goal to improve the skill level of your future employees. Can you help us? Please email [email protected] or 433-6935 if you are able to help with this very important project. |
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New Programs for Local Employers by the EDB
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
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Member's Spotlight
Jordan Vineyard & Winery Named American Winery of the Year
Every year Wine Enthusiasts Magazine recognizes individuals and wineries for their commitment, over the top quality, and ground breaking innovations to the wine industry.Every aspect of a winery is observed from the care of the grapes, to the wine making process, to the distribution and marketing teams. It is no surprise then that Wine Enthusiasts Magazine named Jordan Vineyard & Winery American Winery of the Year. Their scenic grounds, beautifully crafted wines, and entertaining videos are just a few qualities about Jordan that earned them the award.
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HYPE's Youngest Member
He may be only 10 years old, but Healdsburg Young Professionals & Entrepreneurs' newest member, Cooper Inman, means business! Cooper runs his own local coffee delivery business; Cooper's Coffee Delivery. The following is an interview with the young business sage.
How long have you been in business? I have had Cooper's Coffee Delivery for 3 years now. I started it when I was 7 years old. What made you decide to go into business? I worked with my Dad on the business. I wanted to start it because I had a lot of business ideas at the time and he said we should pick one we could work on together and see if we could make it work. I wrote a business plan about the business. My dad and I talked about it for a few months and then he loaned the business the money to get it started. I was able to pay off the original loan within my first year. How do you transport the coffee? Mostly, I deliver my coffee by bike with a trailer attached. if the delivery is close by, I will usually walk it over. My territory is around a few miles from my house. I do have outlets for my coffee downtown at Bradford Brenner art and at Split Creek Farm store behind C. Donatello Wine. What kind of coffee do you offer? We created one blend that works for both espresso as well as brewed coffee. Similar to the Italian brands Illy and Lavazza. We offer this blend in two roast colors "Cooper's Light" and "Cooper's Dark." What was the hardest part about starting Cooper's Coffee? The hardest part about starting my business was the amount of time it took to get it known. I had placed samples of both my coffees with a letter describing my business on the porches of over 400 homes. That took a long time to complete. I started the business in Sebastopol and then had to start all over when I moved to Healdsburg. It took about 2 months to get any orders initially. It was a big investment in coffee and time to spread the word. Now it is pretty easy as all I have to do is just get the order and process. I still drop samples as I expand my delivery route, but not as hard as the initial outreach. I work now on new product ideas and expanding my offerings into equipment- filters, coffee drippers, scales, etc. What is your favorite part about owning your own business? My favorite part of owning my own business is the money I earn from it. Some of the income goes back into the business and some to my college fund, but the rest I get to have. I just got a gaming computer for Christmas and I spend a lot of my money on new games. I also got to go to Roasters Guild www.roastersguild.org (a trade guild of professional coffee roasters) and liked working with other roasters on team challenges. I am the youngest member of the guild and liked giving out my business cards and talking about my business while learning about other coffee businesses. Do you have any advice for other people thinking about starting a business? My best advice for anyone starting their own business is to be patient. It takes a long time for your business to get noticed and grow. You have to be ready to work hard, harder than you imagine at first. But make a business you will like and will have fun doing. This way you will not get bored and want to quit doing it. |
If we had a most upbeat award at the Visitors Bureau it would go to Christine Webster. Christine has been providing tourists and residents with Healdsburg information at the Visitor's Bureau for three years. Originally from Detroit, the 15 year Healdsburg resident is passionate about all things Healdsburg and helping others. When Christine is not in the Visitors Bureau she is volunteering with the Raven Preforming Arts Theater, tutoring children, and volunteering at Kaiser Santa Rosa helping new stroke patients cope with their recent stroke. Also, be sure to look out for Christine around town as she will be
Savor Healdsburg Food Tour's brand new tour guide! And i
n the little spare time Christine has, she will be working on her pitch for the opening pitch at a Giants game this season with Strike Out Stroke! Game date coming soon.
Christine's Picks:
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Entries needed for the Ros� Competition
open to all North American ros� producers and the only wine competition dedicated to ros�s.
Will be held March 25 at SIMI Winery in Healdsburg
- Deadline for entries is March 20. Two categories of Ros� wines will be considered: "Dry" and "A Little Sweet."
- Wines need to arrive at SIMI Winery no later than Friday, March 20, 2015.
- Two bottles of each wine, entry forms, and online payment must received by the deadline in order for wines to be considered eligible.
- A $50 entry fee (plus $2.74 online transaction fee) per wine is required.
- See official entry form for submission details: therosecompetition.bpt.me.
- Wine needs to be shipped to
SIMI Winery
c/o Emily Klein
16275 Healdsburg Avenue
Healdsburg, CA 95448
- Double Gold, Gold, Silver and Bronze medals will be awarded along with a Best in Class in each category.
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California Statewide Agritourism Summit
Calling all agritourism interested parties: agritourism operators and associations, agritourism regulators, agricultural associations and educators, tourism, marketing, and economic development professionals, county and state staff and elected officials.
What: California Statewide Agritourism Summit See more info
When: Wednesday, April 8, 2015 - 8:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Where: Heidrick Agricultural History Center, 1962 Hays Lane, Woodland CA 95776 Presented by the UC Small Farm Program and UC Cooperative Extension Registration: $20 pre-registration (until April 3, 2015); $30 at the door.
Register today
- Learn how successful agritourism associations create collaborative tourism promotions and events that benefit their members.
- Extend your agritourism marketing statewide.
- Talk with others in the industry about county regulatory changes.
- Collaborate with the tourism community in your region.
- Be part of planning the future for California agritourism.
This will be a participatory all-day session with lunch provided. Participants are invited to bring marketing and organizational information to display and share.
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Ribbon Cutting Ceremonies February 2015
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Musetta Pilates
322 Healdsburg Avenue
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The Taste of Tea
109 North Street
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Munselle Civil Engineering
513 Center Street
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Customer Service: How to Have Customers Want to Return Again and Again
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Tuesday, March 24th 8:45-11 am Healdsburg Chamber Office 217 Healdsburg Avenue Healdsburg, CA 95448 Chamber Members $35 Non-Chamber Members $45
Continental breakfast included.
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Making a good first impression and establishing the best customer experience, are just a few skills that will be explored to keep your customers happy and wanting to return. This workshop teaches participants to view "customer service" as "customer helping," and stresses the vital role your customers have in your business. Remember, the customer is always right! Topics Include:
- First impressions
- How employee morale directly effects the customer experience
- Turning cranky customers into happy, repeat customers
- Customer loyalty
- Making the customer feel important
Peggy Decker has been a Consultant with Mary Kay Cosmetics for over 18 years and a Sales Director for 13 years, a position that is reserved for the top 2% of Mary Kay Consultants. Along with Mary Kay Cosmetics, Peggy offers professional customer service training to local businesses. Through Mary Kay Cosmetics, Peggy has trained over 100 sales women in her own and other units, while maintaining a customer base of over 200 repeat customers. Peggy's customer service skills is her number one strength and strongly believes customer service should be every business' priority.
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Brown Bag Series Upcoming Dates
Click bag to reserve your spot or contact Aleena at [email protected] or (707) 433-6935
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Visitor Bureau Outings
In order for the volunteers to ensure visitors and residents have a wonderful time in Healdsburg, they first need to experience it for themselves and then report back. Thank you to 32 Winds Wine, Lambert Bridge Winery, Mauritson Family Winery, and Wine Country Walking Tours for showing the Visitor Bureau team what a good time looks like (although they are pretty good at that anyway).
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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
DaVero Farms & Winery
Dolan Wine Business Consulting
Hartford Family Winery
Howling Wine Jaunts Cottage &
Limo Service
Prickett's Nursery
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Framing Arts
our "Bucks for Luck" sponsor |
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Congratulations to our FEBRUARY membership anniversaries!
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Business
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Years |
| Haydon Street Inn |
32 |
| Madrona Manor |
32 |
| Plaza Gourmet |
29 |
| American Cancer Society |
20 |
| George Petersen Insurance Agency |
18 |
| Erickson Fine Art Gallery, Inc. |
16 |
| Rodney Strong Vineyards |
15 |
| Russian River Rose Company |
15 |
| Star Staffing |
14 |
| Image Tree Service |
14 |
| Yasuko |
12 |
| Reverend Michael LeBlanc |
10 |
| Dry Creek Villa |
10 |
| Dry Creek Cottage |
10 |
| GHD, Inc. |
10 |
| Northwoods Lodge |
9 |
| Riverwood Lodge |
9 |
| Discovery Office Systems |
9 |
| Hair Artistry by Gabrielle |
8 |
| Mill Street Antiques |
8 |
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Business
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Years |
| The Healdsburg School |
8 |
| K R Catering |
7 |
| Lavish Theaters Corp. |
7 |
| Virginia Carol |
7 |
| American Legion Sotoyome Post 111 |
7 |
| AltaPacific Bank |
7 |
| Hudson Street Wineries |
6 |
| Pine Tree Preschool |
5 |
| Geared For Growing |
4 |
| DowHouse |
3 |
| Republic Services |
3 |
| Everywear |
3 |
| North Coast Score Chapter 450 |
3 |
| Merrill Lynch |
2 |
| Sonoma Passport |
2 |
| Left Coast Marketing |
2 |
| ReHealdsburg |
2 |
| Geyser Peak Winery |
1 |
| The Taste of Tea |
1 |
| Healdsburg High School Academic Internship Program |
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| Looking Glass |
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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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Chamber Events
Next Business After Hours Mixer
When: Wednesday, March 18th
Time: 5-7PM
Where: Community First Credit Union
32 North Street
Healdsburg, CA
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Time: 5:30-7 pm Admission: $10 for HYPE Members, $20 for general  Guest Speaker: Ryan Decker Wine Grower Relations Manager Rodney Strong Vineyards
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Save the Date!
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29th Annual Harvest Century Bicycle Tour
Saturday, July 18th, 2015
Registration opening soon!
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For Bicycle Tour sponsorship opportunities, contact Carla Howell at [email protected] or (707) 433-6935.
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Sponsorship Opportunities for Tuesday in the Plaza Concerts
The City of Healdsburg is seeking sponsors for its 2015 Tuesdays in the Plaza concerts. "Tuesdays in the Plaza", the Parks and Recreation Department's annual summer concert series runs from May 26 - August 25, 2015. This free, fourteen week concert series is funded entirely by sponsors and private donors. Concert sponsorship provides an outstanding marketing opportunity for businesses and affords extensive community exposure. Sponsoring a concert is a unique and fun way to support your local community. We invite you to contribute to this favorite community event. To sponsor a concert or donate, please visit www.ci.healdsburg.ca.us/TuesdaysinThePlaza or call 707-431-3303 for additional sponsorship opportunities or more information. Your financial assistance will enable the Parks and Recreation Department to continue to offer this well-loved, traditional summer event for free for the Healdsburg community. Attached, please find the donation information and the sponsorship opportunities. For additional information please contact Mary Ann Barr at the Healdsburg Parks & Recreation Department at 707-431-3303 or [email protected]. Thank you, Mary Ann Barr Recreation Specialist Healdsburg Parks and Recreation Department 1557 Healdsburg Ave. Healdsburg, CA 95448 [email protected] Direct: (707) 431-3303 Fax: (707) 431-3172 Click here for Sponsorship Form
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Hot Deals
What they are and how to create them
Healdsburg Chamber members can post their, sale, discount, and specials on www.healdsburg.com by creating a Hot Deal. Posting your business's hot deal is an online feature that comes with the Healdsburg Chamber of Commerce membership. Here are step by step instructions on how to create them. Click here to check out other members' Hot Deals!
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1. First step is to log in to your Healdsburg Chamber of Commerce Membership Information Center. Click here to log in!
If you have never logged into your account or cannot remember your credentials, contact Aleena Decker at [email protected] or (707) 433-6935.
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2. Once logged in, look for the "Hot Deal" button located on the left side of your screen under "Shortcuts." |
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You are now on the Hot Deal's page. Click on the blue button "Add Hot Deal." Then start filling in the description and image for you Hot Deal and hit submit!
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Contact Aleena Decker for any assistance in the Membership Information Center at [email protected] or (707) 433-6935 |
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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 $200/year
Contact Aleena Decker for more information at (707) 433-6935 or [email protected]. |
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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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