Ribbons fly thrice next week |
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AZ MediQuip, 11:30 Tuesday
TreadLogic, 4-ish Tuesday
The Landing, 4 Thursday
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Big scissors will be active (and, we trust, sharp) this coming week, when you’re Chamber celebrates 3 business openings.
The run of ribbon begins at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 19, when we cut the red fabric at new Oro Valley business and Chamber member AZ MediQuip, 10515 N. Oracle, in the Rooney Ranch shopping center south of Target.
We move on Tuesday afternoon for a celebration of TreadLogic, the Oro Valley-based Chamber member mobile tire service business. Join Eric Theiss and your Chamber for a ribbon-cutting about 4 p.m. Tuesday at Firetruck Brewing Company, 9630 N. Oracle Rd.
Then, about 4 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 21, we’ll go to The Landing, a new Chamber member and Oro Valley restaurant for a ribbon and celebration. The Landing is located at 8195 N. Oracle Rd.
Please join us! Ribbon cuttings are free, all are welcome … and there’s a bit of network development, too!
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This Week's
Update
Friday, Oct. 15, 2021
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National Night
Out at Walmart
in OV Oct. 29
Costumes, prizes, candy, K9 demonstrations, motor demos – it’s all part of the Oro Valley Police Department’s National Night Out event on Friday, Oct. 29, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Oro Valley Marketplace, 2150 E. Tangerine Road.
This OVPD Safe Treats event is sponsored by Chamber member Walmart SuperCenter. It’s free.
“Costumes are encouraged!” an invitation said. “Join us for a fun night.”
Local fire and law enforcement agencies present interactive displays.
Westward Look
has a number
of open positions
Chamber member the Westward Look Wyndham Grand Resort & Spa has a number of positions available.
In particular, the resort, newly annexed into Oro Valley, needs a catering sales and conference services manager. Wyndham offers “best-in-class training and career development,” a supportive and engaged team, fast-paced, fun environments and competitive pay and benefits.
The resort is also posting jobs for restaurant host / hostess, engineer, bell person, banquet bartender, restaurant assistant manager, banquet server, banquet houseperson, guest services supervisor, cook, banquet captain, and Gold restaurant server.
Senior Helpers
has a team for
Alzheimer’s walk
Chamber member Senior Helpers invites you to join the Walk to End Alzheimer’s on Saturday, Oct. 30, at Reid Park in Tucson.
The Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s is the world’s largest event to raise awareness and funds for Alzheimer’s care, support and research. You can join the Senior Helpers team and walk, or donate on behalf of a great cause.
Register for Senior Helpers Tucson / Mark Goldstein Team at alz.org/walk. Email questions to Mark Goldstein.
Another good
reason to eat
dark chocolate
To #agewell, nibble dark chocolate, advises Mather, parent company of Chamber Copper member Splendido at Rancho Vistoso.
It’s “more reason to love everyone’s favorite treat,” the tip said. “Just 1.4 ounces of dark chocolate daily can lower stress hormone levels and make your worries melt away.”
Be sure to choose varieties with at least 60% cacao, it adds.
Splendido is open for tours of its Villa homes on the property in Oro Valley’s Rancho Vistoso community. Go to this website.
Gaslight has a
lineup of dance
parties, concerts
Chamber member The Gaslight Music Hall is revving up its dance party lineup of entertainment.
This Friday, Oct. 15, local favorite The Rillito River Band performs “All Right Now.” That’s followed by Ultimate Country on Friday, Oct. 22, The Raw Band performing “All Shook Up” on Friday, Oct. 29, and Good Trouble sharing “The Heart of Rock and Roll” on Friday, Nov. 5.
In concert, guests can enjoy a Garth Tribute on Oct. 16, The Manhattan Dolls at 6 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 17, and Hot Blues on Tuesday, Oct. 19.
For tickets, call 520-529-1000, go to this website, or stop by the ticket office at 13005 N. Oracle, the corner of Rancho Vistoso and Oracle in Oro Valley.
Shop OV makes
difference for a
special customer
We received a lovely note from Diane Damewood, one of the winners of a Chamber-purchased $50 gift card during the Shop OV summertime campaign.
“I donated the Havven Salon $50 gift card … to a friend who is also undergoing chemotherapy,” Diane wrote. “She was very surprised and happy. Thank you again.”
When you shop in Oro Valley, you can make a difference in someone’s life. Go to this website.
Stuff the Bus in
OV for Emerge
Friday, 10/29
Oro Valley and Northwest Tucson – it’s time again to Stuff the Bus for Chamber member Emerge Center Against Domestic Violence.
Donations to support people experiencing domestic violence are welcome on Friday, Oct. 29, from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. at Chamber member Walmart SuperCenter in Oro Valley Marketplace.
Remember to wear purple on Thursday, Oct. 21, to raise awareness about domestic violence. Send images to @emergetucson, or send them to this email.
Special therapy
has benefits, A Wise Move’s Fisher believes
New Chamber member A Wise Move Physical Therapy and Pilates is sharing the NeuroKinetic Therapy technique.
Dr. Heidi Fisher, PT, says NeuroKinetic Therapy is “a great way to identify and correct” movement communication issues, utilizing “gentle muscle testing and targeted release techniques.
“And you will feel the difference right away,” she said.
A Wise Move Physical Therapy is located at 180 W. Magee, Suite 164 in Oro Valley. Call 520-638-5848, or email Heidi here.
Peachwave has
deal for renewing,
new members
Chamber member Peachwave Frozen Yogurt is offering a buy 1-get 1 deal to new and renewing members of the Oro Valley Chamber.
“You are awesomeness,” owner Brooke Cromwell said in her invitation. A coupon is needed.
Peachwave is located at 12125 N. Oracle, in Oro Valley Marketplace. Go to this website.
Weible offers
no-cost consult,
some discounts
Chamber member Weible Law Firm offers a no-cost initial consultation and a $150 discount on legal fees with an ad.
The latter offer expires Oct. 31.
Scott A. Weible, attorney, has offices in Oro Valley and Tucson. He specializes in wills, estate planning and probate, real estate, business law, bankruptcy, divorce and family law.
The phone is 520-477-9960, the website.
To rev up sales,
use incentives
for your staff
If you want to make more sales, you have to motivate your team to do so. Here are some ways to incentivize great work, from Chamber Gold member Acacia IT.
1 – Raffle prizes. Sales people receive raffle tickets for every sale or objective they reach, then at month’s end you hold a raffle for prizes;
2 – Sales Madness. Set up a bracket for your sales staff. Whoever has the most sales at the end of a set window moves onto the next round.
3 – Conversion contest. Distribute new leads evenly, and reward the person who converts the most sales.
4 – A slump-buster contest. When business is slow, challenge your team to contact former or existing customers to sell repeat or upgraded products.
Pinal Museum
celebrates ‘Dia’
Sunday, 10/31
The Pinal County Historical Museum celebrates Dia de Los Muertos on Sunday, Oct. 31, from noon to 4 p.m. in Florence.
The Chamber member invites everyone to its museum, 715 South Main in Florence, to dance to Mariachi Luz de Luna, enjoy folklorico dance, and hear from special guest Zarco Guerrero. Zarco will tell the story of Dia de Los Muertos through 6 characters.
There will be hands-on activities for the whole family. Guests can make shoebox ofrendas (altars), traditional Mexican paper flowers, candle wrappers, masks, rock art, pottery puzzles and more.
Tickets are $10 for adults. Admission is free for people 18 and under. To buy ahead, call 520-868-4382, or go to click here.
You can be part
of Centre Stage’s
Halloween fun
Chamber member Centre Stage Dance Studio hosts a Halloween event on Friday, Oct. 29, featuring a Halloween TikTok music video followed by a Monster Mash of games, snacks and music.
It’s free for the family.
Recording of the TikTok video runs from 5 to 6 p.m., with the Monster Mash from 6 to 8 p.m.
Your business can be part of the evening; CEO Tylene Nichols invites businesses to set up a table with a Halloween game or activity during the party.
To reserve your space, contact Tylene at 520-498-0093, or email at here. Centre Stage is located at Lambert and La Canada in Oro Valley.
Tee it up for
T4T on Nov. 6
Chamber member Treasures 4 Teachers presents its 4th annual golf fund-raiser, Tee Up 4 Teachers, on Saturday, Nov. 6, at the Omni Tucson National Resort.
Sign up to play before Oct. 1, and get the early-bird special at $125 per player. It’s $150 after Oct. 1. All teachers, military and first responders get the early-bird rate.
You can be a sponsor, too. Contact Adrienne Ledford here, or go to T4Teachers.org. The mailing address is T4T of Tucson, Box 91144, Tucson, 85752.
Treasures 4 Teachers of Tucson provides educators with hands-on interactive learning materials for use in their classrooms through donated and re-purposed items.
SAHBA Home
Show 10/29-31
The SAHBA Home & Garden Show is on the calendar for Oct. 29-31 at the Tucson Convention Center, 260 S. Church in Tucson.
Billed as “The Best Home Show Ever Built,” parking is free. Show hours are 10 a.m.-6 p.m. that Friday and Saturday, and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday.
For information, call 520-795-3025, or click here.
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Your Chamber's Annual Report is out in hard copy, and exists digitally. Click on the image above to
read all about it!
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Upcoming free
ACA boot camps
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Low Budget & Guerilla Marketing Techniques, Tuesday, Oct. 19, 9 a.m. Register here.
Small Business PPP Loan Forgiveness, Thursday, Oct. 21, 9 a.m. Register here.
Top 10 Legal Mistakes for Small Businesses, Tuesday, Oct. 26, 9 a.m. Register here.
Your Business on TikTok, Thursday, Oct. 28, 9 a.m. Register here.
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Business Development Director
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Our Board
of Directors
Chair
Nancy Boyle
Splendido at Rancho Vistoso
Vice Chair
Anne-Marie Braswell
Golder Ranch Fire District
Treasurer
Eric Renaud
Pima Federal Credit Union
Secretary / Clerk
Dinny Cosyns
NorthStar Strategies
Members
Veronica Apodaca
Northwest Healthcare
Ron Arenas
Picture Rocks Cooling,
Heating and Plumbing
Susan Swan
Swan Pilates
Lisa Bayless
Long Realty
Lila Chapman
Sierra Tucson
Mark Davis
Canyon Community Bank
Dan Wesson
The Post Workspaces
Tom Hebner
Roche Tissue Diagnostics
Robert Ramirez
Robert Ramirez CPA
Otton Suarez
El Conquistador Tucson,
A Hilton Resort
Jack Talmage
Oro Valley Country Club
Jeremy Thompson
Cox
Paul Tees
Commerce Bank of Arizona
Ex-officio
Paul Melcher
Town of Oro Valley
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Be sure to join us
Thursday, Oct. 28, El Conquistador Tucson
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A few business expo tables have opened up! Call now -- 520-297-2191!
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Guests enjoyed a tour through the Pima Community College Automotive Technology and & Innovation Center last Thursday.
Photo by Kristen Sharp
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Pima JTED's new flagship campus is just north of I-10 southeast of downtown Tucson.
Courtesy photo
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Developing workforce
from high school up
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“Workforce development” is the modern-day buzzphrase, vital to any community’s well-being, if mildly vague and loosely defined. Just what is workforce development, and who’s supposed to be doing it?
If “workforce development” is literal – helping employable people of any age prepare themselves for the jobs and careers of the moment, and of the future -- we took 2 affirming tours in greater Tucson last week.
Out of order, yet in proper chronology, on Friday we visited the bold new Pima County Joint Technical Education District flagship campus in Tucson ahead of a well-attended, excited dedication.
On a tour of classrooms, we met enthusiastic, poised high school students who are learning how to draw blood, explore physical therapy, fly a drone, cut hair, take care of young children, become entrepreneurs, make exquisite cupcakes … on it goes. From cybersecurity to culinary arts, from robotics to nursing to pharmacy technician, and so many fields between – more than 30 programs in all -- students make time in the late afternoons, or on weeknights, for JTED training beyond their high school work and lives. Under the leadership of Superintendent Kathy Prather, this training is happening at the flagship campus, and on campuses across greater Tucson.
These students can land immediately in jobs and careers. Job openings abound! Or, they can pursue further training.
Such training might happen on the Downtown Campus of Pima Community College, where on Thursday we took a spin through PCC’s new Automotive Technology & Innovation Center, part of the college’s Center of Excellence for Applied Technology, in a bright blue building just east of Oracle Road and north of Speedway.
The $12 million center is billed as PCC’s newest gem – and, indeed, it is. The first floor of the structure is filled with vehicles, well-tooled benches to work on engines, technologically equipped classrooms upstairs and -- best of all – immersed students, about 400 of them this semester, learning an essential skill, namely the ability to keep us all moving. So they are “current,” students can learn about electric vehicles, and there’s a red Honda auto-drive prototype in the room, too.
Car companies are sponsoring bays for worker training. That’s consistent with Chancellor Lee Lambert’s vision, to connect the college with industry, which has immediate needs for workers and a pipeline of talent for what can be.
At both the JTED and Downtown campuses, these new programs and their buildings are just the tip of what’s to come. More investment is ahead at both places. Rising nearby on the Downtown Campus, crews are building the college’s Advanced Manufacturing and Innovation Center. When it’s finished, the next waves of workers, sparked through JTED and completed by PCC, will help drive the economy.
That’s workforce development, driven competently by educational institutions deserving of our support.
- Dave Perry
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Buy now for ‘Wreaths Across
America Day’ Saturday, 12/18
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Chamber member the American Legion Auxiliary Oro Valley Unit 132 is beginning its wreaths sponsorship program to ensure the ordered wreaths are received in advance of the National Wreaths Across America Day on Saturday, Dec. 18.
If you would like to order a beautiful $15 handmade Remembrance Wreath in honor of or in memory of someone, please go to the website, or send a check and note to ALA Oro Valley Unit 132, PO Box 69246, Oro Valley, Az., 85737. For more information, email Onita Davis at [email protected], or call 520-229-1064.
Each December on National Wreaths Across America Day, the national organization Wreaths Across America remembers, honors and teaches. On that day, wreath-laying ceremonies are held at Arlington National Cemetery, and at more than 2,100 locations in all 50 U.S. states, at sea and abroad.
Locally, 1,400 Remembrance Wreaths were placed last year at the Arizona State Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Marana. This year, with the increase in the number of veterans interred at the cemetery, “we will need 1,800 wreaths,” Onita said.
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Lynette Arvizu, lead marketing officer for Pima Federal Credit Union, spoke with Katie and Bill Starr of Anstar Productions Group and Eric Renaud, PFCU president / CEO.
Photos by Kristen Sharp
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A lovely night for
60 at Pima Federal
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The planets – Jupiter, Saturn and Venus – shone brightly over the courtyard at Pima Federal Credit Union’s corporate center on Thursday, when an audience of 60 enjoyed Dickey’s barbecue, refreshments and one another at an outdoor Chamber network development event.
Pima Federal, a Chamber Diamond-level member, is marking its 70th anniversary this year.
President / CEO Eric Renaud, a member of your Chamber’s board of directors, introduced the team, and acknowledged and welcomed guests, to include PFCU board chair Jim Kisner.
Pima Federal is expanding its Business Services division, “growing the team, establishing valuable partnerships, and looking at ways to continually add value to our growing business membership,” Renaud said in a recent report. It was selected Best Bank / Credit Union in The Arizona Daily Star / tucson.com Readers Choice competition. Go to pimafederal.org
It was a lovely evening. Lisa Parke of Walker & Armstrong visited with Leah Friedenberg, senior vice president for operations for PFCU, in the photo at right.
Among our guests were Isaac Holstein, with new Silver-level member Gateway Mortgage; Kim and Steve Zavatsky, from new Copper member Altitude Home Loans; and new Chamber members Kevin Boerup of Three Knolls Media, Dr. Jamal Fruster from The Source Chiropractic; Ryan Lambert and Lauren Mueller from Three Buckets Wealth Management; and Kimberly Rodriguez from The Mahoney Group.
Dinny Cosyns of NorthStar Strategies, Chamber board secretary / clerk, also attended.
We mix it up again Thursday, Nov. 11, at the Oro Valley Country Club.
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A large audience awaited Kathy Bell's slice of the ribbon at the new American Red Cross Blood Donation Center on La Cholla just north of Ina.
Photo by Mike Sagara, American Red Cross volunteer public information officer
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At Red Cross celebration,
personal stories highlight
how blood donations help
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One by one, speakers shared their personal stories about blood donation during the Oct. 5 grand opening and ribbon-cutting at the American Red Cross blood donation center, occupying a visible, bright new space on La Cholla just north of Ina.
Kathy Bell’s daughter Lizzie became widely known for the rare blood ailment that required seemingly endless transfusions to keep her alive.
“Our family is always indebted to all the donors,” Kathy said. “Elizabeth would not be alive today if somebody wouldn’t take a pinch for a little kid. We lived in the hospital” until Lizzie received a bone marrow transplant in 2013. Today, she’s a University of Arizona student.
“If every eligible person donated 1 time a year, it would change everything,” Kathy said.
On average, Pam Harlow makes 24 donations a year, and has given more than 30 gallons of blood during her life. “To be able to give platelets is such a rewarding feeling,” she said. It takes time, but for Pam it provides “that moment of meditation and gratitude for the blessings I have had.”
“Sometimes you can take for granted blood donations,” said Dr. Laura Stephens, who is the blood bank and transfusion medicine officer for the University of Arizona College of Medicine and Banner University Medical Center Tucson. “There is a person behind every one of those units.” Someone says, ‘I will do something selfless so that others may live’.”
The new space is 6,500 square feet of space, with 7 machines for donation, 6 private health history rooms, temperature-controlled blood storage capacity and more storage than ever. It should enable expanded gathering of blood and platelets.
The Foothills Blood and Platelet Donation Center is open Monday and Tuesday, 10:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Wednesday, 7:30-3:30; and Friday through Sunday, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. The address is 7354 N. La Cholla, Tucson, 85741.
Blood donations are needed urgently. Go to redcrossblood.org, call 1-800-Red Cross or download the blood donor app to schedule an appointment.
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This is an artist's rendition of how the Oro Valley Village Center Park might appear. It would be centralized within what we now call Oro Valley Marketplace. |
Learn more about
OV Village Center
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Proposal to OV decision-makers over next several months |
This fall, the Town West Companies will seek permission from the Town of Oro Valley to redevelop Oro Valley Marketplace.
The reimagined Oro Valley Village Center would consist of 2 major, high-end apartment communities, 3 hotels and a central recreation and entertainment district that would be a drawing card for the Oracle and Tangerine center.
Your Chamber encourages your expressed support. Meetings are expected in December, with decisions by the Oro Valley Town Council likely in early 2022.
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On Nov. 2, Tucson votes
on a $15 minimum wage
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We'd like to learn what YOU think about it |
On Nov. 2, City of Tucson voters will consider Proposition 206, a ballot initiative to establish a $15 minimum wage, with added language to create the Department of Labor Standards within city government, as well as a reporting system for workers who believe an employer is breaking the rules.
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Tuesday, Oct. 19 – A ribbon cutting for AZ MediQuip, now open in the Rooney Ranch shopping center just south of Target in Oro Valley. 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, 10515 N. Oracle, Suite 165.
Tuesday, Oct. 19 – A ribbon cutting for TreadLogic, hosted at Firetruck Brewing Company, we'll cut the ribbon at 4:15 p.m. 9630 N. Oracle Rd., #110.
Thursday, Oct. 21 – A ribbon cutting at The Landing Restaurant, 4 p.m., 8195 N. Oracle Rd.
Thursday, Oct. 28 – State of the Town! Business expo begins at 10 a.m. Guests should be through registration and seated at 11:45 a.m. We'll conclude by 1:30 p.m. Buy your ticket here!
Friday, Oct. 29 – Your Chamber will have a booth at National Night Out, presented by the Oro Valley Police Department, 6-8 p.m., Walmart Shopping Center parking lot, 2150 E. Tangerine Rd.
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Greater Oro Valley Chamber of Commerce
p: 520.297.2191
7435 N. Oracle Road, #107, Oro Valley, AZ 85704
Our Mission
Maximizing Greater Oro Valley's unmatched assets.
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