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Weekly News &
Business Resource Update
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This week's email includes:
- An Invitation to Thursday's Business After Hours at Joe's Place on May 8th
- There's Still Time to Reserve a Booth at BusinessConnection Happening May 15th
- Our New BusinessConnection TV Promo
- Tickets for the Tradeshow & Food Court are Available at the Chamber
- Who's Participating in the Tradeshow Food Court
- An Invitation to Donate Blood and Give the Gift of Life at the BusinessConnection Blood Drive
- 4 New Members to Welcome
- More Upcoming Ribbon Cuttings, Ground Breakings, Council Meetings & Events Happening Soon
- Photos and Videos from 4 Recent Ribbon Cutting Events
- Additional Business Resources & Opportunities Including:
- Brickly Newsletter | May 6
- Visit Amarillo Newsletter | May 6
- Doing Business with TxDOT | July 9
- Chamber Job Bank -- List Your Job Openings For Free
- Online Community Calendar - Promote Your Events
- A List of Chamber Events Happening in 2025
- A Tip About Email Scammers
- Authorized Third-Party Chamber Advertising Partners
- 2024-25 Board of Directors
- and More
On behalf of our staff, Board of Directors, and the Amarillo business community, we want to thank you for your continued support of the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce. We look forward to serving you now and in the future. Please let us know what we can do to help your business.
Penni F. Bentley
VP of Communications & Marketing
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce
1000 S Polk
Amarillo, TX 79101
806.373.7800
806.342.2005 direct
806.674.7334 cell
penni@amarillo-chamber.org
www.amarillo-chamber.org
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Join us Thursday for Business After Hours at Joe's Place
and We'd Love for You to Bring Dog Food or a $5-$20 Donation for Gracie's Project
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Check out the video we shot with Colby Monroe of Panhandle Restaurant Group about this week's networking event and the new life they are giving Joe's Place. We also tug on your heart with a special opportunity for you to help out some furry friends at this event. Give it a watch on YouTube or Facebook and share it with your friends. Then join us on Thursday, May 8th from 5-7pm at Joe's Place Venue & Kitchen (formerly Joe Daddy's on Paramount). We will be networking and helping out Gracie's Project with dog food donations. Anyone who brings dog food or a cash donation will get entered into a special prize drawing in addition to our normal door prizes.
"Business After Hours" are FREE business networking events for current and future members of the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce. They include food, drinks, door prizes, and networking with other business professionals! Look for the event on Facebook and invite your friends!
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There's Still Time to Sign Up for the
Area's Largest Business-to-Business Tradeshow
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Check Out Our TV-Spot and Watch or Listen for it
on Your Favorite Local Stations
| | | | | We are still signing up exhibitors and event participants so let Mary know if you want to reserve a space ASAP. You can click here or call the Chamber at (806) 373-7800 for more information. You don't want to miss being part of this huge event and get your business in front of thousands of show attendees on Thursday, May 15th at the Amarillo Civic Center. Learn more about the show on our website. Thanks to Jenny Edwards Portrait for capturing the fun at our photo shoot with our Gold Sponsors. | | Thanks to these Gold Sponsors | | Thanks to these Silver Sponsors | | Amarillo Convention & Visitors Bureau, Amarillo Tribune, AMATechTel, Andrews & Associates, Bell, City of Amarillo, First State Bank, FirstBank Southwest, Giving Home Health Care, Happy State Bank, Jenny Edwards Portrait, KT Black, Menspro, Miller Paper & Packaging, PPS / ZipPrint, Prominence Health Plan, Texas Blue Lake Pools, and Southwest Airlines. | | A 10x10 Booth is $400. Click the button below for more info on the show or to reserve your booth. | | The deadline for your businesses to be included in the printed Tradeshow Directory as an exhibitor is 5pm TODAY, May 6th. Click the button to reserve your booth and get listed! | | Get Tickets Now at the Chamber to attend the Tradeshow and Eat in the Tradeshow Food Court | | |
If you have signed up for a booth, you will be receiving posters and FREE VIP tickets to the tradeshow in the mail with your exhibitor pack this week. If you purchased Food Court Tickets with your booth, those will be available to be picked up at the Chamber through the 14th or at the event on the 15th. We do not mail food court tickets and they are not part of your booth registration unless you purchased them additionally.
Anyone (member or the public) can come by the Chamber at 10th & Polk during business hours and grab a few tradeshow tickets for your staff or friends or whoever you think should not miss this great tradeshow with over 250 businesses. Food Court tickets can be purchased at the Chamber.
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Be sure and purchase some FOOD COURT tickets when you stop by the Chamber so that you can enjoy lunch from over 20 restaurants and caterers while you attend the tradeshow on May 15th. Food Court tickets are just $10 each if purchased in advance, or they will be $15 each the day of the event. You'll get to sample food and drinks from 11:30am to 1:30pm in the Regency Room of the Civic Center from these providers below:
Belmar Bakery, Bubba's 33, Calico County, Chick-fil-A, Chicken Salad Chick, Cocina on the Go, Crumbl Cookies, Desperado's Catering, Domino's Pizza (Vigil Pizza), Hoffbrau, Joe Taco on Wallace, La Fiesta Grande, Macaroni Joe's, Metropolitan Steak & Seafood, Mr Gatti's Pizza, Nothing Bundt Cakes, Outback Steakhouse, Sonic, Sweets and Meats, Walk-On's Sports Bistreaux, Ye Olde Pancake Station, and Yolo's.
| | Welcome to these New Members | | SSBI Partner Content: Click here or the image above for more information on the AEDC Intern Experience, and click here to email a representative directly. | |
Chamber Events Coming Up Soon | | |
THURSDAY, MAY 15
Chamber Event: BusinessConnetion Tradeshow
10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Amarillo Civic Center - 4th & Buchanan
This is the area's largest business-to-business tradeshow. Reserve a booth and show off your products and services and network with several thousand show attendees.
More Information: Mary, (806) 373-7800
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MONDAY, MAY 26
Holiday: Memorial Day
The Chamber is closed in observance of Memorial Day. We will reopen at 8am on Tuesday, May 27th.
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See more upcoming ribbon cutting & ground breaking events on our Week's Sneak Peek page or on our online calendar. If you would like more information on scheduling an event like this for your business, complete the online Ribbon Cutting Request Form.
**Meeting requires RSVP and is open to council/committee members only and is closed to the public. If you would like more information on the meeting or open council/committee seats, please contact the staff member listed.
* NOTE: We will help promote Ribbon Cutting or Ground Breaking events held outside of our normal business hours, however, Chamber Staff or RoundUp Club members will not be in attendance.
| | Sponsored Content. Click here or the ad above for more information or click here to email a representative. | | Recent Ribbon Cutting Events | |
Sponsored Content. Click here or the ad above for more information.
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Additional Business Resources & Opportunities | | | | |
BRICKLY NEWSLETTER FROM BRICK & ELM MAGAZINE | May 6
- Municipal Election Results
- Local Focus
- AISD Teachers of the Year
- Record Demand at High Plains Food Bank
- Free Pet Vaccination Clinic
- In Our New Issue
- Chip Chandler’s “Can’t Miss”
- Local Job Listings
- Eye on Amarillo
- Take the Off-Ramp: Six for 66
- Local Obituaries (First Week of May)
- and More
Click here to read the entire update.
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THE AMARILLO WEEKLY EDIT | May 6
The Amarillo Weekly Edit is produced and distributed by the Amarillo Convention & Visitor Bureau (CVB) that maintains the VisitAmarillo.com website. This weekly newsletter includes upcoming events and things to see and do in Amarillo.
- $1000 Gift Card for Your Red Boot Affair!
- Events this Week
- On-Going Exhibits / Shows
- Red Boot Affair Night at The Coors Cowboy Club Ranch Rodeo
- and More!
Click here to read the entire newsletter.
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DOING BUSINESS WITH TxDOT | July 9
An information session and connection event hosted by TxDOT’s Amarillo District. Big Opportunities Start Small (BOSS). This event is designed to offer valuable information and networking opportunities for small businesses in the heavy highway construction industry.
Attendees will have the opportunity to connect with:
- TxDOT representatives from Professional Engineering Procurement Services (PEPS), Maintenance, and Construction Divisions, DBE Certification and Supportive Services
- Prime contractors and other small businesses
- Representatives from local support organizations and the Associated General Contractors of Texas
Click here for more information and to sign up.
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CHAMBER JOB BANK -- LIST YOUR JOB OPENINGS FOR FREE
Is your company hiring? Did you know Chamber Members can put job openings in our online Job Bank for FREE?
Check out our website and click the buttons for "Job Seeker" or "Employer" and you can either view job openings or post your own with an online form.
Have questions, contact Denise at (806) 373-7800.
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ONLINE COMMUNITY CALENDAR - PROMOTE YOUR EVENTS
Are you holding a fundraising event, open house, or other special events you want to share with the public? You can add events to our Online Community Calendar for FREE. Click here to complete the online form and submit it to the Chamber. Your event will not be visible until our staff approves the event, typically within 1-2 business days.
Please do not use this form to request or schedule a ribbon cutting or ground breaking event.
If you have questions about using the calendar, or what kinds of events are allowed, contact Denise at 806-373-7800.
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Chamber Events Planned for 2025
All events are tentative and subject to change.
Watch the online calendar for more details and updates.
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Events in Bold have a fee to participate. Other events listed are the hosts for Business After Hours which are free to attend.
2025
5/8/25 - Joe's Place (formerly Joe Daddy's on Paramount)
5/15/25 - 32nd Annual BusinessConnection Tradeshow
6/5/25 - Adobe Walls Stoneworks
6/24/25 - Coffee with the Chamber -- Legislative Update
7/10/25 - Amarillo National Bank
7/24/25 - Chamber Open Golf Tournament
8/7/25 - Tri-State Exposition / Fairgrounds
9/18/25 - FirstBank Southwest
10/2/25 - 29th Annual Chamber Barbecue Cook-Off
10/16/25 - Casey Carpet One
11/6/25 - WTAMU Amarillo Center with co-hosts NWTHS & Brandability
11/TBD - Coffee with the Chamber for Global Entrepreneurship Week
12/4/25 - Street Volkswagen
If you have questions about participating in or sponsoring any events, please call the Chamber at (806) 373-7800 or email chamber@amarillo-chamber.org.
| | Thank You 2024-25 Supporting Small Business Initiative Partners | | |
The Chamber is thrilled to recognize our sponsors that stepped up to be part of the Supporting Small Business Initiative for 2024-25. This program is designed to support the Chamber's efforts to serve our small business community better by offering programs, seminars, virtual events, and more for little to no cost to our members throughout the year.
Please join us in thanking these generous underwriting partners that are serving the Chamber, our members, and the entire business community with their support. DIAMOND PARTNERS: City of Amarillo, Amarillo Economic Development Corporation, Amarillo National Bank, Atmos Energy, FirstBank Southwest, Happy State Bank, Northwest Texas Healthcare System, Pantex, Reed Beverage, and Xcel Energy. RUBY PARTNERS: Amarillo College, Casey Carpet One, Double U Marketing, Insurica, Prosperity Bank, Rabern Rentals, Southwest Airlines, Street Volkswagen, TEEMS Manufacturing, and Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. SAPPHIRE PARTNERS: Adobe Walls Stoneworks, Albers Aerospace, Andrews & Associates, AT&T, Bank of America, BSA Health System, Carson Wealth Management, Caviness Beef Packers, Fuller & Sons Construction, KT Black, Off the Court Property Maintenance, and WT Enterprise Center.
If you would like to know more about this program and the benefits of partnership, contact Jason Harrison at (806) 373-7800.
| | A Reminder to Check the Address BEFORE You Click Links or Open Attachments | | |
WE HATE SPAMMERS! Here's a reminder to always check before you click on any attachments or links in emails that look like they are sent from the Amarillo Chamber. BEFORE you click on html links or attachments, hover over the name that sent the email so that you can see the actual address that sent the email. Just because the name says "Amarillo-chamber," the email address was not one of our staff members. And if the email shows our name but the email address is not one shown below, delete it and mark it as junk. Any other sender claiming to be the Chamber is fake or a scammer and you should never click links or provide personal information. Even if it looks like an invoice, those would only come from one of the email addresses below.
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Please add our emails to your address book and mark us as a safe sender. If you are unsure if an email you received that looks like it was from us is real or not, don't hesitate to give us a call at 806-373-7800. Be diligent and help us keep your information and computer networks safe.
| | Authorized Chamber Advertising Partners | | |
We try to alert you anytime a third party may contact you so that you know they are a trusted and legitimate partner of the Amarillo Chamber. You may see our complete list of advertising options and partners on the Advertising Opportunities page of our website. We encourage you to always check this site or contact Penni Bentley at (806) 373-7800 to verify our official program partners before giving out personal or financial information.
Thank you to the advertisers and video partners featured in the two programs offered below for the financial generated for the Amarillo Chamber.
| | Cramer Marketing produces the Chamber's annual printed directory, relocation guide, membership certificate, and detailed city map. All current members get a free listing in the directory, but Cramer offers enhanced listings and full-color ads within these publications to give your business even more exposure. | | | |
CGI Digital offers video content featured on the Chamber's website to our members. CGI created a series of videos for the Chamber to promote Amarillo as a great place to live, learn, work, and play to feature great parts of our community to visitors and those who may be considering relocating to the area. CGI representatives may reach out to you as a Chamber member to offer their products and services to you to be featured in our website's Community Video Tour player.
View our Community Video Tour here to watch the Chamber's videos and see list of current video partners.
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See our Staff Directory with photos, direct phone numbers and more
on our Contact Us page of the website.
| | 2024-25 Chamber Board of Directors | | |
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Richard Constancio
Chair
Shiver-Megert & Associates
Julie Imke
Chair-Elect
Harrington Academic Hall
WTAMU Amarillo Center
Michael Gonzales
Finance Chair
Atmos Energy
Spanky Assiter
Past Chair
Assiter Auctioneers
Dusty Doyle
Membership & Quality of Life Chair
Casey Carpet One
Jason Harrison
President & CEO
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce
Wes Wright
Business Chair
Wright Law TX, PLLC
Ed Nichols
Governmental Affairs Council Chair
Brown, Graham & Company
Brice Sheets
Ag & Natural Resources Chair
Alpha Media
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DIRECTORS
Heath Acker, Amarillo National Bank
Brad Baldridge, Xcel Energy
Patricia Bara, M&R Liqour
Kevin Carter, AmarilloEDC
Travis Chaney, United Supermarkets
Sonja Clark, Bell
Julie Doty, Nothing Bundt Cakes
Tony Ensor, Amarillo Sod Poodles
Jake Foust, Whitney Russell
Joey Graham, Graham Brothers Jewelers
Jack Light, Cumulus Media
Matt Mathias, Firstbank Southwest
Brent McClure, KFDA NewsChannel 10
David Meraz, Street Volkswagen
Joby Mills, Happy State Bank
Lindsey Murphy, Education Credit Union
Mike Ohm, Lemert, Holder, Ohm
Grayson Path, Amarillo City Representative
Brady Ragland, Tri-State Fair & Rodeo
Wendi Swope, Double U Marketing
John David Terry, Elevate Amarillo Representative
Debbie Walker, Moreland Real Estate Group
Tawanna Walker, Toot'n Totum
Trevor Williams, Reed Beverage
Colby Yeary, Pantex
Ryan Zimmer, A-1 Rocket Industries
Learn more about our Board of Directors
on our website.
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The Chamber cannot guarantee your success or your profitability,
but it can guarantee the right business climate for you to succeed.
– Author Unknown
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