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April 2003 Newsletter

March Meeting Report

The Chamber met at Heritage Hall on March 18 with 18 present. Sandra Moss presided in Tony Martin's absence. New members in attendance were Joe & Joyce Williams of The Woodchuck and Reo Lawrence of Solite. Discussion was held on Heritage Nights on Oct 4th & 5th. Hank Hageneau gave a brief Planning Commission report, addressing unnamed roads in the county as well as inviting people to the Planning Commission meetings on the 4th Mon in a new location in the basement of the County Administration Offices. He also shared an in-depth survey that was sent to residents of South Hill. Many of these survey questions will be considered for our next survey.

After diner, Linda Marion, Heritage Hall Administrator offered an interesting Power Point presentation on Health and Rehab Care. She shared the number of people that the Dillwyn facility employs, the salaries, the length of employment as well as the changes over the past 15 years in the care that is offered.

Surveys Rolling In

With the decision to put the survey in the Spring Fling Ad in the Herald and Free News, the numbers have increased greatly. Remember, you have until April 15th!

New Members

Buckingham Beacon
Eric Allen, Publisher
This will be a monthly newspaper beginning in Buckingham this summer.
Andersonville Towing
(434) 983-1993

Spring Fling Ad

The 12th annual Spring Fling ad appeared in the Herald & the Free News & was featured on WBNN-Big Country during the first week of April. Members have an opportunity to announce a new business, to call attention to new products & to get their business name into the public eye at a reduced cost. This year 30+ businesses & professionals chose to participate in Spring Fling. If you have an a tracking system for your advertising or simply make note of responses, we hope Spring Fling worked for you!

Spring Fling Responses

"I got more response from my Spring Fling ad than any ad I had placed recently." Duane Powers, Realtor at Montague, Miller & Co

"We sold 4 of the vehicles featured in the Spring Fling Ad, but also made other sales from the additional traffic on the lot." Bill Lewis Moss, Moss Motor Co.

"Our best response came from the Spring Fling commercials on WBNN" Jewel Harris, Davis Dept Store

Winner of the $100 Gasoline Giveaway

Wilford LeSueur, Rt 2, Dillwyn won the Spring Fling drawing. He registered at Davis Dept Store.

Extra Benefit for Chamber members!

If you are involved in a civic or charitable event and would like to see it publicized on buckinghamchamber.org Just log onto our site and click on Events. Scroll down to the event form & fill in. Submit it to Moonstar & get Internet publicity for your fundraiser. It's easy, just be sure you don't wait until the last minute! It pays to advertise and this is free!

Don't miss the April meeting!

Clark Biel, Administrator, Southside Community Hospital will be the guest speaker. We also hope to have some results from the surveys.

Are you a star?

If your newsletter label has a (*) by your name, you've paid your dues for 2003! If not please consider renewing today.

April Chamber Meeting

Tuesday, April 15th
6:30 PM
Heritage Hall
Clark Biel, Administrator of SCH will be our speaker.
Light meal furnished, but PLEASE respond by Monday, 14th at 5PM.
983-2372

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