Accomplishments

2010-2012 Chamber Highlights

  • Events with McPherson Chamber of Commerce Representation
  • Kansas State Fair working the McPherson Convention & Visitors Bureau booth
  • McPherson Main Street Mini Main
  • Sunflower Bank Ambassador’s Presenter
  • United Way of McPherson County Allocations Committee
  • Kansas Chamber of Commerce Annual Meeting
  • Central Christian College Fund Drive
  • McPherson Industrial Development Corp. Annual Stockholders Meeting
  • Go McPherson Marketing Plan
  • Submitted nomination for Kansas Business Appreciation
  • McPherson County OMEGA (Outstanding Eight Grade Award) for ASD
  • Letter to Legislators regarding continued funding for Community Action
  • Met with Chabin Consultants for MIDC Strategic Planning
  • Presenter at McPherson High School Business Day
  • McPherson County Small Business Development Annual Meeting
  • McPherson County Food Bank Presenter
  • Kiwanis Club Presenter
  • Rotary Club Presenter
  • Hosted (2) Chamber 101 Membership Orientation Sessions

McPherson County Entrepreneurship Community Loan Program

  • Granted $27,000 loan to Mattress Haven to purchase building and expand business
  • Granted $30,000 loan to Brooklyn & Co. for new store and inventory

Ribbon Cuttings

LSI Staffing, Hutchinson Community College – McPherson Campus, A5 Western, Venable Jewelers, LaCabana Restaurant, United Country MidWest eServices,   Clayworks, ZWireless, Pet Express, Complete Automotive, AutoKing, TCK Trust Financial Advisors, Aarons Sales & Leasing, Midway Motors Ford Store, Hospice Care of Kansas, and Mattress Haven

Boards/Committee/Task Force Chamber Represented

McPherson Industrial Development Co., McPherson Convention & Visitors Bureau, Hutchinson Community College Advisory, McPherson Main Street Board & Design Committee, McPherson County Small Business Development, Lakeside Plaza Board, GoMcPherson, McPherson County E-Community Loan Committee, South Central Kansas Chamber Executives, And Kansas Chamber of Commerce Executives

Grants

  • $945.00 from McPherson Convention & Visitors Bureau for When Pigs Fly BBQ Contest & Fly In
  • $3,000  Home for the 2010 Holiday Christmas Promotion from the McPherson Convention & Visitors Bureau

 Scholarship Awarded

  • $3,200  Agriculture Future for America Scholarship and $1,600 award for Leadership Conference from 2010 When Pigs Fly awarded to Kaci Rempe
  • $1,600  Leadership Conference from 2010 When Pigs Fly awarded to Karsen Brown

Chamber Coffee Hosts

Krehbiel’s Meat Market & Deli, McPherson Healthcare Foundation, Hutchinson Community College-McPherson Campus, McPherson Sentinel, TCK Trust & Financial Advisors & Farmers State Bank, WACCC (Women and Children Combating Cancer), Mt. Hope Sanctuary, Inc., Community Thanksgiving, Heartland Technology Solutions, Peoples Bank & Trust, McPherson Museum, EarCare of McPherson, LSI Staffing, Dirt Cheap Banners, McPherson Opera House, ACES, Venable Jewelers, Access Energy, Sunbird Dental, Family Life Center, Integrated Health & Wellness,  Esther V. Rettig MD, P.A., United Country MidWest eServices, LLC, Robertson Chiropractic, The    Cedars, KNGL/KBBE Radio,  Pet Express, WACCC, Patriot Pawn, CASA, Hopps Sound & Electric, Sunflower Bank, McPherson College, Tartan Turkey Golf Tournament, Hospice Care of Kansas, Smoky Valley Nursery, McPherson County Farm Bureau  Association, McPherson County Community Foundation, Citizens Community Bank, Sounds Great, McPherson Convention & Visitors Bureau, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Advantage Travel, Jay Warner, McPherson Athletic Club, YP Mac, The Well, Promise Regional Hospital and When Pigs Fly BBQ Contest & Fly In

 Promotional/Advertising/Sponsorships/Participation

  • 2010 Home for the Holiday Christmas Promotion & Open House -25 sponsors
  • Veteran’s Day Lunch
  • 2011 Farm Forum – 100 attended
  • 2011 Leadership Class Reception – 43 attended
  • 2011 Leadership McPherson Class Retreat – 20 participants
  • American Legion Family Night to benefit Ag in the Classroom
  • Central Christian College Career Fair
  • Legislative Coffee – 26 attended
  • Family Fair
  • Men’s Chamber Trip to New York City – 25 travelers
  • Tartan Turkey Golf Tournament – 35 teams
  • 2011 When Pigs Fly BBQ Contest & Fly In – 33 teams
  • 40th Rural Appreciation Hamburger Feed – 454 served
  • Partner with McPherson Convention & Visitors Bureau for 3 x 3 Basketball Tournament – 30 teams
  • 12 Monthly Chamber @ Work publications in the McPherson Sentinel distributed to all 5,000 McPherson Sentinel subscribers
  • 52 E-Newsletter blasts to over 700 members & representatives
  • Hosted Kansas City BBQ Judging Class – 34 participants
  • Issued 2,026 ChamberChecks valued at $50,600

Business Workshops

  • Introduction to Lean
  • Discovering Your Management Style
  • Be A Social Networking Star
  • Become An Excel Junkie
  • Take the Drag Out of PowerPoint Presentations
  • 3 M’s of Business; Marketing, Money & Management
  • How to Write a Business Plan
  • Kansas Technology Enterprise Corp
  • REAP