Gary Molberg

President/CEO

Andrea McClintock

VP of Membership

Jason Harrison

VP of Business Development

& Governmental Affairs

Penni Bentley

Senior Director of Communications

Christy Bigler

Database Administrator

Lindsey Arbeiter

Membership Sales Coordinator

Mary Garcia

Business Development Coordinator

Denise Rayford

Director of First Impressions

Dan Quandt

VP of Convention & Visitor Council

Mary Ramirez

CVC Executive Assistant

Eric Miller

CVC Director of Communications

Tina Brohlin

CVC Director of Sales

Kashion Smith

CVC Director of Tourism

Stephanie Andrews

CVC Services Manager

Hope Stokes

CVC Interactive Media Manager

Braley Hand

CVC Tourism Coordinator

Ashley Gutierrez

CVC Sales Manager

Hollie Hawkins

CVC Sales Manager

Kendra Knowles

CVC Sales Coordinator

PO Box 9480

Amarillo, TX 79105

806.373.7800

806.373.3909 fax

Amarillo-Chamber.org

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Fireworks Planned for Downtown Saturday, June 30th

The Chamber is just one of many local organizations that are coming together to bring a big event and fireworks

show to downtown on Saturday, June 30th for the 2nd Annual Route 66 Celebration. A local organizing commit-tee was formed to carry on the tradition of fireworks in Amarillo to celebrate America and the official Mother

Road of Route 66 that passes through our town.

We know...the 30th is NOT July 4th. However, years ago the decision was made to hold Amarillo’s fireworks

event on the Saturday before the Independence Day holiday for several reasons. One is out of respect for the Canyon Chamber of Commerce event that is held on the actual holiday, and another being the difficulty to find

volunteers willing to give up their holiday time with family and friends. We think that our country and its heroes can never be celebrated enough, so this event gives the community the option of taking in one or more of the

area’s fireworks displays and paying tribute to our great country, regardless of the date on the calendar.

In addition to fireworks downtown, there are a number of other fun events taking place all over town on Saturday. Center City’s Amarillo Community

Market that happens every Saturday through October 6th (typically on the Chamber grounds) will move slightly north to 6th & Polk this weekend from

9am—1pm. Shop for homemade and home-grown items, crafts, gifts and more. Get more info at www.amarillocommunitymarket.com.

Or stroll down Historic Route 66 on 6th Avenue between Georgia and

Western from 10am—4pm Saturday to shop, dine, antique, or check out the car show and more for their Route 66 Festival. Details can be found at

www.amarillo66.com.

Finish up the day downtown from 4pm—1030pm for the big Route 66 Cele-bration. There will be music on 2 stages. Local DJ Tommy the Hacker will take the Happy State Bank Stage at

6th & Taylor at 4pm. The Amarillo National Bank Stage at 6th & Polk will feature live music from the Dust Jack-ets at 5pm, Andy Chase at 610pm, Rock Bottom at 720pm, and Insufficient Funds at 830pm. Weather permit-

ting, a spectacular fireworks display over downtown will happen around 945pm. There is no admission cost to the downtown event, so come take in some great music and entertainment for FREE!

Don’t forget your wallet and appetite to check out Food Truck Alley along 7th between Taylor & Fillmore or the

Joe’s Hospitality Center on Taylor between 5th & 6th for your choice of food and drinks from more than 18 ven-

dors. And of course there are great local Chamber member restaurants and clubs downtown too including Moon-doggy’s Pizza & Pub, Six Car Pub & Brewery, Crush Wine Bar & Grill, and Esquire Jazz Club who is waiving their

cover charge on Saturday.

Special thanks to our presenting sponsors Amarillo National Bank and Happy State Bank, as well as Amarillo Globe-News, Street Toyota, Xcel Energy, United Supermarkets, Center City of

Amarillo, the City of Amarillo, and KGNC FM who will broadcast the music to go along with the fireworks display on 97.9. For more information, visit our web-

site at www.amarillo-chamber.org/amarillos-route-66-celebration or the event page on Facebook at http://bit.ly/AmarilloRt66Fireworks2018.

Ribbon Cuttings 2

New Members 3, 5

After Hours

Networking 4

Mayor Calls & Business

Excellence Awards 5

CVC News 6-7

Summer Celebration

Recap 9

Renewing Members 10

Editor’s Corner 11

Board of Directors 12

Amarillo Business Women AmarilloBusinessWomen.com

Cliffside Coffee 2540 Ross Osage

Click on http://bit.ly/RibbonCuttingsMay2018 to view or download these pictures.

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doTERRA Representative Joy McCoy 806.315.0442

Honey Bee Travel Agency 580.254.1115

James S Vaughan—Belpree Dental 6020 Belpree, Suite A

Contact Christy at 342-2004 for information on holding your own Ribbon Cutting or Ground Breaking event.

Be sure to look for our photos in the Business section of the

Sunday Amarillo Globe-News.

National Tourism Week 9700 I-40 East

Parliament Haus 5901 S Coulter, #400

Six Car Pub & Brewery / Crush Wine Bar 625 S Polk

Sonic Drive-In 8611 Hillside Road

Westhause Design 5215 S Coulter

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Welcome New Members Thanks for Joining in May

A&R Stone Rudy Renteria 3848 Canyon Dr Amarillo, TX 79109 A&R Stone is a new locally owned business who will be serving the Texas Panhandle. We carry Gran-ite, Marble, Travertine and even Quartz. With over a decade of experience, we are ready to give the community great community service. Also, check out our par-ent company Carpets Unlimited for your flooring needs. AFLAC/Ronda Jones Ronda Jones Farrah Shah 4125 Business Park Dr Amarillo, TX 79110 (806) 567-0893 Fax: (806) 367-5541 https://www.aflac.com/agents/ronda_jones.aspx Benefits Consultant that is a part-ner with local business owners. Helping businesses retain and attract employees by providing supplemental insurance solutions with potential tax savings.

Amarillo Laser & Vein Clinic Ammar Jarrous Machelle Jarrous Brigette Artho 6810 Plum Creek Amarillo, TX 79124 (806) 355-3022 Fax: (806) 355-2998 www.amarillovein.com Dr. Jarrous is one of the most experienced surgeons in Amarillo with minimally invasive vein pro-cedures, and he is an experi-enced filler and Botox injec-tor. Amarillo Laser & Vein Clinic provides Amarillo residents with the latest non-invasive laser tech-nology for skin care and body rejuvenation. Our staff has creat-ed a warm, relaxed, professional environment for our patients. We continue to invest in the most advanced laser technology, which allows us to provide you with the most effective treatments possi-ble. You’ll receive nothing short of exceptional service from us.

A-V Corp Fire & Security Richard Jones Dustin Rose 1500 SW 8th Ave. Amarillo, TX 79101 (806) 379-7700 Fax: (806) 374-7064 www.a-vcorp.com A-V Corp sells, installs and ser-vices fire alarm, security, inter-com, access control, and commu-nication systems for commercial and industrial facilities. Bomb City Custom Motorcycles Melissa Grice Heath Grice 6109 Star Lane Amarillo, TX 79109 (806) 418-6122 www.bombcitycustoms.com Bomb City Custom Motorcycles is a full service American V-Twin motorcycle repair, service and fabrication shop. Country Pre-Owned of Amarillo John Johnson

Alex Sianez 2725 SW 45th Amarillo, TX 79110 Fax: (806) 553-3505 www.cpoauto.net We are here to love, serve and care the community in their pro-cess of their automobile buying process and service. DBE - Palo Duro Christian Huntington 8800 Lone Star Rd Amarillo, TX 79119 (806) 290-2050 www.dbepaloduro.com We are a complete water well service company that can do everything from drilling new wells to service calls on old ones. Also can have new installs done on septic systems. doTERRA Joy McCoy PO Box 20628 Amarillo, TX 79114 (806) 315-0442 www.mydoterra.com/jlmccoy As a Wellness Advocate with

doTERRA, my intention is to edu-cate and empower individuals to take control of their health through the use of essential oils and natural solutions. Fly P Air LLC Will Masters 619 S Tyler St Ste 20 Amarillo, TX 79101 (806) 570-1440 www.flypair.com GRI Towers Texas Robin Morgan Barbara Lowe 9200 NE 24th Ave. Amarillo, TX 79108 806-376-3129

http://www.gri.com.es/en/ GRI Towers began in 2008, and since then, it has become an important player in the supply of renewable wind energy compo-nents. In 2015, GRI Towers be-came a global leader in the man-ufacture of wind towers world-wide. Grizzle Heating & Air Brian Winkelman KayLynda Bull 112 North 15th Canyon, TX 79015 www.grizzlehvac.com Offering a full range of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning services. Whether you need a system for a newly constructed home, an energy-efficient up-grade or an emergency replace-ment, Grizzle can assess your needs and get you up and run-ning with repair technicians that are available 24 hours a day. Ingrams Flooring Ken McCartney Lela Joiner 4523 S. Western Amarillo, TX 79109

(806) 355-4416 Fax: (806) 355-2942 http://ingramsflooring.com/ Celebrating our 56th year at 45th & Western. In stock carpet, wood, ceramic tile, laminate, luxury vinyl tile, and more. Im-mediate, professional installation available and free estimates. Let's Get Organized Kate Freeman 2300 N Western St Ste 6

Amarillo, TX 79124 (806) 433-0287 www.lets-get-organized.biz

Professional Organization both commercial and residential down-sizing, decluttering, space plan-ning and home staging. We also specialize in senior transition services with our From Here to Home Division. McCartt & Associates/Blane Thornton Blane Thornton 620 S Taylor Amarillo, TX 79101 (806) 570-4410 www.mccartt.net Buyer and Tenant Representation

for Commercial Real Estate. Oneida Dental Sheridan Davis Steven Rosales 802 E. Amarillo Blvd, Ste 300 Amarillo, TX 79107 (806) 553-7877 www.oneidadentalamarillo.com Family dentist seeing patients as young as 6 months. We accept Medicaid, Chip, Dentaquest, MCNA and most PPO Insurances. We also see patients without insurance with special prices just for you! Walk-ins, Emergency and same day appointments are always available! Parliament Haus Karen Kreigshasuer Tana Cline 5901 S Coulter #400 Amarillo, TX 79119 (806) 731-4040 www.parliamenthaus.com Fun one of a kind home furnish-ings & decor, custom bedding & select furniture, candles & gifts items. We also do home decorat-ing.

Pondaseta Brewing Co. Kaleb West Trever Martin 7500 SW 45th Ave Amarillo, TX 79119 www.pondaseta.com Amarillo brewery providing high quality ales and lagers to the Texas Panhandle.

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Join the event on Facebook! http://bit.ly/AfterHoursMidwestMachineFB2018

View photos from the last After Hours at Starlight

Ranch at http://bit.ly/AfterHoursStarlightPics2018.

Free Networking at Chamber After Hours July 12

If you have yet to join us at one of these fun events, you can expect to meet some new faces, connect with some old friends, hand out some business cards, maybe win a door prize, enjoy some great food and beverages, and network, network, net-

work. Best of all, they are FREE. We invite Chamber members to take advantage of this great way to meet new people who might want to know about your business.

For more information about After Hours hosts and to view photos from past events, visit http://www.amarillo-chamber.org/

after-hours-networking.html. If you would like to host a future After Hours at your business, call Jason at 806.342.2018.

Chamber Members & Guests are invited to join us for another FREE Business Networking event. There will be hors d’oeuvres,

drinks & door prizes. Adults only please.

Thursday, July 12 5pm-7pm

6601 S Washington

Mayor Calls on Local Businesses Amarillo Mayor Ginger Nelson, Chamber President & CEO Gary Molberg, Amarillo Economic Development Corporation President & CEO Barry Albrecht, and the City of Amarillo Economic Development Manager Andrew Freeman are joining forces to make personal

visits to local businesses. The purpose of these short visits (typically around 45 minutes) is just to familiarize the three offices with these valuable economic engines that help drive our local economy and workforce.

If you have questions about this program, contact Jason Harrison at Jason@amarillo-chamber.org or call 342-2018. If you would

like to set-up a day for the mayor to possibly visit your business, please contact Denise Rayford at the Chamber at 373-7800 or email Denise@amarillo-chamber.org.

Mayor Calls in May: River Road Independent School District. Mayor Calls in April: Elizabeth Jane Bivins Culinary Center and AgTexas. Mayor Calls in March: Glass Doc-

tor and Tac Air. Mayor Calls in February: Diversified Waste Management, Talon/LPE, Amarillo Custom Box. Mayor Calls in January: Scottco Mechanical Contractors,

H&R Foods, Fuller & Sons Construction. Mayor Calls in November: Cal Farley’s Boys Ranch, Rockrose Development, ROI Online, and UCI.

Mayor Calls in October: Working Ranch Cowboy Association, Yellowhouse Machin-ery, A&S General Contractors, and Ascension Academy. Mayor Calls in September:

Shiver-Megert & Associates, ASARCO, and Burdett Morgan Williamson & Boykin.

View more photos from Mayor Calls at http://bit.ly/MayorCallsPhotos2017.

Welcome New Members Thanks for Joining in May

Prominence Health Plan Doug Tice 6900 W Interstate 40 #308 Amarillo, TX 79106 (806) 680-5544 www.prominencemedicare.com Prominence Health Plan - Healthcare you can afford! Promi-nence Medicare Advantage is designed to fit your lifestyle and budget. Relay Texas Olivia Dominguez 1321 Rutherford Ste 100 Austin, TX 78753 (512) 354-7002 www.relaytexas.com Telephone accessibility for the deaf, hard of hearing, low vision, deaf/blind, blind & speech, & disabled individuals. State Farm-Hillary Lay Hillary Lay Tiffany McIver 7200 SW 45th Ave Suite 13 Amarillo, TX 79109 www.hillarylayinsurance.com Providing Insurance and Financial

Services. I specialize in auto, home, business, health, and life insurance. I also can help with vehicle refinances, checking ac-

counts and credit cards. I am here to help the community with helping life go right when the unexpected happens. Via One Hope/Carrie R. Hands Carrie Hands Amarillo, TX 79121 www.viaonehope.com/carriehands Wine tastings, parties, corporate events...sale of wine coffee & gifts, fundraising, etc...the organ-ization has a program where a portion of proceeds go to charita-ble organizations. Youth Success Project Lanitra Barringer 601 SW 10th Avenue Amarillo, TX 79101 www.collegesuccessama.org We believe that when we “Lead by Example" we ignite students to see and understand the im-portance of graduating high school and pursuing a higher education. There is much im-pact when just one college de-

gree, vocational certificate, or military career is achieved, which in return creates a ripple effect that reaches the lives of others.

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Time is Running Out to Nominate

a Business or Young Professional

If you know an outstanding individual or business that you would like to nominate for a 2018 Top 20 Under 40 Award,

Top Business Award or Top Emerging Business Award, sub-mit a nomination form by July 6th on our website at

www.amarillo-chamber.org/annual-banquet--business-excellence-awards. We will send the nominee an applica-

tion to fill out and return to us with information about their

business or personal achievements, community service and more. Award winners will be selected by a committee from

the Business Council of the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce and recognized at the banquet in October.

If you have questions about the nomination or award pro-cess, contact Jason at 342-2018.

Mayor Nelson touring River Road ISD in May.

Convention & Visitor Council

2017-18 Year-To-Date Statistics

Tourism

Occupancy Rate (May) 68.2%

Group Tour Buses (Fiscal YTD) 82

Film Commission

Information requests (Fiscal YTD) 12

Sport & Convention Groups

# of Conventions/Groups in Amarillo (Fiscal YTD) 38

Delegates (Fiscal YTD) 50,050

Room Nights (Fiscal YTD) 10,341

Convention Delegates Booked-Future Conventions (Fiscal YTD)

5,136

Convention Delegate Room Nights Booked

(Fiscal YTD) 7,775

Attendees Booked-Future Sport Events (Fiscal YTD) 3,029

Room Nights Booked (Fiscal YTD) 2,693

Communications / CVC Website Google Analytics

10-1-17 through 5-31-18

CVC Website Visits 170,040

CVC Website Unique Visitors 142,663

CVC Website Page Views 325,992

CVC Website Average Visit Duration 1:23

Social Media

Facebook Page Likes Thru May (VisitAmarilloTX) 29,662

WELCOME THESE SPORT &

CONVENTION GROUPS TO AMARILLO June 22-24 Jehovah Witnesses 2,500 29-7/1 High Plains Fast Pitch Softball Association 625 July 10-13 Texas Historical Commission 60 13-15 Panhandle Reined Cow Horse Association 150 22-24 Independent Insurance Agents of the Panhandle 60 24-27 Texas Historical Commission 50 27-29 High Plains Fast Pitch Softball Association 48 30-8/1 Texas Funeral Directors Assn. 40 August 3-5 AMA-Con 350 4 Koben Puckett Productions 50 6-10 Building Officials Association of Texas 105 9-19 West Texas Futurity 350 14-15 Texas Association of Counties 20 16-18 Crestview Baptist Church Senior Adult Trip 50 17-19 High Plains Fast Pitch Softball Association 250 24-9/1 AQHA Adequan Select World Champion Show 675 September 12-14 Nat’l Assn. of Publicly Funded Truck Driving Schools 50 14-16 High Plains Fast Pitch Softball Association 48 21-22 Presbytery of Texas 50

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Do you get the Tuesday morning email updates for what’s

going on around town with tourism, conventions, attractions and events? Email Eric Miller to be added to this fun and

informative weekly email blast at eric@visitamarillo.com. VisitAmarillo.com

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Travel Writers Drum Up Publicity By: Eric Miller, CVC Director of Communications—eric@visitamarillo.com

Fifty members of the Society of American Travel Writers Central States Chapter visited Amarillo at the end of May and the begin-

ning of June to get a first-hand look at our city. Thirty of these journalists from around the Midwest, South, Southwest and West-ern U.S. are writers, bloggers, photographers, influencers and whatever other description is used in the communications world to-

day. They publish and broadcast their work across the country, and their work is often seen by audiences around the world.

During the four-day meeting the group hit many of the highlights of Amarillo as well as some of the lesser known aspects of our

city. The bottom line, a group of top notch communicators developed a great impression of Amarillo and the Panhandle.

The city is already seeing results and they should continue for months to come.

Chapter president Mike Hiller posted on his Facebook page, “Winding up an unexpectedly cool trip to Amarillo with a ranch hand

rodeo and longhorn cattle roundup. The city is full of warm, gen-erous Texans and surprises around every corner.”

Tom Adkinson of Knoxville, Tennessee placed this photo and

cutline about Wildcat Bluff- http://knoxvilledailysun.com/

travel/2018/wildcat-bluff-trail-amarillo.html.

Elaine Warner of Oklahoma filed a story with her hometown Ed-mund Sun that has already been re-printed in the Enid News-

http://www.edmondsun.com/news/texas-s-almost-grand-

canyon/article_80ae77c0-70cf-11e8-9f7a-3f23f23ae98f.html.

The Amarillo Convention & Visitor Council has expanded its im-age library by about 30 photos thanks to SATW members Laura

Blake, Gary Knowles, Kerrick James, Deb Burst and Theresa Rus-sell. Find a sample of their work at https://bit.ly/2tD37mo.

Members Deb Burst (Louisiana) and Laura Watilo Blake (Ohio) posted actively while here. Want to keep up with them and oth-

ers? Follow the hashtag #satwama18.

Members of the CVC’s Convention & Tourism Committee as

well as other Chamber volunteers drop in on businesses to deliver AMA Prime Service lapel pins to employees who

provided someone with PRIME customer service.

If you receive outstanding service at

an area business, nominate that per-son for a Prime Service award. Just

call the CVC office at 374-1497 or visit www.visitamarillo.com/about-

amarillo/primeservice/

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Congratulations to these Recent Prime

Service Award Winners

Natasha Sauceda

Hydropros IV Rehydration Specialists

A sunrise hike on Amarillo's Wildcat Bluff Trail - Image by Tom Adkinson.

Cattle Drive Photo Contest Winner Named

David Pendergrass has once again captured a beautiful shot of the recent Cattle Drive through downtown. His entry had great photo composition with the historic Potter County Court House in the back-ground along side of the more modern architecture of the Amarillo National Bank buildings. This photo won Perdergrass a $500 prize this year. He officially holds the title two years in a row of having the best of the hundreds of photo entries.

Crystalline Silica Seminar

$195.00 per person

(Discounts available upon request)

Respirable Crystalline Silica Seminar For General Industry

Amarillo, TX  

Respirable Crystalline Silica Seminar

July 31, 2018

Key Highlights

General Industry Safety & Health: Policies and Procedures.

Understanding the Silica Standards: What do they mean?

Updated OSHA Standards: The latest information.

Training Safety Essentials: Recognize & Control Hazardous conditions.

Behavior-Based Safety: How it affects your business and the bottom line.

Prevent accidents from happening: Tips and Tools.

How to Prepare for an OSHA Visit: The Inspection Process and follow-up!

And Much More...

Are you ready for the New Silica Standard? Did you know that OSHA’s new Respirable Crystalline Silica (RCS) standard

adds to your Hazard Communication training requirements?

Protecting your workers from serious injuries and illnesses along with keeping your company in compliance with OSHA’s complex and often confusing standards can have serious consequences. If safety management works, then everybody wins.

Enforcement for the new RCS standards for General Industry and Maritime went into effect on June 23, 2018. The new rule significantly reduces the amount of silica dust that workers can be exposed to in the workplace. The new permissible exposure limit (PEL) for RCS is 50 micrograms per cubic meter of air, averaged over an 8-hour shift. The new standard also requires that OSHA’s existing HazCom Standard (HCS) training requirements be adhered to as well as new items related to RCS hazards and exposure.

Thomas Safety Solutions, Inc. (TSSI) would like to invite you to come and learn about the new Crystalline Silica standards. TSSI will be hosting the event at Amarillo College campus on Polk Street. This session will discuss the permissible exposure limit (PEL), exposure assessment, exposure control plan, training requirements, compliance dates and resources.

Thomas Safety Solutions, Inc., a safety consulting firm, will be conducting the Respirable Crystalline Silica Standard Seminar in the Amarillo, TX area.

Mr. Thomas specializes in bringing safety and health solutions to thousands of workers across the country. His education in safety and health, invaluable experience, along with his technical expertise, makes him an exceptional choice to lead this seminar.

Mr. Thomas has helped businesses, throughout the country, achieve safety excellence and reduce the number of workplace injuries, illnesses and fatalities. His training seminars are comprehensive, interactive, and will provide you with helpful information to help your company achieve its safety objectives.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND? Front-Line Workers Foremen Supervisors/Superintendents Safety Team Members Owners/General Managers

REGISTER Complete form below, mail and fax (866) 735‐SAFE (7233)– Toll Free 

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RCS for General Ind. 1314 S. Polk Street, Rm. 112A

Amarillo, TX 79101 (866) 735-7233 July 31, 2018

 

 

Cut Along Dotted Line  –  Mail in with payment 

What’s included:  Respirable Crystalline Silica Notebook, Hand‐out Materials, your Respirable Crystalline Silica Training Certificate and an RCS Training Completion Card issued by Thomas Safety Solutions, Inc. upon successful completion. 

Company:  ________________________________________________________________________________________ Contact Person:  _________________________________________ Phone: ___________________________________ Contact E‐Mail ____________________________________________________________________________________ Address: _________________________________________________________________________________________ City: __________________________________________________State: ______________Zip:  ___________________ Participants: (Please Print Clearly) – (Please include actual names with preferred first names – Actual names will appear on certificates and cards)  

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the receiving fax number to (386) 749‐4206; or call (866) 735‐SAFE; or email us at info@ThomasSafetySolutions.com 

Make Check Payable to:

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Canyon, TX 79015

Summer Celebration Big Success

Thank you to everyone who came out and supported, participated or volunteered for the Summer Celebration last week. We had a great crowd, wonderful weather, awesome food and drinks, and music that you were sad to have end. Check out these photos and a whole lot more to see if we spotted you or someone you know. View, print or download them from our Flickr album at http://bit.ly/SummerCelebration2018Pics.

We recently interviewed some great Chamber members about their organizations in our Facebook “Meet the Member” live videos. This is a great way to learn more about the people behind the companies or non-profit or-ganizations that are part of our community. You can click on the names in blue below and be taken directly to their video link on our Facebook page. Thank you to these members for talking with us recently: William Ware, Six Car Pub & Brewery / Crush; Cathy Schick, Downtown Tower Executive Office Suites; Laura Stepp, Healthy Stepp Massage Therapy Studio; Mark & Kathy Crawford, Waxing the City; John Johnson, Country Pre-Owned of Amarillo; and Beth Duke, Center City of Amarillo. If you want to see other videos like Chamber Minute re-caps or videos from other events, check out the “Video” tab of our Chamber Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/pg/AmarilloChamber/videos/. Be sure you have LIKED the Chamber Facebook page and click the “follow” button to see more of our posts in your newsfeed. Note, individual links above may not open properly with Internet Explorer.

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They’re coming!

July 17-19, 2018.

REMEMBER: You can pay your Chamber invoices online and even update your membership listing, including address, phone, fax, email, website, description of services and more. Visit the MEMBERS ONLY section of our website or email Christy@amarillo-chamber.org for your login name and password if you have forgotten it. Need help? Give her a call at 342-2004.

Click here to go to the Members Only Login Section: http://bit.ly/MembersOnlyLogin

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575 Pizzeria A-1 Building Supply LLC AAA Lok & Stor AAA Signs of Amarillo Account Recovery Services Adair Photography Advanced Eye Care - Amarillo Air Oasis LLP Allstate Insurance-Ashley Mauldin Insurance Amarillo Area CASA, Inc. Amarillo AutoClean Amarillo Children's Home Amarillo Gun Club Amarillo Montessori Academy Amarillo Pathology Group LLP Amarillo Pressure Wash Amarillo Town Club Amarillo Tri-State Exposition American Red Cross Ameripride Linen and Apparel Services AquaOne Associated Supply Company Awaken Med Spa at Verdure Awards Recognition Concepts / ARC Trophy Baptist Community Services Bee's Fundraising Better Business Bureau Blackmon Mooring of Amarillo BLUEHAVEN Homes Born Banner Boys & Girls Clubs of Amarillo Brookdale Sleepy Hollow Burdett Morgan Williamson & Boykin, LLP Buxton Insurance Cash Saver CB Electric, LLC Chauncy's Automotive Chicago Title Chop Chop Rice Co. Coca-Cola Southwest Beverages LLC Comanche Trail Golf Complex

Courtney, Countiss, Brian & Bailey, L.L.P. Cumulus Broadcasting Cypress Creek @ Jason Avenue Apartment Homes Dale Buckner, Inc. Diversified Interiors of Amarillo Edward Jones/Ashby Dawson AAMS Financial Advisor Elizabeth Jane Bivins Culinary Center Exposito School of Hair Design Ferguson Fibrenew Amarillo Flash Tech Frank's Repair Plumbing, Inc. French & Company Realtors Fuller & Sons Construction GAUT • WHITTENBURG • EMERSON Commercial Real Estate Girasol Cafe & Bakery Glass Doctor of Amarillo Gower & Company GPD Construction, LLC Griggs Schooler-Gordon Funeral Directors Hands On Amarillo Hartman Roofing Hawkins Trailer, Inc. Herring Bank High Plains Public Radio Honorable Judge Ana E. Estevez Hortencia Barron Imperial Vending Insurance Professionals Interstate All Battery Center of the High Plains Jack Sisemore Traveland RV Storage Kids, Incorporated Kumon Math & Reading L. Kruckeberg, CPA LLC La Bella Pizza - Olsen Landscape Supply

Lone Star Decorating LP Mariposa Apartment Homes @ Jason Ave Master-E-Networks Merrick Pet Care Inc. MicroFour, Inc. Midas Auto Service Experts Motel 6 West Officewise Furniture & Supply Old World Construction Optimal Physical Therapy Solutions P C Hickman D O Pacific Cheese Company, Inc. Panhandle Greenhouses Parkhill Smith and Cooper Pete's Car Smart KIA Physicians Preferred Laboratory Plains Builders Inc Quality Inn West Medical Center RibCrib Roto Rooter Royal Thrones Rush Truck Center - Amarillo SERVPRO of West Amarillo SIG Dansby Insurance & Associates Smith Chiropractic and Wellness, LLC Smooth Transitions West Texas Southwest Airlines Co. Sprouse Shrader Smith PLLC St. Joseph Catholic Church & School State Farm-Rhonda Greathouse State Farm-Ronnie Mankin Steven J Austin, DDS Stonegate Apartments Texas Mutual Insurance Co. The Church at Quail Creek Top Notch Outfitters Inc UniFirst Corp.

Valdez Roofing West Texas Golf Cars Westminster Presbyterian Church Windshields Unlimited Inc. Wonderland Amusement Park Your Time Massage LLC

Editor’s Corner By: Penni Bentley, Senior Communications Director Direct: 806.342.2005 Cell: 806.674.7334 penni@amarillo-chamber.org This is typically the last paragraph I close this editor’s corner with every month… “As always, tell us how we are doing. Give us your suggestions, feedback, and input. Feel free to write on our Facebook wall.”

I will say, that the last couple of weeks have been interesting with the people wanting to

reach out and give the Chamber their feedback. They have called. They have written on our Facebook wall. They have sent mes-sages. Unfortunately, most of these recent instances have been to give feedback on things we have no control over or had no part of simply because they do not understand what the Chamber of Commerce does. I guess it should be flattering that they think the Chamber of Commerce does so much. For instance, they think we have control over what signage gets put up in town by a private citizen, or worse think we agree with the sentiment. They think that we are anti-American because there are fire-works being celebrated on a day other than July 4th. Some think we con-trol what parades happen in town and what the costs should be. It has been a challenge to find the politically correct and appropriate response to many of these messages that doesn’t add more fuel to whatever the fire is. But if you are on social media for your business, you know that you can’t just ignore those responses, because that seems to make them only more persistent in spreading messages of negativity. (Note, I don’t think any of these comments came from you...our wonderful members! So, thank you!) I love my job. I love the Chamber. I love the Amarillo community and its people. I take so much of the negative comments personally even though I shouldn’t. These are things that are out of our control, yet hurt our city and reflect poorly on us to outsiders. The keyboard warriors can be vi-cious. Our standard response to most of these comments is one that stress our goal to work on behalf of all of the businesses in our community and pro-mote Amarillo is a great place to live, learn, work, and play. We try to be proactive and supportive of the leaders in our community that are doing their best to make our city great. And we know that the system isn’t per-fect, but we strive to be positive and always have our members’ and our community’s best interest at heart. And sometimes that’s all we can do. Social media can be a great tool for reaching your customers or prospec-tive clients to spread your message. It seems so many in our society have lost sight of that and use social media to spread ugliness or attack people. So my challenge to you, is to think before you post, share kindness, and be positive. And when someone lashes out, I try to remind myself to take the high road...there’s less traffic up there. The Chamber’s Convention & Visitor Council staff should be commended

for their efforts to make lemonade out of lemons. Dan “the man” Quandt took the high road by see-ing that a great billboard was put up outside of town to be a positive message to our city’s visitors. We think it’s awesome! Today I’ll just close with this. Get involved. We are proud to be YOUR Chamber.

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