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IN THIS ISSUE2 The 2012 Board3 World’s Smallest Office4 Membership Update7 Washington, D.C. Trip
VOLUME 5 ISSUE 2 MARCH / APRIL 2012
NEWELECTRONICVERSION!
What’s next for Durham?
What will Durham’s business landscape look like in 10 years? Which industries will be driving our economy? Join us for the Chamber’s Economic Development Summit and learn just what’s taking place to secure Durham’s success for the future!
Register online at www.durhamchamber.org or call us at 328-8722.
2MARCH / APRIL 2012 DURHAMCHAMBER.ORG
2012 ExECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Michael SchoenfeldChairmanVP Public Affairs & GovernmentRelationsDuke University
John D. Messick, IIImmediate Past ChairSr. Vice President, Durham Market PresidentWells Fargo
Anthony J. Pugliese, CPATreasurerSVP-Finance Membership & OperationsAmerican Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)
MaryAnn Black, MSW, LCSWAssociate VP, Office of Community RelationsDuke University Health System
William J. Brian, Jr., Esq.PartnerK&L Gates LLP
Keith Burns, Esq.AttorneyMorris, Manning & Martin, L.L.P.
George HabelVice PresidentCapitol Broadcasting Company, Inc./Durham Bulls Baseball Club John J. WagnerPlant ManagerMerck & Co. Inc.
Lisa Yarborough, CFPSenior, Vice President, Durham City PresidentSunTrust Bank
Casey SteinbacherPresident & CEOGreater Durham Chamber of Commerce
Madhu BeriwalPresident & CEOIEM, Inc.
Charlene FoleyCommunity Relations DirectorBlue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina
James ForrestPrincipal / AttorneyForrest Firm, P.C.
Justin GehtlandCo-Founder & CEORelevance Inc.
Isaac H. Green, CFAPresidentPiedmont Investment Advisors, LLC
CHAMBER ANNOUNCES 2012 BOARD Of DIRECTORS
The Greater Durham Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce the full 2012 Board of Directors and Officers. We look forward to a dynamic year under their leadership.
CHAIRMANMICHAEL SCHOENfELD
Deidra HajExecutive DirectorFull Frame Documentary FilmFestival
Scott HarmonPartnerCenter Studio Architecture
Susan HarnettFounder & CEOReplay Photos
Aaron HoughtonCo-founderiContact
John IdlerGeneral ManagerABC-11 Eyewitness News
William IngramPresidentDurham Technical CommunityCollege
Steven PearsonManager - IBM Corporate Citizenship & Corporate AffairsInternational Business Machines (IBM)
John WarasilaPrincipalAlliance Architecture, PC
Kerry WatsonPresidentDurham Regional Hospital
2012 BOARD Of DIRECTORS
3MARCH / APRIL 2012 DURHAMCHAMBER.ORG
THINkING SMALL
This May, when you’re strolling down Main Street in downtown Durham, you’re going to walk past a frantically working entrepreneur cozily situated in a tiny office space in the storefront window of Beyu Caffe. And you’ll probably wonder what the heck is going on. The Smoffice—or The World’s Smallest Office—is the next startup initiative from the Greater Durham Chamber of Commerce and Downtown Durham Inc. and is at least a little outside of the box or in a very small box depending on how you look at it.
The initiative, aiming to be a national competition to give away the office space, will also provide one startup with a free lease in a downtown condo at Mangum 506 for six months. Applications for the space opened on February 29 and already Durham has received national press in the Silicon Valley publication TechCrunch as well as TechJournal South. Applica-tions close Friday, March 30.
Interested entrepreneurs need only to submit a one-page business plan along with a 60 second YouTube pitch about why they want to be in Durham. The winning company will be announced on Friday, April 13 and The Smoffice will officially open on May 1. This effort has involved a number of Chamber members in the work including Kompleks Creative, Center Studio Architecture, McDonald York, Time Warner Cable, eyeNET Security, A Small Orange, Bull City Mobile, TKTK, Forrest Firm, P.C. , Morris, Manning, and Martin, L.L.P., CBi and of course, Beyu Caffe.
Visit www.thesmoffice.com to find out more or apply and follow us on Facebook and Twitter @TheSmoffice. Even if you aren’t interested in applying, please spread the word and encourage friends and colleagues to apply. And come May, visit Beyu Caffe for a chance to see entrepreneurial spirit on display.
4MARCH / APRIL 2012 DURHAMCHAMBER.ORG
MEMBERSHIP RENEWALS
The Greater Durham Chamber of Commerce would like to say thank you to the following businesses that have renewed their investment in the Chamber for one more year! As you know, chamber membership is one of the important keys to business success. Membership provides a number a resources and opportunities for businesses to grow and succeed. Thank you for your support of the Chamber and the business community! * AS Of MARCH 2
A2Z COLLEGE PLANNING, LLC
ABC-11 EyEWITNESS NEWS
ADVANTACLEAN ENVIRONMENTALOf DURHAM
ALLEN TATE REALTORS
ALWAyS BEST CARE SENIORSERVICES
AMERICAN DANCE fESTIVAL
AMERICAN LABOR/LAB ACM, INC.
THE ARC Of DURHAM COUNTy
ASSISTANCE TRAVEL & TRANSPORT, INC.
AT&T
ATCOM BUSINESS TELECOMSOLUTIONS
AxA NETWORk
BB&T
BELL & VINCENT-POPE
BELL SOUTHPOINT APARTMENTS
BIkRAM yOGA
BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD Of NORTH CAROLINA
BORDEAUx CONSTRUCTIONCOMPANy, INC.
BPG MANAGEMENT COMPANy-NC,LLC
BRAME OffICE COMPANy, INC.
BULL CITy fACILITy SERVICES, INC.
CAI
CAMP BOW WOW - CHAPEL HILL
CAROLINA fARM CREDIT
CENTER STUDIO ARCHITECTURE
CHARLES HAMNER CONfERENCECENTER
CHATHAM STEEL
CHILD CARE SERVICESASSOCIATION
COLDWELL BANkER HOWARD
PERRy AND WALSTON
COPIERS PLUS, INC.
COPPER MILL APARTMENTS
COSTCO DURHAM #249
COURTyARD By MARRIOTT
CROWN-HONDA Of SOUTHPOINT
DESIREE GOLDMAN / REMAx WINNING EDGE
DHN&T INSURANCE AGENCy
DOUBLETREE SUITES By HILTONRALEIGH-DURHAM
DURHAM ART GUILD
DURHAM CENTRAL MARkET
DURHAM COCA-COLA BOTTLING CO.
DURHAM CONVENTION CENTER
DURHAM ECONOMIC RESOURCECENTER
DURHAM ExCHANGE CLUBINDUSTRIES (DECI)
DURHAM REGIONAL ASSOCIATION Of REALTORS, INC.
DURHAM TECHNICAL COMMUNITyCOLLEGE
EDWARD JONES / TIM HINTON
EISAI INC.
ENO LIMO, LLC
ENO RIVER ASSOCIATION
fEDEx GROUND
fORCE CONSTRUCTION COMPANy,INC.
fORREST fIRM, P.C.
fRANk WARD, REALTORS
fREUDENBERG IT LP
fRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS
GE AVIATION
GEAMI LTD
GLAxOSMITHkLINE
HADENSTANZIALE, P.A.
HARRINGTON BANk
HARRIS INCORPORATED
HEDRICk MURRAy BRySONkENNETT & MAUCH PLLC
THE HERALD-SUN
HILTON NEAR DUkE UNIVERSITy
HILTON RALEIGH-DURHAM RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARk
HOGGARD ELECTRIC COMPANy LLC
HOME BUILDERS ASSOCIATION Of
DURHAM, ORANGE & CHATHAMCOUNTIES
HOPE VALLEy COUNTRy CLUB
HOWARD CLEMENT, III
INSURANCE CENTER Of DURHAM
JOHN AVERy BOyS & GIRLS CLUB
k&L GATES LLP
kB HOME RALEIGH-DURHAM, LLC
kING’S PARk INTERNATIONAL CHURCH
LANGO kIDS RTP
LEE AIR CONDITIONERS, INC.
LEND LEASE INC.
LINDA DICkERSON INTERIORS, INC.
MARIE AUSTIN REALTy CO.
MARSHALL RESOURCES INC.
MARSOSUDIRO & COMPANy, LLC
MCDONALD’S - LA’CAR Of NC -2010ROxBORO ROAD
MCDONALD’S - LA’CAR Of NC - 4301
ROxBORO ROAD
MCkINNEy
MERCk & CO. INC.
METHOD SAVVy
MEZ CONTEMPORARy MExICAN
MHAWORkS ARCHITECTURE
MINOR, ANGLIN & ASSOCIATES, P.A.
MIxON CONSTRUCTION COMPANy, INC.
MONTIE DESIGN
MS DESIGNS EMBROIDERy, LLC
N.C. INSTITUTE Of MINORITyECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
NORTH CAROLINA CENTRALUNIVERSITy
NORTH CAROLINA MUTUAL LIfE INS. CO.
NORTH CAROLINA WESLEyANCOLLEGE
5MARCH / APRIL 2012 DURHAMCHAMBER.ORG
OAkWOOD WORLDWIDE
OBEy AND PROTECT, LLC
THE ORIGINAL Q-SHACk
PIAZZA ITALIA, INC.
THE PICNIC BASkET
PICkETT-SPROUSE REAL ESTATE
PIEDMONT AIR CONDITIONING
PIEDMONT ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORP.
PIEDMONT INVESTMENT ADVISORS, LLC
PRIVATE DIAGNOSTIC CLINIC, PLLC
PROGRESS ENERGy
PRUDENTIAL yORk SIMPSONUNDERWOOD
PSNC ENERGy
QUINTILES
RBC BANk
RESCARE HOMECARE
RIGGS-HARROD BUILDERS, INC.
ROBERSON CPA fIRM, PLLC
SANDERS fLORIST
SERVPRO Of RALEIGH NORTHEAST & NORTH DURHAM
SHELLI, INC.
SHERATON IMPERIAL HOTEL &CONVENTION CENTER
SMITH BREEDEN ASSOCIATES, INC.
SOUTHERN ENERGy MANAGEMENT
SOUTHERN RESEARCH INSTITUTE
SPORT DURST MILLENNIUMAUTOMOTIVE GROUP
SURPLUS WAREHOUSE
TARHEEL CARRIER *SAME DAy COURIER SERVICES*
TICON PROPERTIES
TRIANGLE BNI
TRIANGLE BUSINESS JOURNAL
TRINITy PARTNERS
URBAN DURHAM REALTy
VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION SERVICES
VOyAGER ACADEMy INC.
W. D. OSBORNE CONSTRUCTION
WALkER LAMBE RHUDy COSTLEy &GILL, PLLC
WELLS fARGO
WHISkEy
A PEACE Of MIND COUNSELING SERVICES, PLLC
ALTA VETTA PHARMACEUTICAL CONSULTING
THE ART Of COOL
ARTISAN BRIGHTLEAf-GREySTAR
BEAUTy AND THE BULL
BULL CITy CAR WASH
CHAMAS BRAZILIAN STEAkHOUSE, LLC
CHAPEL HILL TIRE CO., CAR CARE CENTER
CIGNA
CORVEL CORPORATION
CREATIVITy LOfT MEDIA
CSL PLASMA
DURHAM SPIRITS COMPANy
EDWARD JONES - RyAN THOMSEN, fINANCIAL ADVISOR
ETCH ‘N STITCH PROMOTIONAL PRODUCTS
EVOLVE PROMOS
fARM BLUE VENTURES
WELCOME NEW MEMBERS!
The following firms recently made the smart business decision to join the Greater Durham Chamber of Commerce! Please take a few minutes to review this list of businesses, and when you need a product or service they provide, consider giv-ing them a call. Thanks to these firms for joining the Chamber!
* AS Of MARCH 2
fIfTH THIRD BANk - COMMERCIAL
DIVISION
GARy HILL, DDS
HAMPTON INN & SUITES
IT PEOPLE CORPORATIION
JAkE’S WAyBACk BURGERS
LENNAR CAROLINAS LLC
MODIS
MORGAN STANLEy
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Of BLACk MBA’S - RDU CHAPTER
NUMEN ARTWORkS
PERIMETER STUDIO & CONfERENCE CENTER
POMODORE ITALIAN kITCHEN
QUICkSILVER BUSINESS SOLUTIONS
SOUTHERN PIPING COMPANy - MECHANICAL CONTRACTORS
SOUTHPOINT GLEN APARTMENTS
SPECTRUM PROPERTIES
STAffINUITy
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6MARCH / APRIL 2012 DURHAMCHAMBER.ORG
RIBBON CUTTING
Congratulations to the Hampton Inn & Suites Durham for recently celebrating its grand opening with a ribbon cutting ceremony, introducing their services to the Chamber membership and community.
Is your companyinterested in having a
ribbon cutting ceremony?
Email [email protected]
for more information.
7MARCH / APRIL 2012 DURHAMCHAMBER.ORG
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MICHAEL SCHOENFELD2012 Chair, Board of Directors
CASEY STEINBACHERPresident & CEO
SHEENA JOHNSON COOPEREditor, Director of Communications & Marketing
ROCHELLE WOODWARDDesign, Row Design Studios
www.RowDesignStudios.com
TRIANGLE CHAMBERS TRIP TOWASHINGTON, D.C.
Each spring, Chambers from across the Tri-angle Region come together for the Triangle Chambers Trip to Washington, D.C. This trip is designed as a means for our local chambers to collectively address the issues affecting the region, as one voice, with our members of Congress. This two-day trip is a snapshot into the latest developments taking shape on Capitol Hill. Attendees enjoy networking with other Triangle business leaders as well as learning and hearing first-hand from the men and women who’ve been elected to represent not just the Triangle, but many regions and districts within North Carolina.
This year’s trip is June 5-6, 2012. For more information, please contact John White at [email protected] or 328-8724.
SAVE THE DATE
LEADERSHIP DURHAM 40th AnniversAry CELEBRATIONTHURSDAy, JULy 19, 2012
Triangle Chambers
Trip to
Washington, D.C.
Triangle Chambers
Trip to
Washington, D.C.
