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Membership Benefit Spotlight!
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Don't forget your chamber membership, sponsorships, advertising costs, booth fees, and other Oakhurst Area Chamber of Commerce purchases are tax deductible!
Check with your CPA or tax consultant. 70 - 100 % of your Chamber investments could be tax deductible. Another great reason to belong to the Oakhurst Area Chamber of Commerce.
“To promote and support the economic vitality while honoring and preserving the unique lifestyles of our Mountain Communities."
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January 19, 2007
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January 17, 2007
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November 16, 2006
Vol. 3
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November 15, 2006
October 18, 2006
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November 01, 2006
October 18, 2006
Vol. 3
Issue 24
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October 04, 2006
September 27, 2006
Vol. 3
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October 18, 2006
September 27, 2006
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September 06, 2006
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Article Briefs
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Agents of Change
Our Featured Sponsor
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Advertise your Business!
CONSUMER EXPO
The Oakhurst Area Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring a Consumer Expo at the Oakhurst Community Center located at 39800 Road 425B on Tuesday, April 24, 2007 from 3 - 7 p.m.
The Consumer Expo is FREE to the public, so we invite everyone to attend. Businesses from the Mountain Area will be there to answer your questions and give you a better idea of the goods and services available in our community.
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Great opportunity for exposure!
Did you know… the Oakhurst Mountain Peddlers Fair attracts over 15,000 to the Memorial Day Weekend Show? Almost everyone who attends will stop and purchase a beverage at one of the OACC beverage booths. These booths can be a source of great exposure for your group or organization. Groups are allowed to display banners, flyers, and brochures while they volunteer a four hour work shift with a team of 2 or more adults. It takes over 200 volunteers to man these booths during the newly extended 3 day event. So we need lots of volunteers!
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Film Festival is a HUGE success
Thanks to Oakhurst Area Chamber and Dave Wolin Inc. - local businesses ring up over $150,000 in extra revenue during recent Film Festival weekend!!!
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Pictures from the Film Festival
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Sponsor the Chamber Newsletter
Limited space still available for 2007!
You can reach over 1000 email addresses 100’s of web site visitors, have your name on every single page of the newsletter for one full month and be archived on the Chamber web site for an entire year? All of this is available to you when your sponsor the chamber newsletter.
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And the winner is...
OAKHURST
Honorary Mayors Race
Kick off BBQ
April 19th in the
Oakhurst Community Park
5 -7 p.m.
Thursday, April 19th
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Cowboy (or Cowgirl) Up!
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GMOTL reaches out to the Madera CDCR
Chowchilla Family Express Bus
This is one of the programs we are helping to fund and the reason we are trying to secure a house in Madera for visitors to spend the night, get a meal, change diapers, and clean up kids. PLEASE give on our website whenever you can. This is a forgotten group folks but our organization wants to change that.
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Does BBB stand for...
Better Business Benefit?
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May I Share Some Timely Thoughts?
by Lee Whistler
When we “spring forward” and turn our clocks ahead an hour, it really does feel like we’re “losing an hour” – an hour that isn’t “returned” until we turn our clocks back. But instead of dwelling on what we’ve lost, let’s think about what time – and experience – bring us:
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Don't miss this...
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Madera County Economic Development Commission
Meeting at YGAOR April 11, 2007 3 p.m.
If you have any business or information that you would like to bring to our board please take this opportunity to join us. This will be great time to meet the Economic Development staff and learn more about the mission and services that MCEDC provides.
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Easter at Bass Lake
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California Business Legislative Summit
05/21/07 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sacramento Convention Center
Hosted by the California Chamber, this annual forum gives business leaders the opportunity to meet with peers and state policy experts to focus on priority legislative issues facing California business. The goal of this summit is to give attendees the information they need to be an active player in the legislative process, presenting the business perspective on policy issues affecting a company's bottom line.
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Main St.
New, next to Sign Authority!
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Is CD Laddering Right for You?
by Marilyn Rigg, State Farm® agent
With the recent volatility in the stock market, people are hesitant to put their entire nest egg into the market. Additionally, with the economy creating tight times for families, it’s often necessary to make sure funds are available if and when we need them. For those investors who are either reluctant to jump head first into the market or those who may have a need for cash, the strategy of laddering Certificates of Deposit (CDs) may be appropriate.
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Six Ways to Shoot Yourself in the Foot When Selling Your Home
by Ed Bailey
- FSBO, Try selling it without the assistance of a Real Estate professional
- Price it above current market value
- Negotiate a lower commission rate
- Make it difficult for agents to show
- Use an “out of the area” agent
- Leave too much of your “stuff” in the house
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Chamber and Community Pictures
Welcome Susan Clement now you can have your very own Independent Wine Consultant! Check out her site Wine Shop at Home or give her a call 559-683-4569.
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PULSE
Oakhurst Area “PULSE”
Want to share your knowledge or idea on a topic? Have a new product, location, employee or service? Do you want to get the word out to Oakhurst? Let us know!
In this issue we have;
Effective April 1st, new sales tax goes into effect.
2 events sponsored by the Madera Rescue Mission
COLLECTIBLE BOOK SALE by FOBL
Donna Dozier back at Revive Day Spa!
THINGS YOU NEVER KNEW YOUR CELL PHONE COULD DO
MEMBERSHIP – NEW & RENEWAL
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Calendar for...
April 2007
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Negotiating for Success!
by Barry Bailey
 Negotiating is a fundamental part of our lives. The process of give and take is needed to help foster good will; to help keep relationships in tact and to get things accomplished. People negotiate every day and many times they do not realize that they are in the process of developing an agreement.
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Author’s Evening at Willow Bridge Books
Meet Stacey Kayne, author of Mustang Wild, a Harlequin historical novel, at “Author’s Evening “at Willow Bridge Books on April 6 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, April 13 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Author’s Evening at Willow Bridge Books from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Mr. Seargeant will speak on “The Epicenters of Allergy and Asthma and In celebration of National Public Health Week, Willow Bridge Books presents:Tim “T-Bone” Arem, author of “Nordic Walking: A Total Body Experience”, at a special lecture and clinic on Saturday, April 14 at 10:00 a.m.
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Don't miss your
70 of 75 of the limited-edition prints have already been sold.
Don’t miss your chance to own “Rivers Edge”.
Reserve yours today: Call (559) 683-0611 or send an email to: Stavast@sti.net
(Ask about our flexible layaway plan.)
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Recent Tax Rate Changes
Effective April 1st, new sales tax goes into effect.
www.boe.ca.gov/pdf/pub71.pdf.
District tax rate changes may occur more frequently than once a year. In order to maintain an adequate supply of this publication while keeping the information updated, when necessary, we will insert an update sheet of any changes that occur between revision dates. This publication, including the most recent updates, may be viewed on the Board’s website.
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For a 5 Star Easter...
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Ovarian Cancer Survivors Receive “HAVEN for HEALING”
Redesigners to Positively Enhance the "ROAD to RECOVERY"
www.dreamredesigns.com
by Ginger Foust
IRIS (Interior Redesign Industry Specialists) has partnered with the National Ovarian Cancer Coalition (NOCC) to “Break the Silence” about ovarian cancer with public awareness and education. To ensure that women currently in treatment for ovarian cancer have comfortable and harmonious rooms in their home in which to focus on rest and wellness, redesigners across the US are volunteering their time, talents and skills to create such “havens”.
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PROTECT YOUR DOCUMENTS – SHRED THEM!
Free paper shredding service at Central Valley Community Bank
WHAT: A mobile paper shredding service, provided free of charge at Central Valley Community Bank
WHEN: Thursday, April 12th
9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
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We all have to live here...
so pitch in!
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A Special Thank You to our 2007 Sponsors!
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Welcome to the Oakhurst Area Chamber of Commerce
2007 Corporate Sponsorship Program
By choosing one of the uniquely designed Corporate Sponsorship Programs, you will receive many exciting features, advantages, and benefits at a substantial savings for your advertising dollars. By choosing a sponsorship program you will also be acknowledged as a civic minded leader among your peers.
Your participation provides the opportunity to select the level that addresses your specific advertising needs, providing maximum advertising exposure for your business at a minimal cost.
As always, the Oakhurst Area Chamber of Commerce “Your Community Partner“ thanks you for your continued support.
To find out how you can become part of this exciting and valuable annual program contact us at 559-683-7766 or chamber@oakhurstchamber.com
Send your business news or announcements to:
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oakhurstchamber.com
The Chamber E-Newsletter is published on the first and third Wednesday of the month. The deadline (to ensure your submissions makes it in time) is the Wednesday prior to the publish date. NOTE: We reserve the right to edit material submitted to the Chamber.
Important Note: We try to limit 25 to 30 articles per issue. Therefore, articles will be placed in the newsletter on a first-come basis with special consideration to events with dates that take place within the timeframe of the published newsletter.
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