January 2015 Page 1 Inside This Issue: Committee Updates 2 Upcoming Seminars 3 Business After Hours 3, 6 Library 3 Membership Luncheon 4 Business Before Hours 8 Executive Message 7 Renewals 7 New Members 8 Advertisers 9-11 Calendar 12 Chamber News “Like” us on Facebook Great Opportunities for More Exposure! The Belgrade Chamber website provides some great advertising opportunities for members. The Chamber offers three options for advertising on the website. Enhanced Listing: In addition to the standard listing you have in the Business Directory, an Enhanced Listing allows you to place your logo next to your listing. It also includes a 1600-character description, up to 8 photos or a video, 5 bulleted points, a map link, and 20 keywords. The Enhanced Listed makes your business stand out when visitors pull up the category page – all for just $215 a year ($19 a month). Category Sponsor: The Category Sponsor includes the Enhanced Listing plus top- priority placement, additional website links, business category ad, quick-link results ad, alpha keyword listing ad, recognition as a sponsor, free ad design and re-design, and ad display tracking all for $575 a year ($49 a month). Website Banner Ad: Have your banner ad on the website; visitors can click directly to your website. You can place your banner ad on the Business Directory or Events page. You can advertise a special event. Advertise either by the month or for a whole year. The cost is $360 for the year or $50 per month. You are responsible for your ad design, and it must be sent electronically in jpeg format. For more information on these opportunities, contact Kristy at kgee@belgrade chamber.org or 388-1616. Start out the New Year with a bang! F F EATURED EATURED M M EMBER EMBER Serenity Sheep Farm Stay Serenity Sheep Farm Stay is located at 5477 Swamp Road, Belgrade, and is a working 40-acre farmstead. The owners, Chris and LaVonne Stucky, have restored two sheepherders’ wagons that they rent on a daily or weekly basis. Each wagon sleeps two people, with room for a sleeping bag on the floor. As part of the natural experience on the farm, they have a heat-on- demand shower available for your use as well as a composting outhouse. One of the wagons is equipped with a small solar system for lighting. Chris and LaVonne are continually told by guests how lucky they are to live in such a beautiful place. They currently raise sheep, goats, chicken, turkeys, beef, and pork and have a bountiful garden in the summer. As a guest on the farm, you are welcome to the bounty of the garden and the farm-fresh eggs. The farm is also a short distance from the East Gallatin River. Make your reservations now for 2015. For information on rates, availability, and amenities, contact LaVonne at 580-7176 or visit their website at http:// serenitysheepfarmstay.com. Come and enjoy the serenity! To be featured in a future newsletter, call the Chamber at 388-1616.
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January 2015 Page 1
Inside This Issue:
Committee Updates 2
Upcoming Seminars 3
Business After Hours 3, 6
Library 3
Membership Luncheon 4
Business Before Hours 8
Executive Message 7
Renewals 7
New Members 8
Advertisers 9-11
Calendar 12
Chamber News
“Like” us on Facebook
Great Opportunities for More Exposure!
The Belgrade Chamber website provides some great advertising opportunities for members. The Chamber offers three options for advertising on the website.
Enhanced Listing: In addition to the standard listing you have in the Business Directory, an Enhanced Listing allows you to place your logo next to your listing. It also includes a 1600-character description, up to 8 photos or a video, 5 bulleted points, a map link, and 20 keywords. The Enhanced Listed makes your business stand out when visitors pull up the category page – all for just $215 a year ($19 a month).
Category Sponsor: The Category Sponsor includes the Enhanced Listing plus top-priority placement, additional website links, business category ad, quick-link results ad, alpha keyword listing ad, recognition as a sponsor, free ad design and re-design, and ad display tracking all for $575 a year ($49 a month).
Website Banner Ad: Have your banner ad on the website; visitors can click directly to your website. You can place your banner ad on the Business Directory or Events page. You can advertise a special event. Advertise either by the month or for a whole year. The cost is $360 for the year or $50 per month. You are responsible for your ad design, and it must be sent electronically in jpeg format.
For more information on these opportunities, contact Kristy at kgee@belgrade chamber.org or 388-1616. Start out the New Year with a bang!
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Serenity Sheep Farm Stay
Serenity Sheep Farm Stay is located at 5477 Swamp Road, Belgrade, and is a working 40-acre farmstead. The owners, Chris and LaVonne Stucky, have restored two sheepherders’ wagons that they rent on a daily or weekly basis. Each wagon sleeps two people, with room for a sleeping bag on the floor. As part of the natural experience on the farm, they have a heat-on-demand shower available for your use as well as a composting outhouse. One of the wagons is equipped with a small solar system for lighting.
Chris and LaVonne are continually told by guests how lucky they are to live in such a beautiful place. They currently raise sheep, goats, chicken, turkeys, beef, and pork and have a bountiful garden in the summer. As a guest on the farm, you are welcome to the bounty of the garden and the farm-fresh eggs. The farm is also a short distance from the East Gallatin River.
Make your reservations now for 2015. For information on rates, availability, and amenities, contact LaVonne at 580-7176 or visit their website at http://serenitysheepfarmstay.com. Come and enjoy the serenity!
To be featured in a future newsletter, call the Chamber at 388-1616.
President: Shayla Mills (388-8897) Big Sky Western Bank
Vice President: Jay Williamson (388-3700) First Security Bank
Treasurer: Matt Colbert (388-6554) Sunrise Homes, LLC
Past President: Kathleen Wood (556-4970) First Interstate Bank
Directors:
Jackie Flikkema (388-6832) Knife River, Inc.
Jennifer Koch (388-5100) Image Source
Eve Parrow (587-5900) Bozeman Broker Group
Carla Schmidt (388-8188) Farm Bureau Insurance
Dave Smith (924-2710) Saddle Peak Elementary
Matt Semple (388-8677) Cellular Plus/Verizon Wireless
Committee Chairs:
Agriculture Jay Williamson Business Promotions Katy McEwen Economic Development Joe Dahinden Membership Services Kristi Gee Tournament Kevin Black Transportation Jackie Flikkema
Agriculture: The committee continues working on Farm Fair and the Ag Appreciation Banquet. Sponsorship forms and Award Nomination forms are available at the Belgrade and Bozeman Chambers or on their websites. See page 4 for more information.
Business Promotions: The Festival of Lights went really well. More businesses participated in the Santa Shuffle, and there was a great crowd out. Thank you to everyone who participated.
Economic Development: The committee did not meet in December.
Membership Services: All the slots for “Business After Hours” for 2015 are filled. However, every month is available for a “Business Before Hours.” The Annual Dinner will be February 20 at the Riverside Country Club. The December Building Belgrade class was on “Building Our Community.” The group heard from non-profit organizations, had lunch at the Belgrade Senior Center, toured the Habitat for Humanity Restore, and made decora-tions with the Ridgeview Kids Link After School Program sponsored by United Way. January’s class will be “Building Community Safety.”
President’s Circle: The committee members held a ribbon cutting at Mile-stone Gallery and Studio (see photo). They also con-tinue to work on the Bel-grade Community Foundation.
Tournament: Several events are coming up in the next few months. January 23-24 will be the Class A Dual Wrestling Tournament, with 15-20 teams participating. On February 19-21, Belgrade will host the District 5B Combined Boys & Girls Basketball Tournament, and Manhattan Christian will host the 11-12C Com-bined District Basketball Tournament. On March 12-14, the committee will host State A Boys Basketball at MSU. On April 10-12, Belgrade will host a Fast Pitch Softball Tournament. In May, Belgrade will host Class A Divisional Track on May 15-16 and State B/C Softball on May 21-23.
Transportation: Work on the East Belgrade Interchange is done for the season; it will resume when the weather permits. The final phase of the Jackrabbit Lane improvement project will start this spring. The Chamber is meeting with the Montana Department of Transportation to discuss future renovation of Main Street.
*Meeting times and locations are shown on the Calendar (p. 12).
Mission Statement “The Belgrade Chamber of Commerce, through the leadership and integrity
of its members, is committed to unite the business community, promote economic growth, and enhance the quality of life.”
*All PDC seminars are held in Helena. **CT – CareerTrack (www.events.careertrack.com) FPS – Fred Pryor Seminars (www.pryor.com) PDC – Professional Development Center (http://pdc.mt.gov)
Why Not Host a
Held on the first Thursday of each month from 7:30-9:00 am, Business Before Hours is the perfect opportunity for those businesses who do not wish to serve alcohol or cannot host at 5:30 in the evening.
In addition, the cost for hosting is significantly less as you only serve coffee, juice, and some type of break-fast finger food.
Right now, every month in 2015 is available. So, call today to a schedule your event.
Thursday, January 29, Noon MacKenzie River Pizza, Belgrade
City Manager Ted Barkley
Topic: Proposed Municipal Services Mill Levy
All Chamber members and their guests are invited to the Membership Luncheon.
If you have suggestions for possible business topics for future luncheons, contact the Chamber (388-1616).
Chamber Members
Are you looking for an easy and affordable way to advertise your business? We currently have two openings in the Chamber Advertisers section of the newsletter (see pages 9-11).
Contact the Chamber at 388-1616 if you’d like to see your ad in every issue of the newsletter.
The Gallatin Valley Agriculture Committee will host their Annual Ag Appreciation Banquet on March 20 at the Holiday Inn in Bozeman. The purpose of the banquet is to celebrate the partnership between the Gallatin Valley farm-ing and ranching community and the Gallatin Valley busi-ness community.
Sponsorships forms are now available at the Belgrade and Bozeman Chambers of Commerce. Sponsorships allow the committee to invite area farmers/ranchers to the banquet at no cost. Several levels of sponsorship are available:
Platinum ($1000) provides 24 seats for area farmers/ranchers, entertainment, and 8 seats for your business representatives as well as several additional advertising promotions.
Gold ($500) provides 12 seats for area farmers/ranchers and 4 seats for your business representatives as well as limited additional advertising promotion.
Silver ($250) provides 6 seats for area farmers/ranch-ers and 2 seats for your business representatives as well as limited additional advertising promotion.
Bronze ($100) provides 4 seats for area farmers/ranchers.
Copper ($50) provides 2 seats for area farmers/ranchers.
The committee is also seeking nominations for awards in the following categories:
Outstanding Senior Farmer/Rancher (over 55)
Outstanding Junior Farmer/Rancher (under 55)
Service to Agriculture
Special Agriculture Operations.
Award forms are available at the two Chambers, Rocky Mountain Supply, Murdoch’s Ranch & Home, New Holland, Moodie Equipment, and Elite Kubota. Nominations are due by February 23 to the Belgrade Chamber of Commerce.
For more information on sponsorships or award nomina-tions, contact Jaime Jackson (Murdoch’s Ranch & Home) at 585-4773 or Debe Youngberg (Belgrade Chamber) at 388-1616.
Commercial Driver’s License Evenings and weekends (one-on-one)
Cost Varies
Certified Nursing Assistant March and April Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays
TBD TBD
Computer Lab for Microsoft® Word January 5, 12, 19, 26 Mondays 10:00-11:00 am No Charge
Computer Lab for Microsoft Word Evenings on demand No Charge
Microsoft Excel Tutoring January 6, 13, 20, 27 Tuesdays 9:30-11:30 am $40
Microsoft Excel Tutoring By appointment $40
Microsoft Excel Tutoring Lab By appointment No charge
HiSET (GED) Preparation January 5, 12, 19, 26 Mondays 5:30-7:30 pm No charge
HiSET (GED) Preparation January 6, 13, 20, 27 Tuesdays 10:00-11:00 am No charge
Welding SMAW January 13-February 26 Tuesdays, Wednes-days, Thursdays
7:00-10:00 pm $825
Microsoft Word #1 Tutoring Evenings on demand $40
Microsoft Word #1 Tutoring January 8, 15, 22, 29 Thursdays 10:00 am-12:00 pm
$40
Microsoft Word #2 Tutoring By appointment $40
Member News Are you interested in increasing or updating your skills for better employment? You are invited to an Open House at Career Transitions in Belgrade to hear about their Welding and Commercial Driver’s License training programs. This free Open House will be held Tuesday, January 6, from 6:30-7:30 pm; refreshments will be served. Career Transitions is located at 189 Arden Drive, at the end of the loop in Bruce Industrial Park. Call 388-6701 (X110) for further information or visit www.careertransitions.com.
In addition, Career Transitions is offering the following classes. Students must register and pay before classes begin. Call 388-6701 to register. Complete class descriptions are available at www.careertransitions.com..
Congratulations to Belgrade Music Academy on their new location. Joanie Benson moved her studio from a small space to a much larger space (closer to Lee & Dad’s) in the Valley Center Shopping Complex. She has lots of room for her students and their performances!
Welcome to Ryan Ballenger, the new Branch Manager at Stockman Bank of Belgrade. Gene Spranget will be overseeing the opening of the new Stockman Bank in Manhattan and helping Ryan make the transition in Belgrade until August when he will retire. Thank you, Gene, for all your support in the past years!
Do you have news to share? Submit your information to the Chamber office.
December’s “Business After Hours” at First Security Bank
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We are off and running! We have a very busy year ahead, so be sure and read your newsletter and e-mails. You don’t want to miss out on any up-coming news.
The new 2015 Board of Directors will have their Board Retreat on Janu-ary 22. They will be training and preparing our program of work for 2015. Please let any of them or me know if you have a suggestion or change that is needed. We are always open to new ideas and try to incor-porate them whenever possible. We will be reorganizing our committees so take a look at the list and see if there is one you might be interested in.
Make sure you take a good look at your Chamber website listing to be sure the information is current. Many times we don’t find out that some-one has left your staff or that your address has changed for several months. This is a great time to add or delete someone for the e-mail list.
Our “Power Book” directory will be going to the printers in February and we want to make sure that all your information is correct. Also know that your dues must be current for your business to be listed in the Power Book. Once the books are printed, we will hand deliver them like last year on our annual “Thanks a Mint” campaign.
Encourage any non-profit organizations or groups you’re involved with to list their events in our website calendar. The more community events the better as it will drive more people to our website, which means more exposure for our members!
Here’s to a Happy and Prosperous New Year!
Debra K. Youngberg, Executive Director
Belgrade...the “Heart” of the Gallatin Valley
Executive Message
A big “Thanks” to the members listed below who continue to make a commitment to the Bel-grade Chamber of Commerce!
Advanced Eyecare Belgrade, LLC
Anderson, ZurMuehlen, & Company, P.C.
Big Sky Insulation
Bridger View Community Center
Buffalo Restoration, Inc.
Cardinal Distributing, LLC
Chalet Market, Inc.
Curt G. Kurtz, MD
Davis Business Machines, Inc.
Dust Bunnies Cleaning
First Security Bank
Gallatin County Fairgrounds
Intermountain Property Management
JE Soares, Inc.
Kamp Implement Company
LC Staffing
Lee & Dad’s Grocery, Inc.
Little Apple Technologies
NAPA Auto Parts of Belgrade
PEDE & Associates
Rabel Realty
Republic Services
River Rock Dental
Rocky Mountain Supply
Rosa’s Pizza Belgrade
Spine & Sport Chiropractic
The Mint Bar & Café
The Travel Station
TMC, Inc.
White Rapid Car Wash
Zocor, Inc.
Recent Renewals
The Chamber accepts credit cards and partial payments for dues!
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February 19-21 District 5B Combined Boys & Girls Basketball Tournament
February 20 Annual Chamber Dinner
March 12-14 State A Boys Basketball Tournament
March 20 Ag Appreciation Banquet
April 10-12 Fast Pitch Softball Tournament
May 5-7 Farm Fair
May 15-16 Class A Divisional Track Tournament
May 21-23 State B/C Softball Tournament
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“Your Early Morning Networking Connection”
Sorry! No BBH This Month
Future BBH Hosts:
February 5 Available
March 5 Available
Interested in hosting a BBH? Contact Kristi Gee at 388-1616 or
Milestone Gallery and Studio Peter & Joanna Jones 203 W. Madison, Ste. G, Belgrade, MT 59714 (406) 548-5443 www.milestone-gallery.com
Welcome to Belgrade’s newest gallery, Milestone Gallery and Studio. Peter and Joanna are both talented artists. Their gal-lery features local artwork, jewelry, and sculptures.
Stop by and visit them at the Valley Center Shopping Com-plex just down from Insty Prints.
Congratulations to Our New Board of Directors!
Shayla Mills, Big Sky Western Bank, was recently elected as President of the Board of Directors for 2015. She replaces Kathleen Wood, who will serve as Past President.
Jay Williamson, First Security Bank, was elected Vice President; Matt Colbert is Treasurer. Welcome to Matt Semple, manager at Cellular Plus/Verizon as a new member of the Board of Directors. He replaces Josh Green who was unable to join the Board. Other new board members are Carla Schmidt, Farm Bureau Insur-ance, and Dave Smith, Saddle Peak Elementary.
Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man [person].
Benjamin Franklin (1/17/1706-4/17/1790) American author, politician, scientist, inventor, diplomat
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