Thursday - November 19: The Monthly Chamber-of-Commerce Luncheon was held at Kat's Kitchen on Main Street in Wellsville. Chamber President Randy Allmon opened the meeting welcoming the co-owners of the Riverside Roadhouse as new members. The newly reopened restaurant is owned & operated by Rebecca & Eric Smith and Laura & Bill Reed.
Allmon announced that new Christmas wreathes have been purchased to decorate the gazebo in the 4th St. Square. He also reminded everyone that the annual Christmas Parade will be held Saturday - December 12 - starting at 6 P.M. Anybody wishing to take part in the parade can pick up entry forms at Center Pharmacy or call Vickie McCombs at 330-532-4149 for more information.
Officers and members of the Board of Directors for 2010 was selected at the regular meeting of the Chamber. The officers are Randy Allmon, President; Diana Spencer, President-elect; Jim Saracco, V.P.; Sara Crouch, Recording Secretary; Linda Surace, Corresponding Secretary; Connie Bauer, Treasurer; Sheryl Gibson, Asst. Treasurer; Marjorie Dysert, Historian; and Tony DeAngelo, Grant Writer. Board of Director members are Erin Orr, Dolly Brophey, Paul Blevins, Butch Taylor, Don Crane, Vickie McCombs, Brian Wallace, Byron Carter and Joe Surace. Orr & Wallace will be new to the Board.
The newly appointed officers will be sworn in at the annual Holiday Installation Dinner to be held December 9 at the Riverside Roadhouse beginning at 6 P.M. Reservations are $13 plus tax and gratuity. Anyone wishing to attend can e-mail Allmon at rallmon@hotmail.com or Erin Orr at erob1986@hotmail.com. Please RSVP no later than December 4. Allmon can also be reached at 330-843-3475 & Orr at 330-692-2037.
To wrap up the 2009 budget Christmas donations were made to the following: Southern CC United Way, Wellsville Lion's Club for their Care & Share Program, Youth With A Purpose Home, Wellsville VFD Fire Prevention Program, and Toys for Tots in memory of Lindsey Salsberry.
Pictured above accepting the donations, from the left, is Kate & Dave Moore with Youth With A Purpose Home, Chamber President Randy Allmon, Diana Johnson with United Way, Rick Salsberry with Toys for Tots and Chamber President-elect Diana Spencer.
The Moores operate Youth With A Purpose Home located on the edge of Salineville for trouble teen age boys. Diana Joy-Johnson has been with United Way for 15 years now. She & husband Skip are Wellsville residents. Salsberry and wife Linda are the parents of Lindsey. Since Lindsey's passing a little more than two years ago at the age of 21 they have made it their goal to have at least one Christmas present for every patient at Pittsburgh's Children Hospital's Oncology Unit.
The November Business of the Month is CF Bank. See article below.
Mayor Joe Surace was the Speaker at this month's luncheon. He spoke of the State of the Village. He began by thanking the Moores for the great job they are doing with the Youth for A Purpose Home. He wished them the best of luck in these trying economic times.
Surace went on to thank the Chamber for all they have done for the Village this year. He congratulated them for the very successful year they have had with a 29% growth in membership. As witnessed they never fail to be very generous with charitable donations.
Stating he believes Wellsville is going in the right direction Surace noted it is not a one man show. The Chamber has been a big help. He went on to note the tremendous help Village Administrator Jim Saracco has been directing the day-to-day operations of the town. This man "puts out a lot of fires" he said.
Saying he is excited about Christmas Surace told everyone about the upcoming project to decorate the village using decorations stored at Village Hall. He asked all the merchants present to join in the effort by decorating their place of business. Anyone wishing to join in helping to decorate can contact Randy Allmon for more details.
Surace went on to thank all the volunteer groups working hard to make improvements in our home. He said the WHS Sports Station have been getting around 1,500 viewers a week for the football games that are down loaded on the web site. They have received many e-mails from people stationed in Iraq & Afghanistan thanking them for supplying a touch of home to look forward to each week. Plans are now in the works to tape the Christmas Parade and interviews to down load to the web site. They can be accessed at http://www.wellsvillealumni.com/.
Surace said he has heard nothing negative from Baard Energy or Port Authority officials. As soon as the national economy gets back going he says things are going to begin changing in Wellsville. It's already starting. Surace said he was told by one property owner of land planned to be used by Baard that he was told a check was on the way.
Summing up his address Surace said the key to make things happen in the Village is for everyone to work together.
There will be no luncheon held in December. The next luncheon will in the new year on January 28 at a location to be announced.
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18 comments:
The Chamber is a great group. They have a vision for Wellsville and good people to make it happen !
I agree that the Chamber is a great group but what I don't understand is why CF Bank gets most of the praise for what the Chamber does. The Chamber consists of alot of other members other than CF Bank. I think these indiviuals deserve alot of praise too.
I also agree with anonymous. The Chamber is more than CF Bank. I was curious of how they pick their president and so on? Why is it always the same person as president, president elect, and so on? Is there a special committee that elects these people or do they say "I want to be president again." and so they are? I just thought that they should give someone else a chance at being the leader. Maybe they might do a better job at picking the man or woman of the year instead of giving it to Chamber presidents.
I agree, they run the chamber out of CF Bank. They meet there all the time, that's not right. The Chamber should be ran out of village hall, not a bank. The Chamber office is no longer at village hall, it is now the zoning office. Too much CF Bank, run it out of village hall, like it used to be.
When did CF Bank receive praise?
The Chamber is not a Village government organization. It is an independent organization with paid membership which is mostly merchants & business owners.
Individual memberships are available. Join up to find out how they work.
Yea there are members that work at CF Bank and the Chamber is fortunate that CF provides a meeting place. As noted they do not have a place of their own.
Over the last few years the Chamber has been very active from a lot of hard work put in by their slate of officers. It seems to work well. Much of their efforts benefits the Village. You should be glad they're there.
nib
The Village needed the space for an office. The Chamber is cooperating with the Village.
The Chamber of Commerce uses what is available to them at the time by their members. In 2009 they met at CFBank, in 2010 it will be the library. Do you have a suggestion?
If you want to be an upcoming President and you are a Chamber member please come forward. They are looking for computer literate individuals who want to make a difference.
You all are either blind or naive. Everyone it seems, with the exception of you kind souls, know why the C of C and CF are thick as thieves, metaphorically speaking.
This Chamber is successful and I am happy for them. Keep on moving forward and do not look back!!!!
What does the COC do to promote businesses that are already in Wellsville? I know of the Business of the Month award, but what other things are being done to promote the businesses who have been here for a long time?
"What does the Chamber do to promote business?" You got to be kidding! Do you have your head in the sand? You need to get out more often.
I am neither blind nor naive. We're lucky to have those CF members in the Chamber. They generate a lot of enthusiasm in promoting the mission of the Chamber. They're hard workers and encourage others to join in.
nib
No Nib, I am not kidding. Seriously, what do they do to promote business that's here now?
Perhaps, you are not educated enough to know what the Chamber of Commerce is actually suppose to do.
FFacts, Wellsville's Chamber of Commerce is all volunteer based. They are the only Chamber of Commerce that do not pay a salary to an executive director or President in Columbiana County. They spend the money made from fundraisers right back into the community. It takes time and money to make connections, network and to promote the community with what resources they have available. If you have a recommendation please contact your chamber personnel. They are moving forward in the right direction and believe me whoever you are instead of bashing them you should join them and share your expertise if you have any?
CFBank, the oldest community bank in Columbiana County. Let me get this straight, you are bashing this bank because they are community involved.
THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE SAYING!
Citizens of the year, are selected by votes. I applaud the Chamber for honoring several recepients each year. There are many deserving individuals. I hope they are always going to be so generous in honoring several each year.
Wow, what a response! If someone is asking a question about the chamber, wouldn't you just answer the question? To imply someone is not educated enough or question their expertise is not a way to encourage anyone to join the chamber. I've read a very few comments that actually "bash" the chamber. Those comments that are asking questions may be coming from someone who is interested in joining, but wants more information about the chamber. If the last comment was posted by a member, good luck recruiting new members!
Under the leadership of your current President the Chamber membership has increased over 30% and they have outgrown the village office, the bank's conference room and they are suppose to meet at the Library. The treasury is up over 500%.
Examples of money spent:
Gazebo repair
Christmas Decorations
Scholarship
Brochure of Wellsville
Donations to numerous
organizations
They do not need anyone who is a pessimist among them.
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