Membership Committee Update

Since November 2009, the Salem area has seen 14 DBA filings! Won’t you please join us in congratulating these entrepreneurs on their new ventures:

• Roscoe Loveland - Roscoe Loveland Logging
• Terry Fice - Terry's Essentials
• Jason Bennett- S & J Decor and More
• Jason Braymer
• Michael Jenison-Bear Iron Works
• Christopher LaRock - J-Rock Enterprises
• James Leonard - Active Design Polymers
• Donna Maher - Nics Wacks
• Jennie Meyer - Meygas Farm
• Judith Provo - Pa's Pistols Hickory Sauce
• Glen Slaymaker - All Around Better Contracting
• Jane Starr-Weils, Jennifer Carson
• Virginia Sword - Juniper Hill Studio
• Benjamin Wenk - Appraisal Review Consultants

If you know a new business or enterprise, we’d love to hear about them. Please forward contact information to a member of the membership committee: Laura Dunham, Angela Sturgis, Bruce Ferguson, Chris Preble or Jessica Corey. See the Chamber website for member contact information.

Greetings from SACC President Rose Ann Savage

Greetings Chamber members and friends. One third of the year has flown by, and the Salem Area Chamber of Commerce is on track for another active, exciting year!

In January the SACC hosted over 100 people at the first-ever joint Chambers of Commerce meeting where Washington County Tourism’s Christine Hoffer gave her presentation “Together We Are so Much More.” With attendees from at least 7 different towns, the meeting kicked off what I hope will be a year of cooperation between area chambers of commerce. While the state has not renewed funding for the I Love NY advertising program, cooperative advertising has allowed us to continue to raise awareness of what the Salem area has to offer while also helping to market Washington County and its natural beauty, history, agriculture and arts. I encourage each of our members and friends to get to know Salem area businesses in Salem and around the county. The more we spend in Washington County , the stronger our tax base will be!

There are so many other exciting things going on in the Salem area—entertainment, music, classes and workshops, locally grown produce and products, and much more Let’s take pride in our town, support one another and make 2010 the best year yet!