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From the President’s Desk
Valued Members:
Our Installation dinner was February 18th at Bridges Golf Club. It’s a terrific way to celebrate the award nominees, recipients and business leaders in the community. Also, our 2010 Board publicly took the Oath to serve our membership. Please help me recognize their accomplishments and contributions.
Looking ahead, we have many exciting new opportunities for our members to network. Along with our well-attended mixers and ribbon cuttings please participate in our special events. Now more than ever, it’s important to attend Chamber functions to meet new people and promote your business. Please save the date for Mayor Doyle’s “State of the Town” address on March 31st at Crow Canyon Country Club. Come hear a recap of what has happened in our community this past year and what is planned for the coming year. Plans for the June Fine Arts Fair and our Aloha Golf Tournament in July, are already under way. So if you are interested in meeting potential customers, these are events that offer warm weather, fun, and networking opportunities. If you interested, please contact the Chamber.
For all chamber events please visit our website @ www.danvilleareachamber.com or call our office for more details.
Remember to support your local area businesses and Chamber
members. They need you.
Melony Newman
President and CEO
Danville Area Chamber of Commerce
Maximize Your Membership
I have always believed that one of the best ways to gain real value from my membership is from Chamber sponsored events. A really good event is a Ribbon Cutting. I like to think of them as mini mixers and a chance to meet new people in a non-threatening way that may someday be important to my business. Equally important, I have been able to find new products and services that have been immediately helpful to my bottom line. Nancy and I subscribe to the philosophy of buying from a Chamber Member first. Why not? We have to buy our business and personal stuff from someone, why not a Chamber Member? In the business referral game, we believe very strongly that you have to G-I-V-E! if you want to G-E-T! It really works and besides, Amazon.com never gave me a referral, but Chamber Members do.
Our ribbon cutting events culminate with a symbolic group ribbon cutting photo which is made available to the press. If you are on a tight advertising budget, it’s a really nice way to possibly get your photo in the local news and Chamber Publications. We have had 3 this year: Anatomy Power, Danville Chocolates and H&R Block. Each of these events was extremely well attended by our members good for the hosts and the attendees. Please visit www.danvilleareachamber.com at the beginning of each month and pull up our events calendar. Feel free to bring a friend or a potential new member. If not, come any way and talk to me or an ambassador. In no time, you will have a rolodex full of new friends and business associates.
Sincerely,
Joe Combs
The Combs Team
Chairman of the Board 2010
P.S. Last month, I inadvertently left two important people off my list of returning Board Members, Joe Buenavista and Jess Pontious. Gentlemen, you have my sincere apology.
Member of the Month
Jill O'Callaghan - Mar 10
Jill O’Callaghan
Bank of the West
307 Diablo Road
Danville CA 94526
925.820.2227
bankofthewest.com
jocallaghan@bankofthewest.com
Having lived and worked in Danville for over 20 years has been an incredible blessing for my family and me. We have such a beautiful community, wonderful schools, great shops and restaurants, and a Chamber that supports us all. From street fairs, to 4th of July parades, to the annual tree lighting, the Chamber offers us all plenty of things to do all year long.
I have been in banking for over 30 years. For the last 15 years I have been a Branch Manager at Bank of the West in Danville. Although these are some of the most challenging times for many of us, I can honestly tell you that I still love what I do. My job gives me the opportunity to meet so many people in this community and make a difference in their lives. My motto has always been to make your friends your customer and make your customers your friends.
Bank of the West has been the recipient of the J.D. Power Award for Highest in Customer Satisfaction with Retail Banking in the West Region Two Years in a Row. To top that off, the Danville Branch just received the highest customer service award for the Diablo Region, which happens to be the second highest score in the Northern
California Division for 2009.
However, the best part of my life today is spending time with my first grandchild 9 month old Isabella.
