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Join us for Fall for the Arts

Wednesday, September 7th, 2011

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Charm Program Update for September!

Thursday, September 1st, 2011

Our Shop Local Charm Program is still underway and moving along with success! We want to remind everyone this program goes thru December 31st 2011. We now have a few more businesses added to the list and we are adding new businesses monthly.
You can pick up your bracelet, a few charms and a map at the Sandy Area Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center office!

Here is the updated list!!!

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Charm Bracelet Update for August!

Friday, July 29th, 2011

The community response is overwhelming and businesses are running out of charms before they have a chance to re-order! We want to remind everyone this program goes thru December 31st 2011. We now have a few more businesses added to the list and we are adding new businesses monthly.
You can pick up your bracelet, a few charms and a map at the Sandy Area Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center office!
New Charm List

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Charm Bracelet July Update!

Friday, July 1st, 2011

We are so excited how many businesses are jumping on board!
The community response is overwhelming and businesses are running out of charms before they have a chance to re-order! We want to remind everyone this program goes thru December 31st 2011. We now have a few more businesses added to the list and we are adding new businesses monthly.

Check out the new updated list!
You can also pick up a new map and list at the Chamber/Visitor Center office.

Thank you to all who are getting involved and getting
to know your business community better

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First Friday’s Spring into Town!

Thursday, April 28th, 2011

First Fridays (Spring into Town)
Friday, May 06, 2011 at 5:00 PM
to 8:00 PM

Visit Downtown Sandy for a night on the town!

Participating Downtown Sandy merchants will stay open late with special offerings for customers including in-store specials, samples, drawings, wine and beer tasting, sales, music, art and more!

A list of participating businesses and their offerings is available online at:
www.sandymainstreet.com

Brought to you by Sandy Main Street.

For more information contact Tracy Brown at 503.668.4886 or tbrown@cityofsandy.com
Friday, May 6 – Participating Businesses and Offerings

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Music Fair and Feast 2011

Wednesday, April 27th, 2011

Presented by: Sandy Area Les Schawb Tire Center

2011 Event Facts

Located in the Sandy Centennial Plaza – Corner of Hoffman & Pioneer

Thursday July 7th, 2011
Family Night
5 pm to 11 pm
Featuring Anything Goes Band
(Band must stop during parade)
Free hot dogs 5 – 7 pm kids 12 and under

Food, Beverage
Prizes
Giveaways
Live music
Free to attend
All Ages

Friday July 8th, 2011
Talent Show
2 pm to 4 pm

After 6 pm – 21 and over only
$7.00 Cover charge
6 pm – 9:00 pm Dirt Farm Cowboys
9:00 pm – 12:30 am Crush

Saturday July 9th, 2011
After 6 pm – 21 and over only
$7.00 Cover charge
3 pm to 5 pm Open Microphone
6 pm to 9 pm Lock, Stock & Barrel
9 pm to 12:30 am Crush

Get $2.00 off cover charge coupons available at Sandy Les Schwab Tire Center

For more information call Sandy Area Chamber of Commerce at (503) 668-4006

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Buy Local Campaigns Boost Small Business Revenues

Thursday, March 31st, 2011

Article provide by: AMIBA
Campaigns that highlight the importance of local independent business can provide a big boost for small businesses and local economies battered by the recession, suggests a new survey by the Institute for Local Self-Reliance.

Data on 2010 revenues gathered from nearly 2800 independent business revealed those businesses in communities with grassroots “buy local and independent” campaigns averaged a solid 5.6 percent increase over the previous year. This gain more than doubled the 2.1 percent increase reported by independent businesses in areas lacking such a campaign.

Retailers in “buy local” communities fared especially well. They enjoyed a 5.2 percent increase in holiday season sales, while independent retailers elsewhere reported average gains of just 0.8 percent.

Additionally, nearly two-thirds of respondents said public awareness about the benefits of locally owned businesses had increased in the last year and 55 percent believe their local campaigns increased customer loyalty.

Notably, the campaigns measured by this survey are all part of ongoing community coalitions affiliated with the American Independent Business Alliance (disclosure: I’m a co-founder) and the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies.

These local alliances, now active in some 140 communities, typically are started through collaborations between concerned citizens, business owners from all sectors, and civic organizations.

While local governments and chambers of commerce sometimes are allies in such efforts, these entities often introduce campaigns defining “local” so as to include corporate chains with a local outlet.

Stacy Mitchell, who conducted the ILSR survey, views these promotions skeptically. “These campaigns don’t resonate with people. According to our survey, what’s motivating people to change their buying habits is desire to support locally owned, independent businesses and wrest control of their economies away from big corporations. Slapping a ‘buy local’ sticker on a Walmart doesn’t work,” says Mitchell.

Local alliances typically get word out through community talks, generating media coverage, posters, bag-stuffers and a wide array of other means to make the benefits of doing business locally-owned an everyday message. Since these alliances typically start with modest investments by local businesses and citizens (though more local governments are beginning to fund genuine alliances), they rely on the exposure generated by each member using their own websites, windows, vehicles, etc. to spread the message.

Focusing on local ownership is a core component of effective campaigns, which encourage citizen engagement as well as shifting consumer choices. “Obviously, we want residents, businesses and institutions to do more business locally,” said Steve Bercu, co-founder of the Austin Independent Business Alliance. “But we also want citizens to recognize their right to influence local policy and level the playing field for independently owned businesses.”

The Austin IBA played a crucial role in successfully rallying citizens to stop a $2.2 million city subsidy intended to attract a chain competitor just a block from Bercu’s independent store, Book People. Tellingly, without the subsidy, the chain never came.”

While the ILSR survey doesn’t prove these alliances caused the respondents’ sales increases, strong correlation in each of the survey’s four years offers strong evidence that well-designed campaigns do shift local culture. Supporting evidence also was provided by a separate study recently released by the research firm Civic Economics. Their Indie City Index ranked all 363 U.S. Metropolitan Statistical Areas according to estimated market share of their retail sectors held by independents. More than half of the top 36 performers are home to Independent Business Alliances or Local First groups.

Since the study measures metro areas, not individual cities and towns, some cities may fare dramatically better or worse in reality. Nevertheless, it offers a useful baseline for metro areas to gauge their future progress in sustaining their independent retail sector.

Civic Economics has conducted several economic impact studies for cities across the country (New Orleans, Austin, San Francisco and Chicago, for example) showing a powerful local multiplier effect that results from recycling of capital spent at independent businesses.

Mitchell believes this multiplier is a key to our economic recovery. “Spending and investing more with local independents is powerful economic stimulus for communities,” she notes. “And, when done right, campaigns to promote local independent business can play a vital role in enhancing that multiplier.”

The American Independent Business Alliance offers a primer on effective buy local and independent campaigns that is free on request.

by Jeff Milchen

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Greening the Supply Chain Roundtable

Thursday, January 27th, 2011

The Greening the Supply Chain Roundtable will convene executives from leading corporations and small businesses in the Portland/Seattle area to meet with Michelle Moore, Federal Environmental Executive, Council on Environmental Quality, George Northcroft, Regional Administrator, U.S. General Services Administration and Susan Anderson, Director, City of Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability. This roundtable will provide an opportunity to discuss how we can work together to green the Federal supply chain.

In 2009, President Obama signed Executive Order 13514, Federal Leadership in Environmental, Energy, and Economic Performance. Among other goals, the Executive Order called on GSA to lead the development of recommendations for greening the Federal supply chain and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. This conversation will focus on those recommendations, broaden the conversation with the private sector, and address how we can move forward together to achieve these goals.

The GreenGov Supply Partnership is a collaborative effort between the Federal Government and its suppliers to create a greener, more efficient supply chain that will help build a clean energy economy.

The Greening the Supply Chain listening session will take place from 3:15PM – 4:45PM on February 1, 2011 at the Auditorium in the Oregon Museum of Science & Industry, 1945 SE Water Avenue, Portland, Oregon.

To register: Please click HERE to register and select “Register Online Now,” on the upper right hand side of the page. For additional information please contact Chelsea Waliser at (253) 931-7704 or chelsea.waliser@gsa.gov
*Video-teleconference sites are available in Seattle, Anchorage and Boise for those unable to travel to Portland. Please register through the “Register Online Now” button on the upper right-hand side of the registration page to participate via video teleconference.
We look forward to seeing you at the Greening the Supply Chain listening session.

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Happy Holidays

Friday, December 24th, 2010

Happy Holidays!
Wishing you every happiness this Holiday Season and prosperity in the New Year.
Thank you for your support! We look forward to continuing our relationship in the coming year!
All the best to you and your family,
Sandy Area Chamber of Commerce

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You’re Invited First Friday and Hometown for the Holidays

Friday, December 3rd, 2010

Join us Tonight December 3rd for our First Friday Event! 5-8pm

Free Hot Chocolate and Coffee all day!
Artist Mike Blasdell, Food Tasting by Pacific Northwest Gourmet Foods.
Shop at the Gift Shop and receive a FREE ‘Sandy OR’ shopping bag with your purchase of $25.00 or more!

Join us Saturday December 4th for Hometown for the Holidays.

The Sandy Area Chamber will have Free Hot Chocolate, Coffee and Cookies all day.
Join the City of Sandy and the Sandy Area Chamber at the Christmas Tree Lighting and caroling at the Centennial Plaza
at 6:00pm!

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