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Shawnee businesses and developments received
awards Tuesday, July 21, from the Shawnee
Economic Development Council (SEDC) and the
Shawnee Chamber of Commerce for their continuous
support and contributions to the city.
Business-Development Awards were given
based on specific criteria - must be a significant
investment of at least $1 mil. and/or provide a
significant job creation in addition to the projects must
be, or have been, complete in the last 12 months. The
following businesses received Business-
Development Awards: Brotherhood Bank & Trust;
Continental Cast Stone, Mfg.; Crown Group;
Expressway Auto Wash; Family Video Movie Club;
Hans Rudolph, Inc.; K-7 Self Storage; TLY Properties
LLC; Walgreen Co.; Wal-Mart Supercenter; and
Widmer Shoppes.
The State of Kansas 2009 Business-Excellence
Award was presented to Shawnee Mission
Medical Center for not only its on-going support of
the city of Shawnee and the Chamber but Johnson
County as well. Shawnee Mission Medical Center is
the recipient of this award for a wide range of reasons,
including its significant investment in the state of
Kansas; its wide-ranging health services available to
the public; its employee-friendly programs like on-site
daycare, employee training and career-development
opportunities; and its financial support of the
community's events, which is indescribably
appreciated.
The Downtown-Impact Award was created by
the SEDC executive committee to recognize the
business-development project with the greatest
impact on the city of Shawnee's downtown area in the
last 12 months. Projects could include added
investment and property-tax base; significant job
creation; and/or enhanced visitor attraction. The
recipient was selected by the Shawnee Downtown
Partnership. Congratulations to Bam's Big
Burgers for receiving this award.
The Downtown-Revitalization Award was
created by the SEDC executive committee to honor the
business that made the most significant improvement
to the outside appearance of a downtown, commercial
building during the last 12 months. Recipients were
selected by the Shawnee Downtown Partnership.
Congratulations to both 59 Plaza, LLC, for the
Shawnee Plaza and Lino's Holdings LLC for
Lino's Barton Place Phase One.
A special recognition of a business that has played a
major role in shaping the face of the community and
making a tremendous contribution to the city over a
longer period of time was awarded to Deffenbaugh
Industries by the Chamber. Deffenbaugh
Industries is the Hall-of-Fame-Award recipient for year
2009, and it is sincerely thanked for its
contributions to both the city and community.
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Total Resource Campaign (TRC) is the annual
sponsorship and membership campaign for the
Chamber and takes place throughout the months of
September and October. More than 30 volunteers will
be securing sponsorships, forming great, business
relationships. This year's TRC theme is "Hook, line
and sinker. Make 2010 a BIG Catch!"
The team of Dawn Kuhn, Bank Midwest, and Jeff
Vaught, The Vaught Group, will chair the 2010 Total
Resource Campaign.
The kickoff for TRC will be on Thursday, September 3,
at Appreciated Advertising, 2340 Merriam Lane,
Kansas City, Kan., from 5 to 7 p.m.
If anyone is interested in joining this committee and
helping the Chamber secure sponsorships for 2010,
please contact Mary Taylor at
mtaylor@shawneekschamber.com or call the
Chamber office at (913) 631-6545.
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Exposure is vital to creating business relationships,
networking connections and, simply, marketing. The
Shawnee Chamber of Commerce Business Expo
2009 is an event for the determined, pro-active
business. With exposure to more than 600 people
from Chamber-member businesses as well as the
community, exhibitors are sure to gain exposure.
Changes to get excited about for this year's Expo
include non-profit organizations exhibiting on the
Shawnee Civic Centre's main floor; flu shots available
to qualifying individuals at Shawnee Mission Medical
Center's booth; a "green" art gallery featuring local
artists; and an eco-aisle featuring Shawnee
businesses encouraging green initiatives through their
products and services. If your business would like to
exhibit in the eco-aisle, e-mail Megan Hardwick,
mhardwick@shawneekschamber, telling her about
your business' "green" products and services.
The Expo is Thursday, October 8, from 2 to 7 p.m.
located at the Shawnee Civic Centre, 13817 Johnson
Drive. The cut-off date for the early-bird reservation fee
is approaching quickly, August 17. E-mail reservation
forms to Megan Hardwick, program coordinator, at
mhardwick@shawneekschamber.com, fax them to
the Chamber office at (913) 631-9628 or mail them
directly to the Chamber office, 15100 W. 67th St. |
Suite 202 | Shawnee, KS 66217. Please see the link
below to download a reservation form.
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The Shawnee Chamber of Commerce has partnered
again with Sunflower Publishing, a Chamber member,
to publish The Resource 2010. The current
publication was widely received and has been cited
as one of the best resources for Shawnee businesses
and information available for distribution. As before,
The Resource will include a complete listing of
Chamber-member businesses and their business-
category listing. It will also include all the updated
demographics, being the source for doing business in
Shawnee, relocation to Shawnee and living in
Shawnee. For an opportunity to market in The
Resource, please contact Amy Graves, 913 | 706 |
0156 or e-mail, amygravy@hotmail.com. We
encourage you to take advantage of this opportunity.
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Thank you for your continued, Platinum, Investors-
Guild support and dedication! Congratulations, again,
on your Shawnee Chamber of Commerce Hall-of-
Fame achievement.
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In good business,
Shawnee Chamber of Commerce
email:
info@shawneekschamber.com
phone:
913 | 631 | 6545
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