July 2015
Inside this Issue p. 2.............................. New Members Builders Heating & Cooling, Inc. Express Employment Professionals ComDoc Corporate Caterers of Dublin James D. Ford Agency, Inc. Our Town America of Columbus Park National Bank Elements Art Studio, LLC Comfort Dental Hilliard p. 3..... Taste of Hilliard & Business Expo p. 3........ Volunteers Needed for Taste of Hilliard & Business Expo - August 5! p. 4....Great Time at Hilliard Golf Outing! p. 5......................Spotlight on Business hibu p. 6................................ Ribbon Cutting p.6................. Advertising Opportunities in the Newsletter p. 7...................................Member Bits p. 7.................... Member Anniversaries p. 7..........................Member Renewals p. 8.......................... Calendar of Events p. 8...................Connections and Coffee Inserts: • Business Expo Exhibitor Registration Form • 2016 Cuba Trip Brochure/ Registration Form
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Hilliard Graduates Received Hollyfest Foundation Scholarships
even Hilliard graduates of 2015 received special recognition by the Hollyfest Scholarship Foundation sponsored by the Hilliard Area Chamber of Commerce. Hilliard Bradley winners were Rebecca Schalip for the $8,000 scholarship and Mikaela Haney for the $2,000 scholarship. Rebecca will be attending OSU and Mikaela will attend the University of Dayton. The recipients of Hilliard Darby were Ben Radcliff who will go to WestPoint Prep for the $8,000 scholarship and Hannah Walters who will go to the University of Cincinnati for the $2,000 scholarship. Cassandra Joseph, a Hilliard Davidson graduate, was awarded the $8,000 scholarship and Kyle Farnbauch, also of Hilliard Davidson, was awarded the $2,000 scholarship. Cassandra will be attending OSU and Kyle will be attending Wittenberg University. Tolles Career & Technical Center winner was Khadijah Rashid from Hilliard Bradley for the $1,000 scholarship who will attend Cedarville University. Congratulations and best wishes to all of these scholarship recipients!
Cuba: The New Beginning from May 18-25, 2016!
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njoy a tour of Cuba for eight days, seven nights from May 18-25, 2016, including hotels, meals, day trips and airfare from Miami! This tour will feature people to people discussions, interactions and unusual visits such as: the seaside town of Caibarien, the Sugar Mill Museum, the colonial town of Remedios, the Che Guevara Museum and Mausoleum, a Tobacco Plantation and Cigar Factory, meetings and visitations with artists, meet a Cuban baseball player, Hemingway’s Farm, Old Havana and more. . . The price of the trip is $3,799 per person (double occupancy). Do not delay as space is limited and at this price the trip will sell out quickly! You can see how wonderful this trip will be by viewing the brochure! This trip is open to everyone in the US and you do not need to be a chamber member. There will be an information night on Tuesday, September 29 at 6:00 pm at a location to be determined. Mark this on your calendar to attend!
New Members Builders Heating & Cooling, Inc.
Our Town America of Columbus
Steve Schultz 3840 Lacon Road, Ste. 23 • Hilliard, OH 43026 614-851-1082
Jen Markewicz 4694 Cemetery Rd. #361 • Hilliard, OH 43026 614-400-7427 • www.ourtownamerica.com
Builders Heating & Cooling has been servicing the Hilliard area since 2000. We have over 30 years’ experience in the residential heating, cooling and ventilation fields.
Our Town America of Columbus is a new mover direct mail marketing and community welcoming program connecting select local businesses with new movers every month.
Express Employment Professionals
Park National Bank
John Ballard 5564 Hilliard Rome Office Park • Hilliard, OH 43026 614-503-1382 • www.expresspros.com
Max Fischer 140 East Town Street, Ste. 1400 Columbus, OH 43215 614-228-9024 • www.parknationalbank.com
Express Employment Professionals is a full service employment agency, located in Hilliard. We provide jobs for those in need, both long and short term positions.
At Park, we don’t believe in banker’s hours and we’re not very fond of making our clients talk to machines when they call us.
ComDoc
Elements Art Studio, LLC
Austin Taylor 330 W. Spring Street • Columbus, OH 43215 614-246-6096 • www.comdoc.com
Kathy Torbert & Barbara Sanderell 3994 Main Street • Hilliard, OH 43026 614-314-7797 • www.elementsartstudio.net
ComDoc is a subsidiary of global imaging, a division of Xerox. We take a consultative approach to empower our business partners to improve their document related processes.
Elements Art Studio provides fun painting sessions for all ages. We can host gatherings of all kinds from company staff events to birthday parties and more.
Comfort Dental Hilliard
Corporate Caterers of Dublin Jim Riley 6665 Dublin Center Drive • Dublin, OH 43017 614-336-3222 • www.corpcaterers.com
Stephen Sliter 3676 Main Street • Hilliard, OH 43026 614-453-2806 www.comfortdental.com/dentist-hilliard-ohio/
Corporate Caterers offers our guests easy ordering, fresh food presented in a professional manner with consistent on time service. A wide variety of choices for your Breakfast and Lunch meetings.
At Comfort Dental our caring, friendly, doctors and assistants are dedicated to making quality dentistry affordable. Comfort Dental accepts most insurance plans.
James D. Ford Agency, Inc. James Ford 4130 Main Street • Hilliard, OH 43026 614-771-8001 • www.jamesfordagency.com The James D. Ford Agency is a full service insurance agency. We offer property, casualty, life and health products. We provide excellent customer service.
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e are on Facebook which provides us with another avenue to be in contact with you! If you are on Facebook, please search Hilliard Area Chamber of Commerce and click to become a fan---it’s that easy! 2
Taste of Hilliard & Business Expo
Gold Sponsors
Silver Sponsor - Sam’s Club
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o you want to showcase your business to the Hilliard community? Be one of the vendors at the Taste of Hilliard & Business Expo on Wednesday, August 5 at the Makoy Center! Our booths are already half gone so don’t delay to reserve your booth. Last year we had over 1200 community members attend and the feedback was outstanding! We look forward to another great community event and you can be part of its success! You can register on our website at www.hilliardchamber.org or at the end of this newsletter.
We are excited to have the following restaurants and meeting facilities participate and provide ‘tastes’ for the event: Restaurants/Organizations who have already committed to being there are: #froyo, Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill & Bar, Average Joe’s Pub and Grill, BJ’s Restaurant & Brewhouse, Britt’s Sweet Shop, Carriage Court, Cate’s Steak & Barbecue, Chick-fil-A, Crumbz Cakery, Culver’s, Daruma Steakhouse and Sushi, Domino’s, Flyers Pizza & Subs, Heritage Golf Club, Jet’s Pizza, Little Caesars Pizza, Makoy Center, Max & Erma’s, McDonald’s, Mill Run Gardens & Care Center, Pulp Juice and Smoothie Bar, Rusty BucketHilliard, Sam’s Club, Steak Escape Sandwich Grille, Solar Café, Submarine House Bar & Grill, Texas Roadhouse, The Goat, The Little Ice Cream Shoppe and The Olive Tree Café.
Presenting Sponsor Platinum Sponsors
The public is invited to attend for $12 cash admission per person and $8 for ages 3 to 12 from 4:30-7:30 pm at the Makoy Center, 5462 Center Street on Wednesday, August 5.
Volunteers Needed for Taste of Hilliard & Business Expo— August 5
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he Taste of Hilliard & Business Expo is a huge event and would not be possible without the help of volunteers! Volunteers are needed to assist with parking, set-up, admissions, and other duties. Volunteers can arrive in shifts that will be between the hours of 4:00 pm and 7:30 pm. Please reply to the newsletter email via
[email protected], or call 876-7666 to confirm that you are able to help out!
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Great Time at Hilliard Golf Outing!
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ongratulations to the winning team of the 2015 Chamber Golf Outing: Mitchell Staugler from Northwestern Mutual, Zach Lewis from Small Business Growth Alliance, Joe Dwyer and Tyler Schmelenberger. We had a hot, muggy and occasional sprinkle for our annual golf outing held June 15th at Heritage Golf Club. Over one hundred golfers participated in the fun event! Thank you to golf committee members Bill Ackman, Paychex, Tracy Covone-Beech, Stone Oak Retirement Resort, Aaron Epling, Epling Law Offices, Jeremy Felix, PNC Bank, Joe Kokoska, Hibu, Keith Lewis, JC & Co., Joyce Middaugh, PNC Bank and Stacie Raterman, Hilliard City Schools.
Skills Sponsor KEMBA Financial Credit Union
We appreciate the support of our sponsors. Please help us thank them by patronizing their businesses!
Goodie Bags Rider + Reinke Financial Group
Presenting Sponsors
Hole in One, Tee Box and Hole Sponsors
Predict Your Distance OhioHealth
Hole in One Buckeye Nissan
Score Card Flyers Pizza & Subs
Tee Box Sponsors Altercare of Hilliard Epling Law Office FASTSIGNS Martin J. Mitchell Insurance Agency, Inc. Retirement Strategies, Ltd. Sunset Cemetery
Driving Range/Putting Green Credit Union of Ohio Shrimp & Cocktails The Laurels of Hilliard Signature Sponsors
Hole Sponsors Ackerson Vanderhorst Eddleblute Eyecare Center Buck & Sons Landscape Service CompManagement, Inc. Darby Glenn Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Hilliard Dental Associates – Carole Kelley, DDS Homewood Suites Mill Run Gardens & Care Center Ohio University College of Health Sciences and Professions Orangetheory Fitness Primrose School of Hilliard West Shawan-Marquis Agency, Inc. Stone Oak Retirement Resort The Laurels of Hilliard Vargo Companies Verizon Wireless
Lunch Average Joe’s Pub & Grill Beverage Cart Green & Sons, Ltd. Rosati Windows
4094 Main Street, Hilliard, OH 43026 4094 Main Hilliard, OH P: (614) 876-7044. T: Street, (800) 860-7044, F:43026 (614) 876-0409 P: (614) 876-7044. T: (800) 860-7044, F: (614) 876-0409 www.riderfinancial.com or www.rrfgbenefits.com
www.riderfinancial.com or www.rrfgbenefits.com • Retirement Planning • Retirement Planning • Life and Disability Insurance • Life and Disability Insurance • • Group Health Insurance includingthe theChamberPLAN ChamberPLAN Group Health Insurance –– including SCOTT P. RIDER, CLU CFBS AEP SCOTT P. RIDER, CLU CFBS AEP Planner CHRIS REINKE, Financial Financial Planner CHRISREINKE, ChFC CASL CASLCLTC CLTC MARTIN BRETZ, CLU CLU ChFC MARTINL.L.BRETZ, ChFC MBA MBA J.D. ARCHER, CFP CFP CLU CLU ChFC J.D.ARCHER,
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Spotlight on Business... 80% of consumers do not trust a small business without a website … and 58% of small businesses still don’t have one.
your website needs a refresh/ rebuild, or you want to explore the idea of generating more revenue through Google advertising and online display ads, hibu can help. We combine the personal attention of a local rep with the customer support, technology and affordability that you get when working with a large advertising agency … all with a hyper-local focus to help your business. In the past year we have built over 35,000 websites and launched 50,000 online advertising campaigns. We can help yours too!
84% of small business’ websites are still not mobile optimized … and 60% of consumers are frustrated by sites that are not mobile-friendly. There are many statistics out there just like the above. And face it, the world is becoming more digital with each passing day. Where people used to find your business’ ad in the newspaper, local flyers and even the yellow pages, now they search on their tablets and phones while watching TV at night. Where does a small business turn for help when trying to navigate the confusing world of online advertising, and more importantly, be seen?
Call or email Joe Kokoska of hibu today and I can offer you a FREE website review as well as a custom quote for how to grow your customer base and revenues online in 2015. And for a short time, we are also offering a number of “Free” promotions.
Hibu is a national company, and a Google Premier Partner, with the purpose of helping small and medium sized businesses compete in the digital space. Whether
Contact Joe Kokoska of hibu at 614-314-9211 or email
[email protected].
(Golf Outing continued from page 4) Door Prizes/Goodie Bag Item Donors #froyo Allegra Marketing • Print • Mail Altercare of Hilliard Buckeye Physical Medicine & Rehab Crumbz Cakery Donato’s Pizza Edward Jones-Annette Reed FASTSIGNS Flyers Pizza & Subs Homewood Suites JC & Co. Max Muscle Sports Nutrition Mayfair Village Means, Bichimer, Burkholder and Baker Co., L.P.A. National CineMedia Notary One Mobile Signature Services Ohio University College of Health Sciences and Professions Orangetheory Fitness Par Golf Paychex PDS Real Estate PNC Bank Primrose School of Hilliard West
ProForma Graphic Impressions 2, LLC Pulp Juice and Smoothie Bar Retirement Strategies, Ltd. Rusty Bucket-Hilliard Sam’s Club Smile Hilliard Springleaf Financial Services Stone Oak Retirement Resort Sunset Cemetery The Laurels of Hilliard The New Lifestyle Thomasonian Media Vargo Companies Verizon Wireless Volunteers Bill Ackman – Paychex Susan Buhr – PDS Real Estate Lindsey Choler – Mill Run Gardens & Care Center Tracy Covone-Beech – Stone Oak Retirement Resort Joyce Deskins Aaron Epling – Epling Law Offices Jeremy Felix – PNC Bank Daryl VanDeusen Tamica White 5
Ribbon Cutting
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mbassadors and members of the Board were present at the ribbon cutting at Hilliard Station Apartments located at 5300 Catalina Circle Dr. Hilliard, OH 43026. These units have been refurbished from top to bottom and look beautiful.
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Advertising Opportunities in the Newsletter Flyers in relocation packets: Member provides the flyers to be inserted in relocation packets requested by companies and potential residents; cost is $100 for one year
he Hilliard Area Chamber of Commerce is providing opportunities for our members to advertise within our membership and to those outside as well. Please contact the chamber for more information about the following (all are on a space available basis): Inserts in the newsletter: Limited to no more than 3 each issue; member provides a PDF of the insert; emailed to 450 people, cost is $50.
Visit our website to get the latest on what is happening in
Your Chamber!
Business card size ad in newsletter: $150 for 3 months; $250 for 6 months; $400 for 12 months Labels: Mailing labels of members provided by zip or organization sort: cost is $100
www.hilliardchamber.org
Peace of Mind. We Deliver. video production business theater graphic design print production web/interactive www.alliedsources.com
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Member Bits
Member Anniversaries
On Saturday, August 8th, First Service Federal Credit Union will be hosting a Community Summer Fun event in the parking lot of their Hilliard branch office (2164 Hilliard-Rome Road) from 10:30 am – 12:30 pm. The community is invited to attend – and guests will be treated to complimentary Chick-fil-A chicken nuggets and cookies.
The Chamber would like to recognize our members who have continually supported the purpose of the chamber and its activities. The following members have invested in the chamber for ten or more years as of July, 2015: 25 years Buckeye Nissan – Tim Spires Scioto Valley – Spencer Jacobs
Financial services firm Edward Jones moves up on the annual FORTUNE 500 list, as published by FORTUNE magazine, in its third appearance in three years. FORTUNE magazine’s annual listing ranks the largest U.S. companies by revenue. Edward Jones moved up 18 spots to No. 426 on this year’s list, with more than $6.3 billion in revenue for 2014.
13 years ARC Industries – Robin Agler Berkshire Hathaway Home Services Calhoon Company – Bonnie Nyikes 12 years National Church Residences-Woodview Court – Princess Hinton WOW! Internet, Cable & Phone – Frank Ayyash
Rusty Bucket Restaurant & Tavern has been ranked #23 in the annual Restaurant Business Magazine’s Future 50!
11 years Parkwest Professional Plaza – Tom Kreber
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Member Renewals
e appreciate your continued support of the Chamber’s work on behalf of the business community. We appreciate you being a chamber member and look forward to another great year!
Visit our website to get the latest on what is happening in
Your Chamber!
Thank you to the following members who have re-invested as of press time: Civista Bank; Average Joe’s Pub & Grill; Game of Western Columbus; Cate’s Steak & Barbecue; Chick-fil-A at the Market of Hilliard; Children’s Castle EduCare; Domino’s Pizza; Top 5 Team at Keller Williams Consultants; WOW! Internet, Cable & Phone
www.hilliardchamber.org
Post a job opening to HACC Website
LinkedIn Group for the Chamber
Looking to add to your team? Post a job opening on the Chamber website! It’s as easy as logging into the member center, click on the job openings link on the dashboard, click on the create job posting button, enter the information and then click on submit for approval.
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he Hilliard Chamber of Commerce has a LinkedIn Group which we would encourage you to join! As LinkedIn is the professional platform of social media, we want to connect you to others in generating meaningful conversations about business issues. Please look for our group and become a member. 7
CHAMBER CONNECTIONS
Central Ohio Business Resources Small Business Administration www.sba.gov Ohio Chamber of Commerce www.ohiochamber.com Small Business Development Centers of Ohio www.odod.state.oh.us Small Business Development Center http://www.entrepreneurohio.org Service Corp of Retired Executives www.scorecolumbus.org The Women’s Business Development Center (614) 222-6700
[email protected] Conway Family Business Center of Central Ohio www.familybusinesscenter.com Central Ohio Better Business Bureau www.centralohio.cbbb.com
Board of Directors:
Jeremy Felix, PNC Bank Jill Gerschutz, Credit Union of Ohio Keith Lewis, JC & Co. Curt Niekamp, OhioHealth Bonnie Nyikes, Berkshire Hathaway Home Services Calhoon Company Melissa McKenzie, D arby Glenn Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Timothy J. Payne, Edward Jones Stacie Raterman, Hilliard City Schools Bobby Sneed, Heritage Golf Club Bobby Wright, N2 Publishing
Staff:
Libby Gierach, President/CEO Jess Woolley, Administrative Assistant Email:
[email protected]
Check out our Website: www.hilliardchamber.org
Calendar of Events Wednesday, August 5 Taste of Hilliard & Business Expo Makoy Center 5462 Center Street 4:30-7:30 pm
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Friday, August 14 Connections and Coffee Scrambler Marie’s 3939 Britton Parkway 8:00 am-9:00 am
Friday, August 21 Chamber Luncheon Heritage Golf Club 3525 Heritage Club Dr. 11:30 am-1:00 pm
Tuesday, September 29 Cuba Information Night 6:00 pm -7:30 pm
Connections and Coffee
here will NOT be a Connections and Coffee in July. Please come to our August 14, 2015 coffee from 8:00AM to 9:00AM at Scrambler Marie’s, 3939 Britton Parkway in Hilliard. The group meets for coffee, networking and information sharing. Come with lots of business cards!
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Visit the Hilliard Chamber on Instagram!
e are on Instagram, which provides us with another avenue to be in contact with you! If you are on Instagram, please search Hilliard Area Chamber of Commerce and click to become a fan---it’s that easy! 8
