HomeMy WebLinkAbout01282019 City Council Mtg Laydown - Chamber of Commerce Report to Council Report to COUNCIL JANUARY 28, 2019
Seward Chamber of Commerce, CVB, Cindy Clock
• New Chamber members since November: SALMON SISTERS = 389 members
• CIVIC ENGAGEMENT — Lynda Paquette
PERSON OF THE YEAR — Marianna Keil
SMALL BUSINESS ADVOCATES OF THE YEAR — Cliff Krug, Stephanie Millane &
Linda Chichester
INDUSTRY PERSON OF THE YEAR — Laura Schneider, Exit Marine & 60 ° Adventure Charters
BUSINESS SITE IMPROVEMENT OF THE YEAR — The Highliner Restaurant, Alysse Zimmerman
Honorable Mentions— Bixler McClure, Nicole Lawrence, Ristine Casagranda, Salmon Sisters
We welcome Geri Nipp, Stephane Millane, & Scott Reierson to the Chamber Board of Directors.
Carole Tallman will remain in the President's seat, Melissa Schutter is now Vice President and Von
Terry is our Treasurer. Nici Murawsky, Shelly Shank, and Brenda Ballou round out the 9 member
board. We let Bixler go to run his business and raise a family, and we said good bye to Susie Urbach
after ten great years of service. If you'd like to view the State of the Chamber presentation, just go
to seward.com, click on Members, then Chamber Staff. You'll see the link at the bottom of the page.
• Winter Weekends —
January 25-27, 1;6 coincided with the Polar Bear Jump
February 15-17, for the long President's Day Weekend
March 15-17, to coincide with St. Patrick's Day
April 13-14, the weekend prior to Easter
Contact Elizabeth at events@seward.com to sign up for inclusion into Winter Weekends
• Our economic development focus for 2019 is on the Blue Economy — Justin Sternberg, the Blue
Pipeline Incubator Manager will present at PACAB on Feb 6th . And also with the Seward Business
Network, currently working on Winter Weekends (previously mentioned).
• The all-new 2019 Seward Destination Guide is on its way from the Portland printers. Can't wait!
We'll be welcoming many groups to Seward this year, among them — Region 3 Basketball in March,
the Active America China FAM also in March, Yoly is working on getting the Alaska Nurses here in
April, a potential Seabird Festival on June 22 is in the works, Local Knowledge, a highly regarded
national fishing television show will be here during the Salmon Derby, CHARR (Cabaret, Hotel,
Restaurant and Retailers Association) Convention this fall, AVTEC's 50th will coincide with SMAF in
September, and the Board of Fish in November. I'm probably missing some and I'm sure there'll be
more!
In April w 'II be moving Chamber Luncheons to Thursdays 0 The original reason was because of
the Counc+ work sessions on Fridays — but even if that changes — we've gotten so much positive
feedback about the change that we'll keep it no matter what.