HomeMy WebLinkAbout02252019 City Council Laydown - Chamber of Commerce Report Report to COUNCIL FEBRUARY 25, 2019
Seward Chamber of Commerce. CVB, Cindy Clock
• New Chamber members since I was here in January:
Alaska Fisherman Seafood Direct, Salted Roots Alaska, Gondwana Eco Tours LLC = 392 members
- Jen presented at the Visit Anchorage Front Line FAM event held at the Alaska Wildlife Conservation
Center on February 12th "15 Seward Day Trips". Jonah Swiderski also went to talk about Seward City
Tours and from all reports — they both rocked their presentations!
• Marathon Miners Wrestling Tournament this weekend at the cruise ship terminal.
SHS will host the 2019 South Central Conference Region III Boys and Girls Basketball Tournament
from Thursday, March 7th through Saturday, March 9th. There will be 14 visiting teams and their
fans descending on Seward from Homer, Nikiski, Kenai, Houston, Wasilla, and Anchorage. We are
expecting 600-900 additional people in town shopping, staying at our local hotels and eating at our
local restaurants.
Visit Anchorage is bringing a Chinese FAM tour to Seward on March 23rd. After the group of 13
spends the day on a Gray Whale Watch tour, the Seward Chamber will host dinner for them at the
Highliner Restaurant. Alysse has a banquet room that will be perfect for this occasion.
Winter Weekends —
March 15-17, to coincide with St. Patrick's Day (Get Lucky In Seward!)
April 13-14, the weekend prior to Easter
Chamber Lunches in March (still Fridays) March 8th Joe Tougas, Catalyst Marine Engineering and
on March 22 Jessica Szelag with Kenai Mountain Turnagain Arm National Heritage Area.
Seward Business Network morning meetings will continue on the first and third Thursdays of
March and April. The group would like to continue to meet during the summer — evening cook-outs
were mentioned as a fun way to stay connected.
At the last SBN mtg reps from the ASLC attended and confirmed that the first ever Seward Seabird
Festival will happen on June 22nd. Coincidentally (?) The American Ornithological Society (137th
Stated Meeting) has their conference in Anchorage on June 24, 2019 - June 28 with scheduled trips
to Seward.
✓ You can find the 2018 State of the Chamber report at
www.seward.com/chamber-information/members/ and I've listed that link on the
Revenue & Expense Pie Charts on the handout.
Having looked at your agenda earlier, I've noted the request for a Chamber/Council work session and
I would respectfully ask that this work session be scheduled in the fall when we roll out our
marketing plan for 2020.
Throughout my tenure as Executive Director I have enjoyed an excellent Chamber and Council
relationship that benefits all Sewardites, and all of us at the Chamber are excited to be working
closely with our elected leaders in the years ahead.
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2018 Revenue
Signature Events 220,000.00 2018 Revenue
City Marketing Contract 253,000.00
Membership 79,000.00
Chamber Partners(Sponsors) 62,000.00
Advertising Sales 75,000.00 alp
689,000.00
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Promotion and Visitor Center Operations
• Chamber Partners(Sponsors)
• Advertising Sales
2018 Expense
2018 Expense
Marketing/EcDev 182,000.00
Events 174,000.00
Salaries&Benefits 241,000.00 EEO
Office&Building Operations 60,000.00
657,000.00 • \iarketing/EcDev • Events
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