 Septemner 2012 Alice Chamber of Commerce/CVB | |
2012 Board of Directors
Executive Committee Michael Garcia President Garcia & Carvajal-Garcia, LLP Ike Ornelas President Elect, VP EDC Trejo Construction, Inc Servando Garza Jr. Immediate Past-President Coym, Rehmet & Associates Jyoti Kapoor V.P. CVB Holiday Inn Express R. David Guerrero (Life Member) V.P. Civic Jim Wells County Nena Castillo-Pitts V.P. Membership CHRISTUS Spohn Alice Lane Bowen Treasurer Seidel, Whittington & Co. P.C. Juan A. Navejar Jr. Executive Director
Board Members
Ray De Los Santo Jr. Alice Ambassadors
Dee Dee Arismendez, President Maricela Perez, Vice President Nancy Ramirez, Secretary Margaret Smith (Life Member), Treasurer Sadie Gonzalez Bruce Menking Tem Miller Nicole Perez-Morris Nena Pitts (Life Members) Elizabeth Ramirez Javier Ramos Mark Salinas Yolanda Samayoa David Silva Jack Walker Clare Wonders Calendar Events
Hispanic Heritage Festival 09/07/2012- 09/08/2012
St. Joseph Catholic Church-12th Annual Jamaicafest
Jim Wells County Fair
31st Annual Christmas Parade
Winter Golf Tourney | Old Fashion BBQ set for Oct 11th Juan A. Navejar Jr.After a seven year hiatus, the Old Fashion Barbecue returned last year with great success and this year the Chamber promises to be even better. Read More LJWC applications now available
Juan A. Navejar Jr. Applications are now available for the 2012-13 Leadership Jim Wells County class which begins later this fall. read More From the Board President Michael V. GarciaThe year is going by too fast before you know it my term as board president will come to an end. A good indication of this is the nomination of the five new board members who will take office in January. Read More From the Executive Director
We live in fast paced world where it seems everyone lives in a rush these days. Shopping in Alice has its perks because on the most part, the local business knows its customers on a personal level and that makes for good customer service. Even when shopping locally in the big chain stores the people behind the counter know the regular customers.
Read More Alice Ambassadors Dee Dee ArismendezThe Alice Ambassadors are back in full swing. We are looking for new members who would like to service the Chamber. Read More The Retirement Wild Card: Planning for your future healthcare costs Paul RycroftPlanning financially for retirement is becoming an increasingly complex task, and the rising cost of healthcare isn’t helping matters. Household and national budgets are pinched in part thanks to more expensive care, a population with longer life expectancies and growing healthcare debt. Add to this an aging boomer population that’s expected to experience an uptick in their need for healthcare services with each passing year, and it’s easy to see that costs will likely continue to soar. All told, it’s apparent that Americans need to be prepared for significant healthcare spending in their golden years and adjust their retirement plans (and expectations) accordingly. Read More Employee vs Independent Contractor Larry EllisIf you are a small business owner, whether you hire people as independent contractors or as employees will impact how much taxes you pay and the amount of taxes you withhold from their paychecks. Additionally, it will affect how much additional cost your business must bear, what documents and information they must provide to you, and what tax documents you must give to them. Here are the top ten things every business owner should know about hiring people as independent contractors versus hiring them as employees. Read More Intensify- Enhance-Abate Connie LaughlinAre you computing in the cloud or living in one? Actually you can live in the cloud. The cloud is for everything: it services enterprise computing and personal needs. You can rid your shelves of books and photo albums and store them in the cloud. You can enjoy streaming movies and music… Read More Accepting Tourism Responsibility, Doing Due Diligence and Setting Standards of Care
One of the most frequently heard complaints in the world of travel and tourism is that when things go wrong, few people accept responsibility. Instead visitors are forced to hear a jet stream of excuses, or simply see a shrug of the shoulders or are simply ignored. In today's world travel and tourism are hard, and when travel and hospitality professionals simply look the other way or ignore a problem, a hard situation becomes both stressful and often intolerable.
Read More Open House
The Alice Chamber of Commerce and the Alice Jim Wells County Economic Development held an Open House on Thursday, August 30, 2012. More than 50 guests dropped by the Chamber/EDC offices. The Chamber also welcomed new EDC Director Warren Ketteman. Texas Senator Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa stopped by as well.
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| Alice Business Today - Septemner 2012 | |
Helena's Home Cooking held a grand opening ribbon cutting ceremony on Friday, August 10, 2012. The new restaurant is located at 1103 S. Reynolds and is owned by Helena Alfaro.
Community Action of the Coastal Bend held a ribbon cutting ceremony for a new home built under the Homeowner Rehabilitation Assistance Program. The new home replaced a 50 year old home on Rosario Street.
