January 2015
MAKING HEREFORD BETTER

MANY THANKS TO OUR MEMBERS

We want to express our sincere appreciation to all of our Chamber members for your faithful support throughout 2014. We had a good year and you made it happen. We are very grateful for all of you and we wish you all the best of business success in 2015.

HELP US DEVELOP THE CALENDAR OF EVENTS

We invite you to call the Chamber and share any information you may have about upcoming events. We are particularly interested in when the event will take place including times and locations. About this time each year, we try to collect all the information we can so that we can post on the website and pass information on to inquiries. If you are part of an organization and know any information please let us know as well.

HEREFORD BUCKS - ARE THEY HAVING AN IMPACT

Are they  having an impact on our local businesses? Are they impacting sales tax revenue? Are they accomplishing what they were intended to? Let's just say this "ABSOLUTELY!" We're most happy to report that in the last 26 months, we have distributed just over $ 480,000.00 in Hereford Bucks. People are using them. It helps the purchaser, it helps the user, and it helps the business that accepts them. These are dollar-for-dollar. No cost at purchase and no cost at redemption. I would say they are definitely impacting our econonmy. Want a good illustration of how the Chamber is helping it's businesses and the community? Talk about the success of this program. BUY HEREFORD BUCKS! IT MAKES GOOD CENTS!

Calendar of Events Import

CHAMBER BANQUET FEATURES BILLY RIGGS

The Chamber Banquet has been scheduled for Thursday, February 12th beginning at 7:00p.m. at the HISD Administration Building. Our speaker this year is a motivational speaker/magician named Billy Riggs. Billy is from Austin, Texas and is very entertaining and presents a great motivational message. You will injoy Billy Riggs. The Citizen of the Year will be presented as well as the Chamber Hall of Fame recipient. You will be introduced to the new board members and we will honor the outgoing members. Jay Stevens is your new President and Lindsay Chandler is Vice President. Brandy Murillo will be serving a second term as Secretary. Brenda Fuentes has done a fantastic job as President in 2014 and she remains on the Board as Past President. Tickets are on sale at the Chamber and from Hustlers and Board Members. Now is the time to get your tickets. Don't miss the fun and excitement of this years banquet. Ticket prices are $25 per person. We will not be selling tickets at the door, so you will need to get your tickets in advance. We still have a sponsor table or two remaining if any of you would like to purchase a Gold Sponsor table. The cost is $500 and includes eight tickets for the banquet. Please call the Chamber if you are interested in a sponsor table. "Expect the Impossible" and join us for the 2015 Banquet

CHAMBER ADDS NEW EVENT

We have added a new event to our calendar. On April 25th and 26th, we will host the Hereford Super Shoot at the Hereford Gun Club. The competition will be a 5 person team event. Our hope is to attract as many out of town teams as possible. Although it is not restricted to out of town teams, our intention is to include out of towners and get people into the hotels and businesses. This two day event should enhance the opportunity to attract people. We will accept the first 20 PAID teams. So if you are interested in shooting in this event, get your team together and get entered right away. Entry fee is $500 per team. Call the Chamber today and get your team entered. Lot of prizes and lots of fun.

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