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May 2003 Newsletter

April Meeting Report

The Chamber met April 15, 2003 with 23 people present. Guests for the evening were Clarke Biel, Administrator and Mary Worthington, Development Director of Southside Community Hospital. Clarke shared with us some of his goals for SCH as well as information on the new privacy policies that have taken effect in all Virginia Hospitals. He conducted a question and answer session after his talk that was well received.

The recent Spring Fling ad was discussed. Also with the due date for the surveys falling on April 15 (meeting date), only 3 of the survey questions were discussed. See the remaining statistics below.

Two new members were present for the meeting. Eric Allen, Publisher of the Buckingham Beacon & Marien Ruiz of Crescent Tattoo & Gallery.

Hank Haganeau gave a Planning Commission report & again invited us to participate in the revising of the zoning regulations on the 4th Monday of the month.

Welcome New Members

Curves of Dillwyn
Coming soon to the
building next to the
Bryant Building.
Doreen Duty, owner

Darby Town Farm
Construction & Repairs
Robert & Regina Taylor
Dillwyn, VA
983-3827

Board of Directors Meeting 5/5/03

Motion made & passed to continue with the Volunteer of the Year Award & to add Business of the Year, Lifetime Achievement Award & perhaps a Young Person of the Year.

The Board also voted to look into holding a Farmer's Market on Friday nights from 5 to 7. Based on the success of the Scottsville Farmer's Market, it would seem to be a positive project for the Chamber to pursue.

Dan Curren brought a recent map of Prince Edward with road names. The particular map met with approval and he will begin work on the Buckingham version as soon as all names are finalized.

It was decided that the Chamber would cook and sell hot dogs & hamburgers as a fundraiser during Heritage Night.

2003 Chamber Survey Results

Native
- Yes 46%
- No 54%
Reasons for Living in County
- Job 20%
- Family 31%
- Retirement 23%
- Other 26%
Employed in Buckingham
- Yes 41%
- No 59%
Aware of Sale Tax Return
- Yes 58%
- No 42%
Travel Through Rt 15 & Rt 20 Intersection
- Less than 4 times 39%
- 5 times 23%
- 10 times 15%
- 20 or more 23%
Interested in Lessons in Music, Dance or Art
- Yes 47%
- No 59%
Do you use the Internet?
- Yes 52%
- No 41%
Have you visited Buckinghamchamber.org
- Yes 7%
Do you recycle?
- Paper 32%
- Glass 19%
- Plastic 10%
- Aluminum 28%
- No 11%
Do you buy groceries in the county?
- Always 60%
- Sometimes 37%
- Rarely 3%
For items not available in the county do you purchase in--?
- Charlottesville 40%
- Richmond 36%
- Farmville 20%
- Other 4%

Get the rest of the survey results in the June Newsletter!

Don't miss the May meeting!

Tuesday, May 20th 6:30 PM at Heritage Hall. Dinner provided. Speaker will be Ken Copeland of the Longwood University Small Business Development Center. Please RSVP by 5PM on Monday 5/19 to 983-2372.

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