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March 2005 Newsletter

February Meeting Report

President, Tony Martin welcomed guest speaker, Patrick Murphy, PE County Forester. Patrick spoke to us about the Farm Safety Day Camp to be held at the 5 County Fairgrounds for 8-15 year olds on April 2. Each of the 5 counties will have 40 spots for interested participants.

Hank Hagenau gave an update on the Planning Commission and also shared that due to the poor response in sending back the 911 address cards, the county will have to pay to have calls made to residents who did not respond.

Farmer's Market was discussed.

NEW MEMBERS

Crump Construction Co, Inc
W D Crump, Jr
Rt 2, Farmville

Farmville Wholesale Electrical Supply Co
Gordon & Stan Smith
Farmville

Paul Louis, Soil Consultant
Buckingham

Training With Trust
Kenny & Melissa Harlow
Rt 3, Cumberland

This brings our membership to 183!

Spring Fling

An Opportunity to advertise at a reduced rate!
Deadline March 18

If you did not receive the flyer in last month's
newsletter and have questions, please call 983-2372.
This is a once a year event.

TWO FOR THE PRICE OF ONE!
WBNN is offering 2 spots for every one Spring Fling
radio ad you pay for. Call Jennifer today 983-6621

You Can Make A Difference!

If you are a retail merchant & would like to see your community become a cleaner place, join in a new Chamber project - Thank You For Not Littering ! When you or your staff does a transaction during the month of April, please thank each and every customer for not littering! Don't say, "Please don't litter"! Thank them in advance for not littering! This idea came to us from member, Marie Hill of Roger Hill Insurance & is surely worth a try. It will cost nothing ! So put a notice on your counter today. The Chamber will also feature this in the Spring Fling Ad & on billboards during the month.

Farmers' Market

The Farmers' Market, which is sponsored by the Chamber, is planning to open May 6th. Don't miss the market at the new location next to the Dillwyn Pharmacy. The market is an excellent opportunity for local bakers, crafters & growers to sell to the community. Family Fridays will continue with music, Cake Auction for CrimeSolvers & the Annual Pet Contest. Any interested vendor should contact Market Manager, Marty Martin at 983-5366.

New County Map in Planning Stages

In conjunction with Historic Buckingham & Jamestown 2007, the Chamber is working on a 4-color map of the county that will contain Historic Sites, New Road Names & Road Numbers. The Jamestown 2007 group, under the leadership of Martha Louis has requested financial assistance for a portion of this project from the Board of Supervisors.

OOPS!

6000 copies of the 2005 Guidebook were printed with over 5000 going to all homes in the county & with the remainder being put in public offices for distribution. (Not 4000 as in last month's newsletter)

Don't miss the March Chamber meeting ! Tuesday, March 15 @ the new Rescue Squad building. Delegate Watkins Abbitt will provide an update on the General Assembly. Please RSVP by Mon, March 14 5pm 983-2372 for Pizza & salad.

Chamber Goal

One side of every signboard in the county to say "Thank you for not littering" For the month of April

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