First Friday Business Before Hours — Friday, June 4
Don’t miss First Friday on Friday, June 4 from 7:30 to 9 a.m. at Spanky’s on Franklin Street. First Friday is sponsored by Spanky’s
and RBC Centura. Pay parking is available in town lot 2 behind Spanky’s (at the corner of Rosemary and
Columbia streets) starting at 7:30 a.m. If you park there before 7:30 a.m., you will still need to pay the attendant to get out. Don’t forget to
bring your business cards.
**Events in Green are sponsored or supported by the Chamber
Friday, June 4
• First Friday Business Before Hours, 7:30 to 9:00am, Spanky’s Monday, June 7
• Finance Committee, 1:00pm, Chamber Office Tuesday, June 8
• Community Relations Committee, 8:00am, Chamber office
• Executive Committee, 11:30am, Chamber Office Wednesday, June 9
• Government Relations Committee, 8:00am, CCB Meadowmont
• Concert in the Park featuring Liquid Pleasure, 7:00pm, McCorkle Place on UNC’s campus (facing Franklin Street) Friday, June 11
• 2nd Friday Art Walk, 6:00pm, Chapel Hill and Carrboro
• Ribbon Cutting: La Vita Dolce Expresso & Gelatto Café, 4:00pm Wednesday, June 16
• Chamber Seminar: Making It in Chapel Hill-Carrboro, 11:30 a.m., Chapel Hill Museum Thursday, June 17
• Business After Hours, 5:30-7:30pm, Performance AutoMall
First Friday Business Before Hours — Friday, June 4
Don’t miss First Friday on Friday, June 4 from 7:30 to 9 a.m. at Spanky’s on Franklin Street. First Friday is sponsored by Spanky’s
and RBC Centura. Pay parking is available in town lot 2 behind Spanky’s (at the corner of Rosemary and
Columbia streets) starting at 7:30 a.m. If you park there before 7:30 a.m., you will still need to pay the attendant to get out. Don’t forget to
bring your business cards.
Concert in the Park — June 9
The Chapel Hill Downtown Commission is hosting Concerts in the Park this summer in downtown Chapel Hill on McCorkle Place on UNC’s campus (adjacent
to Franklin Street). The summer series begins with Liquid Pleasure on Wednesday, June 9 at 7:00pm. Other concerts in the series include The Nomads on
June 23, Cat Baby on July 14 and The Rocket Band on July 23. The Chamber looks forward to seeing you there.
Ribbon Cutting: La Vita Dolce — Friday, June 11
Join the Chamber staff as we celebrate the opening of La Vita Dolce, Espresso & Gelato Café on
Friday, June 11, at 4:00 pm. La Vita Dolce is a specialty coffee and gelato cafe, conveniently located in Southern Village, offering authentic homemade
Italian ice cream and sorbet in 20 different flavors, a variety of espresso drinks, grab ‘n' go pastries and decadent desserts. La Vita Dolce is
located at 610 Market Street in Southern Village.
Business After Hours — Thursday, June 17
The Chamber’s premiere monthly networking event, Business After Hours, will be held at Performance AutoMall from 5:30pm to 7:30pm. The June Business
After Hours is sponsored by Performance AutoMall and Red, Hot & Blue
– Great Ribs & More! The non-profit spotlight is Duke
Health Community Care and the table sponsors are DesignHammer Media Group and Southern Neighbor. Don’t
forget to bring your business cards.
Triangle Chambers Trip to Washington, D.C. — June 22-23
The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber of Commerce would like to invite you on the 2004 Triangle Area Chambers' trip to Washington, D.C., on June 22-23. Each
year, the Greater Raleigh, Greater Durham, Cary and Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chambers travel to Washington to meet with the regional legislative delegation
and to lobby on issues of regional importance, such as transportation, federal research funding, and education/workforce concerns.
The trip also gives local business and community leaders and elected officials the chance to meet each other and network at social activities, such as
a taping of CNN's Crossfire and a Baltimore Orioles vs. New York Yankees baseball game. The cost of the trip is $475 per person and includes airfare,
lodging at the Hotel Washington on Capitol Hill, ground transportation, conference materials, game tickets, and lunch both days. Please call Virginia
Knapp at 967-7075 for a registration form and an agenda for the trip.
FirstCard Merchant Services
The Chamber is excited to partner with FirstCard Merchant Services to provide bankcard processing, paper check electronic conversion and electronic gift
cards to member business. FirstCard is powered by First Data, the #1 processor in the world, and features prompt next day deposit to your business account.
Their primary goals are to provide exceptional service and competitive processing fees to our clients. For more information, contact Bill Harrison at
942-8177.
Aon Worksite Solutions Saves You Money
The Chamber is pleased to offer our member businesses a new employee benefit program through a partnership with Aon Worksite Solutions.
Worksite Solutions, a leader in providing voluntary employee benefits to association members throughout the United States, is offering Chapel Hill-Carrboro
Chamber members a host of voluntary insurance products including life, disability income, cancer coverage and accident and hospitalization. This program
offers an innovative way to both communicate your existing benefits and expand your employee benefit program without cost to your company’s
bottom line and no change to your current benefit plans. For more information please contact Hal Carmichael at 933-7214.
Providence Insurance Agency
Through the power of our 925 members the Chamber has negotiated a great deal with Providence Insurance Agency. Providence is offering Chamber members
an opportunity to save 10% on their commercial property, general liability and commercial auto insurance policies. Contact Luke
Riggsbee today at 929-6309 or for a no-obligation quote.
Chapel Hill May Increase Commercial Garbage Pickup Fees
The Town Council may increase commercial garbage collection fees by 45 to 50 percent. The Chamber is asking its members to e-mail the Town Council by
clicking here or to call Town Hall at 968-2714 to oppose the increase as an unreasonable burden on the business community that will save residents little
money on their annual tax bills. The Town Council's goal is to increase the current revenues of $256,000 from the collection program by another $100,000.
This proposal has the potential to cost a business using the town garbage collection service an additional $750 a year while saving a residential homeowner
only $5.
For example, a business with an 8yd Dumpster that receives three pickups each week could see its bill go from $979 to $1,426. A business with the same
Dumpster that receives five pickups a week could see its bill increase from $1,705 to $2,483.
Downtown Commission to Hold Annual Meeting – June 22
The Downtown Commission will hold its Annual Meeting from 5:30-7:30pm, Tuesday, June 22, at the Carolina Inn. A light supper and cash bar will precede
a program summarizing the Commission’s accomplishments in the last year and a look at the year ahead. To RSVP, please call 919-929-9700 or e-mail
info@downtownchapelhill.com.
Chapel Hill Considers Lobbying Ordinance
The Chapel Hill Town Council is considering an ordinance at its June 14 meeting that would require all lobbyists to register and report their activities.
Under the proposal, a lobbyist is defined as any paid employee who directly contacts Town Council members and Town staff to influence municipal decisions.
While it excludes business owners who have sole proprietorships or own more than 50 percent of their business, it would affect all nonprofit executive
directors and paid staff members.
TTA to Host Regional Rail Transit System Open House
The Triangle Transit Authority is hosting Regional Rail Transit System open house events in Durham, RTP, Cary and Raleigh. Please join in the conversation,
share your comments and learn how TTA is making the connection in your community. Representatives will be on hand to answer your questions about the Regional
Rail Transit System and TTA's current services. Topics include rail station and corridor plans, updates to the environmental review process, rail vehicles
and more.
Make the Connection with TTA at one or more of the following open house events: from 4pm –7pm June 8 at the Page-Walker Arts & History Center
in Cary, from 3pm – 6pm June 10 at the TTA Board Room in RTP, from 4pm–7pm June 15 at the McKimmon Center at NCSU in Raleigh, and from 4pm–7pm
June 17 at the Durham Arts Council — Adaron Hall in Durham. For more information, please contact Ginny Oros,
TTA Rail Project Community Outreach Coordinator, at 919-485-7593.
Visitors Bureau Announces Its Annual Summer Visitors Campaign
The Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau has again produced its annual summer visitors campaign designed to generate increased travel to Orange County
during this historically slower period for the visitor industry. To support promotional efforts of the campaign, the Bureau developed a brochure with
calendar of events, attraction listings and special promotional rates for hotels, motels, extended stay properties and bed & breakfast inns. For more
information on the “Great Summer Getaways” in Chapel Hill & Orange County, visit the website www.chocvb.org/getaway.
The campaign runs May 17 through Labor Day.
Chapel Hill Service League Selects Students for Scholarships
The Chapel Hill Service League selected students from Chapel Hill High School and East Chapel Hill High School to receive scholarships totaling $9,000
for the 2004-05 academic year. Students may use the money to cover rising tuition and fees at any North Carolina college or university. Scholarships to
four-year colleges or universities are each worth $1,000, and scholarships to technical or vocational schools are each worth $500. The following students
from East Chapel Hill High School received scholarships: Nhi Nguyen, Sarah Pickering, Roman Piskarev, and Kaitlin Shave. The following students from Chapel
Hill High School received scholarships: Lauren Saffie, Leeanna Williams, Aria Behrouzi, Hafeezah Omar, Tabitha Webb, and Emily Wilde. For more information,
please contact Patty Courtright at 408-3099.
Nominations DUE for the 2004 Women In Business Awards Triangle Business Journal will again honor 25 of the area’s most successful professional women with Women in Business Awards. Women with
established track records of significant accomplishments in business and/or community service can be nominated
online. Nominees are limited to women who have not previously been recognized with a Women in Business Award. One especially accomplished woman will
be recognized with a Lifetime Achievement Award. Winners will be featured in Triangle Business Journal’s Women in Business Awards special publication
and honored at an awards luncheon at the Sheraton Imperial Hotel on August 12. The deadline for nominations is June 4, 2004. Please contact Vanessa
Craft with questions at 919-878-0010.
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Concerts in the Park to Begin
The Wednesday "Concerts in the Park" series starts next Wednesday, June 9, with the band Liquid Pleasure. Other dates in the series are: June
23 with The Nomads, July 14 with Cat Baby, and July 23 with The Rocket Band. All concerts start at 7:00 pm on McCorkle Place. Bring your lawn chairs and
blankets and a picnic supper and enjoy a wonderful evening downtown.
Isoph Hosts FREE Online Session For Non-Profit Organizations
Isoph will host a free online session for nonprofit organizations interested in finding out more about how e-learning can help with training stakeholders,
educating the public, and attracting donors and volunteers. The session, titled “Introducing Rapid E-learning,” will be held Thursday, June
17at 2 p.m. Sign up for this session online, or e-mail Tim
Pierce.
Air Awareness Program Hosts Annual Ozone Season Kick Off Event
The Air Awareness Program will host the annual Ozone Season Kick Off event on Tuesday, June 8 from 11:30 to 2 pm at GlaxoSmithKline in RTP. There will
be a buffet lunch followed by an audience participation program with prizes for winners, prizes given during the luncheon, displays with air quality information
and education on how everyone can do their share to clean the air. The event is limited to the first 100 people who call to reserve a space. There is
no charge for this event. To reserve a space or for more information, please email Anne Galamb.
Carrboro Town Hall Hosts Reception For ‘Mornings with Jane’ Exhibit
The Carrboro Art Committee is pleased to announce a reception in Carrboro’s Town Hall for the “Mornings With Jane’ exhibit, opening
in June. The reception will be held Sunday, June 6, 2004 from 2–4pm in the Carrboro Town Hall. The reception is free and open to the general public.
The ‘Mornings With Jane’ exhibit will open Thursday, June 1, and will continue through August 15 in Carrboro’s Town Hall. The exhibit
will feature over 50 pieces of work from seven students of renowned artist and educator, Jane Filer, who teaches acrylic and oil painting classes on Wednesdays
at the The ArtsCenter in Carrboro. For more information on Jane Filer, visit www.JaneFiler.com. For more information
on her classes or to register, visit the ArtsCenter.
Friends of Triangle Seniors and Food Assistance Partners with A Southern Season
For the entire month of June 2004, A Southern Season of Chapel Hill is allowing Friends of Triangle Seniors and Food Assistance to be the recipient of
all of the "change" (coins/bills) that the customers of Southern Season can put in their "community outreach collection box", which
is near all of the cash registers. For more information about Friends of Triangle Seniors and Food Assistance, please contact Mark Prokop at 919-493-2982.
Kilwin’s Opens in University Square – June 4, 2004
Attention chocolate, fudge and ice cream lovers, Kilwin’s is coming to University Square in Chapel Hill, opening
June 4. If you need a chocolate fix, consider trying chocolate covered Twinkies. If you fancy fruit, they have dipped orange, pineapple and mango slices
and caramel apples. For more information, please contact Susan Traub at (919) 846-0011.
Struckmeyer to Conduct Financial Seminar
Tom Struckmeyer, investment representative of Edward Jones in Hillsborough, will host a free educational seminar: “Smart Women Finish Rich”
at 6:30 pm, June 14 at the Holiday Inn Express Conference Room in Hillsborough. To reserve a seat or for more information, please call 644-2296.
