Salida Chamber of Commerce Newsletter
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Sunday Brunch at the Elks Lodge.
Every Sunday, 9a.m.-11a.m.; Adults $7.50, Children under 12 $4.00, downstairs in the Lodge. Featuring Sunday specials along with their regular menu where you design your own plate. Select from eggs, omelets, pancakes, biscuits and gravy and breakfast burritos. The choices are endless! It's good! On the corner of E and 2nd in Historic Downtown Salida. Everyone Welcome!
Roxy's Bottle Shop is the March 2010 Business of the Month
Roxy’s Bottle Shop was named the February Heart of the Rockies Chamber of Commerce Business of the Month Friday during a presentation at the store on U.S. 50 in Salida.
Roxanne and Greg Amidon own the store and thanked their local customers for years of support.
“We see a lot of the public in the nature of how we do business,” Greg Amidon said. “We appreciate all the tourism business from events like FIBArk, the Fourth of July and Art Walk, but having a backbone of local customers allows us to succeed.”
The store employs four people full time and has been a chamber members eight years.
“Greg and Roxy have been in business more than 12 years and are successful because of their tireless work ethic,” chamber director John Engelbrecht said.
“Not only have they contributed to economic vitality of our community, they have given back to Salida every day.”
The Amidons said they volunteer time to the community through “extra curricular” projects.
Engelbrecht acknowledged Roxanne’s support to Salida SteamPlant and Greg’s volunteering efforts with the City of Salida that “set them apart as people who can get things done.”
New Chamber Member for March 2010 - Sherry Turner
For Sherry Turner, new member of the Salida Chamber, 2010 marks 20 years in the insurance industry marked with breaks to have her three children.
As an independent AFLAC Associate, Turner said she is here to help business owners and individuals make affordable benefits a reality. She said AFLAC is not a major medical insurance company.
It is the No. 1 voluntary supplemental health insurance company in America, she said, adding there are more than 40 million people worldwide who utilize AFLAC benefits.
What’s nice about AFLAC, she said, is the cash benefits are paid directly to the insureds so they can use it exactly as they need.
Three things happen to a family when there is an illness or an accident, Turner said. First, there are out-of-pocket medical expenses. It doesn't matter how good their major medical is, it doesn't cover 100 percent of those costs.
Second, the bills keep coming in – daily living expenses, groceries, utilities, car payments, rent or mortgage. Third, there’s lost income at a time when there are more bills coming in than ever before.
Business owners may offer AFLAC to employees at no cost to the business. It requires no coordination of benefits, fills the gap of major medical or provides benefits when there are no benefits.
Claims are paid within four days of receipt by the home office and Turner said she is available to guide and assist clients through the process. Ease of administration makes the program user friendly, she said.
Sherry encourages business owners to let her show how they can enhance a benefits package, attract and retain employees, and reduce the matching FICA they pay.
She encourages individuals to let her demonstrate how affordable AFLAC is for them and their family. Turner said she has filed many claims for her clients who told her if it wasn't for AFLAC they wouldn't know what they would have done.
From accidents, sickness, cancer, vision, dental to short term disability and more, AFLAC has something for everyone she said.
Turner can be reached at 221-1116 or by e-mail at sherry_turner@us.aflac.com.
New Chamber Member for March 2010 - Colorado Vacation Homes
Colorado Vacation Homes recently joined Heart of the Rockies Chamber of Commerce.
Owner Lisa Rankin said Colorado Vacation Homes is a full service property management company specializing in vacation rentals.
Vacation homes has short term rentals to meet everyone’s needs. Downtown Salida for the folks looking for arts, entertainment, shopping and riverfront activities.
Poncha Springs and Poncha Pass for those looking for more of a mountain setting and Garfield for those looking for a cabin near Monarch Ski Area.
Rankin said, “If your vacation home is sitting empty most of the time, let us turn your investment into a money making opportunity.
Rankin’s company also builds vacation homes, specializing in log homes. Visit Colorado Vacation Homes at www.coloradovacationhomes.com or call Lisa Rankin at 221-1493 to learn more.
New Chamber Member - Creative Maneuver-Design & Communications
Sasha Meyerowitz and Tatjana Krizmanic of Creative Maneuver-Design and Communications recently joined Heart of the Rockies Chamber of Commerce.
Creative Maneuver is a design and communication firm in Crestone, specializing in integrated marketing solutions for small businesses and individual artisans and craftspeople.
Principals in the company each come from artistic backgrounds and have a mixture of aesthetics and market savvy for clients.
To learn more call (303) 817-5529 or contact Sasha or Tatjana at info@creativemaneuver.com.
Thank you to our renewing members!
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