The Greater Mount Airy Chamber of Commerce is running a summer membership special where our membership rates are only $47.50 for the remainder of the year.
That’s a savings of 50 percent off the regular rates; the offer is available until Aug. 31. Chamber members receive benefits including a free listing on our Web site, special advertising opportunities, networking events and local discounts.
We have quite a few upcoming networking events and the Professional Development Committee is working on several workshops that will be available to members in the fall.
An ‘‘Excel Level One” two-part workshop will be held 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Sept. 22 and 24 in Room 152 at the Washington Road campus of Carroll Community College.
E-mail and flier notices will be sent a month prior to the workshop for members to sign up.
A maximum number of students will be allowed so look for the notices coming soon.
We are in the process of putting together two more workshops for the fall: a disaster planning workshop in October with a panel format of experts from the fields of insurance, business planning, investments, office technology and document protection, and a human resources workshop in November on the subject of hiring and working with independent contractors and employees.
The chamber held its third annual charity mini-golf tournament on May 22 and a total of $1,700 was donated to the Carroll County Library, Mount Airy summer reading club.
This donation was made possible due to the members who participated and the following sponsors: Adventure Park USA, Larry Stottlemyer; Pythian Sisters, Joyce Dilks; Costco, Lorien, Paula Wilhelm; Arbonne International, Kim Witner; Eclipse Security, Aaron Kahn, Geico, Alyssa Palemo; Linganore Winery, Vania Jacobs; Mary Kay, Pauline Terrebonne; Preferred Construction, Christina Mayhew; Sandy Spring Bank, PW Shaffer; SendOutCards, Colleen Strube; Signs by Tomorrow, Rob and Debbie Truelove; SuddenValues, Chuck Boteler; Tastefully Simple, Rosemarie Solarz; Tim Barkley Law Office, Tim Barkley; and Unique Enterprises, Wendall Ingle.
Our monthly membership meeting will be held 8 a.m. today at the Mount Airy Fire Company hall. We will have our usual hour of introductions, committee reports and discussions of new and old business.
Visit our Web site at www.mtairybusiness.com, for more information about the Greater Mount Airy Chamber of Commerce, Professional Development Seminars and advertising opportunities.
Aaron Kahn is president of the Greater Mount Airy Chamber of Commerce and owner of Eclipse Security.
Carol Cahall is immediate past president of the Greater Mount Airy Chamber of Commerce and owner of The Main Event.
