Welcome to the Tri-Boro Area Chamber of Commerce, a non-profit corporation serving the business communities of Bloomingdale, Butler, Kinnelon, and Riverdale.
News and Upcoming events for the Tri-Boro Area Chamber
Final meeting before summer break June 12th at Lina's Restaurant
Reverend Beverly Sullivant - Reformed Church in Kinnelon
Reverend Beverly Sullivant
Pastor Sullivant took important lessons from the bible and used them to illustrate how we can be better with our business, working with others, as well as in our personal and family life. The Reformed Church in Kinnelon whole-heartedly welcomes new members and contributes regularly to the local community when possible.
Revered Beverly Sullivant Reformed Church in Kiinnelon 155 Kinnelon Road Kinnelon, NJ 07405 www.rckinnelon.org
Join us for our last meeting before summer break June 8th at Lina's Restaurant in Bloomingdale, NJ.
This month we will be honoring our four $1,000 scholarship recipients:
Kylie Rooney - Bloomingdale
Amy Endres - Butler
Michael Doremus - Kinnelon
Christina Llacqua - Riverdale
The meeting will take place at:
Lina's Restaurant
49 Main Street
Bloomingdale, NJ 07403
Cost of attending the luncheon and meeting will be $15.00.
Thank you chamber members!
Last month our guest speaker was unable to attend the meeting. In her stead, three of our chamber members provided impromptu businesses presentations.
Special thanks to:
Ken Ginefra - GCS Consultants IT Consultants, Computer Repairs, Managed Services & Software Support
170 Kinnelon Road
Kinnelon, NJ
Jim Murasko Allstate Insurance Property Insurance, Auto Insurance Experts
36b Main Street
Bloomingdale, NJ
Donna Schwarz - Treasure Hunt Consignment Shop Clothing, Housewares, Gifts & Furniture.
25 Main Street
Bloomingdale, NJ
Minutes of the Tri-Boro Area Chamber of Commerce
At Lina’s Restaurant
May 8, 2013
In Attendance
Jerry Vinci President Acu-Data Business Products Inc
Jim Murasko Vice President Allstate Insurance
Karen H. Austin Secretary Valley National Bank
Denise Brewster Treasurer Bloomingdale Chiropractic
Lucille Brule Trustee Coldwell Banker
Lina Pagliarulo Trustee Lina’s Restaurant
Bill Stanton Trustee Columbia Bank
Teresa Wilson Trustee Practice Synergy
Debbie Arena State Farm
David R Austin Guest
Diana Boyd GST Unlimited Inc
James Certosino AAMCO Transmissions
Helyne Czajkowski The Health Center at Bloomingdale
Chris DeLeon Pipes & Drains LLC
Ken Ginefra GCS Consultants
Tracy Kaushal Candy Shack, LLC
Bill Kivlon Realty Executives
Donna Schwarz Treasure Hunt
Joyce Soltesz Stickle - Soltesz Funeral Home
Todd Soltesz Stickle - Soltesz Funeral Home
Beverly Sullivant Reformed Church Kinnelon
Vivian Vinci Acu-Data Business Products Inc
David Warfield Retired Member
GENERAL MEETING
The general meeting of the Tri-Boro Area Chamber of Commerce was called to order by Jerry Vinci at 12:30 PM with a salute to the flag. Four officers and four trustees were present.
APPLICATIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP
An application was received from Bill Kivlon of Realty Executives in Pompton Plains. A motion to approve was made by Dave Warfield and seconded by Heleyne Czajkowski.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM THE May 8, 2013 MEETING
A motion to approve the minutes was made by Teresa Wilson and seconded by Diana Boyd.
TREASURER’S REPORT
Treasurer’s report was read by Denise Brewster.
Checking account balance $6,662.85.
A motion was made by Vivian Vinci to accept the Treasurer’s report and seconded by
Dave Warfield.
BILLS TO BE PAID
1. Website Domain Name – 1 Year Fee $ 28.50
2. Legalized Games of Chance – Biennial Permit $ 100.00
A motion to pay the bills was made by Bill Stanton and seconded by Beverly Sullivant.
COMMUNICATIONS
Attendees were informed of possible upcoming local events (circus and car show). No plans for Chamber involvement were made at this time.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Chamber President, Jerry Vinci, extended thanks to outgoing Trustee, Bill Stanton, who is relocating to Columbia Bank’s Oakland branch. Bill has devoted years of service to the Chamber as a member of the Executive Board and Scholarship Committee Membership Chair.
OLD BUSINESS
Jerry Vinci reminded attendees to take advantage of the member to member discounts available on our website www.triborochamber.org.
He also reminded everyone to bring promotional materials for networking to meetings to display on the table containing the name badges.
NEW BUSINESS
The location of the June Scholarship Awards Meeting has been confirmed. It will be the Outback, Route 23, Butler on Wednesday, June 12th. Cost will be $20 per person.
Jerry Vinci provided a recap of the Business Card Exchange event held on Wednesday, April 17th at Applebee’s in Butler. There were 50 attendees. Those present included members of the Pompton Lakes and West Milford Chambers.
Interested in joining the Tri-Boro Area Chamber and want to see what its all about? Who says there is no such thing as a free lunch?
ALL NEWS from prior months including pictures, documentation, new members, etc. will now be in the NEWS ARCHIVE on this site.
MEMBERS
Below is a list of handy tools for our members to use. Please feel free to participate in any of the member programs we have listed below.
SUBMIT URL (If you are an active member, have paid your dues for the year, and have not yet given us your website link or short paragraph about your business, .
2013 Officers Gerald Vinci, President James Murasko, Vice President Karen Austin
, Secretary Denise Brewster, Treasurer
Trustees Theresa Wilson
William Stanton
Lina Pagliarulo
Lucille Brule