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| 2008 New Members: |
Traditional Okinawan karate
REP: CHRISTOPHER MILLER
155 KINNELON ROAD
KINNELON, NJ 07405
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OUTBACK STEAKHOUSE
REP: BILL JABLONSKI
1538 ROUTE 23 NORTH
BUTLER, NJ 07405
view website |
AIR EXPO LLC
REP: MICHAEL HAUCK
1212 ROUTE 23 NORTH - SUITE #6
BUTLER, NJ 07405
view website |
COMPLETE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT SERVICES, LLC
REP: CINDY PETRENKO
1212 ROUTE 23 NORTH
BUTLER, NJ 07405
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ALL GONE PEST CONTROL
REP: JOHN SOLLERS
91 GERMANTOWN ROAD
WEST MILFORD, NJ 07480 |
| 2007 RECENT Members: |
VALLEY NATIONAL BANK
REP: KAREN H. AUSTIN
MEADTOWN SHOPPING CENTER
ROUTE 23 SOUTH
BUTLER, NJ 07405
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MARY KAY
REP: LYNN HAZELMAN
54A FOREST DRIVE
BLOOMINGDALE, NJ 07403
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PRY AUTOMOTIVE
50 BOONTON AVENUE
BUTLER, NJ 07405 |
LISDACO SALES & MARKETING
16 STRONG DRIVE
KINNELON, NJ 07405
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Cedar Crest - Pointview Campus LLC
1 CEDAR CREST DRIVE
POMPTON PLAINS, NJ 07444
view website |
SPA 23 HEALTH CLLUB
381 ROUTE 23 SOUTH
POMPTON PLAINS, NJ 07944
view website |
VINCI-DESIGNS & PUBLISHING
5721 CACTUS DRIVE
MILTON, FL 32583
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The News Archive contains any information from our monthly meetings or web construction progress you may have missed. Also, if there were any pictures taken during the meeting you will find those here as well.
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Happy New Year! The Tri-Boro Area Chamber of Commerce wishes you the best in 2008!
Please join us on January 9th for our first official meeting of 2008. We will be announcing our guest speaker and activities sometime this week.
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Please join us on February 13th for our monthly meeting. Our Guest Speaker will be Vtio Spano, CLTC Partner of New York Life Insurance Company.
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| We would like to welcome a new Verizon Wireless Communications Store to our community. Their official ribbon cutting ceremony was on January 31st at 11:00am. Thank you for attending the event and we encourage everyone to visit this new addition to our business network. The Store is located at 1538 Route 23 North next to the Outback Steakhouse Restaurant. |
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Please help us support the community by attending Outback Steakhouse's opening night in Butler, NJ. Outback Steakhouse will be donating a portion of their opening night sales to the Sgt. Richard Febbi Memorial Fund / For the love of Brad. The opening night event will occur on Monday, February 11th 4PM - 10:30PM.  |
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Thank you for those who attended the January meeting. Below are the minutes from the meeting
Minutes of Tri Boro Chamber of Commerce meeting January 8th 2008
In Attendance
Gerald Vinci President Acudata
James Murasko Vice President All-Sate
Lynn Hazelman Secretary Mary Kay
Denise Brewster Treasurer Bloomingdale Chiropractic
William Stanton Trustee Columbia Bank
Lina Pagliarulo Trustee Lina's Resturant
Howard Ball Trustee Past President
Geraldine Wilson Coldwell Banker
Lucille Brule Blue Co. Realty GMAC
Jane McCarthy
Dave Warfield Retired
Vivian Vinci Acudata
Jen Brewster DAB
Ed Morba
Millie Bird
Gale Mohvill NY Life
Dave
Bill Jablonski Outback
Chris Miller Okinawan Karate
Deborah Maynard Butler Library
General Meeting
The general meeting of the Tri-Boro Area Chamber of Commerce was called to order at 12:20 p.m. with a salute to the flag. All officers and trustees were present at the meeting.
Minutes from November 14th 2007 motion made by Lucille Brule and seconded by Howard Ball.
Chamber thanks Lucille for years of service and offer condolence to Lucille for her father.
Membership
We welcome Bill Jablonski from Outback and Chris Miller from Okinawan Karate to their first meeting.
Treasurer's Report
Money Market Account=$1,346.00
Checking Account=$4,465.79
Motion made by Vivian Vinci and seconded by Dave Warfield.
Bills
Postage $26.00
Flowers $97.31
Firefighter Booklet Ad $199
Full Year Web Host $150
Motioned for approval first by Bill Stanton and seconded by Howard Ball
Communication
Butler Rotary 3rd Valentines Day dinner with DJ Danny C $50 per person. Befits for Noah Madivasso Leukemia fund. Contact Judy at the Rotary for further information.
Request from 2 senior Girl Scouts in Kinnelon for a donation towards the $300 they were trying to raise for their senior Girl Scout Award. They are doing work to an unwed mothers home.
Committee Reports
All volunteers welcome to help Jim Murasko work on the Golf outing this Spring.
There are 9 committees that need volunteers:
1. Membership Committee
2. Good & Welfare
3. Scholarship
4. Nomination
5. Election
6. Arbitration
7. Fundraising
8. Program & Publicity
9. Website development
If you are interested in helping with any of the committees please let us know at the February Meeting.
New Business
Dues are $75 for the year and will stay that amount for 2008. Motion made by Howard Ball and seconded by Gale Mohvill to keep the dues the same.
Old Business
Reminder of member to member discount throughout the Chamber of Commerce. Support the families overseas by bringing misc. items to the Riverdale Armory. Any member recruiting a new member to the Chamber is entitled to a free lunch at Lina's at any meeting. Reminder, the Chamber of Commerce is a community service non profit organization. The Glen Wild golf outing has be discontinued because of lack of time and effort. We will still have our annual Golf outing in the spring. |
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Please join us on March 12th for our monthly meeting. Our Guest Speaker will be Cynthia Templeton of Push to Walk which is a Non-Profit Organization which provides therapy for wheelchair-bound individuals with an eye to get them walking. Cynthia's son suffered a neck injury which helped inspire the program which now serves people in our community.
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Are you interested in a great opportunity helping the Bloomingdale PTA?
Read more below...
or to learn more.
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- Ask your customers to log on to the website and review your business as well as other local businesses.
- Log on to the website yourself and begin to review other businesses in the area.
The Bloomingdale PTA will receive funding for every review they receive.
Please keep in mind that there is a small window of opportunity for them:
All reviews must be entered between today, March 1, 2008, and it ends on March 22, 2008.
Please make the effort to help the Bloomingdale PTA. |
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We would like to annouce a very special guest for our April 9th meeting.
The chamber will conduct a forum featuring State Assemblyman Alex DeCroce (R) at our monthly meeting on April 9th at 12:00 PM, at Lina's Restaurant, 49 Main St. Bloomingdale, NJ.
Bring your questions concerning our state. This forum is open to all area businesses. We anticipate a large turnout for this event so we ask that you make a reservation via e-mail: triborochamber@aol.com or call Vivian Vinci 973-838-5678 by Friday, April 4. The cost of the full lunch is $12.00. We look forward to seeing you.
- General Assembly 1989 - present
- Republican Leader 2003 - present
- Republican Conference Leader 2002 - 2003
- Deputy Speaker 1994 - 2001.
to learn more.
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Chamber Golf Outing
Please mark your calendars for June 10th, 2008. This will be our Annual Golf Outing and our biggest fundraiser. The tournament will be held at Newton Country Club Therefore, we will need all the help from our members as we can muster.
All proceeds from this event will benefit
our scholarship fund, which provides aid
to local high school students who are preparing for college.
Thanks to the success of last year’s outing, four one thousand dollar
scholarships will be awarded to students from the four towns we serve:
BLOOMINGDALE , BUTLER,
KINNELON, and RIVERDALE.
Please to learn more about the event and to print and return the registration form to the chamber. |
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** Fundraiser Extension
Are you interested in a great opportunity helping the Bloomingdale PTA?
Read more below...
or to learn more.
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- Ask your customers to log on to the website and review your business as well as other local businesses.
- Log on to the website yourself and begin to review other businesses in the area.
The Bloomingdale PTA will receive funding for every review they receive. So far, they have raised OVER $1000.00.
Please keep in mind that there is a small window of opportunity for them:
All reviews must be entered between today, March 1, 2008, and it ends on March 29, 2008.
Please make the effort to help the Bloomingdale PTA. |
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Other News:
We would like to welcome a new member to the Chamber:
TRADITIONAL OKINAWAN KARATE, REP. CHRISTOPHER MILLER -Kinnelon, NJ 07405 - view website
We would like to congratulate Karen H. Austin for being elected as our new Secretary:
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Karen Austin, Secretary
Gerald Vinci, President
James Murasko, Vice President
Denise Brewster, Treasurer |
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Minutes of the Tri-Boro Area Chamber of Commerce
March 12, 2008
In Attendance
Jerry Vinci President Acu-Data Business Products Inc
Vivian Vinci Acu-Data Business Products Inc
Jim Murasko V. President Allstate Insurance
Denise Brewster Treasurer Bloomingdale Chiropractic
Beverly White Valley National Bank
Karen Austin Valley National Bank
John Lorencovitz Family Home Funding
Gail Mulvihill New York Life
Dave Warfield Trustee
Lina Pagliarulo Trustee Lina’s Restaurant
Howard Ball Trustee WGHT
Charles Cimaglia DAB Surveying
Bill Stanton Trustee Columbia Bank
Debbie Maynard Butler Public Library
John Napoitano Pry Automotive
Dave Warfield Trustee
Cheryl Griffin CG Services
Lucille Brule Blue Realty
Cynthia Templeton Push to Walk
Gerri Wilson Coldwell Banker
GENERAL MEETING
The general meeting of the Tri-Boro Area Chamber of Commerce was called to order at 12:15 with a salute to the flag. Three officers and all trustees were present.
A motion to accept the minutes from the February 13th was made by Howard Ball and seconded by Cheryl Griffin.
TREASURER’S REPORT
Checking Account - $975.73
Money Market - $4,470.94
A motion was made by Lucille Brule to accept the treasurer’s report and seconded by Dave Warfield.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
FUNDRAISING
Golf Outing- Chairman Jim Murasko reminded everyone about the golf outing on June 10 at Newton Country Club. Flyers were distributed with information regarding the outing and an application form. The price for the day was kept at $150.00.
In addition to golfers the chamber will need volunteers (non-golfers) to help out that day.
This is a major fundraiser, and the bulk of our money comes from hole sponsors, golf cart sponsors, beverage cart sponsors, etc. Members are asked to find sponsors so we can meet our goals.
Howard Ball informed the members that Assemblyman Alex DeCroce will be our guest speaker at the next chamber meeting on April 9. Howard suggested we have members and guests pre-register for this meeting since it will most likely generate a great deal of interest. The chamber will put an announcement in the Trends.
Howard Ball has arranged for a speaker from the Riverdale National Guard to talk about family issues when a soldier is deployed at our May meeting.
At the June meeting, we will be presenting our scholarship money to high school students.
In September we will have our meeting at Cedar Crest in the Independent Living area. All arrangements will be coordinated through Diane Pezzuti.
OLD BUSINESS
After announcing that we are in need of a secretary, Karen Austin of Valley National Bank volunteered for the position. Howard Ball made a motion to cast a unanimous ballot to elect Karen as secretary for the balance of this year. It was seconded by Lucille Brule.
Members were reminded about the PTA fundraiser.
NEW BUSINESS
We discussed adding a feedback page to our website. This will give members an opportunity to make suggestions that will help improve the function of the chamber.
The chamber received a check from Lynn Hazelman for a percentage of her Mary Kay sales to the chamber members in December.
ADJOURNMENT
A motion to adjourn the meeting at 1:15 pm was made by Howard Ball and seconded by Lucille Brule.
GUEST SPEAKER
Cynthia Tempelton of Push to Walk www.pushtowalk.org spoke about the specialized facility on Main Street in Bloomingdale, to help people with spinal chord injuries. She discussed the exercise program and the remarkable results they have been getting as a result of the therapies used.
There are about 11,000 spinal injuries every year. Push to Walk has received over 80 inquiries about their program. They are looking to raise funds to keep the facility running, and hopefully expand it in the future. |
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We would like to thank all who attended the April meeting.
A special thanks to NJ Assemblyman Alex DeCroce for contributing his time and for giving the Chamber an opportunity to conduct an open forum for local businesses.
THIS MONTH
Please join us May 14th for our monthly meeting. Our guest this month will be Commanding Officer and Family Support Group Chairperson of the 2nd Battalion 113th Infantry.They will dicuss their June deployment and the impact on families and soldiers. to learn more.
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Chamber Golf Outing
Please mark your calendars for June 10th, 2008. This will be our Annual Golf Outing and our biggest fundraiser. The tournament will be held at Newton Country Club Therefore, we will need all the help from our members as we can muster.
All proceeds from this event will benefit
our scholarship fund, which provides aid
to local high school students who are preparing for college.
Thanks to the success of last year’s outing, four one thousand dollar
scholarships will be awarded to students from the four towns we serve:
BLOOMINGDALE , BUTLER,
KINNELON, and RIVERDALE.
Please to learn more about the event and to print and return the registration form to the chamber. |
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Assemblyman - Alex De Croce
Bloomingdale Mayor - Bill Steenstra
Kinnelon Mayor - Glen Sisco |
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Minutes of the Tri-Boro Area Chamber of Commerce
April 9, 2008
In Attendance
Jerry Vinci President Acu-Data Business Products Inc
Vivian Vinci Acu-Data Business Products Inc
Jim Murasko V. President Allstate Insurance
Denise Brewster Treasurer Bloomingdale Chiropractic
Karen Austin Secretary Valley National Bank
John Lorencovitz Family Home Funding
Thomas Drozd Family Home Funding
Lina Pagliarulo Trustee Lina’s Restaurant
Howard Ball Trustee WGHT
Mary Hamilton WGHT
Gail Mulvihill New York Life
Charles Cimaglia DAB Surveying
Dave Warfield Trustee
Debbie Maynard Butler Public Library
Debbie Arena State Farm Insurance
Jane McCarthy Borough of Bloomingdale
Bill Steenstra Borough of Bloomingdale
Millie Bird Borough of Kinnelon
Glenn Sisco Borough of Kinnelon
George Brewster Bloomingdale Chiropractic
Jim La Sala James La Sala,Esq.
Alex De Croce Assemblyman
GENERAL MEETING
The general meeting of the Tri-Boro Area Chamber of Commerce was called to order at 12:15 with a salute to the flag. Four officers and three trustees were present.
A motion to accept the minutes from the March 12th meeting was made by Howard Ball and seconded by Vivian Vinci.
TREASURER’S REPORT
Checking Account - $4,450.88
Money Market - $4,473.60
A motion was made by Dave Warfield to accept the Treasurer’s report and seconded by Howard Ball.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
FUNDRAISING
Golf Outing- Once again, Chairman Jim Murasko reminded everyone about the golf outing on June 10 at Newton Country Club. Flyers were distributed with information regarding the outing and an application form. The price for the day was kept at $150.00.
In addition to golfers the chamber will need volunteers (non-golfers) to help out that day.
This is a major fundraiser with the proceeds going to local scholarships. The bulk of our money comes from hole sponsors, golf cart sponsors, beverage cart sponsors, etc. Members are asked to find sponsors so we can meet our goals.
At the June meeting, we will be presenting the scholarships to area high school students.
OLD BUSINESS
The date and place of our September meeting has been confirmed. We gather at Cedar Crest on September 10th, in the active adult/general residence area.
NEW BUSINESS
ADJOURNMENT
A motion to adjourn the meeting at 1:15 pm was made by Howard Ball and seconded by Jim LaSala.
GUEST SPEAKER
Alex De Croce, NJ Assemblyman Legislative District 26, addressed issues important to local municipalities and businesses. Topics covered included proposed State of New Jersey budget cuts and tax hikes and their potential impact on commuters, schools, small business owners, retail growers and farmers. |
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We would like to thank all who attended the May meeting.
We have two big announcements this month. The locations of our Monthly Meeting and Our Golf Outing have been moved. Read more Below.
Please join us June 11th for our monthly meeting which will be held at OUTBACK STEAKHOUSE in Butler, NJ. This month we will be presenting our scholarships and inviting family members of the recipients to attend as well. Outback will be donating lunch. For our members the cost will remain $12.00, but guests will eat free. This is an ideal opportunity to invite prospective members to join us for lunch (at no charge to them) and experience a chamber meeting with us. to learn more.
We would like to announce our scholarship recipients:
Bloomingdale - Michael Schmidt, Butler - Doug Morse,
Kinnelon - Molly Nussbaum, Riverdale - Michael Van Ray |
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Chamber Golf Outing UPDATE
The Annual Golf Outing Date has been changed from June 10th to June 9th.
The course has changed from Newton Country Club to Wallkill Golf Club.
Please mark your calendars for June 9th, 2008. This will be our Annual Golf Outing and our biggest fundraiser. This event is less than two weeks away so we will need all the help from our members as we can muster.
All proceeds from this event will benefit
our scholarship fund, which provides aid
to local high school students who are preparing for college.
Thanks to the success of last year’s outing, four one thousand dollar
scholarships will be awarded to students from the four towns we serve:
BLOOMINGDALE , BUTLER,
KINNELON, and RIVERDALE. These awards are being presented at the monthly meeting on June 11th at Outback Steakhouse.
Please to learn more about the event and to print and return the registration form to the chamber. |
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