Mark your calendar for these upcoming chapter events: May 12 – 4:30-6pm Kansas City Membership Event Kansas Speedway
August 4 – 6-9pm 10th Annual Heartland Chapter Bowl-a-Thon & School Supply Drive for Operation Breakthrough Mission Bowl
June 9 – 9am-1pm A ‘Day on the Farm’ with Operation Breakthrough Deanna Rose Farmstead
October 13 – 11:30am-1:30pm St. Louis Educational Event – Speaker TBD Sponsored by Little Rock Convention & Visitors Bureau Location TBD
June 17 – 7-10pm St. Louis Membership Event Busch Stadium: KC Royals vs. St. Louis Cardinals baseball game
November 10 – 4:30-6:30pm 10th Annual Heartland Chapter ‘State of the Industry’ Panel Sponsored by Oklahoma City Convention & Visitors Bureau Marriott Overland Park
July 14 – 4:30-6:30pm ‘Best in Class’ Educational Program – Speaker TBD Sponsored by Little Rock Convention & Visitors Bureau Intercontinental Kansas City
Around the Region
If you have events happening in your city, please email them to Cheri Jones, CMP at cjones@vistaprod.com. We would love to highlight exciting things happening in your town.
Arkansas – The Natural State
Iowa – The Hawkeye State
Elvis at 21 Exhibit comes to Clinton Presidential Library June 4 Elvis at 21, Photographs by Alfred Wertheimer reveals images without a hint of irony or visual comment. We are scarcely aware of the photographer, though he is always present. We are there before Elvis became an icon and constant security created walls between him and his fans. Al Wertheimer chose to capture 21-year old Elvis Presley on the threshold of super stardom not because he was a fan, but because he was a student of human nature, because he was curious and because, like Elvis, he could be swept up by the purity of experience. The exhibit will be on display June 4 - August 21.
Cedar Rapids – Will begin building a convention center scheduled to open February 2013.
Wetlands project to enhance Clinton Presidential Library site The William E. “Bill” Clark Presidential Park Wetlands project will restore 13 acres of wetlands along the Arkansas River adjacent to the Clinton Presidential Library in downtown Little Rock and provide unprecedented public access to conservation, tourism, educational, environmental, and wildlife opportunities, featuring pedestrian trails and an elevated walkway to the entire site. The wetlands will also include two bridges offering spectacular views of the Arkansas River, the channel stream and habitats. Little Rock Zoo penguin exhibit to open March 2011 The Laura P. Nichols Penguin Pointe exhibit will open this March and will be one of the most exciting additions to come to the Little Rock Zoo, featuring African Penguins on a natural rocky beach. Guests can view the penguins from both above water and under water and children can crawl through a special viewing area to see them up close as they swim under water.
Kansas – The Sunflower State
Missouri – The Show Me State Missouri can “Show Us” a lot these days. The St Louis area is seeing their downtown transform with a $3.7 billion spent in revitalization efforts. Jefferson City – Truman Hotel and Conference Center recently completed an update to its main building guest rooms and meeting space.
Oklahoma – The Sooner State Tulsa – Hyatt Regency has just taken over the Crowne Plaza hotel. Improvements are being made to all the guestrooms. Oklahoma City – A new Aloft property will be built in 2011 and include 12,000 square feet in meeting space. Several properties have recently opened to include the Holiday Inn Express Hotel Northwest and Staybridge Suites Quail Springs. Skirvin Hilton is celebrating their 100th year birthday this year. Built in 1911 as the Skirvin Hotel, it closed for approximately 18 years and was reopened in 2007 as the Skirvin Hilton. Norman – check out the National Weather Service tours. Very educational and certainly will make you appreciate their technology.
Topeka - Kansas Children’s Discovery Center staff is hard at work for their June 1, 2011 opening. It is located in the Gage Park area. For more details, please call 785221-7002. Wichita – The Century II Performing Arts and Convention Center and the 1922 Drury Plaza Hotel Broadview are slated to open Spring 2011. Kansas City – Check out the NEW Sporting KC Soccer Stadium that can accommodate 25,000 for concerts and offers meeting space. For more details, please call 913-387-3400. Overland Park – the Overland Park Convention Center continues to offer new amenities to their guests. These include updated teleconference technology and several green initiatives.
Chapter members around town… and guests L to R back row middle: Joe Tucker, Dale Shuter, Robin O’Connor, Ronda Vaughn Annual MPI Louis St. the at Chapter Heartland PCMA the ing represent time had a great reporters. Trivia Night. It was a Hollywood - Red Carpet theme so they went as TMZ
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