Sept newsletter

2017

September

Lander newsletter

Chamber of Commerce

Photo: Kyle Duba

introduction

From the Executive Director The Great American Eclipse was awesome in totality! From

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

the thousands of visitors who descended on our region, to

Lorielle Morton, President

awe-inspiring natural wonder, to the traffic that ensued—each aspect was beyond comprehension. This event had a significant economic impact to our region, and will not be soon forgotten.

Fagnant, Lewis, and Brinda PC

Krista Lobera, Vice-President Holiday Inn Express & Suites

Mika Baker, Treasurer Central Bank and Trust

Next, as mentioned before, the application process for

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Leadership Fremont County will close this month. A local

Susan Weideman

adaptation of the statewide Leadership Wyoming, Leadership

Lander Vision Center

Fremont County’s purpose is to identify individuals who have

Michelle Mazur

displayed a strong tendency toward civic, business, or nonprofit involvement, and assist them in developing their potential to become community leaders. This is an absolute-must for anyone wanting a next step in developing their professional network and leadership skills.

Finally, progress is being made with the Visitor Center and Chamber Business Complex. We at the Lander Chamber of Commerce may have spearheaded the design for the new 3,200 square foot Visitor Center and Chamber Business Complex, but we consider it YOURS! This flagship building will help drive visiting tourists into our member businesses and increase spending in the Lander area. Construction is expected to begin this month, and should expect completion in the Spring/ Summer of 2018.

Elevate Rehab

Steve Liebzeit First Interstate Bank

Joanne Slingerland Central Wyoming College

Ann Espinosa Home Source Realty Inc. Inter Mountain Builders

Dave Fehringer WH Smith & Associates, Inc.

Suzanne Norris Wind River Job Corp

Jonathan Tonkowich Wyoming Catholic College

PROFESSIONAL STAFF Brian Fabel Executive Director Carol King Associate Director

Brian Fabel Executive Director Lander Chamber of Commerce

Dot Newton Events Coordinator

2 Native American Dancing 7 pm, Museum of the American West Jam Sessions, noon-2pm, Lander Bake Shop Lander Valley Farmers Market, 9am-noon, Lander City Park 1 First Friday: Art & Live Music, 4-7:30 pm, The Middle Fork 6 Wyoming Wildlife Migrations, 7 pm, Dennison Lodge, Dubois, 455-3429 to register 9 WYO 131 Gravel Race, 6 am start,finish time/ awards party 7 pm, Lander City Park, 332-2926, http:// wyo131.com 9 Wyoming Community Bank Discovery Speakers Series program “Walt Geis: Wyoming Brand Inspector”, 3 pm, Riverton Museum 9 Old-Time Barn Dance, 7 pm, Museum of the American West 9 Book sale at the Book Nook, 10am-4pm, Lander Library’s Carnegie Room and upstairs at Bank of the West 11, 18, 23, 24 Learn the geology of Grand Teton & Yellowstone national

parks, 6-8pm, Flagg Ranch, contact CWC Lander 13-16 One Shot Antelope Hunt, various times; Victory Banquet Sept. 16, Lander Community & Convention Center 16 Lander Area Petroglyph Tour, 10 am, Lander Pioneer Museum, 332-3339 for reservation 16 Ultimate Miniature Bull Riding Finals, 11am-4pm, Old Timers Rodeo Arena

Repeating Events Mondays 9:00 am County Commission 11:45 am Lander Art Guild 4:00 pm Book Nook @ The Carnegie Tuesdays 6:00 pm City Council 3rd Tuesday 2:00 pm City/School Joint Powers Board Wednesdays 7:00 am LEADER 8:00 am MLS, Realtors Noon Rotary 6:00 pm Open Studio, Art Center

18 Rainbow Dance Theatre: Roots of Hip Hop, 7 pm, Lander Valley High School

1st & 3rd Wednesday 6:30 pm Lander Lion’s @ The Oxbow

19 Business Fitness Webinar Series, 2-3:30 pm, online, www.wyomingsbdc. org

3rd Wednesday 10:30am Fre Co Suicide Prevention Coalition

349-4495 Thursdays Noon Kiwanis 1:15pm Stroke Support, LRH

21 Business After Hours, 5:30-7:30 pm, Fremont Toyota, 103 Fremont Way 22-23 Wyoming Outdoor Council’s 50th Anniversary Celebration, Friday: Jalan Crossland Concert, 6-8 pm, Lander City Park; Sat. workshops/events, Lander Community & Convention Center. For full schedule & details: http:// wyomingoutdoorcouncil.org 23 J.B. Okie Manor Adventure Trek, 9am-2pm, Riverton Museum

1st Thursday 6:00 pm Lander Library Friends 2nd and 4th Thursday 7:00 pm Elks Lander Lodge #2317 3rd Friday 11:00 am Fre Co Suicide Prevention Saturdays 10:00 am Book Nook on Main & Carnegie Room

Events

BUSINESS September Calendar ofAFTER Events

Networking EVEnTS

BUSINESS AFTER Great American Eclipse Recap

Monday’s eclipse was

to eclipsing - yes, that was on

on the total number of

likely Wyoming’s largest

purpose -the Great American

individual visitors.

tourism event in history.

Eclipse,” she said.

On Tuesday, a WYDOT

That’s according to Diane

Traffic counts on Monday

spokesman told the Casper

Shober, Wyoming Office of

showed an increase of

Star Tribune that the more

Tourism executive director, who

more than 550,000 vehicles

than 500,000 vehicles counted

said there isn’t another day that

compared to a five-year

could roughly indicate there

even comes close to seeing the

average for the same

were about 1 million additional

numbers of visitors that came

timeframe, said Doug McGee,

people in the Cowboy State.

to the Cowboy State for the

Wyoming Department of

The Wyoming Tribune Eagle

celestial event.

Transportation spokesman.

also cited that assessment in

“In the scope of the summer,

The surrounding days also

its coverage. However, McGee

Cheyenne Frontier Days is

had increased traffic volumes,

said determining the number

certainly one of the largest

as Sunday saw an additional

of visitors by a vehicle count is

annual events hosted in

217,000 vehicles, 131,000

not an accurate method.

Wyoming, and if you collectively

vehicles on Saturday and

“While I do think we had a

add up all the other events that

74,000 vehicles on Friday.

huge number of visitors, and

take place during that same

But McGee cautioned

maybe it did hit the kind of

time across the state, there’s no

against using vehicle counts

numbers of people are talking

way I think it’d even come close

to make serious estimations

about, but using our traffic

use it that way is fairly loose,” he said. “We want you to see this number as an indicator of increased activity, and there was a huge increase in visitors, but a single vehicle could have been included three or four times or more depending on what routes they go on.”

The Wyoming Office of Tourism is doing a full economic impact analysis of the days surrounding Monday’s eclipse. A more accurate visitor count will be among the data in that study, which should be available in October, Shober said.

Law enforcement dealt with a relatively small number of incidents, said Sgt. Kyle McKay of the Wyoming Highway Patrol.

WHP recorded 1,813 events in a 24-hour period on Monday, which included 100 crashes, 325 motorist assists and 111 traffic complaints. On the same day in 2016, McKay said there were 609 events in a 24-hour period.

“We had almost three times the amount of events, but the crashes from last year, which were only 25, to this year at 100

only went up 75 crashes,” he

negative incidents. The

said. “There was bumper-to-

event’s benefits would

bumper traffic with extreme

likely stretch beyond the

delays, and traffic really

few days surrounding it, as

started picking up on the

it showcased the Cowboy

(Interstate 25) corridor at 3:30

State to thousands of

in the morning, and really

people who might have

didn’t start slowing down

otherwise not considered

until about 1 or 2 the next

Wyoming in their future

morning. I think that says a

tourism plans, said Tia Troy,

lot.”

Wyoming Office of Tourism

McKay said he was very

media and public relations

impressed with the “huge

manager.

community outpouring of

“This put a phenomenal

support” for law enforcement

spotlight on the entire

and fire responders, as well

state of Wyoming,” she

as WYDOT staff directing

said. “Through this celestial

traffic, through the busiest

event, we were able to

times. People brought food

introduce international

and water and asked if there

travelers to the place we’re

was anything they could do to

lucky enough to call home.

help, he said.

It allowed us to elevate

“It showed the true

Wyoming and to show

character of what Wyoming is

people why Wyoming is

about,” McKay said. “It wasn’t

such a great destination.”

for an ulterior motive. You could see they really cared.

Reprinted from Wyoming

That was one thing that

Eagle Tribune, Aug 24, 2017

touched my heart.”

Overall, Shober said it was a “phenomenal and successful event statewide,” with state and local agencies reporting a low number of

Events

count, it’s a raw number, and to

Lander LIve

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new members Lander Live

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Welcoming New Chamber of Commerce member Businesses English Muffin Bakery & Espresso, Julia Dorothy, 132 S. Main St., Hudson (307) 851-6955 Trey Warren (real estate sales), 115 S. 1st St. PO Box 631, Lander (307) 349 2023 Sweet Surprises Gourmet Cupcakes, Roni Roemmich, 1408 Cheryl Sue Dr., Riverton (307) 850-5623 C&C Lock and Key, Raymond & Dawn Clark, 220 N. 2nd W., Riverton (307) 851-9884 Mary Wakefield, PO Box 339, Hudson 82515 (307) 332-4554

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Photo: Kyle Duba

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Member Benefits Promotion (what you get) • Business Directory Relocation & Travel Guide • Hot deal, promotion announcements, event listing, and job opening advertising • Brochures and business cards on display • Vacation, relocation and convention packets • Business Referrals, with reporting

Service (what you can use)

I was very pleased with the Lander Chamber’s Maximize Your Membership luncheon.

The staff covered numerous benefits of being a Chamber member, as well as how to drive more consumers to our businesses.

Brian Rohrbacher President | CEO, Atlantic City Federal Credit Union

mEMBER benefits

Maximize Your Membership

• Bulk mail permit for savings of up to 30% • Mailing List and Monthly newsletter • Workforce Development Training Fund grant consultation services • Notary Public Service • Participation in Flower Barrel Program • Lander Bucks Local Currency program

Sign up for September Luncheon Learn how take full advantage of your member benefits (how to post deals, events, job posting, and track your results).

Community (what we do) • Visitor Information Center to all • Community Events Calendar • Toll-free business and information hotline

Where: Lander Chamber of Commerce When: Tuesday, SePTEMBER 12, from 12-1pm What: to bring: An open mind!

• Promote the Lander Area as the destination • Beautification (Christmas Lights on Main St.)

RSVP by calling 332-3892

• Shop Local Program

Events (how to get involved) • Free ticket to Community Awards Luncheon • Winter Storefront Competition • Small Business Saturday • Business After Hours, and ability to host • Annual Legislative Forum

Thank you to our Lunch Sponsor for our Sept Maximize your membership Luncheon

Nature Conservancy, The, 258 Main St., Lander

Black Hills Energy, Norm Long, 416 So. 3rd St., Laramie 82070

Holiday Lodge, Coco Huang, 210 McFarlane Dr., Lander

Burns Insurance Agency, Inc., Julie Connors, 440 Lincoln St., Lander

Home Source Realty Inc., George Piplica, Broker, 1632 Main St., Lander

City Plumbing & Heating, Mike & Lynn McRann, 340 Main St., Lander

Lander Valley Family Practice, Margaret Easley FNP, 930 Buena Vista Dr., Lander

Clark’s Landscaping Inc., Brian & Jill Clark, PO Box 1204, Lander

Lick Skillet Catering, LLC, Siobhan Spilecki, 583 North Fork Road, Lander

Edward Jones, Lonnie Bull, 175 S. 5th St., Lander

McDonalds, Bob Luck, 235 McFarlane Dr., Lander

Valley View Vista Apartments, Dawn Thorson-Johnson, 121 Valley View Dr., Lander

Fremont County Cattlemen’s Association, PO Box 338, Dubois

Meridian Trust Federal Credit Union, Susan Clark, 873 Main St., Lander

Vincent Financial Services Inc., Rob Olson, 685 Main St., Suite A, Lander

Mountain Rose Cabin, LLC, Therese Fowler, 2986 Sinks Canyon Road, Lander

Whiting Law, PC, James Whiting, 315 Main St., Suite 1, Lander

Fremont County Pediatric & Allergy Clinic, 115 Wyoming St., Lander Fremont Movers, Dwaine Kimmel, 750 S. Smith Road, Riverton Hearth & Home, Clair Toponce, 735 Lincoln St., Lander

Mountain Vista Retirement Center, Darcy Englert, 180 Chase Dr., Lander

Sleeping Bear RV Park & Campground, Chris Rush, 715 E. Main St., Lander Special Arrangements, Martha Cook, 654 Main St., Lander Two Sisters Bed & Breakfast, Mary Dean & Joan Marshall, 786 S. 3rd St.. Lander Valley Automotive, Jerry & Tammy Johnson, 7854 Highway 789, Lander

Renewing Members

Holiday Inn Express & Suites, Krista Lobera, Manager, 1002 11th St., Lander

Renewing Members

ALCHEMY: An Artists Coop, 320 Main St., Lander

Wyoming Financial Insurance, Steve Dodson, 165 S. 5th St., Lander

National Bighorn Sheep Center, Sara Domek, 10 Bighorn Lane, PO Box 1435, Dubois

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