December Newsletter

DECEMBER 2019

The Chamber Connection Members getting an inside look of Blue Springs 8-Miller Theatres on the November Field Trip!

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2019 BOARD OF DIRECTORS Jacqueline Reed Chair of the Board, Mid-Continent Public Library

Rebeca Swank Past Chair, Job One

Zachary Goff Oswald Roam & Rew LLC

Eric Sporing Chair Elect, ECS Capital Investments

Jodi Bowers Encore Web Works Inc

Rena Lopez Kohl’s Distribution Center

David Sutphin Sec/Treasurer, Evergy

Jon Burke MCC-Blue River

Marty Meyers Meyers Funeral Chapel

Chief Jeff Grote Vice Chair of Business Support & Promotion, Central Jackson County Fire Protection District

Kyle Caswell Print Graphics

Cindy Miller Columbia College- Kansas City

Kelly Chamberlain Colonial Gardens

Dr. Annette Seago Blue Springs R-IV School District

Cody Raithel Vice Chair of Leadership & Community Development, Central Bank of the Midwest Chad Smith Vice Chair of Membership Events & Services, Chad Smith Insurance Agency

Tom Cole City of Blue Springs Dante Cosentino Cosentino’s Price Chopper

MONTHLY LUNCHEON

Come and celebrate with us beginning with a New Member Showcase and ending with Business of the Year nominees!

Thursday, December 19 11:15 am- New Member Showcase Begins 11:30 am- Networking Begins 11:45 am- Buffet Opens 12:00 pm- Program Begins Adams Pointe Conference Center Sponsored By:

SEND IN YOUR PICTURES We Need Your Help!

We are collecting photos of people from the ‘80s in honor of our “Back To The ‘80s Annual Banquet” on Jan. 17, 2020.

Send in pictures of yourself from the ‘80s and they will be featured on a slide show at the Banquet.

Send your pictures to mzarrillo@bluespringschamber.com Please include the year the photo was taken and your name/business!

Pictured above is Jeff Carpenter of Job One from 1989.

RENEWALS

AAA Disposal Service All World Languages & Cultures, Inc Alternative Wire & Cable, LLC Blue Springs Art League Blue Springs Family Eye Care Blue Springs Historical Society Blue Springs Optical Blue Springs Rental Carol Journagan CARSTAR Blue Springs Cartridge World - Lee’s Summit Cosentino’s Price Chopper North Cosentino’s Price Chopper South Davis Auto Wrecking & Sales, LLC Discover Vision Centers George McCorkendale Auto Services, Inc Missouri Job Center Print Graphics R&M Cleaning Reinhard & Kovacs CPA’s LLC Sage Door Group Senator Mike Cierpiot State Farm Insurance - John Hardy Zarda Bar-B-Q Thank you for your membership!

POWER HOUR

Presented By: Trish Totta

Tuesday, December 17 8:30 am At the Chamber Office

DID YOU KNOW? The Chamber now has a new blog series called Chamber Quick Reads!

Follow the weekly blog on our website!

Thanks to Saralee Rhoads, one of our fellow Chamber members.

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RIBBON CUTTINGS

Blossom Bridal Consignment, November 6 1338 NW State Route 7 Blue Springs, MO 64014 (816) 598-8100

Blue Springs Dental, November 12 1229 SW State Route 7 Blue Springs, MO 64014 (816) 897-7407

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Disposal Service, Inc. Family Owned and Operated

40 (816) 650-3180 Serving Eastern Jackson County Since 1964

SAVE THE DATE

2020 Annual Chamber Banquet

Friday, January 17 6:00 pm Adams Pointe Conference Center Back To The ‘80s

Buy Blue Springs Field Trip Trinity Wellness Hosted By:

Tuesday, December 3 2:00 pm 1500 NW Mock Avenue Suite A Blue Springs, MO 64015

Winning is as easy as 1-2-3! *Contest winners will be announced on Dec. 10.

COMING SOON Sponsorship Packets will be sent out soon! Be on the lookout if you are interested in:

MEET A MEMBER Garry Smith Datasource

• Saving On Chamber Events • Advertising For Your Business • Other Great Promotion Opportunities

NEW MEMBERS

Account Correct, LLC Blue Springs, MO 64014 (913) 999-4903

PrimeLending Blue Springs, MO 64015 (816) 462-5880 Sponsored By: Joey Zarrillo RE/MAX Heritage

Social React 609 SW State Route 7 Blue Springs, MO 64014 (224) 600-0822 Jane’s Professional Housecleaning, LLC Blue Springs, MO 64015 (816) 868-5024

Meet Garry In 1994 Terry V. Smith opened TVS Datasource, Inc. in 1997 he was joined by his brother Garry W. Smith. “After seeing the immense opportunity for these services, I just had to join the company,” Garry explained. Datasource has grown from a local county reporting agency to one of the nation’s most experienced, trusted and sought-after providers of national and international background screening services.

Garry has been instrumental in the growth of the company serving over 5000 companies and organizations across the nation. Garry also helped to found the National Association of Professional Background Screeners (NAPBS now known as PBSA).

Garry attributes the company’s growth and longevity to his great staff of over 20 employees. “We have always hired people from the local area, and they are the reason for our strong company,” Smith said.

We operate around three words: Integrity, Accountability and Respect.

As a full service background screening company, Datasource is your one stop destination for all your background screening needs including: Pre & Post-Employment Screening, Drug Screening, Motor Vehicle Reporting, Tenant Screening, Credit Reports, Volunteer Screening, Employment Verifications, Reference Checks, Social Media Searches, Landlord & Eviction Reports and more!

We strive to differentiate ourselves by our stellar customer service, seamless integrations, no contracts, and no annual fees. Our goal is to win your business with each order, each call and each email, every single time!

Datasource Background Screening Services’ Corporate office is located at 1200 NW South Outer Road, Suite 319, Blue Springs, MO, 64015. We are open Monday through Friday from 8 am-5pm. To find out more visit our website, www.datasourcecorp.com.

support@datasourcecorp.com

816-228-5255

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MEET ME FOR LUNCH Last One Of The Year!

Hosted By:

DECEMBER CALENDAR December 3-

Connector’s Meeting 8:30 am

December 3-

genbluesprings Planning Meeting Bethlehem Cafe 12:00 pm

December 3-

Buy Blue Springs Field Trip Trinity Wellness 2:00 pm

December 5-

Annual Holiday Social Adams Pointe Golf Club 4:30 pm

December 11-

Board of Directors Meeting 8:00 am

December 12-

Leadership

December 13-

Friday, December 13 11:00 am 1175 S State Route 7 Highway Blue Springs, MO 64014

MEMBER NEWS Community Service League will be holding an event at the BSSHS Performing Arts Center on Sunday December 8 at 2:00pm. All proceeds benefit CSL. Local talent will be performing!

Congratulations to Datasource on their 25th year of business!

Sacred Space Wellness now has weekend appointments. Call Rebekah Bramlett at (816) 787-9547 for scheduling.

In 2019 Truman Heartland awarded $319,000 in scholarships to 214 local students.

Are you interested in having puppies come to your office? Call Meggin Finkeldi of the Dog Obedience Group for more information at (816) 228-4567.

Congratulations to Lamar’s Donuts in Blue Springs on their 20th Anniversary of serving Eastern Jackson Co. area.

Meet Me For Lunch Johnny’s Tavern 11:00 am

December 17-

Power Hour 8:30 am

December 19-

Monthly Luncheon Adams Pointe Conference Center 11:15 am

December 24-25

Chamber Office Closed For Christmas

*All Meetings Take Place at the Chamber Office Unless Otherwise Listed

ANNUAL HOLIDAY SOCIAL Thursday, December 5 4:30 - 6:30pm Adams Pointe Golf Club All Members Welcome!

Come and celebrate holiday cheer with the Chamber! Wear your most spirited holiday outfit and enjoy food from a variety of local vendors, all while making connections!

Thank You To Our 2019 Sponsors!

*genbluesprings will be accepting donations of wrapping paper, tissue paper and gift sacks for Shop with a Cop

MISSION STATEMENT

1000 W Main St. Blue Springs, MO 64015 Phone: (816)-229-8558 Fax: (816)-229-1244

2019 PARTNERSHIPS

www.BlueSpringsChamber.com www.BuyBlueSprings.com www.BlueSpringsFallFestival.com www.DiscoverBlueSprings.com

To promote, develop, and facilitate a strong economic environment in which the business community can grow and prosper.

THANK YOU FOR ANOTHER GREAT YEAR!

Tier One CPros, Inc. Saint Luke’s East Hospital St. Mary’s Medical Center Tier Two Evergy Tier Three Bank 21 Centerpoint Medical Center Central Bank of the Midwest Foster Dental Care Hy-Vee Food & Drug Store Print Graphics Tier Four Blue Ridge Bank & Trust Blue Springs Dentistry Cosentino’s Price Chopper Edward Jones--Rebecca Knepper-Financial Advisor First American Title Greco Agency Farmers Insurance Haldex Corporation Kohls Distribution Center MCC – Blue River New Age Graphics Oswald Roam & Rew LLC The Examiner Zarda Bar-B-Q

Tier Five Blue Springs Ford Lunar Bowl Northrop Grumman Connector of the Year Jeff Carpenter Job One

WE LOVE ALL OUR MEMBERS! #2K19 Business of the Year Meyers Funeral Chapel

Outstanding Citizen Trisha Kennedy Kennedy’s Custom Jewelers

20th Anniversary Lamar’s Donuts in Blue Springs is celebrating their 20th Anniversary serving the Eastern Jackson Co. area!

The location at 722 NW State Route 7 Highway is proud to serve the same quality donuts that Ray Lamar introduced to the Kansas City area back in 1960.

Our staff of twenty associates serve 10,000 customers a month from a single donut to orders of 50 dozen plus.

We now offer home delivery through our new online home delivery service called Chow Now. Our customers include several area school districts, churches, businesses, charities, students, retirees, veterans, families, ďŹ rst responders, state & local government agencies.

Owners Jack and Marie Taylor want to thank our local customers for their patronage & welcome all new customers.

We look forward to the next 20 years. Remember to take the time to enjoy the simple pleasures of life!

LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES 2020 We are gathering information for the Blue Springs Chamber of Commerce’s annual legislative priorities. We receive information from many different sources, but our most important source of information is YOU! We need to know your thoughts about legislative issues and how they will affect your ability to do business.

Please email Lara Vermillion with items you would like to see addressed in the 2020 Chamber priorities

lvermillion@bluespringschamber.com