January 2023 Chamber Connection

THE CHAMBER

CONNECTION Happy ! r a e Y New

2022

IN PICTURES

JANUARY 2023

MEMBER RENEWALS America’s Community Bank Apple Roofing, LLC Blue Springs Animal Hopsital & Pet Resort Brookwood Condo Village Homes Assoc Byron Craddolph Central Bank of the MidWest Central Jackson County Fire Protection District Hero Fund USA Hope House Indian Mix Grill Jackson County Tow Kansas City Zoo Rela-Table Republic Services of Kansas City Rink Ratz Sleep in Heavenly Peace Smedley Plumbing St Roberts Catholic Church Summers Compounding Pharmacy Summit Strength Phyicial Therapy, LLC Then and Now Jewelry Worlds of Fun

NEW MEMBERS HR Web Solutions (816) 898-6705 407 W Walnut St. Blue Springs, MO 64014

Blue Springs Kiwanis Club (816) 789-3136 1124 W Main St. Blue Springs, MO 64015

Cheetah Crate KC (816) 343-8086 2507 Lobb Cemetery Road Blue Springs, MO 64015 cheetahcratekc.com

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MEMBER NEWS The City of Blue Springs has welcomed Kati Horner as the new Director of Public Works.

As Director, Horner will lead a team of 60 public works engineers and maintenance professionals and oversee a $16 million annual budget that guides the design, construction and maintenance of the City’s streets, sidewalks, water and sewer infrastructure.

Sleep in Heavenly Peace was awarded a grant for $15,015.15 from Patrick Mahomes on behalf of his foundation 15 and Mahomies.

Sleep in Heavenly Peace has built 2,088 beds in the last four years on their mission to ensure NO KID SLEEPS ON THE FLOOR IN OUR TOWN! JLaws Media has been featured as a Hidden Gem in the KC Region in VoyageKC Magazine! JLaws Media, LLC is a video production company located in Blue Springs specializing in highlight videos while incorporating drone footage. Read the article.

The Community Blood Center is hosting the first annual Joint Chamber Blood Drive on Tuesday, January 17 from 1-5pm. This is a friendly competition between the Raytown, Independence and Blue Springs Chambers to see who can bring in the most donors. The winning Chamber will get to display a traveling trophy this year. To sign up and represent the Blue Springs Chamber, click here and use the group code EH8A. Dr. John and Gwyn Jones are excited to announce the new home of Paramount Health Chiropractic located at 20001 E. Jackson Dr., Independence, MO. This space includes 3150 sq. feet of leasable space. If you are interested in being their neighbor please contact Joey Zarillo at Joey@ZTeamKC.com Foster Dental is now McDaniel Family Dental. While their name has changed, they will still deliver the same quality care they have been providing to our community for over forty years.

MEET A MEMBER MajorLux Luxury Apartments Dave Williams and Major Hammett are proud to announce the new addition of MajorLux Luxury Apartments in Blue Springs. The complex is located at 1501 NW Northridge Drive, Blue Springs, 64015. This one-of-a-kind property is north of 1-70 just past Price Chopper and before Miller Theatres.

Dave and Major, both graduates of the Blue Springs School District and life-long residents, knew this was something special that local residents would desire.

This was confirmed when pre-leasing began a few months ago. There are only a handful of units left and they receive daily comments during rental tours that people “only thought they could find a place of this quality and with these amenities in downtown Kansas City or in Kansas.”

During the building process it was important to both Dave and Major to contract with locally owned and operated businesses with strong ties to the area so that everyone had the same end goal in mind: ”Build an incredible project that ALL of us and the COMMUNITY would be extremely proud to call its OWN”. There are many outstanding companies that helped in achieving this goal including Midwest Exteriors, WeatherTech Roofing & Renovations, Double C Industries, FINKLE + WILLIAMS Architecture, Twin Lakes Insurance, Guier Fence, Vital Signs, M & S Electric, Quality Cabling Solutions/Security, Comcast, Artisun Solar, Brickhouse Leasing & Management, and Block & Company. Blue Springs High School and Blue Springs South High School also have student artwork displayed on the walls throughout the complex.

MajorLux Luxury Apartments represents an upscale, beautiful, luxurious, place to live. Amenities include a “lounging lobby”, large outdoor patio with grills and firepit, fitness center, coffee/tea bar, garages, storage rooms, indoor/outdoor rooftop lounge that includes libation lockers, five 75” TV’s and putting greens, and you can even cross a beautiful bridge to enjoy the dog park, pond, fountain and even play a little frisbee! The outside courtyard, rooftop and communal areas were designed with comfort and LUXURY in mind! You won’t believe it until you see it. For more information about MajorLux Luxury Apartments, visit www. majorluxapartments.com or contact Greg Brickhouse at brickhouse@sbcglobal.net.

now leasing!

Top-rated Blue Springs School District

Dog Park Rooftop Lounge Stainless Steel Appliances

In-Home Laundry Gated & Secured Private Balconies

GREG BRICKHOUSE BRICKHOUSE TEAM WHEN YOU NEED RESULTS

816.210.4218

Fitness Center Outdoor Grills Putting Green Coffee Bar

BILL MAAS

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Joint Chamber Challenge Blood Drive Tuesday, January 17th 1:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Santa Fe Room Hilton Garden Inn - Independence

19677 E. Jackson Drive

Book your appointment today at savealifenow.org/group, enter Group Code: EH8A or scan QR Code. For additional details contact Dawn Eblen at (816) 352-2342 or deblen@cbckc.org.

Medical eligibility questions?

Call 1.800.688.0900

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UPCOMING EVENTS JANUARY 10 Chamber Champions Information Meeting 8:30 am @ Chamber Office REGISTER HERE

JANUARY 20 Annual Awards Banquet Presented by

Join us for our first Chamber Champions meeting to learn more about how being a Champion can benefit you & the Chamber!

Board Meeting 8:15 am @ Chamber Office

JANUARY 12 LEADership Class Education Day - All Day

JANUARY 13 Legislative Affairs Task Force 7:30 am @ Sandy’s Restaurant REGISTER HERE

JANUARY 16 Martin Luther King Jr Day Chamber Closed

JANUARY 17 Joint Chamber Blood Drive 7:30 am @ Sandy’s Restaurant REGISTER HERE

At the 2022 Board Retreat, members and staff were led through an exercise to create core values for the Chamber.

These values were then presented to and approved by the full Board of Directors at the December Board meeting.

Meet Me For Lunch 11:30 am @ Indian Mix Grill REGISTER HERE

JANUARY 11

CORE VALUES

Join us at the Speakeasy and help solve the Great Chamber Mystery.

Awards will be presented for Business of the Year, Not for Profit of the Year and Outstanding Citizen of the Year.

REGISTER HERE 5:30 - 9:00 pm Adams Pointe Conference Center

JANUARY 24 Chamber 101 8:30 am @ Chamber Office REGISTER HERE

These core values will help to guide our decision making and strategic planning, and will be used in publications and on our website.

Business & Community Focused We are focused on the business community and maintaining a strong economic environment.

Inclusive Collaboration We believe that each person has a unique and valuable perspective.

Vision with Heart We are inspired to make a difference in our community because we believe this work matters Action Driven Solutions We help solve member problems by being an effective and reliable resource.

Fun We create “Chamber magic” by cultivating joy and positivity in everything we do.

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2023 BOARD

OF DIRECTORS Cody Raithel- Chairman of the Board Central Bank of the Midwest Michael Scott - Secretary/Treasurer The Table

The mission of the Blue Springs Chamber of Commerce is to be the leading resource for business and an effective influential community partner.

2021 Business of the Year: Los Cabos Mexican Grill & Cantina 2021 Not For Profit of the Year: Community Services League Blue Springs 2021 Citizen of the Year: Dr. Pat Hatley

Chad Smith - Past Chairman Chad Smith State Farm Insurance

2022 PARTNERS

Ashish Patel - Business Support and Promotion Hampton Inn Kansas City/Blue Springs

TIER ONE Saint Luke’s East Hospital St. Mary’s Medical Center

Jeff Carpenter - Membership Events & Services Job One Erika Lucas - Leadership & Community Development Sandy’s Restaurant Bobby Olm-Shipman Saint Luke’s East Hospital Carman Booker Bank 21 Dr. Thomas Meyer MCC - Blue River Jason Norbury City of Blue Springs Jenny Callaghan Mantra Katie Woolf Blue Springs R-IV School District

CHAMBER STAFF Lara Vermillion President lvermillion@bluespringschamber.com Trish Totta Vice President ttotta@bluespringschamber.com

TIER TWO Evergy Santa Fe Tow TIER THREE Bank 21 Blue Ridge Bank & Trust Co. Chad Smith State Farm Insurance Los Cabos Mexican Grill & Cantina McCarthy Blue Springs Hyundai MCC - Blue River TIER FOUR Equity Bank Kansas City Cannabis Print Graphics

Rose Hall Events Coordinator rhall@bluespringschamber.com Becca Blake Communications Specialist bblake@bluespringschamber.com

The Chamber is hiring a part-time Administrative Assistant.

Click here to view job details or call the Chamber office 816-229-8558.

TIER FIVE Cosentino’s Price Chopper Kansas City Cannabis

Kirk Lair Central Jackson County Fire Protection District Lisa LaCombe NextGen Realty Trailhead Group Lorne Meinershagen Meinershagen & Co. Melodie Chrisman Community Services League Blue Springs

2023 Sponsorships are now available. Contact Becca at bblake@bluespringschamber.com for more information.

Travis Hunt New York Life Insurance

Building Business. Growing Community.

Warren Goessling Kohl’s Distribution Center

Blue Springs Chamber of Commerce

Vanessa Starke Starke Law Offices, LLC

1000 W Main Street Blue Springs, MO 64015

Phone : 816.229.8558 Fax : 816.229.1244 www.bluespringschamber.com