February Newsletter

CHAMBER

NEWS

FEBRUARY 2021 The area’s fastest growing chamber! Come grow with us!

4 States Live with Shannon Bruffett IN THIS ISSUE

A LETTER FROM THE DIRECTOR MEET A BOARD MEMBER! RIBBON CUTTINGS NEW MEMBERS MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY FEBRUARY CALENDAR THIS MONTH'S COLUMN BY DAN CHIODO

1st Choice Gorman Tax Service

Cutting Loose Graphics

Excelerate America Partnership Last month we launched our new partnership

with

national

organization - Excelerate America.

They

work

across

with

the

chambers

U.S.

to

all

provide

discounts, promos, and educational resources to help their business grow and succeed.

With this partnership, we are able to offer discounts to our members with companies like Quickbooks, Dell, Office Depot, Moo, and more. They also

have

FREE

educational

resources

like

30

day

challenges on Search Engine Optimization (SEO), email marketing, and social media strategy.

If you want to learn how to start saving with the

CONTACT US

discount program, please contact Cavanaugh at the Carl Junction Area Chamber.

A Letter from the Director Happy February! I can't believe we are already a month into 2021. The chamber is gearing up for planning season with so many great events happening in the first half of the year. From the community and educational awards banquet, golf scramble, business expo, and main street events there is sure to be something for everyone!

We have been really focusing on educational opportunities with virtual and in-person workshops helping community business owners perfect skills and learn new ones as they thrive in 2021. We have upcoming social media marketing, insurance benefits, and business 101 topics coming up in the next few months. It's going to be a great

Cavanaugh Studyvin

Executive Director Carl Junction Area Chamber of Commerce

year of learning!

MEET

A

CJACC

BOARD

MEMBER!

Chase Kraft was born and raised in the local community. graduated

with

a

Bachelor’s

of

Business

Administration

He in

Economics from Harding University. He is a licensed agent in property,

casualty,

obtained

the

life,

esteemed

and

health

designation

insurance, of

and

Certified

recently Insurance

Counselor. Chase is the agency manager, and a producer, at Kraft Insurance Services.

He is married to his lovely wife, Mariah, who also works at Kraft Insurance Services on the personal lines team.

Chase Kraft

Kraft Insurance Services

When he isn’t at work, Chase enjoys spending his time outdoors and with his family. He is a certified rescue scuba diver, CPR instructor, and a lifelong numismatist. Chase’s burning desire is to serve God, serve others, and serve his community.

Board of Directors Election There are three board member positions available in the Carl Junction Area Chamber of Commerce. You must be an active member or employed with current, active member business for at least a year in order to qualify to run for a position. Duties include attending monthly board meetings, present

at

chamber

events

and

ribbon

cuttings.

This

is

a

3

year

commitment.

Elections will take place in March 2021 with the position beginning in April 2021.

If you are interested in running, please contact Cavanaugh or Martha at the chamber.

Ribbon Cuttings & Celebrations

Sprinkles Clean Ups, Cleanouts, & More

Chamber Business Spotlights

Zach Norris at Adult & Teen Challenge of the 4 States

Chef Mike at Finnello's

New Members

Simple Simon's Pizza of Joplin

Hunt's Mobile Detailing

Simple Simons Pizza located at 1522 E

Are you looking for a reliable auto detailer

Broadway, Joplin mo 64801, is Veteran Family

owned

by

retired

SFC

Michael

Johnson and his wife Jennifer. They have been in the pizza profession for 8 years and love to serve their community any way they can. Their motto is everyone deserves pizza

so

they

specialize

in

particular

dietary needs including gluten friendly, keto

friendly

and

alpha

gal

friendly

products. With their new location they are now offering delivery to portions of Carl Junction and Webb City as well as Joplin.

They offer dine in carry out delivery and

to get your car looking 10X better than its current conditions? If so, get in touch with one of our newest members, ZACHARY HUNT,

owner

of

HUNT'S

DETAILING,

MOBILE

417-396-3528,

huntsmobiledetailing@outlook.com.

For

your convenience, he will come to you! No need to fight traffic or leave your car anyplace.

HUNT'S

will

arrive

at

your

location, clean your vehicle, explain the results and ensure you are satisfied with the results!

HUNT'S MOBILE DETAILING

serves the Carl Junction and Joplin area!

buffet every day from 11 AM to 2 PM and Tuesday evenings from 5 PM to 7 PM where kids 10 and under eat buffet free with

an

adult

purchase!

One

Tuesday

evening a month they offer fundraising opportunities for area groups and are excited to partner with the community!

Enviroteks, LLC ENVIROTEKS provides electrostatic fogging services to rid your business, vehicle, or home from contamination. Electrostatic fogging is the most effective way to kill all airborne pathogens and it reduces the risk of cross contamination. They use an EPA certified solution guaranteed to eliminate COVID-19, the flu, HIV, and other dangerous viruses as well as mold and bacteria on exposed surfaces. The solution is safe for hard and soft surfaces.

ENVIROTEKS works closely with Gayle Benintendi, infection control nurse preventionist for the state of Texas. Their goal is to offer a service to battle the COVID-19 virus, assist small business owners in keeping their doors open, keep homes and vehicles safe; to help allow communities to continue to function inside and outside of their homes. For more information on this exceptional, safe service please contact the number associated with your area.Central Arkansas: 501-749-4333

Southwest Missouri: 417-850-7504

The Member Directory CED Champions Feed Pet Store & More Chase Coffee Christian Church of Carl Junction Churchwell-Hedman LLC Circle T Collectibles City of Carl Junction City of Webb City, MO CJ Cultivators CJ FBLA CJ Lions Club CJ Pharmacy CJ R-1 School District CJ Senior Center Clark's Cuisine Clark, Sharon Clear Bright Cleaning Solutions LLC College View Manor Community Bank & Trust Community National Bank Community Support Services Corner Greer & Assoc. Inc Countryside in the City CoxHealth at Home Crazy Llama Coffee Croley Insurance & Financial Crowder College Culligan of Joplin Cutting Loose Graphics

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1st Choice Gorman Tax Services, LLC 360 Auto Service 5 Star Moving A

Abbey Title ABE Painting Abernathy Roofing & Construction, LLC Adult & Teen Challenge of the Four States Advance Family Eyecare Aire Internet All Season's Signs & Printing Allgeier Martin and Associates Inc American Business Systems American Family Insurance AMI Radio Group Andrea Malcolm, Flat Branch Home Loans Andy Queen, Farmer's Insurance Arvest Bank ASAP Appliance Repair Asbell Companies Asbell, Tom & Dixie Atlas Risk Management (ATC) Athena Marketing Automated Technology Company B

Bailey's Family Dining Beimdiek Insurance Agency Inc Ben R Brown Trucking, Inc Bicycle Specialists, LLC Bill's Electric Binky Guy BioEthics Advantage Bittner Property Breast Cancer Foundation of the Ozarks Brian & Katherine Mays, Little Free Library Briarbrook CID Bromley, Bob Butcher's Block Event Center BYAA (Bulldog Youth Athletic ASC)

D

Davis CPA Group Deck The Walls Disabled American Veterans Bottom Stogsdi Don Gould Agency Downstream Casino Dr. Randall Rohmiller Dreyer Law Firm DriftAway Day Spa Drywood Financial LLC E

Edward Jones - Brad McIntyre Edward Jones - Jennafer Johnson Embassy Embroidery Employer Advantage Enviroteks, LLC Ernie Williamson Music

C

Camp Mi Casa on the Route RV Park Carl Junction's Next Chapter Carl Junction Family Medicine Carl Junction First Assembly of God Carthage Chamber of Commerce Casey's - Corporate Offices Cassie Herlocker - Photo/Design CDL Electric

F

Federal Protection Flanigan, Tom - Commissioner Flounder's Footprints & Friends Preschool

Forged Waterjet Fabrications Four Main Antiques Four States Foot Clinic Foxberry Terrace Fred & Red's Free Market Physician Front Page fStop Publications

The Member Directory Jen's Cheesecake Joel's Automative Service JoMo Bazaar JoMo Moving Joplin Family Y Joplin Floor Designs Inc Joplin Globe (CNHI) Joplin Humane Society Joplin Lock & Key Joplin Metro Credit Union Joplin NALA Read Joplin Outlaws Baseball Joplin Regional Airport Joplin Supply Company Joplin Venetian Blind Inc Joplin Workshops Jordan CPA Services Just Call Jo Team

G

Garber, Stephanie Garrett, Richard Ghetto Taco Gold & Silver of Joplin Golden Paws Animal Rescue Granny Shaffer's Restaurant Grizzly Bear Golf Carts Gymfixers, LLC H

K

H.E. Williams Habitat for Humanity Hance, Kathleen Harp's Food Stores Hedman Chiropractic LLC Helping Hands Ministry Henkle's Ace Hardware Hershey's Mobile Ice Cream Higher Vision Coaching Home Builders Association of SWMO Home Pro Hope 4 You Hospice Campassus-Western Mo Hunt's Mobile Detailing

Kansas Crossing Casino Karen Rutledge Ins Agency Inc Keller Investmant Properties Knutzen, Lisa KOAM/FOX 14 Kraft Insurance Services KSNF/KODE Kyle Hickam State Farm L

Lafayette House Lakeland Office Systems Law Firm of Christoper W Dunn Leggett & Platt Liberty Utilities Linda Teeter Insurance Agency

I

Impact Benefits, CJ Blomenkamp iMPACT Training Interstate Batteries of SW Missouri J

Jasper County MU Extension Council Jasper County Elected Officials

M

Madison Pet Clinic MC Swim Coaching LLC McPherson Law Office Meat'n Place Hometown Grill

The Member Directory Mediacom Business Mercy Hospital Mi Torito Mexican Restaurant Mid Missouri Bank Midwest Doors & Interiors Midwest Pest Control Misfit Mutts Missouri Eagle MSSU MSSU SBDC

Short's Trash Service Show Me The Ozarks Magazine Sign Designs Simple Simon's Pizza of Joplin Small Town Barbershop Smith, Cody Sonic Drive-In Southwest Missouri Bank Spiva Center for the Arts Sprinkles Clean-Ups, Clean-Outs, & More St. Pauls UMC Stealth Creative Stephen Thomas Ins. Agency Stice, Leona Stone's Corner Pharmacy Stubblefield, Gary Surplus USA

N

Natural Hemp Joplin LLC New-Aire Fireplace Systems New Day, New Beginning Noble Earth Recovery LLC O

O'Brian and Associates LLC Orient Express Ozark Athletic Supply Ozark Center Ozark Gateway Association of Realtors Ozark Nursery Ozarks Elder Law

T

Teddy Bear Mobile SWMO Thornhill-Dillon Mortuary Transformed Salon U

UPS Store #2834 Urban Art Gallery US Bank

P

Parker Mortuary and Crematory Pat's Lawn Service Penmac Staffing Joplin Pete's Inc Pinnacle Bank Pizza Hut Primerica

V

Vassal High End, LLC VIP Personal Training Visit Joplin Volk's Avanti Insurance

R

Randy's Drive In Red Onion Catering Reece Nichols Sunflower Realty Group Reeves Tire Rok n Roll Cleaning Company Ronald McDonald House Roof Master's Remodeling

W

Walmart (Stones Corner) Wells Fargo White, Bill - State Senator Whodat Contracting, LLP Wildwood Ranch, LLC WIN Publishing Inc. Workforce Investment Board of the SW MO

S

S&S Computers S&S Security Systems Samford, Laura Senior Insurance Providers SERC Physical Therapy ServPro of Carthage/Joplin Shannon Smith, Farmers Insurance Agency Sharp Chem-Dry Shoal Creek Foot & Ankle Center

Z

Z 1-2 Call Zaccardelli, Richard Zerenity Farms, LLC

January Lunch & Learn: Financial Wellness Workshop

BUSINESS

DEVELOPMENT

GROUPS

Morning Group Meets 2nd & 4th Wednesday 7:30 AM Bearded Lady Roasters 218 S Main St. in Joplin Group Contact: Dale & Fran Owen dwowen@joplin.com

Afternoon Group Meets 2nd & 4th Thursday 4:00 PM Meat'n Place 6039 N Main in Webb City (Stone's Corner Plaza) Group Contact: Chase Kraft rckraft@kraftins.com

SAVE

TO

YOUR

FEBRUARY

CALENDAR

First Thursday Power Breakfast Thursday, February 4th 7:30 AM Finn's 2707 E. 32nd Street in Joplin Sponsored by ABE Paint Team

February Lunch & Learn Re: Investing 101 Tuesday, February 23rd 11:30-12:30 pm Sponsored by: Flat Branch Home Loans

Networking: Social Distance Style FREE virtual lunch & learn with Missouri SBDC. Upon registration, participant will receive a zoom link.

Thursday, February 11th 10:45-12:00 pm

Coming Soon 417 Networking Blitz Last month's Blitz was a HUGE success and members from Joplin, Carl Junction, Carthage, Nixa,

Monett,

Bolivar,

and

Aurora

got

to

connect, exchange ideas, and problem solve virtually. Save the date for another District 8 wide blitz on Thursday, February 27th at 1:00 PM.

love Local for Valentine's Day We are doing a week-long "Love Local" campaign

for

Valentine's

Day.

Facebook

features, dedicated posts, "Love Guide" plus much more. If you are a restaurant that will be open on Valentine's Day with or without a special, please let us know! If you are a florist, let us know so we can feature you. If you are a store or boutique and plan to run any Valentine's Day special or if you aren't, we still want to feature you!

Please reach out to Cavanaugh by Friday, February 5th so we can add you to the social media campaign. This will run February 8th to

February

12th

leading

up

to

the

Valentine's Day holiday.

NEW Website Launches February 22nd!!

We are almost ready for our

new

and

improved

CJACC website to go LIVE. If any of your business listing

information

including sites

social

and

changed,

logo

please

media have contact

the chamber office ASAP so we can properly update the member directory.

Time to Spray Away the Negativity.

We’ve all seen it: A negative attitude. It could be one of our team members, or it could be a customer. It would be nice if we had a spray can of “Positive Scent” to spray away any poison in the atmosphere, but it doesn’t work quite like that.

By Daniel P. Chiodo President of iMPACT Training & Executive Coaching

A TEAM MEMBER WHO IS NEGATIVE If you have someone inside your organization who tends to be negative, do something proactive that keeps the negativity from spreading (or from you losing some of your best people who get frustrated with the negativity):

1. Have a private chat with them and let them know that you (and probably others) are noticing their tendency to be negative.

2. Let them know that they need to see things in a new way.

3. Tell them their change in attitude must be immediate and sustained. (“Immediate” means when they leave the room they must make the change and “sustained” means that they can’t go back to old negative habits.)

4. Remind them that when they first interviewed for their job, the negativity was not there. You want them to return their thinking and actions to match their behavior that day.

A PROSPECT OR CUSTOMER WITH A NEGATIVE ATTITUDE With external people, we must handle things in a different way. You can’t pull them into your office for a conversation.

1. React to any negative talk with a smile so that they can see you will be taking the “high road”.

2. If they point out something negative, think of the positive about that point.

3. This is important: Do not use the word “but”. Here’s an example of what I mean…

Customer: “These prices keep going up and up. I’m sick and tired of it.”

You: Yes, you pay more, and you get so much more.”

(Notice that I did not use the word ”but” in anything I said.)

Remember to keep an eye on any negativity you spot consistently. It can occur at any time—especially if you have a disgruntled team member or a new one who didn’t show you the negativity during the initial hiring interview.

Dan is a Carl Junction Area Chamber of Commerce member and President of iMPACT Training & Executive Coaching. If you have any ideas for topics for his column, contact him at dan@danchiodo.net

View from America: An article from ATC

By Philip R. Juneau

Chief Commerical Officer from Automated Technology Company (ATC)

A little over six years ago, I was honoured to co-author an article entitled Active Site for the longstanding publication ABB Review.This explained how renewable energy, together with on-site generation and storage on an industrial or large campus site (i.e. microgrid), can provide energy independence whilst using the energy utility’s connection to source energy when needed, or offload its surplus. Looking back over the years leading up to the present, the electrical power grid is truly evolving into a smart grid, ready to supply power to evolving smart cities; break this down into manageable entities or blocks in a city or geographic region and you have what is called multiple ‘active sites’. An active site can completely control and optimise its own microgrid, having individually-complex energy loads, and its interface to the dynamic macro- (power) grid.

Its main purpose is to ensure its own optimisation of energy usage and costs whilst permitting the microgrid to participate fully in what is known as the smart grid. The power rating of active sites ranges between 100kW and 50MW. The interconnection and communicational aspects between the site and the energy provider must be completely aligned both technically and commercially. It’s a simple, yet challenging matching of supply-side and demand-side management perspectives, which is much easier said than done.

What this article aims to convey is that active site technology that exists today is ever more advanced and ready to implement effectively.

Active site in reality In reality, an active site is a feasible endeavour for most major energy-consuming campuses, complexes or industrial facilities, as it comprehensively has all of the ingredients for an intelligent infrastructure solution; a main one being its base energy profile i.e., energy usage over time. This means that there is a steady base load for reliable energy usage, therefore on-site generation and/or renewables can optimise your energy and carbon profiles from a cost and emissions standpoint respectively.

Critical aspects to unify infrastructure To unify the complexity within the building infrastructure, it is best to begin initially with your energy profile, as stated earlier. By generating an equipment list, it is recommended that you capture the following information for each equipment/component: Location.

Power variables: horsepower (HP) or power (W), voltage (V), full load amperage (FLA).

Time of usage (specific start and stop, i.e. running times).

Area servicing (e.g. HVAC air handling unit serving a medical clinic area).

Manufacturing date of equipment (age).

Controls or interfaces for monitoring and controlling.

General notes.

Note: Actual values via a meter or other data capturing device is ideal.

Once the list is created, you can determine the significant portions of your facility/campus energy load to look further into potential solutions. First, identify the connectivity of your facility or building energy management system (BEMS), as this is the cornerstone to an intelligent building/facility or campus. Second, ensure the use of open building controls protocols, such as BACnet and KNX which are also standards in the industry. Also, try to use IP communication for these i.e. BACnet/IP and KNX/IP, as this both streamlines communication and improves reliability. Both points are the most basic and important ones to consider, as they provide the ability to scale and modify/adapt in the future – full stop.

The solution in reality As already mentioned, an active site is a feasible endeavour, as it contains all the ingredients for an intelligent infrastructure solution. So, let’s talk about integrating the ingredients, namely energy consuming equipment and infrastructure.

Article continued on next page

An article from a CJACC member So, let’s talk about integrating the ingredients, namely energy consuming equipment and infrastructure. What ties all of these together is a unification of building technology open protocols and standards integrated under one intelligent, IP-convergent SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) platform.

Using KNX sensors and switches for occupant interfaces and DIN-rail controls for localised equipment control whilst using IP-based BACnet controllers for central applications, it becomes extremely straightforward to acquire, automate and manage your building data.

The solution described above does not have to be done all at once. A scalable solution which can go through many iterations within each lifecycle is feasible. What is important is to focus on the priority areas within your facility or campus and keep the following technical measures in mind whilst adhering to the open protocol technology approach mentioned above: Time of usage shift to off-peak hour rates.

Optimal start/stop of equipment.

Peak demand limiting for manageable loads/equipment.

The following active site implementation process comes from the aforementioned article and should be used as a guideline, even in smaller project iterations. What is important is to start somewhere, so monitoring data together with analytics can also change user behaviour and building/facility/campus operations.

Summary If you happen to be involved in the operation of a larger facility, campus or industrial facility with a baseload operation, then you’re an active site candidate! The technology is available, and you can begin with simple monitoring of your baseline energy profile to better understand where to begin and what to focus on. All it takes is dedication, transparency and well-spent resources to save money and help us all to reach a net-zero infrastructure.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Philip R. Juneau is Chief Commercial Officer for Automated Technology Company (ATC), and Vice President of the KNX USA National Group. ATC’s mission is to transform today’s buildings into tomorrow’s net-zero infrastructure by ensuring the highest levels of safety, comfort and efficiency for the overall well-being of its occupants and the overall environment. www.atcjomo.com ATC is a proud member of the Carl Junction Area Chamber of Commerce

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Carl Junction Area Chamber of Commerce 205 N. Main | P.O. Box 301 Carl Junction, MO 64834 417.649.8846 (p) | 417.649.5098 (f) carljunctioncc.com

cavanaugh@carljunctioncc.com martha@carljunctioncc.com

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