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GRANDVIEW AREA CHAMBER
July 17, 2014
Connections in Commerce | www.grandviewchamber.org
Vol. 2 | Issue 4
Digfest 2014:
Biggest and best in fourth year
Over $75,000 donated to French Loaf Bakery A few months ago, we told you about a new project the Grandview Area Chamber decided to take on. It was a spinoff of Extreme Makeover, or Restaurant Takeover or Save My Bakery! “As a small Chamber of Commerce, it was important for us to let the community know who we are and what we stand for,” said Michelle Wilson, Executive Director of the Chamber. Wilson added that it was a huge undertaking for a Chamber of this size and for the French Loaf to open their doors and books and minds to a project like this. In January, a group of Chamber members met, set a timeline and
a plan and took off running with their respective duties. Stephen Papineau of Shelby Management reviewed and drafted a new business plan. Courtney Linke of US Bank worked with the owner to handle cost-analysis and financial forecasting. And, the first couple of weeks consisted of gathering data from mystery shoppers on customer service, product, atmo-
sphere and price point. Once data was gathered and background work was complete, the committee then focused on interior design, website development, social media presence and new logo and branding. The entire project also was filmed from beginning to end by Vital Companies, who provided a time-lapsed video of the makeover weekend. We met weekly either in person or online, shared documents, ideas, plans and goals. It all came together in a whirlwind makeover weekend on May 17-19, where in a total of 25 hours over three days:
The Grandview Area Chamber held the 4th Annual Digfest, aka, Drinks In Grandview Festival, on Saturday, June 14, 2014 at the Grandview Yard. “Each year the festival has grown. We’ve increased the venue size every year, the amount of vendors, and the number of patrons,” stated Michelle Wilson, Executive Director of the Chamber. Back in 2011, the Programming Committee of the Chamber decided to add a second signature event in an effort to boost the Chamber’s annual budget. Increasing the budget would allow the Chamber to add additional programming throughout the year. At that time, the Taste of Grandview had been held each October for five years, and the weather traditionally, was inhibitive of a really successful event. Enter, Digfest. Just four short years ago, the craft beer movement was just hitting the airwaves as alternate options to standard drafts in restaurants and bars. Also relatively new was the distillery movement, and Columbus already had two in town. Ohio wines have a longer history and presence, but not many people had taken the opportunity to visit local wineries to taste and compare the quality of their favorite storebought bottle to a locally grown and sourced wine. We decided to capitalize on these up and coming trends and build a festival around all drinks local. Each year since, the event has grown; the number of craft breweries has exploded, as well as distilleries. Ohio now boasts 28 distilleries compared to a handful in 2009. The 2014 Digfest greeted over 5,000 patrons who enjoyed music by Colin Gawel & The Lonely Bones as well as The Randys, all while sampling beer from 23 craft breweries, and several more liquors, spirits and wines from around Ohio. Food was available from 10 local Chamber member restaurants and the offerings were over-the-top delicious this year. Other vendors included crafters that make products related to the beverage industry, and the most popular this year seemed to be See DIGFEST on page 2
See FRENCH LOAF on page 2
4th Annual Neighborhood Bar Crawl and Scavenger Hunt Don’t miss the fun Saturday, July 19 from 3 to 9 p.m. in Grandview
Join 500 crawlers and visit 5 of 12 participating bars, on one fun day. And, we just announced our after-party live act: That 80s Band! No cover with your crawl admission.
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FRENCH LOAF Continued from page 1
volunteers painted, carpeted, planted, decorated and furnished what is now, the beautiful, warm and inviting French Loaf Bakery. You can find that video at http://youtu.be/MKBV0mrJjSM “To have over $75,000 donated products and services is well beyond what we expected at the onset of this project. We knew it would be a tough, but rewarding project and we’re all thrilled with the final product,” said Wilson. All of these companies stepped up to help a longtime local business succeed. Visit the French Loaf for pastries, breads and event lunches! You can check out their new website at www. frenchloafbakery.com, and like their Facebook page at www.facebook.com/ TheFrenchLoaf Many gracious thanks to all of the volunteers and sponsor companies mentioned at right. Also, to Marijon Lococo, owner of The French Loaf for letting us turn her place upside down for a few days, as well as for her open-
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To have over $75,000 donated products and services is well beyond what we expected at the onset of this project. We knew it would be a tough, but rewarding project and we’re all thrilled with the final product,” — MICHELLE WILSON Executive Director of the Grandview Area Chamber ness throughout the process. The Chamber hopes to continue the Chamber Challenge each year with a new business that would like some additional help.
Over 5,000 guests attended the 4th annual DigFest.
DIGFEST Continued from page 1 Columbus Barrel Company with their Kentucky Bourbon Barrel made tables, portable bars, wine racks and more. The Grandview Area Chamber works every day to promote businesses and bring awareness to their products and services. This event has proven to be a fantastic way to promote local businesses, bands and sponsors. Without the partnerships offered by our sponsors, we wouldn’t realize such a successful event each year. Many thanks to Nationwide Realty Investors for use of the Grandview Yard, 2CheckOut, Entertainment Sponsor, Pathways/Members First Credit Union, Destination Grandview, Hyatt Place, Apartments at the Yard, Massage Envy and the City of Grandview Heights.
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Contributors to the Chamber Challenge included: Pathways/Members First Financial Credit Union
Shelby Management
King Business Interiors
ZarZar Group
Adept Marketing 2Shea Creative
North American Broadcasting (Jack FM & WMNI)
Atchley Signs
New Avenue Architecture
Advantage Printing
3D Group
Grandview Dental Care
Preston Research
Kent & Susan Studebaker
Vital Companies
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GREEN SPACES
Village Green space treats the senses Though the Village encompasses only 175 acres, it can boast of significant public green areas for the use and enjoyment by residents, visitors and businesses. These public areas range from the developed Paul J. Falco Park to the almost 10 acres of mostly-forested passive park in Tarpy Woods. The Village has always been proud of its manicured Cambridge island that stands as the gateway to the Village when entering from Fifth Avenue. Featuring mature trees, an impressive collection of day lilies and the Frank G. Monaco Fountain, Cambridge island sets the tone for the Village’s residential area. The island offers a treat for the senses from the flowers and fountain in the summer months to colored lights during the winter holiday season. The Paul J. Falco Park on Fernwood Avenue offers the community a developed park with a play/ climbing unit for children and picnic tables and benches for residents and employees of local businesses to enjoy an outing in a pleasant setting. The playground equipment was renovated this spring. Further park improvements are planned for 2014. The park also showcases a
memorial plaque to Paul J. Falco, the longest-serving mayor of Marble Cliff (36 years). Pocket parks at Arlington circle and Village Court circle provide open green space for public use. The largest tract of public land, however, is the passive park in Tarpy Woods. This park was established a decade ago to preserve undeveloped property at the south end of Cambridge Boulevard. The park includes a wooded area as well as an open meadow. The passive nature of the park means that there will be no significant formal development of the land. Limited footpaths have been created and some benches have been built in the woods for pedestrian use. Many of these items are the result of Eagle Scout projects. What you won’t find in this park are playgrounds or sports fields. The intent is to maintain a natural environment so that you can find birds, wildlife and wildflowers. Local birders have noted the variety of species that are attracted to the park’s natural setting. Public green space is an important Village feature. It helps attract residents and businesses to the community and contributes to the overall livability factor of the Village.
Take advantage of the many green spaces our community has on offer: (top) Falcon Park and (below) Frank Monaco Fountain are just two of many.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER
July 26: 21st Annual Lazy Daze of Summer takes place from 11 a.m.-6 p.m., on the lawn & streets surrounding the Grandview Library. www.ghmcartscouncil.org. July 26: Grandview HOP. Grandview Avenue between 1st & 5th Avenues, and on W. 1st Avenue, 5-9 p.m. www.facebook.com/thegrandviewhop. Aug 14: Monthly Luncheon: Brian Driscoll, Best Practices for Hiring and Retaining Top Employees. 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. at River’s Edge Business Park, Conference Center. www.grandviewchamber.org. Aug 30: Grandview HOP. Grandview Avenue between 1st & 5th Avenues, and on W. 1st Avenue, 5-9 p.m. www.facebook.com/thegrandviewhop. Sept 4-6: Annual Ox Roast at Pierce Field. Three day community festival. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Bobcat-BoostersAnnual-Ox-Roast/256823404340709. Sept 11: Monthly Luncheon: car2go Presentation. 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., www.grandviewchamber.org. Sept 13: Taste of Grandview: SE corner of Grandview Ave and Goodale Blvd. Time TBD. www.grandviewchamber.org .
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Grandview residents Krista Dugan, left, and Sarah Persinger look at photos on display by Jack Schultz of Intricate Image Photography during the Lazy Daze of Summer arts and craft festival July 2013. Sept 21: 4th annual Youth Advocate Services All Class Car, Truck and Motorcycle Show. www.yasohio.org. Sept 24: New Member Breakfast: 8-9:30 a.m. at Expert Office Furniture, 1080 W. Third Avenue. www.grandviewchamber.org. Sept 27: Last Grandview HOP for 2014. Grandview Avenue between 1st & 5th Avenues, and on W. 1st Avenue, 5-9 p.m. www.facebook.com/thegrandviewhop.
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CHAMBER NEWS
My first five years at The Grandview Area Chamber By MICHELLE WILSON Executive Director In May of 2009, I was excited and honored to be representing the Grandview Area Chamber as it’s first full-time director. I believe my biggest challenge at the time was to let the community know I was here and to grow our membership base, which, at that time, was 187 members. Ahhhh, those were the days. I quickly got to work on getting to know the area businesses and members, understanding the motivations for growing the organization and perhaps coming up with a new idea or two to increase programming and involvement. Having grown up here, my passion for the Grandview area was inherent. I wanted to see the businesses thrive. I wanted everyone to know the Chamber was here to help. I wanted every resident to know who we were, what we were here for and to support local as often as possible. All of these I still do every day. The only major event the Chamber hosted in 2009 was the annual Taste of Grandview: a great community event highlighting our unparalleled restaurant scene. But, I wanted more. So, we created the annual June event Digfest. Digfest now brings in more operating income alone, than my beginning budget. It’s a
Michelle Wilson, Executive Director, Grandview Area Chamber of Commerce wildly fun and successful event for our community. And, we added a scholarship fundraising event in 2013 so that we could support outgoing GHHS seniors as well as the kids who would like to intern at Chamber member companies. It’s a great program we promote in partnership with the high school. In five years, I have worked with ThisWeek Community News to produce three bi-annual community directories. While other communities are going away from a printed version, ours is highly used and distributed. The first two editions of the directory won national awards from Local Media
Association for Best Business Directory in our size category. Not bad. Not bad at all! This year, we restructured a business in the newest Chamber program; The Chamber Challenge. The challenge was for member businesses to volunteer and donate their time and products to another local business to help them succeed. We completed the first Chamber Challenge in May, 2014 with over $75,000 of donated products and services, not including all of the volunteer labor. We are the first Chamber to take on such a challenge and we’re very proud of the results. Overall, it’s been a very fast five years for me. We’re now at over 300 members and that number grows each month. We are in a better financial position than in our history and we have so much to look forward to with continued development and offerings in our city. I’m still just as proud and honored to serve as the Executive Director of the Grandview Area Chamber as the day I started. Here’s to the next five.
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MARBLE CLIFF
It’s Official: car2go Adds Grandview/ Marble Cliff To home area As of Friday, June 27, 2014, car2go Columbus has expanded into the Greater Grandview Area, encompassing Grandview Heights, Marble Cliff, the Fifth by Northwest area of Columbus and sections of Clinton Township, while also opening up the neighborhood north of Broad Street in Franklinton. This expansion will increase the home area by about six square miles to nearly 40 total square miles. In addition, car2go will be adding an additional 50 new vehicles, bringing the total fleet count to 300 car2go edition smart for two vehicles. Below you will find a map of the updated home area with the expansion shown in orange. For more information: www.columbus.car2go.com.
Contact the chamber Kristy Etling,
President Jamie Gentry, Vice President Curtis Onofri, Treasurer Laura Oldham, Secretary
STAFF Michelle Wilson, Executive Director (614) 486-0196, mwilson@ grandviewchamber.org
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sales director: Doug Dixon retail sales manager: Heather Kritter production & design: Annie Steel account executive: Jason Willis April Clausi Nancy Clowes
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NEW MEMBERS 2Checkout.com Karie Arce karce@2co.com 855 Grandview Ave., Suite 110 Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 921-2449 http://www.2co.com
Donatos Pizza Lianne McGlade lmcglade@donatos.com 1612 Northwest Blvd. Grandview, OH 43212 (614) 486-5363 http://www.donatos.com
Pomante Contractors Inc. Bo Pomante pomante1@ameritech.net 949 Oakland Park Ave. Columbus, OH 43224 (614) 262-1112 http://www.pomantecontractors.com
Staples Viola Workman stacey.barton@staples.com 1747 Olentangy River Road Columbus, OH 43212 (614) 299-9425 http://www.staples.com
Batten Disease Support & Research Association Becky Hetteberg bhetteberg@bdsra.org 1175 Dublin Road Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 973-6012 http://www.bdsra.org
King Business Interiors, Inc. Darla King darlaking@kbiinc.com 6155 Huntley Road Suite D Columbus , OH 43229 (614) 430-0020 http://www.kbiinc.com
Red Roof Inn Cris Hansen i0121@redroof.com 441 Ackerman Columbus, OH 43202 (614) 267-9941 http://www.redroof.com
The Commissary Kate Djupe kate@thecommissarycolumbus.com 1400 Dublin Road Marble Cliff, OH 43215 (614) 975-9543 http://thecommissarycolumbus.com
LA Fitness Joe O’Brien Joeyolafit@gmail.com 850 Goodale Blvd. Columbus, OH 43212 (614) 643-0070 http://Www.lafitness.com
Rock Solid Academy Debie Hague Rocksolidoh@gmail.com Cardigan Ave. Columbus, OH 43212 (614) 481-7728 http://rocksolidacademy.com
The Piada Group Meghan Dauer mdauer@thepiadagroup.com 1440 King Ave. Columbus, OH 43212 (614) 487-9150 http://mypiada.com
Live Happier Coaching Nancy Smith nancyjane@live-happier.com 939 West 3rd Ave. Columbus, OH 43212 (614) 219-2031 http://live-happier.com
Skyward Grille MIke Ratliff Mike@Skywardgrille.com 2185 Riverside Drive Columbus, OH 43221 (614) 221-9263
Wells Fargo Advisors Michael Evans michael.evans@wellsfargoadvisors.com 41 S. High Street, Suite 2300 Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 225-6701 www.wfadvisors.com/michael.evans
Boulevard Presbyterian Church Preston Shealy office@blvdchurch.org 1235 Northwest Blvd. Columbus, OH 43212 (614) 486-0267 http://blvdchurch.org Burgie MediaFusion Barbara Burgie barb@burgiemediafusion.com 693 1/2 High Street Worthington, OH 43085 (614) 273-0783 http://burgiemediafusion.com Destination Grandview Jessica Khouzam Walli jkwalli@destinationgrandview.org 2015 W. Fifth Ave., Suite 140 Columbus, OH 43212 (614) 486-0196 http://www.destinationgrandview.org
Made For You Leslie Koch leslie.koch@madeforyoustore.com 1250 Grandview Ave. Grandview Heights, OH 43212 (614) 563-7321
speechbubble PR Cheryl Harrison cherylelizabethharrison@gmail.com 2565 Charing Road #3 Upper Arlington, OH 43221 (614) 271-8475 http://speechbubblepr.com
Yats Cajun Creole Michael O’Rourke Yats.centralohio@gmail.com 1386 Grandview Ave. Columbus, OH 43212 (614) 486-9287 http://Yatscajuncreole.com
Interested in membership? Call the chamber today at (614) 486-0196.
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