august 2011 newsletter
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NRCC August 2011 NewsletterTRANSCRIPT
volume 19 • issue 8 August 2011
TheNorthlandVoicea publication of the Northland Regional Chamber of Commerce
What’s Inside●●●
Business After HoursWednesday, August 3
Briarcliff VillageHosted by Green Acres Market
Also participating: Tivol & Trezo Mare5-7pm
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New Member ReceptionWednesday, August 10
4-5pm
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August Monthly LuncheonHealth Care & Small Business
Tuesday, August 16Harrah’s NKC Hotel & Casino
12:Noon
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Networking BreakfastWednesday, August 24
Bridge View Hall7:30-8:30am
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Thank you Antioch Printing for printing this month’s newsletter in full color.
Antioch has donated this service to the Chamber to
show our members one example of the services they provide.
Thank You!
Corporate Sponsor:
Sponsors & Donors Luncheon Donor: Hilton Hotel Kansas City Airport Golf Carts: North Kansas City Hospital Goodie Bag Sponsor: YMCA- Platte County Hole In One: FORD Beverage Stations: CARSTAR Quality Collision Service • Zona Rosa Beverages: Budweiser Meyers Funeral Chapel Northland Front Nine: Kansas City Aviation Department Back Nine: Hunt Midwest Putting Contest: Zona Rosa Hole Sponsors: City of Riverside • Clay County Savings Bank • Curry Investment Company • Fountain of Life Family Chiropractic • Harley-Davidson Motor Company • Holiday Inn KCI Airport • JE Dunn Construction Co. • KCP&L Krueger & James Insurance Agency, Inc. • KTTR Services, Inc. • Lochner, BWR Division • Marriott Hotel KCI Airport • NMR- National Marketing Resources • Park Air Express • Platte Valley Bank of Missouri • Servpro of Clay County • Wallance Engineering • WSKF Architects
Item Donors: Ameristar Casino & Hotel • Argosy Casino Hotel & Spa • Budweiser • Chase Suites Hotel • CommunityAmerica Credit Union • Embassy Suites KCI Airport • Green Acres Market Heart of America Catering • Hilton Kansas City Airport • Holiday Inn KCI Airport • Homewood Suites • Hy-Vee Food & Drug Store • Integrity Home Care • Koch Bag Supply Company • MCC- Maple Woods • Meyers Funeral Chapel Northland • NorthCare Hospice • North Kansas City Hospital • Northland National Bank • Riverside Red X • Residence Inn KCI Airport • Saint Luke’s Northland Hospital • The Golf Stop • UMB Bank • Western Associates, Inc. • Western Extralite Company • Zona Rosa
A special thanks to this years golfers, all of our great volunteers, especially the Leadership Northland Class of 2011, and the staff at Paradise Pointe Golf Complex. We’ve had great response regarding the tournament. We couldn’t have done it without you! more photos on page 4
20th Annual Golf Tournament — Great Success!It was another great day of golf during the Northland Chamber’s 20th Annual Golf Tournament at Paradise Pointe Golf Complex, July 20th. Despite extremely hot temperatures over 100 degrees, F-U-N was had by all! With 128 golfers participating in this year’s tournament, it was another fantastic day and a great opportunity for networking! Thanks to our sponsors for their generosity in making this year’s tournament a tremendous success!
2011 Golf WINNERS! Flight A Golfers: 1st place: Doug Kretek, Robert Bender, Ryne Kloeppel, David Hinck 2nd place: JoAnn Werner, Karen Steele, Tim Donaldson, Larry Lauvetz Flight B Golfers:1st place: Dennis Pierce, Amy Grothaus, Trevor Gunther, Diana Davis 2nd place: Bob Lohmeyer, Jerry Vick, Rob Weishar, Andy LohmeyerFlight C Golfers: 1st Place: Bradley Crosser, Billy Wieland, Lee Bales, Jared Summerville 2nd Place: Ryan Balsley, Ryan Breham, Ryan Auffert, Lonnie Detty
Longest Drive: Men - Chris Hendrickson Women - JoAnn Werner | Putting Contest: Jesus Martinez
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MembershipMission Statement
To enhance the business community, economic
growth and quality of life in the Northland.
2011 OfficersChair
Thelma Crawford, S & T Consultant LLC
Past ChairMark Spurgeon
Williams Spurgeon Kuhl & Freshnock Architects
Chair ElectLouise Welborn, UMB
TreasurerDave Mecklenburg, CEK Insurance
Division Chairs
Business DevelopmentBob Lohmeyer
Heart of America Catering
Governmental AffairsChris Byrd
Christopher W. Byrd, P.C.
LeadershipBruce Cramer
Cramer Capital Management
Membership ServicesJohn Miller
Saint Luke’s Northland Hospital
Staff
Chamber PresidentSheila Tracy
Vice President Karla Martinez
Membership Director Sarah Reese
Events & Communication Coordinator Megan Papenfuhs
Northland Regional Chamber of Commerce
634 NW Englewood RdKansas City MO 64118Phone 816/455.9911
Fax 816/455.9933www.northlandchamber.com
Email [email protected]
The Northland Voice is a monthly publication of the Northland Regional Chamber.
Notification of articles, information and advertising is due in the Chamber office by
the 10th of the month for the following month’s edition. We reserve the right to edit or rewrite
material submitted.
Submit any suggestions, comments or questions to Megan Papenfuhs at 816/455.9911
CARSTAR, A & B RiversideCiti CardsCommerce BankEdwards McDowell Inc.ForgetAbout-IT, Inc.Harley-Davidson Motor
CompanyKansas City MO Aviation
DepartmentKansas City MO Police
Department -North PatrolKaw Valley Engineering, Inc.Liberty Public SchoolsLutjen, Inc.Margarita’s North
McCown Gordon Construction, L.L.C.
Media Services/Shred-TimeMercerMeritas Health CorporationMid-America Contractors,
Inc.NorthCare Hospice &
Palliative CareNorthCare Hospice &
Palliative CareNorthland National BankNorthland Neighborhoods,
Inc.Paychex, Inc
People Wise of Missouri, Inc.Platte County, MissouriPrint TimeSOS Staffing ServicesThoroughbred FordTivol, Inc.TomfooleriesWarner Nease Bost
Architects, Inc.Westland Landscape Co.,
Inc.Withers, Brant, Igoe &
Mullennix Law FirmWilliams Spurgeon Kuhl &
Freshnock Architects
Thank you for renewing your Chamber investment this month.
AXCET HR Solutions Eric Kesserling Five Pine Ridge Plaza 8345 Lenexa Dr, Ste 100 Lenexa, KS 66214 913/754-5347 Fax 913/754-4847 [email protected] www.axcethr.com
Bennington Park Townhomes Tiffany Warczakoski 6601 NE 39th Street Kansas City, MO 64117 816/452-5000 Fax 816/452-5008 [email protected]
Big Frog Custom T-Shirt & More Mike Wooten 9022 NW Skyview Ave Kansas City, MO 64154 816/382-3764 Fax 816/382-3760 [email protected] bigfrog.com/kcnorth
The Family Conservancy Dean Olson 4444 Minnesota Ave. Ste 200 Kansas City, KS 66101 913/342-1110 Fax 913/342-3632 [email protected] www.thefamilyconservancy.org
The Foundry Big & Tall Supply Co. Scott Kaiser 8922 NW Skyview Ave. Kansas City, MO 64154 816/587-0532 [email protected] www.foundrybigandtall.com
Hy-Vee Food & Drug Store - 64th Street Lee Wawiorka 5330 NW 64th Street Kansas City, MO 64151 816/505-1311 Fax 816/505-1768 [email protected] Hy-vee.com
The Leadership Forum Jeffrey Meyer 14030 Knox Overland Park, KS 66221 913/530-2672 [email protected] www.theleadershipforum.com
SLN Medical Specialists Wendy Milligan 5830 NW Barry Road Kansas City, MO 64154 816/880-2798 816/880-2681 [email protected] saintlukeshealthsystem.org
Somers Eye Center Inc. Michael Somers 2790 Clay Edwards Drive Ste 1240 North Kansas City, MO 64116 816/842-2015 816/221-3713 [email protected] www.somerseyecenter.com
Supplement Source Chris Byrd 1412 NW Vivion Road Kansas City, MO 64118 816/746-1699 Fax 816/746-1692 [email protected]
Welcome to our New Chamber Members!
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Chamber News
Northland Chamber Travels to Washington DC
Representatives of the Northland Regional Chamber, Platte County Economic Development Councils, along with the cities of Gladstone and Riverside visited Washington DC June 22-24. Along with these participants, representatives from the following Chamber businesses joined the group: C.W. Video & Photography, Citizens Bank & Trust, Cook, Flatt & Strobel, Ford & Cooper, Hunt Midwest Enterprises, Kansas City Aviation Department, North Kansas City Hospital, North Kansas City School District, Platte Valley Bank, S&T Consultants, LLC, Saint Luke’s Northland Hospital, TetraTech and UMB Bank. Participants were met by several elected officials from our region throughout the 3-day trip. A Capitol Hill reception hosted by ADT, Briarcliff Development Company, Burns & McDonnell, Cook, Flatt & Strobel Engineers, Kansas City Aviation Department, North Kansas City Hospital, and City of Riverside, MO kicked-off the trip. A personal night tour of the Capitol, by U.S.
Representative Blaine Luetkemeyer and Congressman Graves’ staff followed the reception. Private meetings were conducted with legislators including, Congressman Emanuel Cleaver’s office, Congressman Sam Graves, Senator Claire McCaskill, Senator Roy Blunt and the US Chamber of Commerce. Presentations by Committees to discuss proposed issues in transportation, education, and small business helped align the mission of the trip – to monitor, promote and interact with federal governmental bodies to better the Northland.
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Chamber News
20th Annual Golf Tournament — Great Success — Photos Show It!Thank you Paradise Pointe Golf Complex for your hospitality, great customer service and abundance of sunshine on Smithville Lake!
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Around the NorthlandLeadership Program Creates Business Opportunities Meredyth Melcher, president of Dyllan Construction in Riverside, Mo., had lived in and out of Kansas City her whole life. It wasn’t until she found herself once again back in Kansas City and working for a construction company that she realized her moving around all of those years actually became a business burden. “Back then I was really lousy at networking, and I didn’t have the connections that other business owners had with my absence in previous years,” Melcher says. Melcher turned to the Northland Regional Chamber of Commerce to get more involved. She applied for the Chamber’s Leadership Northland program—designed to educate local professionals in leadership and in the community. “Education has always been important to me, but mostly I applied for the program to familiarize myself with the community and meet new people,” Melcher says. Following the kick-off retreat, the program consisted of a series of educational sessions all with different themes, and all hosted by different community leaders, with one community service project. “We had sessions with hospital administrators, superintendents, the Mayor and community-based charities,” Melcher says. She has implemented much of what was taught directly into her business. For example, she was able to identify her target market. “I learned that Northland as a community is very loyal,” Melcher says, “and Northlanders generally prefer doing business with other Northlanders rather than with Kansas City businesses.” With that newfound information Melcher now targets all of her marketing to Northland residents—where her business is located—and has found more success. She also implemented one of the team-building exercises from the program. The exercise is designed to identify important personality traits (by color) in group settings, provide tools to recognize those traits and ways to work best, given the individual’s unique characteristics. “Since facilitating the team-building exercise at my company, the communication skills among myself and my employees has improved drastically,” Melcher says. “We work better as a team and, as a result, produce better work.” And then there is the confidence instilled in Melcher since having completed the program. “I would have never met the people I needed to meet in order to serve on these community groups had I not been involved in the Leadership Northland program,” Melcher says.Reprint courtesy of National Association of the Remodeling Industry. For entire article, please visit http://www.nari.org/tuffinitout/article. For information on being featured in the Voice, call the Chamber!
From Roofline to High-Speed Interstate MoDOT recycles roof shingles to create smoother, safe roads . After a stormy spring, dumpsters full of shingles await their fate in the landfill. But a transportation department recycling program gives unusable roofing material a new job - pavement. The Missouri Department of Transportation was among the first state agencies in the nation to recycle shingles to resurface or rebuild highways, and this month, many of Kansas City’s routes will include asphalt mixtures with recycled shingles. Since 2005, MoDOT has used enough recycled shingles to roof 36,474 houses, but keeping materials out of landfills is only one aspect of the program. This conservation effort also reduces the amount of petroleum the department needs in asphalt mixes. This summer, several routes will receive the shingle asphalt mix, including I-470, I-70, Route 50, Route 13 and Route 169. This is just one of several recycling efforts for MoDOT. Others include: Each year, MoDOT recycles more than 7,000 light bulbs from traffic signals, street lights and office buildings - enough to light 155 homes. When striping Missouri’s highways, MoDOT uses 10 million pounds of recycled glass beads. Since 2005, MoDOT has recycled 256,250 tires for construction projects - enough to equip 64,063 cars For more information recycling or any of MoDOT projects, please visit MoDOT’s Website at www.modot.mo.gov/kansascity. For instant updates, follow MoDOT_KC on Twitter, be a friend on Facebook at www.facebook.com/MoDOT.KansasCity or send questions and comments to [email protected].
Brew Festival Suds Up at Zona RosaWhether you prefer amber or pales, ryes or stouts, the 3rd Annual UNICO Brew Festival at Zona Rosa will serve more than 60 brews from 3 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 13. The Brew Festival, a first-of-its-kind event at Zona Rosa, is a production of UNICO, Kansas City’s Italian-American service organization. The cost is $25 at the event or attendees may purchase advance tickets for $20 at the Zona Rosa guest services office. The price of admission includes a commemorative sampling glass which can be used for beers on tap, live music and custom tasting notes.
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Around the Northland
Do you have news to share with your fellow Chamber members?Submit your press releases for Around the Northland to Megan Papenfuhs at [email protected]. We’ll print them as space permits.
Submission should be made by the 10th of the month for inclusion in the next month’s publication. All submissions are subject to editing.
Around the Northland & Ribbon CuttingsSaint Luke’s Health System Appoints New CEOSaint Luke’s Health System has selected a new CEO to lead the regional health system. After a nationwide search, the organization named Melinda L. Estes, M.D., MBA, as its new CEO. Dr. Estes brings extensive experience leading hospital systems. A board certified neurologist and neuropathologist, Dr. Estes also holds a Master’s degree in business administration from Case Western Reserve University. She will replace current Saint Luke’s Health System President and CEO G. Richard Hastings, who announced in January his plans to retire this summer. CommunityAmerica, located inside the new Hy-Vee, opened
their doors on July 19th. In attendance were Chamber members, Ambassadors and staff. Congratulations!
Hy-Vee on NW 64th Street opened their doors on July 19th with members from the community, Chamber members, Ambassadors and staff. To celebrate, everyone had cake and punch. Congratulations neighbors!
Summit Publications, Inc. Announces New LookSummit Publications is pleased to announce a new, colorful cover design featuring a beautiful scenic photograph. The change was implemented after Market Authority, an independent research group, conducted a series of extensive studies in the Greater Kansas City area. The study found that consumers prefer a directory that is visually appealing, which often leads them to keep it longer and use it more than similar products. Although the former, predominately white cover has changed, the small size, format, community-focus, up-to-date listings and advertising inside will continue to include the top-quality information that area business owners and residents have come to expect. For more information, please contact Summit Publications at 816-628-5492.
Thank you to everyone who attended the July 18th Ford Luncheon. Martin Malloy, Vice President, Labor Affairs, shared some very good information about labor policy and negotiations covering the company’s hourly employees worldwide. Stay tuned for the next lunch at the Chamber!Gov. Nixon Delivered Major Policy AddressOn Thursday, July 21, Governer Jay Nixon addressed an audience to deliver a major policy. This policy was on business development strategies and initiatives to help create jobs, promote growth in the high-tech sector, and leverage Missouri’s competitive advantages in a global economy. This is very good news for the Northland and will offer many new job opportunities for businesses.A-1 Staffing Branches Change to Spartan StaffingFour former A-1 Staffing branches in the Kansas City area are now Spartan Staffing offices following the acquisition of the Overland Park-based company by TrueBlue Inc., a leading provider of blue-collar staffing. Like A-1, Spartan provides labor for light and skilled industrial work, as well as some clerical and trade positions.
August Monthly Luncheon, Ron Rowe
Health Care & Small Business: Where are we?
Reservation Form for August LuncheonTuesday, August 16 • 12:Noon
Harrah’s NKC Hotel & Casino • One Riverboat Drive • North Kansas City, MO 64116$25/person • Non-members $30/person
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pacesetters
chairman’s clubCALENDAR
eXecutiVe clubAT&T
Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Kansas CityHunt Midwest Enterprises Inc.
JE Dunn Construction Co.City of Riverside
ADT Security Services, Inc.Bank of WestonBriarcliff VillageBuffalo Wild WingsCARSTAR, A & B RiversideCurry Investment CompanyEmbassy Suites Kansas City-Int’l AirportEnterprise Bank & TrustCity of GladstoneGraingerH & R BlockHeartland HealthHilton Kansas City AirportHy-Vee Food & Drug Store - KC#2JR & Co. Roofing ContractorsLathrop & Gage, L.C.M&I BankMCC-Maple Woods
MercerCity of North Kansas CityNorth Kansas City SchoolsNorthland LTAC HospitalPark Hill School DistrictPark UniversityPatriots BankPlatte County, MissouriPlatte Valley Bank of MissouriPolsinelli Shughart, PCTuileries PlazaUMB BankUS Army Recruiting Company - LibertyUS BankWhite Goss Bowers March Schulte & WeisenfelsWilliams Spurgeon Kuhl & Freshnock ArchitectsZona Rosa
August 2011 Wednesday 3 Business After Hours 5-7pm Briarcliff Village Hosted by Green Acres Market Thursday 4 11:30am Ambassador Committee O’Dowd’s Little Dublin Irish Pub 8600 NW Prairie View Drive Tuesday 9 7:30am Board of Directors Meeting 12:Noon Auction Committee
4:30pm Ribbon Cutting: Supplement Source 1412 NW Vivion Road
Wednesday 10 12:Noon Education Committee
4:00pm New Member Reception
Thursday 11 7:30am Planning & Development Committee
4:30pm Ribbon Cutting: Hillcrest Thrift Shop 3570 NW Prairie View Road Tuesday 16 12:Noon Monthly Luncheon Harrah’s NKC Hotel & Casino Thursday 18 6pm Leadership Northland Kick-Off Overnight Retreat Hilton- KCI
Friday 19 8am-3pm Leadership Northland Session 1 Hilton- KCI
12:Noon Legislative Affairs Committee Trezo Mare
Monday 22 12:Noon Leadership Committee Tuesday 23 7:30am Parks & Recreation Committee Wednesday 24 7:30am Networking Breakfast Bridge View Hall Thursday 25 7:30am Planning & Development Committee
*All meetings held at the Chamber office unless otherwise noted.