Showcase Your BusinessYou, as a local merchant, will bring in your coupons to

the Atascadero Chamber to distribute in Shop Small bags. These bags, filled with coupons from local merchants will be distributed to shoppers from November 18th through the 27th. If you do not have a coupon, the Atascadero Chamber will create one for you. Simply email your information to kim@atascaderochamber.org and we will design it for you. The ad space for this is approximately 8 x 4 inches. Please send your business name, address, discount or promotion and a logo if you have one and we will do the creative work. Visit our website and check out the Shop Small info under Doing Business.

Other ways you can attract attention for your business are: EmailYourCustomers: (Wewill sendyouan email that

you can send to your customers encouraging them to Shop Small);

Place a poster or flyer in your window; Available at theChamber

Announce Shop small at anyorganization meeting you attend.

Suggestions from American Express, who created Shop Small Saturday, include: Encouragelocalbusinessestowork

together to cross promote one another;

Hostanevent; Provideentertainment&activities

to draw people to attend; ShowyourspiritwithSmall

Business Saturday decorations.The main thing is to give great deals which will encourage Atascadero residents to get out and shop small on November 30th.

Its A Great Day For ShoppersSome people put everything into their work, their name on

the door, and their heart into their community. Small business Saturday is a day to show our support. It is a day to shop at stores owned by our friends and neighbors and do our part for the businesses that do so much for us. You, as a consumer, areakeypart inthesuccessofoursmallbusinesses.Whenyou shop or dine at a local small business, youre showing your support for the small businesses in your neighborhood and reinvesting in the community you call home.

Small Businesses Saturday is the day that consumers like you go out and celebrate small businesses in force. You get great deals and show your support for these mom and pop businesses we want to keep. By shopping small, your support invigorates our local economy.

For your convenience, Shop Small Bags filled with coupons from local merchants will be distributed to shoppers from November 18th through the 27th. Stop by the Chamber office and pick up yours then mark your calendar for Saturday November 30th. Get out there to Shop Small, get great deals and make a difference in your community!

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November 2nd North County Young Professionals Wine Walk 1:00 5:00 pm

November 8th Women in Business Luncheon Best Western PLUS Colony Hall 11:30am- 1:00pm, 3600 El Camino Real (Reservations, Payment and Cancellation due by Tuesday, November 5th at noon.)

November 13th Thanksgiving After Hours Mixer 5:30pm 7:00pm The Atascadero Elks Lodge, 1516 El Camino Real

November 30thShop Small Atascadero

The goal of Shop Small Atascadero is to get our community out and shopping in Atascadero. To create a stronger community and keep Atascade-ros hard earned money local! By supporting local, inde-pendently owned small businesses, you help create jobs, boost the local economy and preserve neighborhoods in SLO county. Together we can make this the biggest day of the year for Atascaderos small businesses.

The Atascadero chamber will be promoting Small Business Saturday throughout the month of November through our e-blast, member meetings, Atascadero News, Facebook and will dedicate a page on our website. Wealsoencouragesmallbusinessownerstolearnmoreabout this promotion by going to www.shopsmall.com. ThisisafreeservicethroughAmericanExpressthathasmarketing materials and suggestions on how to get the worked out about your store or business.

Lets work together and rally businesses to get involved in Shop Small Atascadero!

Shop Small and Make a Difference in Your Community!Between Black Friday and Cyber Monday sits Small Business Saturday, a day dedicated to supporting small business in our community. Founded by American Express in 2010, this day is celebrated every year on the Saturday after Thanksgiving. This year, Small Business Saturday is on November 30th

Lets All Shop Atascadero!!

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Robert M. Grigger Jones, is a retired Lawyer having been in private practice for 33 years in Atascadero. Grigger was born in Santa Barbara, California in 1949,wherehegraduatedfromSantaBarbaraHighSchool.After a three year commitment in the United States Army, serving as a German Translator with the Army Security Agency inWestBerlin,Grigger attended and graduated from theUniversity of California at Santa Barbara and the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law. In his law practice, Griggers primary focus was business and estate litigation, and has one published appellate decision, Atascadero Factory Outletsvs.Augustini andWheeler, (2000)83Cal.App.4th717.

Grigger has been married for 43 years to Alice I. Jones, a retired Marriage and Family Therapist, and has three adult children, Lt. Commander Andrew T. Jones, US Navy, Dr. Carolyn McGaughey, and Nancy J. Sylvester, J.D.

Currently, Grigger serves on several regional and local boards, agencies and non-profits, including, serving as Chairman of the Atascadero Chamber of Commerce Board andtheAtascaderoEconomicFoundationBoardandisalsocurrently the President of the Atascadero Mutual WaterCompany.

In 2010, Grigger was appointed by then California GovernorSchwarzenegger to theAtascaderoStateHospitalAdvisory Board.

In the past, Grigger has served as President or Chairman of numerous and diverse Boards including those serving developmentally disabled adults, street inebriates, battered and abused women and children, food pantries, regional water delivery systems, free dental clinics for children and skilled nursing facilities. Grigger is also past president and continuing member of Rotary and is active in his church, St.LukesEpiscopalChurch,whereheservesasaEucharisticMinister. For the past several years, Grigger has assisted the Salinan Tribe of San Luis Obispo and Monterey County to obtain federal recognition status.

Grigger has also served Atascadero as City Attorney, City Clerk,PlanningCommissionerandCodeViolationHearingOfficer.

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BOARD OFFICERS 2013Chairman of the Board Robert Grigger Jones, Retired ProfessionalChairman-Elect Mike Talen, Cold Stone CreameryChief Financial Officer Joseph Modica, Jr., Modica Financial & Tax, Inc.Past Chairman of the Board Jeannie Malik, Greg Malik Real Estate Group

BOARD DIRECTORSTerrie Banish, The TribuneHelenaBerardi,Heritage Oaks BankCarol Bezkostny, RabobankRay Buban, Ray M. Buban, EA, Financial &Tax ServiceTeri Davis, Mission Community BankKim Croft, Peabody & Plum Realtors Inc.EricGobler,Eric J. Gobler Civil Engineering Kelly Long, Kellys CasualsDr. Ryan McGaughey, D.C., McGaughey ChiropracticJohn Neil, Atascadero Mutual Water Co.E.J.Rossi,Atascadero High School

AMBASSADORSAmbassadorChair:EricGobler, Eric J. Gobler Civil Engineering

PastChair: Joseph Modica, Jr., Modica Financial & Tax, Inc.Joyce Stewart, Member & Visitor Services Atascadero Chamber of CommerceTamara Baldwin, RabobankAngela Cisneros, K-Jons Fine Jewelers, Inc.Cathy Corell, The Golden 1 Credit UnionMarge Griffin, Marge Griffin, Consultant, Mary Kay CosmeticsAmy Jimenez, Envisions GallerySean Kennedy, Kennedy Club FitnessDrew Lewis, California Meridian InsuranceDixon Mann, State Farm Insurance, Chuck BraunGreg Modica, Modica Financial & Tax, Inc.Jesus Rubio, Union Bank of CaliforniaPaul Shannon, Access PublishingRogerWilliams,CrossroadsRachel Nielson, SESLOC Federal Credit Union

CHAMBER STAFFLindaHendy,President/CEOKim Austin, Director of OperationsJoyce Stewart, Member & Visitor ServicesTamrah Michael, Marketing DirectorMarie Roth, Membership DevelopmentGerri Shoaf, Volunteer

6904 El Camino Real Atascadero, CA 93422 Telephone: (805) 466-2044 Fax: (805) 466-9218 www.atascaderochamber.org

Information in this newsletter regarding any business does not constitute an

endorsement by the Atascadero Chamber of Commerce.

BUSINESS REPORTERAtascadero Chamber of Commerce

Chambers Perspective

Meet Your Directors

Presidents PerspectiveLinda Hendy, President/CEO

We are in good hands! The new 2014 Board of Direc-tors will get an early start by attending a full days retreat November 7th. A look back at our 2013 accomplishments along with discussion on how we might improve. This years retreat will focus on our current member benefits, Chamber message and the Chambers role in Atas-caderosEconomicDevelopment.

New Board Members - two year term beginning January 1, 2014. Cory Black - Public Policy Solutions, Inc. Adam Daner - Daner Law Firm, APLC

1st. Term 2014-2015Ryan McGaughey, D.C. McGaughey Chiropractic KimCroftPeabody&PlumRealtors,Inc

2nd Term 2014-2015Terrie Banish - The TribuneCarol Bezkostny - Rabobank

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