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AUGUST 2017

Aug 1 Small Business Networking Group Paragon Building at 12400 Olive Blvd – 5th Floor Conference Room 8:00 – 9:00 a.m.

Aug 4 Ribbon Cutting - Diamonds Direct USA 11619 Olive Blvd. 10:00 - 11:00 a.m. Open House 10:00 a.m. Ribbon Cutting

Aug 9 Ribbon Cutting - The Sherwin Williams Paint Co. 11353 Olive Blvd. 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Open House 11:30 a.m. Ribbon Cutting

Aug 10 Ribbon Cutting - New American Funding 12312 Olive Blvd., Ste. 240 2:00 p.m.

Aug 11 Coffee Connection - St. Louis Bridge Center 1270 N. Price Road., Ste. D 8:00 - 9:00 a.m. (registration form enclosed)

Aug 17 Membership Luncheon Spazio Westport 11:15 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. (information at left and inside newsletter)

Aug 23 It's Just Networking - New Chamber Networking Group BMO Harris Bank - Creve Coeur East 10911 Olive Blvd. 3:00 p.m. No cost - no registration - just show up

Aug 30 Young Professionals Group 5:00 - 6:30 p.m. La Salsa Fresh Mexican Grill 12536 Olive Blvd., Ste. A

Sept. 29 Nine-Hole Golf Scramble Creve Coeur Golf Course 2:30 p.m. Shotgun Start (registration form enclosed)

AUGUST MEMBERSHIP MEETING Thursday, August 17, 2017

SPAZIO – WESTPORT

12031 Lackland Road, Maryland Heights

314-576-0400

11:15 am check-in & networking 11:45 am – 1:00 pm lunch & program

Sponsored by:

Poppies Design Studio

Speakers: Creve Coeur Mayor Barry Glantz and Olivette Chairman Pro-Tem Maxine Weil

Topic: State of the Cities Report

Officials from Creve Coeur and Olivette will give a report on their respective cities. You won’t want to miss an opportunity to hear the latest news from Creve Coeur and Olivette.

(see registration flyer inside newsletter)

PRESENTING SPONSOR Monsanto

HOST SITE Moolah Shrine

CASHIER SPONSOR Busey Bank

BAR SPONSOR Great Southern Bank

See pages 6-7 for race results and event information

Thanks to all the 2017 Mouse Race Event

sponsors including:

2017 Chamber Board of Directors

OFFICERS President Rich Sames, BMO Harris Bank

President Elect/Vice President, Member Services Mike Minkler, CMIT Solutions of Clayton

Vice President Events Kim Simmons, Massage Envy-Olivette

Vice President, Government Steve Bisch, Monsanto

Treasurer David Peterson, Heartland Payment Systems

Assistant Treasurer Brad Tinnon, B.E.S.T. Wealth Management

Legal Counsel Steve Kling, Jenkins & Kling, P.C.

Immediate Past President David Peterson, Heartland Payment Systems

DIRECTORS Ashleigh Brendel, Drury Hotels

Jim Elder, Allegra Marketing Agency Jon Hengst, Granite City Food & Brewery

Terry Herbert, Mercy Dr. Paul Hyland, Committed to Health Chiropractic Center

Natalie Mamrenko, Brown Smith Wallace LLP Chris Pickel, AT&T

Brandon Reuther, Edward Jones Yvonne Wesa, RE/MAX Results

Steve Wolff, Wolff Properties Director Emeritus – Bill Wyne, Wyne & Merritt PC

Staff Nancy Gray (Executive Vice President) Barb Gerstenkorn (Finance Director)

Ellen Levy (Membership Director) Jennifer Stringer (Media Specialist)

Creve Coeur - Olivette Chamber of Commerce 10950 Olive Blvd., Suite 101

Creve Coeur MO 63141 314-569-3536

314-569-3073 (fax) www.ccochamber.com

Mission: To be a strong advocate for business

OFFICIAL CHAMBER PHOTOGRAPHER

McCarty Photography 11200 Olive Blvd.

Creve Coeur MO 63141 (314) 432-1221

Publicity ● Portraits ●Weddings

MEMBERSHIP LUNCHEON THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 2017

11:15 a.m. Registration & Networking

11:45 a.m. Lunch & Program

SPAZIO – WESTPORT

12031 Lackland Road, Maryland Heights

314-576-0400

Sponsored by:

SPEAKERS: MAYORS FROM CREVE COEUR AND OLIVETTE TOPIC: STATE OF THE CITIES REPORTS

Barry Glantz, Mayor of Creve Coeur and Maxine Weil, Chairman Pro Tem of Olivette will give a report on their respective cities. You won’t want to miss an opportunity to hear the latest news from Creve Coeur and Olivette. First elected in April 2012, Barry L. Glantz, A.I.A. was raised in Creve Coeur and resides at #6 Shardue Lane, where he lives with his wife Sheri. He has three grown children – Evan, Corey and Marissa. Previously, Mayor Glantz was elected to four terms on the Creve Coeur City Council from 1992-2000, serving as council president in 1996-1997. He was also appointed to three terms on the Creve Coeur Planning & Zoning Commission from 2002-2011. In addition to his service with the City of Creve Coeur, Mayor Glantz is also the immediate past-President of the Municipal League of Metro St. Louis and a member of the East West Gateway Council of Governments. Maxine Weil is in her second term on the Olivette City Council and is currently the Chairman Pro-Tem. Her passion for Olivette has grown over the years as she has resided in Olivette for over 50 years. Maxine is involved with all aspects of the City Council but also serves as the liaison to the Parks and Recreation Commission. In addition to working on behalf of the residents of Olivette, Maxine has worked in the St. Louis Jewish Community for her entire career and is currently the Director of Lifelong Learning at Central Reform Congregation.

RESERVATIONS BY AUGUST 14, 2017 REGISTER ONLINE: www.ccochamber.com OR FAX: 314-569-3073

OR E-MAIL: ngray@ccochamber.com Chamber office phone: 314-569-3536

No cancellations after August 14th. $22 for members, non-members and guests with reservations. No shows are billed $22.

May pay by cash/check/Visa/MC/Discover Name___________________________________________________ Name___________________________________________________ Company________________________________________________ Daytime phone ___________________________________ e-mail ____________________________________

Chamber of Commerce

Mayor Glantz

Chairman Pro-Tem

Maxine Weil

MEMBERSHIP WELCOME NEW MEMBERS!

THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING BUSINESSES FOR RENEWING THEIR

MEMBERSHIPS IN JULY: Arts as Healing Foundation Gary and Vicki Friedman 737 Villa Place Court Olivette, MO 63132 Gary: 314-640-9303 Vicki: 314-640-5363 www.artsashealing.org Organizations - Not For Profit Cookies by Design Stan and Kelly Hasty 11453 Olive Blvd. Creve Coeur, MO 63141 314-997-8800 www.cookiesbydesign.com Retail Bakery CRB Cindy Bambini 701 Emerson Road, Ste. 500 Creve Coeur, MO 63141 314-372-3248 www.crbusa.com Engineering, Architecture, & Construction

The Dapper Doughnut Greg Markovitz 11600 Olive Blvd. St. Louis, MO 63141 314-610-0094 http://thedapperdoughnut.com/creve-coeur Bakeries Diamonds Direct USA Davante Falls 11619 Olive Blvd. St. Louis, MO 63141 314-942-3777 https://diamondsdirect.com/st-louis Jewelers Pastries of Denmark Michael Peritore 12613 Olive Blvd. Creve Coeur, MO 63141 314-469-7879 www.PastriesofDenmark.com Restaurants St. Louis Economic Development Partnership Jason Archer 7733 Forsyth Blvd. Ste. 2300 St. Louis, MO 63105 314-615-8139 www.STLpartnership.com Economic Development

Achievements Unlimited - 1 year Alpha Data Systems - 15 years

Brandt & Sons Ace Hardware - 7 years Chaminade College Preparatory School - 29 years

Charter Spectrum Business - 8 years Complete Auto Body & Repair - 32 years

Midland States Bank - 1 year Midwest Regional Bank - 3 years

Mold Solutions - 2 years Orlando's Event and Conference Centers - 5 years

Paul N. Cross and Associates, Inc. - 1 year Plaza Motor Company - 23 years

Red Arrow - 5 years Seeger Toyota - 1 year

SpineCare, Inc. - 6 years St. Louis Jewish Light - 8 years

The Sheridan at Creve Coeur - 1 year TMS St. Louis - 1 year

Waterford Downs Apartments - 3 years

PIZZA WORLD RIBBON CUTTING

Members enjoyed pizza slices and cold soft drinks. Owners, Danny Gabriel and his mother, Mary, were on hand to greet those attending.

It's Just Networking First meeting - August 23

BMO Harris Bank - Creve Coeur East 10911 Olive Blvd.

3:00 p.m. No cost - no registration - just show up

This is not a social event - it is only about networking

NEW MEMBER PROFILE

Arts as Healing Foundation Vicki and Gary Friedman 737 Villa Place Court Olivette, MO 63132 Vicki: 314-640-5363 Gary: 314-640-9303 www.artsashealing.org

Arts as Healing Foundation is a St. Louis-based non-profit organization that offers cancer patients and their caregivers an opportunity for creative expression and fulfillment by providing free art lessons and a variety of other artistic and educational activities. You are invited to attend an Arts as Healing Foundation gala on Saturday, August 19th at Duane Reed Gallery, located at 4729 McPherson Ave. from 6:30-9:00 p.m. Tickets are $35 online and $45 at the door. A general admission ticket includes dinner by Café Napoli, dessert, wine /beer and complimentary valet parking. Tickets are tax deductible. Visit www.artsashealing.org/gala-vi/ for tickets and more information.

Friday, September 29, 2017 Creve Coeur Golf Course

(Address 11400 Olde Cabin Road – Phone 314-432-1806)

2:00 p.m. Check-in 2:30 p.m. Shotgun Start

Drinks & Snacks on Course; Dinner after play; Contests include: Straightest Drive, Closest to Pin, Longest Drive

$60 Individual Player: Includes golf and dinner after play $240 Foursome: Team of four golfers including carts and dinner after play $300 Par Sponsor: Same as above PLUS hole sponsor and name listed in chamber newsletter $350 Birdie Sponsor: Same as above PLUS recognition in golf program and flyers; mulligans and skins game. $400 Eagle Sponsor: Same as above PLUS business card ad in October newsletter; one minute at podium at event and signage

placed at dinner. Additional Sponsorships:

Networking and dinner after play for non-golfers $10 (begins at 5:00 p.m.)

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Registration deadline – September 22, 2017

Name_______________________________________ Company ________________________________________________ Address ________________________________ City ______________________ State ___________ Zip _______________ Phone ________________________________ Email _______________________________________________________ My foursome includes: Cart 1 __________________________________________ __________________________________________ Cart 2 __________________________________________ __________________________________________

$10 - I am not playing in the tournament but plan to come for dinner

________Total amount due ________Charge to: Visa / MC / Discover / AE Card # __________________________ code on front or back of card ______ Exp. Date ______________ Card holder signature___________________________________ Address and zipcode to which credit card bills are mailed: _____________________________________________________ Please mail with check to the Creve Coeur - Olivette Chamber of Commerce, 10950 Olive Blvd., Suite 101, Creve Coeur MO 63141 or e-mail to ngray@ccochamber.com or fax to 314-569-3073.

For more information call the Chamber office at 314-569-3536.

$60 Hole Sponsor $100Beverage Cart Sponsor $100 Longest Drive Sponsor $250 Dinner Sponsors $100 Closest to the Pin Sponsor $100 Straightest Drive Sponsor $200 Hole-In-One Sponsor

Please note: if faxing or emailing this form, call the Chamber office with credit card information rather

Eagle Sponsor

MOUSE RACE EVENT

Thank you to the following businesses for their donations of prize items:

Artherapy Studios Chaminade College Preparatory School

City of Creve Coeur Committed to Health Chiropractic Center

Cookies by Design Creve Coeur Animal Hospital

Creve Coeur Fire Protection District Drury Hotels

Fastsigns Houlihan's Jet's Pizza

Massage Envy - Olivette Mutual of Omaha, Carol Sullivan

Pickleman's Gourmet Café Sam's Club - West County

Screenvision Media St. Louis Ambush

The Pilates & Yoga Center of Ladue The Post Sports Bar & Grill

The Resale Shop Upper Limits Rock Gym

Waterway Carwash Yvonne Wesa with RE/MAX Results

Mouse Sponsors 2020 Exhibits

Aflac American Family Insurance - Steve Cook

BMO Harris Bank - Creve Coeur East Brown Smith Wallace LLP

Building Butlers, Inc. Drury Hotels

Jefferson Bank and Trust Company Jenkins & Kling, P.C. Ladue School District

Massage Envy - Olivette Mid County Orthopaedic Surgery & Sports Medicine

Mutual of Omaha Orlando's Event and Conference Centers

Parc Provence PMMVACATIONS

Quality Automotive, LLC Seeger Toyota

Signarama West County St. Louis Arc

Tessler Promotions Vivial

Whispering Hills Apts. & Townhomes Yvonne Wesa with RE/MAX Results

People reacting excitedly after their mouse won a race.

Thank you to Becky Kling and

American Carnival Mart for donating

balloons to the event!

MOUSE RACE EVENT

Cruising, the mouse sponsored by PMMVACATIONS, in the fourth track has an early lead in the second race. It easily wins the race.

Restaurants provided a fantastic buffet of food items for people to eat.

Special Thanks to the Mouse Race Committee

Ashleigh Brendel (Drury Hotels) Allynson Ford (Vivial)

Becky Kling (Jenkins & Kling, P.C.) Pam MacDonald (PMMVACATIONS)

Kim Simmons (Massage Envy - Olivette) Larry Tessler (Tessler Promotions)

Thanks to the following restaurants which provided food and beverages for the event:

Banducci Enterprises (McDonald's)

Grey Eagle Distributors Houlihan's Jet's Pizza Becky Kling

Moe's Southwest Grill Pei Wei Asian Diner

Pickleman's Gourmet Café Pizza World

Russo's Gourmet Catering/Spazio Westport St. Louis WING Co.

Stir Crazy Fresh Asian Grill The Dapper Doughnut

The Post Sports Bar & Grill

Wheeled cooler, beer and alcohol included in raffle item donated by: Brandt & Sons Ace Hardware

Grey Eagle Distributors Dr. Paul Hyland (Committed to Health Chiropractic Center)

Becky Kling (Jenkins & Kling, P.C.) Danetta Wise

David Peterson (Heartland Payment Systems) Chris Pickel (AT&T)

AND THE WINNERS WERE……………. Race Mouse Name Mouse Sponsor Race Sponsor Race 1 Shake 'n Bake Signarama West County Committed to Health Chiropractic Center Race 2 Cruising PMMVACATIONS O'Connor Insurance Race 3 LIFO the Party Brown Smith Wallace LLP Holper's Pest & Animal Solutions Race 4 Duck on the Run Aflac Wolff Properties Race 5 (Championship Race) Duck on the Run Aflac Monsanto

The main event was the mouse races. There were four main races during the evening with six mice in each heat. After the twenty-four mice raced, the four winners competed in the final race. won the championship race. The winners of the races are listed below along with their names and sponsor's names. Congratulations to Duck on the Run!

THANK YOU TO THE VOLUNTEERS AT THE EVENT: Ashleigh Brendel (Drury Hotels) Michelle Eldridge (Busey Bank)

Allynson Ford (Vivial) Becky Kling (Jenkins & Kling, P.C.)

Shannon Kling Pam MacDonald (PMMVACATIONS)

Missy Pizzo (Busey Bank) Kim Simmons (Massage Envy - Olivette)

Larry Tessler (Tessler Promotions) Yvonne Wesa (RE/MAX Results)

CCO Coffee Connection

This free event gives you a chance to connect with others in an informal networking setting!

Bring lots of business cards and be prepared

to share your business story!

Friday, August 11, 2017

8:00-9:00 a.m. Light Breakfast Items & Networking

St. Louis Bridge Center

1270 N. Price Road, Ste. D Olivette

314-569-1430 phone at Bridge Center

NO CHARGE but kindly RSVP for food count

Phone: 314.569.3536 Fax: 314.569.3073 10950 Olive Blvd., Suite 101

Creve Coeur, MO 63141 www.ccochamber.com

Please RSVP by noon on August 9, 2017 REGISTER ONLINE: www.ccochamber.com or FAX: 314-569-3073

OR E-MAIL: ngray@ccochamber.com

Name of attendees __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ Business ______________________________________ Daytime phone ____________________________________