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2017 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Chris Horn, President

McSherry & Associates

Jeff Griff, President Elect Lowe’s Greenhouse

Mike Butler, Vice President

Junction Auto

Bruce Corson, Secretary Patient Computer Help

Robert Halliday, Treasurer The Robert Halliday Company

Ken Douthit, Past President

Chagrin Valley Times

Jane Clarke

Resident Member

Bill Fehrenbach South Franklin Circle

Dewey Forward The Popcorn Shop

Greg Glick Gregory R. Glick Co., LPA

Henry Grendell Kaufman, Drozdowski & Grendell LLC

Robert Hunt Chagrin Falls Exempted Village Schools

Jen Leonard Burntwood Tavern/M Italian

Julie Liedtke

Orange Branch Library

Mary Ann Ponce Chagrin Documentary Film Festival

Robert Royer Howard Hanna

Dave Strahl CertaPro Painters

Bill Young CBS Radio

ADVISORS TO THE

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Robin Peavy Chagrin Yoga

Joanne Zettl

Stouffer Realty

CHAMBER BUSINESS OFFICE

Molly Gebler Executive Director

Helen Kuznik

Membership and Marketing Coordinator

Thank You Newsletter Sponsors

83 North Main Street

Chagrin Falls, OH 44022

(440) 247-6607

www.cvcc.org

A Regional Chamber

Serving 13 Communities

In the Chagrin Valley

Auburn

Bainbridge

Bentleyville

Chagrin Falls

Gates Mills

Hunting Valley

Moreland Hills

Pepper Pike

Newbury

Orange

Russell

South Russell

Woodmere

November 2017

Chagrin Valley Chamber of Commerce Mission Statement

To promote and enhance a strong business and economic environment in the Chagrin Valley

I will make you my #1 priority

The

Reporter Business to Community

Open House

Successful

Drive!!

Jim Nerpouni

resident member

Beachwood Transportation

transportation services Fay Alexander (216) 800-6565

Cru Uncorked

fine French dining Tom Lutz

(440) 903-1172

Cleveland Custom Signs custom signs

Matthew Holmes (440) 481-1330

ARC Media Co

social media and web development

Liz Bencivenni (440) 346-4815

Referred by: Chagrin Yoga—Robin Peavy

Luczkowski Agency Insurance

& Financial Services insurance

Barbara Luczkowski (440) 729-4042

Referred by: Residential Mortgage Services—Nichole Kruse

Rodan + Fields Skincare

skincare independent consultant Karen Gates

1-216-407-4270

Emily Jerry Foundation non profit

Christopher Jerry (440) 289-6662

Referred by: Mintz Company– Gary Wood

REMAX/Traditions-Noreen Kaseda realtor

(216) 218-3188 Referred by: Pat Vanek

Designs by Dianna

signage/designs/advertising Dianna Haskett (440) 564-5575

Integrated Therapeutics-Wendy Collura

massage therapist (216) 410-8228

Referred by: Humanistic Counseling Center-Roxanne Miller Ph.D

The College Planning Center

college planning Patricia Saddle (216) 577-3300

Referred by: Humanistic Counseling Center-Roxanne Miller Ph.D

Affandi Architecture & Design, LLC

architecture Rani Affandi

(937) 829-9400 Referred by: Chagrin Yoga—Robin Peavy

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The Chagrin Valley Chamber of Commerce The Chagrin Valley Chamber of Commerce

COSE CORNER

They are the Sales Doctors. Trust them.

Proven sales trainers Hal Becker and

Marvin Montgomery have designed a

hands-on workshop for sales profession-

als and sales managers. Using years of

experience as salespeople, sales team

leaders, and sales coaches, they have

designed a full-day experience that will

give you the strategies and tools you

need to excel.

This session is jam packed with the most

current sales techniques, age old proven

methodologies that work no matter what

business you are in and naturally intense

common-sense sales concepts that any-

one can put into action.

Sales Academy

November 2, 2017

8 a.m.-4 p.m.

The NEW Center

This is a full-day sales training will cover

the gamut of the sales process including

effective cold calling techniques, selling

on value vs. price, overcoming customer

resistance, and closing and follow-up

technique. Heavy emphasis will be on

qualifying the customer, listening skills,

territory management and what the top

3% of all salespeople have in common

for incredible execution. These sessions

are designed for all levels of sales profes-

sionals from the novice to the very ex-

perienced.

Sales managers and leaders are also

encouraged to attend.

$199 for Members of COSE/GCP or a

Collaborating Chamber of Commerce

$299 for Nonmembers

*Please note that this event is not in-

cluded with Small Business Investors

and Business Connections member-

11-8 YPG Breakfast Meet Up

Two Café, 8578 E. Washington Street

9:00-10:00 am

11-9 Board Meeting

Hamlet Village Clubhouse

8:00-9:00 am

11-10 Lunch with the Chamber

Chagrin Valley Athletic Club

17260 Snyder Road

11:30-1:00 pm

11-29 Meet Me @ 5

Kitchen & Bath, 8454 Washington St.

5:00-7:00 pm

CVCC Calendar NOVEMBER

Wednesday, November 29

Kitchen & Bath, Etc.

8454 E. Washington Street

5:00 – 7:00 pm

Join us in for networking in Kitchen & Bath, Etc.’s modern, impressive showroom for some appetizers and bever-ages and learn what’s trending in kitchen, bath and home remodeling.

Kitchen & Bath, Etc. was founded in 2000 by Emeil Soryal. Emeil has received numerous awards from Houzz & Top Remodel 500, as well as having projects featured in House Trends, Neighbors and Kitchen and Bath News. He is also featured as a Houzz Pro on Houzz.com. Kitchen & Bath’s desire is to help conceptualize and create the kitchen or bathroom of your dreams. They also can help with many other home improvement needs such as basement remodeling, bonus room additions, bar installa-tion or even entertainment centers, libraries and studies.

Business to Community Open House

It was a fabulous Saturday inside and out. There were many local businesses on hand, health screenings, delicious food samples and lots of fun activities for the kids. Thanks to everyone who was part of this year’s event, especially our GOLD sponsors: First Federal Lakewood, Marilyn Anderson, ChFC CLU-- State Farm Insurance,

The Atrium, at Anna Marie, Holly Hill Healthcare Community and REMAX Traditions-Dwight Milko.

Lunch with the Chamber

Friday, November 10

Chagrin Valley Athletic Club, 17260 Snyder Road, CF

11:30 - 1:00 pm

Speaker: Chris Connor, retired Executive Chairman of Sherwin Williams

Cost: $16 Chamber members; $26 nonmembers

Sponsor: Hamlet Retirement Community

Christopher M. Connor is the retired Executive Chairman of The Sherwin-Williams Company. Mr. Connor began his employment with Sherwin-Williams in 1983 as the Director of Advertising. Over his long career he held a number of increasingly important assignments in many different leadership roles. He served as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman from 1999 to 2016 before taking on his final assignment as Executive Chairman. He retired from the company in December of 2016. Mr. Connor currently serves on the Board of Directors of Yum! Brands, International Paper and the Eaton Corporation, where he serves as the lead director. His many civic and community board engagements in-clude University Hospitals Health System, The Playhouse Square Foundation, Fisher College of Business at The Ohio State University and the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, where he serves as Chairman of the Board. Please preregister and prepay for this event.

SAVE THE DATE

Meet Me @ 5

2017 Holiday Party Wednesday, December 6

Lowes Greenhouse Free for Chamber members.

Watch for your email invite in late November.

Working on your 2018 Marketing Budget?

There are so many sponsorship opportu-nities at various price points available through the Chamber’s programs. Here’s a list of a few: Annual Business Meeting, Breakfast with the Chamber, Restaurant Week, Concerts in the Park, Lunch with the Chamber, Arts Hop, Golf Outing, Community Expo, website advertising, newsletter insert advertising, Happen-ings in the Valley email advertising and more. Make sure you set aside your marketing dollars to take advantage of these great op-portunities to get your business name out there in 2018.

Call the office (440.247.6607) if you need any info about any of these sponsorships.