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8 THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23,2015 Perquimans Chamber gets new board member From Staff Reports One new director was elected and two current di rectors were re-elected re cently to serve on the Board of Directors for the Perqui mans County Chamber of Commerce. Jackie Hobbs, of Beech- tree Inn in Perquimans County, will begin serving a three-year term on the board. Current directors Charlie Layden and Henry Norman were re-elected to serve additional three-year terms as well. Norman currently serves as treasurer. Layden represents Layden’s Supermarket in Belvidere while Norman represents the Perquimans County Farm Bureau. • Each new director begins serving Jan. 1. They were in troduced during the Cham ber’s annual meeting held Dec. 8. The board of direc tors Will elect new officers in January. At the annual business meeting held Dec. 8, Ex ecutive Director Sid Eley gave his annual report on what the Chamber has ac- complished throughout the year. In 2015, the Chamber or ganized and implemented several projects including the annual fundraising ban quet and auctions, the Per quimans County Christmas Parade, the Perquimans Expo (including a trade show seminar prior to the Expo), six monthly Conver sations Over Coffee break- fast meetings, a county-wide Small Business Saturday Promotion, two week-long holiday sales promotions, Trick or Treat Downtown Historic Hertford, and pro- * vided gift bags to all new school system employees in Perquimans County. In addition, the chamber added or welcomed back 37 new and/or former cham ber members, hosted five SUBMITTED PHOTO Charlie Layden, Jackie Hobbs, and Henry Norman are three new directors for the Perquimans Chamber of Commerce. ness educational seminars on a variety of subjects, par ticipated in the 2-day Indian Summer Festival, offered a new benefit for Chamber members for worker’s com pensation insurance, and promoted Chamber mem bers daily on a variety of social media Monthly Chamber news letters were written and dispersed digitally, weekly email Eblasts were generat ed and distributed digitally, Chamber members were provided small business tips, and the Chamber’s website and event calendar were updated with both photos and editorial copy. Welcome packets were cre ated and given to prospec tive new Chamber members and the chamber’s board- room was used for monthly meetings by area non-prof its and Chamber members for business meetings at no charge. The Chamber also serves as a drop-off site for donations to the Tri-County Animal Shelter year round and Toys For Tots during the holiday season. Tliis past year, the Cham- purchased and installed new computer software to ward off Cyber attacks, pur chased and installed a new color copier, purchased and installed new credit card payment program accept ing chip cards, purchased and installed new computer software to back up office computers weekly/monthly, and designed/constructed a large Selfie frame as a mar keting tool to help promote shopping local. The Chamber also oper ated and maintained a gift shop offering custom-de signed items and souvenirs made locally and promoting the county in an effort to support local artists while not competing with local businesses. The small gift shop generated over $450 in state and local sales tax. The Chamber also serves as the county’s official state visitors’ center and, as such, welcomed nearly 3,100 visi tors in 2015, received and processed numerous coun- ty/town visitor requests for visitor packets/area and business information, pro vided information to county restaurants, and B&Bs in the area. In addition, the Chamber shipped town and county brochures to various state visitor centers around the state as requested. The Chamber helped promote local businesses and county souvenirs by co- sponsoring a booth at a pro fessional golf tournament at Albemarle Plantation. Other tourism-related work pro vided by the Chamber this past year included updat ing the towns’ and county’s information on the state’s official tourism website, VisitNC.com, assisted with three video productions in volving the county including two that eventually aired on a Raleigh television station, and promoted the county and towns on national so cial media sites. Chamber staff attended local, regional, and state meetings regarding cham ber, tourism, and economic development issues, created and distributed brochures for Belvidere sites & historic districts, and updated/add- ed sites and photographs of Perquimans County sites to the 2016 AAA Tour Book for North Carolina. In 2015, the Chamber also purchased drone video and professional photos of the historic S-bridge and His toric Hertford for tourism professional use, provided tours to two groups scoping out the county for future group tours, and welcomed and provided transporta- tion/information to visiting boaters docked at Hertford Bay Marina. The Perquimans Cham ber also hosts the popular Jimmy “Catfish” Hunter Museum, an informational tribute to the county’s na tive national baseball hall of famer visited by over 2,800 visitors in 2015. In support of the muse um, the Chamber gave mu seum tours, printed 5,000 new rack cards for distribu tion, assisted and attended the renaming of the US Hwy. 17 high-rise bridge in memory of Jimmy “Catfish” Hunter, and hosted eight school groups for museum tours. The chamber serves as the county’s Small Business Resource Center. In 2015, the Chamber organized and hosted an informative semi nar for small businesses on how small businesses need to prepare for disaster, sponsored/attended work shop on sales tax changes for non-profits conducted by North Carolina Depart ment of Revenue, provided information on its website, and distributed information to potential start-up busi nesses. The Chamber also hosts a small Perquimans County Museum complete with photos, historical books and items, and information used for genealogy research. At This Blessed Season For your friendship and support we feel truly blessed, and wish you and your family all the very best at this joyous time of year. 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Package indudes Dinner at The Table, New Year's Eve Celebration at Mulberry Hill Cubhouse, Shuttle and New Year’s Day Brunch. Call for Reservations at 252-482-3641 *Dinner and Brunch Priced per menu selections; Ring in the Rew Year at LMH $75. Beer, Wine and Spirits available at ail events. CHOWAN HERALD Cooke COMMUNICATIONS r /JII ^ US-Celiular Bertie Ledger-Advance The Daily Advance Perquimans Alexander DailyAdvance.com WEEKLY PERFORMING ARTS SERIES This event is a fundraiser sponsored by FRIENDS of the S. Rudolph Alexander Performing Arts Series. See the website for complete details. Individuals requesting accommodation under the Americans.with Disabilities Act (ADA) should contact the Department for Disability Support Services at least 48 hours prior to the event at 252.737.1016 (voice.TTY).
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