Chamber Chat

Here’s the August 2015 edition of Chamber Chat, written for you by Lauren Cohen, Co-owner San Juan Canvas, LLC and Chamber of Commerce Board President…

It is hard to believe that we are already in the second half of August and autumn is right around the corner. The Chamber Board of Directors, Executive Director and Staff all hope that it has been a prosperous season for local business and that the beautiful weather keeps visitors coming the Island well into the fall.

Fall Meetings
Becki Day, our Executive Director, is excited to begin scheduling some post-season conferences with local business owners and managers. It is important for the Chamber to hear from our business community about what is going well and what is not in order to be a good advocate for our Island merchants. There is also a lot to be learned from talking with each other and look forward to meeting with a wide variety of businesses representing different facets of our community. Keep an eye out for additional information on these meetings or feel free to contact the Chamber.

New Members
The Chamber of Commerce is happy to welcome the following new members:

• San Juan Glassworks owned by Yvonne Buijs-Mancuso. Yvonne is a glass artist now working in the encaustic medium combining color pigment in beeswax. Come check out one of her pieces currently displayed in the Chamber Visitors Center. Contact Yvonne through here website at www.yonnebuijs-mancuso.com or at 378-6725.
• Mosquito Fleet Mercantile owned by Chris and Kristee Rajczi. We are happy to see Chris & Kristee take over a business we have all known and loved for years. Stop by to say hello at their location by ferry Lot B. 95 Nichols. With such a wide variety of merchandise, you have to check it out yourself. Plenty of parking too.
• San Juan Community Home Trust and Executive Director, Nancy DeVaux. This non-profit organization is committed to creating permanently affordable housing for low and moderate income residents. If you have interest in the Home Trust, feel free to contact Nancy at nancy [@] hometrust [.] org or call 378-5541.

Member Social
Thank you so much to Terry & Linda Lush for hosting the August Chamber Member Social at the San Juan Island Business Park. The SJI Business Park provides light industrial shop space, warehousing, boat & RV storage. Located off of Cattle Point Road down Daniel Lane. If you are interested in the business park, please contact Terry or Linda at 378-4815.

Note… we recognize that it is tough to get away during the busy summer months to attend a Chamber social but hope that all of our members will come out to network and visit as things quiet down this fall.

Featured Business
We are happy to recognize Vanderyacht Propane as our randomly selected “Featured Business” for August. Craig and the staff are happy to help out with all your propane related needs large and small. Keep an eye out for a complete press release coming soon.

Fall & Winter Events
Be sure to mark Friday, December 4 on your calendar for the annual tree lighting in town. There will be some other festivities to go along with the lighting. We would love to see the entire community come out to see our BEAUTIFUL trees light up ….THANK YOU TOWN OF FRIDAY HARBOR!

Other fall and winter event details to follow.

Until next time… Enjoy the remainder of your summer.

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