Valley City Chamber President's Ball Honors Citizen of the Year and Outstanding Member
Each year at the President's Ball the Valley City Chamber of Commerce announces their Person of the Year for the previous year. This year's Person of the Year Award is being presented to a very hard working resident of our community. She moved here in 1998 to a home mostly designed by her. She has operated her own windo
w treatment business (A Room With A View Studio) installing and designing her products all over N.E. Ohio as well as being a Mary Kay consultant for more than ten years. She became very involved in our community over the years and has gone above and beyond in her volunteer work this past year. She dedicated herself to the promotion of Valley City and has spent countless hours with the Chamber, Frog Jump Festival and recently in designing and obtaining commemorative post cards and stationary for next years Bicentenntial Celebration in cooperation with the Historical Society. If you see publicity about a Chamber event, she provided it, resulting in increased attendances and broader awareness of our community. She is a member of Kent State in 1988 and has been married to her husband Joe for 20 years. This year’s Person of the Year is Linda Garrett.
The Northern Ohio Area Chambers of Commerce
Awarded the Bright Star to Valley City Chamber's
Linda Garrett
L to R: NOACC Director Vicky Hawke; Honoree Linda Garrett; Past VCCC Presidents Terri Jones and Jim Sandor; WKYC Channel 3 News Anchor Mark Nolan, Oct 30, 2008.
Bright Star Purpose: To recognize a member from each participating chamber, who has made a significant impact on the chamber through membership, retention, sponsorship, economic development, operations and/or education. Linda was selected for this well deserved honor by fellow Directors of the Board, who authorized this description of her accomplishments:
Linda Garrett is a “Bright Star” in the Valley City Chamber of Commerce “constellation” for many reasons. Not only does she hold the office of Corresponding Secretary for our Chamber, she also organizes our newsletter, handles publicity for all our events, and represents us at NOACC. In addition, she assists our treasurer with financial matters and answers the phone for the Chamber too!
But those are just her usual duties. She has gone above and beyond them in the following ways.
· Was involved in VCC’s “Welcome Basket” program, giving chamber members the opportunity to welcome new residents to our community with coupons and information about their businesses.
· Did a great deal of the planning for decorating our new chamber office, as well as hanging the window treatments and helping with the painting.
· Organized photos and placed the orders for note cards, post cards and frog trading cards to sell at our newly expanded retail tent at the Annual Frog Jump Festival.
· Developed new member packets to encourage membership growth.
· Planned a Corvette show as part of the 2007 Frog Jump Festival.
She has handled all these duties with finesse, grace, and a great sense of humor which deserves to recognized. We are blessed to have her and hope you will recognize her as a “Bright Star.” She has certainly been one to us!
Link to above article: http://www.valleycity.org/chamber/garrettbrightstar.htm
A Room With A View Studio, LLC was responsible for the planning, design and volunteer labor for the new Valley City Chamber office.
Valley City Chamber of Commerce
The March 21 General Meeting was an Open House to showcase to the community the newly refurbished Chamber Office in the Liverpool Community Center. The room was opened at 6 p.m. for inspection and many highly favorable comments on its appearance were received.
All twelve Directors were present, including Jim Sandor, Cindy Kintop, Michael Cox, Rod Knight, Linda Garrett, Kym Lucas, Paul Schaefer, Mary Ann Bauer, Gil Calta, Pete Ricci, Terri Jones and Barb Berkesch. An approximate total attendance including members, guests and Directors was 48.
Linda Garrett recognized and thanked all those who contributed to the room renovation, with applause following. Pete Ricci explained the Chamber's Welcome Home Basket program for new homeowners in our community. Cindy Kintop spoke about a new community event: the Rockin' River Rally. Jim Sandor talked about the upcoming August Frog Jump Festival. Mary Ann Bauer was welcomed back, recuperating well from surgery.
Liverpool Township Trustee, Cathy Keller, discussed her idea of an open house for the entire Community Center and solicited support. She announced a Farmer's Market will take place during the season on the grounds of the Community Center beginning in May.
Finally, Jim Sandor sincerely thanked the Networking Committee for its planning and execution of the evening's activities.
Discussion and fellowship followed. The evening ended about 8 p.m.