December 2018

In this Issue:President’s Message

Connect 4 Lunch

Our Members

Committees

Events

and more...

RIVER CITY NEWSPOST FALLS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

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President’s Message

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December…We’re so happy to see you! It really is the most wonderful time of the year, and we have so much to be grateful for this month. Friday December 7th will usher in our Post Fallidays Festival – Our River City Leadership Academy (RCLA) Alumni will be hosting their annual Pajama Drive Party at the Post Falls Chamber from 4pm-6pm, drop by for a nibble, a cup of cheer, and great company – bring

along a pair of new pajamas to be donated to the OASIS special victims program. Thank you to Idaho Central Credit Union our event sponsor. The City of Post Falls will be celebrating Winterfest this same evening with their tree lighting ceremony, treats, bon fire stations and stories with Santa at City Hall.

Post Fallidays Tiny Tree Brunch & Auction will be held Saturday, December 8th from 10am-12pm at Templin’s Red Lion. Guests will spend the morning perusing tiny trees and wreaths available via silent auction, while enjoying a delicious brunch, mimosas and festive holiday music. Thank you to our Starlight Sponsor Columbia Bank, our Twinkle Light Sponsor Heritage Health, and our Candlelight Sponsors Comfort Inn & Suites, North Idaho College and P1FCU.

Tuesday, December 18th is our Post Falls Chamber of Commerce Annual Meeting at Templin’s Red Lion from 11:30am-1pm. Our Chairman of the Board, Graydon Stanley, with North Idaho College will give his return and report from this past year, and welcome our new Chairman of the Board, Mark Woodworth, with The Murray Group. We have much to reflect upon, celebrate, and look forward to. Thank you to Mountain West Bank our event sponsor.

For more information and to register for our events, we encourage you to visit our website: www.postfallschamber.com Cheers and happy holidays,

Jame` Davis

Board of DirectorsBoard ChairGraydon StanleyNorth Idaho College

Chair ElectMark WoodworthThe Murray Group

Vice ChairJerry LyonCommunity 1st Bank

TreasurerRandy OaksHaddock & Associates

Past ChairBrett SerightSeright’s Ace Hardware

Eric KnudtsenKnudtsen Chevrolet

Thomas TedderTedder Industries

Brian BrighamNorthwest Specialty Hospital

Jason FaulknerCity of Post Falls

Scot FrazerSwiss Tech Precision

Laura HornRiver City Fabrications

Cindy JordanJordan Sale & Service

Dena NaccaratoPost Falls School District

Julie HoltKootenai Health Foundation

Christi FleischmanKnock Marketing & Design

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To register, please go to postfallschamber.com

Tuesday, December 18, 201812:00pm to 1:00pm

(doors open at 11:30am)

November Student of the MonthKayla Hart - Lewis Clark State College

Pictured with Sherry Wallis,STCU

Business and Education Committee Chair

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C o m e J o i n u s t u e s d ay f o r o u r

A N N U A L M E E T I N gJoin us as our Chairman of the Board, Graydon Stanley, North Idaho College presents

his return and report for 2018, and passes the gavel to our incoming Chairman, Mark Woodworth, The Murray Group, who will talk about our upcoming year.

Thank you to all our Member Renewals for the month of November!

We Love our Members!Welcome to our New Members

Special Thanks to our Visionary, Corporate and Executive Members

Visionary Members: Kootenai Health and Columbia Bank

Corporate & Executive Members: Avista ● Greyhound Park & Event Center ● Legacy Dental/Avondale Dental Group ● Northwest Specialty

Hospital Numerica ● Credit Union ● Spokane International Airport ● STCU Post Falls Walmart Stores ● Sysco Spokane ● Timber Gastro Pub ● Mountain West Bank

Tedder Industries ● P1FCU

Do you know a business that might benefit from membership with the Chamber? Refer today!

Northern Quest Resort & CasinoChristina Petit

Resource XEric and Cynthia Keck

Senske ServicesCody Leingang, Robin Whitesell,

Clyde Heath, Daron Brott

Red Hogg Media, LLC - Referred by Knock Marketing & DesignSasquatch Mail LLC

7 Day Dental Smiles, American Legion Post 143, Artisan Portrait, Brumbach Family Dentistry, Capone's Pub and Grill, DIVCO, Flowers by Paul, Greene Idaho Foundation, Intermax Networks, Jacklin Arts & Cultural Center, Mainstream Electric, Merrill Lynch, North Star Retirement Community, Northern Idaho Advanced Care Hospital, Perfection Tire

Store #36, St. Vincent de Paul, Summit Equipment, Wells Fargo Advisors - Craig Wilcox

AMBASSADORS COMMITTEEBusiness Appreciation Group

2018 Super Scholarship Raffle Winner!

Orgill, Inc. 1881 W. Seltice Way, Post Falls ● (208)777-2300Two years ago the Orgill distribution center operation moved into the former Kimball/

Flexel building on West Seltice Way as the newest of 6 distribution centers in the US and 1 in Canada. Orgill, Inc. is the world’s largest independent distributor of hardware and home improvement products to over 6,000 hardware, home improvement and building material retailers of all types and sizes. With a projected 2018 sales of $2.5 billion, Orgill is a privately owned company founded in 1847 in Memphis, TN.The Ambassadors Committee had a full walking tour of the huge Post Falls facility

that stocks 90,000 products and currently employs 185. With their focus on customer service and on-time delivery, their fleet of trucks is second to none. The group watched the employs working fast paced overhead conveyer tracks, utilizing headsets to receive computerized order filling instructions, and operating industrial forklifts, pallet riders, and reach trucks to pull and load orders that go out eveyr day.

Brian and Cindy Jordan, Jordan Sales and Service recently returned home from a Kioti Dealer Meeting. Jordan Sales is a KIOTI top 10 dealer worldwide, and while at the meeting they were awarded 2017 Silver Million Dollar Dealer Award in recognition of outstanding achievement in the field of Sales and Marketing. and KIOTI 5 PAW award for outstanding service and sales in 2017. Jordans Sales was also recognized at a 5-PAW Dealer. The 5-PAW Dealer Excellence Program recognizes KIOTI Dealerships that have excellent sales track records, promote professionalism,

have a high level of customer satisfaction, and provide superior service on an ongoing basis.

Jordan Sales and Services Recognized

Kayla Hart, who attends Lewis Clark State College, is our

2018 Super Scholarship Raffle Winner

Congratulations Kayla!

Peter Kim, Kioti- President, USA DivisionBrian Jordan, Cindy Jordan, Tim Phillips -Kioti- National Sales Manager.

Tiny Tree FestivalDecember 8, 2018 10:00am - 12:00pmRed Lion Templin’sPost Falls, Idaho

Post Fallidays

Post Falls Chamber of Commerce presents

www.postfallschamber.com

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River City Leadership AcademyNonprofit day

Boys and Girls Club of Kootenai County

Post Falls Senior Center

St. Vincent de Paul North Idaho

Post Falls Food Bank

Tiny Tree FestivalDecember 8, 2018 10:00am - 12:00pmRed Lion Templin’sPost Falls, Idaho

Post Fallidays

Post Falls Chamber of Commerce presents

www.postfallschamber.com

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Ambassadors CommitteeTuesday, January 811:00am

Public Policy CommitteeThursday, December 2011:00amCoeur d’ Alene Chamber

Business and Education CommitteeTuesday, January 228:30amPost Falls Chamber

Welcome to our new Board Members

Board of Directors

Brett Seright owner of Seright’s Ace Hardware has served on the Board of Directors since 2011, serving as Chairman of the Board in 2017.

Thank you Brett, for your tireless effort to fulfill the mission and vision for the Post Falls Chamber of Commerce. We appreciate your leadership and dedication to our community.

We are grateful for our outgoing board member who served on the Post Falls Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors for eight years.

Brett SerightSeright’s Ace Hardware

Tag JacklinTag is a Post Falls native who after graduating from Gonzaga Prep earned his BS degree in Finance from Tulane University. In 2008 Tag started working for the Seattle based insurance brokerage Kibble & Prentice and worked his way through several roles on the finance team and was ultimately the West Regional Financial Manager. While working in Seattle he earned his MBA from Washington State University. He is currently a Partner at Bighorn Ventures and Property Manager for Jacklin Land Company and Riverbend Commerce Park in Post Falls. He manages approximately 450,000 square feet of leasable building space, 200 saleable acres of land in Riverbend, and an additional 900 acres of land in varying stages of development across Kootenai County. Tag and his wife Tiffany

relocated from Seattle to Coeur d’ Alene in 2016 and their son Alder joined the family in 2018. Outside of work Tag takes advantage of the many local opportunities to ski, hunt and fish.

Jessie MorrowJessie is the Division Chief of Administration for Kootenai County Fire & Rescue. She has been with the District in an accounting role since 2007, and was promoted to The Director of Administration in 2015 and Division Chief in 2017. Ms. Morrow is responsible for the financial implementation and management of the District’s budget, planning, directing and coordinating all administrative functions of the department including: human resources (HR), information technology (IT), and accounting. Jessie ensures compliance with District policies and provides direct support to the Board of Fire Commissioners. Kootenai County Fire & Rescue serves more than 45,000 residents across 113 square miles, has an average annual budget of $10.6 million and

currently employs 75 first responders and administrative personnel. Jessie received the Commissioners Award from Kootenai County Fire & Rescue in 2012. She is a 2014 graduate of the Post Falls River City Leadership Academy, past Treasurer of the Board for the Coeur d’Alene Summer Theatre, and was awarded the Soroptimist Woman of Distinction award for Public Service in 2016. Jessie currently serves on the Business, Education & Workforce Committee, the RCLA Committee, and is the Reverse Job Fair Committee Chair for the Post Falls Chamber of Commerce. She is a proud Rotarian, a St. Jude partner in hope, and an annual volunteer for the Christmas for All organization in Kootenai County. Jessie lives in Post Falls and has two grown children and one teacup Chihuahua.

Nominations are being taken now! Click HERE for criteria

SAVE THE DATE!

Nominations are being taken now! Click HERE for criteria

Want to be a sponsor?Grand Sponsor $1500 (1 Available) Includes: (8) Dinner tickets to event. Logo recognition in all promotional print, invitations, web site, and banquet program. Complimentary bottle of wine at your table. *Exclusive sponsorship. Premium seating and special recognition at event. Opportunity to make welcome remarks.

Cocktail Bar Sponsorship $800 (1 Available) Includes: (4) Dinner tickets to event, signage at all beverage bars,logo recognition in banquet program.

Gold Sponsors $600 Includes: (4) Dinner tickets to event, signage at event, logo recognition in banquet program.

Silver Sponsorship $250: (2) dinner ticket to event, signage at event.

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North Idaho College has been named the 2018 Heather Van Sickle Entrepreneurial College of the Year by the National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship. NIC President Rick MacLennan, Dana Mohr, NIC instructor of Business and Entrepreneurship studies, and Ryan Arnold, NIC director of Regional Entrepreneurial Strategy, accepted the award at the NACCE annual conference in Fort Worth, Texas, in November. MacLennan credited the award to the college’s ability to respond entrepreneurially to change.“NIC has a history of engaging with longstanding and new partners,” MacLennan said. “The heart of our work is developing our business and community relationships to help fuel the economic vitality of North

Idaho. Creating relevant learning opportunities for our students in today’s ever-evolving economy is one of our major imperatives here at NIC.”

Rebecca Corbin, NACCE president and CEO, said NIC’s forward thinking and leadership set it apart from other colleges. NACCE is an organization of educators, administrators, presidents and entrepreneurs focused on inciting entrepreneurship in their community and on their campus. The association represents 300-plus community and technical colleges and 2,000 faculty, staff, administrators and presidents who serve more than 3.3 million students.“North Idaho College has been a trailblazer in leading students and the community in entrepreneurial thinking and action,” Corbin said. “By creating strategic partnerships in the community and with local industry, the college is building new and innovative pathways to economic vitality in the region. It is a pleasure to recognize this outstanding college, which was selected by an independent judging panel, as the winner of NACCE’s 2018 Entrepreneurial College of the Year Award.”North Idaho College is becoming a regional hub of entrepreneurial education and support. A myriad of partnerships, programs, and efforts kicked off this past year in the Hedlund Building on NIC’s main campus.The vision for the Hedlund building is a 30,000-square-foot hub where hands-on STEAM education (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math), entrepreneurship, and creative collaboration can all take place – helping NIC students be better prepared for the next generation of jobs and careers. In January 2018, several steps made that vision come closer to being a reality.First, the Idaho Small Business Development Center moved in, providing business coaching and workshops. Soon after, GIZMO-CDA, a nonprofit makerspace focused on all-ages STEAM education, moved in as well. Another addition is the Emerging Media Arts Lab, which is a partnership between GIZMO-CDA, NIC, and the University of Idaho where students can learn on and use the latest virtual reality and augmented reality technology.“Combined with the new state-of-the-art Parker Technical Education Center and a brand-new Cybersecurity program, NIC is proud of what’s happening with its institution and partners, and excited for what’s next in 2019 and beyond,” Arnold said.A short video on NIC’s Entrepreneurship program is available at www.nic.edu/venture. Information: Ryan Arnold at (208) 665-2798 or ryan.arnold@nic.edu.

North Idaho College named 2018 national Entrepreneurial College of the Year

NIC President Rick MacLennan, center, Dana Mohr, NIC instructor of Business and Entrepreneurship studies (left), and Ryan Arnold, NIC

director of Regional Entrepreneurial Strategy

It’s a Candy Cane Kind of Christmas

The package includes:

7 ½ foot pre-lit tree Seright’s Ace Hardware $300 Yoke’s gift card Templin’s Red Lion North Idaho Draft Horse Package Jeanne PhayCustom Metal Piece River City FabricationMary Kay Glamour Package Jeanne PhayPremier Jewelry Holiday Sparkle Set Stacy VeachChampagne Basket w/

Community 1st Bank

(3) $100 Gift Cards Tedder Industries

Including 2 season passes & commemorative long sleeved shirts

Commemorative Glasses and Gourmet Chocolates

BUY YOUR RAFFLE TICKETSBuy your raffle tickets to win this beautiful 7.5 ft fully decorated tree and gift package - $5 each or 5/$20.

Winning ticket to be drawn at the Post Fallidays Tiny Tree Festival on Saturday, December 8th. Need not be present to win (but you will totally want to be there!) -

swing by the chamber or call today to purchase (208) 773-5016

Get Ready for 2019!Connect 4 LunchTuesday, February 19Speaker: Jerry Keane,Superintendent Post Falls School District

CEO Speaker SeriesTuesday, January 15Speaker: Ezra Eckhardt, CEO of STCU

Community Business FairWednesday, April 24

You can go to our website for information and to register for any of our upcoming events!www.postfallschamber.com

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