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Laurel Chamber of Commerce
April 8, 2021
Fowl Play/Zoom
Moment of Silence
Presentation of minutes:
Guest Speaker – Jennifer Owen- MetraPark Advisory Board Master Plan
Bills to be presented for payment outside the approved budget: -
OLD BUSINESS
4th of July
o Update-
o Parade- Route request and Parade time
o Band- Do we want to have a band again this year? Sanctuary quoted $700 for 4 hours
Annual Meeting – May 6th @ Millers Horse Palace RSVP by April 29th
o Donations Needed- Chamber needs donations by May 4th
NEW BUSINESS –
New Members – Main St Perk and R.L. Frank Septic Service
Dropped Membership-
Farmers Market- Sept 11th date was canceled.
o No parking sign quote from Dynamic Designs- $585 for 30
Movies Under the Stars- June 26th and July 31st. Soul and Toy Story 4
o Sponsors- 8 Businesses, need 4 more
Hometown Values Ad- Full page $750 or half page $447.50 Ad (Farmers Market, Movies, and 4th?)
Halloween Carnival- Halloween is on a Sunday this year. When to have Carnival?
Upcoming Dates:
Ground Breaking Ceremony- April 16th @ 12pm- Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott intersection of SE 4th
Street and S Washington Ave
Open Forum
Shakespeare in the Park-
Business After Hours – If you would like to host an event, please contact the Chamber.
Next Meeting – May 13, 2021 Chamber/Zoom
Laurel Chamber of Commerce
Board Meeting Minutes
The Meeting was held on March 11, 2021, The Chamber & Zoom. In attendance were: Executive Board Members:
President- Beth Hoferer, VP- Becky Watson, Treasurer- Dallas Contreraz, Executive secretary- Cami Nelson. Directors:
Karen Black, Patsy Woody, Kelcie Lohof, Matt Heinz and Evan Bruce. Member Jayson Nicholson
Beth called the meeting to order.
The minutes were approved. Moved to approve- Jayson, Evan 2nd-approved
The financial report was approved and bills were presented for payment.
Bills to be presented for payment outside of budget:
Firefly Outdoor Movie Company- $2,40 Evan motioned to pay the $2,400, Karen 2nd- approved
OLD BUSINESS
Beautification Meeting- Cami updated that things are at a standstill, waiting to hear back from
Yellowstone Bank after talking to insurance company
Annual Meeting – Miller’s Horse Palace can do the annual meeting for us in May. They will serve the
dinner, we need to find a bar to come out and serve alcohol. Cami will contact members that serve
alcohol. Karen motioned to do the dinner at Miller’s Horse Palace, Evan 2nd- approved
NEW BUSINESS –
New Members –
Dropped Membership-
4th of July
o Parade Theme- “Proud to be an American” was voted on for the theme
o Run Profit- votes were tallied for who to donate the run profit to- Laurel School Food Pantry will be
who we donate to this year
Summer Assistant- Claire will start June 1st. Cami will contact her to see if she is interested working for
the Annual Meeting
Farmers Market- July 10th-Sept 4th 8:00-12:00- Looking for vendors
Movies Under the Stars- Update from committee meeting -June 26th and July 31st @ Graff Elementary
Practice Field
Senior Class- Senior class missed 4th of July clean up last year. We discussed hiring them for volunteer
work. Becky motioned we donate $200 , Evan 2nd- approved
Hometown Values Ad- Summer edition deadline is April 30th. We will discuss at April Meeting what
summer events we put in. Half page is $447.50, Full Page $750
Upcoming Dates:
4th of July Committee Meeting- April 1st @ 12pm
Open Forum
LARC will be doing a LOGO contest, winner receives $100 and a jacket
Business After Hours – If you would like to host an event, please contact the Chamber.
Next Meeting – April 8, 2021 Fowl Play /Zoom