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Upcoming Chamber Events This week! Green Team meeting this week! Come join us Thursday, February 23rd at the next Green Team meeting. Doors open at 8:45, speakers start at 9:00am. Speaker: George H. Kelley with Stevinson Ranch Golf and Country Club. Meeting held at Merced Senior Center, 755 W. 15th Street, Merced. ~~~ Chamber Business Connector Thursday, March 15th, 5:30pm-7:30pm at Bank of Commerce Mortgage, 1836 'K' Street, Merced. Come out and mingle with Chamber members and enjoy networking at it's best! ~~~ RIBBON CUTTING! Evergreen Funeral Home & Memorial Park 1480 'B' Street, Merced Thursday, March 22nd, **5:00pm** Come out and help us welcome the Chamber's newest member. ~~~ Economic Summit 2012 Thursday, February 23rd, 2012 at the Merced County Fairgrounds - Pavilion Building" Doors open at 11:000am, program begins at 11:30am. $35.00 per person, or a table of 8 for $200. Sponsorship opportunities available. For more information and reservations, please call David Spaur at 723-3889 They are here! Get your 2012 State and Federal Employer Notice Posters! $35.00 for laminated and $25.00 for non-laminated. English and Spanish versions available. Call the Chamber at 209-384-7092 Value To Chamber Membership Offers! Chamber Publication Advertising: Have you reserved your spot? The Chamber launches our new publication "Gateway" in mid January. This is a top notch publication - full color, 20 pages of informative information and beautiful ads. Don't miss this opportunity to have your business in this publication! 5000 copies to be printed and distributed around top local Merced locations. For rates and more information call Jennifer at the Chamber 384-7092 Chamber Maps: Did you know....The Chamber distributes 10,000 maps per year What a better way to generate recognition and revenue for your business than to be seen by thousands of visitors, potential students, and even locals? Contact the Chamber at 384-7092 if you're interested in getting information on pricing and distribution of our maps. Member to Member Discounts: Keep Mercedians shopping local! Offer a Chamber Member discount to be displayed on our website. Also... as an added benefit we will weekly showcase a Member to Member discount on our weekly update. What a great way to advertise your business and offer a discount to locals and it is FREE! For more information please call the Chamber at 384-7092 Upcoming Community Events ANNUAL DANCE KALEIDOSCOPE COMES TO MERCED COLLEGE STAGE Dancers from some of the area's best-known dance studios will perform on Saturday, Feb. 25 at 2 and 7 p.m. in the Merced College Theater. Dance Kaleidoscope returns for another year of entertainment, featuring young dancers from Danzantes de Merced, South Pacific Dance, Merced Academy of Dance, The Dancers' Studio, Mariposa Academy of Performing Arts, Denisa's School of Dance, and Steps Dance Studio. Presented by the Merced Dance Teachers Cooperative and Merced College Community Services, Dance Kaleidoscope is the collaborative effort of local dance studios. The event showcases many of the young talent being trained in the area's premier dance studios. Tickets are $10 general admission and $8 for ASMC student body card holders, children under 12, and seniors. Tickets can be purchased at Pacifica (611 W. Main Street, Suite A), Peraino's at Bear Creek Galleria, Passadori's in Atwater, and the Theater Box Office an hour before the show. For more information, call 209.384.6224. Did you know that Enterprise Zone companies are eligible for substantial tax credits? Learn about earning tax credits, offsetting your tax liability, and more. Sole proprietors, corporations, all are welcome! For more information click here.
Let us know about your upcoming community events! Email jennifer@merced-chamber.com with the details. Community News MERCED COLLEGE THEATRE MAJORS NOMINATED TO COMPETE Six Merced College theater students recently made their way to the American College Theatre Festival at Weber State University in Ogden, Utah. The six, Julian Bremer, Alma Reyes, Elizabeth Gonzalez, Amber Fowler, Jenna George and Barrett Roseman, attended festival Feb. 6-11. Sponsored by the Kennedy Center, the American College Theatre Festival is a national organization that seeks to improve the quality of college and university theatre across the nation. It is divided into eight regions of the United States. Winners in production, acting and other competitions go on to compete at the national festival in Washington D.C. each April. Three of the students, Bremer, Reyes, Gonzalez were nominated to compete in the Irene Ryan Scholarship Acting Competition for their performances in "Twelfth Night" and "A Bright Room Called Day." "The students participated in the competition and saw about 12 plays from colleges and universities in our region (Arizona, Utah, Southern California, Nevada and Hawaii)," said Theater Professor Carin Heidelbach. The students also had the opportunity to attend numerous workshops on all aspects of theatre, she said. Additional colleges and universities represented at the festival include UC Riverside, University of Hawaii, Utah State University, USC Northridge, CSU Bakersfield, Fresno & Stanislaus Arizona State University, Cal Poly Pomona, Mesa Community College, Westmont College
