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MICH I G A N ��� S L I T T L E B AVA R I A I A K LIT M U A H F R AGNN ��� SE NT L E BTVA R IA FRANKENMUTH MICH letter from the president Jamie Furbush inside Chamber Staff Notes: Jamie Furbush........ page 1 . Marketing................ page 5 Member Profiles: Ricki Korkus-Frankenmuth Travel Services........ page 2 Bob Britton-Integrity Financial Services.. page 4 . Editorial & Pics: Kick-Off Dinner Highlights ................................. page 7 New Members........ page 6 Visitor Center.......... page 3 Group Sales............ page 5 . Save the Date.............page 8 . events Morning Mingle March 14 Hop Around Frankenmuth March 15 Business After Hours April 25 Energy, positive energy! That���s what we are bringing to your desk on this late winter (or early spring for those trying to think positive). There is always something exciting happening and usually something also in the works at YOUR chamber. And today is no exception so there is a lot to share. Thanks to all 280 guests that joined us for the Annual Kickoff Dinner that was held at the Bavarian Inn Lodge on Thursday, January 31, 2013. We were very excited to launch the Frankenmuth Pure Michigan television ad appropriately titled ���Willkommen.��� The spot is available to view on our homepage at Frankenmuth.org and will be shown to TV viewers this spring and summer in Detroit, Southern Ontario, Columbus and Cincinnati. The annual meeting also paid tribute with a video to our newest Honorary Member and late dear friend, Thomas Jaffke. And we wrapped the night up with a fun and energetic Mo-Town group brought to us by the Frankenmuth Credit Union. To all who supported the annual meeting, we thank you! Your Chamber team is getting ready to re-introduce our local days program with some exciting new changes. What was affectionately known as Muth Days (1st Wednesdays) will now be held on Fridays and you can look forward to street entertainment downtown every Friday (May-Sept) as weather permits. This new program will be entirely funded on free-will donations, so if your continued on page 7 chamberchat3-2013.indd 1 2/26/13 12:05 PM