Frankenmuth

letter from the president inside Chamber Staff Notes: Jamie Furbush ........ page 1 Member Profiles: Nick Lubaczewski Timber Oaks. .......... page 2 Earl Palmreuter Century 21 .............. page 4 Editorial & Pics: Kick-Off Dinner Highlights ................................. page 5 New Members ....... page 7 Visitor Center ......... page 3 Sales & Marketing . page 4 Save the Date..... ........ page 8 will continue to make us an organization that works for the greater good of our members and community. We had an amazing Annual Kickoff Dinner that showcased one of our biggest successes in the last year; the Friday Fun Night Series. There were strolling entertainers and our headliner was a group of kids from Detroit known as Beasts of the Beat. I was so proud of our community and business for the support shown to the group of boys with a heartwarming story. Now many of those kids will have opportunity to progress through generous contributions by The Frankenmuth Credit Union, Frankenmuth Insurance Company and Zehnder's of Frankenmuth. We also honored two wonderful couples from our business community that evening; Louie and Kathy Weiss and Gary and Carol McClellan. And as if that wasn't enough, we had a duo called Kinetic Affect perform a Frankenmuth Poem they wrote in honor of our community which will be put to video and used in online marketing later this spring. The Friday Fun Night series will continue in 2014 Jamie Furbush events continued on page 5 F R A N K E N M U T H M I C H I G A N ' S L I T T L E B A V A R I A F R A N K E N M U T H M I C H I G A N ' S L I T T L E B A V A R I A Morning Mingle Richard Studley March 13 Hop Around Frankenmuth April 4-May 4 Lunch and Learn April 15 "Change is inevitable. Progress is optional." (Tony Robbins) I recently found this quote and think it suits your Chamber of Commerce and CVB quite well. "Progress" was the watchword when our organization was founded over 100 years ago and we still use it frequently in various ways. We seek progress in the face of change like when one of our team members left for a new opportunity this fall. This allowed us the to bring on someone with talents in social media and marketing expertise to complement our award-winning team in the role of Sales & Marketing Director. While we have had a busy few months of transition, we are looking forward to the internal collaboration that

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