Networking Events
• Kickoff Dinner, aended by 291 guests in 2017
• 5 Business Aer Hours events celebrating anniversaries,
expansions, remodels
• White House Boutique
• Chemical Bank
• Frankenmuth Brewery/PedAle Trolley
• Weiss Equipment
• Mike Young Buick GMC
• 7 Ribbon Cuing ceremonies
• Annual Golf Outing with 152 registered golfers
• 4 Morning Mingle breakfast meetings with an average
aendance of 59 guests
Local Promotional Programs
• Sale Fest with 84 residents signing up to host a sale
• Implemented a Spring discount promotion revolving
around the Bavarian Easter Celebration that had 26
businesses participate
• Scarecrow competition with 33 registered scarecrows
• 1st place - Huntington Bank
• Peppermint Perks Holiday Ad Campaign, $5 off any $25
purchase, with 43 participants
• Friday Fun Night Series was held May 26 - September
1, with an average of 7 entertainers each Friday. It was
funded entirely by donations from our gracious local
businesses, totaling $10,886
Gain of 35 new members
and retention rate of 92%
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At the conclusion of the fiscal year, we had 375 members and
over 90 clubs and organizations and honorary members. We
continued our popular Bavarian Bargains Coupon Book, which
weighed in at 80 participants, making it our biggest promotion of
the year, ordering 85,000 copies!
We also welcomed a new Membership & Program Manager to
our team this year with the addition of Morgan Townsend.
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