May_June 2016 Chamber Magazine
Upcoming classes and seminars UMW Small Business Development Center To register for these seminars: call 540-654-1383 or online www.economicdevelopment.umw.edu/ Germanna Center for Workforce and Community Education For more information call 540-891-3012 May 10: from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. QuickBooks Training: The QuickBooks workshop is designed to teach the basics of QuickBooks; the things that you need to know to perform typical bookkeeping tasks. This workshop will be instructed by Connie Whittingham, Y-OPA Consulting Group. May 23: from 9 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. First Steps to Starting a Business: This Seminar will provide the basic of self-evaluation, the idea, defining the need, determining the feasibility, and what actions are necessary. May 24: from 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. Human Resource Law 101: Basics every employer should know Presented by Randy C. Sparks, Jr., a member of the Labor and Employment Law Practice Group at Kaufman & Canoles. June 6: from 6 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. First Steps to Starting a Business: This Seminar will provide the basic of self-evaluation, the idea, defining the need, determining the feasibility, and what actions are necessary. June 7: from 9 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Blue Print Business Plan Workshop: This one day four-hour workshop is presented by the UMWSBDC Eagle Village office. It covers the development of the narrative and financial forecasting portions of the business plan. June 14 from 9 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Develop Your Basic Social Media Marketing: This workshop is designed for small business owners who are not social media currently using social media to market their businesses and those who are not using social media effectively. June 4 from 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. Marketing and Promotions for Small Business: This course will provide an introduction of marketing and promotional “tricks of the trade” to help your small business increase its presence in this challenging economic environment. June 14-28 from 6 – 9 p.m. Accounting for Non-accountants: The instructor will discuss basic accounting principles and concepts such as the general ledger, debits, credits, assets, liabilities, expenses, revenues and equity using examples from the business world. 26 Fredericksburg Regional Business MAY/JUNE 2016
May 2016 11 - Ribbon Cutting Residence Inn, 4:00pm, 60 Town Centre Blvd. 12 - Leadership Fredericksburg Project Presentations, 3:00 pm, J.F. Fick Conference Center 16 - Ribbon Cutting Community Bank of the Chesapeake, 12:00pm, 425 William Street 17 - MAC Base Tour of Fort A.P. Hill, 8:00am 17 - CNEW Luncheon, 11:30am, Fredericksburg Country Club 18 - Next Gen Mid-week Motivation, 12:00pm, Fredericksburg Country Club, guest speaker, William “Billy” Beale, President & CEO of Union Bank & Trust. 20 - Leadership Fredericksburg Graduation & Reception, 3:00 pm, UMW Stafford Campus 25 - Leadership Fredericksburg Information Session, 8:30am, Chamber Office, Learn about Leadership Fredericksburg from those who know the program best. A panel consisting of program staff, mentors, fellows, and alumni answer questions and present their perspectives about this signature program. 26 - Shrimpfest, 4:00pm, Fredericksburg Fair Grounds 31 - Ribbon Cutting for Repo Rocks, 4:00pm, held at D & L Insurance, 4600 Jefferson Davis, Fredericksburg, VA 22408 June 2016 7 - Chamber Roundtable (Stafford), 8:00am, Courtyard by Marriott Quantico 8 - Next Gen Mid-week Motivation, 12:00pm, Renato’s 9 - Business After Hours, Rappahannok Area YMCA, 5:30pm 21 - CNEW Luncheon, 11:30am, Fredericksburg Country Club 23 - Business After Hours, Businets, 5:30pm View Chamber Calendar of Events online: www.fredericksburgchamber.org FREDERICKSBURG REGIONAL CHAMBER 2300 Fall Hill Ave., Suite 240 Fredericksburg, VA 22401 (540) 373-9400 Fax: (540) 373-9570 www.fredericksburgchamber.org Fredericksburg Regional Business is published by Stafford Printing. For more information, contact Howard Owen at (540) 659-4554 or howen@staffordprinting.com. Contact Stafford Printing for information on advertising and inserts in Fredericksburg Regional Business chamber@staffordprinting.com 2707 Jefferson Davis Hwy. Stafford, VA 22554 540.659.4554 1916 - 2016 100 Years of Service CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Leadership Fredericksburg Project Presentations May 12, 2016 • 3 p.m. J.F. Fick Conference Center Congratulations to the LEADERSHIP FREDERICKSBURG 2016 CLASS JOIN US AS WE RECOGNIZE THE GRADUATES Leadership Fredericksburg Leadership Fredericksburg Graduation & Reception May 20, 2016 • 3 p.m. UMW Stafford Campus MAY/JUNE 2016 Fredericksburg Regional Business 27
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<strong>May</strong> <strong>2016</strong><br />
11 - Ribbon Cutting Residence Inn, 4:00pm, 60 Town Centre Blvd.<br />
12 - Leadership Fredericksburg Project Presentations, 3:00 pm,<br />
J.F. Fick Conference Center<br />
16 - Ribbon Cutting Community Bank of the Chesapeake, 12:00pm,<br />
425 William Street<br />
17 - MAC Base Tour of Fort A.P. Hill, 8:00am<br />
17 - CNEW Luncheon, 11:30am, Fredericksburg Country Club<br />
18 - Next Gen Mid-week Motivation, 12:00pm, Fredericksburg<br />
Country Club, guest speaker, William “Billy” Beale, President & CEO<br />
of Union Bank & Trust.<br />
20 - Leadership Fredericksburg Graduation & Reception, 3:00 pm,<br />
UMW Stafford Campus<br />
25 - Leadership Fredericksburg Information Session, 8:30am,<br />
<strong>Chamber</strong> Office, Learn about Leadership Fredericksburg from those<br />
who know the program best. A panel consisting of program staff,<br />
mentors, fellows, and alumni answer questions and present their<br />
perspectives about this signature program.<br />
26 - Shrimpfest, 4:00pm, Fredericksburg Fair Grounds<br />
31 - Ribbon Cutting for Repo Rocks, 4:00pm, held at D & L Insurance,<br />
4600 Jefferson Davis, Fredericksburg, VA 22408<br />
<strong>June</strong> <strong>2016</strong><br />
7 - <strong>Chamber</strong> Roundtable (Stafford), 8:00am,<br />
Courtyard by Marriott Quantico<br />
8 - Next Gen Mid-week Motivation, 12:00pm, Renato’s<br />
9 - Business After Hours, Rappahannok Area YMCA, 5:30pm<br />
21 - CNEW Luncheon, 11:30am, Fredericksburg Country Club<br />
23 - Business After Hours, Businets, 5:30pm<br />
View <strong>Chamber</strong> Calendar of Events online:<br />
www.fredericksburgchamber.org<br />
FREDERICKSBURG<br />
REGIONAL<br />
CHAMBER<br />
2300 Fall Hill Ave.,<br />
Suite 240<br />
Fredericksburg, VA 22401<br />
(540) 373-9400<br />
Fax: (540) 373-9570<br />
www.fredericksburgchamber.org<br />
Fredericksburg Regional Business<br />
is published by Stafford Printing.<br />
For more information, contact<br />
Howard Owen at (540) 659-4554<br />
or howen@staffordprinting.com.<br />
Contact Stafford Printing<br />
for information on<br />
advertising and inserts<br />
in Fredericksburg Regional<br />
Business<br />
chamber@staffordprinting.com<br />
2707 Jefferson Davis Hwy.<br />
Stafford, VA 22554<br />
540.659.4554<br />
1916 - <strong>2016</strong><br />
100 Years of Service<br />
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE<br />
Leadership Fredericksburg<br />
Project Presentations<br />
<strong>May</strong> 12, <strong>2016</strong> • 3 p.m.<br />
J.F. Fick Conference Center<br />
Congratulations to the<br />
LEADERSHIP FREDERICKSBURG<br />
<strong>2016</strong> CLASS<br />
JOIN US AS WE RECOGNIZE THE GRADUATES<br />
Leadership Fredericksburg<br />
Leadership Fredericksburg<br />
Graduation & Reception<br />
<strong>May</strong> 20, <strong>2016</strong> • 3 p.m.<br />
UMW Stafford Campus<br />
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