March 2012 - Burlington Chamber of Commerce

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Making Connections, Building Community More than 420 business professionals from the area and their guests were in attendance at the Greater Burlington Partnership Annual Dinner on Friday, February 3. The emcees for the evening were Joyce Vance and Donna Logan, Girl Scouts of Eastern Iowa and Western Illinois. They were delightful and kept the crowd entertained with a few jokes throughout the evening. Rick Buller, Berthel Fisher and Company/ Legacy Partners, spoke as the 2011 Chairman of the Board of Directors and was presented with a plaque of appreciation for his term. Mike Dick, CPA Associates, P.C., took on his new role as the 2012 Chairman of the Board of Directors and set his ideas and goals in motion. A video and short roast were given to Dennis Hinkle, President and CEO, for his upcoming retirement. This was his final Annual Dinner as President and CEO of the Greater Burlington Partnership. Special thanks to the Annual Dinner Committee who made the night possible: Corky Wolbert, Joyce Vance, Mary Delzell, Sue Eastin, Kali Eastin, Donna Logan, Kay Kent, Patty Moad, and Kay Sackville Breuer. Join Us in Congratulating all the Winners! Jeff Burkhart, Farmers and Merchants Bank and Trust presented Tom Walz with The Emmy award. Rick Buller presented the Chairman’s Award to Matt Shinn, Two Rivers Bank & Trust, for his dedication and vision in the Imagine campaign. The Imagine was the community-wide initiative to engage everyone who lives, works, visits or studies in Des Moines County and the greater Burlington area to help create five big ideas for the future. The five visionary ideas that were generated will make the area a better place to live, work and play. Pictured with all the Award Winners: Rick Buller, Legacy Partners and Dennis Hinkle, President and CEO, Greater Burlington Partnership. The Emmy Award, which has been a tradition of the Chamber of Commerce since 1965 . . . . is to be presented only to people who have by some deed, action, or continued years of community service helped the community and is not normally recognized for his or her actions. This year’s Emmy was awarded to Tom Walz, for his passion and continued volunteerism in the community since age 9. Tom began his volunteering at the Y and has kept serving the public both through his professional career and volunteer roles. His volunteering has included Steamboat Days, Snowbull, Burlington Bees, High School Fundraisers, Snake Alley Criterium, the Lions Pancake Breakfast, the Chili Cookoff, Heritage Days and Toys For Tots. He’s helped with more floods than he can count, always the first to get there and the last one to leave. Tom volunteers because it’s important to the people involved or the entire community, therefore becoming important to him. He believes in Burlington and West Burlington and its citizens. He is a hands on tireless worker and leader. Always helpful and cheerful. He shows up and asks what needs to be done and does it.
The Best Renovation of a Facility was awarded to Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center for their newly renovated facility that included the addition of four donor screening rooms, sectioning off of the donation area, installation of a second garage door, new flooring, cabinets and counters, as well as construction of a new parking lot. The Community Impact Award was presented to Doug Ziegler and the Burlington Soccer Club. Their first annual Burlington Monster Match Soccer Tournament was a huge success, attracting more than 1,100 participants and another 3,000 spectators. The tournament filled hotel rooms to 100% occupancy during a slower time for local hotels as well as benefited local restaurants and retailers. The Business Person of the Year was awarded to Martha Wolf, The Ivy Bakeshoppe. Martha is an energetic business owner and has created a restaurant with obvious success. Martha can be seen running in and out of businesses or with an apron on greeting customers. No matter where she is or what she is doing, you will always see her with a smile! Martha was busy working - accepting the award on her behalf is daughter Hannah. The Project of the Year was awarded to Westland Theatres and Tim Burcham. This new facility was built in seven months at Westland Mall and features a 5,000 square foot lobby, ten state of the art theatres with wall to wall screens measuring about 45 feet across. Three of the screens are 3-D, and all ten theatres include stadium seating and reclining seats. The Young Professional of the Year was awarded to Chris Lee. He is activily involved in his work at the Des Moines County Conservation and brings his knowledge of the natural resources field to everything he is involved in. He is currently President of the Aldo Leopold Pheasants Forever Chapter in Burlington, is a participant in Greater Burlington Leadership and serves on the Downtown Partners Board of Directors.
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