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ADP
Affordable Lending Group
mindCARES
Wilson Premier Hyundai
High Biscuits
Vapor World
Lost Pizza
Bomgar Corporation
Ridgeland...Mississippi’s Business Destination
Meet the 2014 – 2015 Junior Diplomats
Ribbon Cuttings
Wednesday, April 1
April Fool’s Day
Torrye Evans
Junior
Ridgeland High
School
Erriona Browder Caroline Burford Krishna Desai
Senior
Junior
Co-Captain, Senior
Ridgeland High
Madison Ridgeland
Jackson
School
Academy
Academy
Ahmed Hassan
Junior
Ridgeland High
School
Wyatt Horne
Junior
The Veritas
School
Gillian Goodloe
Senior
Ridgeland High
School
Sarah King
Junior
Ridgeland High
School
Vipanpreet Kaur
Senior
Ridgeland High
School
Victoria Lowell
Senior
Ridgeland High
School
Community Bank ~ The Ridgeland Chamber of Commerce hosted a ribbon cutting
and grand opening ceremony for Community Bank located at 751 Lake Harbour Drive.
Friday, April 3 Good Friday
Friday, April 3 - Saturday, April 4
KidsFest! Ridgeland
Freedom Ridge Park
235 W. School Street
A fun-filled festival event for the entire family.
Tickets are available at Ridgeland
Recreation & Parks Dept. 601-853-2011.
www.kidsfestridgeland.com
Sunday, April 5
Easter Sunday
Martin McCandless Hannah McCowan
Co-Captain, Senior
Junior
Ridgeland High
Jackson
School
Academy
Raven Manuel
Senior
Ridgeland High
School
Mary Katherine Miller
Ben Milam
Senior
Senior
The Veritas
Madison Ridgeland
School
Academy
Alan Merkle
Junior
Ridgeland High
School
Katie McMurtry
Senior
Ridgeland High
School
Alex Medellin
Senior
Ridgeland High
School
Kirby Mitchell
Junior
Ridgeland High
School
Justin Necaise
Senior
Ridgeland High
School
Tuesday, April 7
7:15 A.M.
Junior Diplomats First Tuesday
Terracon Consultants, Inc.
859 S. Pear Orchard Road
Wednesday, April 8
11:30 A.M.
Board of Directors Meeting
Chamber Office
754 S. Pear Orchard Road
Thursday, April 9
10:30 A.M.
Ribbon Cutting
High Biscuits, LLC
7048 Old Canton Road, Suite 1008
Juliette Richert
Junior
Ridgeland High
School
Brianna Turner
Senior
Ridgeland High
School
Ramya Sarna
Senior
Ridgeland High
School
Tyler Seal
Junior
Ridgeland High
School
Alex Sterling
Senior
Ridgeland High
School
Heather Van Horn Natalene Vankchalee
Junior
Co-Captain , Senior
Ridgeland High
Ridgeland High
School
School
DIPLOMAT
OF THE MONTH
Carmielle Travis
Senior
Ridgeland High
School
Julius Wells
Junior
Ridgeland High
School
Kennedy Wilson
Senior
Ridgeland High
School
JUNIOR DIPLOMAT
OF THE MONTH
FEBRUARY 2015
Matthew Reece
BCI – Business
Communications, Inc.
FEBRUARY 2015
Mary Katherine
Miller
The Veritas School
SAVE THE DATE!
Thursday, May 15, 2014
C Spire / Ridgeland Chamber Golf Classic
Lake Caroline Golf Club • Tee Time: 1:00 P.M.
You could win a 2015 Hyundai Sante Fe!
Courtesy of Wilson
Premier Hyundai
• 4-Player Team & Primary Sponsor ~ $600, includes a sign with your
company’s name on the green and 4-player spots. Lunch included.
• Single Player ~ $150, Lunch included.
• Hole Sponsor ~ $100, includes a sign with your company’s name on the green.
Call the Chamber TODAY to reserve your spot! 601-991-9996
With Special Appreciation
to Mississippi Media
2015 Ridgeland Chamber Board of Directors
Friday, April 10
11:30 A.M.
Diplomats First Friday Meeting
Lost Pizza Co.
500 Hwy. 51 N., Ste. E
Saturday, April 11
Township Jazz Festival
Highland Colony Parkway
www.townshipfestival.com
Saturday, April 11 – Sunday, April 12
KidsFest! Ridgeland
Freedom Ridge Park
Thursday, April 16
5 – 7 P.M.
Business After Hours
Cool Water Catering & Events
5
1011 Lake Harbour Drive
12
Friday, April 17
10:30 A.M.
Ribbon Cutting
Allure Plastics, P.A.
Dr. W. Bryant Walker
1000 Highland Colony Pkwy., Ste. 27202
Friday, April 17 – Sunday, April 19
Mississippi’s Inaugural Tandem Rally
A weekend full of cycling, food and festivals.
www.ridgelandtandem.com
Saturday, April 18 - Sunday, April 19
Ridgeland Fine Arts Festival
Renaissance at Colony Park
A juried fine arts festival with 80 of America’s
finest artists. www.ridgelandartsfest.com
We’re Painting the Town Blue & Gold
with our 2015 Membership Plaques!
Thank you, Ridgeland
Chamber members for
renewing your 2015
membership! Please take
advantage of all our many benefits
designed to help your business succeed!
Welcome,
New Members!
When considering needs for your home or
office, please shop with
Ridgeland Chamber members first!
Front row, from left: Marc Petro, Immediate Past President, Community Bank; 2015
Ridgeland Chamber President Sam Keyes, Butler Snow, LLP and John Dorsa, VicePresident, State Farm Insurance. Middle row: Chris Tilley, Northpark Mall; Robby
Channell, Baptist Health Systems, Inc.; Daniel Barham, Treasurer, Community Trust Bank
and W. Randy Keng, John Hancock-Southeastern Financial. Back row: Michele Austin,
Repeat Street; Billy Brunt, First Commercial Bank; Don Burnham, Holmes Community
College; Orien Watson, C Spire and Karen McKie, Green Oak Florist & Garden Center.
Photo by Deryll Stegall, Stegall Imagery.
Chamber Staff
Linda Bynum
Executive
Director
Sandy Baas
Administrative
Assistant
Michelle Little
Receptionist
MISSION STATEMENT
The mission of the City of Ridgeland Chamber of Commerce
is to encourage an economic environment conducive to the
continuing development of new and existing business.
You can contact the Ridgeland Chamber of Commerce at
754 Pear Orchard Road, Ridgeland, MS 39157, PO Box 194, Ridgeland, MS 39158-0194
ph 601.991.9996 fax 601.991.9997 email [email protected]
or visit us online at www.ridgelandchamber.com
601.973.1624
www.mbhs.org/weightloss
The Fresh Market
Christopher Gibbs
1000 Highland Colony Parkway, Suite 1001
(601) 856-2866
www.thefreshmarket.com
Grocery Stores • Specialty Foods
Parkway Funeral Home and Parkway
Memorial Cemetery ~ Members of the
Ridgeland Chamber were on hand to commend
Sidney Risher, General Manager on recent
renovations to Parkway Funeral Home located
at 1161 Highland Colony Parkway.
RELAY FOR LIFE
Please join our Relay for Life Team and be part of the American
Cancer Society’s worldwide event Friday, May 1 from 6 p.m. to
midnight at Liberty Park in Madison.
The Ridgeland Chamber will have a team and we NEED team members.
Please join our team and celebrate those who have battled cancer, remember loved
ones lost and take action to finish the fight once and for all.
Please join our team! Call the Ridgeland Chamber office (601) 991-9996 today!!!
Ridgeland Police Department Check Presentation
Marc Petro of Community Bank, left, and 2014 Ridgeland
Chamber President, presents a $2,500 check to Ridgeland
Police Chief Randy Tyler at a recent March Mayor and Board
of Aldermen meeting. The funds were raised by the Ridgeland
Chamber for law enforcement needs.
Thank you Ridgeland Chamber Businesses for your
Donations !
BankPlus • C Spire • Community Bank • CPA Realty, LLC • Pinebrook
Apartments • Premier Bride • TAGMA
Shadowwood Homeowner’s Association • Waggoner Engineering, Inc.
Ridgeland Chamber of Commerce
Ridgeland Police Appreciation Week is May 10 – 16
Please join our committee and help us honor our men and women in blue.
The Ridgeland Chamber is planning festivities to honor our Ridgeland
Police Department during this special week of appreciation.
If your business/company has items for our officer’s goodie bags, please
call the Chamber. We will gladly come by and pick them up.
Please call the Chamber today (601) 991-9996 and sign up to be a part of this most
important committee.
NEWSMAKERS
Hunter Arnold, Vice
President of Waggoner
Engineering, has been
elected Board President of
the Mississippi World Trade
Center. Arnold served on
the Ridgeland Chamber
Board of Directors from
2011 to 2013and as Vice
President in 2013.
Barry Prather of Community
Bank of Mississippi has been
promoted to Chief Operating
Officer. Prather joined Community
Bank in 1995 and has served as
an Executive Vice President in
Commercial Lending since 2003.
Prather served as Treasurer of the
Ridgeland Chamber Board of
Directors from 1998 – 2000.
New Ridgeland Chamber Members Honored
New Ridgeland Chamber of Commerce members were recently honored at a
luncheon hosted by New York Life, 1052 Highland Colony Parkway.
The luncheon welcomed 20 companies and their representatives who have
joined the Chamber since October 2014.
New Members include:
•ADP
•AGF Enterprise LLC
•Allure Plastics, P.A.
•Barnett Reservoir Foundation
•Brown Family Medical Clinic, LLC
•Epic Dance and Fitness, Inc.
•EXIT SUMMER HOUSE REALTY
•The Fresh Market
•Frolic Boutique
•High Biscuits, LLC
•Holiday Inn Express & Suites
•Humana
•The Jackson Zoo
•Jan Pro of Central MS
•Mahaffey’s Quality Printing
•mindCARES
•Olde Towne Station Deli
•Regus
•Service King Collision Repair Centers
•Vapor World
From left, Mike Wall, Jan Pro of Central MS; Denise
Hollingsworth, Olde Towne Station Deli; Angela Harris,
The Jackson Zoo; Shannon Brown, Laces by Lexie;
Belinda Black and Suzanne Russell of mindCARES;
Cindy Ford, Barnett Reservoir Foundation and Anthony
Fairley of AGF Enterprise LLC.
From left, Charles & CJ Nason of Exit Summer House
Realty; Zac Rodgers, Tyler Reeves and Devin Wood
of New York Life; Charlotte Christopher, Humana and
Tamisha Thomas, Epic Dance and Fitness, Inc.
Business After Hours
Community Bank, located at 751 Lake Harbour Drive, hosted the Chamber’s
March Business After Hours. Guests enjoyed delicious refreshments, door prizes,
a chance to win $1,000 and an opportunity to make new business contacts.
Thank you Marc Petro, Senior Vice President, and your staff for an evening
Chamber members and guests will long remember.
Mississippi’s Governor Phil Bryant;
First Lady Deborah Bryant; Jamie
Petro and Marc Petro, Senior Vice
President, Community Bank and 2014
Ridgeland Chamber President, at ribbon
cutting ceremonies for Ridgeland’s new
Community Bank on Lake Harbour Drive.
MFGS Life Partners
Wayne McLeod
1888 Main Street C-304
Madison, MS 39110
(601) 707-2729; (601) 983-7816
[email protected]
MFGSLifePartners.com
Financial Services • Insurance Companies
NOGGINS
Gareth Broad • Kez Broad
140 Township Avenue, Ste. 104
(601) 956-9777
[email protected]
www.nogginsorganicsalon.com
Hair Salons
Marc Petro, Senior Vice
President of Community
Bank and 2014 Ridgeland
Chamber President,
has been named to the
Mississippi Business
Journal’s TOP 50 under 40.
The awards ceremony will
be held at Hilton Jackson,
Friday, April 24.
Scott Shoemaker,
President of Shoemaker
Homes, has been elected a
Life Director of the National
Association of Home
Builders. He has served
as a voting director for 10
years. Shoemaker served as
President of the Ridgeland
Chamber in 2010.
Bob Dodson of HouseWorks
was the lucky winner of $1,000
compliments of Community Bank.
With Dodson is Community Bank
Senior Vice President Marc Petro.
Ridgeland Alderman Brian Ramsey is awarded a
door prize at Business After Hours by Diplomats
Jon-Michael Trimm, Trustmark National Bank and
Shana Robertson, Community Bank.
Baptist Medical Center has
central Mississippi's ONLY fully
accredited Comprehensive Bariatric
Center for weight loss surgery.
Advertise your business here! Call the Ridgeland Chamber of Commerce for information. 601.991.9996
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