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Perry Area Chamber of Commerce Annual Report, Jan. 28,1997
Program
Contact the Chamber of Commerce for more information.
Membership Directory
Your business is featured in the membership directory,
and you are referred customers by our staff.
Publications
City/County Map
Published by: Convention & Visitors Bu
reau/Chamber of Commerce
Circulation: 20,000 (2 year shelf life)
Distribution: newcomers, travelers, real es
tate agencies
Pick up points: Chamber, CVB, Ho
tels, participating advertisers, City
Advertising costs: Range from S3OO to $ 1800
Next publication: Fall 1997-Winter 1998
Quality of Life Magazine
Published by: Chamber of Commerce
Circulation: 10,000 (3 year shelf life)
Distribution: newcomers, travelers, busi
ness/industry prospects, recruitment fairs, real estate agen
cies, WRAFB Family Support Center
Pick up points: Chamber of Commerce
Advertising costs: Range from $645(1/6 color) to
$6900 (4 page centerfold)
Next publication: Winter 1999
Annual Report
High quality, multi-page newsletter devoted to reporting
Chamber accomplishments for the previous year and goals
for the future.
Circulation: 1200
Distribution: Annual Meeting, membership,
newcomer packets, new member packets, development au
thority prospects, state developers
Pick up points: Chamber of Com
merce
Advertising costs: SSO-S2OO
Next publication: Each December/January
Community Calendar
Monthly events listing and general information featured
in the Houston Times-Journal
Membership Alert
Monthly information piece to membership about events.
Members may also submit information about their busi
ness.
Newsletter
This will be anew quarterly, high quality newsletter
which will be sent to all members and South Houston
County businesses. Advertising and articles by members
will be permitted. The first edition is planned for second
quarter, 1997.
Networking Opportunities
Business After Hours
Attendance: 35-50
Sponsorship Costs: catering, room rental(if not a
business) door prizes
Dates: Held bi-monthly
Cost for attendees: $5
Good Morning Perry Breakfast
Attendance: 60-75
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Sponsors: Present a program profiling
your business or an issue, event
Dates: Held bi-monthly
Cost for attendees: Free
Community Involvement
Education Programs
Perry/Warner Robins Chamber of Commerce
STAR Student/Teacher Program
-Reception: acknowledged dona
tions of any value
-Recipient gifts: donated gift items
Perry/Warner Robins Georgia Scholar Reception
-Reception: acknowledge dona
tions of any value
-Recipient gifts: donated gift items
Leadership Perry
-S3OO tuition per student. Nine month orientation pro
gram of Perry/ Houston County.
Special Events
Festivals
Dogwood Festival (Ist weekend in April)
-booth spaces
-corporate sponsorships of events $250-$4.000
-parade; marketing opportunities through entries,
mascots, etc.
Christmas at the Crossroads
-parade
-decoration contest
-brochure of Christmas events, open houses, etc.
(4,000 circulation)
-“lllumination Celebration” - decorate businesses
with white lights
Networking Banquets/Luncheons
Advertising costs: Sponsors, door prizes, give
aways, discounts, brochures,etc.
Perry Area Chamber of Commerce Annual Meet
ing
Deborah Roberts keynotes annual chamber banquet
Perry native and popular television newscaster
Deborah Roberts is tire keynote speaker for the Jan.
28, 1997 Perry Area Chamber of Commerce annual
meeting.
Roberts, who has been with
the ABC Television news
magazine “20/20” for about 18
months, is a graduate of the Uni
versity of Georgia. She was re
cipient of the 1992 UGA Distin
guished Alumnus Award, present
ed annually to recent graduates
who have excelled rapidly in
their professions.
PROGRESS
Here & Now
A Weyerhaeuser
Proud memeber of the Perry
Area Chamber of Commerce
Continued from page 11
Houston County Legislative Luncheon
Georgia Chamber of Commerce Legislative Lun
cheon
Georgia Chamber of Commerce Eggs & Issues
Breakfast
Secretary’s Luncheon
Elected Officials Appreciation Dinner
Board of Education Appreciation Dinner
Various Convention & Meeting Groups at Fair
grounds
Military Affairs Committee (members only)
-Museum of Aviation contributions
-Military Ball
-WRAFB Social functions
-Georgia Invitational Golf Tournament
Other Opportunities
Agricenter Billboard - Buyers’ Guide Map
The Buyers’ Guide Map is located at both the clock tow
er and across from the Georgia National Restaurant. These
are high traffic areas at the Agricenter, which has hosted
over 4 million people since June, 1990, attending over 2,000
events. The billboard is a directory of advertisers’ products
and services. The Agricenter staff refers visitors to the bill
board, and signs at the ticket windows and registration areas
direct visitors to the billboard. This is the only form of per
manent commercial advertising allowed at the GNF&A.
Rates: 5 1/2” x 8 1/2” = $200; cost includes lay
out, design and maintenance of your sign.
11” x 8 1/2” = S4OO
Small Business Seminars
Help sponsor annual seminar series through financial as
sistance or in-kind services. Marketing opportunity to fea
ture logo on seminar brochures, print advertisements. Net
working opportunities.
Literature Display
-Display your business cards, brochures, flyers in the
Chamber of Commerce
-Include literature in our newcomer, business or tourism
packets
Roberts began her career following her graduation
from the University of Georgia at WTVM-TV in
Columbus. She later worked at WBIR-TV in
Knoxville, Tenn., before becoming a newscaster and
bureau chief for WFTV-TV, an ABC affiliate in Or
lando, Fla.
She joined NBC News in 1990 as a general as
signment reporter. She covered stories for the Atlanta
and Miami bureaus of NBC'News, and reported from
Saudi Arabia and Kuwait during the aftermath of the
Persian Gulf War.
She also provided coverage from the 1992 Sum
mer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. She received Em
my nominations for her coverage of the Olympics.
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