| Focus on the Future Update |
 The Focus on the Future campaign for the Chamber’s new Main Street office is in full swing. With a healthy base already, committee members have begun asking Chamber members for their pledges. If you have not yet committed to the campaign, a member of the committee will contact you in the next few weeks.
Please think about what your company can contribute to this five-year campaign. The goal is $1 million. If you want to join other Chamber members and support the campaign, contact Committee Chairman Mike Crapps at 951-0500 or Chamber President/CEO Randy Halfacre at 359-6113.
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Chamber building for sale
Anyone driving along South Lake Drive should notice the For Sale sign at the current Chamber location. Asking price is $375,000 for the 3,200-square-foot brick building and the approximate acre upon which it sits. Close to the Lexington County Judicial Center and the Lexington Municipal Complex, the office is ideally located for all kinds of businesses. |
IN THE PAST...
 Better than expected: Total Resource Campaign exceeds goal More than 100 new members, increased sponsorships, and strong momentum for 2012 are just some of the results from the Chamber’s recent “In It To Win It” Total Resource Campaign. The financial goal of $103,000 was exceeded by about $11,000. The figures were released and participants rewarded at a recent tropical-themed party.
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 Cartridge World opens in Lexington
Cartridge World, an Illinois-headquartered company with 1,700 stores across the globe, has opened in Lexington’s Topspin Plaza. Ben Whitlock manages the three Midlands stores his brother Rob owns, noting that in the five years they’ve operated in Columbia, they got lots of requests to open in Lexington. Ben is glad they listened. |
IN THE PRESENT...
WISE WORDS
 “Whatever your goals are, don’t give up”
When broadcaster/marketing expert Tyler Ryan looks back on his upbringing in a small New Hampshire town, he can’t believe he grew up to rub elbows with Lynyrd Skynyrd and Donnie Van Zant. Working on a television morning program and emceeing concerts for soldiers at Fort Jackson also seems a long way from where he started. How did he get where he is? Persistence. |
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 Need Christmas gifts?
The Chamber suggests two very easy, practical, and “Lexington” possibilities:
• Cookin’ with the Chamber, a soft-cover, 317-page collection of Lexington’s best recipes, provided by Lexington residents and Chamber members. This “Taste of Lexington” is a steal at $10, particularly with the pages of full-color artwork by local painters that divide each section
• A Pictorial History of Lexington County South Carolina, a coffee table book that traces the area’s history from 45 to 50 million years ago through the 20th century. Written by Claudette Holliday, with a foreword by Horace Harmon and an introduction by Jerry Bellune, this substantial volume includes 192 pages of Lexington County photos. A must for any Lexington library, A Pictorial History is $20.
Both books are available at the Chamber office on South Lake Drive. Stop by or call to reserve your copies. |
IN THE FUTURE ...
 Ho-Ho-Hal!
What’s on the agenda for Tuesday’s Chamber breakfast meeting? Pancakes, sausage, and Hal McIntosh. Lexington’s favorite baritone, Hal will sing some Christmas carols and then lead the rest of us in a few holiday tunes. So bring your appetite, the spirit to sing along, and non-perishable canned goods or a monetary contribution for LICS.
Thanks to the generosity of sponsors U.S. Foods and The Country Club of Lexington, the December breakfast is free. The Chamber requests donations to LICS as a way to pay the favor forward and remember those less fortunate.
Breakfast starts at 7:30 a.m. |
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