Breakfast & Benefits. Complimentary Member Breakfast. Membership Renewals. Tuesday, May 24 th ~ 8-9:30 am Soldotna Regional Sports Complex.

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1 Soldotna Chamber of Commerce & Visitor Center Sterling Hwy. Soldotna, AK (907) ~ Presorted Std. US Postage PAID Soldotna, AK Permit #5 May 2016 The Leading Resource for Business Development and Community Growth in the Greater Soldotna Area Complimentary Member Breakfast Breakfast & Benefits Chamber Member Appreciation Breakfast Tuesday, May 24 th ~ 8-9:30 am Soldotna Regional Sports Complex FREE BREAKFAST! Great Networking! Watch Your Mailbox for Two FREE Tickets to attend this informative, networking breakfast. New! Breakout Tech Class after the presentation. Sign up now! RSVP required! Register online or call (907) Membership Renewals Membership Dues Deadline: July 1, 2016 Learn how to best utilize your member benefits & enjoy breakfast on us! The views and opinions expressed in member advertisements within this publication are not necessarily endorsed or reflective of the views of the Soldotna Chamber of Commerce. ATTENTION! In order to put your membership dollars towards more services & advertising for you, we are Going Green. Any future invoices, statements or receipts will be delivered via . Please update your billing to ensure it reaches the right person in a timely manner! Contact us to update your Billing or login to your admin! Pay Online!

2 Community Partners Soldotna s Community Partners - Developing Soldotna s Future DIAMOND PLATINUM GOLD SILVER Arby s Aspen Hotels Crowley Petroleum First National Bank Alaska Homer Electric Association Kenai River Foundation Lambe, Tuter & Wagner, CPAs Soldotna Professional Pharmacy Sweeney s Clothing Wells Fargo Bank Media Partners These businesses have made a commitment to the community of Soldotna by supporting the Chamber s mission to Serve as a resource that will represent, educate and advocate for our member businesses; while promoting responsible growth for the greater Soldotna area. Important local community events, such as Progress Days, Peninsula Winter Games, Lemonade Day, promoting shopping local and more would not be possible without their support.

3 Member Insert Let s Connect! Connect With Us on These Social Media Websites Facebook Pinterest Instagram Google + Foursquare Yelp Co n n e c t Ov e r Lu n c h Weekly Luncheons at 12-1 pm. Free to attend & open to the public. Meal - $15.00 Tuesday, May 3: Home Rule Charter Commission Shall a Charter Commission be Elected to Prepare a Proposed Charter? YES : A YES vote would form a Charter Commission, and cause the seven charter commission candidates receiving the highest number of votes to be elected. NO: A NO vote would result in the Charter Commission not being formed, and no candidates would be elected. Speakers: 2016 Special Election Candidates of Charter Commission Location: Soldotna Regional Sports Complex Tuesday, May 10: Soldotna Chamber Scholarship Awards + Student of the Month Awards with special guest, Superintendent, Sean Dusek. Location: Soldotna Regional Sports Complex Tuesday, May 17: Soldotna Chamber Social Mixer at 5:30 pm - Food served by the new Palates Restaurant! Location: Peninsula Center Mall Tuesday, May 24: Breakfast & Benefits A FREE Chamber Member Breakfast from 8-9:30 am; followed by optional website training. Location: Soldotna Regional Sports Complex Tuesday, May 31: Kenai Watershed Forum - Hear about what s coming up this summer at KWF. Branden Bornemann and Dan Pasuccci will share info about the Kenai River Festival, Kid s Summer Camp and the Streamwatch program Location: Froso s Restaurant RSVP for Luncheons is REQUIRED! Register & Pay visitsoldotna.com - Phone: (907) melodie@soldotnachamber.com Luncheon Punch Cards: Purchase a pre-paid punch card and save time! Punches are for sale in any quantity at $15 each. Easy. Convenient. Fast. Want to be a Featured Speaker at an Upcoming Chamber Luncheon? Let us know! soldotna chamber of commerce Sterling Hwy, Soldotna, AK Ph: (907) Fax: (907) staff Tami Murray Executive Director tami@soldotnachamber.com Katie Jacobson Member Services Coordinator katie@soldotnachamber.com Melodie Allen Events Coordinator melodie@soldotnachamber.com Sara Hondel Visitor Center Coordinator sara@soldotnachamber.com RIVER CITY PULLTABS 131 Warehouse Avenue, Soldotna (907) Permit #485 Rebecca Hanson, Store Manager board of Directors Steve Manley, President Wells Fargo Bank (907) Sara Crapuchettes (Pozonsky) Alaska Waste (907) Ryan Kapp Edward Jones Investments (907) Mary Hart GCI (907) Robert Ruffner Kenai Watershed Forum (907) Esther Chambers CENTURY 21 Realty Solutions Freedom Realty (907) Kelli Johnson Aspen Hotels (907) Jim Stogsdill Fish Happens Guide Service (907) Becky Foster Foster Construction (907) Laura West First American Title Insurance Company, (907) Shanon Davis Kenai Peninsula Tourism Marketing Council (KPTMC), (907) Linda Murphy City Council Representative City of Soldotna (907) The Member Newsletter is published Monthly by the Soldotna Chamber of Commerce & Visitor Center To place an advertisement: katie@ soldotnachamber.com

4 Member Insert Membership + Marketing Happiness springs from doing good and helping others. - Plato Katie Jacobson (907) katie@soldotnachamber.com Happy Spring! Now is a great time to prepare your business for a busy summer! I ve included a helpful check list below to make sure your business and staff are ready to tackle another fantastic Alaskan Summer. 1. Login to your member admin Go to visitsoldotna.com and click Member Login. Look over your info for corrections or updates. Add a few new photos to your member webpage and make sure you are listing your social media on your member listing. 2. Book Activities, Fishing or Lodging? It s worth your time to be on our FREE Online Availability Calendar. List whether you have availability on our website for both visitors and our staff to utilize. We field phone calls and s all year from folks wanting to book with you. Be sure they can reach you! The calendar goes out a whole 12 months and you only have to login and input your availability every 7 days to keep it active in the system. Free tutorials and help are available. Just give us a call! 3. Stock our racks with your business cards, brochures or rack cards Drop by or mail us your marketing materials, so that we are fully stocked for the busy summer season. If you are unsure of the quantity to provide, let us know! While you re here, pick up a box of 2016 Soldotna Visitor Guides to display at your business! 4. RSVP Online for Chamber Luncheons and After Hours - Social Mixers The Soldotna Chamber offers convenient online registration for all of our Chamber Luncheons, Social Mixers and chamber events, including the Pie Auction and Membership Breakfast. Use your chamber login or just register as a guest. Quick. Easy. Convenient. Ask us about our pre-paid chamber luncheon punch cards! 5. Get your Social Media, Marketing and Website in Tip-Top Shape We offer FREE 1-on-1 Tech Help to all of our members, a huge benefit that sets us apart from the other guys. Call to schedule a FREE consultation at any time. No limit on how often you utilize this FREE service. If we can t help you, we will connect you to a chamber member business that can. Forgot Your Password Again? In today s tech world, we re constantly having to make our username and passwords harder and harder. The only problem? We can t remember them! Or maybe you re like me and you have so many passwords and variations between work and home, you just can t keep them straight any more. Check out KeePass Password Safe! What is KeePass? KeePass, is a free, open source, light-weight and easy-to-use password manager. Today you need to remember many passwords. Also, you should use different passwords for each account. Because if you use only one password everywhere and someone gets this password you have a problem...a serious problem. The thief would have access to your account, website, etc. Unimaginable. KeePass helps you manage your passwords in a secure way. You can put all your passwords in one database, which is locked with one master key or a key file. So you only have to remember one single master password or select the key file to unlock the whole database. The databases are encrypted using the best and most secure encryption algorithms currently known (AES and Twofish). Is it really free? Yes, KeePass is really free, and more than that: it is open source (OSI certified). You can have a look at its full source and check whether the encryption algorithms are implemented correctly.

5 Member Insert Tourism + Education The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. Marcel Proust Sara Hondel (907) sara@soldotnachamber.com Don t Forget! RELOCATION GUIDE Relocation Guide Advertising Packets & Order Forms are now available at the Soldotna Chamber office. This is a very reliable opportunity for reaching prospective and new residents. This is is a member s only advertising opportunity. The deadline for ads is June 13, Don t delay! Visitor Center Facelift * Be sure to stop by and see our new updates in the visitor center... new paint, new shelving, rearranged exhibits, and more! Check Rack Cards/ Business Cards On-Hand Inventory * If you haven t yet, please bring us a summer supply of your business cards or rack cards for the visitor center displays! 2016 Accommodations Tour June 1-10, 2016 Sign-Up Now! The Visitor Center is currently, seeking members who own accommodations with fishing, bed and breakfasts, cabins, lodges/resorts, hotels, vacation rentals, etc. or charter offices and other fishing related businesses. We are interested as well in restaurants who would like to host a small tour of about 2-4 people around your property and/or place of business. The accommodations tour is valuable to us since it is a visual representation of your business. This is your opportunity to share with us any new building projects or openings in your accommodations calendar, as well as the chance for us to ask specific questions about your business, to deliver Soldotna Visitor Guides and pick up rack cards to restock the visitor center. Our wonderful and knowledgeable Visitor If you are interested in being a location Center Staff! we visit on the tour, please contact Sara Hondel before May 27, 2016 at (907) or sara@soldotnachamber.com NEW! Relocation Guide Members Only Advertising Opportunity Buy Your Advertisement Today! Availability Program The online Availability Program provides a calendar listing of vacancies for visitors! This is a great, FREE resource for you to get the word out about what your business has to offer! ALL lodging, activities and charters are strongly encouraged to take advantage of this FREE program! Let us know if you need help signing up for an account or need a tutorial on how to use the system.

6 Member Insert Welcome New Soldotna Chamber Members! Odie s Odds & Ends Vacation Rental (907) odiepack@gci.net Made in Alaska (907) madeinalaska.org Everything Electric, Inc. (907) jptrippe@alaska.net Angler s Getaway (907) anglersgetaway.com Consistent Bookkeeping (907) consistentbookkeeping@gmail.com Surgery Center of Kenai laurie@kenaisurgery.com Save the Date! Kenai Peninsula Sport, Rec & Trade Show - May 14 & 15 at the Soldotna Sports Center. Chamber Social Mixer - May 17 at Peninsula Center 5:30 pm Soldotna Chamber Member Appreciation Breakfast 8 to 9:30 am at the Soldotna Sports Center. Music in the Park - FREE Concert Series starts June 1 at Soldotna Creek Park from 6-9pm Wednesday Market - 11am ~ Vendors & Live Music starts at Soldotna Creek Park Central Peninsula Relay for Skyview Middle School - June 3, 6 pm to 12 am Lemonade Day - Saturday, June 11