New Members and Anniversaries, Page 9 Page 10. Business Card of the Month, City Wide Cleanup

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1 Inside this Issue: To navigate throughout this newsletter click the pages listed below Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Perspective, Announce- Monthly Luncheon. Ambassador of the Month Page 7 Page 8 New Members and Anniversaries, Ribbon Cutting, Saraland Night Page 9 Page 10 Ribbon Cutting, Business Expo Page 11 Cracker Barrel Ribbon Cutting Alliance Publishing Business Card of the Month, City Wide Cleanup How to host a Business After Hours Cracker Barrel, Membership Incentive, Page 12 Page 13 Events April Calendar Page April 2 University of Mobile Jazz Band presents Elvis Lives April Dementia Conference April 5 Ribbon Cutting The iphone Guy of Mobile April 6 Crossfit Saraland Ladies Night April 7 Homebuyers Seminar April 7 Saraland City Wide Cleanup April 21 Crawfish For A Cause benefitting the Arnold Luterman Burn Center April 26 Business Expo & Silent Auction April 27 Saraland Night at Stanky Field April 29 University of Mobile Spring Redemption Church Saraland Area Chamber of Commerce Mission Statement To Promote economic expansion and enhance the quality of life in the North Mobile Area, by supporting businesses, encouraging community leadership and fostering communication.

2 PAGE 2 James Thomasson is the current Treasurer of the Saraland Area Chamber of Commerce. He is an accountant, consultant, and entrepreneur. He is the owner of Accelerated Accounting, and a member of the Saraland Lions Club. In 2007, he purchased Doggett Tax Service located on HWY 43 across from Regions Bank. That s when James and his company, Accelerated Accounting a tax company was introduced to Saraland. He knew it was important to be a part of the local community so he joined the Saraland Area Chamber of Commerce. This has allowed James and his company to get to know the community leaders. Accelerated Accounting has experienced double digit growth since that time mainly through hard work, outstanding customer service and contacts made through the Chamber. It s exciting to see a community come so far so quickly. James is married and has three children. James is a 1981 graduate of Murphy High School. He attended the University of South Alabama where he earned a bachelor s degree in Finance and Accounting in James Thomasson Treasurer Get updates from Saraland Chamber on your cellphone! To join to We would like to thank the 2018 Platinum Sponsors of the Saraland Area Chamber of Commerce

3 PAGE This month s luncheon will be held at the Saraland Civic Center at 11:45 a.m. Luncheon price is $8 per member and $10 per non-member Click here to RSVP. Get to know Sean moved his practice from West Mobile to Saraland in October 2015 and immediately fell in love with this community. "As an ambassador, I get to go out and meet a lot of the people that help shape the great culture of this city. I love meeting new people and learning from their experiences." Sean Demouey, a native of Hurley, MS, is a Financial Advisor with Edward Jones Investments. He has been married for 9 years to his beautiful wife Emily Demouey. They have two children. Seth (8 years old), and Ellie Rose(5 months).

4 PAGE Membership Anniversaries The Board of Directors and staff thank the following businesses for continuing their support of the Saraland Area Chamber of Commerce. Alabama Career Center Member since: 2014 Alfa Insurance Company Member since: 2015 Alorica Member since: 2009 BBVA Compass Bank Member since: 2007 Hancock Bank Member since: 1995 Harper and Associates Insurance Member since: 1997 Moore Law Firm Member since :2015 Olde Oak Apartment Homes Member since :2011 PNC Bank Member since :2009 Rock N Roll Sushi Member since: 2015 Saraland Pharmacy Member since :2015 Security Finance Member since: 2012 State Farm Laurel Green Member since: 2017 *1 Year Anniversary Thrivent Financial Member since: 2015 Wintzell s Oyster House Member since:2005 Welcome to our New Members STM LANDSCAPE SUPPLY SAM S CLUB MARY KAY Inga Faison-Cavitt Saraland Area Chamber of Commerce 939 Highway 43 South shilo@saralandchamber.com julie@saralandchamber.com

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7 PAGE 7 Cracker Barrel Old Country Store #651 Opens in Saraland! On Friday, March 30, 2018, Cracker Barrel Old Country Store #651 celebrated its Grand Opening with a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony. The marketing and management team invited Saraland City Council, County Commissioner Ludgood, Rep. Rusty Glover, Saraland Area Chamber of Commerce and other local delegates to attend the event and enjoy a complimentary breakfast. It was exciting and highly anticipated. General Manager John Link, welcomed everyone and spoke about the excitement surrounding Cracker Barrel #651. Mayor Howard Rubenstein and Jeff Schmitz, President of the Saraland Area Chamber of Commerce, also addressed the crowd and welcomed the newest Cracker Barrel to Saraland on behalf of the city, its citizens and Chamber of Commerce. Also in attendance were Ray and Wilma Yoder of Indiana who have eaten at all 650 Cracker Barrel Restaurants around the US. Today that number increased to 651! The store, located at 88 Shell Street officially opens on Monday, April 2nd, and brings nearly 200 jobs to the area. Many of the wait staff were present at the event as part of their job training program. We look forward to many years of good food and service that Cracker Barrel Old Country Store #651 will bring to Saraland and the surrounding areas.

8 PAGE 8 The Saraland Area Chamber of Commerce is proud to announce its partnership with Alliance Publishing, LLC to produce the City of Saraland Magazine. The 48 page, full-color publication will promote our city as a desirable and progressive place to live, work, shop, and play. It will document people, places and events of the area with color photography, interesting features and local profiles. City of Saraland Magazine provides you the opportunity to market your business in a professional publication that promotes our community to a target audience. City of Saraland Magazine, the official publication of the Saraland Area Chamber of Commerce, will reach thousands of people through a wide distribution that includes real estate agencies, health care providers, financial institutions and advertisers. This quality of life magazine will serve as a highly visible and cost effective advertising tool that will be used to market our community to prospective residents, businesses and informed shoppers. The Saraland Area is prepared for economic and industrial development, and we feel this publication will be an excellent resource to promote our region during the next year. Keith Lott of Alliance Publishing, LLC will contact you soon regarding advertising opportunities in the new magazine. We encourage you to allow Keith sufficient time to discuss how advertising in this publication will benefit your business and our community. If you have questions, please call Shilo at , or shilo@saralandchamber.com. Keith Lott may be reached at or via at keithlott@bellsouth.net. We are excited about this opportunity and thank you for your continued support.

9 PAGE 9 Congratulations to this month s Business Card of the Month! Don t forget to submit your business card at the next luncheon for your chance to win a free advertisement in the next Newsletter!

10 PAGE 10 Business After Hours Procedures Hosting Hosting a Business After (or before) Hours is a wonderful opportunity to showcase your business. These events are extraordinary opportunities for our members, and potential members, to g e t t o k n o w e a c h o t h e r. W e a l l w o u l d r a t h e r d o business with people that we know and respect. These events provide that venue. As a host, your business will gain additional profile. Our hope is providing these guidelines is to better understand how to get the most out of your Business After Hours. This is a networking opportunity and we encourage attendees to have their business card on hand. However, we do ask that you respect the business hosting the event and keep distribution of your promotional material to a minimum. Suggestions -Know why you want to host this event and articulate that with the Chamber staff. You might want to have as many people as po ssible at t he Business After Hours or you might want to have a more targeted approach to getting a more specific audience to the event. -Business After Hours are often scheduled months in advance. The date is typically the 3 rd Thursday of each month. If you need to change the day, the chances of conflicting with other Chamber/community events increase dramatically. The Chamber tries not to schedule anything on the evening of a Business After Hours but by moving the date, scheduling conflicts become more possible. The networking event s typical hours are 5-7pm. The highest attendance will be from 5:45-6:30. With a Business Before Hours, the typical time period is 7-8:30. Business Before Hours is typically less attended. We do not have a calendar of Business before Hours so any date selected can be approved through the Chamber staff. -Recognize that people seek something to do with their hands. They also seek commonalities through which they can begin a conversation. Serving food often gives folks that opt i o n. We can pro vide you with a list o f Chamber member caterers. You want to make this an experience people can remember and talk about in a positive fashion later. The Chamber staff will work with you to determine an approximate number of attendees. -Do something memorable. It might be a tour of your facility, or a 5-10 minute talk about what you do or provide an activity for the guests. (If you did the latter, make it no more than 15 minutes). -Provide door prizes it doesn t need to be many but some that might show off your product line/service would be great. The real value of door prizes is you will have the business cards of those that attended the event. You can send out a thank you note, , etc. to those attendees to make the evening more memorable. -Have fun people want to enjoy themselves. Have fun try to make this experience memorable. Try something new. To get a feel for how you want your Business After (or before) Hours to be memorable, go to others through the course of the year to determine what you liked or would change. If you would like your business to sponsor the next Business After Hours event, please contact the Saraland Chamber of Commerce by clicking here.

11 PAGE 11 Saraland Cracker Barrel Opens April 2 The event everyone in Saraland has been waiting for is finally here! The Saraland Cracker Barrel will officially open for business on April 2 at 6 am. Be sure to come out and visit one of Saraland s newest businesses and Chamber members. We are so excited to have them in the Saraland Area. Click the link to keep up with us on social media!

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13 PAGE 13 Chairman of the Board: Evelyn Gibson President: Jeff Schmitz President Elect: Jamie Warren Treasurer: James Thomasson CO/VP Administration: Wayne Lyssy VP Membership& Diplomats: Houston Cunningham VP Econ. Development: Greg Cawthon VP Community Development: Bradley Flowers VP Governmental Affairs: Bill Silver VP Public Relations: George Burroughs VP Special Projects: Sheron Atwell Tammy Little, Shell Chemical Ronnie Outlaw, Bama Auto Parts Ben Smith, S&M Warehouse Tom Williams, Satsuma Council Anthony Bloom, Alorica Eloise Frost, Individual Member Juanita Chandler, Kalifield Corporation Dr. Aaron Milner, Superintendent Cadie Gaut, Payroll Vault Laurel Green, State Farm Insurance John Holifield, Goldfingers Justin Baxter, Walmart Jackie Benson, North Mobile Internet Services 3 Widowed Persons Service Saraland Civic Center, 10am 3 Lions Club Saraland United Methodist, noon 3 Board of Adjustments Saraland City Courthouse, 6pm 3 Woman s Club of Saraland Woman s Club, 10am Church, Noon 5 Sunshine Club Senior Citizen Center, 11am 9-City Council Pre-meeting, Saraland Chamber of Commerce, 6:30 10 Widowed Persons Service Saraland Civic Center, 10am 10 Chamber luncheon Saraland Civic Center 11:30 am 10 Planning Commission Saraland Municipal Annex, 6pm 11 Rotary Club of North Mobile Catfish Junction $10pp, Noon 12-Diplomats Meeting. Chamber Boardroom,2:00-3:00 12 Keep Saraland Beautiful Saraland Area Chamber of Commerce, Noon 12 City Council Meeting Saraland Municipal Complex, 6:30-8:30pm 16 Port City Corvette Club, 6:00-7:00 17 Widowed Persons Service Saraland Civic Center, 10am 17 Lions Club Saraland United Methodist noon 18 Rotary Club of North Mobile Catfish Junction $10pp, Noon 19 Sunshine Club 21-Disabled Veterans of America, Saraland Civic Center, 9:00-12:00 23-City Council Pre-meeting, Saraland Chamber of Commerce, 6:30 23-Woodmen of the World, 312 Celeste Road, 9:00 am 24 Rotary Club of North Mobile Catfish Junction $10pp, Noon $10pp, Noon, 6:30-8:30pm 24 Chamber Board Meeting, Chamber of Commerce, noon 24-Civic Forum. Saraland Civic Center, 7:00 pm 25-Rotary Club of North Mobile, Catfish Junction, $10pp, Noon 26 Sunshine Club Senior Citizen Center, 11am 26 City Council Meeting, 6:30 G.E.D Classes Monday-Thursday, 9:00 am- 12:00 pm Saraland Civic Center Contact information: James Williams Saraland Quilting Club Monday, Wednesday, & Friday, 1:00 pm Saraland Civic Center All ages & skill levels are welcome Anita Clarke, C-Spire Eddie Holmes, Celeste Road Baptist Church Ron Mitchell, Mitchell Container Nick Patel, LaQuinta Inn Scooter Thronson, Thronson Paint & Body Chief J.C. West, City of Saraland Veronica Hudson, City Council Does your business have an upcoming event or special promotion? Let us know with one click. Go to our webpage, choose Calendar tab, and Submit Event. This new and improved website feature will help us promote your business at no cost to you! 939 Saraland Boulevard South Saraland, AL shilo@saralandchamber.com julie@saralandchamber.com Phone number: Fax number: Connect with us on: New Member Spotlight of the Month is chosen at random from members that have joined the previous month. Saraland Area Chamber of Commerce Mission Statement To Promote economic expansion and enhance the quality of life in the North Mobile Area, by supporting businesses, encouraging community leadership and fostering communication.