Dear Chamber Members:

First and foremost, thank you for your continued support and belief in the Ellsworth Area Chamber of Commerce. The board and staff want all of you to know we realize how vital each of you is to this area and the Chamber.

We thank everyone who attended the Chamber breakfast on February 6. Over 130 participated. Our thanks go to KeyBank for sponsoring the breakfast again this year. In the coming weeks, we are hosting many different programs. Two of those programs are the leadership seminar MAXIMUM IMPACT and the 53rd Annual Meeting.

Maximum Impact is on April 18, 2008 at Faith Community Fellowship on the Bar Harbor Road.  Maximum Impact has a speaker lineup that includes John Maxwell, Andy

Stanley, Bill Taylor, Patrick Lencioni, Dick Vitale, Andy Andrew and Kevin Carroll. This powerful leadership seminar is excellent training for work teams including management, owners and staff. The cost is minimal and what a benefit to your personnel.

The 53rd annual meeting/dinner is on May 1, 2008, at the Ellsworth Holiday Inn convention center. We are working on award nominations, board nominations and details for the evening. This year we are trying something different. Award and board nomination forms will be sent by e-mail to members.  For those without e-mail, the Chamber will also have forms in the office to be mailed.  Call the Chamber office 667-5584 to request hard copy forms.

The Top Drawer Award nomination forms have been sent to all the Chamber’s past presidents. The announcement of the Top Drawer nominee will be publicized in early March.

We hope to see you at both events. Once again, thank you for all your support. Hope to see you all at all our events.

Micki Sumpter
Executive Director

New Member Highlights

A warm welcome to the Chamber’s newest members. When looking for goods and services, please check out these new members.

Courthouse Gallery Fine Art
6 Court Street, Ellsworth
Contact:  Karin Wilkes, 667-6611

Courthouse Gallery Fine Art represents contemporary and period Maine artists in a beautiful historic space (listed on the National Historic Register). Our outdoor sculpture park features large sculpture in stone, metal and wood. Themed exhibits throughout the summer season.

Imagine That Hypnosis
98 Main Street, Suite B, Ellsworth
Contact: Stephen Tucker, 460-4632

Certified Hypnotherapist,  Master Practitioner Neuro Linquistic Programming (NLP). Specializes in helping people change behavior patterns, including stopping smoking and weight loss. Assists with managing phobia responses and negative behaviors through altering responses to specific behavioral triggers. Tucker is also a Certified Spiritual Director. Open by appointment.

Stampz ‘N Stuff/A Touch of New England
999 Bar Harbor Road, Trenton
Contact:  Marge Michaud, 667-5980

Decorative rubber stamps and scrapbook supplies.  Lessons, demos, workshops and community outreach. Children’s section, gifts, cards, books and tourist information.

Warford & J.B. Electric
138 East Side Road, Hancock
Contact: Norman Bamford, 422-3584

Established in 1977. Residential and commercial wiring, new construction and rewiring.  Generator installation. Fully insured Master Electricians. Reasonable prices with no hidden costs. Free estimates. Renewing Members

 

Renewing Members

Advantage Payroll Service; Atlantic Landscape; Auto Buff; Autograff, Inc.; Bangor Savings Bank; Broughman Builders, Inc.; Complete Tire Service; Cry of the Loon Cottages; Cumulus Broadcasting; Darling’s Auto Mall; Dead River Co.; Dr. Paul K. Albert, P.A.; E. L. Shea, Inc.; Eaton Peabody; Ellsworth American; Ellsworth Giant Sub; Ellsworth United Methodist Church; Faith in Action Community Connection; Fiona Young, Massage Therapist; Friends of Acadia; Gibson Financial Solutions, LLC; Granville Rental; H & R Block; Hancock Homes; Hancock Oil Co.; Herrick & Salsbury; The Hinckley Company; Linnehan Investments; Martha’s Cafe; MidCoast Digital; Milbridge Area Merchants Association; Mt. Desert Oceanarium; New Horizons Cruise Corp.; PHD Consulting Inc.; SCORE, Maine Coastal Chapter; Shear Designs; Stocking & Crotteau LLC; Transco; The Woodshop Cupolas, Inc.