​Congrats to Great Plains Manufacturing on an amazing 45 years and thank you for all of your support of Salina.

Their success is central Kansas’ success with projections having Great Plains Manufacturing growing by 450 to 2,110 workers by 2025, with continued growth to 2,310 employees by 2030.
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Check out their current career opportunities at www.workforgpm.com

Thanks to strong support from our Sponsors and to share Gen. Myers and Michael Schwanke presentation to the public in addition to members, the Chamber is happy to announce that individual tickets will be at no cost!
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The annual meeting will be held virtually, individuals can register for a free ticket at https://www.salinakansas.org/annualmembershipmeeting.html

​📅 Save the date for the next Business After Hours & Ribbon Cutting hosted by Tumblweed on Thursday, March 25th!

RSVP to dsmith@salinakansas.org | Not a Chamber member and would like to attend? Contact our office at 785.827.9301 on how to become a member.

Thank you everyone for coming out to the first Business After Hours of 2021 hosted by
Genesis Health Clubs!
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Congrats to our Attendance Drawing Winners: Dan Newton, Newton Consulting
and Carolyn Sichley, Bennington State Bank -- it pays to attend!

Mark your calendars and join us for the next After Hours on March 25th hosted by
Tumblweed!

Take 5 to meet Jeremiah and Elizabeth Gibson, owners of Advantage Softwash. 

1) Can you please give us a three sentence summary of your personal background? I was born in Salina. My wife and I have been married over 20 years. We started Advantage Window Cleaning to spend more time together as a family.

2) What is it about your business that is unique or special? What separates you from your competitors? We offer a safer alternative to pressure washing along with a network of hundreds of companies around the world. We are the only SoftWash Systems certified exterior cleaning company in the area. This simply means we are dedicated to our continued education for our customers benefit.In general, how is demand for your product or service? Everyone either lives in or works in a building we can clean. Since we clean roofs (asphalt, TPO, cedar), siding, EFIS, and decks, and much more… very high demand. Many people don’t realize the dark stuff (Gloeocapsa magma, mold, mildew) growing on these surfaces are very damaging if left untreated correctly.

3) How long has your firm been in business and why are you operating in the Salina region? We serviced our first customer in Dec 2001, she and her husband have remained clients to this day. Salina at the time didn’t have a business that offered residential window cleaning as a main focus, so we gave it a shot. Well, a big ‘Thank You!’ to Salina for 20 years of support!

See the entire interview, and others, posted at:
https://www.salinakansas.org/take-5.html 

In light of the news of upcoming lay-offs happening in the community, the Salina Area Chamber of Commerce is teaming up with WorkforceONE and our friends at Tony’s Pizza Event Center to hold a job fair for dislocated workers. We are inviting our employers and members who are currently hiring to join us in helping connect people with jobs. This job fair will also be open to the general public as well.
 
If you’d like table space for the event, you can contact Renee Duxler at 785-827-9310 x 127 or email at rduxler@salinakansas.org. In order to maintain safe social distancing practices, we will have to cap the number of employers we’re able to accommodate and so secure your spot ASAP! ​

Staycation Spring Break plans? Purchase Smoky Hill Silver certificates for your adventures, and keep it local!

Call us today to order! 785.827.9301
https://www.salinakansas.org/smoky-hill-silver.html​

The Salina Area Chamber of Commerce 2021 Annual Membership Meeting will be held {virtually} on April 1, 2021 with featured speaker Richard B. Myers, current Kansas State University President, retired four-star general, and 15th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. In addition, Michael Schwanke, News Anchor with KWCH will be a special guest interviewing President Myers and discussing his leadership and military experience. The event will be held virtually, from noon to 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 1, 2021.

Join the Chamber to celebrate our members' successes and to look forward to an exciting 2021!  
The annual meeting will be held virtually, individual tickets are $25 per person for access to the virtual event and a $10 Smoky Hill Gift Certificate. Tickets will be in the form of links to the virtual event, which will be emailed to members and the general public.

Visit our Annual Membership Meeting page for more information and to register!
​https://www.salinakansas.org/annualmembershipmeeting.html

Save the date for the next Business After Hours hosted by Genesis Health Clubs on Thursday, March 11th!
RSVP to dsmith@salinakansas.org | Not a Chamber member and would like to attend? Contact our office at 785.827.9301 on how to become a member!