From the Board
NO JULY MEMBERSHIP meeting – instead please participate in Summer Fest, Sunday, July 2nd from 3 pm to ~8:30 pm.
Membership dues are past due for 2023! The Membership Coordinator will purge members who have not paid from the shoppittsboro.com website at the end of July. Please get your dues in! Thanks for supporting the mission of PBA!!
Pay on line here.
Please contact membership if you don’t know if you’ve paid or not or need an invoice and don’t have one.
SUMMER FEST!!
Summer Fest, Sunday, July 2nd from 3 – 8:30 pm. Along Salisbury Street with the stage in the City parking lot. Check out the updated program here: https://www.shoppittsboro.com/event/summer-fest-2023/
CONTESTS: Beard and Mustache Contest, Watermelon Seed Spitting, Pie Contest, and Amateur BBQ Cook-Off.
ACTIVITIES: Decorated Bicycle Parade, Kids Zone,
FROM THE STAGE: Big Time Shine, Tim Hair with Indian Outlaw and headliner: Chairmen of the Board!!!
We need volunteers!! If your business is open, we get it, if it’s not, please support your downtown and volunteer at Summer Fest.
We need sponsorships!! They start at $250
Make your business plans now to take advantage of the event! If you’re store isn’t open, you can’t take advantage of the foot traffic.
From the Speaker:
Jean MacDonald – Fascinate Certified Advisor
Jean MacDonald, spoke to us and answered our questions:
The key to networking is showing up and being memorable.
When you meet someone that’s interesting for you or your business – FOLLOW UP with a clear message. Schedule a time for following-up, then do it!
What makes you and/or your business special? What makes you or your business the best? Figure that out and put that information into your clear message.
Use Linked-In! Make sure you include a personal bio, not just a business bio. People want to connect with people then feel they know.
want to know more? contact Jean at jeanconnects@gmail.com Get her book: Finding The Fortune or Get Up, Get Dressed and Get Out the Door. She gave one away at the meeting!!
MEMBER NEWS!!
- The Sycamore at Chatham Mills, Greg Lewis said, is always doing something. There was special event for Fathers Day! The Sycamore has Jazz Night Wednesday every Wednesday. And live Piano Music Thursday-Saturday. Or try the $10 Lounge Menu Thursdays! 39 West Catering is catering too.
- Carey McKelvy, a new PBA member, owns CMCK.media. They provide video production, video editing, photography, including aerial(drone). You can see one here https://vimeo.com/835970191/10d6f3c85d?share=copy or on the website.
- Jennie Knowlton from Quiltmakers Cafe invited us to join her and support The Quiltmaker Cafe at Carolina Brewery Tuesday, June 20th. The Cafe will receive 5% of the day’s total sales!
- Jack Pendergraph is new at the Economic Development Center (EDC). He’s in charge of Existing Industries. He’s just started but already connected with the Chamber, CCCC, Chatham schools, and the CTE Program.
- Ann Fitts from the EDC also said VinFast and WolfSpeed are both going fine. There will be 4 EDC Board seats open in the fall.
- Phillip Pappas from the Small Business Center (SBC) said SPARK concluded with 9 graduates! Congratulations to them! That includes 4 business starts so far, 1 grant winner, and 1 business expansion – all for Chatham County! There will be fall classes, contact Phillip!
- Melissa Crane from Chatham Magazine brought the new edition of the Chatham Magazine and the summer edition of Triangle Weekender. We all picked up a copy for ourselves and one for our business! The town of Pittsboro put a full page add. Contact Melissa to get your business ad in the Magazine! For Triangle Weekender, contact Morgan.Weston@Trianglemediapartners.com. Melissa also reminded us to post our events on their events calendar for free!
- Cindy Schmidt from the Chatham Historic Museum reminded everyone the tours of Chatham Historical Museum are always free. And we do special request tours. Just finished one for the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR). Rotary got a special talk on Jordan Lake history. We talked to about 70 folks who visited the booth at Chicken Fest in Siler City. We’ll be doing a walking tour of downtown Pittsboro in October – if you want to dress up and be a reenactor, email me at Schmidt.cindy@outlook.com.
- Maria Parker-Lewis asked members for volunteers and sponsors for Summer Fest. She reminded members PBA also does Holly Days-this year along with the tree-lighting will be PittsBro! The shopping event will be especially helpful for men Christmas shopping for their special someone.
- Pam Fulk, recently retired from Carolina Tiger Rescue, has several projects in several locations with her consulting business: Pam Fulk Consulting.
- Karen Tiede from Red Tuxedo reminded everyone to make sure she gets member updates so she can put them on the shoppitsboro.com website!
- Frank also joined us as a guest. We welcome him back!
