Dear Chamber Members,

I am proud to say this year was a very successful year at the Sherwood Park & District Chamber of Commerceand I believe our organization has reached new levels of achievement and success. I want to thank the Board ofDirectors for their generous support and participation in all the chamber activities that we participated inthroughout the year. I would also like to thank the staff of the Chamber of Commerce; Kara, Jamie, Susan, Rica,Miranda, Cheryl and our Executive Director, Todd Banks. The board and staff made my year a pleasure to bepresident and everyone contributed to make our organization stronger!

With our membership reaching 1200 strong this spring, we are arguably the 2nd largest chamber in the province(provincial numbers are released on December 31st). Having such a strong membership allows us to effectivelyadvocate to all levels of government on behalf of the business community. Municipally, we discussed many issueswith administration and council. Concerns with tax increases for commercial tax payers were discussed whichalso saw Todd Banks, our Executive Director participate on the Municipal Finance Committee. We hosted severalmeetings and worked with our membership on the Wye Road Re-development Plan. We regularly worked withadministration and council for zoning and development issues that arose here in the county. Provincially, we metwith many Ministers and MLAs to voice our concerns with topics such as the construction schedule for theAnthony Henday, the progress on the Hospital, a new Courthouse, and expressed our concerns regarding changes

to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP). As well, we were successful in debating 3 policies for our members at the Alberta Chambers ofCommerce AGM which will help streamline provincial programs and help grow business in Alberta. Federally, we met with Federal Ministers anddiscussed our concerns with the Temporary Foreign Worker Program and the newly announced Employee Training Program which is a partnershipbeing developed between the Federal and Provincial Governments working with business across Canada.

The Great Canadian Trade Fair and Sale is our largest annual event. 2014 was a huge success with 341 exhibitor booths and 17,994 visitors who sawwhat our business community had to offer for goods and services in the community. Incorporating the Taste of Strathcona and the Community Stagetogether in the gymnasium at Millennium Place attracted even more people to watch the performances/events such as the talent contest and thebaby crawl. We would like to take this time to thank Strathcona County and our Sponsors for their support to help ensure the Great Canadian TradeFair & Sale was successful.

This past October we hosted the 36th Annual Business Awards and celebrated business success here in Strathcona County. It was my distinctpleasure to recognize First Call Heating & Air Conditioning as “Business of the Year”. Congratulations to all the nominees and please read further intothis newsletter to see all the recipients of the 2013 Business Awards.

When we surveyed you, our membership last May before I became President, one of your top priorities for the Chamber was to have goodnetworking opportunities. I feel we improved upon this with events such as the Curling Funspiel and a sold out Golf Tournament this past June.As well, our three scheduled business meetings; breakfast networking meetings, monthly luncheons and the after hours business mixers all saw anincrease in attendance. Thank You!

It was our privilege to have such an extensive and impressive list of candidates for this year’s Board elections. This year, we are so very fortunateagain to have a strong Board for the coming year. We had 8 candidates running for 5 open positions this year and hope those who ran and were notelected will run again next year.

The backbone of the Chamber is the tremendous group of member volunteers that work countless hours behind the scenes to make Chamber eventsand programs successful. Your participation helps to promote your company or organization but also contributes immensely to the local community.Thank you for all of your hard work, wisdom and dedication to our community!

I also want to extend a thank you to all the elected officials Federally, Provincially and Municipally for all that you do to support the Chamber.Our Mission Statement is: “Improving the Economical, Industrial and Civic Life of the Community through the Development and Promotion of FreeEnterprise”. We as a chamber would not be as successful as we are in our mission without the great working relationship that we have withall levels of government!

It has been a tremendous opportunity and a great privilege to lead the Chamber in the past year. In closing, I would like to say thank you to themembership for your belief and support for myself and the Board over the past year. I know Geoff Matheson and his Board will do a great jobrepresenting you, the membership over the next year.

Please continue to read through this “Chamber Year in Review” paper for more of the great programs, services and events that your Chamberprovides for its membership and this great community!

Sincerely,Michael Becher

Published quarterly by Sherwood Park & District Chamber of Commerce Vol. 4 No. 5

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGECOMING EVENTS• Breakfast NetworkingMeetings

Thursday, 8 am - 9 amSeptember 4September 11September 18September 25

• Chamber of CommerceLuncheon & GeneralMeeting

Wednesday, September 17, 201411:30 pm - 1:00 pmFestival Place,100 Festival WayMembers: $26.75Non Members: $31.50

Friday, October 24, 2014Holiday Inn Sherwood Park &Conference Centre,2100 Premier Way, Sherwood Park

Now accepting nominations.To download a nomination form,Please go to the Chamber website @www.sherwoodparkchamber.comorcall Rica at (780) 416-3057

Michael Becher2013-14 Chamber President

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Chamber Year in Review2013-2014 Chamber LuncheonsThe Sherwood Park & District Chamber of Commerce hosts 10 luncheons each year which are organized to comply with our by-laws thatrequire a monthly meeting with our general membership. These Luncheons update our members on current news and events, providingnetworking opportunities and feature a guest speaker to address current issues or provide local updates. I was proud to serve as Chairand Emcee of the luncheon portfolio and on behalf of the Chamber thank the following 10 speakers.

September Todd Hirsh, Chief Economist, ATB FinancialOctober Don Thompson, Executive Advisor, Sustainability and Oil Sands Outreach, Canadian Oil Sands LimitedNovember Lorraine Royer, Williams Energy Canada & Mike Retrutiak, VeresenDecember Gerry Gabinet, Director, Strathcona County Economic Development & TourismJanuary Honourable Doug Horner, President of Treasury Board and Minister of FinanceFebruary Greg Toth, Senior Director, Kinder Morgan CanadaMarch Honourable Tim Uppal, MP Edmonton-Sherwood Park, Minister of State (Multiculturalism)April Mayor Roxanne Carr, Strathcona CountyMay Honourable Dave Hancock, Premier of AlbertaJune Arlene McWilliam-Protz, Local Organizing Committee Co-Chair, Tour of Alberta

Geoff Matheson2012/2013 Luncheon Chair

Gerry Gabinet,Director of Strathcona County

Economic Development & Tourism

Dave Hancock,Premier of Alberta

Doug Horner,President of Treasury Boardand Minister of Finance

Tim Uppal,MP Edmonton-Sherwood Park,

Minister of State (Multiculturalism)

Mayor Roxanne Carr,Mayor Roxanne Carr,Strathcona County

2013 Christmas Cash PromotionSixty three businesses participated in the 2013 Chamber of Commerce Christmas Cashpromotion. This annual promotion takes place 4 weeks prior to Christmas allowingcustomers of participating businesses to fill out ballots to enter to win a grand prize of$2013. The draw was made on December 17, 2013 at the Chamber’s Annual ChristmasOpen House. Businesses that participated in the promotion were entered into a separatedraw of which 3 names were drawn. The winners and prize denominations are as follows:Chartreuse Décor Ltd. $300; Shig’s Flowers $200; Old Hippy Wood Products $100.

CHRISTMAS CASH DRAWFrom Left to Right: Michael Becher, ChamberPresident; Dave Stanley-Smith, Christmas CashChair; Carol Eastaugh, past Chamber ExecutiveDirector; Todd Banks, Chamber Executive Director.

The Sherwood Park & District Chamber of Commerce produces two publicaQonseach year. The Chamber ConnecQon is our member directory which lists each ofour member businesses with their contact informaQon. A new updated versionof our Chamber ConnecQon is mailed to each of our members in early Januaryeach year. The publicaQon is also distributed to the residents of Sherwood Parkand Strathcona County via the Sherwood Park/Strathcona County News.

The 2014 Sherwood Park Strathcona County Discover Guide is launched and firstdistributed in conjuncQon with The Great Canadian Trade Fair & Sale. Copies aredistributed locally to key locaQons within the community including County Hall,Library, RCMP staQon, Post Office, hotels, shopping outlets, aOracQon areas andlocal businesses. Discover Guides are also distributed to Travel AlbertaTourism Centres and Chamber of Commerce Tourism locaQons within Alberta.

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Twenty four teams participated inour Chamber Curling Funspiel thatwas held on February 7, 2014.Members enjoyed a great day of funand networking. Thank you to all oursponsors and the Sherwood ParkCurling Club for helping to make thisyear’s event a success!

2014 Curling Funspiel Winner: RBC RoyalBank Picture from left to right: Jarret Orchaed,Ryan Danyluik, Karen Selinfer, Tyler Dion.

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