207 E. Kipp Road, Suite A - Mason, MI 48854

Phone: (517) 676-7003 - Fax: (517) 676-7002

john@jpsigns.net

www.jpsigns.net

John and Michelle Powell

JP Signs offers large format digital printing, vehicle magnets, banners, truck lettering, screen printing, custom vinyl signs, logo design, decals, stickers, and much more.

5460 W. Columbia Road - Mason, MI 48854

Phone: (517) 676-7106 - Fax: (517) 676-7776

tmcnulty@morrowroofing.com

www.morrowroofing.com

Ken and Tonya McNulty

Morrow Roofing is a family-owned and operated roofing contractor specializing in low slope roofing systems for commercial and industrial buildings as well as residential applications requiring membrane roofing.

1907 W. Columbia Road - Mason, MI 48854

Phone: (517) 676-8171 - Fax: (517) 244-9771

Gary Gierke

Express Tree Service offers tree trimming and removal services. They also do stump grinding and brush chipping. They are insured, certified, and licensed. "When you need the best, then call Express!"

Those Chamber volunteers who sell Corvette raffle tickets this year will be specially recognized. Proceeds fund the Chamber’s community identity and enhancement programs (MLR85793). All volunteers will now receive a "WIN THIS CORVETTE" button and packet of information to accompany their raffle tickets. Those who sell five tickets or more will receive an attractive Corvette lapel pin and those selling ten or more will receive the special "Collector’s Edition" pin created especially for our vehicle. Of course the volunteer selling the most will win a cash prize of the evening of the Raffle Party!

Volunteers are a driving force behind all that the Chamber accomplishes each year. From coordinating networking events to overseeing the Chamber’s economic development efforts, volunteers provide the critical resources needed to help the Chamber serve its members. Right now, we’re in need of several people to help with our upcoming events. Call the Chamber office right away to sign up!

Mason area businesses have an easy way to let the entire community find out more about their business or organization by holding a ribbon cutting. The Mason Area Chamber of Commerce’s Ambassadors Committee creates value by hosting these events at no charge to the business or organization.

Ribbon cuttings are available for such business milestones as the grand opening of a new business facility (such as the one held last month at JP Signs & Graphics pictured below), a business anniversary (five-year increments), the relocation or new outlet of an existing business, or the appointment of a new owner or manager of an existing business.

Ribbon cuttings are easy for a business to hold because the Chamber folks bring the big scissors, the ribbon, the camera, and Chamber Ambassadors to be in the picture. The whole event only takes about ten minutes.

The Ingham County Community News has been very generous in publishing ribbon cutting photos and captions as business news items. Managers and owners interested in a ribbon cutting should contact the Chamber office at (517) 676-1046.

Besides promoting ribbon-cuttings for area businesses, the Mason Area Chamber of Commerce encourages its members to consider hosting a "behind the scenes" open house or tour. For members who have facilities or offices that would be of interest to other Chamber members, such events allow the community to have a first hand experience with their business or organization.

The Chamber’s Ambassadors Committee creates value for businesses and organizations in the community by publicizing open houses or tour events in the Chamber’s monthly "Mason in Motion" newsletter. Mailing labels of Chamber members are also available at cost for businesses to use in mailings about their event. A bulk mail stamp is also available to members.

If a business or organization doesn’t have a facility or office that would lend itself to an open house or tour event, the Ambassadors suggest participation in their member mixers. You may also choose to showcase products and services through door prizes or in a Chamber auction event, often held with mixers. Managers and owners may call the Chamber office for more information at (517) 676-1046.

When you attend GMM!, you’ll be the first to hear the local news right from those who make it. Discover what is going on in the various industries, professions, and workplaces in our area. Meet and greet during our early networking session over a continental breakfast with coffee and juice.

Every day you look for ways to foster a healthier workforce while applying the brakes to rising health care costs. Blue Care Network of Michigan, together with the Mason Area Chamber (through our partnership with the Lansing Regional Chamber), has what may well be the answer. It comes in the form of a health care product available October 1, 2006 to most Chamber members. It rewards people for adopting healthy lifestyles while saving employers an average of 10 percent in premiums.

The new product, Healthy Blue Living SM, encourages employees and their spouses to take charge of their health with support from their primary care physicians and BCN. In exchange for lower co-payments and deductibles, people commit to healthy lifestyles. Because participation in Healthy Blue Living is entirely voluntary, members who choose to do nothing will pay higher co-pays and deductibles. For their part, employers that agree to purchase Healthy Blue Living and promote a healthier workplace receive premium savings over current BCN offerings and the potential for lower long-term program costs.