Terri & Michael
On Thursday August 27th I had the honor of being present at the
Grand Re-Opening Ribbon Cutting celebration for MainStay Suites.
Thanks to the Casa Grande Chamber for hosting this event for our Co-member. We wish you good luck!
This was seen on AZCentral.com
The president of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps is involved in a mailing about property taxes that federal investigators and prosecutors in three states are calling a fraud.
Carmen Mercer of Tombstone owns the post-office box where thousands of Arizona residents are being asked by a company to send money in order to recover overpaid property taxes.
In an interview Wednesday, Mercer denied being a part of Property Tax Review Board Inc. and claimed that she was wrongly named as a defendant in a lawsuit filed by the Arizona Attorney Generals Office. She said she was targeted because of her Minuteman ties.
“We have fought other battles before where the government has targeted us,” Mercer said. “We believe in the rule of law. We always fight for the rule of law.”
The Maricopa Police Department would like for you to take a moment to watch this video on a new way criminals have to break into residential and business locks.
In my mail yesterday I received my local monthly coupon paper. This is an publication that services Maricopa’s residents. As I was flipping through it I noticed quite a few Chamber Members have ads and coupons listed. I think this is great! Members are out marketing their businesses, but it also made me wonder why these same members do not take advantage of the same types of marketing opportunities that the Chamber provides at no cost as a benefit of membership?
The local Arizona District of the US Small Business Administration has posted
a new ARC Loan Program section to their website. This section has all the information a small business will want to know when applying for an ARC Loan. To view this information, please visit the following link:
http://www.sba.gov/localresources/district/az/AZ_STIMULUS_REFERRAL_INFORMATI.html
Do you need to find out which banks in Arizona are participating? Click here for an updated list of Active SBA Lenders.
For additional ARC Loan information, please visit the US SBA website:
www.sba.gov/recovery/arcloanprogram/
and
www.sba.gov/aboutsba/sbaprograms/elending/RECOVERY_INFO_LENDERS.html
Program Description
Low-income families and individuals typically spend a higher percentage of their annual income for energy to heat, cool, and run appliances in their homes. The Weatherization Assistance Program was established to help low-income families and individuals decrease their home energy costs and to be attentive to energy-related health and safety issues in the home. The U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services provide funding for the Weatherization Program.
Surveillance video cameras or Close Circuit Television (CCTV) surveillance can be a key element in a criminal investigation. The quality of the surveillance system is extremely important. CCTV video surveillance can record and play back, be monitored by personnel or use a combination of these methods….
When using a wireless router and or a network that is unsecured anyone could access that network from about two blocks away. Just as we would not leave our windows and doors open or unlocked we need to think about our wireless networks in the same way.
Don’t invite hackers onto your network by not having it secured. Identity thieves and other criminals will use nearby unsecured wireless networks run by neighbors and local businesses to commit crime.
Terry Goddard Warns Consumers to Beware of Bogus Property Tax Offer
Attorney General Terry Goddard is warning Arizona homeowners to be wary of official-looking advertisements claiming that a homeowner’s property qualifies for a “property tax reduction review.” This solicitation appears to be an attempt to scam homeowners who are looking to reduce their property tax bill.
The solicitation, which requests a $189 processing fee, is not affiliated with any government entity. The document attempts to appear official and contains a “notice number” and deadline for prompt processing.
July 31, 2009
Maricopa AZ
On Friday night, The Maricopa Chamber of Commerce along with their Ambassadors and the Casa Grande Chamber of Commerce and their Ambassadors had the honor of co-participating in the Grand Opening & Ribbon Cutting festivities at Coyote Trails Bed & Breakfast, Maricopa’s first B&B!
The property’s owner, Mary Jane Lopez thanked the Chambers for all of their support and enthusiastically stated that…”all businesses NEED to be members of their local Chambers!”
Coyote Trails is located in Hidden Valley and sits up on a hill which gives you some of the most beautiful views of the Ak-Chin & Gila River communities! You can even see “M” Mountain. They even have a large telescope for stargazing at night.
To view all the pictures use the link below:
