Maricopa Chamber Director's Blog http://blog.maricopachamber.com By Terri Kingery, Executive Director Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:31:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.1.1 en Second Annual Global Water Zone http://blog.maricopachamber.com/blog/2008/06/30/second-annual-global-water-zone/ http://blog.maricopachamber.com/blog/2008/06/30/second-annual-global-water-zone/#comments Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:31:49 +0000 Terri Kingery http://blog.maricopachamber.com/blog/2008/06/30/second-annual-global-water-zone/ This year’s ZONE will be bigger and better than ever!

Dunk Tank - Fund Raise for the Food Bank >”3 Throws for $1.00″ Come and Dunk your favorite Council Person, City Employee and more…

Fire Truck & Water Hoses
Tropical Water Slide
Jungle Bouncer Slide Slip & Dip Water Slide
Curvy Water Slide
8 Foot Straight Slide
Castle Combo Slide

Not in to water? Don’t want to get wet? Check out these other activities available!

Pie Eating Contest
Watermelon Seed Spitting Contest
Movie In the Park “The Sand Lot”
Whiffle Ball Tournament
Spectacular Fireworks Display
Plenty of Great BBQ & Treats ( for additional cost)

Admission to the park is FREE! To ease the traffic burden there will be no public parking at the park. Residents are encouraged to use the FREE shuttle service being provided by the City of Maricopa. For more parking details…

]]> http://blog.maricopachamber.com/blog/2008/06/30/second-annual-global-water-zone/feed/ COPA Cares continues clean up at The Villages http://blog.maricopachamber.com/blog/2008/06/25/copa-cares-continues-clean-up-at-the-villages/ http://blog.maricopachamber.com/blog/2008/06/25/copa-cares-continues-clean-up-at-the-villages/#comments Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:27:39 +0000 Terri Kingery http://blog.maricopachamber.com/blog/2008/06/25/copa-cares-continues-clean-up-at-the-villages/ Maricopa, Ariz. (June 25, 2008) - COPA cares, a community project sponsored by the City of Maricopa Community Services Department and ACE Hardware, will be cleaning up overgrown weeds and straightening up yards at 18 homes in The Villages of Rancho El Dorado on Saturday, June 28 beginning at 6:30 a.m.

COPA Cares has tackled two additional projects in the past month, yard clean ups at Alterra and Acacia Crossings. Over 80 volunteers helped pull weeds and straighten yards at 60 properties in these neighborhoods.

“COPA Cares benefits the community by bringing people together to assist one another,” stated Community Services Director Martin McDonald. “Neighbors are uniting in an effort to help those that are unable to clean their yards, and to help with yard maintenance of empty houses.”

“Maricopa is a community with a heart,” Mayor Anthony Smith proclaimed. “And, COPA Cares demonstrates this. As this program expands beyond yard clean-up and into other facets of assistance, it is the community that will come together and make this program successful.”

If you are interested in assisting with upcoming COPA Cares projects, contact Brian Duncan at brian.duncan@maricopa-az.gov or 520/316-6989.

COPA CARES is a community service program sponsored by the City of Maricopa Community Services Department and ACE Hardware. This program demonstrates the fact that Maricopa is a community with a heart. COPA Cares projects include: yard clean-up, food drives, foreclosure prevention and special projects.

]]> http://blog.maricopachamber.com/blog/2008/06/25/copa-cares-continues-clean-up-at-the-villages/feed/ Santa Rosa Bridge to get underway http://blog.maricopachamber.com/blog/2008/06/04/santa-rosa-bridge-to-get-underway/ http://blog.maricopachamber.com/blog/2008/06/04/santa-rosa-bridge-to-get-underway/#comments Wed, 04 Jun 2008 17:01:35 +0000 Terri Kingery http://blog.maricopachamber.com/blog/2008/06/04/santa-rosa-bridge-to-get-underway/ Press Release from
The City Of Maricopa
June 3, 2008

Maricopa, Ariz. (June 3, 2008) - At tonight’s City Council meeting, held at 7:00 p.m. at Global Water Center, the Council voted unanimously to award a contract to DBA Construction in the amount of $2,444,489.80 to construct a bridge over the Santa Rosa Wash on Honeycutt Road.

The bridge will be four lanes wide, include pedestrian sidewalks and is ADA compliant. Construction on the bridge is expected to begin in early July with an estimated completion date in January 2009.

“It is anticipated that Honeycutt Road will remain open during bridge development,” stated Development Services Director Brent Billingsley. “The only exception would be a short closure for the construction of the temporary bypass road.”

This will be the City’s first major construction project. The bridge was originally stipulated to the Tortosa development, but in order to ensure citizen safety and move the completion date forward the City took over the project.

Funding is $1 million from transportation DIF, $750,000 from Pinal County half-cent road tax and the remaining $750,000 is from the general fund capital reserve.

]]> http://blog.maricopachamber.com/blog/2008/06/04/santa-rosa-bridge-to-get-underway/feed/ Unofficial Primary Results http://blog.maricopachamber.com/blog/2008/05/21/unofficial-primary-results/ http://blog.maricopachamber.com/blog/2008/05/21/unofficial-primary-results/#comments Wed, 21 May 2008 15:59:04 +0000 Terri Kingery http://blog.maricopachamber.com/blog/2008/05/21/unofficial-primary-results/ Maricopa, Ariz. (March 21, 2008) - The Pinal County Elections Department is reporting that the following votes were cast in Maricopa’s primary election:

Candidate Votes

Marvin Brown 660
Carl Diedrich 559
William Dunn 442
Kelly Haddad 428
Write-in 9

Of the 12,741 registered voters in the City, 1,177 cast a ballot in the election. To be elected to one of the two available council seats, the candidate must receive the top number of votes. Official results wil be released as soon as they are available.

]]> http://blog.maricopachamber.com/blog/2008/05/21/unofficial-primary-results/feed/ MARICOPA YOUTH GAMERZ NIGHT AGES 10-18 http://blog.maricopachamber.com/blog/2008/05/19/maricopa-youth-gamerz-night-ages-10-18/ http://blog.maricopachamber.com/blog/2008/05/19/maricopa-youth-gamerz-night-ages-10-18/#comments Mon, 19 May 2008 22:48:38 +0000 Terri Kingery http://blog.maricopachamber.com/blog/2008/05/19/maricopa-youth-gamerz-night-ages-10-18/ Are you looking for a challenge of playing against some of the best Youth Video Gamerz in Maricopa?! Come test your skills and maybe meet some new friends! We will have a total of 7 game consoles, PS2, PS3, Game Cube, and a Nintendo Wiis!

You will have several huge large screen TV’s to play on. With the main room having a huge 7 foot screen with the sound pumping through an amazing PA system. We will have some of the latest multiplayer games available.

And all games are family friendly and approved by concerned parents. Please call or email David to reserve your spot today! Spots are limited and based on a first come first serve basis.

Doors open at 6:30pm! Please note: No food will be allowed in the breakout rooms or near the consoles. The pizza is available from 6:30p-7pm Only!

Remember for most of Maricopa Schools is Out!

You will be given your unique all -access game badge at the door after you pay your fee of $5.

AGES 10-18

Event Details:

Who: Broken Union Production hosted by Oasis Life Church

Location: Oasis Life Church

19756 N John Wayne Pkwy, Suite 108

Maricopa, AZ 85239

(520) 568-1542

Event Contact: David Mastel

(520) 568-1542

When: Friday, May 30, 2008

6:30p - Doors Open

6:30p-7pm - Pizza available only at this time!

6:30- 8:15p: Game Time

8:30 - Gather for Concert

9pm -9:30pm : Game Time

Cost: $5

AGES 10-18

Your $5 includes:

1. Two slices of Pizza and a can of soda

2. Game time on the various consoles

3. A chance to listen to an live rock band perform a mini concert.

4. An opportunity to meet new friends!

website: www.brokenunion.com/maricopayouth

email: info@brokenunion.com

Contact: David Mastel - (520) 568-1542

Game List: Updated 5/13/2008

Rock Band Rating Teen: contains lyrics, mild suggestive themes

Mario Kart Wii Rating Everyone: comic mischief

Guitar Hero 1-4 Rating Teen: contains lyrics, mild suggestive themes

Street Fighter Alpha collection Rating Teen: Violence

Burnout Series: Rating Everyone: mild violence

Super Smash Bros Melee Rating Teen: cartoon violence, crude humor

Wii sports Rating Everyone

Various Game Cube Games

]]> http://blog.maricopachamber.com/blog/2008/05/19/maricopa-youth-gamerz-night-ages-10-18/feed/ 2nd Annual Ketnote Speaker Event http://blog.maricopachamber.com/blog/2008/05/19/2nd-annual-ketnote-speaker-event/ http://blog.maricopachamber.com/blog/2008/05/19/2nd-annual-ketnote-speaker-event/#comments Mon, 19 May 2008 17:50:28 +0000 Terri Kingery http://blog.maricopachamber.com/blog/2008/05/19/2nd-annual-ketnote-speaker-event/ The Maricopa Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce it’s 2nd Annual Keynote Speaker Event “Developing the Pinal County Corridor” featuring – Supervisor David Snider, Planning Director Jerry Stabley and special guest Senator Rebecca Rios.

Arizona’s leaders have been talking about the Sun Corridor and the Arizona Megapolitan area – at the heart of that Corridor and squarely in the crosshairs of the growth to come are Pinal County and the City of Maricopa. Board of Supervisors Chairman Snider and Planning Director Stabley along with State Senator Rios will talk about the County’s moves to prepare for the next wave of hyper growth that is inevitably aimed at our county.

Please join us for what will be an exciting and informative evening.
Wednesday, May 28, 2008 from 5:30 - 8:00 PM. Harrah’s Ak-Chin Casino Resort, 15406 Maricopa Road, Maricopa AZ 85239. Buffet & Cash bar will be available, Fee’s $25.00 Chamber of Commerce Member $35.00 Non-Chamber of Commerce Member. This event is open to the public.

For more information please call Terri Kingery 520-568-9573 or visit www.maricopachamber.com

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The celebration will be held at their current location 19235 Gunsmoke Rd. This bursting at the seams mobile home has been their location since inception May 2007. Run entirely by volunteers and the energy of Wendy Webb, this organization blossomed from the need Wendy saw within our young community.

Since May of 2007 Wendy and her team have fed, clothed, provided holiday meals and gifts for no less than 200 families here in Maricopa and the need keeps growing. Fiercely protective of these families anonymity Wendy says that she is seeing the same 50 families returning each Monday morning to pick up their weekly food basket.

The Food Bank is open on Mondays from 10:00-11:30 AM. If you would like to make a food donation here is a recommended list if items:

Instant Potatoes – Boxed
Peanut Butter
Canned Fruit
Canned Tuna/Chicken or Beef
Canned Vegetables
Hamburger/Tuna Helper / Packaged Dinners
Dry Pasta/Rice/Beans
Canned Beans
Cereal
Canned Tomatoes
Canned Soup
Cake Mix

Items can be dropped off at the Chamber Offices, Duderbugs, Maricopa Black Belt Academy.

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According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, on a typical prom weekend:

48 American teenagers are killed in vehicle accidents

5,202 are injured in vehicle accidents

40% of the deaths are alcohol-related

Based on statistics like these, CW6 and local advertisers are teaming up to promote a drug- and alcohol-free prom.

Make the Promise!
I pledge by signing this Prom Promise to be alcohol free and drug free on Prom Night.

I agree to abstain from alcohol. I will not accept a ride from anyone who has been drinking alcohol, nor will I bring any alcoholic beverages into a vehicle.

I will be drug free and I will not take or accept any drugs from anyone.

I will have a great time and will be able to remember my Prom Night as a happy and joyous occasion. I promise to use common sense and I understand that these are choices that only I can make.

If you are 18 years old or older, you can submit your pledge online, by filling out the form below.

If you are between 14 and 17 years old, please download the form and mail it to: CW6 - Prom Promise, 5555 N 7th Ave., Phoenix, AZ 85013.

Check out these prizes!

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Job Postings on Jobing.com allow you to reach the largest number of qualified professionals throughout Arizona. Post your jobs today and begin receiving resumes right away. It’s quick and easy to post your jobs online and you can edit or change ad content at any point throughout the 28-day posting period to help keep your message fresh. With Jobing.com, resumes are routed directly to your in-box and are accessible 24 hours per day, 7 days per week from your office or on the road.

Maricopa Chamber also offers, free of charge to Chamber members, the use of its Maricopa Jobs board to post employment opportunities within the community. The Maricopa Jobs board is conveniently located on the Chamber website at www.maricopachamber.com and is very user friendly. The Maricopa Jobs board remains the most economical way to post your jobs to the community in an effort to keep local commerce thriving.

For more information, contact Terri Kingery at (520) 568-9573 or tkingery@maricopachamber.com and be sure to visit www.maricopachamber.com for more information.

Maricopa Chamber of Commerce is your gateway to business information in the growing community of Maricopa, Arizona. Benefiting all member businesses in Maricopa, the Chamber of Commerce provides valuable services such as business development seminars, business tools, informational weblogs, a business directory, event coordination, new business introductions and a host of online resources to help your business grow in Maricopa.

]]> http://blog.maricopachamber.com/blog/2008/04/23/maricopa-chamber-of-commerce-partners-with-jobingcom/feed/ Watch your Global Water bill for your “Copa Buck” http://blog.maricopachamber.com/blog/2008/04/23/watch-your-global-water-bill-for-your-copa-buck/ http://blog.maricopachamber.com/blog/2008/04/23/watch-your-global-water-bill-for-your-copa-buck/#comments Wed, 23 Apr 2008 23:15:38 +0000 Terri Kingery http://blog.maricopachamber.com/blog/2008/04/23/watch-your-global-water-bill-for-your-copa-buck/ Maricopa – The Maricopa Chamber of Commerce has recently announced its “Copa Bucks” campaign. “Copa Bucks” keeps much needed dollars in the community by giving residents an incentive to shop with Chamber Member businesses and participate in commerce provided by Maricopa Chamber of Commerce Businesses.

“Copa Bucks” have a worth of one dollar ($1.00) and may be used towards the product or services of any participating business. No more than one “Copa Buck” may be used per person, per day at any single participating business.

Watch your upcoming Global Water bill for your “Copa Buck” and all participants in the campaign have the opportunity to win a $25.00 shopping spree to be used at any of the Chamber’s participating businesses!

For more information, contact Terri Kingery at (520) 568-9573 or tkingery@maricopachamber.com and be sure to visit www.maricopachamber.com for more information.

Maricopa Chamber of Commerce is your gateway to business information in the growing community of Maricopa, Arizona. Benefiting all member businesses in Maricopa, the Chamber of Commerce provides valuable services such as business development seminars, business tools, informational weblogs, a business directory, event coordination, new business introductions and a host of online resources to help your business grow in Maricopa.

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