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TROY — The Troy Chamber of Commerce met on Wednesday, April 6, at noon at Northern Tier Solid Waste.
For the car show committee, Veronica Seymour noted the food pricing and asked chamber if prices needed to be raised or stay the same. Chamber voted to keep them the same. Sample noted that NTWSA would like to donate $250 for soda for the car show. Seymour stated that she needs members to sign up for a Tuesday to help with the car show. Dates will be distributed.
Next on the agenda was the event committee and the upcoming planned joint chamber meeting with Canton. The date is planned for Wednesday, July 6, at 5 p.m. at Alparon Park in Troy. Tentative speaker will be Stacy Garrity. The event will be BYOB. Water, soda and meat will be provided by the chamber. The event is a dish to pass for members.
Robyn Cummings spoke on behalf of the person/business of the year committee. After noting her recent attendance at the valley’s chamber of commerce event, she asked chamber if they would consider making the annual event an evening one instead of a luncheon, due to the hope that there will be better attendance and an over all more exciting event. Chamber agreed that the possibility will be looked further into.
Wilkinson, also on the committee, noted her role in the valley’s event and said that she thought it would be a better opportunity for the chamber. She also noted that she would like to see the money possibly made at that event be put towards a scholarship or two for the local high school students at Troy Area High School.
For the website committee, Tami Bethune, of BTG Solutions (the company working on the new chamber website) needs. These items include: names of the current members, photos of the town and contact information for the current website on people she may be able to get a hold of to move the domain.
Next on discussion was a decision on the chamber of commerce to move forward with an offer from WVIA on a hometown feature. After discussion, the chamber voted to politely decline the offer of a production at a cost to the chamber of $5-10,000. Gates noted he would like to see the role be shared with a more local news source, such as Homepage.
The next Troy Chamber of Commerce meeting will be Wednesday, May 4, at noon at Troy Community Hospital.