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Chamber Sneek Peek at Summer Luncheon
Thursday, March 11 at New Hong Kong located in Cooper Creek Square at noon $5.00 per person. Get informed on chamber happenin's including marketing programs, April Ski Free Promotion, summer event schedule and concert line-ups. RSVP by March 9 to visitorcenter@playwinterpark.com.
Moffat Firming Project DEIS – Comments Due March 17
Time is running out to make your voice heard regarding the future of the Fraser River and the effects of the proposed Denver Water Board Firming Project. Written comments are necessary for your opinion to count. There are several sources where you can get information regarding the project and many different opinions. The Winter Park-Fraser Valley Chamber of Commerce encourages all local citizens to be educated on the subject and make comments on the project.
Here are some sources of information to help you write your letter:
• Bruce Hutchins, Grand County Water and Sanitation District – 726-5583, gcws1@rkymtnhi.com
• Colorado Trout Unlimited – www.cotrout.org.
• James Newberry, County Commissioner, 725-3347, jnewberry@co.grand.co.us
• Denver Water contact Here.
Ready to write a letter? Here is the main contact to send comments to:
Address comments to: Scott Franklin, Moffat EIS Project Manager, Corps Denver Regulatory Office, 9307 S. Wadsworth Blvd., Littleton, CO 80128. Or fax to: 303-979-0602. Or email to: moffat.eis@usace.army.mil You are also encouraged to send comments to our local and state officials.
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Spring Ski Free Promotion Ready to Launch- Really, Truly
The Chamber and Winter Park Resort are teaming up to drive some late season business to your doors. We will be offering a Spring Ski Free Promotion for April! The promotion will be available to guests April 1- 18. When guests book two nights lodging they will receive two free lift tickets. They can receive one additional ticket for each additional night of lodging booked.
There is a solid promotional campaign ready to launch March 8 in the Front Range media markets. Your tool box is in the Marketing Section of the newsletter and will be sent again this week with graphics, email template and postcard graphic. Please be ready to extend your own push to garner all the business possible during the late season! Contact Catherine at 726-4221 ext. 201 for more info and ideas.
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Have you stocked up on 2010 Visitor Guide for your guests? Come to the Visitor Center and get a box. With all this great snow, it's going to be a very busy March! Have any specials for guests? Having a special sale or event? Let us know at visitorcenter@playwinterpark.com or post it on our Facebook.
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The Success of SIA. This past February, SIA brought thousands of ski representatives from all over the nation to Winter Park. Click Here to view the SIA video. A big thank you goes out to Tana Hoffman who shot and produced this fun synopsis of the event.
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Scholarship Opportunities for Grand County High School Seniors
Community Connection Scholarship: KCMV 106.3 Colorado’s Mountain Voice is awarding HS seniors $1,063 each month 
through May for community service work. We have an application on the website or in Middle Park HS counseling office. Visit www.kcmvradio.com or pick up application at Middle Park HS counseling office.
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Grand County Blues Society Music Scholarship: Grand County HS seniors can apply for a $500 music scholarship. One scholarship available to each East and West Grand County School Districts. Click Here for application guidelines.
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Grand County BEDA is hosting several great business classes this month. Click Here for more.
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Member Benefits - Are you taking advantage of them? Below is a list of some of your membership benefits, so take advantage now. Keep your eye on your mail box this week. Along with the 2010 Event Sponsorship Information, will be a hard copy of "Guide To Your Chamber Membership". Refresh yourself and put your membership benefits into action.
• Local Favorite - Sign up to be a "Local Favorite" on the web site home page. It's cheap AND effective! CLICK HERE to reserve remaining open spots from now till end of April.
• Distribution Partner - Have your rack card stapled in with every Visitor Guide we mail out for only 12 cents per piece. We have TWO slots open for this spring and summer season. Average number of Visitor Guides mailed per month is about 3,000+. Call or email mchavez@playwinterpark.com asap if you're interested.
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Member Spotlight: At Woodspur Lodge you will discover a home away from home. Come and enjoy warm, homemade breakfasts and dinners, crackling fireplaces, trails into the National Forest out our door, a private bar and a ski lodge experience you can’t find anywhere else. Visit www.woodspurlodge.com and find out why our guests have been coming back year after year for over 25 years.
Member Limelight: Indigo Payments could save you money and provide a better credit card processing experience! We guarantee we can beat your current rates. In fact, if we cannot beat your rates, we will give you $100 for your time! We provide full-disclosure pricing and no Indigo processing fee increases for the life of your contract. Give us 60 days to prove it! Contact Valerie Baker at 719.440.8276.
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Did You Know...
Winding River Resort will take you for a beautiful Clydesdale-drawn Sleigh Ride around their property just southwest of Rocky Mountain National Park. Prior to the ride view the owner’s private collection of vintage sleighs and wagons in a gorgeous new barn, which also houses the tack room for summer horseback rides.
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PickMe! Floral and Design have been voted for the "Best Florist and Planners" for Wedding Wire. Click here.
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Spirit Lake Lodge Snowmobile Rentals are located in Grand Lake and can be reached at 970.627.3344.
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Le Feet Lab (726-9841) does custom fit ski boots for all your skiing needs. Why hurt? Come in for a consoltation. Located in the 7-Eleven shopping Center next to McConnell Printing and Elk Horn Art Gallery.
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Ski Exchange (800.726.9240) has performance shaped ski packages for only $21/day. Regularly $26. Located in Old Town Winter Park across from Adolph's Bar at Shipwreck Landing North. (who has a great dark & stormy and hurricane drink.)
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Happy Hour Updates:
490 Steakhouse in Silverado II on Forest Rd in WP are serving seafood on Friday’s throughout Lent. This week - Crab Leg Dinner and Fish "n" Chips. Happy Hour every day from 3-6:30pm. Two-For-One on House Wine, Well and Bud and Coor's Light Draft. Pizza's, Burgers and Appetizers available during Happy Hour! Dinner Menu from 5-9pm.
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Brickhouse 40 has Spring Break Fever Happy Hour 3-6pm 7 Days a week at our bar or in our beautiful lobby now through March 31. $2 domestic beer, $3 micro beer and well drinks, $4 house red and white wine, $5 "Specials" Bar Menu.
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Intro to Google Analytics Seminar - Taking the Mystery out of Your Website Traffic, Thursday, April 1 at Town of Winter Park. What if you could know who's visiting your website, how long they're spending, what information they really like, and how they found you? You can—by using Google Analytics. If you have a website, you should absolutely be using this FREE tool.
Exclusive for chamber members only. Two FREE 90 minute sessions: 11:30am with lunch or 4:30pm with vino and app's. This seminar is catered by Rudi's Deli. RSVP by March 29, 2010 to visitorcenter@playwinterpark.com.
This seminar is designed to give you an overview of the benefits of using Google Analytics to measure and track traffic to your website. You'll learn what to look for, and how to use the information you get through Google Analytics to make improvements to your site, adjustments to your keywords and SEO strategy, start Pay-per-Click (PPC) campaigns and more. Learn who your visitors are and where they're coming from. What part of your site do people spend the most time on and what page causes them to leave?
The seminar begins with introductory info to provide a strong foundation to folks without any experience with Google Analytics. This class will include going into and pulling reports in an actual Google account, so attendees who will be able to productively use Google Analytics on their own website right away.
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The “Ski Free” Campaign Marketing Tool Box
Attached you will find your very own tool box for marketing the product to your customers directly. Take advantage of this free opportunity. The purpose is to help get guests back into your door.
Please feel free to call Catherine Ross at 970.726.4221 ext 201 if you have any questions. You may also contact Beth Wampler at AOR (our ad agency) for technical assistance. Her number is 303.871.9700.
Tool Box Tools:
Ski Free at WP press releasemw final.doc
Ski Free Direct Mail Merchant postcard.pdf
skifree_email.pdf
Skifree_300x250_button.gif
BookNow image
Email header
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Sales Update: Sales Coordinator and Visitor Center Staff Representative Sara Sable has taken the position as the Grand Lake Chamber of Commerce Executive Director. All of us here at the Winter Park - Fraser Valley Chamber of Commerce wish Sara the best of luck!
For future sales questions, concerns or information, please contact Catherine Ross at 726-4221 ext 201 or cross@playwinterpark.com.
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Sales Opportunity with NASTAR - Get Them Into Your Door.
2010 NASTAR National Championships March 24-28. Over 1,200 Nature Valley NASTAR qualifiers from across the country will be at Winter Park Resort for three days of competition, exciting events and world-class skiing and riding. This marquee event will be in Winter Park for the next three years. Contact Bill Madsen, Director of Operations directly with your special deals going on that week- at 970.923.6278, bmadsen@NASTAR.com. Suggested dates to offer a NASTAR special are March 20 - 31. Visit www.Nastar.com for more.
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Summer Sponsorships Will Hit Your Mail Box This Week. 
Sign up now to be a title sponsor for a summer event with the Chamber! Other opportunities are available-take advantage of signing up now!
Click here for the tentative Summer 2010 events schedule. Dates and events are subject to change.
Several new events in July and August. We are partnering with a variety of radio stations with these events to increase our exposure. Didn't receive a packet? Email Tamara Davis at tdavis@playwinterpark.com to receive a sponsorship packet or for more information. The summer is going to be a great one!
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Hideaway Park SnowZone Events
Snowman Mania March 27 1-3pm. Come have family fun making the best “snow creation” in the SnowZone at Hideaway Park! Win a medal! This will be a free family event for all ages with sledding and hot chocolate (courtesy of 490 Steakhouse & Guest Guide Publications). Snowman supplies will be available. All you need is yourself and your friends. For more information contact 970.726.4118 or check our website at www.playwinterpark.com.
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Free Easter Egg Hunt April 3 11am-1pm. Come out and visit the Easter Bunny. This year there will be seperate sections for the different age groups.
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March Community Events: CLICK HERE for the complete calendar and details of community events. Is your event not listed on the web site and you would like it to be? If so, email Kristyna Nedele at chamber@playwinterpark.com with your event(s).
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March Chamber Board Meeting: Wednesday, March 10 at the Chamber Building at 9:15am.
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Weekend Events for March 5-7. Click here for event schedule. Includes details on Winter Photography Workshop with Colorado nature photographer John Fielder in Winter Park March 6-7.
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March Events
Vacations Incorporated presents Ashley Buckley & B.J. Miller Friday, March 12 at 7pm at the Church of the Eternal Hills, Tabernash. Brought to you by Grand County Concert Series.
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Celebrate the New Winter Park to Fraser Groomed Winter-Use Trail. March 13 11am-2pm. Join us in Hideaway Park for Hot Chocolate and Cookies. (Cosmic Dog will also be purveying a cart selection). Learn about information or give feedback about the Trail Contribute to the Community. Bring your skis, snowshoes or hiking boots. Courtesy of Fraser Partnership for Trials.
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A Tribute to Julia Child... an Epicurean Delight at Caroline's Cuisine on Saturday, March 13 for an incredible evening of expertly prepared food from the pages of Julia Child's, Mastering the Art of French Cooking with a selected wine pairing for each of the four courses. (6-10pm) $65.00 includes Hors D'oeuvres, 4 Course Meal, 4 Wine Pairings, and includes transportation if requested! Email Rebecca McBride at info@gcbeda.com to reserve your seating and arrange transportation.
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Jivamukti Yoga Weekend at Mountain Moon Yoga Saturday, March 27, 5-7 pm, $25. Sunday, March 28, 8-10 am, $25, both days $40, Pre-register, min 6. Spend the weekend experiencing the five tenets of Jivamukti yoga- ahimsa, bhakti, meditation, nada yoga and scripture. All levels are welcome, although knowledge of basic hatha yoga poses is advised. Come with an open mind, an open heart and a sense of adventure! Mtmoonyoga.com
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Nature Valley Nastar Nationals March 23-28 at Winter Park Resort. Contact 970.726.1564 or 970.726.1590. The world's largest recreational ski and snowboard race program is at Winter Park Resort in 2010 for the Nature Valley NASTAR Nationals! Racers qualify for the Nature Valley NASTAR National Championships by earning a top-three ranking in their age division at any of the 120+ Nature Valley NASTAR ski resorts throughout North America. In 2009, competitors age 3 to 90 from 43 states as well as Canada, Australia, Chile and England competed in age and gender categories in alpine, telemark, snowboard & physically challenged categories for the chance to win a National Title.
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March 24 Grand County Blues Society presents Tab Benoit at Smoking Moes. Tickets are $15, check out www.grandblues.org for more information. Click Here for the 2010 Blues From The Top Music Festival Line-up.
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Season Ending Splash @ Sol Vista Basin March 27. Come celebrate the closing day of SolVista Basin resort. Enjoy family celebrations: Fun events for kids of all ages; music; food, beverage and retail specials. Kids Snow Play Park, Sledding Hill, and Cross Country Skiing always free. No special admission required. Free Paved Parking.
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Chamber Sneek Peek at Summer Luncheon. Thursday, March 11 at New Hong Kong located in Cooper Creek Square at noon $5.00 per person. Get informed on chamber happenin's including marketing programs, April Ski Free Promotion, summer event schedule and concert line-ups. RSVP by March 9 to visitorcenter@playwinterpark.com.
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St Patty's Business Mixer at Wild Horse Gourmet in Cooper Creek Square from 5:30-7pm on Wednesday, March 17. Join us for a bit o’ a St. Patty’s Day Celebration and Beer Pairing featuring Grand Lake Breweries famous flavors and Wild Horse Gourmet selected snacks. This is an exclusive event for a combination Chamber and BWB members only. RSVP requested HERE.
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Intro to Google Analytics: Taking the Mystery out of Your Website Traffic, Thursday, April 1 at Town of Winter Park. Two Free 90 minute sessions: 11:30am (lunch catered by Rudi's Deli) or 4:30pm with vino and app's. RSVP by March 29, 2010 to visitorcenter@playwinterpark.com. See Marketing Section for more detials.
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April 7 Business Without Borders Networking Meeting 8:30am-9:30am sponsored by Grand County Historical Society at Grand County Pioneer Village Museum in Hot Sulphur Spring.
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