Please join us for lunch on Wednesday, June 9 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Cornerstone Hall as we welcome a presentation from the St. Albert Taxpayers Association. We expect to hear a very relevant and thought provoking speech that is specifically "St. Albert."
For the Community Spotlight this month, we will hear more about the activities of the St. Albert 55-Plus Winter Games committee.
This Business @ Lunch is sponsored by Manfred Offers of Offers Insurance.
To register for Business @ Lunch, please contact the chamber office at 780-458-2833 or email [email protected].
Message from the chair
The Healthy Business Challenge in St. Albert is alive and well. This week we saw 124 golfers participate in our Almost Annual Golf Tournament and earn points for their businesses for participation. In mid-May, 13 teams of bowlers competed, with the Fraternal Order of Eagles and the City of St. Albert taking the top places. This weekend, there are 16 Slo-pitch teams playing at Meadowview Diamonds over two days.
The Healthy Business Challenge is sponsored by Sturgeon Valley Athletic Club and is managed by the chamber of commerce. Our goal is to encourage physical fitness for our employees and ourselves and to allow for excellent networking opportunities for employees from all business sectors of our community.
The overall winner of the Healthy Business Challenge last year was the City of St. Albert. Businesses receive points for participation, and extra points for coming in first, second, or third in any event. For more information on upcoming events, please call Debbie at the chamber office.
Welcome new members
• City Shoes — Victor Chan, director and Alice Chan, partner, 46C St. Michael St., St. Albert. Tel: 780-460-0030 Fax: 780-460-0030 Email: [email protected]
• Crimson Quill Gifts Inc. — Deb McGee, owner, #110, 8 Perron St., St. Albert. Tel: 780-418-7803 Email: [email protected], Web: www.crimsonquillgifts.com
• Edge Photography — Paul Thurlin, owner, #202, 26 Rowland Cr., St. Albert. Tel: 780-460-8859 Email: [email protected], Web: www.edgephotography.com
• Gibs Inspection & Engineering Ltd. — Kevin Giebelhaus, president and Kathryn Giebelhaus, secretary, #80, 20 Circle Dr., St. Albert. Tel: 780-460-2288 Fax: 780-460-8115 Email: [email protected]
• LJ's Cleaning Service — Linda Breit, owner, #119, 53305 R.R. 280, Spruce Grove. Tel: 780-963-6636 Email: [email protected]
• Lon A. Riemer Professional Corporation — Dr. Lon Riemer, owner, #231, 7 St. Anne St., St. Albert. Tel: 780-458-0682 Fax: 780-460-9439 Email: [email protected]
• Mimosa Day Spa — Erin Hennigar, owner/esthetician, #30, 17 Boudreau Rd., St. Albert. Tel: 780-459-1181 Email: [email protected]
• North Edmonton Landscaping Supplies Ltd. — Todd Strembitsky, president and Tammy Strembitsky, secretary-treasurer, 10730 - 146 Ave., Edmonton. Tel: 780-456-0480 Fax: 780-472-9497 Email: [email protected], Web: www.northedmontonlandscaping.com
• Pearle Vision — Faren Penner, managing optician and Dr. Sunil Mehta, optometrist O.D., #1, 11 Bellerose Dr., St. Albert. Tel: 780-460-9333 Fax: 780-460-9357 Email: [email protected]
• Sam Elias - Re/Max Real Estate — Sam Elias, realtor, 12 Hebert Road, St. Albert. Tel: 780-458-8300 Fax: 780-458-6619 Email: [email protected], Web: www.samelias.ca
• St. Albert Jiu-Jitsu Dojo Inc. — Stéphane Doré, owner/chief instructor, 8610 McKenney Ave., St. Albert. Tel: 780-458-1070 Email: [email protected], Web: www.st-albert-jiujitsu.com
• St. Albert Lions — Dave Hiatt, president (Evening) and Gerry Gorgichuk, president (Morning), PO Box 77082, Station Main, St. Albert. Tel: 780-459-4144 (Dave) Tel: 780-459-7751 (Gerry) Email: [email protected]
• St. Albert Taxpayers Association — Lynda Flannery, president and Andy Keller, vice president, 12 Wentworth Cr., St. Albert. Tel: 780-418-5659 Email: [email protected], Web: www.stalberttaxpayers.org
• The Computer Doctor — Michael Jana, computer technician, 5 Hayden Pl., St. Albert. Tel: 780-863-8878 Email: [email protected], Web: www.tcdalberta.com
Unwined, Wine Merchants of St. Albert — William Adair, manager, #2, 512 St. Albert Trail, St. Albert. Tel: 780-458-4777 Fax: 780-458-2777 Email: [email protected], Web: www.unwined.biz
Time for Farmers' Market
The excitement is building as the chamber of commerce gets ready to launch the 28th St. Albert Farmers' Market on the streets of the beautiful Perron District, in the heart of St. Albert. Once again this year, there will be a park and ride service operating continuously from 9:45 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. from St. Albert Centre, every Saturday from June 19 to Oct. 9. We're pleased to acknowledge the ongoing support and sponsorship of this service by St. Albert Centre and the City of St. Albert.
The opening day of the Farmers' Market will feature an official opening ceremonies right in front of city hall at 9:40 a.m., including the singing of our national anthem. The St. Albert Community Band will be playing in the market all day, and member of Parliament Brent Rathgeber is serving sno-cones at the entrance to the market on St. Anne Street.
Throughout the Perron District, you'll find the "Pick of the Crop" sales event taking place, with specials offered by many downtown businesses and special events taking place throughout the day.
St. Albert hosting chamber convention, AGM
The St. Albert Chamber of Commerce was successful in its bid to host the 2011 Alberta Chambers of Commerce Convention and AGM in St. Albert in May of 2011. The organizing committee is working hard already, planning for this exciting event, which will showcase St. Albert to business leaders from throughout our province.
Since it's the 150th birthday of St. Albert in 2011, we're using the "birthday party" theme for a conference entitled "Cultivate Business" . . . Rendezvous St. Albert 2011. We're sure there will be ample opportunities for all of St. Albert to welcome our delegates.
The St. Albert team of Mike Howes, Charlene Zoltenko, Darel Baker, Lynda Moffat, Jennifer McCurdy and Jessica Smart just returned from the 2010 convention in Lethbridge. More than 30 policy resolutions were passed following debate on the floor of the convention. These resolutions will be forwarded to the appropriate ministers with the provincial government for proposed action.
