Commerce CommentaryWestland Chamber of Commerce Newsletter

Serving the Business Community for 54 YearsApril 2016 SPECIAL ALL CITY EDITION

36900 Ford Road  •  Westland, Michigan 48185 (734) 326-7222  •   www.westlandchamber.com

Join us on Thursday the 7th at WildBill's Tobacco located at 35501Ford Rd. from 5-7pm. This month'safter hours is sponsored by our StateRepresentative Robert Kosowski.Wilds Bill's is newly remodeled and

has a full bar that includes drinks and cigars. There is anon smoking area. An After Hours is an informal gath-ering where appetizers will be provided and there willbe a cash bar. Join us on Thursday the 7th, and meetState Rep. Kosowki, and make a few new business con-nections.

State Representative Robert Kosowski to HostApril After Hours at Wild Bill’s Tobacco

This month’s Coffee Connection will be hosted bythe Parkside Dental Team on Wednesday, April 20,2016. Parkside Dental is located at 36444 W. WarrenRd., Westland. We will be meeting from 8-9am.Stop in for Coffee and get some networking done be-fore you have to go to work. Check out what a greatfacility and services that Parkside Dental has to offer.No need to RSVP, just stop in when you can. Callthe Chamber at 734-326-7222 for more information.Please join us!

Save the Date: Save the Date: Monday, Monday, May 23 for May 23 for Our 2016 GolfOur 2016 GolfOutingOuting at at TPC Michigan!!TPC Michigan!!

This special edition is being mailed directly to ALLWestland Businesses, not just Chamber members. Wewant you to see what a vibrant organization the West-land Chamber of Commerce is. In addition to being achampion of the business community, the Chamber hasmany valuable tools to help you build your business.It has also provided a valuable source of informationabout what’s going on in our community for over 50years!

Why not join today? Visit westlandchamber.com tojoin online and start taking advantage of the Chamber’sresources and marketing opportunities!

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2016 Executive BoardDan Martin, Chairman of the BoardAmeriprise Financial ....................734-776-9151

Ricardo Seir, D.D.S., Immediate Past ChairVice Chair Business & Economic DevelopmentParkside Dental Team...................734-261-6060

Sande Godbout, Chair ElectSt. John’s Episcopal Church ...........313-550-7498

Joe Lezotte, Vice Chair of Finance & OperationsSigma Financial.............................248-442-2323

Jim Hart, Vice Chair of Government AffairsRSM Technical Solutions................(734) 709-5307

Dr. Amanda Apfelblat, Vice Chair Community &Educational Development

Michigan Chiropractic Specialists, PC ...734-838-0353

Don NicholsonVice Chair of Marketing & MembershipDon Nicholson Enterprises............734-658-5296

Board of DirectorsGary BulsonMen On the Move ...........................734-729-6683

Ed Duprey,Great Lakes Trophies.....................(734) 266-1815

Kathy HurtZeal Credit Union ..........................734-522-3700

Dick Isham,C & M Printing..............................(734) 729-5401

Bruce Smoler, D.D.S.Community Dental Associates ...........734-728-5600

Chamber StaffBrookellen Swope,

President and CEO .....................734-326-7222

Mary Vellardita, Marketing & Membership ..........734-326-7222

Newsletter StaffBrookellen Swope - Editor

Mary Vellardita - Advertising Sales/Production

www.westlandchamber.com

Did you know that there are laws regarding Service Animals in theplace of businesses?

On October 20, 2015, Governor Rick Snyder signed house Bill4313 that modernizes state law and protects those who utilize Psychi-atric Service Dogs. House Bill 4313 is a 4 bill package. Senate Bill298, which was sponsored by Senator David Knezek, makes it a crimeto refuse entry to a person using a service animal, or to assault or causeharm to a service animal.

The Chamber along with Wayne Ford Civic League, Stiggy Dogs,Last Day Dog Rescue, Westland Area Jaycees, CHAINED Inc, andseveral volunteer hosted a seminar about the new laws and require-ments on February, 27, 2016. There are now clearer guidelines for-business owners that you should know. What questions you can ask,what questions you cannot ask. As a result of that several businessowners walked away with valuable information. Thanks again to allthat help put this information together and made that event possible.If you are interested in learning about this please contact the

Chamber to receive your information packet and posters for yourbusiness.

Service Animal Laws & Your Business

Dear Chamber Member:The weather is warming and that means the return of fresh, locallygrown produce. The All American Farmers and Artisans Market-place returns on May 5 and will be held every Thursday from 3:00p.m. to 7:00 p.m. until October 13. Opening Day of market withbe a chance to celebrate special moms with Mother’s Day justaround the corner. You can shop for Mom at the market and enterto win a Chamilia limited edition bracelet, donated by PrecisionJewelers.

This is a monumental year for our All American City as Westlandcelebrates its 50th anniversary. We have a lot planned to celebratethis milestone and we begin with an all day Homecoming Celebra-tion on Monday, May 16 at Westland City Hall. We will be bring-ing back all the former mayors, open the time capsule that wasburied 50 years ago and pay tribute to how far we have come as acity. If you are a business who is also celebrating your 50th an-niversary, please contact my office at (734)467-3200 so we can in-clude you in the program.

Now that we are officially in the spring season, many of you willbe dusting off those golf shoes and it will be just in time for theopening of the Westland Golf Course. Every week we feature Mon-day Madness at the Westland Golf Course. It is a lunch and a 9-hole game special. You can always find out more by visiting ourwebsite at www.cityofwestland.com or calling the golf course at(734) 721-6660.

For the sixth year, I am asking Westland businesses to become apartner on a common goal of introducing Westland's young adultsto the workforce. The "Wild About Youth Works!" Program aimsto prepare Westland's young adults for the workforce by teachingthem the virtue of a strong work ethic, good customer service skillsand financial responsibility. This very successful program will kickoff on Wednesday, May 4th. Your business will benefit from par-ticipating in the program by attaining young, tech savvy employeeswho have had initial general training and education. All that is re-quired is a commitment to interviewing and hiring at least one stu-dent and providing them with at least 16 hours of work per weekfor six weeks or more at the minimum wage rate or higher. If youwould like to become a partner or would like more information,please call the Mayor’s Office at (734)467-3200.

I encourage you to stay connected with us and abreast of what isgoing on in Westland. Visit our website regularly and check out ourcalendar of events. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter.

I pride myself on having an open-door policy. I want to hear fromyou -- our business community. Don’t hesitate to call my officewith ideas or concerns.

TheMayor’s Corner

By Westland Mayor William R. Wild

William R. Wild, Mayor

Westland Chamber of Commerce Page 3

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HotRodPalooza is in it's third year. This year it’s moving from Milan Dragway to the Wayne Ford Civic League on WayneRoad. This is a car festival open to all. We invite thecommunity to come out and not only see cars, but somevery interesting displays and vendors. Vendors that youdon't have to be a car person to enjoy. If you are a kidof the 60's, 70's and 80's this is a show you don't wantto miss.

Besides the cool Hot Rods and Classic cars competingfor $500.00 in prize money, we also have a few featurevehicles, like the Batmobile, Munsters Coach, theDumb and Dumber Van, Speed Racer, Knight RidersKITT, Ecto One and many more. Last but far fromleast, The Detroit Grand Prix will be there with the De-troit Grand Prix car. Get your picture taken up close tosome of these great vehicles.

$15 Entry for Car Show & Ms. HotRodPaloozaSpectators $5.00

May 28, 2016 9:00am to 5:00pmFor more details call 734-658-5296

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The Westland Chamber of Commerce and the City of Westland are excited to announce the dates of the2016 All American Blues, Brews and BBQ Event. The event takes place at Central City Park. Watch formore exciting news to come about Blues, Brews & Barbeque!

Save the Dates: 6th Annual Blues, Brews & BBQFriday, August 5, 6 - 10 pm

Saturday, August 6, 12 pm - 10 pm

The Westland Farmers & Artisans Market is managed by the WestlandChamber of Commerce and is brought to you by the WestlandDowntown Development Authorityand the City of Westland.

THE MARKET IS OPEN THURSDAYS • 3-7pm

On February 11, 2016 Mayor Wild and otherlocal officials joined the Chamber in welcom-ing Avon Westland at the official ribbon cuttingfor their new store.

Now congratulations are due to owner JillLezotte-Kates for achieving National Recogni-tion as #5 in Total Sales Increase in a LicensedAvon Beauty Center! We are so proud of yourachievement!

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What do 10 thousand pounds of carrots look like? Themarketing team at Zeal Credit Union knows. On a recentFriday afternoon, this team worked as volunteers at For-gotten Harvest in Oak Park, Mich., to repackage largecrates of fresh carrots into grocery bags. Forgotten Har-vest is a Detroit area non-profit that rescues surplus, pre-pared and perishable food that is distributed toemergency food providers to help feed the hungry.

“It was a fun team building project and made us feelgood to do charitable work for such a worthy organiza-tion,” said Lisa Fawcett, vice president of marketing forZeal Credit Union. “We got a kick out of the fact thatthey had us packaging carrots, and we were all dressedin our ‘Zeal orange’ logo wear for the occasion.”

Fawcett added that Forgotten Harvest receives a va-riety of perishable food like carrots, potatoes and otheritems and counts on volunteers to help repackage themfor distribution.

Founded in 1990 to fight hunger and waste, Forgot-ten Harvest services Wayne, Oakland and MacombCounties, and is currently the nation’s largest food res-cue organization.

Zeal Credit Union, www.zealcreditunion.org, is afull-service, non-profit financial institution with nearly60,000 members, assets exceeding $513 million and 11full-service branch offices in metro Detroit. Membersalso have access to more than 5,000 shared branches andnearly 30,000 ATMs nationwide. Member deposits areinsured to $250,000 by the National Credit Union Ad-ministration (NCUA), a U.S. government agency.

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Men on the Move - Celebrating 25 Years!Westland Chamber of Commerce member Men on the Movehas come a long way since first opening in 1991 in Westland.Westland Chamber Board member Gary Bulson is co-owner ofthe company along with Gary Wrigley (who also owns NankinHardware). As Men on the Move continued to outgrow theirWestland space and expand their area of service, they lookedfor a new location closer to expressways and further north. InSeptember 2014 they moved to their current location in Livoniaon Merriman road but have continued to stay active in our busi-ness community.

Owner/manager Bulson explained, “We are a full servicemoving company meaning pretty much whatever you need donewe can do for you. We not only provide local moving servicebut long distance as well. As far as other service’s that some ofour customers look for like storage, packing, loading or unload-ing rental trucks, or just looking to buy boxes and packing sup-

plies we can help with all of that”. Their fleet now includesseven trucks and have 15 year round and up to 30 employeesduring their peak season.

What does he attribute their continued success to? “A lot ofmovers are what we call fly by night movers. They don’t havean office they answer calls though their cell phones, not insured,not licensed…..Men on the Move isn’t that type of company.We treat our employees like family and it shows most of ourstaff has been here over 15 years including the movers. We justdo good business and treat people right. That is how it is sup-posed to be and that is how we do it.”

MEN ON THE MOVE12400 Merriman Road, Livonia, Michigan 48150

734.744.9547 • www.michiganmovers.com Mon-Fri 9AM – 5PM • Sat 9AM – 3PM

Sunday 9AM – 1PM

Westland Chamber of Commerce Page 7

APRIL 2016APRIL 2016Calendar of EventsCalendar of Events

734-326-7222 • 734-326-7222 • www.westlandchamber.com

Fausone Bohn, LLP - Since 2012Scrap Busters Auto & Truck Parts - Since 2005

Services To Enhance Potential - Since 2004Chicken Shack/Little Caesars - 2003

FiringLine Indoor Gun Range - Since 2002William P. Faust Public Library of Westland -

Since 1998Juenemann Insurance Agency - Since 1978

Westland Rotary - Since 1994

Membership Renewal - Thank YouFor Your Continued Support!

WELCOME NEW MEMBER!

Chamber Events:April 7 After Hours - Meet State Rep. Kosowski

Wild Bill’s Cigar Bar, 1939 N. Wayne Rd.5-7 pm. Please RSVP!

April 20 Coffee Connection, Parkside Dental Team,36444 W. Warren (at Central City Pkwy) 8-9 am

Chamber Meetings:April 5 Board Meeting,

Chamber Office, 9 am

April 15 Marketing & Membership/AmbassadorsChamber Office, 9 am/9:30 am

City Meetings (in City Hall Chambers, 36300 Warren Rd.)April 4 & 18 City Council 7 pm

April 5 Planning Commission 7:30pm

Upcoming Community Events:May 5 Westland Farmers & Artisans Market

1901 N. Carlson. Open 3pm-7pmOpens for 2016 Season

May 23 Annual Golf Classic at TPC Michigan9am Shotgun

June 10 Dine on the Vine 6-10pm Westland City Hall Gallery

August 5-6 Blues Brews & BBQCentral City Park

Share your good news or special events with your fellow Chamber members. Just email your info by the 15th of eachmonth for the newsletter, and we’ll help spread the word!

Send your news to: westlandchamber@gmail.com

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March After Hours Fun at On The Border!On March 24 Chambermembers and friendsenjoyed the generoushospitality and fabulousfood at On The Border.Everyone was ravingabout the food. If youhaven’t tried ityet...what are you wait-ing for? They also havegreat lunch specialsMonday - Friday.