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CIBA Newsletter - January 2012
£ WELCOME to NEW CIBA Business Members: BLACKLEDGE FURNITURE; JOHN BUGNI, DMD & TOM LASTER, DDS; ECOFUSION FITNESS; FORKS AND CORKS CATERING; REPLAY CHILDREN’S WEAR; and STOKER’S VITAWORLD. We are excited that you have joined the CIBA family of independent local businesses. Also, WELCOME to new CIBA Associate Member, Michelle Evans!
£ The first CIBA MEMBERSHIP MEETING of 2012 will be at Riverside Window & Door, 439 SW 2nd. Please join us, bring an independent business friend and meet the Mayor. We’ll learn more about our host business – Riverside, have time to network with each other, and enjoy some great snacks as well! See you Wednesday, January 25, 5:30-7:00 p.m.
£ BUY LOCAL FIRST DAY and HERO CONTEST successful! What a fun day! What a fun contest! Check out our website for photos from the December 3 Buy Local First Day. Some members have reported terrific increased customer traffic and sales during this event.
Our Buy Local First Hero Contest participants were busily scurrying around town to find you local, independent businesses for two weeks, starting 12/03. First place winner Rebecka Weinsteiger shopped in 56 different indie businesses and was rewarded with a prize basket containing merchandise and certificates valued at over $1500. Randall Bonner, 2nd place finisher submitted receipts from 45 businesses and 3rd place was captured by Marge Stevens, who visited 36 of you, while having quite a fun time. Marge summarized her contest experience in an email, in which she said:
"I really enjoyed the experience of participating in the buy local contest. I do not consider myself as a big consumer or willing shopper. I try to avoid malls and big box stores. But, knowing that I was supporting the local business people and the local economy, I actually enjoyed shopping locally. . . Much of my pleasure in the event was just going in the doors of businesses that I don't normally patronize, just to see what they had. . . . I found myself getting Christmas gifts for people that were more creative and practical by buying local."
Thanks to all of you who participated in both the Buy Local First Day and the Hero Contest – your enthusiasm and commitment made them exceptional events! A special THANK YOU to all the businesses who contributed the wonderful prizes for the Hero baskets. A listing can be found at the end of the newsletter.
Please don’t forget to give us your feedback on these two events – and help us plan the next great Buy Local First adventure! Take the survey before January 30 at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/63ZNZHR
£ CIBA member Jeff Silverman of Silverman Studios is offering a CIBA VIDEO MAGAZINE advertising opportunity for CIBA members. The CIBA Video Magazine will highlight a different CIBA member every month – 12 participating members will each be highlighted over the next 12 months. The magazine will promote your business with interviews, testimonials and HD footage at your business. The other CIBA businesses will be listed as sponsors on each video. For $150 per month, you will receive:
* Monthly sponsorship logo placement on all 12 videos
* Your business will be featured annually
* Weekly primetime airing on CCAT29 at 7 pm
* FaceBook and YouTube link mentioning your sponsorship
* Opportunity to embed the CIBA video player on your website
See the informational page included as an additional attachment with the newsletter for more information and how to contact Jeff at Silverman Studios to sign up for this offer!
£ THANK YOU to Sibling Revelry for RENEWING THEIR BUSINESS MEMBERSHIPS in CIBA! Your membership dues help CIBA work for you!
£ THANKS to the following businesses for providing certificates and merchandise for the Buy Local First Hero Contest prize baskets!
American Dream Pizza – Animal Crackers Pet Supply – Big River – Block 15 – The Book Bin – Citizens Bank – Cloud 9 – Corvallis Brewing Supply – Corvallis Sewing & Vacuum – Country Vitamins – Cycle Solutions – Darkside Cinema – Ecofusion Fitness – Element Graphics – First Alternative Co-op – Footwise – Garland Nursery – Gluten Free RN – Golden Crane – Gracewinds Music – Grass Roots Books & Music – HOUR Exchange – Irene’s Boutique – Lion’s Touch Massage – Live Well Studio – Many Hands Trading – More Than a Facial – Northwest Realty Consultants – Peak Sports – The Rain Shed – Replay Children’s Wear – Riverside Window & Door – Robnett’s Hardware – Schmidt’s Garden Center – Second Glance – Shonnard’s Nursery, Florist & Landscape – Sibling Revelry – Special Occasions – Stoker’s VitaWorld – The Toy Factory
ANNOUNCEMENTS & SPECIALS
Shonnard’s is making discounted tickets available for the Feb 3-5 Linn County Spring Home & Garden Show. Click on the following link and print your tickets: http://www.shonnards.com/events/linn-county-home-show-free-tickets
If you have an announcement, a special or a coupon for CIBA members, please let us know – 54-752-0047 or info@corvallisiba.org">info@corvallisiba.org
2012 CIBA CALENDAR
JANUARY
1/25 – Membership Meeting, 5:30-7:00 pm
MARCH
3/01 – Community Sustainability Fair & Town Hall Meeting, 5:00-9:00 pm
3/28 – Membership Meeting, 5:30-7:00 pm
MAY
5/05 – Buy Local First Breakfast, 7:30-9:30 am
5/30 – Membership Meeting, 5:30-7:00 pm
JUNE
6/02 – Buy Local First Breakfast, 7:30-9:30 am
JULY
7/07 – Buy Local First Breakfast, 7:30-9:30 am
7/25 – Membership Meeting, 5:30-7:00 pm
SEPTEMBER
9/26 – Membership Meeting, 5:30-7:00 pm
NOVEMBER
11/ 14 – Holiday Social, 5:30-7:00 pm
jerry@kristinandjerry.name">jerry@kristinandjerry.name">jerryheilman, 12:11 PM [link]
Buy Local Heroes Win Treasures from Local Merchants
The winners of the Buy Local Hero Contest were announced today, culminating a challenge to local residents to make purchases from as many locally owned independent businesses as possible during a two-week period, December 3rd through 17th. The contest is part of the Buy Local First Campaign that was launched earlier this month by the Corvallis Sustainability Coalition and the Corvallis Independent Business Alliance (CIBA).
The first place winner is Rebecka Weinsteiger, who turned in receipts from 56 different locally owned, independent Corvallis businesses. Randall Bonner is the second place “hero” with 45 receipts, and Marge Stevens has garnered a third place win with 36 receipts. Each of them wins a prize basket filled with donations from CIBA businesses. The first prize basket contains certificates and merchandise valued at more than $1500. The second and third prize baskets are each valued at more than $500.
Contest participants submitted between three and 56 different receipts. More than half of the contestants turned in 11 or more receipts.
"I am pleased with the results of the first Buy Local Hero contest,” reported CIBA President Kate Lindburg. “Contestants visited dozens of different locally-owned, independent businesses all over the Corvallis area, and seemed to have a good time doing so. The contest represents a fun way to kick off our ongoing campaign to educate consumers on the positive impact choosing local first has on the Corvallis economy."
The winners will receive their prize baskets at the Sustainability Coalition’s Annual Meeting, which takes place on Thursday, January 5, from 12 noon to 1:30 pm at the Corvallis-Benton County Public Library. “Buy Local First” was selected as the Coalition’s next community-wide challenge by the 400+ attendees of the 2011 Sustainability Town Hall Meeting. The goal of the Buy Local First Campaign is to increase the percentage of money Corvallis residents spend at locally-owned, independent businesses in order to develop a healthy local economy.
For more information, see www.sustainablecorvallis.org or www.corvallisiba.org.
CIBA members that have donated to the Buy Local Hero Contest:
£ American Dream Pizza
£ Animal Crackers Pet Supply
£ Big River
£ Block 15
£ The Book Bin
£ Citizens Bank
£ Cloud 9
£ Corvallis Brewing Supply
£ Corvallis Sewing & Vacuum
£ Country Vitamins
£ Cycle Solutions
£ Darkside Cinema
£ Ecofusion Fitness
£ Element Graphics
£ First Alternative Co-op
£ Footwise
£ Garland Nursery
£ Gluten Free RN
£ Golden Crane
£ Gracewinds Music
£ Grass Roots Books & Music
£ HOUR Exchange
£ Irene’s Boutique
£ Lion’s Touch Massage
£ Live Well Studio
£ Many Hands Trading
£ More Than a Facial
£ Northwest Realty Consultants
£ Peak Sports
£ Rain Shed
£ Replay Children’s Wear
£ Riverside Window & Door
£ Robnett’s Hardware
£ Schmidt’s Garden Center
£ Second Glance
£ Shonnard’s Nursery, Florist & Landscape
£ Sibling Revelry
£ Special Occasions
£ Stoker’s VitaWorld
£ The Toy Factory
jerry@kristinandjerry.name">jerry@kristinandjerry.name">jerryheilman, 11:48 AM [link]
CIBA Newsletter - December 2011
£ WELCOME to new CIBA members: DR. LON J. JENSEN, DENTIST; GOLDEN CRANE; KALEIDOSCOPE STUDIOS; and LIVE WELL STUDIO: YOGA PILATES DANCE. We are excited that you have joined the CIBA family of independent local businesses.
£ KGAL/KSHO Radio is once again offering DISCOUNT RADIO ADVERTISING PACKAGES for CIBA members. These “Shop Local” Radio Packages consist of 40 15 second ads per month inside a 60 second commercial donut promoting CIBA and shopping locally. You would be featured along with 2 other non-competing CIBA businesses. The package includes promos to promote special events during the year (such as additional Buy Local First events!) and webpage mentions. Cost per month to reach an extensive listening audience in the mid-Valley is only $92. For more details, contact Mike Mason at KGAL/KSHO for your questions: 971-218-2472; mike@kgal.com">mike@kgal.com.
£ The 1st Annual “BUY LOCAL FIRST” DAY- jointly sponsored by CIBA and the Corvallis Sustainability Coalition was a great success! Thanks to everyone who had specials, provided goodies, let customers throw peanuts on the floor, had staff promoting the event at other participating locations, and generally doing your typical great job of customer service! We also want to thank everyone who has contributed a gift to one of the prize baskets for the top 3 winners of the BUY LOCAL FIRST HERO CONTEST, running December 3-18. These two events are the kick-off to an ongoing Buy Local First campaign in our community. The BLF Steering Committee would love to have your ideas on how to improve on the BLF Day, and what other types of activities or events you would like to see. Be on the lookout for a survey after the contest ends, or get involved with the BLF Steering Committee by contacting Kate Lindburg, CIBA president at kate@animalcrackerspetsupply.com">kate@animalcrackerspetsupply.com; or 541-753-4559 (store) or 541-619-1919 (cell).
£ The first CIBA MEMBERSHIP MEETING of 2012 will be Wednesday, January 25. Details to follow. The Mayor is planning to attend!
£ THANK YOU to Animal Crackers Pet Supply, Barker Uerlings Insurance, Block 15, Blue Dawg Promotions, Clarity Wealth Development, Eads Broadcasting, Fitzpatrick Painting, Second Glance and Special Occasions for RENEWING THEIR BUSINESS MEMBERSHIPS in CIBA! Another THANK YOU to Barbara Bessey of the Small Business Development Center at LBCC and to Rosco Huebner of Edward Jones for renewing their Associate Memberships. Your membership dues help CIBA work for you!
Wishing you all the very best during this Holiday Season and a wonderful beginning to the 2012 New Year!
jerry@kristinandjerry.name">jerry@kristinandjerry.name">jerryheilman, 2:12 PM [link]
Buy Local First Day Special Promotions
On Saturday, December 3rd, these locally owned independent businesses are offering special promotions:
• Amazon Consulting – Call or email Dec. 3-17 for 25% off Internal ISO9001 Audits or Auditing Training
• American Dream Pizza - $2 off large pizzas (in-house only)
• Animal Crackers – 10% off all purchases
• Block 15 – $1 off our house-made root beer
• Cloud 9 – Buy a $50 gift certificate for $40
• Corvallis Brewing Supply – Buy a $50 gift certificate for $40
• Corvallis Community Acupuncture – Coupons good for a free new patient visit, and 10% off gift certificate purchases
• Corvallis Sewing & Vacuum – 25% off any vacuum or sewing accessory
• Country Vitamins – Free 60-count bottle of Country Vitamins’ Zinc Lozenges with a pill box with every purchase over $20
• Cycle Solutions – 10% off all lights and gift certificates, plus Free Flat Repair cards if requested
• Darkside Cinema – Buy two full-price (general admission) tickets and get a free medium popcorn (refillable)
• First Alternative Co-op – 10% off all products
• Footwise – A free pair of socks when you buy shoes (non-sale shoe, $75 or more shoe price, not combined with other offers)
• Garland Nursery – Ladies Day Out (food samples, cider, and raffle/door prizes all day)
• Gluten Free RN – Open 9-1pm. Gluten Free Bakery samples. Enter a chance to win book “Real Life With Celiac Disease – Troubleshooting and Thriving Gluten Free”
• Golden Crane – 30% off select items
• Gracewinds Music – Cider and cookies, and local piano students playing seasonal music from 12pm-3pm
• Grass Roots Books & Music – Refreshments and 10% off all holiday music and books
• Grease Lightning Delivery – 25% off deliveries from/to locally owned businesses
• Irene’s – 20% off all non-sale apparel
• Live Well Studio - 8 group mat classes for $89 ($112 value) – Choose from over 30 classes a week, mix and match as you like Yoga, Pilates, Feldenkrais, QiGong, Dance
• Many Hands Trading – 10% off purchases
• More Than a Facial – Free oxygen treatments or enzyme peel ($60 value) with purchase of a facial (11am-3pm, call for appointment)
• Northwest Realty Consultants – Free calendar
• Peak Sports – 20% off select clothing items
• Rain Shed – 10% off everything in stock
• Replay Children’s Wear – 20% off regular priced items; 50-70% off clearance items
• Riverside Window and Door - Velux Fixed Deck Mounted Skylight Model FSC06 (RO 21” x 45¾”) for $200
• Robnett’s Hardware – Peanut Day (eat peanuts, throw ‘em on the floor), 20% off cash purchases
• Schmidt’s Garden Center – Holiday Open House, with 10% off your total purchase
• Second Glance – Everything 15% off
• Second Glance Alley – Everything 15% off
• Second Glance Annex – Everything 15% off
• Shonnard’s Nursery, Florist & Landscape – $2 off 6” poinsettias and 10% off purchases
• Sibling Revelry – 10% off all Oregon products
• Special Occasions – 10% off all purchases (no rentals)
• The Toy Factory – 20% off one item of your choice (shopper must mention Buy Local First Day)
jerry@kristinandjerry.name">jerry@kristinandjerry.name">jerryheilman, 3:53 PM [link]
Buy Local Hero Contest Rules
Shoppers save their receipts from locally owned independent businesses for purchases made between December 3rd and December 17th, 2011. The dollar value of any given receipt has no bearing in the determination of winners in the contest.
Shoppers may save their receipts in the Buy Local First envelopes available at participating CIBA businesses, or they may use a standard business size envelope with the words “Buy Local Hero Contest” written on it along with the shopper’s name, telephone number, and email address.
Drop off your filled, securely sealed envelope at one of the following businesses:
A& S Accounting at 316 SW Washington Avenue, Corvallis
Footwise at 301 SW Madison Avenue, Corvallis
Animal Crackers Pet Supply at 949 NW Kings Blvd., Corvallis
Be sure that your name, telephone number, and email address are filled in the space provided.
OR mail your filled, securely sealed envelope to CIBA c/o A & S Accounting, 316 SW Washington Ave, Corvallis OR 97333.
OR scan your receipts and email them to info@corvallisiba.org">info@corvallisiba.org making sure to include the words “Buy Local Hero Contest” in the subject line and your name and telephone number in the email.
All entries, including snail mail, must be received by December 21st, 2011.
The shopper who turns in receipts from the greatest number of locally owned businesses will be the winner. There will be first, second and third place winners. The applicability of any submitted receipt will be solely at the discretion of, and the three winners will be determined by, the BLF Campaign Coordinating Committee. Winners will receive a gift basket with prizes provided by CIBA businesses.
Winners will be announced and contacted on December 28th, 2011.
jerry@kristinandjerry.name">jerry@kristinandjerry.name">jerryheilman, 3:34 PM [link]
CIBA Newsletter - November 2011
£ WELCOME to new CIBA members: CORVALLIS COMMUNITY ACUPUNCTURE, IRENE’S and SILVERMAN STUDIOS. We are excited that you have joined the CIBA family of independent local businesses.
£ See you at the CIBA HOLIDAY SOCIAL! CIBA’s traditional (and fun!) Holiday Social this year will be Wednesday, November 16, from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. For a change of pace, we will be meeting at the Lewisburg Grange Hall, 6000 NE Elliot Circle. The Hall is the first floor of the historic Lewisburg Grange; the upper floor is the chapel of the St. Anne Orthodox Church. The social will have catered appetizers, desserts and coffee. Bring a door prize item to contribute and a business friend to introduce to CIBA!
Directions: Drive north on US (99) W. Turn right at the signal light onto Granger Ave./Lewisburg Road and, after crossing the railroad tracks, make a left onto Elliot Circle. The white two-story historic Grange Hall is on the left with a red caboose in front, about 1/10 of a mile from the intersection.
£ “BUY LOCAL FIRST” CAMPAIGN is almost here! It’s coming! It’s coming! The long-anticipated Buy Local First campaign kicks of Saturday, December 3 with a BUY LOCAL FIRST DAY. CIBA members already should be receiving information and tips for how to participate in this event. December 3 also starts the BUY LOCAL HERO CONTEST, a community challenge event which runs December 3 - 17. Customers will save receipts for items purchased at participating locally-owned independent businesses during this 2-week period and will be eligible to win gift baskets. CIBA members will also be receiving a Business Challenge Kit for this contest. (If you do not want to participate in the Challenge, please opt out by contacting Kate Lindburg, CIBA president at kate@animalcrackerspetsupply.com">kate@animalcrackerspetsupply.com; or 541-753-4559 (store) or 541-619-1919 (cell).
£ Pssst – here’s a tip: Is your CIBA membership expiring or expired? Contact the CIBA office right now to make sure you are ready for the fun! Call 541-752-0047 or email at info@corvallisiba.org">info@corvallisiba.org.
£ It’s time for the CIBA HOLIDAY GT UMBRELLA AD! Here’s your chance to take advantage of group advertising and the first Buy Local First Day & Challenge – all in one! The red CIBA Holiday ad will run Tuesday, 11/29; Friday, 12/02; and Saturday, 12/03. The CIBA-sponsored text in the ad will focus on the Buy Local First Day, which is Saturday, December 3. As usual, you have your choice of ad sizes, from tiny supporter ads to large ads highlighting your special event or sale for Buy Local First Day. Let’s pack the page with local independent businesses – including our service members! Deadline for space reservations and ad copy is Wednesday, 11/23. Call your GT ad rep, or ours – Monica Hampton, 541-758-9552 – for assistance. If you don’t have a contract ad rate, you can access CIBA’s organizational rate. Don’t delay, call the GT for more information.
£ THANK YOU to DoubleCheck Writing, Editing, Proofing & Tutoring; Employee Leasing Fund; Kirk Design and Construction; The Rain Shed and Willamette Investment Advisors for RENEWING THEIR BUSINESS MEMBERSHIPS in CIBA! Another THANK YOU to Brian Lee for renewing his Associate Membership. Your membership dues help CIBA work for you!
£ Finally, CONGRATULATIONS to CIBA Top of the Valley WINNERS! (And a special shout out to Block 15, winner of FOUR categories!)
Animal Crackers
- Best Pets / Animals Supplies
Big River
- Best Dessert
Block 15
- Best Downtown Business
- Best Microbrewery
- Best Happy Hour
- Best Place to Gather
The Book Bin
- Best Books / Periodicals
Cloud 9
- Best Late Night
Corvallis Farmers Market
- Best Place to Impress Out-of-Town Guests
Darkside Cinema
- Best One-of-a-Kind Business
First Alternative
- Best Eco-Friendly Business
Gathering Together Farms
- Best Farmers Market Vendor or Food Cart
Peak Sports
- Best Sports / Outdoors / Recreation
Robnett’s Hardware
- Best Home Repairs
- Best Hardware / Home Improvement / Décor
Many other CIBA members were nominated in the above categories and are former Top of the Valley winners.
CIBA wants to take this opportunity to congratulate ALL our wonderful members, who are winners every day, proudly serving the Corvallis area as only dedicated, local independent businesses can! Members, you are the BEST.
jerry@kristinandjerry.name">jerry@kristinandjerry.name">jerryheilman, 11:56 AM [link]
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