CulpeperFest Update

This is a major THANKS!!! to all of our Sponsor's by Level for CulpeperFest 2009

Sponsor Level Company Name

Grand Champion
Culpeper Star-Exponent
Champion
Your Community Phonebook
Piedmont Communications - WJMA
Patron
Battle Park Farm
Cedar Mountain Stone
Continental Automotive Systems
Found and Sons Funeral Chapels - Cremation Service
Updike Industries
Wachovia

Patron - Silver - All Event Sponsors
CFC Farm & Home Center
Powell Wellness Center
Virginia Community Bank

Supporter
Best Western - Culpeper Inn
CopyRight, Inc.
Davies, Barrell, Will, Lewellyn & Edwards
Delegate Edward T. Scott
Euro-Composites
Full Circle Thrift
Inn at Kelly's Ford
It's About Thyme
Merchants Grocery Company, Inc.
Pepsi Cola Bottling Company
Precision Machine Works, Inc.
Senator Edd Houck
SWIFT
Town of Culpeper
WINC

Supporter - Bronze - All Event Sponsors
K Art & Design

Contributor
Appleton Campbell, Inc.

CulpeperFest

CulpeperFest is coming up soon - Buy tickets now for the June 4th event. Tickets are on sale now at a number of locations. Early Bird prices are available for tickets and booth space thru May 11th. Take advantage of the early pricing now.
Ticket Locations are:
The Depot in Downtown Culpeper
CFC Farm & Home Center
Pepperberries
Petersen Jewelers
Powell Wellness Center
The Frenchman's Corner
Germanna's Daniel Technology Center
StellarOne - Main Street Culpeper and Locust Grove at the Entrance to Lake of the Woods
Suntrust - Meadowbrook Shopping Center
Virginia Community Bank
Wachovia - Downtown Culpeper
Online at http://www.culpeperchamber.com/ & http://www.culpeperfest.com/

Sponsored by the Culpeper Chamber of Commerce

Culpeper Fest

The 2009 Virginia Travel Guides arrived at the Culpeper Visitors Center yesterday. The 3/4" thick, glossy magazine is published by the Virginia Department of Tourism. The magazine has a summary of events that are going on around the state during the year. This year CulpeperFest made the list (page 233) with an additional reference to http://www.culpeperfest.com/. Many Thanks to Beth Burns of the Culpeper Department of Tourism for putting us on the map this year.

Follow the link for an Online link on the Virginia.org site

Book Signing - Pepperberries - Culpeper VA November 23rd

We are so excited to announce that local author, Susan McCorkindale, will be doing a book signing at Pepperberries during the Downtown Holiday Open House from 2:00pm -4:00pm, Sunday, Nov. 23rd. Susan is the author of the recently published, Confessions of a Counterfeit Farm Girl. Susan was the Marketing Director of Family Circle Magazine. She gave up her six figure high stress job and headed to a 500-acre cattle farm in Upperville, va.

“A Rollicking, Green Acres-esque memoir.” – Working Mother Magazine
“A witty take on what happens when you try to take the girl out of New Jersey” – Booklist Review

Culpeper Chamber of Commerce YPG of the Year Award

The Young Professional of the Year Award is a new award to be given at the
Culpeper Chamber Awards Banquet on November 6th at the Daniel Technology Center.

The Award Criteria are:

21 – 40 Years Young
Chamber involvement
Results orientation
Customer focus
Leadership and constancy of purpose
People development and involvement
Continuous learning, innovation and improvement
Partnership development
Public responsibility

We are pleased to announce 4 nominations:

Michele White - Michele White Graphics and Marketing

Kelly Rozwadowski - K Art and Design

Maria Fay - Signature Real Estate

Marikay Whisenand - Mountain Run Insurance

Nominationas are being voted for by those in the Young Professionals Group by way of a Survey that has been emailed to them with the nomination applications for review.

Good Luck to all of the Nominees!!!!

See you all at the banquet - We can't wait to know.... Who is the YPG of the Year!!!!!

Go to http://www.culpeperchamber.com/ to register for the banquet.

Culpeper Open House - Mulberry Court Condominiums

Yates Properties - a Member of the Culpeper Chamber of Commerce hosted an Open House yesterday to introduce their newest project Mulberry Court Condominiums. This Upscale Condominium Project is well underway. With 10 unique floor layouts to choose from and a sophisticated range of amenities, the newest addition to our community is attracting a great deal of attention. The proximity of the Mulberry Court Condominiums to the Country Club of Culpeper adds to the value of this great location. Thank you to Yates Properties for brining such Quality of Life options to our community . The Open House was a great event and very informative.

Culpeper Small Business Person of the Year

The Culpeper Small Business Person of the Year Award Nominations are being accepted by the Culpeper Chamber of Commerce - Small Business Committee. Contact the Culpeper Chamber of Commerce Office for nomination details. The Small Business Person of the Year will be Recognized at the Prestigious - Culpeper Chamber of Commerce Awards Banquet - November 6th, 2008 at the Daniel Technology Center in Culpeper.

Small Business Development Center

I was contacted by one of the Culpeper Chamber of Commerce members today regarding the Small Business Development Center here in Culpeper. He was referred to the SBDC to help develop a business plan and to understand the resources available to him as a small business in the Culpeper Region. Here is what he had to say about his first meeting:

"Thanks again for recommending that I contact the SBDC representative. She was an amazingly helpful resource. I talked with her for an hour and a half, and I only left because I had a client appointment up in Catharpin. I truly felt like if I had more time, I could've learned even more about the resources available to me. I would hope that the Chamber really publicizes the assistance available through the SBDC. "

I hope that other small business owners take the time to fine tune their business and business opportunities thru the SBDC located at:

SBDC @ Culpeper
Daniel Technology Center
18121 Technology Drive
Culpeper, VA 22701
540-937-2919

Culpeper County Public Schools

The new school year in Culpeper Virginia is virtually under way. We have 2 new schools opening and the Culpeper Spirit is alive and well. Reports from the school administration are that there is a great deal of excitment and anticipation for a great school year. We wish the Faculty, Administration, and Students a productive and successful year.