Celebrating our third year!

Business After Hours – Tuesday, April 22nd at Rivers Bend Guest Ranch 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. located at 397 Riversbend Road in Stanley. Enjoy a good time of networking! Heritage Title, Allied Mortgage and Miller, Earle & Shanks will host BAH May 15 at their new location at General Drive in Luray.

Interested in hosting a Business After Hours?   It is a great opportunity for your business.  Many times members feel they don’t have the room or for other reasons they can’t host; but we have the solution – be a co-host.  Give us a call and we will help you find a co-host.  Shenandoah Speedway will host in July.

Tom Griffith (VA DEQ, Office of Pollution Prevention) will come to Page County and give a presentation on the “Go Green” Concept!  Save the date of May 16 from 10 – Noon.  (Location to be determined).  Join in on a 30-minute presentation on “Go Green," as well as a Question and Answer Session.

As Earth Day 2008 approaches, VTC is preparing a major marketing push of Virginia Green – the state's effort to reduce the environmental impact of tourism and travel businesses.

According to a recent study, 58.5 million U.S. travelers (38%) would pay more to use travel companies that strive to protect and preserve the environment.

Virginia Green is the first step in helping businesses not only realize the cost savings associated with sound environmental practices but also in encouraging the expansion of those practices in their business—thus satisfying the discerning traveler.

LPCCC is committed to leading our community in the Green movement. Please join us to learn how your business can be part of this exciting venture.

We encourage Chamber members to stop by the office to meet the staff and to verify that information is accurate and up-to-date.  Have you noticed how we are displaying your brochures and rack cards? 

If you have not received the 60-Second Survey in the mail you may go to www.luraypage.com/benefits.htm to download.  Take an active part in your Chamber; your comments are important to us.  Please return by April 11.

Your Tourism Council has started work on the 2009 Visitors' Guide!  Do you have a special photo of Page County which could be included in this year’s guide?  Please forward to: Nancy Sottosanti, Tourism Chair at: canoes@shentel.net

Judith G. Weaver, ED.S, is a Licensed Professional Counselor offering individual, marital, family and group therapy for all ages, by appointment, Mondays and Wednesdays. A Chamber member since 1994, Ms. Weaver has worked in Luray since 1988.  Ms. Weaver makes her home in Harrisonburg where she works on the days she is not in Luray. Her offices in Luray are located at 7 Berrey Boulevard.  To contact her, call 540-743-7101; FAX 540-743-3788 or email jwalpc@aol.com. 

We thank you Judith Weaver for your membership with the Luray-Page County Chamber of Commerce.

Register now for summer classes at Lord Fairfax Community College, Luray-Page County Center -- April 7 - May 7 by 4 pm. Tuition is due May 7 by 4 pm. Late registration is May 12-26, with tuition due at time of enrollment. For more information, contact the Center at 843-0722.

Alan’s Factory Outlet is moving to a new location at 643 West Main Street.  Looking for extra storage or even a hobby room?  Stop by and visit Alan and the selection of sheds, garages, 2-story sheds, 2-story double garages, horse barns, run-in sheds and gazebos.  You may contact them at 743-1272.

Spring is almost here and its time to clean our streams and roadsides in preparation for our summer visitors!  Bags and vests available at the Page County Jail, Town of Stanley Offices and Town of Shenandoah Offices.  Cash prizes for the teams who pick up the most litter.  $500 grand prize!  To register for the competition or for more information call the Page County Department of Environmental Services at 743-4808.

The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) will hold a Public Meeting to discuss Water Quality on the South Fork of the Shenandoah River and Naked Creek Tuesday, April 15 at 7 p.m. at the Town of Shenandoah Council Chambers, Shenandoah Town Hall, 426 First Street, Shenandoah, VA 22849.

DEQ is beginning a study of the South Fork of the Shenandoah River and Naked Creek to investigate benthic impairment.  This study will determine the pollutant responsible for the impairment, identify various sources of that pollutant, estimate the amount coming from each source, and figure out how each source would have to decrease to meet water quality standards.

The Chamber has a fact sheet that provides more information about the Public Meeting and the project.  Stop by the Chamber offices to pick up a copy or review on the Chamber’s community bulletin board.  If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact:

Robert Brent, Regional TMDL Coordinator, DEQ, P.O. Box 3000

Harrisonburg, VA 22801 -rnbrent@deq.virginia.gov  (540) 574-7848

Don’t miss Flotzie’s “Sundae of the Month” for April -- Blackberry. Other new flavors arrive April 8 – Orange Pineapple and April 15 – Cheesecake.  Come out and enjoy our NEW Juice Alive Slushie’s – 100% Natural Fruit Juice Slush with no added sugar; very good and healthy too. Give a Flotzie’s Gift Card and join the Flotzie’s Club with a club card.  If you have a suggestion for a flavor of the week please visit Flotzie’s, call Darlene at 742-2531 or email her with your suggestions at flotzies@embarqmail.com.

Beginning in April, Chamber members may enjoy a 15% discount at The Vintage Hope Chest Gift Shop & Home Decor. Senior citizens receive 15% off each Wednesday. The shop, located at 183 Blue Bell Avenue in Luray, will soon offer country curtains and garden accessories. Phone 843-7255.

Valley Artist Guild sells chances to raise money for scholarship

Each year the Valley Artist Guild awards the Ann M. Ryder Art Scholarship to a deserving senior art student in one of Page County’s high schools. To raise money for the scholarship, the Guild will sell chances for an original painting by Angelique Miller. The painting can be seen at the Warehouse Art Gallery, 15 Campbell Street in Luray. The drawing will take place October 12, 2008. For more information, visit the Warehouse or call 843-0200.

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