(This Site Last Updated 8/13/2023 at 6:00pm)

NOTICE: The August Chamber Regular Meeting scheduled for Thursday August 17 will start at 5:30pm.  All future Monthly Regular Meetings will start at 5:30pm, and will typically be held at the Hotchkiss-Crawford Historical Museum (180 S 2nd Street, Hotchkiss).   

Upcoming August 17, 2023 Regular Meeting Agenda and YTD Financial Analysis

All Chamber Members are encouraged to come to this week's upcoming meeting.  Expecially any Members from Paonia or Crawford who would like to be appointed to the Board so that the North Fork Valley Chamber of Commerce has Board representation across all three towns.      

The North Fork Valley Chamber of Commerce, a dba company of the Hotchkiss Chamber actively maintains this website.  This site is to communicate with our Chamber Members.   

Please visit the Chamber's Newly Revised Visitor Site at NorthForkValley.net for North Fork Valley Visitor Information.

• The Chamber Board is pleased to announce the first of a new generation of Chamber After Hours events will be on August 30, 2023 at Zenzen Gardens (Paonia).  Committee Chairperson Alex Lammers of Lammers Insurance (Hotchkiss) will be hosting the first event with speakers Aaron Cooley of Cooley's Heating and Cooling (Hotchkiss) and Kevin Kropp of First Fruits Organic Farms (Paonia).

• ​The Chamber Board is also pleased to announce the completion of Phase 2 of the Visitor Card project. A total of nine (9) Visitor Cards are now completed and are being distributed throughout the North Fork Valley.  The QR codes on the Visitor Cards are active and connected to Visitor Card specific pages that have a Google Map of the businesses on the card along with links to each business' website or Facebook page.  Images of the Visitor Cards, Maps, and Links to the Businesses on the cards is available at either HotchkissChamber.com and NorthForkValley.net.

• The Chamber Board continues to work on a completely revised set of Bylaws and a new North Fork Valley focused Mission Statement to be presented at the Annual Meeting currently scheduled for November 17, 2023.  Chamber Members will be emailed a draft of the revised Bylaws by November 1, 2023.

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  See printable images of the current Visitor Cards here:

Phase 3 of the Visitor Card Project is not yet scheduled but includes new Visitor Cards being considered for:

Hotchkiss Merchants
Paonia Merchants
North Fork Valley Critical Resources
North Fork Valley Travel Services (Auto Parts, Service, Towing)
North Fork Valley Specialty Food Offerings
North Fork Valley Real Estate and Relocation Resources
North Fork Valley Hunting & Fishing Resources

• ​The Chamber is also working on a project to map All North Fork Valley Chamber of Commerce Members as of July 15, 2023:  See a prototype here: MAP
   

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  ​Motions/Treasurer's Report passed at the July 24, 2023 Regular Meeting:

  • Treasurer’s Report Checking Account Balance: $1,490.99, Money Market Balance: $24,589.68, Membership – 101 paid Members, 20 pending.

  • ​The Chamber voted to appoint Liz Heidrick of Needlerock Realty of Crawford, Hotchkiss, and Paonia to the Board. 

  • ​The Chamber voted to add Chamber Administrator Leigh Ann Hoyt and Volunteer Interim Executive Director & Board Treasurer, Terry O'Brien, to the Chamber's Bank of Colorado Money Market account.

  • The Chamber voted to remove the former Executive Director and the former Board Director/Treasurer from the Chamber's Money Market account.

  • The Chamber voted to establish a Holiday Arts and Craft Fair Committee with Anne Ziemer as Chairperson.

  • The Chamber voted to pay $456.70 to the Town of Hotchkiss for the joint Town/Chamber Hotchkiss Beautification Program.
     

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• Motions passed at the June 15, 2023 Regular Meeting:

  • Treasurer’s Report: Money Market Balance 6/01/2023 $25,579.12, Checking Acct. Balance 6/08/2023 $1,281.70

  • The Chamber voted to spend up to $500 to print the new Visitor Cards.

  • The Chamber voted to share the Weekly Events Newsletter on social media and message boards.

  • The Chamber voted for Lammers Insurance to add Director and Officer Liability insurance to the Chamber's existing policy.
     

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• Motions passed at the May 18, 2023 Regular Meeting:

  • ​The Chamber voted to continue the weekly eNewsletter at a contracted cost of $65 per newsletter consistent with the 2022 newsletter editor fees.  

  • The Chamber voted to create a Chamber After Hours Meet & Greet standing committee with Board Director Alex Lidget Lammers as the Chairperson of the Committee.  A $250 budget for the first event was approved.

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Blue Diamonds next to a business indicates the Membership Contribution Level in the Hotchkiss Chamber dba North Fork Valley Chamber.  More than one Diamond indicates that the business has donated additional time and money to the Chamber.  BLUE DIAMONDS ARE NOT A RATING.  See The Diamond List for details.