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Wooster Area Chamber of Commerce (view source)
Revision as of 14:44, 21 January 2021
, 14:44, 21 January 2021→Historical documents
* The Chamber organized a gala ceremony to celebrate the opening of the Wooster expressway, and planned a luncheon to welcome Pentagon Plastics.
* The Chamber organized a gala ceremony to celebrate the opening of the Wooster expressway, and planned a luncheon to welcome Pentagon Plastics.
* Daily inquiries were now being received as the Chamber began serving as the area's Better Business Bureau.
* Daily inquiries were now being received as the Chamber began serving as the area's Better Business Bureau.
====1964====
* The first Civic Improvement Awards were presented to recipients during the March annual meeting. The Civic Improvement Committee was formed to stimulate physical improvement and encourage the design and construction of more attractive buildings.
* A telephone warning system was established by the Retail Division enabling them to quickly alert fellow members about shoplifters and bad checks.
* In October, the manager of the Kalamazoo Chamber of Commerce spoke to interested Wooster citizens discussing the procedures his community followed in constructing a downtown mall.
* No action was taken on the recommendation to form a separate Downtown Merchants Association for the purpose of promoting downtown which would allow outlying merchants to become members of the Retail Division and yet remain apart from the merchants downtown.
* Receiving the Chamber's wholehearted support was a request from four Wooster High School seniors to hold a Shakespearean Festival downtown on November 7, to celebrate Shakespeare's 400th birthday.
====1965====
* Board President Ralph Jones reviewed the year's top two priorities: industrial development and increased Chamber membership.
* Serious ramifications facing the city due to a lack of income led to the formation of a special committee to study this problem. The committee's findings resulted in the adoption of a Chamber resolution that a city income tax was essential. Voter approval of this issue was due in large measure to the Chamber's efforts.
* Bill McNutt, Executive Director of the Farm Bureau Federation, requested the Chamber's cooperation in arranging a business-farm day.
* A Wayne County advisory board began meeting to discuss the development of a new county airport.
* In October, T. R. Lugenbeal was selected as the new Executive Vice President following the September resignation of Pat Fauciglia.
====1966====
* Chamber support was given to the Wayne County Vocational School proposal and College-Community Day.
* The board purchased the 45-acre parcel of land on Old Mansfield Road, offered by Frito-Lay, and accepted a 60-day option for 30 of those acres from Premier Corporation to be used as a future site for Akron Brass.
* The sum of $1,700 was raised by the Chamber to send a Wooster policeman to school for training and handling police dogs.
====1967====
* A major role was played by the Chamber in securing the site for the new airport. The old airport property was mortgaged and the Chamber's savings accounts used as collateral to borrow the final amount needed to purchase the land.
* Assistance was given to Bell & Howell as plans went forward for their new Wooster plant.
* Displacement of families due to urban renewal led to the Chamber's offer to serve as sponsor in the formation of a corporation to guide the development of necessary housing.
* More than 1800 people attended the Chamber-sponsored open house for the new post office.
====1968====
* Plans were being formulated to establish the old airport property as an industrial park site. Discussions entailed rezoning and the extension of water and sewer lines.
* Construction of the new Akron Brass plant began.
* The Chamber offices were redecorated.
* Unfortunately, the Chamber was not in a position to grant the request from a local author to underwrite the publication costs of his book entitled "A Touch of Italy in Wooster."
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