| Chamber Chatter - February 25, 2010
If you’ve followed the “Time Traveling with the Chamber” series over the last few years, you’ve no doubt noticed that since Marlow’s inception as a community, individuals, businesses, civic clubs, and churches – a real cross section of community – have come together for the common good.
Today is no different, as was so clearly evidenced by Marlow’s reaction to the recent ice storm and power outage. Many of those same entities join together as members of the Marlow Chamber of Commerce to carry out its purpose, which is: “The Marlow Chamber of Commerce is a volunteer organization of individuals, civic clubs, churches, businesses, and other entities who have joined together for the purpose of improving the economic well being, as well as the quality of life, of Marlow, Oklahoma.”
Some of the obvious projects, to name a few, include, of course, Marlow’s outstanding parades, Christmas decorating contest, twenty years dedicated to highlighting our youth’s talent through the Showcase of Stars, the annual Easter Egg Hunt, Second Chance Trade Days, the Marlow Area Museum, coordination and promotion of the trolley, the Tombstones & Trees project, the downtown planter box and “Welcome to Marlow” signs installation and maintenance, and the many, many enhancements to Redbud Park.
Some less publicized efforts include working closely with other state and area economic development bodies to bring jobs and industry to Marlow and the area. The Chamber serves as Marlow’s public relations department, and answers the communities telephone and replies to all of the community’s mail, servicing many hundreds of requests each year. It is in regular and ongoing communication with the State of Oklahoma Department of Commerce & Tourism as it pursues economic development, and serves as Marlow’s historical collection, preservation and research vehicle to collate and digest the information for use in historical tourism.
We want to take the time to acknowledge the members of the Marlow Chamber of Commerce who make it possible to have an organization whose purpose is to work for the continued betterment of Marlow, and to allow individuals, businesses and entities from across the community to “come together for the common good.”
This week, please take a moment to take a look at those members who fall into “A” through “C” in our Chamber membership listing. We’ll cover all of the alphabet and members in upcoming articles.
AT&T; A-1 Appliance, Inc.; Alexander, John R.; Alexander, Leon & Evelyn; American Medical Response; Arrowhead Services LLC; Arvest Bank; BancFirst of Marlow; Battison Auto Center; Beebe, Steve; Benton, Debbie Lynn - Marlow Real Estate; Betty’s Mini Storage; Billingsley, Travis; Bob Blanton Real Estate & Insurance; and Bonney Corley LLP.
Cable Meat & Food Service; Cable One; Cain, Janice; Callaway-Smith-Cobb Funeral Home; Cameron University; Car Clean Center; Carnell Day Care Center; Carroll Surveying Service; Carter, Bill; Cassell, Grace; Center Point Energy; Central Burial Vaults, Inc.; CESI Chemical; Channel’s Lawn Care, LLC; Charles W. Brown, Inc.; Chatter Box Child Care Center; and Chesapeake Operating, Inc.
Chuck’s Transmission; City of Marlow; Clark, John and Ada; ClayMesa Well Service Co.; Coast To Coast/Mike’s Small Engine Shop; Coffman, George and Valerie; Collins, Joan; Cooper, Stacy and Robert; Cotton Electric Cooperative, Inc.; Cramton Plumbing; Cramton Products; and Crow, Barbara A..
These people, business, churches, and organizations support Marlow. Please support them. If your name is missing, you too can become a part of an organization which works to promote Marlow and the area. Please call or come by the Chamber office. We invite YOU to be a proud member of the Marlow Chamber of Commerce too.
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