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December 2009 (Click here to see our member ribbon cuttings!)
"Chamber Chatter"

A very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you all, from the Brookfield Chamber of Commerce. I want to complement how beautiful the old cabin & tree look this holiday season. Santa sat there after the parade listening to the kiddies, and it was a beautiful backdrop for all the pictures being taken. I want to thank Michael & Joy Munsterman for Santa’s goodie bags. The kids loved them!!! The white lights on the Main Street trees were again donated by Wal-Mart, thank you - thank you… and a special thank you to Charlie & Carl from the Building & Grounds Department who came to my rescue and hung all those white lights…Charlie has a knack for light hanging as you can tell by his own house decorations on the corner of Livingston & Park. Thank you also to Greg Zahner & his crew (Street Dept.) for getting all the Christmas banners & ornaments hung again this year. Last but not least... love the lights atop the underpass…excellent!!!

Chamber Lunch was today at “A Step Back in Time” with speaker Kay Malins, representative for the Missouri Hwy 36 Heritage Alliance. The completion of Hwy 36 from St Joe to Hannibal is scheduled for July 2010 with focus on tourism & economic development along the Hwy 36 corridor. You may go to this website to learn more and/or become a member: http://www.stjomo.com/hwy36.aspx. Please join us any time at Chamber Lunch - the third Wednesday of every month at Noon. After saying that, there will be “NO" January Chamber Lunch while Janice gets a well deserved holiday!!! See you on February 17th!!!

The YMCA Auction Fundraiser was a huge success last Friday evening. They raised over $8400 at the auction. The Mission of the YMCA is to put Christian principles into practice through programs that build a healthy spirit, mind and body for all!!! Your donations and purchases at the Fundraiser made that possible for yet another year. The “Y” is a positive asset to our community for young and old. Thanks for all your support.

The Brookfield Holiday Parade “Float Winners” are: 1st place – McLarney Manor (winner of $75) and 2nd Place Trinity Methodist Church (winner of $50). Congratulations and thank you!!! What a great surprise to have Bravo Battery, 1/129th FA come with some of their really big military vehicles. Also my thanks to the Tri County Shriners... its not a parade without you!!! Everyone that participated was greatly appreciated.

“Fridays Fabulous Finds” has moved to 210 N. Main Street, next door to Green Hills Pharmacy. Their new hours are: Tue-Fri 10-6, Sat 10-2, and any other time by appointment. FFF’s has new and gently used name brand clothing for the entire family.

Citizens Bank and Trust is serving cookies and wassail to say "Thank You" to their customers this Thursday and Friday, Dec. 17 and 18. Hope you can make it!! Prize given away each day!!!

The Chamber Business Window Decorating judging will take place the evening of December 18th. Please call the chamber to be included!!!

This Saturday, December 19, is the last “Free Movie Matinee” at Reel Time Cinema. The movie will be “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” and will be shown at 12 noon. Please bring a toy or canned goods to help those less fortunate. To reach the theatre call 258-2224 or on the web at www.reeltimecinema.com.

New business “Pig Skin BBQ & Pub” will be opening before the Christmas Holidays. Owner Michael Wessing is another of our hometown, young entrepreneurs, come back to settle in Brookfield. The new Pub has a lot of nostalgia, like the bar stools that used to be in the old Cisco Brown Drug Store/Morgans Market and the swinging door into the kitchen that came from old Ri-Mar’s Master Market. Michael is focusing on a Brookfield Sports theme, so if you have any old pictures or memorabilia to pass along it will have a place of honor!!! Located at 119 E. Brooks next to Doc Pitts office, the Pig Skin BBQ & Pub will be open 7 days a week. To reach them, call 660-258-2600. (I will always remember this phone number because it was the old # for Graff Trailer Sales for over 40 years.) Michael & his dad, Bob Wessing, have been rebuilding and remodeling the old building since this summer. You will not believe the remarkable transformation. Oh, it’s also a “No Smoking” facility!!! Yea!!! Ribbon Cutting in a couple weeks. Keep watching!!!

Shop Brookfield for the Holidays campaign only has one week to go. 25 Brookfield merchants are participating and one lucky winner will receive over $1400 in gifts and certificates. The winner will be drawn on December 22. Be watching and listening for where you can go and register. What a great Christmas some lucky person will have!!!

First Missouri National Bank will have refreshments Monday, December 21 through Thursday, December 24 for Customer Appreciation.

Solo Tire, Lawn & Quick Lube and Solo Cycle will be closing from NOON 12/24/09 and reopening again on 1/4/2010.

VFW Post 4557 will start serving breakfast Saturday, January 9. Come enjoy pancakes & sausage and/or biscuits & gravy. This is a fund raiser for the VFW, and your attendance would be appreciated. It’s Saturday mornings starting at 6am... located at 114 E. Wood Street. Cost is a free-will donation.

Parks and Recreation Annual Indoor Yard Sale will be starting the 1st weekend in February. Karen Grant is accepting items at the Burris Center; and you can call 258-5644 for drop-off information. Giving to the P&R Yard Sale is investing back into Brookfield.

Brookfield Bucks...Brookfield Bucks...Brookfield Bucks... Your local merchants need your business. Don’t know what to give for Christmas? Brookfield Bucks can be the answer to all your gift giving. They don’t have an expiration date and virtually every business in Brookfield will take them. Use them just like a gift certificate that works for the entire town!!! They can be purchased at the Chamber office with no additional expense to the buyer, shopper, or the merchant. Already this holiday, $14,000 worth of Brookfield Bucks have been sold in $5, $10 & $25 denominations!!! Thanks to BAGP, Brookfield R-3, Brookfield Public Library, the City of Brookfield, Brookfield Fabricating, Excelsior Manufacturing, McLarney Manor, Pershing Memorial Hospital and the many individuals that have helped our community by purchasing Brookfield Bucks to keep their shopping local!!! Thank you.

If you have any questions on anything in the Chamber Chatter, just call the chamber office @ 660-258-7255 or e-mail us. The Chamber is here to assist in bettering our community in any way we can by offering information about our area, welcoming new businesses and families, hosting special events to attract visitors and enhance shopping. Till next month… Give thanks for what we do have... Travel Safely... “Shop Local”... Recycle... Give to those less fortunate... and thanks for reading “CHAMBER CHATTER”!!! See ya next year!!!