The Fairfield Center is pleased to announce the lead sponsor for the Harrisonburg Summit on Supporting Youth and Families in Crisis will be the National Counseling Group!  With their sponsorship, NCG is making a statement of their commitment to the youth and families in the area and keeping the event free and accessible for all ...

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Scribe/Convener: Cathy Strickler First Prebyterian Church 11:45 Attendees: J. Reeves, A. Hagmeier, A. Nielsen, K. Degner Cathy presented information on Sustainable Systems at Work.  This is a packaged discussion course for employees to increase their committment to conserving resources at work - water, energy, food, supplies- and thus save money for the employer.  It consists of readings, discussion questions ...

Scribe: Amy Good    Convener: Jonah Pence, Farmers and Merchants Pennybackers 11:45 Attendees: Jonah Pence, Sarah Prusak, Linda Greene, Milt Matter, Aaron Ludwig, Henryeevs, Kevin Flint, Has Harma, Thorton Tip Parker, Johnny Bar,Henry Reeves & Amy Good What are the current credit standards? There has been a tightening over the last few years in what banks can loan.  There are ...

Scribe/Convener: Troy Lucas       Beyond A    11:45 Attendees: Deb Rhizal, Sam Nickels, Eddie Bumbaugh, Alexis Morehouse, Justin Creasy, Lori Clouse, Bill Ney, Mary Post, Troy Lucas CONCERNS FOR LOCAL BRICK AND MORTAR STORES IN A RECESSION Competing with big box stores: buying power advantages marketing budgets ability to offer "all things" under one roof Maintaining mom and pop shops: simply generating the walk-in ...

Convener/Scribe: Eddie Bumbaugh Earth & Tea Cafe 1:00 Attendees: Eddie Bumbaugh, Alan Finks, Bill Ney, Gary Stiteler, Henry Reeves, Jim Blair, Dereck Criner, David Denman, Benjamin Craig, Anne Lorimer, Joe Grandstaff, Mike Tolbert, Alexis Morehouse An overview of downtown revitalization was presented: Harrisonburg Downtown Renaissance's strategy includes building a base to support businesses by attracting more people to live, work and attend events downtown Since HDR was formed there has ...

Scribe: Joyce Krech        Conveners: Carol Hamilton, Center for Entrepreneurship (CFE), College of Business at JMU Joyce Krech, Assistant Director, Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Cally’s - A    11:45 a.m.    Chuck Boles Attendees: Dereck Criner, Alan Finks, Steve Stein, Noah McBrayer Jones, David Walters, Mitch Ball, Matt Robertson, Frank Tamberrino •  Need for more awareness and connectivity between university and ...

Convener/Scribe: Diana Woodall       Cally's B    1 pm Attendees: Diana Woodall, Jean Buono, Bruce Lundeen, Holly Watts People have so confused many issues. Health care insurance is not health care. The current system is so dysfunctional that consumers (potential customers of your business) are paying so much for health care insurance they don't have the extra money to ...

2:15 Session   Location:  First Presbyterian Convener: Gustavo Maldonado Scribe: Tom Domonoske Participants- Amy Good, Curtis Lambert, Jose Maldonado, Daniel Uribe, Aaron Hagmaier,Mickey Arefaine, Sarah Prusak, Gustavo Lemus Maldonado Jr., Doug Guith, Bruce Lundeen, Tom Domonoske Ideas discussed Jose started out with the downturn in the economy losing jobs and jobs opportunity and need to work together.  The problem of getting people ...

Convener: Jennifer Armstrong, Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor®  Jennifer [at] armstronglane.com Scribe – Christina Rose Topics discussed: QuickBooks Upgrades, when are they necessary?  Intuit requires upgrades every 3 years, but major changes to the software are not made each year.  QuickBooks 2010 has lots of new features that may make an early upgrade worth it.  New features we discussed were Email ...

Scribe: Andrew Royer        Convener: Mike Vanderpool    Cally's B    11:45:00 Attendees: Bruce Lundeen Les Helmuth Jean Buono George Homan Ande Banks Tim Ruebke Mike Vanderpool Andrew Royer Introduction of Valley Apps & Google Apps Quick Explanation of Google Apps capabilities Session has moved into the Google Fiber Experiment discussion What is Google's intention with this experiment? What happened to the downtown WiFi initiative? Would major players like Verizon or Comcast ...

Convener/Scribe: Brent Finnegan       The Artful Dodger    11:45 Attendees: Brent Finnegan, Anne Lorimer, Julia Simmons, Scott Rogers, David Mullens, Mike Tolbert, William Roy, Brandon Amstutz • Why is social media important? • With so many websites out there, how do you rise above the noise? • Using blogs and Facebook to generate leads: members of the group have had varying ...