News from the Cedar City Area Chamber of Commerce
Nominations Accepted for 2009 Banquet Chair
Chamber Members will Select Chair Via EMail Vote
Being a member of the Cedar City Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors is a great opportunity to establish a prestigious presence and display leadership talents in the business community and the community at large. This is a great networking opportunity and a wonderful way to develop valuable business skills. Whether you or someone you know wants to build a better network, hone business skills or create an impressive resume, volunteering to work on the chamber board is a wise idea.
The Cedar City Area Chamber of Commerce is seeking nominations for a 2009 Awards and Installation Banquet Chair. Chamber members at large will be invited to vote for next year's banquet chair via e-mail, Aug. 1 through 5. Please feel free to nominate yourself. The banquet chair will be required to build a committee of reliable professionals to plan and execute the 2009 Awards and Installation Banquet. This event is one of the community's premier business and social events. The Awards and Installation Banquet has been a tradition in Cedar City for nearly 60 years. It is intended to bring members of the business community together to recognize individuals and organizations that have gone above and beyond to make a difference in our community. At this event new board members and leaders are installed to their positions with the chamber.
The 2009 Awards and Installation Banquet chair and committee will:
- Set a date and secure a location for the 2009 banquet
- Help the chamber's executive committee develop a realistic budget for the banquet
- Publicize and collect nominations for awards to be presented
- For a nomination selection committee
- Review all nominations and select winners
- Notify winners
- Collect relevant personal information and photographs from each winner
- Distribute and sell tickets for the banquet
- Work with caterer/facilities manager to arrange for meals, room set-up, decorations, etc.
- Arrange for publicity
- Collect information for the banquet program and work with printer to publish program and tickets
- Create an informal marketing plan
- Other duties as the relate to the planning and execution of the event
Send nominations for Cedar City Area Chamber of Commerce 2009 Awards & Installation Banquet along with the name you are submitting for consideration (please feel free to nominate yourself), a brief description of relevant qualifications, and contact information for you and the individual you are nominating to chamberprez@infowest.comdirector@infowest.com. You may also fax nominations to 435-586-4022 or send typed nominations to: and/or
Cedar City Area Chamber of Commerce
581 N. Main
Cedar City, UT 84720
Third Annual Wildflower Festival Blooms at Cedar Breaks
Wildflower specialists and volunteers will be available beginning at 10am daily during the festival to provide information. Festival highlights include guided walks, photography workshops, Junior Ranger scavenger hunts, and Zion Canyon Field Institute Classes. Guided hikes, which will meet at the Visitor Center, will be offered twice a day during all 18 days of the festival. The hikes will take place at 10am and 1pm. Kids activities include a Junior Ranger ‘Wildflower Scavenger Hunt’, beginning at the Visitor Center which will be held at 3pm every Friday and Saturday during the Festival. On the 19th of July the park will offer a free photography workshop at 10:00 AM. This workshop entitled: “Wildflower Photography for Beginners” is open to amateur photographers of all ages and ability levels. Throughout the Festival, the visitor center will be hosting an ongoing electronic display of wildflower images, provide free wildflower photography tip sheets, as well as offering discounts on wildflower related books and sales items.
Lastly, the park will host several Zion Canyon Field Institute (ZCFI) classes to round out the schedule. The classes include: “Wildflower Photography: Cedar Breaks” on Tuesday, the 8th, “Wildflower Journaling at Cedar Breaks” on the 10th, , and “Lifezones II: Zion to Cedar Breaks” on the 12th. Please contact ZCFI at 435-772-3264 for more information and to pre- register.
Cedar Breaks National Monument is located 23 miles east of Cedar City, along Highway 148 between Highway 14 and Brian Head. The park entrance fee is $4.00 per person ages 16 and older. Those traveling to the Festival should come prepared for cool weather at 10,000 feet: Daytime temperatures could be in the 60s and summer thunderstorms frequently rise over the mountain
Updated Festival events and activities, reference lists and more are available for downloading at the Cedar Breaks National Monument website: www.nps.gov/cebr . Schedules and events are also available at the Visitor Center and at the Monument’s administrative office in Cedar City which is located at 2390 W. HWY 56 Suite #11. Call 435-586-0787 or 435-586-9451 for more information.
Cedar Breaks National Monument will be celebrating 75 years since the dedication during 2008. Watch for and join us in special events that will take place to help celebrate this benchmark year.
