August 2012 Newsletter

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95% OF THE WORLD’S CONSUMERS LIVE OUTSIDE OF U.S.…. 5

“Bridging the Americas”

“The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are, first, hard work; second, stick-to-itiveness; third, common sense.”

-Thomas Edison

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August Community Newsletter

IN THIS ISSUE THIS MONTH’S MEMBER PROFILE IS CENTURY LINK & ARIZONA LIFELINE … 4

COMMUNITY EVENTS AROUND SANTA CRUZ COUNTY …… 2-3

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Home of the MEXICAN PRODUCE

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Nogales is the fifth most important inland border entry point for U.S. food and agricultural products. Principal products imported into Mexico through Nogales include fresh fruits and vegetables (64% of total), meat, meat products, and meat for further processing (30%), grains (5%), and planting seeds (1%). Ranked by volume, specific products include apples, pears, grapes, stone fruit, tomatoes, lettuce, broccoli, red meat, pork, poultry, soybeans, wheat, cracked corn, planting seeds, and hogs for reproduction. Mexican exports of agricultural products to the United States through Nogales primarily consist of cattle, tomatoes, hot peppers, cucumbers, oranges, mangoes and peaches. Verification and Inspection Points (VIP´s) in Nogales: There are four facilities authorized by SENASICA to operate as official inspection points (VIPs) for agricultural products. Two VIP’s are located on the U.S. side of the border for fresh/dry fruits and vegetables, planting seeds and grains. An equal number of VIP’s are located on the Mexican side of the border for meat, meat preparations and poultry. Products such as grains cross by rail from Nogales, Arizona, and are inspected on the Mexican side of the border at the Ferromex rail yard. Hogs for reproduction and other live animals are inspected in Nogales, Arizona, at privately owned facilities. *Information was provided through U.S. Department of Agriculture.* For more information contact the Fresh Produce Association at http://www.freshfrommexico.com or at (520) 287-2707.

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From the desk of the CEO Come August—the rains makes the hills green, we at the Chamber of Commerce feel that this is the right time for the business to have the right pace to prosper and grow. In numerous meetings with the business officials and representatives last month, I have been given to understand that the entire economic industry is raving to move ahead but are possibly looking for the right opportunity to hold on. We at the Chamber of Commerce have now taken the initiatives to look at the opportunities that exists, and the incentives that the United States Government are ready to share with us. We have started to share with you - members, the different articles that appears, the different moves that other chambers are taking to take their member teams ahead. Apart from that, as usual we have the regular sections of sharing with you the events of the Chamber and also introducing the new members. Please don’t hesitate to contact the Chamber offices for any information or questions you may have. See you soon! Olivia Ainza-Kramer

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To see more events or learn more about what’s going on in Santa Cruz

County, “LIKE” Nogales - Santa Cruz County

Chamber of Commerce on Facebook or

Visit our Announcements & Calendar of Events page at our website at: www.thenogaleschamber.com

Fun Fact According to Google, the United States currently has 83 medals in total in the

2012 Summer Olympics in London among the five largest countries with

the most athletes in the Olympics.

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CenturyLink is the third largest telecommunications company in the United States. The company provides broadband, voice, wireless and managed services to consumers and businesses across the country. It also

offers advanced entertainment services under the CenturyLink™ Prism™ TV and DIRECTV brands. In addition, the company provides data, voice and managed services to enterprise, government and

wholesale customers in local, national and select international markets through its high-quality advanced fiber optic network and multiple data centers. CenturyLink is recognized as a leader in the network services market by key technology industry analyst firms,

and is a global leader in cloud infrastructure and hosted IT solutions for enterprises through Savvis, a CenturyLink company.

CenturyLink's customers range from Fortune 500 companies in some of the country's largest cities to families living in rural America. Headquartered in Monroe, La., CenturyLink is an S&P 500 company and is

included among the Fortune 500 list of America's largest corporations. For more information, visit www.centurylink.com or contact Francisco Cisneros at phone number:

(520) 287-9231 or at 926 W. Bell Rd., Nogales, AZ 85621.

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Over 3 million people cross through our United States & Mexico ports yearly! Read below on more detailed information and these statistics was provided by the

U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, & Bureau of Transportation Statistics

Learn more from the graphs about how

merchandise exports from

Arizona support the local economy and

jobs.

Information provided by:

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123 W. Kino Park Nogales, AZ 85621 Phone: 520-287-3685 · Fax: 520-287-3687 · E-mail: [email protected] · www.thenogaleschamber.com

August’s customer service award is awarded to:

McDonald’s Restaurants

Nogales Cleaners & Alterations

This month’s newsletter was sponsored by:

Business Fact Chief Executive Magazine ranks

Arizona a Top 10 Place for Business! Business leaders

nationwide agree, Arizona ranks 10th-best in the nation for business climate: taxes and

regulation, quality of workforce and quality of life.

August’s Business of the Month is awarded to:

Edward Jones

Attention all Small Business Owners! Need help tracking and organizing your finances? Need new ideas to grow your business through marketing tactics? Most importantly, what can you do

to grow your business?

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has put

together easy to use downloadable documents to help you with your business! Follow the link:

http://www.uschambersmallbusinessnation.com/toolkits/ for more helpful information!