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A MONTHLY LOOK AT HAPPENINGS IN THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY

ADDRESS40 S. Main St., Suite 10, Spanish ForkPHONE NUMBER(801) 798-8352EMAIL ADDRESSoffice@spanishforkchamber.comWEBSITEwww.spanishfork-chamber.com

Business of the Month

JMart Printing will display the Business of the Month banner during July. Span-ish Fork/Salem Chamber of Commerce members chose the Main Street business by majority vote.

JMart Publishing Company opened 1962, helmed by J.C. Henderson and his wife. Change has come to the business as technology changed; from a web press to digital laser printing and offset presses. The company will take both small and large print jobs.

JMart prints business forms, blue prints, booklets and brochures. JMart offers

graphic design and many finishing options. They do copy jobs on demand.

Surrounded by well-wishers from the Chamber of Commerce, family and friends the following people joined in the photo: Cary Hanks (first row, left to right), Becky McConnell, Lane Henderson, Sharon Norman, Kaye Neves, Dalene Bills, Wes Swenson, Bryan Brailsford and Dawn Da-vis, Terri Williams.

Back row Left to right, Lana Harris, Mike McKell, Dana Robinson, Eric Me-lander, Lance Wilson, and Brad Tanner. Photo by Rich Harris

JMart Printing, Copy Center named Business of Month

Debbie Balzotti

The cross-stitched sign on the door says “Back at 2:00,” but the guys waiting outside on the sidewalk on a hot afternoon don’t really care when he gets back. They couldn’t call for ap-pointments because their barber, Larry Christensen, doesn’t have a phone and doesn’t take appointments.

“I’ve been coming here to this shop on Main Street in Spanish Fork since my first haircut,” said Blair Thomas, 85, who comes once a month from nearby Palmyra. “Sometimes you have to wait in line but he’s worth it. I like his haircuts. I’ve tried other barbers but they don’t do as good. He’s very reasonable at $10 a cut and it’s been that price for years. If you’re younger than 12, it’s $8. He’s busy all the time because he gives a good haircut at a good price and he’s a good guy.”

Standing next to him by the locked front door was Kent Cornaby, 73, who agreed with Thomas and added a few more comments.

“I’ve known Larry all his life and I know he goes to the hospi-tal to give a haircut if someone needs him,” Cornaby said. “He’s dependable and accommodating. I just sit down in the chair and tell him to cut it short and block the back. He’s always con-sistent and he does a nice shave on your neck with the straight razor and hot lather too.”

The Argyle family owned the barber shop before Christensen bought the business and the building. Two sons, Frank C. and Gerald, served male clients seated in the big circa 1900 Theo-a-Kochs barber chairs made about. Their father, Frank, gave hot lather full-face shaves in his chair daily and also cut hair at the family shop.

“I got a call one morning 39 years ago at 6:30 a.m. from Ger-ald Argyle who asked me if I wanted to buy the barber shop,” Christensen said. “I’ve been cutting hair in the same chairs here ever since. I think a lot of people come because they know me. I probably worked hauling hay for them when I was young or I’m related to them. I don’t like change and I’m probably the only business without a phone in Spanish Fork. This old building isn’t even wired for a phone.”

Christensen will have 45 years of barbering experience this fall. He graduated from Utah Barber College in Salt Lake City and was a barber in Evanston, Wyo., before returning to Utah. He and his wife, Nedra, moved to Salem 19 years ago. Although he will turn 65 this year, he enjoys working and doesn’t plan on retiring anytime soon.

“I hope having this story in the newspaper doesn’t get me a lot more customers,” Christensen said. “I do about 20 haircuts a

day and that’s about right. The most I ever did was the day before school when I cut 43. I saw all those bikes lined up along the sidewalk and I knew it was going to be a long day. I don’t go home until I’m finished with my last haircut and it was about 8 p.m. that night. I have customers that I have been cutting their hair since they were in grade school, through marriage and now as grown men.”

Even without a phone, barber’s business thrives

Sharp business sense

Barber Larry Christensen gives Cody Carter (above) and Bernell Banks (right), both of Spanish Fork, a haircut at the shop he owns, Chris’ Barber Shop, in downtown Spanish Fork on Saturday, June 29, 2013.

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Lana Creer-Harris

Spanish Fork’s downtown, from Center to 4th North was de-scribed as having good bones, which are starting to rot, but it has good buildings.

Some buildings on Main Street are spruce and add to the gen-eral positive atmosphere. Other, older buildings are ill-kept with plywood over windows and peeling paint. New buildings are in-terspersed with historic edifices. Spanish Fork faces maintaining a difficult balance: they want to increase development but need to keep a vital down town.

A recent Main Street meeting was centered around Spanish Fork City Planner, Dave Anderson’s, architect’s and Main Street business owner’s ideas for improving shopping and the environ-ment of down town.

“Lots of good facades were lost to fire,” Anderson said. Traf-fic continues to increase on Main Street, but those drivers are not shoppers. “UDOT wants to get as many cars down our Main Street as they can, we want to talk to them, he added.

The ultimate objective to create a shopping destination down-town. “Any plan will need community buy-in, it will take time,” Anderson conceded.

The meeting turned to groups and brainstormed solutions and amassed a list of problems that needed attention.

The solution will require cooperation between the city, build-ing owners and other entities. They listed some points to ponder and some action items:

• Signage•Zoning enforcement•Maintenance

•Aesthetics: lighting, urban amenities and weed control• Implementation of design standards•Providing incentives Anderson reminded the group that once a building is con-

structed the community owns it, so he encouraged thoughtful remodeling and construction.

The group perceived a lack of vision, interest and motivation on the part of some downtown business and building owners.

The experts on the panel thought the city should be first to make the effort. And went on to emphasize the importance of urban amenities, design standards and the investigation of creat-ing a historic district. Mountainland Association of Govern-ments has done downtown redesigns.

There is the potential of seed money from a granting authority to help with improvements.

Lana Creer-Harris

In the 21st year of the Chamber of Commerce/Rotary schol-arship banquet an endowment fund, formed a few years ago, produced $150,000, which allowed everything donated to go to scholarships. The business and humanitarian organizations gave out $27,000 in scholarships on June 18. “Business people are very generous,” said Dr. Tracy Frandsen, scholarship treasurer.

Twenty-seven students walked to the front of the room to re-ceive their scholarship envelope. The tables at the Chillon Recep-tion Center were filled with beaming parents and students. “I want each and every one of you to know how important you are,” Cary Hanks, chamber director told them.

A panel judges the applications, but does not know who submit-ted them. Once the school district receives the scholarship appli-cations all identifying information is removed.

Dr. Richard Nielsen was the keynote speaker. “I know family and friends and other cheerleaders stand behind you,” he said.

Scholarships for $1000 were awarded to: Allora George, Alondra Moreno, Ashlee Gordon, Casey Tanner, Colton Hill, Cy Jones, Fatima Lopez, Gabriela Mireles, Haley Hoover, Hallie Brown, Hannah Raine, Joedi Ann Brown, Jamie Cook, Kalee Si-mons, Kristen Olsen, Madeline Miller, McKenzie Packard, Miriam Lozano, Nicole Clausen, Rosalba Ortiz, Samantha McConnell, Sarah Lady, Shalee Hiskey, Taylor Baum and Tyler Tuckett.

Scholarship recipients came from every high school in the Nebo School District, with the exception of Landmark High School. Scholarship recipients gathered for a group photo after they were each awarded $1000 at the Rotary/Chamber of Commerce Scholarship

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Calendar of EventsFiesta Days Sidewalk Sales When: Friday-Tuesday, July 19-23, except Sunday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.Where: Main Street, Spanish Fork

Ribbon Cutting for Erika Davis Farmer’s Insurance AgencyWhen: Thursday, July 25, noon.Where: 265 N. Main St. Ste. 108

Spanish Fork Farmer’s MarketWhen: Saturdays from July 27-Nov. 2, 8 a.m.-1 p.m.Where: 100 W. Center St.

WIBSUC Connections LuncheonWhen: Wednesday, July 31, 11:30 a.m.Where: Salem Civic CenterWhat: Come and network your business with other women in business in south Utah County. This month’s speaker will be Judith Rasband. Cost: $8 for members, $10 for non-membersContact: www.spanishforkchamber.com

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Utah County Senator Deir-dre Henderson (R) spoke at the June meeting of the Wom-en in Business of South Utah County (WIBSUC).

The freshman senator re-counted instances from her first session and told the group there were few women in poli-tics in Utah because, she be-lieved, they were intimidated by the magnitude of the job.

“We need more women in these positions,” she said. “Don’t take council from your fears, get out of your comfort zone.”

Senator Henderson spoke about the need for prepared-ness and used cell phone companies Nokia and Ericsson as examples. When their sole chip maker reported a fire Eric-sson decided to wait until the

company was back online, and it took much longer than ex-pected. Nokia sought out other suppliers and took action to ensure they would never be de-pendant on one source again.

“That tiny fire made Erics-son lose the cell phone war,” she stated.

The State of Utah is facing a fire she warned. “Forty percent of money spent by the state is federal money. The fiscal situa-tion is unsustainable.”

Senator Henderson and oth-ers concerned about financial readiness formed Federal Funds Commission and are taking a fiscal assessment of Utah’s de-pendence on federal dollars.

She went on to say women were under represented in government and business. “We need your voice,” she said. She encouraged the women to get involved. “Things that hap-

pen on a local level are easier to change. Go to caucuses, get involved,” she suggested.

During the Q&A session she said that most of the problems she’s had in the capitol have come from women. “We have to support each other, it’s a lonely place to be when you are the only woman on a com-mittee,” she concluded.

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When the Fiesta Days carnival moves off the parking lot at City Hall, the Farmer’s Market is ready to fill it again. Spanish Fork’s Farmer’s Market, a Spanish Fork/Salem Chamber of Commerce event, opens July 27.

What began in 1991 as a loose confederation of local farmers, has become an organized function with assigned stalls and sanitation adherence.

Spanish Fork’s Farmer’s Market is the sole Produce Only market in Utah County. It specializes in locally grown produce and local growers. More than just a place to buy veggies and fruit, it is a family reunion for the entire area. Old friends, distant relatives, long ago class mates meet on the sidewalk flanked by the produce stalls.

Spanish Fork’s Farmer’s Market, located at 50 W. Center St., runs 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturdays from July 27 through Nov. 2.

“We help put fresh produce on your table,” wrote Cary Hanks, Chamber of Commerce Director.

Spanish Fork Farmer’s Market features McMullin Fruit, Hayward Honey, Gordon Farms Produce, Cornaby’s Raspberries, Harward’s Produce, Abeez Honey, Roberts Organic Produce, West Mountain Wheat, Fower’s Fruit and Volker’s Bread.

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A prestigious event is coming to the Spanish Fork rodeo arena next year.

“The PRCA will be bringing in the top 10 contestants in each rodeo event, along with the very best stock for a one-night performance next year,” Spanish Fork Mayor Wayne Andersen told attendees at the Nebo Economic Summit on Thursday. “We will be one of only 12 locations nationally that will be participating. The event will be televised nationally and will bring expo-sure to Spanish Fork and south Utah County.”

Approximately 95 business owners and com-munity members gathered in Payson for the annual summit, hosted this year by the Payson Chamber of Commerce. This year attendees par-ticipated in a variety of classes, heard from key-note speakers and were some of the first to hear about new projects and developments in south Utah County.

“We hold the summit each year so that our local business owners and members of the com-munity can network and be informed,” Carolyn

Bowman said. “ It is a benefit for people to attend because they are educated and learn things that can help them as a business owner.”

Attendees participated in three meeting ses-sions and could choose between a variety of classes including Small Business Administration, Social Media, Healthcare Taxes, Life Balancing and a new program that will help local chambers better assist local businesses, Chamber Nation.

Chamber Nation is a business that pulls to-gether the pieces needed to build and support chamber membership, assist member businesses in increasing revenue and provide technology to build a strong local economy that is strong. Chamber Nation is based in California and Reno, Nev., and currently helps 170 chambers and their business members in 43 states.

Recently chambers in Lehi, American Fork, Pleasant Grove, Springville, Spanish Fork, Salem, Payson and Santaquin joined Chamber Nation by paying a small fee each month for each of their members. Chamber members benefit by having Chamber Nation do the work for them. Chamber Nation combines a website and membership man-

agement system with a membership development system to grow and retain membership.

“All of our services are free to chamber mem-bers whose chamber participates,” said Richard Scully, founder and managing partner of Cham-ber Nation. “We provide a lot of mobile applica-tions as well as classes and training. We like to work with local businesses and help them find out what their customers want, which in turn can help these businesses better advertise.”

Mayors from south Utah County also had the opportunity to share growth, development and upcoming projects with those in attendance.

Eric Buchanan, representative for Payson Mayor Rick Moore, spoke about the new veterans home, the upcoming Tour of Utah and the LDS temple, which should be completed in 2015.

In addition to his rodeo announcement, An-dersen shared the excitement of having Costco come to Spanish Fork as well as Canyon Creek, a major retail development, which will be coming to the area.

“Having this new developments brings in a lot of outsiders to spend money in our city,” Ander-

sen said. “This helps us with our sales tax base. I am glad we are able to have these developments outside of our residential areas so that we can maintain our pristine, quiet neighborhoods.”

Andersen also shared an exciting event that will be coming to the city’s new arena.

With these many developments, Andersen said he plans to address downtown Spanish Fork and said the new economic developments will bring people into the local businesses.

“I have been able to be a part of the greatest era of growth as well as one of the largest eco-nomic downturns,” said Andersen.

The summit finished with keynote speaker Dave Thurman, Adobe’s campus site manager.

“I learned a lot about our area and that Utah County has the youngest population in the work-force,” Karen Young with Checknet said. “There have been a lot of interesting speakers and topics.”

The Spanish Fork Chamber of Commerce will host the Nebo Economic Summit for 2014. For questions about Chamber Nation, chamber mem-bers are encouraged to contact their local chamber or visit www.chambermembershipcard.com.

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