Come by and say “hello” to renew acquaintance or meet new faces!!

The Chamber of Commerce office building on Market and 7th St will be one of the shuttle pick up points.

The Meeker Chamber of Commerce hosted a County Commissioner Candidate Forum July 28th at Mountain Valley Bank community room. The candidates, Shawn Bolton, Wendy Gutierrez and Pat Hughes each answered ten questions that had been preselected from all the priority questions sent in from members. Following this, the floor was opened up for questions. With seventy-five plus attending the event, clear and specific questions were directed to the candidates with equally concise responses.

This venue provided a perspective from the candidates that especially pertained to business and issues that concern them.

Don’t forget: August 10th is the Primary Election!

MEEKER SAND AND GRAVEL hosted a “yummy” BBQ on July 29th with over sixty in attendance! It proved to be quite an impressive evening with interesting information given about the operations and progress of this 31 year old company, delicious bbq chicken and brats with all the fixin’s, great conversations and networking and awesome prizes with the ultimate winner receiving tickets to Toby Kieth!!And… the weather was perfect! After a rainy day, the clouds cleared and the guests enjoyed ‘just right’ temperatures for the fun evening.

Thanks to the Conrado’s and all who helped them to host this successful evening!

There was a good turn out which provided a wonderful opportunity for guests who had come to our area and families who wanted to teach their children about our heritage.

A memorial park is in process of being constructed on location by the Rio Blanco Historical Society. Donations are being accepted to complete this project.

2010 marked Meeker’s 125th Rodeo, a wonderful opportunity to celebrate BIG!

Each year, the Meeker Chamber of Commerce hosts the Downtown Events: with lots of musical talent on hand, gospel concert Sunday morning before parade, vendor booths, dunk tank, watermelon contest,  lots of delicious food including pancake breakfast Sunday morning, Bank Robbery re-enactment, full carnival and more…

CONCERT with Neal McCoy was awesome!!! He is such a nice guy and great entertainer!

Photos in slide show provided by Gidget Jones Photography – Range Call 2009 and Ellene Meece Downtown 4th 2010

The $2000 level sponsorship was made possible by our energy companies: EnCana, Enterprise, Mesa Energy, Whiting and Williams!

This week, your chamber has a booth at this exciting event in Craig, June 8-10! We are distributing promotional materials for our members and letting the attendees from all over the state know what Meeker, Colorado has to offer!

Colorado FFA is dedicated to making a positive difference in the lives of students by developing their potential for premier leadership, personal growth and career success through agricultural education.

Thursday, Rocky Mountain Bowstrings was showcased at our Business After Hours with 28 in attendance. What an impressive business we have right here in our own hometown! Thank you, Bill, Erma and Dave for your hospitality, an informative tour and an opportunity for our members to network!

SATURDAY, MAY 22nd at the FAIRFIELD CENTER, marked the return of our first Afterbirth Ball! Guests who attended were from all age groups – 18 months to over 90 years with both local and out of area representation including Iowa and Brooklyn, New York.

Thank you to our wonderful Energy Companies: EnCana, Enterprise, Mesa Energy, Whiting and Williams who wanted to help us make this a night to remember by sponsoring the come back of the Afterbirth Ball. Their financial support made this a ‘free admission’ occasion and helped us also sponsor the FFA Leadership Education Series at the State Convention in June!

The FFA Chapter were impressively present to publicly receive the $2000 at the beginning of the evening.

Chuck Larsen, the famous Cowboy Poet from Wyoming brought his humor and entertaining poetry to the attentive crowd who shared uninhibited laughter as he recited farming and ranching poetic tales.

MAINLINE Band with David Main of Meeker and Jim Ayers, Tom Allen and Brett Smithers provided the music for the evening. Guests, young and old alike,  loved their musical style and immediately joined others on the floor as they kicked up their heels and danced the night away.

The Art and Photography Contest was definitely an aspect of the evening worth bringing back. The winners won $50 cash prizes! Gidget Jones was the winner of the baby farm and ranch animals category with her photography of “Sweetie Pie” an adorable domestic rabbit. Pat Daggett was the winner of the working farm and ranch animals category with her pastel art work of  “Shooting the Breeze” and she also was the winner of the general farm and ranch animals category with “Happiness is a Warm Sheep Dog.” Pat generously donated back the cash prize of her second winning to the chamber to seed toward next year’s Afterbirth Ball.

The Appetizer Dip Contest was a smash hit!! It was opened up to all restaurants and catering services and Fiesta Guadalajara, Bistro on Park Avenue, MaFamiglia and Meeker Cafe enthusiastically responded with eloquent displays of their specialty dips. The guests enjoyed sampling and voting for their favorite. The winner of this event was Meeker Cafe who was awarded a $50 Gift Certificate to MGM Co-op. Congratulations to Phil and Vicki who were also celebrating a wedding anniversary on that very day!

The Lions Club provided professional services throughout the evening with their Cash Bar which was appreciated!

This event also donated money toward the Youth Scholarship 4-H Project fund by placing decorated boots around the room for donations.

THANK YOU to:

Rio Blanco Herald Times
who compiled the most incredible edition of the newspaper on May 20th to bring agriculture awareness and education to everyone! Thanks Jeff and team!

The Library, Historical Society and Museum
who each one provided invaluable information for the newspaper articles.

Recreation District

(Kari Jo Stevens) who shared her wonderful creativity to help decorate!

Community Supporter, Sam Stranathan
who had the dream, shared his writing skills and gave of his time and energy to see it all happen.

It was delicious Italian catering this time! (By Ma Famiglia!! Good job, Henry and Chris!)

Diana Jones, a new face in town,  delighted in meeting the thirty guests who attended and sharing the history of her grandfather’s business and  her own dreams for Meeker Drug in this community. If you missed this fun event, go by the Drug Store and get acquainted! Diane and Dawn have a passion to drive their grandfather’s philosophy of business and customer service.