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MARANA
Marana Chamber of Commerce
3rd Quarter Report for
2005 Calendar Year
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Marana Chamber of Commerce
1 ]881 N. Casa Grande Hiflhway
Marana AZ 8565]
520 682-4]14
www.maranachamber.com
October 2005
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MARANA
DATE:
October 1, 2005
TO:
FROM:
Mayor and Council Members
Ed Stolmaker, Executive Director
SUBJEG:
3rd Quarter Report for 2005 Calendar Year
The fi~ures below show the number of new businesses, revenue, and the
businesses in Marana that joined the Marana Chamber of Commerce
compared to the third quarter of 2004.
3rd qtr of 2005 new members
3rd qtr of 2004 new members
Difference:
16
16
$4190
$2522.50
$1667.50
Revenue
Revenue
+
Marana businesses that joined the Chamber in the 3rd quarter:
Hooters of Marana The Valley Food Box
Atlas Backflow Testin~ Cookie Wa~on
J L & S Electrical Construction LAM-A-TABS
Red Point Development Windemere Real Estate
Sportsman's Warehouse Desi~ns by Diana
Visitor center 3rd quarter statistics
VISITORS 2005 2004
In state visitors 79 119
Out of state visitors 211 298
Forei~n visitors 42 56
TOTALS 332 473
MAIL
Tourism requests
Relocation requests
Business requests
TOTALS
2005
12
18
96
126
2004
11
23
16
50
'138W!N, Cas;] Crande IIighway .. Marana. Arizona 85653 .. Phone 520/ 682-43J4 .. Fax 520/ 682-2303
WEB SITE VISITS
8,778
7,521
Visitor's Center
. The Marana Chamber received a $3000 ~rant from Wal-Mart to make the
followin~ improvements:
o We have added ~ravel to the parkin~ area
o Applied decomposed ~ranite by the side of the buildinQ
o Cleaned out the cactus alon~ the fence area
o Removed the old stora~e shed
o Put pavers around the two utility poles in the parkin~ lot
o Installed a drip system for the trees.
. We have si~ns to desi~nate the two main areas in the visitor's center
o AZ Tourism brochures
o Marana Chamber Business information
Accomplishments in the Third Quarter
Sales for the 2006 Map of Marana were completed on July 1, 2005. The map
will be available the end of December 2005.
The Chamber is now usin~ a new application brochure that the PR/marketin~
committee desi~ned.
The monthly breakfast and luncheon meetin~s are continuously ~rowin~. The
breakfasts have been moved to Roma Caffe' to have more room and because
of the noise at Cracker Barrel.
Our first new member orientation meetin~ was held at the Marana Operation
Center.
The Marana Chamber has created the "Community Builder AwardN which was
established to rec~nize a business which has contributed to buildin~ the
Marana community.
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