President Letters

April 1, 2024

Dear Fellow Chamber members,

Happy Easter to all of you from all of us at the Sullivan County Chamber of Commerce. We hope you enjoy your Easter season.

We want to Thank all of you that attended our annual banquet on March 12th. Our thanks to Mayor JD Wilson for being our featured speaker. A big thank you to Joe’s Italian food and Alyssa’s custom cakes for proving food and dessert.

We hope you are making plans to enjoy the solar eclipse on Monday, April 8th. There are several view opportunities in the County. One place is the Sullivan Civic Center lawn where there is a free block party with games, music and activities planned. Food trucks and Meier winery will also be there.

Our next coffee chat will be Thursday, May 23rd at 8am. Location will be at Kat a Korner. Our featured speaker will be Jenny from IU school of Social Work!

If you would like to become a member of our Chamber of Commerce, please contact our executive director Brandy Wolfe at 812-905-0131 or office@sullivancountychamber.com, She can give you all the benefits and advantages of becoming a chamber member.

Please feel free to call our office for any assistance that we may bring to you. Our office hours are Monday thru Friday 9:00 A.M. -4:00P.M. Our phone number is 812-905-0131 and email is office@sullivancountychamber.com

Sincerely,

John Montgomery, President

March 1, 2024

Dear Fellow Chamber members,

We would like to remind all of you to purchase your tickets for this years Chamber banquet on March the 12th. Tickets are available at the Sullivan County Chamber office 25 S. Main St. Sullivan or online at ticket. Tickets are once again $25.00 and this includes dinner and the entire show. Our featured speaker this year is our new Mayor here in Sullivan, JD Wilson. Mayor Wilson will be giving you an update on the City of Sullivan. Our meal will be catered by Joe’s Italian foods and desserts from Alyssa’s Custom Cakes and Treats.

Our next coffee chat will be in April. More details will be coming soon.

Sincerely,

John Montgomery, President

Feb. 1, 2024

Dear Fellow Chamber members,

The Sullivan County Chamber of Commerce would like to thank Michele Smith for being such a wonderful guest at our latest coffee chat in Jan. Her program was talking about the Salvation Army and it was extremely informative. Michele is truly one resident of Sullivan who takes time to care.

We would like to remind everyone once again that the annual banquet is Tuesday, March 12th if you have not purchased your tickets, please do so by contacting the Chamber of Commerce. Once again tickets re $25.00 and our featured speaker will be our new Mayor J.D. Wilson. Our meal will be catered by Joe’s Italina Foods and we will have a cash bar provided by LA Pachanga. Dessert by Alyssa’s Custom Cakes and Treats. We will have social hour starting at 5 followed by the banquet starting at 6. Once again, this year the event will be held at the Sullivan Civic Center.

Sincerely,

John Montgomery, President

Jan. 2, 2024

Dear Fellow chamber members,

Happy New year to all of you from all of us here at the Chamber. 2023 was a wonderful year for the Chamber and we look forward to an even better year in 2024.

We would like to remind all of you of our annual banquet on Tue March 12 with doors opening at 5pm and meal starting at 5:45. We are excited to announce our new mayor JD Wilson will be our featured speaker. Tickets will be available soon and we hope you make plans to join us.

Also, we would like to invite you to our first coffee chat of 2024 which will be held on Thur. Jan 18th at Kat a Korner. Our featured speaker will be Michele Smith with Sullivan County Salvation Army. Please make plans to attend.

Sincerely,

John Montgomery, President

Dec. 1, 2023

Dear Fellow chamber members,

Happy Holidays from all of us at the Sullivan County Chamber. As you are shopping during this holiday season, we highly recommend that you shop with our local merchants. A great gift idea is a gift certificate from the Sullivan County Chamber of Commerce good at over 40 participating businesses.

We want to thank all of you who attended or were of our many vendors at our Holiday Market and Expo. We had a record attendance for our event with 869 people. Also, we would like to say a big thank you to everyone that donated canned goods to our community food pantry. Your generosity is very much appreciated. Congratulations to Tina Fulk. She was the winner of our $100.00 gift certificate.

Make plans to be a part of Light up the Night Sullivan Christmas Contest starting Dec. 5th running through Dec. 17th. Please go to the Chamber Facebook page to read about all the rules, regulations and prizes.

We wish you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Sincerely,

John Montgomery, President

Nov. 1, 2023

Dear Fellow chamber members,

We would like to remind all of you to please make plans to attend our 2023 Holiday market and expo. It will be this month, Nov. 18th at the Sullivan Civic Cener form 9-1pm. We will have over 40+ vendors once again at our event along with Santa Claus the first 100 children will receive a free t-shirt that they can color. All kids are able to do a craft with Hoosier Energy. The admission is free and if you bring a canned good item, you will be registered to win a $100.00 gift certificate.

All of us here at the Chamber proudly support all Veteren’s here in Sullivan County and wish them and their families a happy Veterans Day.

As we approach the holiday season make sure to shop local first, especially our Chamber. The Sullivan County Chamber of Commerce wishes you and your family a Happy Thanksgiving.

Sincerely,

John Montgomery, President

Oct. 1, 2023

Dear Fellow chamber members,

Fall is here and all of us here at the Sullivan County Chamber of commerce would like to congratulate The Sullivan Rotary Club for another wonderful corn festival. We hope you were able to enjoy with your family.

We would like to remind you once again that our next coffee chat will be on Tue. Oct 24th at Kat a Korner. It will start at 8am and the topic will be Vital4Life Recovery Clinic for Opioid Use Disorder with guest speaker Erin LeDune.

We are less than 2 months away from the Holiday Market and Expo 2023. Just so you know it is on Sat. Nov 18th from 9am-1pm. We hope you are all able to attend.

Make plans to help out Heart of Sullivan on Thur. Oct 26th at the Civic Center at 6pm. See a Heart of Sullivan member for your ticket.

Sincerely,

John Montgomery, President

Sept. 1, 2023

Dear Fellow chamber members,

All of us here at the Sullivan County Chamber of commerce hope you have a safe and enjoyable Labor Day Weekend.

The Sullivan County chamber of commerce would like to thank everyone that came to our last coffee chat at Kat a Korner and to our guest speakers from First Financial Bank. They presented an eye-opening topic in regards to the latest business fraud.

We would like to remind everyone of the office being closed the week of September 11th and will reopen again on Monday, Sept. 18th. Just in time for the annual Rotary Corn Festival! We hope everyone is able to get out and enjoy the 4-day event!

Our junior Chamber members the Sullivan County CEO program is having a breakfast social on Sept. 19th from 7:30-8:30 at the hospital financial center. Everyone is invited to attend and see what this program is all about!

Our next coffee chat is on Tue. Oct. 24th with guest speaker Erin LeDune, with Sullivan County Community Hospital. The topic will be Vital4Life Recovery Clinic for Opioid use disorder. All Chamber members are welcome to come and we look forward to seeing you there!

Save the date for the Annual Holiday Market and Expo. It will be Sat. Nov. 18th at the Sullivan Civic Center from 9am-1pm. It looks to be another great Market!

Sincerely,

John Montgomery, President

Aug 1, 2023

Dear Fellow chamber members,

The Sullivan County chamber of commerce would like to offer our congratulations the Sullivan co fair board for an excellent fair! We also would like to congratulate Farm Bureau Inc for record breaking sales of their milkshakes, which all profits go back to Sullivan co 4H.

We would like welcome back all students and faculty to the Sullivan County schools. All of us here at the Sullivan County Chamber hope you have a wonderful school year.

Our next coffee chat is on Tue. Aug 15th at Kat Korner Diner at 8am featuring our Chamber Vice President David Wright (with First Financial bank) discussing the increase in Business Fraud! All Chamber members are welcome to come and we look forward to seeing you there!

We have a few spaces for this year’s Holiday Market and Expo! Contact Brandy for your application today!

Sincerely,

John Montgomery, President

July 5, 2023

Dear Fellow chamber members,

All of us here at the Sullivan County Chamber of commerce hope you enjoyed your 4th of July Holiday Weekend. Thank you to the Sullivan County Park and Lake for hosting a wonderful 4th of July weekend.

We want to thank all of you who came out to the Ice Cream Social. It was so great to see you all. It was another big success. All money raised was donated to the tornado relief efforts. We appreciate your supporting us with helping with this cause.

We hope you are making plans to be at the Sullivan Co 4H fair. Remember the fair this year is July 15-22nd. Remember to enjoy the wonderful amenities in the City of Sullivan this summer. Including the wonderful City pool.

By the way, it is not too early to reserve a space for this year’s Holiday Market and Expo! Contact Brandy for your application today!

Sincerely,

John Montgomery, President

June 1, 2023

Dear Fellow chamber members,

We hope you enjoyed your holiday weekend and this summertime weather! The Sullivan Co Chamber of Commerce is making final preparations for this year’s ice cream social. The ice cream social this year will be on June 30th this year at Baeslers Market from 11-2 We certainly want to thank Bob Baesler and his staff for all their help in helping with this event. Also, a big thank you to Gina Mills Country financial for donating the bowls.

By the way, it is not too early to reserve a space for this years Holiday Market and Expo! Contact Brandy for your application today!

Sincerely,

John Montgomery, President

May 1, 2023

Welcome to spring time! The Sullivan County Chamber of commerce invites you to our spring time coffee chat on Tue May 9th. We will have our friends from Ohio Valley Gas and Stephen Clark from the SBA talking about tornado disaster recovery. This will be held at the Kat a Korner. It starts and 8am and all members are welcome and encouraged to come.

We are very excited to announce our Ice Cream social will be held on Friday June 30th from 11am-2pm at the Baesler’s parking lot. All proceeds raised at this event will be donated to the Tornado recovery relief. So please make plans to come and enjoy some great ice cream and help in our tornado recovery.

Sincerely,

John Montgomery, President

April 1, 2023

Dear fellow chamber members,

A huge thank you to all of you who attended our Annual Banquet on March 16th. Congratulations to all of the award winners and a huge thank you to all of our wonderful sponsors especially Springer Insurance and Financial Services our presenting sponsor and to Troy Wolfe for helping with our sound system.

Thank you to our outstanding speakers Danielle Isbelle and Abby Desboro co executive directors of the United Way of the Wabash Valley.

Make plans to join us Tue. May 9th at Kat a Korner for our Quarterly Coffee Chat. our featured speakers will be our good friends from Ohio Valley Gas. It will start at 8am we look forward to seeing you there.

Thank you to all who attended our ribbon cutting at Misfit and please join us on April 6th for our next ribbon cutting at Recovery Café at 3pm

Sincerely,

John Montgomery, President

March 1, 2023

Dear fellow chamber members,

Spring is around the corner and I want to remind all of you that tickets are available today for purchase for our annual banquet. Our banquet will be held on Thur. March 16th at the Sullivan Civic Center. Social hour begins at 5pm with the banquet starting at 6pm. Our featured speaker this year will be The United Way of the Wabash Valley. The tickets are $25.00 a piece and we hope to see you there!

We would like to say a big thank you to all of our fine sponsors for making this event possible including our presenting sponsor Springer Insurance and Financial Services. Along with the banquet please take time to take part in our silent auction where we will be having many items you may bid on. Cocktails will be available beginning at 5pm and dinner at 6pm. We look forward to seeing you at our banquet.

If you have any questions, please contact our office.

Sincerely,

John Montgomery, President

Feb. 1, 2022

Dear fellow Chamber members,

We hope that your 2023 has been off to a good start. We can’t wait to see you at our banquet on March 16th at the Civic Center, Tickets will be available soon. We will have a wonderful catered meal from Union Station Café and dessert Alyssa’s Custom Cake and Treats. Our featured Speaker once again United Way of the Wabash Valley. So please make plans to attend.

On Feb. 28th will be our quarterly coffee chat at Kat a Korner. It will start at 8am. Our speakers will be Jordan Orwig with the Sullivan County Public Library and Zach Pies with WTWO. Please make plans to join us.

Sincerely,

John Montgomery, President

Jan. 3, 2023

Dear fellow Chamber members,

Happy New Year to all of you from all of us at the Sullivan County Chamber. We hope you had a wonderful time celebrating with your family and friends. We here at the Chamber are very excited for 2023 and we look forward to working with you again this year.

We have a wonderful banquet coming up in March. Be looking in the Feb. newsletter for more details. Save the date for Thur. March 9th at the Sullivan Civic Center.

Our next Coffee Chat will be Tue. Feb. 28th, 8am at Kat a Korner. Make plans to attend!

We hope this year will be a happy, healthy and prosperous year for all of our chamber members.

Sincerely,

John Montgomery, President

Dec. 1, 2022

Dear fellow Chamber members,

The Holiday Market and Expo was a huge success. We had record attendance, record number of exhibitors and record number of children came to see Santa Claus! We want to thank all of you who donated canned goods to our program. We had a record number of canned goods that we donated to the Sullivan County Community Kitchen. We thank you all very much for making this the most successful event to date! Thank you to the CEO jr. chamber members for all of your help! We are making plans for the 2023 Holiday Market and Expo!

Congratulations to Lena Rhinehart for winning the $100.00 chamber gift certificate.

Please make plans to join us on Friday, Dec. 16th at Maddog’s Restaurant and Bowling for a Grand opening and ribbon cutting at 11am!

We are excited to partner with the Heart of Sullivan for our Annual decorating contest. Please see the newsletter for more information! The downtown Christmas event hosted by Heart of Sullivan will be Fri. Dec. 16th from 6pm-9pm and Sat. Dec. 17th from 3pm-7pm.

We all wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! May you all have a wonderful Holiday Season.

Sincerely,

John Montgomery, President

Nov. 1, 2022

Dear fellow Chamber members,

We want to thank everyone that came to our Coffee chat this month! A special thank you to Kat a Korner for hosting our event and to our speaker, Mike Rentfro from Next Steps Recovery. Our next coffee chat will be in 2023! Stay tuned!

We want to remind all of you that the 2022 Holiday Market and Expo is on Nov. 19th. Please make plans to come out for a fun day! There will be Santa Claus, children’s crafts and over 45 handmade vendors! This will be a great way to kick off your Holiday shopping! Remember admission is free! We look forward to seeing all of you there!

Sincerely,

John Montgomery, President

Oct. 1, 2022

Dear fellow Chamber members,

Welcome to fall! We want to thank Dave Bittner with the West Central ISBDC for being a feature speaker of our last coffee chat and Alyssa’s Custom Cakes for hosting. We want to make sure that you know our next coffee chat will be Tue. Nov 1 at Kat a Korner! Our feature speaker will be Mike Rentfro from Next Steps. He will be speaking on a topic that will be of interest to all of us.

Sincerely,

John Montgomery, President

Sept. 1, 2022

Dear fellow Chamber members,

Thank you to everyone that came to the Quarterly Coffee Chat and a special thank you to Alyssa’s Custom Cake and Treats for hosting.

Congratulations to our Mayor, Clint Lamb, Sullivan City Park Board and all who were involved in the dedication ceremony for the brand-new Sullivan City Pool. The new city pool is absolutely beautiful. If you have not had a chance to take your family there, please do so by Labor Day weekend.

The Sullivan County Chamber of Commerce is proud to be a sponsor of the Sullivan County CEO program. The Chamber sponsors the CEO students as junior chamber members. This opportunity will give the students an opportunity to see what a chamber of commerce is, what the benefits to being a chamber member along with networking options. The CEO students will be at one or 2 events that the Chamber hosts and are welcome at all quarterly coffee Chats. If you see them, please give them a welcome. We are excited to offer this opportunity to these young entrepreneurs.

Sincerely,

John Montgomery, President

Aug. 1, 2022

Dear fellow Chamber members,

Congratulations to the City of Sullivan on the opening of the beautiful new pool! It is simply magnificent! Make sure and follow their Facebook page for hours of operation and all updates.

We are looking forward to our next Coffee Chat on Tuesday, Aug. 30th at Alyssa’s Custom Cake and Treats at 8am! Our guest speaker will be Dave Bittner our rural advisor from Indiana Small Business Development Center.

Congratulations to the Sullivan County Fair board on another outstanding job putting together the 2022 Sullivan County Fair.

Sincerely,

John Montgomery, President

July 5, 2022

Dear fellow Chamber members,

Hope you enjoyed a wonderful 4th of July!

A shout out to the Sullivan County Park and Lake for a great holiday weekend and Firework show!

We want to say thank you to all that came to our 4th annual ice cream social. Also, we want to say a big thank you to Bob Baesler and Baesler’s Market and Bryan and Gina Mills of Gina Mills COUNTRY Financial for sponsoring the event. It was great to see you all!

Don’t forget this month is the Sullivan County Fair on July 16-23. Make sure and show your support to the local 4H by attending the fair and going to the Grand stand events.

Our next Coffee Chat is Tue. Aug. 30th with Dave Bittner the rural business advisor from ISBDC.

Please make plans to join us for 3 ribbon cuttings this month. Wed. July 6th at Juicy at 11am, Soul Blessed at the Civic center on Fri. July 8th at 11am. Then Wed. July 15th ribbon cutting and open house at Work One at 10am.

We would like to welcome 2 new Chamber members this month. Juicy and The Feedlot!

Sincerely,

John Montgomery, President

June 1, 2022

Dear fellow Chamber members,

We would like to remind all of you to please make plans to attend our 4th annual ice cream social on Wed. June 29th from 11-2. The difference this year is we will be having our ice cream social at Baesler’s parking lot. There will be plenty of room to park and we look forward to seeing you all!

The Sullivan County Chamber of commerce w2ould like to solute all graduating seniors herein Sullivan County. We wish you the very best in your future endeavors.

We would like to give a big shout out to the City of Sullivan for the beautiful flowers. We absolutely love our beautiful downtown!

Please make plans to join us for 3 ribbon cuttings this month. Wed. June 8th, at the Huddle Grill and Chill at 11am! Then Fri. June 10th at TK Beauty Loft at 11:00 and Tue. June 14th at Kup of Joy at 11:00am.

We would like to welcome 3 new Chamber members this month. The Huddle Grill and Chill, Rusted Hook Outfitters and Kup of Joy!

Sincerely,

John Montgomery, President

May 1, 2022

Dear fellow Chamber members,

We here at the Sullivan County Chamber of Commerce would like to remind all of you to take time to vote on Tuesday, May 3, 2022. Once again if you live in Hamiliton Township 1,2,3 or 4 you vote at the Sullivan Civic Center. Exercise your right to vote is one of the greatest freadoms that we have.

We would like to welcome Natalie Green and her staff to Sullivan. We had a ribbon cutting for them on April 21, 2022. It was nice to meet everyone from Century 21 Elite. We wish them many year of success.

A quick reminder that the 4th annual Ice Cream social will be held at Baesler’s parking lot on Wed. June 29th from 11am-2pm. Please make plans to join us. We are so looking forward to seeing you.

Memorial Day is Monday, May 30th Make sure you take time to enjoy all the fun activities during memorial day weekend at the Sullivan County Park and Lake.

Sincerely,

John Montgomery, President

April 1, 2021

Dear fellow Chamber members,

We would like to first of all to thank all of you who attended our annual banquet on March 10th. We had a great turn out and a great night. We congratulate all the winners of 2020 and 2021. We also want to say thank you to the many different sponsors who made the night possible. We couldn’t have done it without them. Just like spring as sprung we are springing to our next evet.

On Tue. April 5th don’t forget to make plans our next coffee chat which will be held at Sweep P’s agape café at 8am. Our featured speaker will be Chris Egge with Brampton brick. He will be speaking on the importance of community involvement for your business.

We have also officially announced our annual ice cream social wed June 29th This year it will be at Baesler’s parking lot from 11-2. Mark, your calendars.

Sincerely,

John Montgomery, President

March 1, 2021

Dear fellow Chamber members,

On March 10th we will be having our Annual Awards ceremony and banquet honoring the 2020 and 2021 award winners. Please contact Brandy today to get your tickets in time for the event on March 10th.

We would like to thank all of our sponsors for making this event possible. You will see them listed in this newsletter and at the banquet. Our featured speaker is Ryan Keller from Thrive West Central. He will be speaking on what Thrive West Central has to offer the business community along with their small business revolving loan fund.

We also want to invite all of you to make plans to be at the Sullivan County Ag day on Sat. March 12 at the 4H building beginning at 6:30 am. The Chamber will have a booth at the show this year and we invite you to come by and see us.

Spring is just around the corner and now is a good time to join the Chamber if you have not joined.

Sincerely,

John Montgomery, President

February 1, 2022

Dear fellow Chamber members,

Please mark Thursday, March the 10th on your calendar to join us at the civic center for our annual awards ceremony. We will be honoring award winners from 2020 and 2021. We will have horderves from Petty Pit Stop and cocktails provided by LaPachanga. During this event we will have a wide variety of items for you to bid on during our silent auction. We will have a social hour beginning at 5:30 with the program starting at 6:30. Tickets are available at the Chamber office starting Monday, Feb. 7th. This year tickets will be $20.00 We want to thank in advance all of our wonderful sponsors that are making this night possible. Our featured speaker this year will be Ryan Keller the executive director of Thrive. He will be speaking about the Thrive organization and what all Thrive has to offer small business and our community. Make sure to sign up for your chance to win one of two door prizes.

Our next Quarterly Breakfast/Coffee Chat has been postponed and will now be on Tue. April 5th in person at Sweet P’s Agape Café. Guest speaker will be Chris Egge, the Plant Manger of Brampton Brick.

Sincerely,

John Montgomery, President

January 5, 2022

Dear fellow Chamber members,

All of us here at the Chamber office would like to wish you a happy new year and we hope that 2022 will be a happy, healthy and prosperous new year for all of you.

We would like to make an announcement at this time that normally we would have our yearly banquet in January. This year we have decide3 to have our banquet on Thursday, March 10th at the Sullivan Civic Center. Save the date as more information and ticket prices will be available later this month. Our feature speaker for the banquet will be Ryan Keller the Executive Director of Thrive (the former West Central Area 7 economic development). We are looking to a great night of networking, silent auction, cash bar and a wonderful meal. We will be honoring the 2020 and 2021 business people! Please make plans to come.

Our next Quarterly Breakfast will on Thur. Feb. 10 in person at Sweet P’s Agape Café. Guest speaker will be Chris Egge, the Plant Manger of Brampton Brick.

Sincerely,

John Montgomery, President

December 1, 2021

Dear fellow Chamber members,

We at the Chamber office hope that you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving. We would like to thank all of our sponsors, vendors and our wonderful Community for a very successful Holiday Market and Expo! Our 7th annual market and expo was the biggest one to date for vendors and attendance! A wonderful time was had by all.

The Chamber of Commerce is working on collecting items for the 2022 first baby of the year to be born at Sullivan Hospital! If you or your business would like to donate an item, please contact the Chamber office at 812-905-0131.

Save the date for January 18th. That is the date for our annual banquet. This banquet will honor last 2020 award recipients and 2021 award recipients. The speaker will be the Executive Director of Thrive (formally area 7), Ryan Keller with a cocktail hour and dinner. Tickets will be on sale starting January 3rd!

We would like to welcome a new Chamber member, Union Station of Dugger, IN.

We hope you all have a very Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year!

Sincerely,

John Montgomery, President

November 1, 2021

Dear fellow Chamber members,

We would like to thank Courtney Chipol with West Central Indiana Small Business Development Center for hosting our Quarterly Breakfast Meeting on Oct. 26th. In case you missed it you may go back and watch it on the Chamber’s YouTube Chanel.

The Chamber of Commerce would like to offer their congratulations to Mayor Clint Lamb on being named 2022 AIM President.

We are very excited to be able to bring to you our 2021 Holiday Market and Expo! The event will take place on Sat. Nove20 from 9-1 at the Sullivan Civic Center. The admission is free, there will be great shopping for the holidays, door prizes will be given away, sweet treats and even bring your kids to meet Santa! We want to extend a big Thank you to our corporate sponsors for this event. They are the following: Brampton Brick, Springer Insurance & Financial Services, Tourism Commission of Sullivan County, First Farmers Bank & Trust, Splash Sullivan and Hoosier Energy. We invite everyone to come out to the Holiday Market and Expo! The first 50 children will receive a free coloring T-Shirt!

We would like to welcome 5 new members into the Sullivan County Chamber of Commerce. Goodie House Pizza, Medley’s Hardware, Sweet Grace Boutique and Café, Golden Arrow Nutrition and IUOE Local 841!

Sincerely,

John Montgomery, President

October 1, 2021

Dear fellow Chamber members,

We would like to congratulate the Rotary Club on the Corn Festival. We hope everyone had a great time and look forward to the Corn Festival next year.

Our next Quarterly Breakfast is coming up on Tue. Oct 26h featuring West Central ISBDC with guest speaker Courtney Richey-Chipol. The topic will be what services are offered for small business FREE of Charge! This will be a zoom presentation starting at 8am! Make sure to rsvp to Brandy. If you aren’t able to be online at 8am, it will be recorded and on our YouTube channel.

We would like to welcome 1 new member into the Sullivan County Chamber of Commerce. Goodie House Pizza of Sullivan.

We would like to invite everyone to a Ribbon Cutting on Monday, Oct 4th at 11am at Goodie House Pizza! Come see their new remolded building and welcome them!

Sincerely,

John Montgomery, President

September 1, 2021

Dear fellow Chamber members,

We would like to congratulate the City of Sullivan and the Park board on the ground breaking of Splash Sullivan! It was our pleasure to be a part of that and we look forward to having a wonderful state of the art pool in our city very soon!

Be sure to check out the newsletter and our social media about a Wine and Wreath night! It is a new upcoming event hosted by the Chamber and Sullivan County Community Hospital! More information will be available very soon!

We would like to welcome 3 new members into the Sullivan County Chamber of Commerce. City of Sullivan, Sully’s Steakhouse and DeLagraza Properties.

Sincerely,

John Montgomery, President

August 2, 2021

Dear fellow Chamber members,

We want to salute the fair board for a job well done for putting on the Sullivan County 4H fair! It was so great to see the general public back at the fair this year!

School is starting this month once again. We would like to wish all the student and teachers the very best for the 2021-2022 school year! Please remember to drive safely around school busses.

I would like to say thank you on behalf of WNDI radio for all the support you have given us as we celebrate our 28th Anniversary on August 1. My wife Teresa and I have owned WNDI radio since August 1, 1994. We look forward to promoting Sullivan and Sullivan County in a positive and productive way.

We would like to welcome 3 new members into the Sullivan County Chamber of Commerce. Sweet P’s Agape Café, Frye’s Towing & Recovery and Reveal Sullivan County.

Sincerely,

John Montgomery, President

July 6, 2021

Dear fellow Chamber members,

We would like to take a moment and thank all of you that came out for our 3rd annual ice cream social. We had a great time seeing all of you and we want to say a big thank you to Baesler’s market and Gina Mills Country financial and the City for their fine support.

We would like to invite all of you to attend this years, 2021 Sullivan County 4H fair. It will be at the fairgrounds July 17-24th It is a great time for the entire family and make sure you get a nice cool milkshake from the Farm Bureau incorporated milkshake stand.

Also, we are excited to announce that we will have another Chamber ribbon cutting for Chamber member Alyssa’s custom cakes, Friday, July 23rd at 11:00am. All are welcome to come! We are very happy to have Alyssa’s custom cakes as a member of our chamber.

The chamber will like to invite you to our next quarterly breakfast. It will be on Tuesday May the 4th Our guest will be Harsha and the topic will be mental wellness. Please let Brandy know if you would like to attend this zoom meeting!

We would like to welcome 3 new members into the Sullivan County Chamber of Commerce. Circa 1906, TK Beauty Lofts and United Country Burke Auction and Realty.

Sincerely,

John Montgomery, President

June 2, 2021

Dear fellow Chamber members,

We would like to thank our Chamber member, Randy Beller dba Dream Clean Carpets, for the wonderful job they did on cleaning our carpets at the Chamber office. They look SO much better.

We have partnered with WorkOne to bring a drive thru job fair to Sullivan County on Thursday, June 10. The job fair will be located at the Sullivan Civic from 11am -1pm. All are welcome to come.

The countdown to the Ice Cream social continues! It will be held on Friday, July 2nd from 11-2 on the east side of the courthouse lawn. For all the details please check our newsletter or see the informational fliers around the square. We look forward to having you join us July 2nd.

We would like to welcome 3 new members to the Sullivan County Chamber of Commerce, Sparks Collison Center.

Sincerely,

John Montgomery, President

May 3, 2021

Dear fellow Chamber members,

It is official that the 3rd annual Ice Cream social will be held on Friday, July 2nd on the East side of the Courthouse lawn. It will be from 11am-2pm. We would like to give a special thanks to Baesler’s Market of Sullivan and Gina Mills COUNTRY Financial as they are both sponsoring the event! You may purchase tickets ahead of time at the Chamber and Tourism office or the day of the event. $2.00 will get you 2 scoops of ice cream with toppings. Please make plans to come out and see us and get a sweet start to the 4th of July weekend. We can’t wait to see you all.

We would like to welcome 1 new member into the Sullivan County Chamber of Commerce.

Sincerely,

John Montgomery, President

April 1, 2021

Dear fellow Chamber members,

Happy Easter to all of you from all of us from the Sullivan county chamber of commerce. We hope you are able to celebrate this Easter with your family and friends.

The chamber will like to announce our next quarterly breakfast. It will be on Tuesday May the 4th Out guest will be Harsha and the topic will be mental wellness.

We also would like to remind you to save the date for our annual ice cream social! It is Friday, July 2nd.

We would like to welcome 3 new members into the Sullivan County Chamber of Commerce.

We will be decided our ice cream social will be on Friday, July 2nd on the east side of the court house lawn. Make sure to save the date!

If you would like to become a member of our Chamber of Commerce please contact our executive director Brandy Wolfe at 812-905-0131 or office@sullivancountychamber.com, She can give you all the benefits and advantages of becoming a chamber member.

Sincerely,

John Montgomery, President

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