STBA News - Volume 2, Issue 2

February, 1999

• Highway Clean-Up
• May 13th Planning Meeting
• Business Expo in Sept.
• STBA Mission
• Annual Report

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Highway Clean-Up

Our next highway clean up detail is scheduled for Saturday, April 17th at 8AM. We will meet at the Firehouse on Winton Road. We need your help so we can get done quickly. Sign up at the next meeting or call Cathy Bonewell at 851-6929. This stretch of highway - between Galbraith and Hamilton Ave. - reflects our association. Please help us be proud of it.

May 13th Planning Meeting

For our May meeting, we want to have an open forum to discuss where "we" as members want our organization to go. What goals do we want to have, projects to be involved in, benefits we want to see, etc. We would like to break into groups discussing different topics to try and come up with new ideas. Please come and contribute. We have the ability together to do great things for our community and ourselves.

Business Expo in September

We are planning a Business Expo in September. We are checking with the Township for an exact date. We want to hold it at the Grove. It will be on a Thursday night from 5-8 PM. This event will be open to the public and we will advertise.

We want to let our community know what businesses and organizations Springfield Township has to offer. As the details get more defined we will pass them along. If you have any ideas please contact Joe Gorman at 521-5999 or Cathy Bonewell.

STBA Mission

The purposes of the Association are to: (1) advance the interests of the businesses located in Springfield Township, Hamilton County, Ohio; (2) aid in obtaining or improving necessary or beneficial services for Springfield Township businesses; (3) establish and maintain liaison with governmental and law enforcement authorities and agencies; (4) represent Springfield Township businesses before governmental offices and bodies and advocate legislation to benefit the Springfield Township business community; (5) organize business community programs and activities; (6) provide leadership in Springfield Township business affairs; (7) publicize, promote, and extend trade and business in Springfield Township, Hamilton County, Ohio; (8) collect, collate, and disseminate business data and information to the members of the Springfield Township Business Association; and (9) otherwise promote the interests, health, safety, and welfare of Springfield Township businesses.

Annual Report

by Robin McNulty, President and Joseph Gorman, Vice-President

We are nearing an anniversary of sorts for the STBA. On January 26, 1998 a core group of business people met to discuss the need for a business association in Springfield Township. After several months of planning, nearly 700 businesses in the Townshiip were invited to a meeting on March 11, 1998 to determine interest in and potential for such a group.

Over 75 businesses responded positively and we had our first official meeting May 14, 1998. Articles of association wer adopted, officers, and board members were elected, membership applications and annual dues were accepted.

There are 60 members, four standing committees. Four general meetings were held in 1998, averaging about forty attendees for each meeting. Speakers were featured at each meeting, including such topics as "getting a business group started," Township land use plan, Winton Road widening, hiring practices, and white collar crime prevention.

STBA also established a web site, a newsletter, the Adopt-a-Highway program, got a banner printed, and participated in the first and the widely successful Springfield Township Holiday Happening December 6, 1998.

We look forward to growing the Association with new members. Please let your fellow business owners know about the STBA.