Leads Groups

There are now two Leads/Networking Groups.  

Leads Group I meets at lunch on Wednesdays at Claddaugh Irish Pub, 1374 Main Street.  The initial cost to participate in the Leads Group is $125 with a $50 annual renewal fee and $56 for lunch every month.  Leads members must be members in good standing with the Carbondale Chamber and each group is limited to one representative per profession.   If you would like more information on the Leads/Networking Groups, please contact Committee Co-chair, Rona Fischer at Carbondale Insurance Services, Inc., (970) 963-2399 or cis@rof.net.

Adrienne Rowberry, Whitsitt & Gross, PC
Anita Bruno, Community Banks of Colorado
Bill Hofto, William J. Hofto, CPA
Bill Killgore, Valley Financial Services, Inc.
Bruce Hasselbring, Wood Doctor Construction
Chuck Dorn, Stewart Title of Colorado
Dave Weimer, Edward Jones
Debbi Whitlock, All About the Numbers, Inc.
Juan Grobler, Community Banks of Colorado/Mortgage Division
Rona Fischer, Carbondale Insurance Service
Tom Fisher, EchoSafe Data Solutions
Toni Cerise, The Fleisher Company

The new Leads Group II is official!  The leader of the group is Larry Smith, American National Bank, and the secretary of the group is Lori Trantow, Steve Martin Insurance.  Guide lines are as follows:

1. Each member of the Leads Group will represent a different industry or profession.
2. Each member of the Leads Group is required to be a business member of the Carbondale Chamber of Commerce.  The initiation fee of $125 should be made payable to the Carbondale Chamber of Commerce.  [$50 annual renewal fee thereafter]
3. This Leads Group meets weekly on Wednesdays from 8:15-9:15am at American National Bank, 409 Dolores Way, Carbondale.
4. Regular attendance is strongly suggested.  Each member is allowed two absences per quarter.  Illness and/or family emergency are exempt.  A member who misses more than two meetings per quarter may be asked to withdraw from the group.
5. There is a lead tracking system.  Members who do not consistently generate leads for other group members may be asked to withdraw from the group.

Current members include:  American National Bank, Anne Cheney Agency, Aspen Sotheby's International Realty, Carbondale Vision Source, Countrywide Home Loans, Fenton Construction, J. Frost Merriott Inc., CPA, J.R. Baker & Associates, Mitchell & Co., and Steve Martin Insurance.  They are looking for several new members, including an architect, attorney, dentist, mortgage lender, veterinarian, and more.  If anyone is interested in joining, they should call Larry Smith at 704-1012 or email Larry.Smith@anbbank.com.  He will coordinate the guests...

"Since participating in the Business Leads/Networking Group, I've realized a 10% growth in my business and paid for my Chamber dues at least five times over.  I also find that Chamber members like doing business with other Chamber members."  RONA FISCHER, Carbondale Insurance Service, Inc.