Tender Hearts Senior Care has expanded again! Rick & Debra Judy recently cut the ribbon at their 4th office in just three years, this time in The Peridot Retirement and Assisted Living Community. They are excited about working with The Peridot and providing services for their Seniors and sharing different events with them. Tender Hearts Senior Care is the solution to your care needs by providing in-home care services and transportation for seniors. Please call for more information at 777-2394 or 777-5512 for transportation. (06/10)

In April the City Council was introduced to (from left): Bev Schott of Olive U in Bashford Courts where they sell 40 flavors of olive oils and balsamic vinegars; 533-1240/www.oliveunaturally.com. Damon Sage and Dr. Katherine Sage own Sages’ Healing Center, 1101 E. Gurley St., 458-6748, offering Naturopathic Medicine, Acupuncture and Traditional East Asian medicine; www.sageshealingcenter.com. Renee Mazzella, Exec. Asst., and Russ Beaupre, Sales Engineer, for BoTech Communications Corp., 1042 Willow Creek Road, which has made a business of listening to and solving the information and technology needs of their clients; 237-9800/www.botech.net. NACOG Exec. Director Teri Drew and Ginger Johnson, representing the new Business Assistance Center at their offices, 221 N. Marina, 778-1422/www.nacog.org. Connie and Ed Stahl, owners of RES Contracting in Prescott, 776-0301/www.PrescottBuilder.com. And, Mike McCarley, General Manager of Antelope Hills Golf Course on Highway 89 next to the Airport. (06/10)

Dr. Robin Fleck is proud to announce the opening of Vein Specialties, located with her Southwest Skin and Cancer Institute and Body Oasis at 242 Whipple Street. The new business is a result of overwhelming patient response to laser vein surgery and her success rate. Call 778-7000 or visit www.rejuvadoc.com. (06/10)

NACOG drew a crowd to watch Executive Director Teri Drew cut the ribbon on the new Business Assistance Center that opened in May. Full story in May issue, page 10, online now. (06/10)

Sherry & Terry Savage are the proud owners of the new Mile High Rent 2 Ride, 302 S. Montezuma, where they offer recreational rentals including bicycles, motorcycles, mobility scooters, and more; 776-1887/www.mhr2r.com. (06/10)

Elise Hinrichsen cuts the ribbon in the office of M.A.T. Search, Inc., a 34-year executive search firm that places high-level management and technical specialties for their client companies in biotech/pharmaceuticals, medical device, aerospace, and other industries; located at 223 White Spar Road, 778-2729. (06/10)

Sweet Potato Cafe, where owner Trish Bauer rechristened her popular eatery with a new look, new name and her always great food at 443 Miller Valley Road. (5/10)

We held a ribbon-cutting in front of the Chamber to announce Sherrin Rose Financial Services, LLC; call her at 778-3053. (05/10)

The Prescott Area Independents (PAI), an alliance of independent local restaurants and bars, helped host the first-ever “April Foolishness” on April 1, beginning at Sharlot Hall Museum and continuing at the Old Firehouse Plaza. Proceeds benefitted the Museum. (05/10)

These four businesses introduced themselves to City Council in March: Rubicon Outdoors, owner Matt Brown, specializing in adventure travel; for Grand Canyon or rock-climbing tours, contact them at 445-0428 or www.rubiconoutdoors.com. Rely Local, owners Angie & Tom Reed, online directory for the quad city area featuring local businesses only; post your logo, hours, website, map, photos, and more; www.relylocal.com/arizona/prescott. For Thomson Conant, Bob Verbic, Dir., Business Development, assisting homeowners with their legal rights during the resolution of their distressed real estate /mortgage situation; contact them at 899-5765 or visit www.mortgagemediationgroup.com. Prescott Film Festival, Helen Stephenson, Excutive Director; a volunteer organization dedicated to promoting tourism in the area through independent film & filmmakers; www.prescottfilmfestival.com. (05/10)

The Coalition for Compassion & Justice (CCJ) welcomes you to their brand new Thrift Shop on West Gurley, near Credit Union West; visit www.yavapaiccj.org for more information. (05/10)

Steve Harms’ enterprise is now officially Artisan Cleaners, located at 1239 Iron Springs Road, Suite C, right between Ponderosa Car Wash and Kwik Kopy Printing. (05/10)

New Business Presentation February 23, 2010: (From left) Representing Laser Gifts is John C, Rodgers, VP Human Resources; a souvenir company that employs 160 people and specializes in solar-powered Name Programs. Their products have been laser-engraved and assembled in Prescott since 1994; LaserGifts.com. Broc Carter is the General Manager of Cracker Barrel Old Country Store at 5707 E. Route 69. The restaurant serves breakfast, lunch & dinner featuring Southern-style comfort food. The retail side sells old time candies, clothing, rocking chairs, and lots more; crackerbarrel.com. Chris Skoczylas is the owner of Arizona Home Inspections, 3565 E. Sheldon Rd., 899-0826. Next is Steve Martin, owner of Ripple Training located at 3620 W. L Bar L Road in Prescott; RippleTraining.com. And far right is Michael Tickle, owner of Antidote Creative Design, 300 W. Ahonen Drive in Paulden, 602-550-5629. He provides numerous graphic design services, marketing, public involvement, and web site design. The company also specializes in technical graphics for ADOT and several municipalities. Music promotion has recently been added to their services; antidotedesign.net. (04/10)

Tricia Lewis, owner of Lewis Marketing & Public Relations, is proud to announce that they’ve moved downtown! The new office is located in the Summit Bank building on the corner of Montezuma and Sheldon, 201 N. Montezuma, Suite #216. Stop in to see the new digs and find out how Tricia & company can help promote your business! Contacts: prescottmarketing.com and 445-7245. (04/10)

Below, from left: Darrell & Beverly Beach, owners, Her Fitness, 1046 Willow Creek Road, 778-1997, HerFitness/Prescott.com; Jimmy Chavez, owner, Laughing Buddha Coffee Bar & Bakery, 3390 N. Highway 89, 925-3166; Alan Cohen, owner, TravelPrescott.com, 227-3600, TravelPrescott.com; Gary Hirn, Branch Sales Manager & Jeff Bucher, owner, Infincom, with Dudley Do-Right (because: “Everything We Do, We Dudley Do-Right!”), 925-3648, Infincom.com; Debra Mainville-Knight (Sales Rep), Krista Stepa (Advertising Sales Manager), and Troy Bix, Co-Publisher, Quad Cities Business News, 778-6655, QuadCitiesBizNews.com. (03/10)

Restauranteur Barry Barbe (center) has added another eatery to his eclectic collection. With business partner Luke Peterson wielding the scissors, Monk’s, at 123 South Cortez, opened its doors to a hungry public. This restaurant offers good old-fashioned down-home cooking, including “the best mac and cheese in town,” according to Barry, who also owns El Gato Azul and 129-1/2 An American Jazz Grille. He adds, “We serve Coffee Roasters coffee and espresso; we have a broad selection of domestic, imported and craft brewed beer and wine from California to Chile. Our baked goods are homemade on site with fresh ingredients and our homestyle lunches and dinners are sure to please.” Hours: 10am-3pm every day for lunch; 10am-9pm Thursday, Friday & Saturday. (03/10)

Damon and Dr. Kathryn Sage, NMD held an Open House along with their ribbon-cutting on January 14th to celebrate the opening of Sages’ Healing Center located at 516 Coronado Avenue in Prescott. They are a full service primary care medical clinic offering a unique blend of Naturopathic Medicine, Acupuncture and Traditional East Asian medicine. Please see their website: www.sageshealingcenter.com. (02/10)

Owner Debby Braun-Fricke is front and center when her husband cuts the ribbon at Miss Lilly’s Organics. The specialty shop took over the location formerly occupied by the Thomas Kincaid Gallery at 117 S. Cortez. Miss Lilly’s is participating in the member-to-member discount program offering Chamber members a 20% discount off the entire store. (02/10)

Credit Union West had quite the gathering at their January 13th ribbon-cutting. What’s the occasion? A move to a brand new location at 538 W. Gurley Street. Holding the scissors is Chairman of the Board of Credit Union West Bill Wright, to his right are Branch Manager Janka Blair and Councilwoman Tammy Linn. Behind Tammy is Dave Irvine of the Highlands Center. To Bill Wright’s left is Mayor Kuykendall and behind the Mayor in the second row and to the right is Bob MacGregor, Credit Union West CEO. Also attending were the Prescott Ambassadors, Chamber staff, and The Prescott Regulators & Their Shady Ladies. (02/10)

Businesses introduced to City Council in October are shown here. From left: Jim Kleczewski, owner of INSIGHT, providing integrated marketing, advertising & public relations, also government relations. Chamber discounts 15% - referral fees@10%. Mike Paper, owner of Larry & Hy’s Bare Bones Barbecue is the Chairman of the newly formed Prescott Area Independents, a group of local bars and restaurants promoting local enterprise–www.prescottpai.org. Tina Seeley is a broker at National Realty of Prescott, 222 W. Gurley Street, specializing in residential vacant land and commercial real estate–www.nationalrealtyofprescott.com. At the far right is Rev. Nancy Cushman, pastor (with husband Rev. George Cushman) of Prescott United Methodist Church, 505 W. Gurley Street–www.prescottumc.com. Welcome all! (12/09)