Show Great Gre t Need Seen for Active Chamber of Commerce The decision whether to continue continue continue con con- the Park City Chamber of Commerce as an active organization organization organization organ organ- or to discontinue it was discussed in depth Monday evening during the Board of Director meeting at Treasure Mountain Inn Eleven business were represented by fourteen persons in attendance Four members were voted to serve on the Board of Directors to fill vacancies which have OC oc- oc cured during the past year Matt Alvarez president of the local Chamber for forthe the past year noted that the organization had been working for the local business business bustness busi bust ness community in a positive way They mailed out over requests for Park City tion to persons writing directly to the Chamber to the Park City Resort and to Utah Travel Council They worked diligently with the Utah Highway Department Department Department Depart Depart- ment to get proper directional signs to route traffic from the Salt Lake City area up through Emigration Canyon detour and brought pressure upon the de department department department de- de to keep the promise of ot re opening 80 1 Parleys Canyon Canyon Canyon Can Can- yon highway by July 1970 ONLY 26 MEMBERS They did this with only 26 active memberships paid in full fulland fulland fulland and maintained the Chamber of Commerce office daily They approached the City Council for cooperation to help Park City to establish an information center which has been in the Chamber offices Main Street so that it is manned seven days a week to answer and direct visitors coming to the community He said that getting members members members mem mem- bers to attend monthly meetings has been very disappointing He asked the members present if they could and would be interested interested interested inter inter- ested in continuing the e Chamberas Chamber as an active organization AU All indicated they wanted to continue continue continue con con- with the Chamber During the he open discussion the m mat matter a t t te e r of better communications communications com com- gene generation of Coh Continued on Page Elev Eleven n I Great Need Seen Continued from Page One interest in the business community community com com- and payment of membership membership member member- ship fees received the most att attention It was the consensus that most of the faults of the past should be forgotten and that a fresh approach to en encourage encourage encourage en- en courage greater membership enrollment should be the first step back into being an enthusiastic enthusiastic enthusiastic enthus enthus- group FOR STIMULATION Earl Parker who has been serving as vice vice president of the group said that he visited the Moab Chamber of Commerce this past week end and picked up upa a brochure which that Chamber Chamber Chamber Cham Cham- ber used to stimulate an in increase increase increase in- in crease in their membership Earl felt it would be an excellent excellent excellent excel excel- lent guide line for Park City The brochure is titled What it is What it does How it works for You Youl It has a graph of the organization and the various committees' committees functions functions functions' functions functions' and responsibilities It lists 20 reasons why one Moab business business' man gave gae for investing in the Moab Chamber of corn corn- Com merce Cne page of the brochure was read to those present which had the headline Guaranteed Directions for Producing a Ghost Town Heres Here's what it says Results are certain for those working to create more Ghost Towns if these simple directions directions directions are followed either by accident or design Hundreds of former thriving communities which are now silent ghost towns prove there is more truth than poetry to the the simple statement statement state tate ment It Could happen here Here are the methods proven by by experience to guarantee bankruptcy insanity disappointment disappointment disappointment suicides all by byproducts byproducts byproducts by- by products of ghost towns 9 1 Tell everyone e you meet meet- that you never buy anything at home the merchants are a bunch of crooks robbers and cheats 2 2 Belittle all efforts for community bet the betterment t e r men the t-the people trying to to- todo do things are secretly making a alot lot of money want to torun run things and their way of doing things is all wrong anyway 3 Never waste money by ad advertising advertising advertising ad- ad or waste time trying to attract trade to the town- town nobody reads the ads there is never anything in the paper its it's always late and why should anyone want to come to town- town its it's a dead place It 4 Turn down all appeals appeals' for contributions and do it in a anasty anasty anasty nasty way so you wont won't be bothered bothered bothered both both- ered again because the money ney collected is eventually stolen by some ups higher anyway 45 5 Refuse to serve on all committees have nothing to do with civic the organizations h e Chamber of Commerce never does anything and is run by a bunch of wits dim-wits who only want to get their names before the public All the city officials are in office to get a share of the graft 6 Knock the town knock its industries knock the schools and churches keep repeating the town is going to the dogs things are better other places to invest in such a dead place would be the height of foolish foolish- ness-and ness keep on knocking like a drunken woodpecker There you have six it-six simple directions for producing ghost towns Its It's hard for one person working alone to get t results but if you keep at it I eventually you will get some converts and Ghost Town The Moab Chamber of Commerce Commerce Com Corn merce is very active and do accomplish the promotion of their community with a budget of which they secure through membership fees city county and general In next weeks week's Park Record the 20 reasons reasons for investing in the Chamber of Commerce will be listed to show the positive positive positive pos pos- aspects of what this type of an or organization can do for a community Before the long hour-long meeting was adjourned Bill Blonquist owner and operator of the Silver Silver Silver Sil Sil- Sil- Sil ver King Motel remarked that he and H Helen e 1 e n greatly ap appreciated ap- ap predated d every effort the Park City Chamber of Commerce has made to bring increased business busi business ness to the community and that he wanted to see the organization tion continue He felt that it has served as a definite asset assetto to the re-development re of Park City John Armstrong Little Bell Ben Boutique Clair Boyle Utah I Power Light George Poly- Poly chronis Mount Air Market and Allan Savage Crepes Fondue Haus were elected to serve on the Board of Directors Other members are Matt Alvarez Earl Parker In Innsbruck Innsbruck Innsbruck In- In Bea Kummer Beas Bea's Canyon Lodge Merrill Sanchez Silver Wheel Theatre and Roger Haran Park City Resort Resort Re Re- sort Marie Springer was appointed chairman of the membership drive which will iU begin with personal calls on every commercial commercial com corn mercial business in the Park City area are a during the next week If the majority of those who are contacted are in favor of continuing the Chamber of Com Commerce me in Park City definite programs will be devel devel- |