Gold Cross Introduces Emergency Medical ID Card

ChamberWest member Gold Cross Ambulance has introduced a virtual medical identification card that allows individuals to share limited access to their vital health information in the event of an emergency.
The Invisible Bracelet (iB) is a wallet card, key fob or ID sticker linked to a secure online web service, where members can register their vital health information. The bracelet allows Gold Cross personnel quick access to a patient's health information, through PIN-enabled online access, saving critical time in getting the patient treated. If medical transport is necessary, medics can notify up to 10 patient contacts immediately via SMS text message or email.

iB is a voluntary service that puts the patient in control of the information medics can access and is as secure as online banking. This HIPAA-compliant web service exceeds federal and state patient privacy and security laws and creates an audit log every time patient data is accessed. The card will help Gold Cross medics perform their job more efficiently by reducing patient harm and unnecessary expenses that results from having incomplete or inaccurate vital emergency health information. 
 

“Having access to a patient’s health information at the scene saves valuable time in assessing the situation," said Brooke Macias, Gold Cross Ambulance Community Relations.  "This gives our medics an advantage in a crisis and we expect the Invisible Bracelet will help us save more lives.”

As a key player in creating the iB Medic Network, Gold Cross is offering the iB membership for an annual fee of $5.00 through Dec 31, 2010.  Applicants must be 18 years old or be registered by a legal guardian. To create an account, log onto: http://www.invisiblebracelet.org/ems/gold-cross-services

C.R. England Increases Operational Efficiency with Innovative Solutions

While trucking companies nationwide grapple with high fuel costs, increased regulations and other challenges, leaders at C.R. England, the world’s largest refrigerated carrier, have distinguished themselves with their commitment to sustainability and innovation.

C.R. England is using an enhanced intermodal transportation solution, TempStack container-on-flatcar technology (COFC), which combines the benefits of rail transportation with the convenience of localized trailer delivery. The use of the intermodal network — which uses shipping via rail instead of over-the-road — saved C.R. England and its customers more than 3.5 million gallons of fuel last year. This can also lead to lower consumer product costs.

The company also expects to lower fuel costs by 40 percent compared to traditional operating models by selecting more energy efficient solutions with world-leading control functions. These controls allow drivers to tightly manage temperature while optimizing fuel usage by cycling the cooling process, providing as-needed rather than continuous cooling.

In addition, C.R. England increased operational efficiency by standardizing its maintenance program, which leaders anticipate will reduce maintenance costs by $250,000 annually.

Because of its commitment to environmental responsibility and operational efficiency, C.R. England will receive the Thermo King “Energy Efficiency Leader Award.”

“It’s not often in business that you find a solution providing end-to-end benefits,” said Dan England, president and chairman of the board, C.R. England. “Our commitment to sustainability has also opened the door to improved safety, reliability and cost savings while giving our customers even better service.”

Intermodal Transportation Solution Increases Sustainability

C.R. England has introduced TempStack to its Intermodal division. TempStack is an innovative, 53-foot temperature-controlled COFC technology that offers significant cost savings, expanded network coverage capacity and a reduced carbon footprint. C.R. England’s COFC technology makes the company’s fleet the largest in the industry with the ability to double-stack refrigerated containers on railroad flatcars, creating greater movement of freight through more green and cost effective transportation. The fleet will include 300 containers by the end of the first quarter of 2011.

Every load that travels by rails means having one less truck on the highway, reducing fuel costs, carbon emissions and traffic congestion, and ultimately creating safer roads. On average, each load converted to intermodal results in a 60 percent carbon footprint reduction.

Refrigeration Controls Generate Savings

C.R. England has also incorporated controls that allow them to run refrigeration units on an as-needed basis while tightly controlling temperature – changes which save money and increase operational efficiency.

A customized temperature control system, OptiSet™, offers more than 500 pre-set temperature options, allowing unit operation and product quality decisions to be made in advance. Fleet managers and drivers can collaborate to identify a tightly controlled temperature range based on the product load, which can result in more consistent product quality and more efficient use of the unit.

C.R. England has also increased operational efficiency by incorporating CYCLE-SENTRY modulation™, which allows the unit engine to shut down when air temperature has reached the desired setpoint. This saves fuel and the accumulation of engine hours.

Standardized Maintenance Program Increases Operational Efficiency

To reduce variable maintenance costs, leaders at C.R. England have incorporated a standardized maintenance program. C.R. England anticipates the enhanced maintenance approach will reduce load loss, extend equipment life and increase driver safety.

Tailored to maximize uptime and productivity for C.R. England, the maintenance program provides drivers 24/7 access to expedited services. The company anticipates that carefully maintained equipment will further improve safety and efficiency every step of the way.

Legacy Awards Gala

ChamberWest was pleased to honor the following businesses in our community last week at the chamber's annual Award Gala. ChamberWest was pleased to have Miss Utah 2010 - Christina Lowe as our Emcee. These businesses are examples of creating a legacy in our community. Many have invested into new buildings and adding local jobs, others have continually supported the community they are in.

West Valley City Business of the Year: Valley Fair Mall. You can't miss the makeover the mall has made over the past two years. New stores, new restaurants (like chamber member NYPD Pizzaria) and more.

Taylorsville Business of the Year: Nelson Labs. Nelson Labs just built a new building despite the economy and is a fixture in the City of Taylorsville. They'll be adding a number of jobs over the next few months as their business expands. They were one of the business that helped the City of Taylorsville have the highest year in building permit valuations in the history of the city.

Kearns Business of the Year: All Points Home Inspections. Al Rickard and his crew have been growing every year since he started 10 years ago. All Points can perform a variety of inspections in your home to keep your family safe.

ChamberWest Business of the Year: Kearns Oquirrh Park Fitness Center. The KOPFC has been a fixture in Kearns since the early 60s. It now includes 9 pools, park and trail system. Construction continues to build a world class facility as a cover is being prepared to be installed over the outdoor 50m pool for year round swimming fun.

Volunteer of the Year: Asenath Horton is the Volunteer of the Year and has taken our Women in Business committee to new levels. She owns Salt Lake Builders, a Taylorsville business, with her husband, Brock.

Legacy Award: Pioneer Valley Hospital. Since 1980, this hospital has been providing services to our greater community as well as giving back to the community in many ways. Pioneer Valley has one of the busiest ER's in the state and just a couple of years ago built an entire new ER to provide better service to their patients. The hospital has created a legacy in our community over the past 30 years.

We hope you'll come next fall for the 2011 Legacy Community Awards Gala

Blue Ocean Strategy - Where is your market space?

I had the opportunity to attend a conference in Minneapolis this past week. The keynote speaker was Roch Parayre, Ph.D. who spoke on the Blue Ocean Strategy (BOS). The Blue Ocean Strategy is in comparison to the competitive "Red Ocean" where competition is cut throat and only the strongest survive. Blue Ocean is finding your competitive edge and co-existing in the expansive marketplace. An example Dr. Parayre taught was in Ringling Bros Circus and Cirque du Soleil. Cirque has been increasing in value and profitability AND Ringling Bros. is not losing marketshare, it is increasing. In others words, Cirque is a circus but different and they are also marketing to a different segment than Ringling Bros. Both are growing and Cirque is not "taking" from Ringling. They each have their space in the blue ocean...get it?

From www.blueoceanstrategy.com:

"Companies have long engaged in head-to-head competition in search of sustained, profitable growth. They have fought for competitive advantage, battled over market share, and struggled for differentiation.

Yet in today’s overcrowded industries, competing head-on results in nothing but a bloody “red ocean” of rivals fighting over a shrinking profit pool. In a book that challenges everything you thought you knew about the requirements for strategic success, W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne contend that while most companies compete within such red oceans, this strategy is increasingly unlikely to create profitable growth in the future.

Based on a study of 150 strategic moves spanning more than a hundred years and thirty industries, Kim and Mauborgne argue that tomorrow’s leading companies will succeed not by battling competitors, but by creating “blue oceans” of uncontested market space ripe for growth. Such strategic moves—termed “value innovation”—create powerful leaps in value for both the firm and its buyers, rendering rivals obsolete and unleashing new demand."

Alan Anderson
ChamberWest

Taylorsville Hosts Veterans Day parade - Nov. 11

The City of Taylorsville in conjunction with the United Veterans Council of Salt Lake City and County announce the 2010 Veterans Day Parade:

WHEN: Thursday, November 11, 2010 @ 11:00 a.m.

WHERE: Parade line-up begins at 9:00 a.m. behind the Taylorsville Pool, 4914 South 2700 West. Route goes from 4900 South on 2700 West, ending by Taylorsville City Hall, 2600 West Taylorsville Blv (5320 South).

Click here to download Parade Application and Parade Route.

Click here to download Veterans Day flyer.

A Veterans Day Program, with speeches and patriotic music will take place at City Hall after the parade (12:15 p.m.). Military memorabilia will be on display. Contact Jean Ashby at 801-963-5400 or jashby@taylorsvilleut.gov to submit photos or other memorabilia.

Updated searchable member database

ChamberWest is pleased to announce enhancements and upgrades to the chamber's online searchable member database. Not only does the chamber list include contact information for the main contact but also buttons for a map, any M2M discounts, and 'star' business status.

New icon graphics are included for these enhancements:

• Map icon to the member business through MapQuest.
• Dollar sign icon which links to the chamber's Member-2-Member discount page.
  
• Star icon which indicates a 'Star Business'. This star status moves the business to the top of the directory listing regardless of business spelling.
  

An example of these enhancements can be found at http://www.chamberwest.org/directory for Chambers of Commerce. Notice that ChamberWest is located at the top with its star status and has a discount in the chamber's Member-2-Member program. Try it out...

If you want to add a M2M discount of your own, please enter it online at http://www.chamberwest.org/m2m

If you want to have 'Star' status which places your business listing at the top of the category, the cost is $36 per year. The ChamberWest.org website sees more than 1,000 visits per month as calculated by Google Analytics. The ChamberWest searchable directory is the 2nd most viewed web page after the home page.

ChamberWest heard on KTKK AM630

ChamberWest is pleased to announce a new radio show on KTKK radio that began Monday. The program is a partnership with 7 chambers of commerce and The Valley Journals. Each chamber has their own program every Monday on KTKK AM630.

ChamberWest is currently scheduled to be "on-air" on Monday, September 27; Monday, November 8; and Monday January 3, 2011. The chamber will bring in a member with a unique story about business, have a prize drawing partway through the show and announce information about West Valley City, Taylorsville and Kearns businesses.

Please tune in to KTKK AM630 beginning Monday and hear what our local chambers are doing to build Utah's economy. If you are a ChamberWest member and have items we can give away to listeners, please contact the chamber office by Thursday prior to the airdate. The chamber must have your promotional items by Noon on Friday to be included in the program.

If you have a unique small business success story, please send the story to the chamber for consideration. As the chamber only receives 6-7 shows per year, the chamber cannot guarantee use of your story on-air. What we can do is promote our member businesses during the prize giveaway.

Flyer about the KTKK radio show in partnership with the Valley Journals

LeadershipWest ramps up for 16th Year!

The chamber's business leader training program, LeadershipWest, is ramping up for its 16th consecutive year. The LeadershipWest Board of Trustees held a retreat over 2 days, revamping and retooling the program.

LeadershipWest is an exclusive program to train tomorrows business leaders both large and small. Training is hands on using adult training

theory for Leadership success. Training is from trained facilitators in our community and visiting with successful business leaders and learning their trends.

Fortune 500 Success Factors used at LeadershipWest include:

• Personal Responsibility
• Creative Thinking
• Initiative - Take Action
• Listening
• Open Honest Communication
• People Driven
• Networking
• Solution Driven
• Team Building
• Community Oriented

You can expand your circle of influence by attending LeadershipWest and experience visits with Economic Development, Transit & Transportation, and political contacts. Be able to help your business be as successful as possible in the West Valley City, Taylorsville and Kearns area. Since our first LeadershipWest class in 1995-1996, more than 200 business men and women have attended LeadershipWest. Won’t you be one of them?

Business Matters 2010 Luncheon - 9/16

Join ChamberWest as we welcome Gary Harter with the Governor’s Office of Economic Development. Gary is Managing Director for the Business Creation Team which includes the Utah Clusters Initiative, Centers of Excellence Program, Business Resource Centers and State Science Advisor.

Gary will speak on Utah's Business Resource Centers and how they can help local business as well as touching on other units within the Business Creation team.

WHAT: Business Matters 2010 Luncheon (formerly General Membership Meeting)

WHEN: Sept. 16 @ 11:45 a.m.

WHERE: Staybridge Suites/Holiday Inn Express - 3038 South Decker Lake Drive (north of the Maverik Center)

COST: $20 per person with RSVP online at www.chamberwest.org/rsvp

RSVP: required by calling 801-977-8755 or email rsvp@chamberwest.org

Mr. Harter's Bio
Gary is a retired Army Colonel who spent 25 years on active duty, leaving service in October 2005. He served in command and staff positions throughout the United States and in Germany. Gary’s final assignment was as Commander, U.S. Army Dugway Proving Ground, where, for three years, he oversaw the testing of chemical and biological defense equipment, led 1,500 military, Department of Defense civilians and contractors, and was responsible for an operating budget in excess of $220 million annually. Gary previously served at U.S. Joint Forces Command, Norfolk Naval Base, Norfolk, Virginia, where he was the Chief, Current Operations for Military Support to Civil Authorities, responsible for overseeing coordination and planning of military forces to respond for severe weather, wildfires, unexploded ordnance, the 2001 Presidential Inauguration, the 2002 Winter Olympics and National Special Security Events. As a Lieutenant Colonel, Gary commanded the 84^th Chemical Battalion, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.

Gary is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh with a Bachelors of Science in Biology and the National Defense University with a Masters of Science in National Resource Strategy.

Gary grew up in Pennsylvania, currently resides in Midway, Utah with his family, and is an avid Dallas Cowboy football fan.

Classic Car and Camaro @ Gus Paulos Chevrolet - Aug. 28th

Gus Paulos is having a "Classic Car and Camaro" display at the dealership next Saturday, Aug. 21, 11:00am til 2:00pm.

They'll be serving free hot dogs and hamburgers and having drawings for free camaro accessories. Everyone is invited, but if you have a Camaro, you're encouraged to bring it and show it off alongside the Camaro display.

WHAT: Classic Car and Camaro show

WHEN: Saturday, August 21 from 11 until 2

WHERE: Gus Paulos Chevrolet 4000 West 3500 South

CONTACT: Don Williamson

Don Williamson with Gus Paulos Chevrolet would love to have every business member, their employees and family show up for refreshments, see the cars and say, "Hi". If they're interested in buying a car he'll get them the best deal, period! Just mention 'ChamberWest' to Don to get new car special pricing!

They had this same Camaro display in their showroom for several months this past Spring and it got rave reviews in the newspaper and on TV. If you're a Camaro or classic car fan, you need to see these rare cars.

ChamberWest member Kearns Oquirrh Park Fitness Center is hosting their annual Fire, Water and Ice Festival on August 7th beginning at Noon. This event begins with a parade at 9:00 beginning at Kearns High School and then east on 5400 South to Big Lots! at 4000 West.

The firework show should begin about 9:30 p.m. You can see fireworks from Oquirrh Park south of the Oval, a variety of local church's, or simply attend FWI and see it near the pools and all the food vendors and activities.

Bands include: The Salamanders, Endless Summer and 2-1/2 White Guys and a silent auction to benefit Make-A-Wish. Typically, the auction funds a complete Make-A-Wish for a community child.

More details at: KOPFC.com

Gines Service celebrates 50 years!

Gines Service is celebrating 50 years in business by thanking customers with free hot dogs and hamburgers at noon Friday, Aug. 6, and at 9 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 7, for the Kearns Hometown Days Parade.

Gines started in 1960 under Clyde Gines at Clyde's Chevron in Kearns. He was joined by his son Mark in 1976.

Gines Service is a proud member of ChamberWest and can be found at 4261 West 5415 South in Kearns.

Stop in and say Hi!

http://ginesservice.mechanicnet.com/

If you have a special notice or celebration, send it by email to chamber@chamberwest.org or fax it to us at 801-977-8329.

Clear the Air Challenge Update

ChamberWest is a proud supporting partner of the Clear the Air Challenge. Here is this week status report.

"Three weeks into the 2010 Clear the Air Challenge and with over 8,500 participants we have saved 1,172,773 pounds of emissions! We're thrilled to have so many new people on board this year, but we need everyone to log their miles so we can all see our collective impact (and earn bragging rights).
We've already challenged you to get creative with trip elimination strategies and to motivate others with a little healthy competition. So how are you celebrating your new rock-star status? Consider sharing your successes, experiences, tips and tricks on Facebook or by e-mail. And who knows, there might be a surprise grand prize in it for the most creative Clear the Air Challenge success story. . . (but you didn't hear that from us).

HARD AT WORK CLEARING THE AIR

Teleworking is known by many names and, regardless of what you call it, it is a great way to eliminate trips and save miles. Connect with clients and coworkers via telephone and the internet to eliminate work-related travel. Not only can you save miles, you can save time too. Take a look at your work calendar and ask yourself a few key questions. Are there any out-of-office meetings you could substitute with a conference call? Any days you could accomplish all of your tasks from home? If so, talk to your boss about how he or she can help you -- and others -- be productive and environmentally friendly during the workweek. For additional tips on how to bring TravelWise strategies to your workplace, check out our Tip Sheet for Employers.

Mayor Winder's first State of the City

Mayor Mike Winder presented West Valley City's first ever State of the City address. The new mayor's gist: Great things have been done in the past, but there are new ideas in the works, and changes are coming.

Read the full article at Salt Lake Tribune.

Photo courtesy: Jim Urquhart/Salt Lake Tribune