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FIBA is a voluntary, cooperative effort of independent, local businesses who use
education, networking, advocacy and citizen involvement to help our
community prosper and contribute to a diverse, healthy and stable economy.

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Next FiBA networking meeting:
2012's first meeting will feature Kimber Lanning of Local First Arizona
Wed, Feb 15th 5:00pm at NACET
	Kimber Lanning is an entrepreneur, economic specialist, and community activist who works to cultivate vibrant, sustainable communities and inspire a higher quality of life throughout Arizona. Lanning is actively involved in fostering cultural diversity, economic self-reliance, regional planning, and responsible growth for the state. She is the founder and Executive Director of Local First Arizona, a non-profit organization dedicated to raising public awareness of the positive economic and environmental impacts of supporting locally owned businesses.
Free to all FiBA members and $10 for yet to be members

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FiBA's 3rd Annual Holiday $howcase & Whaddaya Know Game Show at Flagstaff's Green Room - catered by Simply Delicious
3rd Annual Holiday $howcase & Whaddaya Know Game Show was a hoot – business owners got to test their knowledge of each other’s businesses and win prizes as well! Thanks to Rand & Jennifer Jenkins of Flagstaff’s Green Room for hosting! Thanks to prize donors Green Room, Café Daily Fare/Simply Delicious Catering, The Noise, Brandy’s, All Services Unltd., Bellewether Group, Mix in the Old Town Shops, PS Printing, Going Green Gourmet Caffeine, and Flagstaff Ale Trail!
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FiBA Fishbowl @ Madame 2 Sew fashion design house
2 S. Beaver #130
	Proprietor Jenn Jones
FiBA's annual Fishbowl event gives guests a rare chance to peek behind the scenes
Thanks to Madame 2 Sew for hosting and the Mix for the door prizes

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Dave Williamson of Kind Vines explains his Zero Waste concept

FiBA members & guests enjoyed catering by MiX
Matt Cowger & company at Sea of Green were terrific and informative meeting hosts

July meeting at Sea of Green 204C East Route 66

Better Buzz for your Biz - publicity & marketing ideas you can afford. Thanks to Matt & Dominic @ Sea of Green for hosting the July FiBA networking meeting! Welcome newest member Bret Carpenter / Orig'native! Thanks to our panel ~ The FiBA panel: Ed & Betty Goodwin / The Print Raven, Kim & Way Yuhl / Fizz Bath Shop, Brad Kamradt / Sweet Lid Solutions, Joe Bodin / Reliable Web Designs, and Charles Seiverd / The NOISE!

THANKS to John & Roman @ the MiX in Old Town Shops for a great mix of appetizers & sandwiches, and THANKS to Dave Williamson of Kind Vines & Kind Brew for showing and telling us about the Zero Waste concept. THANKS to Amy Horn / BODIES IN BALANCE, The PRINT RAVEN, KIND VINES, The NOISE! & MiX for great door prizes.

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Business Speed Dating, FiBA-style

The May meeting at Cafe Daily Fare was a huge success - by the end of the meeting everyone had their elevator speeches down to a T.

Thanks to Janis & Nancy for hosting and the great door prize.

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Small Business Heath Fair

Ruth Austin & Emmy Burruel	Amy Horn - Bodies In Balance

Thanks to FiBA members Ruth Austin of PS Printing, Janet Hunt of Cafe Daily Fare, Trish Rensink of BelleWether Group for representing FiBA at the greeting table, and KickStand Kafe & Brandy's Restaurant for providing food for the event. All attendees got a copy of the FiBA shopping guide in their goodie bags.

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Funny You Should Ask... Success Secrets Revealed! 50 business people heard Trish and Jamey of the BelleWether Group reveal the secrets behind the six areas to be considered to make your business strong and successful.

Thanks to meeting hosts Chef Sherman Johnson, owners Ed & Brandy Wojciak, and the great staff at Brandy's Restaurant. FiBA is also grateful for the wonderful door prizes from Gold Wolff Jewelers, Sky Harbor Airport Parking, Sun Sounds, Cafe Daily Fare, Arizona Handmade/Fire on the Mountain Gallery, Brandy's & The BelleWether Group

BelleWether Group can do wonders for your business!

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FiBA's Health care law presentation and January networking meeting

FiBA thanks Dr Eric HENLEY (North Country HealthCare) for an information-packed hour presentation for thirty FiBA members & guests, NACET for their hospitality and conference room, KICKSTAND KAFE for katering, and the following generous FiBA members for their great door prizes: SIMPATICO WELLNESS CENTER (two massage gift certificates), THE YOGA EXPERIENCE (four yoga classes), THE BELLEWETHER GROUP (free entry to their upcoming two-session February workshop), & FRIENDS OF FLAGSTAFF’S FUTURE (Uniquely Flagstaff wall calendar 2011).

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FiBA's 2nd Annual HOLIDAY SHOWCASE

FiBA THANKS its MEMBERS so much for a great holiday showcase party especially HOST RAND JENKINS of FLAGSTAFF'S GREEN ROOM, and members who gave out over $1000 in great door prizes (Kickstand Kafe, Nordic Center, Flag Map/Hotel Directory, Bellewether Group, Brandy's, Kind Vines, The Noise, Simpatico Wellness Center, Rising Hy Hot Sauce, Funky Good, The First Move, Holistic Body Design,and Friends of Flagstaff's Future ~ and the food fabulosity was by Cafe Daily Fare & Simply Delicious! As Tim Allen of Kickstand Kafe sez, SUPER AWESOME!

Flag Map Co's Leslie Connell	Kind Vines' Dave Williamson & Brandon Doss
Kickstand Kafe's Tim Allen & employee	Funky Good's Asa Logan & Kathleen White
Green Room's Rand Jenkins and The First Move's Liz Bohlke & Ellen Kozub	Thanks to Flagstaff's Green Room for hosting FiBA's annual showcase

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FiBA at NACET

Jeff Saville's September 15th presentation at NACET (Flagstaff's local business incubator) for FiBA members & guests was unreal. You just won't believe the projects that are going on there. The big news is that NACET is expanding out of just tech into all kinds of entrepreneurial businesses. Their goal is create jobs, jobs, jobs right here in the Flagstaff area.

Newest FiBA member, Kathleen White, of Funky Good won the evening's door prize, an hour business development consultation with BelleWether Group. Special thank yous to Chef Sherman Johnson of Brandy's Restaurant and to Chef Jalalieh Marian of Cheesecake&Chocolate for the delicious treats.

Northern Arizona Center for Emerging Technology - 2225 N Gemini Dr (near Buffalo Park)

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FiBA Speed Dating

(hosted by Cafe Daily Fare / Simply Delicious Catering)

Speed dating FiBA-style, up close and personal this past July 14th was another FiBA hit program. Overheard: one of the speed daters said they'd attended several business networking events that week and that “FiBA is definitely the FUN group!” Thank yous go out to JANIS HUNT and everyone at CAFE DAILY FARE for the event venue, simply delicious refreshments and the wonderful door prizes. Thanks also to artist CHRISTINA NORLIN of RAVENS EYE GLASS studio for donating the gorgeous blue candleholder as a door prize.

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Working the Web (so it doesn't work you)

WORKING THE WEB (So it Doesn’t Work You) by BRAD KAMRADT (SWEET LID SOLUTIONS) was a well-attended networking meeting Thursday May 13th at the Downtown Greenhouse. Dean Bonzani of ZANI thought “Brad’s presentation was extremely helpful.” Thank yous go out to BRAD KAMRADT for the great information, the Green Room’s RAND JENKINS for the event venue & refreshments, and ELIZABETH & DEAN BONZANI for the wonderful door prize – a green froggy bicycle bell.

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FiBA co-sponsored the North Country Small Business Health Fair May 4th at Flagstaff Aquaplex. Thanks to our volunteers: Janis Hunt of Simply Delicious Catering & Daily Fare Cafe, citizen supporter Celia Barotz, Dexter Albert of Intrinsic Info Consulting, Hadassah Ziegler of Rooftop Sunpower and citizen supporter Peggy Sheldon-Scurlock.

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FiBA Speed "Dating" was Thursday, March 25th - at The Downtown Greenhouse, 15 N Agassiz St. - This was the ultimate networking event.

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Our last event was a Fishbowl - what the heck is a fishbowl? Lots of people came 1/25/2010 to join fellow members as they walked thru The Kickstand Kafe to see how this new business runs, how it could be improved and how this could apply to their business.

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Thanks to everyone who attended FIBA's September 30th networking meeting at North Country HealthCare for presentations on health insurance & health care options. The program's presenters were Carla Conway (Benefit & Financial Strategies), Elise Griffis (Farmers Insurance), and Rick Swanson's team from NCHC - thanks you guys for all the information - we saw people taking notes! Thanks to NCHC for donating the Door Prize, which was won by FIBA member PETE WOLFF. Thanks to FIBA member John Van Landingham (Old Town Shops) and NCHC for subsidizing the Bigfoot BBQ caterered food for our meeting.

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Thanks to the 50+ business owners who attended the meeting Wednesday, August 12, 2009 @ The Orpheum in historic downtown Flagstaff. Featured special guest speaker Kimber Lanning, founder & director of Local First Arizona wowed the crowd. LFA is a local business organization with over 1500 members in Phoenix & Tucson. Here is a brief bio of Kimber.

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Thanks to the more than 50 people who came to our meeting Monday, June 22, 2009
@ Brandy's Restaurant - the enthusiasm was palpable!

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