Highlights of the Luncheon November 12th

November 13, 2024
Categories:
- News

Welcome: Made by Grant Wetmore, PBA President. Grant thanked our sponsors and special guests. Grant introduced our current board members and reminded attendees that the PBA is looking for Board members and suggested that anyone interested please send an email to board@purcellvillebusiness.org. Grant also mentioned that we will have a spotlight speaker starting back up in January.

Events: December 12^th at 6 pm Annual Meeting/Officer Installation (info coming out soon).

Communication: The new PBA website update is in the works. Directory will be updated prior to the launching of the new site. A reminder for all our members if you have any special events, grand openings, celebrations or fund raisers to send an email to communications@purcellvillebusiness.org. there will be new ways for members to join, pay dues & renewals.

Special Shout Outs: 2 PBA Members won big at the Loudoun Chamber of Commerce’s 2024 Small Business Award’s last Friday November 9^th. Consumer Service Business of the Year, Purcellville Flag Company -WINNER and Main Street Business of the Year, GAM Graphics and Marketing – WINNER. Congrats to our fellow PBA members on this great event.

Purcellville Town Update: Vice Mayor Erin Rayner gave us an update on the zoning rewrites currently going on. Small business Saturday is November 30^th. Giving Tuesday is December 3^rd. the town has reached an agreement with Verizon. They will also be celebrating the retirement of Mountain View Elementary long time Principal Joan Broaddus as well as long time Town Employee ???????.

Today’s meeting “Growing Stronger Together”: New members share why they decided to set up shop in our lovely town.

Katy Barcus Wilson – Consultant

Branding/Marketing/Events

Marketing workshops for 2025

Ryan Ruzic – Attorney/Chief Public Defender Fauquier County

Helping clients who otherwise wouldn’t be able to get a good defense attorney

Shawn McQuinn – Creative2

Website development

Purcellville is their town and they look forward to growing.

Bev & Sydney McCormick – WebFabrics

Fun to reopen a business that was affected by Covid. Enjoy community projects and working with non-profits.

Transitioned from a Corporate job to owning a retail business. Destination stop for cross stitching event that brought over 1,000 people to the area in July/August of 2024.

Chris & Erin York – The Ridge Performance and Training

Sports Training for kids 5 years of age to D1 eligibility. They cover a variety of sports training. They have been open for 3 months. They have a variety of clients from the tri-state area. The location they found in Purcellville is a dream spot.

Our Guests today:

Elizabeth Chen – City Girl Floral

Open 5 months. Pick your won or they will pick for you. Encouraged by Kevin Bednarz at Purcellville Pub to open.

Rodney & Tina – Virginia Valley Vipers

Bringing a professional basketball league to Purcellville in 2025. They will be hosted by Patrick Henry College. The season will run from March thru May.