Car Shows

Dear Friend,  Do You Remember Your First Car? A 1964 Ford Galaxie 500 XL. Details: convertible, Pagoda Green, 390 ci V8, automatic transmission, after market Craig floor mounted 8 track player with speakers mounted in the back seats, tires reverse mounted to hide white walls, wire rim hubcaps, dual exhaust with glass pack mufflers, black & white fuzzy dice and many JC Whitney aftermarket parts to jazz it up. She met an untimely death at the hands of a large tree at the end of an icy hill - mom was driving. I miss her (the car - mom is fine). Take a look!

What Makes a Car Show Such an Attraction?  Everybody remembers their first car. And while we might not have had the foresight, money or inclination to hang on to our original beauty, we never the less, enjoy seeing her once again whenever we can. She could have been a hand-me-down from a great aunt or a beater you picked up for a song and nursed back to utility or you might have saved up your hard earned paper route money to by a new gem from the local dealer. No matter, she was yours (or you shared it with a sibling) and she was awesome. More Than A Car She rescued you from having to ride the school bus with the little kids. She got you to and from your after school and summer job. She escorted you and your friends to the lake, ski area, cabin in the woods and bonfires out in who knows where. And, she took you to the drive-in movies - need I say more? Summer is Car Show Season Hopefully you were able to get out to the Swanton Car Show this past weekend - the Swanton Chamber of Commerce put on a great show with around 200 cars filling the park. The Kingman Street Klassic has been reschedule for this coming Saturday, August 1. Then be on the look out for car show dates in the Islands and Alburgh. Don't miss a chance to get out there and re-kindle a relationship with your first love! Just a Reminder Dorey Demers, RiseVT Coordinator, will be our guest speaker at the next Strategies for Success seminar on Thursday, July 30 from 4:00 - 5:30 in the St. Albans Free Library on Maiden Lane. Dorey will be presenting strategies for creating a healthy workplace.  SIGN UP HERE!  Did You Know? Automobile shows officially began in 1900, with the New York Automobile Show and the Boston Automobile Show. The New York City cycle show of 1899 was the first to use the word automobile in its title when it announced its Fourth Annual Cycle and Automobile Exhibition. This exhibition, held in Madison Square Garden in late January of 1900, featured seven electric vehicles, two gasoline-powered vehicles, and a gasoline tricycle. Henry Ford Blog - boy, he invented everything!

Please make a Chamber membership part of your success strategy. Thank you for your continued support of the Chamber in your community.

Dave Southwick