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Meeting Notice

Our next meeting is Thursday, January 12, 2012. Our speaker will be Jon Heymann, CEO, Communities in Schools.

Speaker's Bio.

We are looking to Westside businesses for three reasons:

1. We want you to visit one of our meetings

Always on the second Thursday each month at the Quality Inn on Commonwealth at I295; lunch is $11, and we have a speaker and networking opportunities.

2. We want you to play in our charity golf tournament.

Our last Charity Golf Tournament was October 22, 2011. Please stay tuned to our website to learn when our next one will be!

But, if you can do none of these things,

3. Please be aware of our efforts to send our youth to college.

We pick the kids, with help from their counselors, who are not likely to get the money from another source.

Join us and help some young person pursue their dreams with education!

Mission

The Westside Business Leaders Association is both a community service organization and a place to help you build your business through networking, presenting informative speakers, sharing and encouragement among members.

Our motto is "The Club with a Vision." However, there are many important themes within our organization. We also believe in Giving to the Community, Building for the Future and making the Westside a better place to live and work by:

• Encouraging members to do business with each other on the Westside
• Improving the public image of business and businesspeople
• Assisting each other in solving business problems
• Working to help improve schools, streets and public safety
• Assisting proposed legislation that abets a good business climate, as well as discouraging harmful legislation

The main idea is that the Westside of Jacksonville is a good place to live, and it's getting better every day. People and businesses are moving to the Westside in droves, and we want to keep the quality of our community high as the growth continues.

The WBLA is here to help Jacksonville's Westside get the best results possible.

We want a higher quality of life for our residents, and we want to make our area businesses successful. Our most important initiatives, however are focused on education. We give several scholarships each year to encourage borderline high school students to go to college. Several of our members are educators and the WBLA unanimously agrees that we must make sure that our youth are as educated as possible in today's world. It's the best survival tool a person can have.

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From our President

As we approach the last quarter of the year, we are looking forward to our Charity Golf Tournament on October 22, 2011, at Bent Creek.  We are hoping for a great turn out as the proceeds go to support one of our heartfelt theme, education.   Our association has a great record of giving $1,000.00 scholarships to worthy Westside area high school seniors.  So let’s encourage participation in the tournament and help some young people pursue their educational dreams.

As always we want to continue to support our community and businesses on the Westside as we continue to grow and prosper.  I look forward to seeing you on the 2nd Thursday of every month at the Quality Inn, 295 and Commonwealth at our Open Meeting.

- Tammy Megowan
WBLA President, 2011