#FountainHillsFriday: Fountain Festival of Arts & Crafts

The second weekend in November marks the annual Fountain Festival of Arts & Crafts here in Fountain Hills. This local tradition has been around for over 30 years, and it has become one of the Southwest’s premiere art shows. This year, the legacy of the event continues, with an impressive lineup of nearly 500 of…

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Fountain Hills Friday: Thanksgiving Day Parade

Now that we have reached the month of November, Thanksgiving begins to slip into everyone’s minds. In Fountain Hills, Thanksgiving isn’t just about turkey, mashed potatoes and stuffing; the Thanksgiving Parade has always been center stage. Taking center stage in the parade this year will be Sam Dorman, USA Olympic diver, as the Grand Marshal.…

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Fountain Hills Friday: Toastmasters

Each week we strive to recognize a member of the Fountain Hills Chamber of Commerce who has something new or exciting going on within their business or organization. This week, that member is the Fountain Hills Toastmasters! One of their members, Tom Lindsey, recently became the division Champion at a Toastmasters speech competition! We got…

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Fountain Hills Friday: VFW Post 7507

It’s Friday, so you know what that means! Time for another Fountain Hills Friday member spotlight. This week we are highlighting the VFW Post 7507. They are kicking off their new “Veterans’ Community & Resource Center” that aims to assist local veterans in many aspects of life. We got to hear some more information from…

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Fountain Hills Friday: NPOA

We have another Fountain Hills Friday member spotlight this week: Neighborhood Property Owners Association! We here at the Fountain Hills Chamber of Commerce love to see our members get involved in the local community, but it is even better when they help fellow chamber members in the process The Neighborhood Property Owners Association (NPOA) of…

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Chamber opposes minimum wage hike

The Fountain Hills Chamber of Commerce, Board of Directors, voted in opposition to Proposition 206 which would progressively raise the State’s minimum wage to $12 per hour and require employers to pay sick time to all employees. Earlier this year the Chamber’s public policy committee heard from Garrick Taylor, Arizona Chamber, and Bill Scheel, Javalina–the agency promoting…

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Fountain Hills Friday: Farmers Insurance

Fountain Hills Chamber member Scott Schlossberg wins “New Business Award” with Farmers Insurance for first quarter while in business in Fountain Hills We here at the Fountain Hills Chamber know that our town is a great place to do business, but we are always thrilled to see our members learn that to be true by…

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Thanksgiving Day Parade ranks on Google

Like many people, I “google” nearly everything. I especially like to research events throughout the United States to find new and successful ideas shared by other chambers and community organizations.  Today I searched for Thanksgiving day parade and was shocked to find the Fountain Hills parade listed just under the Macy’s parade. The little Fountain…

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#FountainHillsFriday: Fountain Hills Hearing Health

It’s time for another #FountainHillsFriday member spotlight! This week we are proud to announce that Fountain Hills Hearing Health is the official Presenting Sponsor for the 2016 Community Expo! We caught up with Fountain Hills Hearing Health’s Dr. Martin Case to learn more about this exciting partnership: With the 2016 Community Expo just around the…

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#FountainHillsFriday: Red Shirt Fridays

This #FountainHillsFriday is all about the VFW Post 7507’s Red Shirt Friday community campaign! Boe James, the Adjutant for Post 7507 gave us a complete run down of what this “Red Friday” is all about and what it means to Military Veterans here in Fountain Hills:  “The Red Friday is a movement started in Canada to…

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