NAI Harding Dahm Helps Employees Curb Fuel Costs

Today NAI Harding Dahm presented property management employees with a fleet of five new vans and two new pick up trucks in an effort to curb the cost of high fuel.

"Our employees are dedicated to the philosophy of providing exceptional service to our customers," said Dan Dickey, President of NAI Harding Dahm in Fort Wayne. "This is our way of rewarding them."

A press conference was held this morning with a presentation of keys to staff.

Vroom Vroom

What a Morning Mix!! Sterler Productions hosted a great event yesterday morning at Jim Bailey's Harley Davidson. Thank you to everyone who participated.

Matthew 25 Walk/Run Tomorrow

Attention runners! Tomorrow is Matthew 25's Dr. Phillip O'Shaughnessy Walk/Run for Health.

The Walk/Run will take place at Foster Park with registration starting at 7 a.m. Race day registration is $20. To register as a runner or walker click here.

For more information call (260) 426-3250 ext. 215, or ahathaway@matthew25online.org.

Tropical Fort Wayne

Go back to the islands when the Downtown Improvement District hosts Island Fest on Saturday, July 26 from 4 p.m. to midnight. Leave the kids at home for an all night party at a downtown island getaway featuring live reggae and beach music, sand volleyball, and island-inspired food and drinks from Columbia Street West, Club Soda and Hartley’s.

Admission is $5 with free parking adjacent to Columbia Street. Don't miss this downtown island getaway. For more information visit www.downtownfortwayne.com.

Table Facilitators Needed for Morning Mix

Table Facilitators are needed for tomorrow's Morning Mix. This is one event you don't want to miss - Sterler Productions is promising a Morning Mix like you've never seen! The Morning Mix will take place at Jim Bailey's Harley Davidson on Illinois Rd. just off I-69.

Interested? Contact Christy Drake at (260) 424-1435 or cdrake@fwchamber.org

Classic Car Fan?

Calling all mustang fans! Ivy Tech Community College will host the Annual Mustang and Ford Show this Saturday.

The 25th annual Old Fort Mustangers show takes place at the Ivy Tech Fort Wayne campus starting at 8 a.m. Admission is $2, with children under 10 free. Proceeds support Ivy Tech Scholarships.

On display will be Ford Mustangs from 1964 to present. The show is open to any Ford powered vehicle, so a wide variety of vehicles spanning many model years will be on display.

For more information contact (260) 749-5589.

A Morning Mix Like You've Never Seen!

Chamber to Sponsor "Best Places to Work" Awards Program

The Chamber is proud to be a Gold sponsor of the 2008 "Best Places to Work in Northeast Indiana" awards. The event will take place Thursday, July 24 from 3 p.m. - 5 p.m. at Sweetwater Sound.

"Best Places to Work" is put on by Upstate Indiana Business Journal and will feature Fort Wayne's top ranked employers in the region judged on unique ideas, best practices and business environment.

For more information contact (260) 969-0019.

Verizon Casting Call: My Home 2.0

Does your family want to get wired? My Home 2.0 (pronounced My Home Two Point Oh) is a technology makeover show powered by Verizon FIOS. The show features three tech gurus who give selected families the technology makeover of a lifetime.

The Casting Directors of My Home 2.0 are currently in Fort Wayne at the Three Rivers Festival and are searching for the next families to be featured. Two families from Fort Wayne will be chosen!

The families that are cast will get a full technology makeover for their homes, from state-of-the-art flat screen TVs to lightning speed computer systems. It could all be yours, thanks to My Home 2.0 and the power of Verizon FiOS!

If you think you're the perfect star for this home makeover show there are two ways TO APPLY:
1. Come meet the Casting Directors at the Verizon FIOS tent at the Three Rivers Festival Pavilion.
2. Visit www.2pointhome.com and click on the "AUDITION NOW" button.

Good luck!

Don't Miss Day of Caring

More teams are needed! Join the Fort Wayne community in helping kids by participating in this year’s United Way Day of Caring on August 8. Each year over 1,000 volunteers complete over 50 community service projects. This year all of the projects are at sites that help kids succeed in life and learning.

Register your team and pick a project that matches your team size and interests. Projects include painting, cleaning, landscaping, and/or interactive work at non profit agencies, child care centers, youth centers, schools and churches.

Click Here to register for the Day of Caring. For more information contact Jamie Garwood at (260) 422-4776 or jamieg@uwacin.org.

Logikos to Expand Fort Wayne Headquarters

Logikos Inc. has announced the expansion of its corporate headquarters in Fort Wayne, creating more than 30 high-paying jobs. The software development firm will invest more than $5 million to build a 26,000 square-foot headquarters and research and development facility.

Logikos' software applications range from custom interfaces for police car computers to wireless logistics tracking systems. The company has nearly 100 employees and plans to begin hiring software engineers and executive staff.

For more information visit www.logikos.com

Feet on the Street

by Teresa Royer
Member Relations Specialist

More from my "feet on the street" member visits...

Benco Dental: Manager, Carl Murray, oversaw the development and operations of Benco Dental approximately five years ago here in Fort Wayne – a notable customer of theirs is the Harvard School of Dentistry as well as many other prestigious universities and here at home our own IPFW’s dental hygienist program and dental lab -- I would say we are in good company! In addition to furnishing dentists with their supplies and equipment, they also offer consulting services assisting dentists looking to join a practice or securing one of their own.

I also learned later the same day from Nancy Schenkel, Director of Matthew 25 Health Clinic, that Benco Dental is very generous to their clinic allowing their staff to help themselves to much needed dental items. On a side note Nancy says Matthew 25 is in need of dentists willing to donate their time. Calling all dentists……..