River City CDC's Work Camp July 26 - August 1, 2009

River City River City Community Development Corporation will host 2009 Group Workcamps Project, during the Week of July 26 – August 1, 2009 in partnership with Group Workcamps from Loveland Colorado. Group Workcamps is a proven program that pairs hundreds of teenagers and adult sponsors with communities like ours to provide home repairs for the elderly low-income and disabled residents. Home repairs will consist of porch and step repair, wheelchair ramp construction, interior and exterior painting, siding repair, roofing and light carpentry.

During the Group Workcamp week RCCDC will repair and restore 65 homes, create better living conditions for residents, boost community pride, Bring people together – such as civic groups, businesses, churches all working towards a meaningful end. In addition Group Workcamps will bring thousands of dollars into our local economy.

Students will be housed at Pasquotank County High School.

Since 1996 Group Work Camps direct community financial impact into our community is close to $1.2 million dollars; GWC has also provided over 59,000 volunteer hours and over 2300 volunteers has provided home repairs in our community.

Group Workcamps has become an invaluable partner. It’s remarkable the impact that a fresh coat of paint can have, not just on a house or a neighborhood, but on the outlook of the family who lives there.

RCCDC would appreciate your help in the following areas:

• Financial assistance to purchase needed building materials
• Volunteer Support (before, during and after the camp)
• The use of 8’, 16’, 20’, and 24’ ladders.

To volunteers, financial support and to lend us your ladder, please contact River City Community Development Corporation at (252) 331-2925 or rivercitycdc@rivercitycdc.org. Thank you very much for your continued support as we work to provide a better quality of life for residents of our community.

AOA NEEDS YOUR HELP!

To our many friends, members, sponsors, and volunteers:

Arts of the Albemarle needs your help! The organization has experienced significant changes in the past six months and it is acclimating nicely to its wonderful new environment.

To move the organization forward and continue to build upon its many initiatives and past accomplishments, we need the assistance of our friends, membership, sponsors and volunteers. There is an incredible level of talent and skills within this group. We need your active participation and involvement, however, to continue to provide a variety of programs and services to our community. I know many of you are currently actively involved in volunteering your time. I sincerely appreciate your many contributions. This message will hopefully encourage others of you to get actively involved with AoA!

Volunteer!!!!
I would like each of you to consider volunteering a few hours or more each week, month, or quarter.

I have listed below over twenty specific opportunities where we need your talent. Please review this list and let us know the areas where you think you can best contribute.

• Fund raising
• Solicit Event Sponsors
• Solicit Corporate Donations
• Lobby/Liaison with City/County Governments
• Membership recruitment and growth
• Volunteer coordination
• Volunteer recruitment and solicitation
• Volunteer recognition
• Gallery Inventory system
• Gallery reception and sales desk
• Event planning
• Event execution
• Marketing/Publicity/Press release
• Website content review and update
• Set up/clean up from events
• Provide housing to visiting artist
• Provide food/drink/ refreshments for events
• Write grants
• Letter writing
• Fold/stuff/mail correspondence
• Usher
• Bartender/cashier
• Carpentry/woodwork/building maintenance and repair
• Work with children during special events
• School of the Arts
• Art and Education Outreach
• Teaching art/craft related classes
• Harbor Arts Festival
• Annual Landmark Show
• Designer House
• Landmark Show
• Splash
• Christmas Open House
• Merchandising

Please contact our Interim Executive Director, Lee Vassar, to advise him of your interest and availability. You may contact Lee as follows: executivedirector@artsofthealbemarle.com or 252-338-6455

I appreciate your willingness to help the Arts of the Albemarle continue to make a significant contribution to our community.

Thanks,

Randy

Randy Midgett, President, AOA Board

2nd Annual Albemarle Hospice Regatta and Party

2nd Annual Albemarle Hospice Regatta and Party

August 8, 2009

You are invited to be a part of the 2nd Annual Albemarle Hospice Regatta and Party on August 8, 2009. The regatta hosts a fun-filled day of sailing on the Pasquotank River for all ages and experience levels. This year the regatta is sponsoring youth and adult small boat classes, as well as the keel boat class. The dinner, awards ceremony, and party will be held on the deck of Grouper’s restaurant in downtown Elizabeth City. All proceeds of this event benefit Albemarle Hospice.

Even if you are not a sailor, there are many opportunities for you to show your support for Hospice by:

• Sponsorship


• Donations


• Memorial ad purchase


• Purchasing dinner tickets and enjoying the catered meal and live music

$50 Race registration ($40 before July 25)

$25 Dinner and Party (catered by Grouper’s Restaurant)

Live entertainment provided by “Deacon Blues” and “Further Adieu”

Tickets may be purchased from Grouper’s Restaurant or the Elizabeth City Chamber of Commerce.

Check out these PDF's for more info:
Brochure | 2009 Memorial Ad | Sponsor Letter 2009 | Sponsor Proposal 2009

For more information:
visit www.albemarlehospiceregatta.com or call (252) 337-8989.

Port Discover Day at Puddleducks Set for Friday, July 24

Contact: LuAnne Pendergraft, 252-335-3844, lspendergraft@mail.ecsu.edu

Port Discover Day at Puddleducks Set for Friday, July 24

Elizabeth City, NC—Port Discover Day is set for Friday, July 24 at Puddleducks, a children’s clothing shop in Elizabeth City. Shop Puddleducks on July 24 when Port Discover educators will bring hands-on science activities to Puddleducks. From microscopes to science experiments, there will be lots of science for youngsters to discover at Puddleducks! A portion of all sales that day will benefit Port Discover.

Port Discover Day is part of the Puddleducks Anniversary Sale which runs Thursday, July 23 – Saturday, July 25. Puddleducks is located at 406-B South Griffin Street, Elizabeth City.

For more information, contact Port Discover at 252-338-6117 or Puddleducks at 252-338-8862.

Port Discover is a community-based, non-profit organization, established to enhance the public’s understanding and enjoyment of science through engaging programs, activities, and exhibits. Elizabeth City State University along with the Elizabeth City Area Chamber of Commerce initiated the project that has attracted broad community support, including Elizabeth City Morning Rotary, College of the Albemarle, Albemarle Hospital, Museum of the Albemarle, Elizabeth City Area Convention and Visitors Bureau, and Elizabeth City-Pasquotank Public Schools. Port Discover is also a member of the NC Grassroots Science Museum Collaborative.

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VETS & PETS DAY AT HARLEY-DAVIDSON

VETS & PETS DAY AT HARLEY-DAVIDSON

Outer Banks Harley-Davidson is working on many things. We have new faces that are excited to be in the dealership. We want you to come out and see the store. This month we have a great sale going on MSRP out the door. July 25th we are having a Vets & Pets day this will help the Veterans and the SPCA.

If you know a organization that needs the space to through an event please call Amy
252-338-8866.

Cast Iron and Clapboard: The Architecture of Elizabeth City

Contact: Thomas Spagnol (252) 335-1453

Cast Iron and Clapboard: The Architecture of Elizabeth City

Student Photography Workshop

(Elizabeth City, NC) Explore the architecture of Elizabeth City with this hands-on photography workshop at the Museum of the Albemarle, August 5 and 6 from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm. During this two day photography workshop, 6th-12th grade students will learn about historic architecture and how it has been preserved on many buildings and homes in Elizabeth City. Participants will be supplied with a camera and will explore the downtown area in order to document different architectural features. Student photography will be put on display in the museum.

For more information, please call Meg Puckett at 331-4031. Registration and supply fee required by July 29, 2009.

The Museum of the Albemarle is located at 501 S. Water Street, Elizabeth City, NC. (252)335-1453.Hours are Tuesday-Saturday 9am-5pm, Sunday, 2pm-5pm.Closed Mondays and State Holidays. Serving Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Hertford, Hyde, Northampton, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties, the museum is the northeast regional history museum of the North Carolina Division of State History Museums, Department of Cultural Resources, State of North Carolina. Treasure NC Culture. www.ncculture.com

Living Waters Trail Opens Avenues for Tourists

Charlotte Underwood
(252) 335-5330

Living Waters Trail Opens Avenues for Tourists
Church Trail to Attract Group Tours
(Elizabeth City, NC, July 26, 2009) – Northeast Tourism (NET) is requesting information about the history of church structures that have been preserved for over 100 years and that are able to be opened for tour groups. NET is establishing a Living Waters Trail for visitors to be able to follow the long-term history of the church structures within the region.

Churches that meet the structural requirement of having an existing structure that has been preserved for over 100 years should contact your local Living Waters Coordinators ... [read more]

Vote For Montero's on Live with Regis and Kelly!

Hello Everyone!

We need your support! Leslie Otts (A favorite Regular Guest and Family Friend of Montero's) was kind enough to nominate Montero's and our Vegetable Wrap in a contest on the Live with Regis and Kelly Show. We have made it into the Finals and need everyone to vote to keep us in the contest. Please go to their website www.livewithregisandkelly.com and click on the Ultimate Hometown Grill Off-Healthy Grill Category. If you follow the directions it allows you to vote for Montero's. You don't need to register, just put in your email address and a password, click on Montero's under Andy's picture, and Vote Now. You have to vote between now and Sunday @ 10:00am. If we're lucky we'll be announced as the winner on Monday's show which starts at 9:00am on ABC. This would be great exposure not only for Montero's, but Elizabeth City and our area. Please take a few minutes and vote for us.

If we make it Andy could possibly be going to New York to prepare the Vegetable Wrap on the air. Thanks in advance for all your support. Have a great day and tell all your friends!!

Andy and Karin Montero

ECA CVB Visitor Tracking: January - June 2009

Ever wonder about the other people that visit Elizabeth City? Well, here is the Elizabeth City Area Convention & Visitor Bureau's tracking report for January through June 2009. It does NOT include everyone that walked into our office, just those who were nice enough to Sign-In for us. In addition, it tells us how those people arrived here, their purpose for coming, if they spent the night, how they heard about Elizabeth City, and where they came from. So ... check out the results, as you might have been part of them!

January – June Sign-In Sheets:

Total Sign In’s = 153

Percentage Breakdown:
Purposes:
8% Business
69% Vacation
7% Relocation
16% Unknown

Modes:
47% Vehicle
37% Boat
16% Unknown

Overnight Stays:
62% Yes
21% No
17% Unknown

Hearing About Elizabeth City:
Top 3 results:
Boater(s)/Boating/Sailing/Cruiser(s) - 13%
Waterway Guides/Cruising Guides/Skipper Bob/ICW Cruising Guide - 10%
Friends/Relatives - 10%
Business/Job/Work/Employment - 7%

Locations:
Visitors came from 29 out of the 50 states, 21 states not represented

Top 5 States from Visitors Locations:
1. North Carolina - 28%
2. Virginia - 14%
3. Maryland - 5% & Florida - 5%
4. Texas - 4%
5. Pennsylvania - 3% & New York - 3%

Other Locations Visitors were from:
1. Canada - 5%
2. England
3. New Zealand
4. Ecuador
5. Thiland

If you have any questions about this report please contact sales@discoverec.org.

Local Chef Andy Montero Nominee for Regis and Kelly's Ultimate Hometown Grill Off

Hello Everyone,

Our office (the Elizabeth City Area Convention & Visitors Bureau) has just been informed by Chef Andy Montero (Owner and Chef of Montero's Restaurant in Elizabeth City) that today (July 10th) he found out he's one of five nominees of LIVE! with Regis & Kelly's Ultimate Hometown Grill Off in the Healthy Grill category!!!!! We are so happy for him! So, to help him out we need you, please check out the Regis & Kelly website and vote for him! You can vote from Friday 7/10 10:00 am ET - Sunday 7/12 10:00 am ET!!

Please show your support by voting for Andy! Thanks ahead of time!

Here is Andy's video that he submitted:


Take care, Jess

Jessica Faulkingham
Sales & Website Coordinator
Elizabeth City Area Convention & Visitors Bureau
400 South Water St., Elizabeth City, NC 27909
Phone: (252) 335-5330
www.DiscoverElizabethCity.com

*Edit* -- Check out the Daily Advance article about Andy's nomination. Also, check out Andy and Karin's note.

Come to the Arcade on July 10th

FREE Sleep Disorder Assessment on July 10th – Va Dare Arcade
A healthy productive life depends on a rested and energized body and mind. Sleep disorders can impair quality of life and in some cases pose serious threats to performing daily activities. Did you know that untreated sleep apnea can cause high blood pressure, cardiovascular disease, memory problems weight gain, impotency and headaches. More over, untreated sleep apnea may be responsible for job impairment and motor vehicle crashes. Fortunately, sleep apnea can be diagnosed and treated.

Make plans to stop by on Friday, July 10th at the Virginia Dare Arcade, located at 507 East Main Street, from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. For a free assessment to start you on the road to a healthier, more energized life. For more information: Omega Sleep at (252) 338-6300.

Elizabeth City's National Night Out 2009

National Night Out "America's Night Out Against Crime"
The Elizabeth City Police Department is very pleased to announce exciting plans for the fifth annual "2009 National Night Out Against Crime," to be held on Tuesday, August 4th, 2009. This year's theme is, "Give Neighborhood Crime and Drugs A Going Away Party." The event will be held from 4:00 pm until 10:00 pm at the city's beautiful Waterfront Park. We enjoyed such a success last year that we are anticipating over 100 different displays and events for this year's festival and hope to join over 5000 people for a night of crime free fun.

National Night Out is an event held across the nation to promote crime prevention, police-community partnerships and neighborhood unity. It is sponsored by the National Association of Town Watches as co-sponsored by law enforcement agencies all across the nation. Over 34 million people and more than 10,000 communities will join forces on Tuesday, August 4th, 2009 in an attempt to make their neighborhoods crime and gang free.

They are requesting your participation to enhance our community event and to express a determination to protest crime and gang activity and enjoy security within our homes and neighborhoods. They already have firm commitments from several law enforcement agencies, public safety entities, businesses and neighborhood organizations as well. They will include amusements for kids, entertainment for adults, tons of demonstrations, free giveaways, and an array of food vendors. As you can see, this will be an event well worth being apart of!

Vendor spots still available -- If you have any questions or require additional information on being a vendor please contact Officer Grace Carter at 252-384-3616. For overall event information please direct all inquiries to Lt. John Young with the Elizabeth City Police Department at 252-335-4321 ext. 232 or 252-384-3657. They look forward to your participation!

Film @ MOA this July

Contact: Thomas Spagnol (252) 335-1453
FILM SHOWING AT THE MUSEUM OF THE ALBEMARLE
(Elizabeth City, NC) The beach surf documentary "Any Given Morning" will be shown by the Museum of the Albemarle, 501 South Water Street in Elizabeth City on Saturday, July 25th at 2:00 pm in the Gaither Auditorium. On hand will be the film's creator Laurel Hughes. Hughes, a native of Elizabeth City first got the surfing 'bug' in 2006 and it bit her hard. She worked in Wilmington, North Carolina and had easy access to the beach. She befriended a group of surfers who surfed at Wrightsville Beach and, after seeing a surf film at a local film festival, decided to tell their stories on film. Hughes and her crew spent a year making the film which was, not surprisingly, a labor of love.

Hughes will be on hand after the movie for a question and answer session. Light refreshments will be served.

This is a free event.

For more information, call the Museum’s Education Department at 252-335-1453.

The Museum of the Albemarle is located at 501 South Water Street, Elizabeth City, NC. (252) 335-1453. Hours are Tuesday-Saturday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm, Sunday 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm. Closed Mondays and State Holidays. Serving Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Hertford, Hyde, Northampton, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties, the museum is the northeast regional history museum of the North Carolina Division of State History Museums, Department of Cultural Resources, State of North Carolina. Treasure NC Culture. www.ncculture.com

Elizabeth City Invites Travelers to "Take 15 and Save 15" with July and August Lodging Promotion

Contact:
Elizabeth Evans, Cahoon & Cross
Phone: (757) 420-6944
eevans@cahoonandcross.com
Elizabeth City Invites Travelers to "Take 15 and Save 15" with July and August Lodging Promotion
(Elizabeth City, NC, July 8, 2009) – From classic outdoor movies in the park to bocce ball games on the waterfront green, Elizabeth City has enough fun-in-the-summer activities for a great getaway – and the "Harbor of Hospitality®" is offering an incentive for travelers to visit now. During the months of July and August, visitors can book the "Take 15 and Save 15" getaway package, featuring 15 touring suggestions and a 15 percent savings off selected inns and hotels. [read more]

DOT Opportunities in July

The North Carolina Department of Transportation

Presents:

Janitorial Contractors’ Workshop

An interactive forum for understanding the janitorial contracting process and how to do business with NCDOT.

Tuesday, July 14, 2009
10:00 am – 1:00 pm

This workshop will feature:

• Doing Business with NCDOT


• Contract Opportunities


• Contract Preparation


• Contract Performance


• Certifications Overview

For more information, please contact Rodney Renix-HUB Program Coordinator at:(919) 508-1796, or via email at: rdrenix@ncdot.gov

Sponsored by:
River City Community Development Corporation (RCCDC) & North Carolina Small Business and Technology Development Center (SBTDC)