Stanthorpe & Granite Belt Chamber of Commerce

Chamber July Networking Event.
What a fun night, great food and great company.
Thank you to everyone that attended and thank you to Jamworks Gourmet Foods for hosting us.

Chamber's next Networking Event.
If you have not received an invitation and would like to join us for some business networking feel free to RSVP.
If you have any questions please contact our secretary on [email protected] or 0467 453 876.

Chamber have been in discussions with the Council staff recently regarding the condition of the public notice board in front of the piazza.
In the coming weeks the notice board will be removed and taken away for refurbishment and will then be reinstated after repairs are completed.
We would like to thank the council staff for attending to this request in such a positive and prompt manner.

It was nice and fresh today over the Granite Belt

🥶IT'S GETTING COLD: BUT HOW DO YOU KNOW, UNLESS YOU'RE AT THE BIG THERMOMETER!? 🌡

👉Join David Iliffe and the ABC Breakfast team at Stanthorpe's Big Thermometer, outside the Information Centre, this WEDNESDAY 17th OF JULY!

This is your chance to say g'day and be on the show! 👋

Some of the exciting things to see and do at jumper's and jazz this year

See you tomorrow!

Thank you to everyone that attended our May Networking Event tonight.
Just a quick photo from the start of the night, what a fantastic view.

National volunteer week.

Thank you to all those that give up their time to make our community a fantastic place. If it's soccer to tuckshop to a community group.
Our special region would not be what it is without the support of volunteers. Your support is greatly appreciated.

HIGH STREET, STANTHORPE // As part of the Stanthorpe Streetscape project a section of High Street between Lock and Victoria Streets will be closed temporarily on Sunday the 19 May.

Detours and signage will be in place and residents are asked to please follow the direction of traffic controllers.

🗓 Sunday 19th of May 2024
⏱ Works are expected to be occur from 6:30am - 2:30pm however, High Street will be reopened as soon as practicable upon completion of the works.

Council thanks the Stanthorpe community for its patience.

Come let us spoil mum for Mothers Day.
Menu and details available below.
https://sabosonsevern.com.au/events/mothers-day-lunch-2024/
Numbers strictly limited

Just like Jamworks Gourmet Foods alot of places around Stanthorpe and the Granite Belt are pet friendly. If you are unsure just give them a call and ask.

🐾We are fur-baby friendly!🐾

Jamworks has 2 large, undercover areas perfect for you and your 4-legged friends.

We will miss you Bob, we thank you for everything you have done to make all our shows, events and and everything else always fantastic. Narelle if you need anything at all, a coffee with a friend, anything you have our numbers.
The best memories I have of Bob, he was down to earth and the blue singlets were a work trademark ♥️.

The Easter bunny had a great time around town this morning, handing out eggs and having his photo taken. 🐰

Welcome Australian Van Nats 2024 we hope you all enjoyed our entertainment this afternoon and sampling just a handful of what Stanthorpe and the Granite Belt have to offer.
We definitely are spoilt 😊

In case anyone missed the town drive thru this afternoon, you can see all the vans at the Stanthorpe Show ground on Sunday from 9am to 12 (Gold coin donation entry).
You may also see them getting around tomorrow while they are sightseeing.

The Chamber of commerce has heard a whisper and we can confirm that the Easter Bunny 🐰 will be making an early visit to Stanthorpe on Easter Saturday between 10am till 12.

The Easter bunny will be walking around Maryland Street handing out chocolate eggs 🥚 and available for selfies 📷 or the helper will be able to take photos with your phone as well.

The Stanthorpe and Granite Belt Chamber of Commerce wish everyone a happy and safe Easter holiday.

What a great idea
Learner drivers get knowledge and skills from other drivers besides parents and volunteers get to mentor to share their experience.

Do you have a passion to help our youth. Braking the Cycle Program Stanthorpe is looking for volunteer mentors to help our youth complete their mandatory 100 hours of supervised driving so they can get their P's. Contact Suze on 0429 510 212 or come into the Granite Belt Neighbourhood Centre for more information.

Wow this is something different

Tuesday morning on sunrise, catch Will and Deb from Conrad Distillery, having a giggle with the sunrise team and making their "Bloody Aussie Cocktail"
These guys are amazing at what they do.
From gin, vodka, cans, bottles or perfumes, just to name a few.
Definitely tune in and if you haven't visited them yet put it on your list.

The first network event of the year is here.
Please check you inbox for the details.

I would like to address some allegations that have been levelled at the Stanthorpe & Granite Belt Chamber of Commerce on the front page of the Town & Country Journal newspaper 7th March 2024.

To suggest that Chamber would host an ambush is an insult to all the chamber executives past and present that have hosted these very successful events over the years for the benefit of the community. The chamber posted an open invitation to the community on our page on 27th Feb and invitations were emailed to all candidates on 28th Feb so I refute the suggestion that 9 days notice is “short notice”.
An email was received from Melissa on 1st March and all her questions were answered. The offer was made for her to contact the MC but she chose not to do that.

Her concerns regarding live streaming were addressed and as the
Chamber meet the candidates have been live streamed in the past we will continue to do this into the future for community members that cannot attend in person.

To label me as “lacking professionalism” for wearing a hat from an
election over 3 years ago at an outdoor event I find personally
offensive. I do not believe Ms Hamilton introduced herself at the
meeting she mentions and I had no idea who I was speaking with and at the time she was not a candidate, but the author of a blog that has made repeated personal attacks against myself and my role as a volunteer with the Chamber, working on water security for the region.

The public invitation to the community was posted and I would have thought it was a journalists job to know what is happening in the community and to report on it without doing a hatchet job on a group of volunteers and again branding us as unprofessional.

I am extremely proud of the Meet the Candidates event we hosted last Thursday and we have received very positive feedback. I feel it would be appropriate for both the Town & Country paper and Melissa Hamilton to offer an apology to our members for their offensive comments.

Graham Parker
President

Plenty of session times available, please see Deb at Gracious Giving to book.

First Santa Photo for 2023 | Stanthorpe & Granite Belt Chamber of Commerce | Stanthorpe & Granite Belt Chamber of Commerce The first Santa photo taken for 2023

Congratulations to Gloria Bryant 🎉 winner of week 6 of our lucky shopper promotion.

Thank you to Tim Gilmore and Michael from Stanthorpe Newsagency for drawing our lucky winner.

🔴 Please remember to give all your customers receipts for their entry into the next draw on the 15th of December .

Any purchase on the Granite Belt is eligible for the draw (from Wallangarra to Dalveen)

If your business is collecting receipts please drop them to Gracious Giving by 5pm Friday, the draw will take place in Stanthorpe Newsagency at 5:30.

Other entry boxes are located at Country Lane Lifestyle, Lifestyle Footwear, Amcal Pharmacy, Mitre 10, Go Vita, Reject Shop, Spano's IGA Stanthorpe and Star Liquor in Stanthorpe Plaza.

The giving tree is all set up for donations🎄. The Stanthorpe and Granite Belt Chamber of Commerce are asking for donations for gifts 🎁 wrapped with age and gender on them or non perishable items. These can be dropped off to the Santa photo area in Maryland Street next to Deps Nails.
These will all be distributed by The Salvation Army and The Granite Belt Neighbourhood Centre, for those in need of some support or need some sparkle in Christmas.