Chamber Chatter: 16th annual Smithville Fly-in a sky-high hit
What a wonderful, busy time we’ve had in Smithville these past few weeks!
Last Saturday we were all busily working at the 16th annual Smithville Fly-in. Many kudos to Sandy Meyerson and his crew for the amazing event. Special thanks to Feed the Need missions for the lunches, the staff of the chamber for their hard work on the raffle, sign-in and various sponsorships, Tamble Realty for sponsoring the candy drop, A-1 Federal Credit Union for sponsoring the T28 aircraft brought out by Rep. John Cyrier and the city of Smithville for all its hard work.
The chamber hosted our annual Music in the Park event with five wonderful bands entertaining large crowds in historic downtown Smithville! Last week we closed out the series with the Nathan Colt Young Band and a big crowd who enjoyed the music and the gorgeous weather. Thank you to Smithville Chiropractic for the free hot dogs and chips. Many thanks to our Music in the Park sponsor: Calbri Road and Bridge.
We were so excited to celebrate the ribbon cutting and grand opening of Brookshire Brothers’ renovation last week. If you have not had the chance to take a tour of the new pharmacy area, the expanded deli and seating area, the impressive new fresh produce and fruit section and so much more you are missing out.
The chamber, in partnership with the Smithville school district, hosted the annual career fair for high school students on May 13 at Smithville High School. More than 40 employers were present to talk with students about potential career opportunities and discuss available job opportunities. Many thanks to everyone who came out and much luck and success to this year’s 2022 graduating class.
The chamber, in partnership with the city of Smithville, hosted a community information meeting with the Bastrop County Appraisal District last week at the Smithville Recreation Center. Faun Colins, Bastrop County chief appraiser, gave a presentation on property taxes and answered residents’ questions. You can view the presentation in its entirety on the Facebook pages of the Smithville Area Chamber of Commerce or the Smithville Public Library.
Chamber Executive Director April Daniels is a board member on the Bastrop Historical Commission. April has been asked to chair a task force focused on Bastrop County’s museums and historic attractions. The first task force meeting was held last week in Smithville with the goal of creating a museum and historic locations website, tour and rack card. Representatives of several organizations attended the meeting and future meetings have been scheduled. Contact Becky Osborne at the Smithville Area Chamber of Commerce if you represent a historic attraction or museum and would like to be involved with this task force.
The chamber is partnering with the Smithville Public Library to bring another “Storybook Trail” to Smithville’s Central Business District. The book, entitled “Who Loves the Dark” by Sheri Phillabaum, is a charming tale of a young child lost in the woods who is helped by a wise old owl and learns to love nature and the dark. The new story boards will be in place by the first week of June. Head down to read this tale with your children as you progress from page to page in historic downtown Smithville.
Coming up …
Top 10% honor banquet: The chamber’s We Support SISD Committee, in partnership with the Smithville Education Foundation, will host our annual Top 10% honor banquet, honoring the top 10% graduating seniors and their families on May 17. Seniors also choose an “honored guest” which is an educator or district employee who meant a great deal to them during their time in school.
Mixers: The chamber, in partnership with the Bastrop and Elgin chambers, invites members to the BEST Countywide Mixer on May 19 from 5 to 7 p.m., at Roadhouse Paige, 147 Old Texas 20 E, Paige. Also, be sure to mark your calendars for the chamber’s monthly mixer in Smithville, hosted by the Ralph Land Group/All City Real Estate at 300 Short St., 5-7 p.m.
Ribbon cutting: Join us for the ribbon cutting of Chevron as we welcome its new owners to our community and check out the new dining options, including pizza and Mexican food. Come out on May 25 at 5:30 p.m., 709 Texas 71 in Smithville.
Chamber 101: Are you a new member of the chamber or a member that would like to know more about your membership benefits? Join us on June 2 at noon at the chamber for Chamber 101 where we tell you all about your chamber member benefits and answer your questions about how to access them. Lunch is provided. Call 512-237-2313 to RSVP.
Save the date: The Smithville Area Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with the city of Smithville, Smithville VFW, First Baptist Church of Smithville and the Partners of the Smithville, Texas Memorial Park, are planning a Fourth of July celebration. Head over to the Recreation Center at 9 a.m. on Monday, July 4 for a “Freedom” fun run, followed by an 11 a.m. parade downtown and a noon free for everyone lunch at the VFW. Then head over the Riverbend Park at 1 p.m. for music, a kid’s water park and fun fest, vendors, beer booth, tournaments and games. At 5 p.m. we’ll have an event honoring veterans, followed by more live music, food, beer and vendors until 9 p.m. when we’ll have a 20-minute firework display. Call 512-237-2313 with questions or to sign up as a volunteer or vendor or visit us online at www.visitsmithville.org.
This article originally appeared on Austin American-Statesman: Chamber: 16th annual Fly-in a sky-high hit in Smithville, Texas
