Monticello Live

Market in the Park continues Saturday, beside the Courthouse in Monticello from 8-11 am, and will continue on every Saturday through the spring and summer.

Items available include homegrown, homemade and handcrafted things, from vegetables to crafts to jams and jellies.

For more information, or to become a vendor, contact the Chamber of Commerce at 367-6741

The 11th Annual Santa Train event, held on December 10, was a great success. The Chamber of Commerce would like to thank our sponsors for helping make this celebration possible:
Commercial Bank
L.D. Long, Inc.
Rogers Men’s Wear
Union Bank
MonticelloLive

These event sponsors, together with our volunteers, help the chamber to bring lots of holiday fun and excitement to the children of Drew County.

Merry Christmas from the Monticello-Drew County Chamber of Commerce
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Former State Farm Agent, Carolyn Standley-Baughman has retired, and new agent, Mark Gray, was welcomed to town with a ribbon cutting, by the Chamber of Commerce, at his new office, on the corner of Highway 425 and Chapman Road, directly across from McDonalds.

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The Monticello-Drew County Chamber of Commerce wants to remind everyone that  MHS is holding  Homecoming activities, THIS WEEK

The chamber is offering colorful, 18×24 yard signs, printed on two sides and complete with ground stakesfor MHS< as well as the Pirates and UAM. The price is $20 each, OR, you may purchase all three for only $50. These will be great to display at your home or business. Signs are ready now for pick-up or delivery.  Call the chamber office at (870)367-6741

The event was held at the UAM Library, and was sponsored by the Chamber of Comerce.

UAM – Dr. John Hunt;
DC -Julie Callison;
Monticello – Debra Ashcraft ;
MIS AR Teacher of the Year Candidate – Rachel Beer Withers

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Click here for the full story from January.  The video comes in at #23 for the year.

Mandy Moss, reporter, and Joe Burgess, the "MonticelloLive Guy"

The Business of the Year Award is given to a business that strives everyday to provide outstanding community service while developing a quality product that attracts a wide range of customers. MonticelloLive is pleased and honored to accept the title of MEDC/Chamber of Commerce’s Business of the Year for 2011.

After purchasing MonticelloLive only 4 years ago, owner Joe Burgess has transformed a small, local website into a news site that, in the past 12 months, has had more than 2.7 million page views. In the past two months alone, MLive has also been linked on state-level news websites 3 times for its coverage of important local stories.  The business has been mentioned in Arkansas Business twice, and in Arkansas Times once

Burgess’ entertaining acceptance speech ranged from stand-up comedian to lay-preacher, as he took the opportunity to thank his sponsors, employees, and readers, but most of all, he took time to say, “I want to thank the Lord.”

The MEDC and the Chamber of Commerce hosted the dedication ceremonies for the Ridgeway Monticello and the Downtown Civic Center, Tues afternoon.

Ridgeway tours  led into the ceremony at the fully renovated hotel, where around 100 people attended.

The Downtown Civic Center dedication followed, and had an estimated 75 present.

Cablevisin’s “Hometown Monticello” program on Channel 19 will include a special video segment of the Ridgeway Monticello dedication event, repeating from Sunday at 5 pm, until Monday at 7 am, this weekend.

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The Drew County Business of the Year award was presented to the Drew County Developmentally Disabilities Council, Tuesday night at the MEDC/Chamber of Commerce banquet.

The DCDD operates several facilities in Drew and surrounding counties; has 275 employees;, and has a $4,p00,000 annual payroll.

This week’s One Monticello Life tells of the beginning and growth of the Drew County Developmental Disabilities Council, and their organizations.

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P.Q. Gardner and DeAnna Doherty