The Building Futures committees are now working on these Actions Plans: New hair salon a tenant at Granada Plaza & Lofts
New dance studio opens at Kress Center in September The studio will teach jazz, tap, ballet and hip hop. See the full story on the Emporia Gazette’s Web site: www.emporiagazette.com/news/2009/jul/24/new_dance_studio_will_open_kress_center_september/
Eclectic Catering opens in downtown Emporia Judy Lohmeyer turns talent into new business. See the full story on the Emporia Gazette’s Web site: www.emporiagazette.com/news/2009/may/15/business_based_love_people_food/
Couple opens children’s store PunkinDoodles, a children’s clothing store, will open in August in downtown Emporia. The owners, Shalla and Robert Bennett, have worked with Emporia Main Street, the Small Business Development Center at Emporia State University, and NetWork Kansas to put together a business plan and financing for the store. See the full story on the Emporia Gazette’s Web site: www.emporiagazette.com/news/2009/may/19/couple_will_open_childrens_store/
New Asian Restaurant opens in Emporia Ruyi Asian Foods offers a sampling of Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Italian, and Vietnamese foods. See the full story on the Emporia Gazette’s Web site: www.emporiagazette.com/news/2009/mar/05/sampling_asia/
Emporia businesses win awards Emporia won winning three awards at the 2008 Kansas Downtown Symposium. See the full story on the Emporia Gazette’s Web site: www.emporiagazette.com/news/2008/oct/27/emporia_businesses_win_awards/ Cake business opens in Emporia Marty Puckett opens Marty’s Sweet Dreams Cakes in downtown Emporia. “I’m really happy to be close to downtown,” she said. “I just love downtown. I’m trying to add to the charm. See the full story on the Emporia Gazette’s Web site: www.emporiagazette.com/news/2008/oct/15/sweet_dreams/
Emporia JCPenney honored with Chairman’s Award for top-performing store Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Myron E. Ullman III, honored Emporia’s JCPenney with the Chairman’s Award, the company’s highest honor for performance excellence. JCPenny in Emporia’s Flint Hills Mall was honored as well as Store Manager Christine Cross. “The managers and teams receiving the Chairman’s Award delivered exceptional results in an increasingly challenging environment,” Ullman said. “These associates rose to the top by always putting our customers first and consistently performing at a high level. We congratulate them for their outstanding achievement.” JCPenney presents Chairman’s Awards annually to the top-performing stores, districts and other selected teams in the company. Only the top 15 percent of stores and districts can qualify to become Chairman’s Award winners based on results. JCPenney is one of America’s leading retailers, operating 1,074 department stores throughout the United States and Puerto Rico, as well as one of the largest apparel and home furnishing sites on the Internet, jcp.com, and the nation’s largest general merchandise catalog business. Emporia Motors ranked #1 in the U.S. for customer service
Emporia Motors has been ranked #1 in the United States for Toyota dealer customer service.
When you go to emporiamotors.com this is the first thing you will hear as the web page is opening:
“I remember being taught at an early age to treat people with respect, to treat people as I would like to be treated, and above all remember the customer is always right. I learned this from my mother, father and my former bosses that I had the pleasure of working for, and to all of you, thanks. This is Creig Agler owner of Emporia Motors, and Toyota just announced the latest rankings for customer sales satisfaction and the winner is Emporia Motors. This means that out of all 1250 Toyota Dealers in the United States we are #1. That’s right #1! Now we didn’t get that because of me. We got that because of all the fine employees my wife and I have the privilege of working with. Everyday at Emporia Motors we focus on taking care of our customers and just doing what is right has gotten us the ranking of #1. So to all of our customers Mylinda and I say thanks for letting our dealership take care of your automotive needs. And to all of our wonderful sales staff and all of our front end managers, thanks for taking care of our customers from the bottom of our hearts we really appreciate everything you do to see to it that our customers are taken care of.” It’s just another reason why Emporia is so GREAT! We can prove our small hometown of Emporia can compete with all of the larger cities. Thanks to Creig and his team at Emporia Motors for leading the way for a better stronger Emporia.