Find your place with Waco Young Professionals
Our focus is building a dedicated organization by serving, educating, preserving and cultivating our community through involvement. Our hope is to attract and retain our growing and educated demographic in the Waco area, which includes YOU.
As Waco develops and expands, so do the employers and businesses. As our organization grows and becomes involved, so does our community.
Greater Waco Young Professionals Quality of Life Survey
Young Professionals are a key demographic in any healthy, vibrant city, serving as the community's trendsetters, innovators, and policy changers. Having a strong cohort of 20-40 year olds in Waco can help to ensure that this city grows responsibly and sustainably, all while making it safer, more entertaining, and more prosperous.
The Greater Waco Chamber and Waco Young Professionals are undertaking a survey to find out what Young Professionals want in Greater Waco. We want to know how you live, work, and play, and what opportunities you want to see in our community. Please take a few minutes to respond to our Quality of Life Survey. http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/7YVCKXL
Thanks for making Greater Waco a better place to live!
August YP Focus
In this issue:
Quality of Life Survey
August Meeting
September Meeting
Fall Cookout
Quality of Life Survey
Young Professionals are a key demographic in any healthy, vibrant city, serving as the community's trendsetters, innovators, and policy changers. Having a strong cohort of 20-40 year olds in Waco can help to ensure that this city grows responsibly and sustainably, all while making it safer, more entertaining, and more prosperous.
The Greater Waco Chamber and Waco Young Professionals are undertaking a survey to find out what Young Professionals want in Greater Waco. We want to know how you live, work, and play, and what opportunities you want to see in our community. Please take a few minutes to respond to our Quality of Life Survey. http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/7YVCKXL
Thanks for making Greater Waco a better place to live!
August Young Professionals Meeting
August 10
5:30 PM
Greater Waco Chamber- Cooper Room
101 S. 3rd Street
August YP Update
**UPDATE**
The July social tonight (7/28) at 6 PM will be at BARNETT'S PUB. This is a change of venue!
Due to the location change the YPs will have the regularly scheduled social at Barnett's Pub, 420 Franklin Avenue, at 6 PM this Wednesday, July 28. And we will have a BONUS Summer Social on Wednesday, August 4th at Sam's on the Square at 6 PM.
August Young Professionals Meeting
August 10
5:30 PM
Greater Waco Chamber- Cooper Room
101 S. 3rd Street
Our guest speaker will be Leslie Blake, Volunteer Coordinator and Community Educator with Family Abuse Center. Family Abuse Center (FAC) exists to eliminate domestic violence in Central Texas by sheltering victims of domestic violence and by preventing abuse from occurring through intervention and education. FAC provides shelter and services to victims of domestic violence in the following counties: Bosque, Hill, Falls,Limestone, McLennan, Freestone, and Navarro. http://www.familyabusecenter.org/
July YP Newsletter
The Summer is in full swing! We had a great turn out for the meeting at MCC and the Coca-Cola North America tour- let's keep up the momentum! Remember you can always friend us on Facebook for any last minute updates.
JULY
July 13: Baylor's Highers-Simpson Athletic Complex
5:30 PM
Baylor University is a Waco Young Professional Silver Sponsor!
Doug McNamee will be speaking on behalf of Baylor ISP. There will be signs directing you to the meeting room at the athletic complex. Please park in the parking lot between the athletics office and the practice field.
July 28: Social at Barnett's Pub
6:00 PM
The Social has moved- we are now meeting at Barnett's Pub at 420 Franklin Avenue.
August 4: Bonus Summer Social at Sam's on the Square
6:00 PM
Young Professionals Summer Schedule
The Waco YPs have a lot happening this summer! Please continue to check out our website, WacoYP.org and our Facebook, Waco YP to stay updated on the most current information.
So far this year we have had great opportunities to learn about the First Time Homebuyer Tax Credit, the many ways to be involved at the Greater Waco Chamber, the state of the health care bill, sustainable initiatives in the automotive industry, and the Waco Mammoth Site. We have enjoyed each others' company at the Grille at the Hilton, through bowling, at the Slippery Minnow and at a tailgate before the Baylor vs DBU baseball game. We have really packed in the networking and social opportunities in the first half of this year!
YP Habitat Build
The Waco Young Professionals are heading out to build a home with Waco Habitat on Saturday, June 19. Our goal for 2010 is to have 3 YP service opportunities.
You can sign up for the 8:30 am to noon time slot or the 1 to 4:30 time slot by emailing WacoYP
yahoo [dot] com or calling Alexis at (254)757-5630. Join the whole crew for lunch that day from noon to 1 at a location to be determined. View the event on Facebook.
We will have doorprizes including for going green and carpooling, best toolbelt, and coolest overalls!
To learn more about Waco Habitat, click here.
relies on community support---volunteer labor and tax-deductible
June YP Meeting
The June meeting will be held at McLennan Community College, one of our silver sponsors.
The meeting will be held at the Michaelis Academic Center on the main MCC campus: 1400 College Drive, Waco, Tx.
May YP Focus
May Meeting
Mammoth Site
5:30 PM ~ May 11
6220 Steinbeck Bend Road
If you plan to attend the YP meeting at the Waco Mammoth Site on Tuesday, May 11, we need to receive the $5 entry fee by this Friday, May 7. We have to write one check to the Mammoth Site for the group rate.
You may pay by cash or check (made out to GWCC with YP in the memo) and turn it in to the Chamber at 101 S. 3rd Street, Waco, 76701.
Please help us to have an accurate headcount! If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Alexis Weaver at (254) 757-5630 or by email: aweaverwacochamber [dot] com.
Feel free to join other YPs after the meeting at La Fiesta (6500 N. 19th) for further socializing.
Young Professionals growing in Waco
The Waco Tribune Herald has an excellent story by Bill Teeter today about the growth in young professionals in the Greater Waco area. President Erik Hill and YP members Lara Robertson and Rusty Betts were all quoted about their story as young professionals in Waco. From social opportunities to business networking, the Waco YPs continue to serve as a common ground for young professionals in our area. Check out the story: Waco Seeing More Growth in Young Professionals.
May Meeting at Mammoth Site
The Waco Mammoth Site will be opening after hours just for the Waco Young Professionals for a private tour of the site. The Waco Mammoth site holds the record for the largest known concentration of skeletons of mammoths believed to have died in the same event. The site is soon to be Waco's first National Monument through the National Park Service.
This is a great opportunity to support the National Park System in Waco.
The cost for the entry fee is $5. We need to receive your RSVP and payment by May 9th to confirm your attendance. You may pay by cash or check at any YP event or by mailing or dropping off the payment at the Greater Waco Chamber, 101 S. Third Street, Waco, TX 76701. Please make checks payable to the Greater Waco Chamber with YPs in the memo line.
The Mammoth Site is located at 6220 Steinbeck Bend Road.
Please feel free to contact Alexis Weaver with questions, (254) 757-5630.
