2012 Volunteer of the Year Breakfast Wednesday, September 26th!

The Allendale Area Chamber of Commerce celebrated the 2012 Volunteer of the Year this morning at Peppino's Ristorante & Grille in Allendale.  The breakfast event was hosted by the Allendale Rotary Club. The event is meant to honor and bring attention to the many volunteers who help make the Allendale community a better place to live, as well as promoting and expanding the ethic of service to all of our citizens, and to those whose commitment to community and service to others is exemplary.

Please congratulate those nominees, Kris Arnoldink & Joan Van Farowe along with the recipient of the 2012 Volunteer of the Year Award, Roger Ezinga.  We are so thankful for all that these people do to continually give of their time and talent in our community and it was a pleasure to take time this morning to recognize their efforts.

2012 "Best Of" Allendale Award Winners!

The Results Are In!  The winners of the 2012 "Best Of" Allendale Awards are:

Best Burger: Main St. Pub

Best Pizza: Peppino's

Best Hot Dog: Grand Coney

Best Ice Cream: Dairy Queen

Best Breakfast: Murphy's

Best Coffee: BIGGBY COFFEE

Best Place to eat cheap: Grand Coney

Best Restaurant Overall: Main St. Pub

Best Hair/Nail Salon: The Rouge Salon

Best Place to Workout: Snap Fitness

Best Place for Clothing/Shoes/Accessories: Goodwill

Best Nursery/Greenhouse: Countryside Greenhouse

Best Place for Automotive Service: Tolman's Auto Tech 

Best Place to Worship: LifeStream Church

Best Place for your Money: Lake Michigan Credit Union

Best Place for Insurance: State Farm - Bob Visser

Best Place to store your stuff: M & S Storage and U-Haul

Best Place to Buy Groceries: Family Fare

Best Local Organization: Love INC

Best Place for Sporting Goods: The Locker Room

Best Place for Dentistry: Meade/Zolman Family Dentistry

Best Place for Healthcare: Allendale Family Practice

Best Chiropractor: Dr. Doran Chiropractic

Best Optometrist: Allendale Eye Care

Best Place to Go Outdoors: Allendale Township Park

Best Place to Gas Up: Family Fare Quick Stop

Best Customer Service: Allendale True Value

Best Local Business Overall: Allendale True Value

Favorite "GO-To" Store: Walgreens

Best New Business: Jet's Pizza

As you are out and about, go ahead and congratulate these businesses for their hard work and committment to our community!  We also want to thank all of you for your participation and entries.  The winner of the $25 Gift Certificate was Diana Cable!

Join us to Meet The Candidates Tuesday, July 24th at 7:00pm at Main St. Pub

For an Official 2012 Candidate Listing of Ottawa County, you can check out this link (PDF)

Local Allendale Township Candidates 2012

Supervisor: Jerry Alkema (Incumbent), Jeffrey Meyer, Phillip Brummel, Shawn Suits

Clerk: Candy Kraker (Incumbent), Laurie Richards

Treasurer: Roger Modderman III, Tami Arsenault, David Lee Morren

Trustee: Todd Forner, Jeremy Borgman, Matt Murphy, Patricia Door, Bruce Zeinstra, Marcia Hoekstra (Incumbent) 

Tuesday, June 12th is Opening Day of the Allendale Farmers Market!

This Tuesday is free for Vendors to participate!

Stop on out to see what kind of fresh locally grown produce, crafts, & baked goods are available this season!

For additional information contact aacc@allendalechamber.org, or to participate, please download an application here (PDF) You may bring this along with you the day you wish to participate along with your $5 daily vendor fee!

Establishing Safe & Realistic Speed Limits

You are invited to join us for a presentation from the Michigan State Police, Tuesday, June 19th at 9:00am at the Allendale Township Auditorium regarding  “Establishing Safe and Realistic Speed Limits”

SUMMARY:
A vast majority of speed limits across the country are not established
correctly and, as a result, put police officers and crash investigators
in a difficult position. Many times a motorist in violation of a posted
speed limit is actually driving at a safe and reasonable speed and is
not creating a traffic safety issue.

The relationship between speed limits and actual travel speeds is
counterintuitive and often misunderstood.  The presentation will
illustrate the basic engineering principals that should be used to
establish a proper, enforceable speed limit and will highlight several
examples of what occurs, or more importantly what doesn’t occur, after
a speed limit is corrected. 

Please RSVP to AACC