The PRP ABA Mission To unite local businesses to address issues common to the Pleasure Ridge Park Area in an effort to make our community a better place to live, work, and do business. From Our President                                      Welcome to 2009!  I hope you had a wonderful New Year’s celebration with family and friends! Quite frankly, I was sound asleep and never heard the first firecracker. That would be a good thing.  With the way things seem to be going in the world today; it kind of makes you want to crawl back under the covers and leave a wake up call for later, much later! Just wake me when unemployment reaches 4%, instead of its current 6.6%, and climbing. Being the owner of a staffing company, leaving a late wake up call is a choice I refuse to make. My companies’ future is at stake! More people today are out of work than in recent memory. My staff and I have resolved to help make a difference in people’s lives! We have many business building tools at our disposal to help make a difference, and so do you.    The best tool we all have is our own desire and determination to succeed! My wife and I have hung 100 rubber balls from the ceiling of our office, as a reminder that we can “bounce back” from negativity when it comes to the economy. The general mindset is, “how long can we last in this bad economy”?  To many, we are in a period of survival.  I have some good news for you. You are not alone!  The Pleasure Ridge Park Area Business Association is here to support you in good times and bad. No, not with bail out money, but with a well planned strategy that puts you, the business owner/manager in a position to succeed! How do we do that…?   Each month we hold a lunch meeting on the second Thursday from 11:30-1:00pm usually at a southwest Louisville business or church. The idea is to put you in a position to meet face to face with other decision makers who need your products or services. Through casual networking and conversation new customers are cultivated, but remember, you have to take the time to leave your business and go to the meetings. You have to use the service!    We also invite you to bring business cards and brochures about your company to be placed on our information table for others to take with them. At times, we have a public forum where attendees will have 30-45 seconds to speak about their businesses. This is always a popular occasion!  You can visit our website at PRPABA.org and RSVP for our next meeting. If you are a member, lunch is only $7.00 and is catered by a local provider. Non-members are charged $10.00. Membership applications are on the website and can also be filled out and turned in at our meetings. Each month we feature a special speaker relevant to our area or business.  The PRPABA exists to serve and support your business! Please consider attending one of our upcoming meetings. It will be the best tool you can use to help your business succeed!  Thanks, Robert Price, President