August Mixer Thanks to Goin’ Postal and Spilled Beans Espresso, the Gold Canyon Business Association’s August Mixer, August 26th, was another stellar success. Forty-five members and guests filled the Spilled Beans Espresso shop on Kings Ranch Road to share stories, exchange business ideas and enjoy the spread provided by the two hosts. The meal of delicious sandwiches and chips was topped off with Blue Bell ice cream, now being offered at Spilled Beans. The GCBA was delighted to have the new Pinal County Sheriff’s Office, Chief Deputy, Jeff Kirkham join the group, exchanging introductions. He previously served as deputy sheriff in the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office, so is experienced in county, as well as his recent extensive local law enforcement background. We welcome him to the county and Gold Canyon and look forward to a mutually beneficial relationship in our community. Please mark your calendar for the next GCBA meeting, September 23rd, where we will hear more from Chief Deputy, Jeff Kirkham and Marta St. James on “Security and Safety for Business Owners” through the Gold Canyon Business Watch Program. Submitted by Jill Moritz 480-671-0620 jillmoritz@mchsi.com (photo of the Tianen's, Chief Kirkham, Curt Fonger, Marta Saint-James,and Michael provided by V Goodrich)

July General Meeting Minutes (Photo by Your Personal Photographer, Maria Fields) GOLD CANYON BUSINESS ASSOCIATION GENERAL MEETING JULY 22, 2008 Meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by Matt Ruppert, President. Present; Matt Ruppert, Tim Pettigrew, John Enright, Victorya Goodrich and Patti Pier TRESURER’S REPORT - JOHN ENRIGHT Balance in the GCBA Checking $1,953.00 Balance in the Special Checking $ .00 NEW MEMBERS The GCBA is pleased to welcome new members, Chris Bukovac and Nancy Eckstein, owners of Conquering Computers. They are a hands on computer software training company, bringing instruction to you at your place of business. Just a few of their class offerings are, Basic Word, Advanced Word, Basic Excel, Power Point and many more. The classes are designed mostly for adults and seniors, however they will work with adolescents through the Parks and Recreation Department. They will proudly tell you their oldest client is 92 years young. Visit their web site at www.conqueringcomputers.com or you can reach Chris at 480-474-8037 and Nancy at 480-802-0059. OLD BUSINESS DAY OF THE COWBOY UPDATE With the Day of the Cowboy looming closely on the open range, and thanks to the hard work and dedication of many, the event will kick off on Friday, July 25, 2008 in Gold Canyon. The weekend is jammed packed with something for every one, even the smallest of cowgirls and cowboys. You can pick up your schedule of events at businesses through out Gold Canyon or go to the home page of the GCBA Official Web site and look under the Cowboy tab for a complete listing at all venues, including Apache Junction, Goldfield Ghost Town, Superior, Florence and Gold Canyon. NEW BUSINESS John Enright brought the group up to date on the activities of North Eastern Pinal Economic Partnership. (NEPEP) is working very hard to maintain preserve lands in the Superstitions and Florence areas. They are also dealing with the fair land value for counties, state and cities for purchase. By-pass planning for highway 60 is also a hot topic for discussion. VICTORYA GOODRICH passed out schedules for the shuttle to that will take you to various venues for the Day of the Cowboy celebration. GUEST SPEAKER JERRY STABLEY has been with Pinal County for 5 years and is currently serving as the Planning Director with major project being the County’s Comprehensive Plan update. Jerry holds a Bachelor’s Degree from Penn State and a Masters Degree for Arizona State University. Prior to joining the Pinal County team Jerry worked on various projects in Scottsdale including Downtown Planning, Waterfront Project, and Scottsdale Visioning. Jerry lives in Casa Grande with his wife, Evelyn and their 14 year old son. The Comprehensive Plan for Pinal County is the Policy Document for Land Planning in Pinal County. It encompasses the vision of a Magatropolis in the “Sun Corridor” beginning in Prescott and going all the way to Sierra Vista. It is estimated that by the year 2040 ten million people will live in this corridor. To start this project they had 3,000 people actively participate in the initial planning process and the following were determined to be the key areas of concern: • OPEN SAPCES AND PLACES Quality of Life and Wild Life Habitat • SENSE OF COMMUNITY Maintain the unique identity of each area • QUALITY EDUCATION Focus on education pre-school thru grade 12 and on opportunities for higher education • ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY Jobs and growth • HEALTHY AND HAPPY RESIDENTS Make sure that infrastructure is planned and built into the communities such as hospitals. Outside activities such as walking paths, and bicycle paths are considered. • MOBILITY AND MULTIMODAL CIRCULATION Make sure the project includes plans for adequate roads and freeways. Also include mass transit opportunities such as a train between Phoenix and Tucson, regional airports and bus services. • ECONOMIC ACTIVITY CENTERS Places where people can go to work, have libraries available and recreational opportunities. These centers will help create jobs and maintain economic stability in the area they serve. For more detailed information on this project you may visit the main web site at: www.pinal countyplan.com Contact Jerry Stable at: Jerrold.stabley@co.pinal.az.us Contact Peggy Fiandaca, PSA at: PSAinc@coc.net AUGUST MEETING August 26, 2008 6:30 p.m. The guest speaker will be from Lord Abbott Business and will discuss tax and retirement plans for the small business. 50/50 DRAWING Cash of $47.00 was won by Paul Babeu Serving Platter was won by Wayne Karver Meeting was adjourned at 8:15 Respectfully Submitted Patti Pier Secretary

June General Meeting Minutes GOLD CANYON BUSINESS ASSOCIATION GENERAL MEETING MINUTES JUNE 24, 2008 Meeting was called to order by Vice President Tim Pettigrew at 7:00 P.M. Board Members present: Tim Pettigrew, John Enright, Victorya Goodrich, and Patti Pier Absent: Matt Ruppert John Enright: Treasurer’s Report Balance in the GCBA Checking Account $2,026.00 Balance in the GCBA “Special” Account $5,771.00 New Members Signature Commercial Susan Perlow Owner Susan is a Commercial Real Estate and Development Specialist. She is currently in escrow and pending closing on 5 acres on Kings Ranch Road which will support 55,000.00 square feet of retail space and should include some major anchors. She currently owns 6,200 square feet (Building F) in the Shea Complex on Kings Ranch Road. She will be occupying some of that space as her executive offices and will have space available for lease. Appliance 911 Jeff Holiday Owner Jeff is known about town as the “Gold Canyon Maytag Repair Man”. Jeff works on all major house hold appliances and is factory trained on all. He also offers 24 HOUR SERVICE. Ribbon Cuttings: Les Kidz June 14, 2008 was the setting for a very successful Grand Opening and Ribbon Cutting for Les Kids Clothing Store. Stacy Purper and Lisa Shevy hosted a super event. A great selection of goods in side the store, coupled with lunch and activities for the kids outside made for a really fun time and successful turn out. Stacy and Lisa know how to plan the day by joining with various other Gold Canyon Merchants, thus benefiting all. Victorya Goodrich Victorya gave the monthly report on the web site “HITS” and the month of June through 6-24-08 there were 612; 100 more hits than May 2008. The instant access e-mail links are done on the first part of the Member Directory. Thus a reminder to keep your information up to date and current. Upon learning that Victorya will “Work For Candy” on the web site, Jill Moritz presented her with a package of Swedish Fish her favorite candy. Guest Speakers: Guest Speakers in attendance were there from all venues of the Day of the Cowboy Celebration. Jim Coplin Apache Junction Chamber of Commerce Jay Zingler Goldfield Mining Town Bob Smoose Goldfield Mining Town John Enright Gold Canyon Business Association Also spoke for the absent Susan Sharp Speakers brought us up to date on all the events that are planned for the different venues for the Day of the Cowboy. Please refer to the “Schedule of Events” for all the festivities. A big THANK YOU went out to all that have been involved in the planning and organizing stages of the Day of the Cowboy Event. Some have really gone above the call to help and these people were acknowledged individually. They are as follows: Susan Sharp (DOC Committee Chair) Gold Canyon Golf Resort Tom Priess Official Poster Art Ray Printing Printing of the posters Sheriff Vasquez Posse for crowd control Sandy Smith Obtained all the required permits and bonds at her own expense. A J Fire Department donated the required fire and safety equipment and their time. GC Life Styles A J News Goin’ Postal Selling Posters Gecko Coffee Shop Selling Posters Costco Shamrock Farms Wells Fargo Bank Gold Canyon Bank Victorya Goodrich (DOC Committee) Jill Moritz  (DOC Committee) John Enright (DOC/NEPEP Committee) There is still vendor spaces at Mountain Brook and Goldfield Ghost Town! Contact Julie for more info at jrychener@rossmar.com We are short $1,500.00 for the Fire Works Show. Please buy Official Day of the Cowboy Posters. Proceeds go to the Fireworks. This is a community event. The call went out for volunteers for the following: *Transportation from the church parking lots to the Gold Canyon Golf Resort. Parking. *Contractors to put up lights on Kings Ranch Road for parking. Jill Moritz The GCBA welcomes back Jill as our official "Project Coordinator", so if you are interested in a particular topic for speakers or you have announcements or notices of events, let Jill know and she will put them out on her Calendar of Events. You can reach Jill by e-mailing her at jillmoritz@mchis.com 50/50 Drawing Jeff Holiday won the Day of Cowboy Poster Kay Koby won $38.0 Jay Zingler won a Dart Board Meeting Adjourned at 8:00 P.M. Respectfully Submitted, Patti Pier Secretary (Photo By "Your Personal Photographer", Maria Fields)

May Mixer GCBA REPORTS May *Our May Mixer was held at Chen’s Chinese Bistro next to Basha’s in Gold Canyon Tues May 27th. Owner James Ding treated the GCBA membership with tasty dishes including an awesome Beef & Broccoli dish. The mood was festive, as folks met & mingled around, trading their salutations & business cards. *The Board presented outgoing Pres. Rick Hardina, with an appreciation plaque for all the hard work he accomplished during his tenure. Rick thanked those present for their individual participation, explaining that each member had a part to play, no matter how small, in growing the association the last few years. *Web Mistress Victorya Goodrich (at large) passed the year to date Site Hit report around and encouraged the members to make sure their info was up to date. We are getting hundreds of unique visitors to our site each month! “V” reminded everyone, “ Googling” for services is the preferred method of the younger set. google (GOO.gul) v. To search for information on the Web, particularly by using the Google search engine; to search the Web for information. —Googling pp. *The National Day of the Cowboy poster was revealed and winner Thomas Preiss and his wife Mary Lynn (Peralta Fitness)were in attendance to see the finished product. The image of the cowboy on his entry; is his son Pete. Thomas, who owns Peralta Publishing and Printing, will be signing prints at Sheila Shuster’s Gecko Espresso on June 7th, from 7am to 11am. The posters are on available for a $20 donation, which will help fund the fireworks display at Gold Canyon Golf Resort on Friday July 25th. A special thanks goes out to all the artists of the area, who submitted their talent for consideration! We got some excellent contributions. The raw talent in our area is amazing. *New members Amy & Eric Weech talked about recently opened Lucky Creamery and offered to host a future Mixer at their place. With the summer coming on, they couldn’t have opened at a better time! They have lots of toppings to customize your cone, so stop by and give them a try. *Our June meeting will focus on the National Day of the Cowboy events planned for the region. It is important that the business community ban together to provide a wonderful experience for the guests that will be visiting Gold Canyon. The intent is to grow the event, to stimulate summer tourism. Pictured above: James Ding (right) and his brother with John Enright. (Photo provided by Victorya Goodrich)

April General Meeting Minutes

MINUTES GENERAL MEETING APRIL 22, 2008 Meeting was called to order at 7:05 PM Present: Matt Rupert, Tim Pettigrew, John Enright, Victoria Goodrich and Patti Pier Treasurers Report John Enright Balance in the Bank Account is $3,158.00 All bills are paid to date. New Members Les Kidz owner Stacy Purper accepted her GCBA New Member Plaque and introduced her business. Upscale Resale and New Clothing from Tots to Teens. In addition they also have many other specialty items. Business Spotlight Cheryl and Ray Husslein, owners of Gold Canyon Embroidery and Boutique spoke the Association about the transition of moving from a home based business to a store front. They passed out hats with the Gold Canyon “Cowboy Coffee Break” as a sample of the type of embroidery that they can do. Thanks to Ray and Cheryl for their business insight and their generosity. Matt Rupert – Ribbon Cutting Matt reminded every one that “Ribbon Cutting” for their business is an automatic membership right. Whether your business is new or you just want to celebrate a milestone, it gives you exposure in the local publications and free advertisement. New Business John Enright John reminded every one that the GCBA does not endorse or support political based persons or events. It is not the purpose of the Association. At times the Association will take a stand on a particular issue such as the “Sewer Rate Increases” issue, because that affects existing business or new business that may be considering a move to Gold Canyon. Jill Moritz Jill brought up the possibility of replacing the meeting announcement “Sandwich Board” in front of Basha’s with a plexi-glass bulletin board. This would be used by multiple organizations for announcements only. Would GCBA be willing to contribute? Day of the Cowboy John Enright has been attending several planning meetings for the upcoming celebration for the “Day of the Cowboy” To date Gold Canyon Gold Course will host the upscale Art Show. Mountain Brook will have a vendor site and are planning a live concert. A street dance is being planned between the Red Sage Restaurant and Best Western. Restaurants will have food and drink specials. Hotels will be offering package deals. A fire works display to be held at the Gold Canyon Golf Course. 50/50 drawing. Meeting adjourned at 9:00 pm. Respectfully Submitted, Patti Pier

March Mixer Our March Mixer at Open Range’s Deli & BBQ was a wild success! With a new board in motion and a wonderful ‘spread’ hosted by new member/business owner, Bethany Tulloh, the night was almost, well…. magical. Many new faces; along with, long time community leaders; crowded on the front deck and the back porch of the Deli. When Jim Coplin introduced the upcoming *Cowboy’s Day event in Pinal County; folks were audibly excited. Finally, a reason to visit Gold Canyon (and area) in the summer! The call goes our to local and regional western/southwestern artists/vendors to participate. Gold Canyon Golf Resort & Mountainbrook will be hosting two separate ART events. Fine artists painters/photographers please contact artists.superstitions@gmail.com Arts & Crafters please call Julie Rychener at (480)288-9213 for more information. To learn more about this exciting event in general, contact Susan Sharp susan@gcgr.com or John Enright jtegoldcanyon@yahoo.com Jack Frost gave a brief recap of the slide show and presentation for the immediate opportunities for new businesses in the Gold Canyon, Apache Junction, Queen Creek and Florence areas. The presentation was done at the kick-off breakfast at the LPGA. Shifting gears now, We all welcomed new member Maria Fields of ‘Your Personal Photographer’ LLC to our group. Also, Jeff Holiday of Desert Valley Appliance was welcomed. If you are too busy to attend the general meetings, at least join us for our quarterly mixers, and mingle with your business neighborhood! If you would like to host a mixer at your place of business, please email President Matt Ruppert at: matthew.ruppert@edwardjones.com Mark your calendars for the next general meeting to be held on April 22nd. We have asked Gold Canyon Embroidery to talk about “Location, Location. Location” due to their recent move. Then we plan to open up a round-table discussion, about business growth in Gold Canyon. The Board’s intent is to get folks talking about the positive things happening in our Business community. Members who have encouraging things to say about how they are weathering the present economic currents, are invited to share. The GCBA strives to be a resource to help our business community grow. The summer agenda will offer practical information you won’t want to miss out on! A May mixer is planned at Chen's (next to Basha's). Details to be announced Pictured below: Mike Minter The Sheriff and Curt Fonger. (Photo provided by Victorya Goodrich) .

January General Meeting Minutes GOLD CANYON BUSINESS ASSOCIATION GENERAL MEETING MINUTES JANUARY 22, 2008 Meeting called to order at 7:00 p.m. by Rick Hardina. 62 people in attendance John Enright gave treasurer’s report $4106 in general account, $821 in special projects account. John gave update on GCBA Welcome Bag project: 72 businesses currently participating. Janice Cunningham and Barbara Muñoz spoke about COPS and Business Watch. Volunteers are needed for COPS with a class starting in February. Pat Prince is now COPS liaison and Janice Cunningham is the new chairman. They can be reached through Marta St. James. Ray Soden from Ray’s Printing offered another advertising opportunity. He will be launching www.goldcanyonstreetmap.com, which will be free to GCBA members for February and March. Hard copies of the map book are available through John Enright or at Ray’s Printing in Apache Junction. New Members: Phil Winters-Winters Enterprises handed out samples of his Grandma Winters’ Nuts & Bolts trail mix (package design by GCBA member Nicole Collins-NC Creations) and introduced the game he’s invented for school children. He is looking for distribution sites for his trail mix and corporate sponsors for his game. The trail mix is available at Goin’ Postal on Kings Ranch Rd. Jean Buckborough-RN, Reiki Master, QBT- has a new business name – New Vision Healing. Jean@newvisionhealing.com Kay Koby-KAKO West Appraisals. Certified residential real estate appraiser with 16 years experience. Robert Smith – Eastside Window Washing. Twenty years experience in lint-free cleaning of windows and mirrors. Additional new members not present included: Subway Sandwiches, Jack Frost-Gold Canyon Village, and Miracle Hearing Devices Election of New Officer: Election of officers was held. Matt Ruppert – Edward Jones Investments, was elected to the board by a unanimous vote. In his acceptance speech he said he wants to be part of the community in which he does business and enjoys the association involvement. Rick Hardina gave a rousing 2007 year-at-a-glance review of the GCBA. John talked about GCBA involvement and issued a plea for help and introduced the guest speaker, Bryan Martyn. Bryan delivered a PowerPoint presentation compiled for Gold Canyon. It can be used for promoting the area and enticing businesses, industry, government funding and new residents to Gold Canyon. It includes current and projected data regarding branding, partnerships, land use, and infrastructure requirements. Bryan also urged the positive attitude of combining efforts between Apache Junction and Gold Canyon. With a bigger business base, more can be accomplished for the two cities and the area. Bryan also reminded the audience to use the approach of “Trust but verify.” The 50-50 drawing was won by Fred Koby (new member, Kay Koby’s husband) Meeting adjourned at 8:20 p.m. Submitted by Jill Moritz, GCBA Secretary 1/26/08