Towne Lake Business Association
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Vantage Card Services, Inc.

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Towne Lake Business Association

The Towne Lake Business Association (TLBA) welcomes you to "Towne Lake, the friendliest little town in Georgia."

As of this writing, the TLBA is preparing for our 4th Annual TLBA Golf Tournament. The proceeds will benefit our Entrepreneurial Scholarship Fund. Each year, the TLBA awards two $1,000 scholarships to graduating college or technical school bound seniors, one each at Etowah and Woodstock High Schools. We'll give you an update on this year's tournament in next month's column.

As we all prepare for the remaining few months of 2004, many of us are looking forward to finishing the year strong. With this goal in mind, the Towne Lake Business Association will continue to do our part in helping businesses in the Towne Lake area succeed. The TLBA was established specifically to help our local businesses become better, particularly for you, the consumers. We hold monthly Lunch 'N' Learn Workshops to discuss how we can improve customer service and work within our community to do the things necessary to become not only better businesses, but better people within our community.

Please take a look at our calendar of upcoming events.

Lunch 'N' Learn Workshops

Tuesday, October 19, 12:30 - 2 p.m.

Developing Your Brand, presented by Gina Carr of The TowneLaker and CENTURY 21 Advantage.

Tuesday, November 16, 12:30 - 2 p.m.

Year-end Tax Planning for Your Small Business, presented by Post & Associates, CPA's

All Workshops are held at Feathertone's at Towne Lake Hills. Please RSVP to (770) 517-8210, ext. 550.

Holiday Gala

The TLBA will host its Annual Holiday Gala in December. Please look in upcoming issues of The TowneLaker for the actual date, time and location.

Please call (770) 516-7105, ext. 250 for more information about the TLBA or any of our upcoming events.

As always, we thank you for supporting our community and our local businesses, and thus "Keeping Towne Lake Dollars in Cherokee."

Visit us at www.tlba.org.

Deborah and Ted Hardison

Founded in 1996 by Ted and Deborah Hardison, Vantage Card Services provides merchant services including credit, debit, check, and gift card processing to merchants, businesses, and professionals nationwide.

"While Vantage serves over 4,000 merchants nationwide, we are most proud of the local relationships we have had the pleasure of establishing with over 150 local business owners and community banks right here within a few mile radius of our Towne Lake Parkway corporate office," Ted says when discussing the growth of Vantage.

As card acceptance has become increasingly widespread, so has the opportunity to showcase the savings, service, and incentives we offer our clients. The need for a professional consultative approach to educate merchants and businesses has never been greater. "Vantage brings a commitment to low cost, professional, and responsive service in the payment processing industry. We offer payment system consulting to our clients with focus on bottom line savings, technology, risk and compliance education."

Vantage delivers real value to merchants. They help businesses lower their processing expense. They also specialize in providing local, personal and prompt service and support for a variety of payment systems including touch-tone capture, wireless, e-commerce, check conversion and gift cards.

Ted and Deborah love being part of the Towne Lake community and love their commute, having just recently completed a new home in Towne Lake Hills North, just minutes away from the office complex. Please consider them your local neighborhood resource for your payment acceptance needs. Visit them on the web or stop by their convenient Towne Lake Parkway office for a free savings analysis to lower your processing expenses.

Vantage Card Services can be reached at (770) 928-5688

or by email at tygh@vantagecard.com. Visit their website at www.vantagecard.com.