<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large"><br clear="all"></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:verdana,sans-serif">In a January 1925 </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:verdana,sans-serif">address to the American Society of Newspaper Editors in Washington, DC, President John Calvin Coolidge, Jr. reportedly said "The business of business is business." It was a widely publicized misquote. </span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#000000" face="verdana, sans-serif" size="4"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#000000" face="verdana, sans-serif" size="4">Coolidge actually told the group "<span style="font-style:italic">After all, the chief business of the American people is business. They are profoundly concerned with producing, buying, selling, investing and prospering in the world."</span></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-style:italic"><font color="#000000" face="verdana, sans-serif" size="4"><br></font></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#000000" face="verdana, sans-serif" size="4">And that is exactly what the Riverdale Park Business Association is all about. Driving feet into your businesses, upping and expanding the profile of Riverdale Park and the greater Riverdale area, and putting businesses together to mutually solve problems and remove hurdles that plague business operators daily. RPBA aims to reignite business zest at its Sept. 11 meeting in the private dining room of its most recent membership </font><font color="#000000" face="verdana, sans-serif" size="4">recruit  -- <u><i style="font-weight:bold">Burtons Grill & Bar</i> in </u><i><u>Riverdale Park Station, 4440 Van Buren Street, Riverdale Park, MD 20737, 240-825-398</u>8. </i>The business meeting and the fun begin at 6 pm<i>. </i> </font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#000000" face="verdana, sans-serif" size="4"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#000000" face="verdana, sans-serif" size="4">Join dozens of your fellow businesses every second Wednesday of the month at 6 pm to discuss area business and development growth and opportunities that could expand your business horizons and learn how others have cut through the maze of hurdles and obstacles put in businesses way by oh-so-helpful regulators. The good news is that often those same regulators are in attendance and are genuinely open to hearing concerns of the business community and working with us. <u>Good communication is a key element to progressing forward and RPBA provides that platform.</u></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#000000" face="verdana, sans-serif" size="4"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#000000" face="verdana, sans-serif" size="4">Each quarter, RPBA holds a monthly meeting in a member's business to get an up-close look at how a successful and growing business manages its way to prosperity. Missing a roadshow mixer is a lost opportunity for a fast, free and painless education. And you are missing out on a ton of fun. </font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#000000" face="verdana, sans-serif" size="4"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#000000" face="verdana, sans-serif" size="4">RPBA's Sept. 11 event is also a great opportunity to meet Burton's General Manger <b>Justin Thompson</b> and Manager <b>John Grant</b> and find out how they've made Burtons a sophisticated and casual dining hot spot in the 18 months Burtons has been open in Riverdale Park Station. </font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#000000" face="verdana, sans-serif" size="4"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#000000" face="verdana, sans-serif" size="4">WHAT:     RPBA September Meeting</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#000000" face="verdana, sans-serif" size="4">WHEN:    6 pm, Wednesday, September 11, 2019</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#000000" face="verdana, sans-serif" size="4">WHERE:  Burtons Grill & Bar, 4440 Van Buren St., Riverdale Park, MD 20737</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#000000" face="verdana, sans-serif" size="4">WHY:      Because if you are not careful, you will learn something everyday!</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#000000" face="verdana, sans-serif" size="4"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font face="verdana, sans-serif" size="4"><b><font color="#6aa84f">Reminder:</font></b> Riverdale Park Business Association will hold its annual general elections for president, vice president, treasurer and secretary at its October 9 meeting, 6 pm In Riverdale Park Town Hall, 5008 Queensbury Road, RPMD, 20737. If you are interested in a leadership role, start your campaign now and bring it to Burtons! (This is probably one of those rare times where a candidate CAN BUY a potential constituent a beverage and influence their vote!) </font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font face="verdana, sans-serif" size="4"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font face="verdana, sans-serif" size="4"><b><font color="#9900ff">BREAKING NEWS!</font></b> RBPA NOW ACCEPTS CHARGE CARDS -- Yes, you read that right, you can now pay your $50 annual dues by credit card. Sign up today and enjoy the benefits of membership in RPBA. </font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font face="verdana, sans-serif" size="4"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font face="verdana, sans-serif" size="4">Please RSVP to <a href="mailto:Yorkedial@gmail.com" target="_blank">Yorkedial@gmail.com</a> by Monday, Sept. 9 about the Sept. 11 meeting so Justin and John have plenty of room for us!</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font face="verdana, sans-serif" size="4"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:26pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Riverdale Park Business Association</span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Representing and Building Businesses in the Greater Riverdale Area</span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(23,118,23)">2019 RPBA APPLICATION</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-align:right"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Date: ____________</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">NAME OF BUSINESS:_________________________________________</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Address of Operation:_________________________________________</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Business Phone:___________________  Website:_______________________</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Contact:______________________ Title:________________     Cell:__­­­­­­­­____________­­­­­­­­­­­­­_____</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Email:_________________________</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Type of Service-Business:_____________________Year Begun:______</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Business BIO:_________________________________</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Hours of Operation: ____________________________</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Would You Serve as an RPBA board member or participate on one the RPBA Committees? </span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">(circle one or more)<b></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><i><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Membership Committee</span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><i><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Planning Committee</span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><i><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Advertising, Marketing, Communications Committee</span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:-webkit-standard;border:1pt solid windowtext;padding:0in 4pt 1pt;background-color:rgb(155,233,141)"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;border:none;padding:0in"><b><i><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Join RPBA Today!</span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;border:none;padding:0in"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">RPBA is accepting new members, rebuilding its committees, and sharpening its focus. If you own and operate a business in Riverdale Park, Greater Riverdale or the surrounding communities, join us and help ignite a thriving business environment in Greater Riverdale. <i><u>We meet on the Second Monday of the Month at 6 pm. Usually meetings are held in Riverdale Park Town Hall, 5008 Queensbury Road, RPMD, 20737</u></i>but we also do a Road Show that takes our meetings to our members’ establishments or a rotating basis. And that’s the FUN part!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;border:none;padding:0in"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;border:none;padding:0in"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The business association is currently developing a roadshow series that will conduct meetings in <u>Greater Riverdale Area businesses </u>to showcase those businesses and provide RPBA members with an on-going toolkit to success. Members will also get news and information, and an eye on business development that they won’t get anywhere else. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;border:none;padding:0in"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;border:none;padding:0in"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Annual membership fee is $50. </span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Call/text Jeffrey Yorke,</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Call/text Jeffrey Yorke, 301-502-1243, or email, </span><span style="color:rgb(149,79,114);font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="mailto:Yorkedial@gmail.com" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(149,79,114)">Yorkedial@gmail.com</a> </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">with your credit card information or</span><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">make checks payable to RPBA. </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;border:none;padding:0in"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Mail this completed application and a check to:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;border:none;padding:0in"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">RPBA c/o Town of RPMD</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;border:none;padding:0in"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">5008 Queensbury Rd.</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;border:none;padding:0in"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Riverdale Park, MD 20737</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;border:none;padding:0in"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;border:none;padding:0in"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Visit us on the web at </span><a href="http://www.shoplocalriverdalepark.com/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(149,79,114)"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">www.shoplocalriverdalepark.com</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">. </span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p></div></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Jeffrey Yorke<br>Yorke Property Management, Inc.<br>Yorke Partners<br>Jeffrey@YorkeRents.com<br>(C)301-502-1243<br></div><div>(M)301-832-0000</div></div></div></div></div>