Hunter Education Course

Hunter Education Course in Harper TX.

Starts Saturday March 13th & 14th 2010 at the Harper Community Park Building.

This is for everyone born after Sept. 2, 1971.

The class is mandatory per state law.

The cost is $15.00 and the class is two days.

To pre-register, please call Fritz Kruse at (830) 377-2620.

Times are as follows:

  • Saturday, March 13th – 8 am – 4 pm
  • Sunday March 14th – 1 pm – 4 pm

Lions Club Pancake Supper on 23 Feb 2010

Just found out that the Harper Lions Club will be hosting a “Meet The Candidates” Pancake Supper on Tuesday Feb. 23rd from 5pm to 70 at the Harper High School Cafeteria.

Please show up and help them out.

Give Them The Pickle

Here is another video that applies to all types of businesses


Walk A Thon on 12 March 2010

Thanks to Creative Memories for letting us know about this.

You can find more information by clicking here

Interesting video that applies to all types of businesses

Thought I would share it with you



If you have a business in Harper, You are missing a tremendous marketing opportunity if your website is not linked to the Chamber of Commerce website

For instance, take a look at these two reports that I just produced showing where the viewers that are looking at the Chamber of Commerce website live at

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Click on the links to view the reports and maps

Where do our Texas Visitors Come from?

Why do we need a web presence for the Chamber of Commerce in Harper?

I’m asked that question many times.

I guess it is because people that live here think that everybody knows about their services or products.

As you will see by the following “Key Words” analysis of our website, these people are looking for specific answers to their questions.

These people want more information about your business, organization, products and services.

This is a free service that we provide, but we can do more if you become a member and we all work together to promote our community.

A good point yesterday was raised about membership levels

I will attempt to answer it here.

as you may have noticed, I attempted to list every business that I found in the phone book on the right hand side of the screen and I have done this because I believe it is the responsibility of the Chamber to do what we can to make it easier for those wanting information on our town and our businesses.

I will add any business in Harper for free at this level which will included your business name and your phone number.

Because of the way this system is set up, I have to create a link to a web page, so if you are not a member and a potential customer clicks on your link, it will take them back to the Chamber of Commerce site as in the sample on the right hand side titled “Virgils Place – Not a member”

If you are a member of the chamber, I will set it up to automatically take your potential customer to your website if you have one, but if you don’t, I will create a page just for your business where you can advertise your product or services and when they click on your link, it will take you directly to your page as it does in the second example titled “Virgils Place – Chamber Member”

To cut down on expenses, we will no longer be issuing a member directory as everybody has access to the internet either at home, work or at their local library and you will always be able to find a current member directory on this site.

For those businesses or organizations that would like to advertise, I have included a sample ad at the top of the page for Hill Country Builders and I will place your advertisement on this site for the $45.00 fee and it will be good for the term of your membership which runs from Jan 1 to Dec 31 of each year.

To reiterate, here are the levels:

  • Company listed sorted by category with phone number – Free
  • Company listed sorted by category with link to website or your own page on this site – $25.00
  • Advertisement that you supply (business card or jpg) – $45.00
  • The above 2 options for $70.00
  • also, we have an individual supporter page where you can place your name for $15.00

To make it easier for our members, you can pay using your credit card on this site, or you can bring it by the fix it shop and I will take care of it for you.

Welcome to the Harper Chamber of Commerce

We have had to make some changes recently to deal with the economy.

It was costing us around 750 dollars per year to keep the phone on and we simply could no longer afford to do so.

Around July I made the decision that perhaps we should just let the Chamber of Commerce go after discussing it with some of the previous volunteers that I trusted for their knowledge of Harper.

And I almost did let it die, but the more I think about it, the people who need the chamber are the people not living here that want to know more about our town and its businesses and organizations.

So I decided to do what I could to keep it going and as of today, if you need to call the chamber, you can reach me on my personal phone at (830 864-4726.

If you would like to have an event or news update for the general public, you can bring it to me at 171 Palmer Ave (see map) or you can email it to me at vbiersch@ktc.com and I will get it posted out here for everybody to see and I hope that you will take advantage of this free service because your business or organization’s livelihood depends on a steady stream of new customers.

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I have tried to list all of the businesses and organizations that I could find in the phone book, along with their phone number on the right hand side under the various categories.

I am not aware of who has a website and who doesn’t, but if you have a website and will send me the link or call me, I will fix it so that when a potential client clicks it will take them directly to your website.

If you do not have a website and aren’t interested in having one, but you would like to have a pamphlet of sorts or a menu for your potential clients, bring it to me and I will find a way to put it out here for your clients to see.

If I can do anything to help promote your business or organization, please let me know what I can do to help you and I will see if there is some way to accomplish it.