Belle Maer Navigator Newsletter

New Events Activities Planned at
Belle Maer for 2012 Season

Buoyed from the tremendous success of September’s Treat or Treat event at Belle Maer, we are planning more events and activities for the coming season.

The season will kick off with a Belle Maer Blessing of the Fleet event in April (date/time to be announced), with many more exciting things planned for the season. Watch your February Belle Maer Navigator for more details!

And remember, if you have an idea for an event or activity for the 2012 season, please let us know. If you would like to get involved in planning or coordinating an event, let us know that, too.

Not including our new additions, there are numerous major events that will continue at Belle Maer this season:

  • Saturday Night at the Movies – to be shown again in the parking area near the Pavilion
  • Marina Fun Day
  • Cardboard Boat Regatta
  • Annual Fireworks Celebration
  • Sock Hop or Decades Dance
  • Golf Cart Parade and Decorating Contest – held 4th of July Weekend

For more information or to volunteer, please contact Brad Simmons, newsletter editor and chair of the BMH Activities Committee, at simmons.company@sbcglobal.net

Advertising Programs Available
On Belle Maer Harbor Web Site

Belle Maer Harbor offers a flexible and effective advertising program on its website, allowing individuals and businesses the opportunity to reach our busy community of boaters and guests.

Classified Ads are posted on the website, providing each advertiser the exposure we receive with 6,500 monthly hits on the site. Here are the details:

Classified Ad Program (for Individuals):

  • We will create a prominent Personal Classified Ad click-on section on our home page (these will no longer be part of the e-newsletter, and will run independent of our e-newsletter postings.
  • The ads will be placed as they come into our office and run for a specified time frame. Donna Kempt of the marina office will collect the ad fee.
  • Our new charge will be $20 for two months and $35 for a four month term. There is no refund if the item sells early.
  • Classified Ads in this section should all be personal ads of 35 words or less.
  • Photos can be included with your ad for an additional charge.

Banner Ad Program (for Businesses):

  • Businesses can purchase Banner Ads which will be run on a calendar year basis. We can accommodate a new banner ad at any time of the year. Animated, custom designed Banner Ads rotate throughout the BMH web site and the e-newsletter, providing optimum exposure to the 6,500 hits the web site receives per month.
  • Cost for the Annual Banner Ad is only $500 for the entire year.

Please call Donna Kempt at the Belle Maer marina office for more information.

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Sponsor a New Boater at Belle Maer for the
2012 Season and Save $250 on Your Boat Well

Belle Maer continues to offer a sponsorship credit to current customers for each new boater they sponsor who leases a Belle Maer Harbor rental well for the 2012 season. The BMH sponsoring boater will receive a $250 credit, and the new boater will receive a first season 20 percent discount up to a maximum of $500 credit. The program will be offered to new boaters renting racks in the in and out storage building, but excludes lease of condominium wells which are not owned by Belle Maer Harbor.

We are sure that most of you have friends who keep their boats in other marinas. Why not make a phone call and suggest they look at all of the amenities and natural beauty of Belle Maer Harbor before they make their 2012 slip deposit? After you have called your friend and asked them to consider Belle Maer, simply call our office at (586) 465-4534 or email Eric Foster at ecfoster@bellemaer.com and register their name as your contact. We would like to send them a brochure and information packet if you would kindly supply us with a mailing address and phone number.

With higher gas prices and fewer boating trips, Belle Maer Harbor offers resort-style amenities you can enjoy all season long, giving you an even better value for your boating dollar And after the very hot summer we’ve had, don’t forget to point out that Belle Maer is the only marina with hundreds of shade trees that make staying at the boat well even more pleasant. Please take this opportunity to recruit your boating friends to join you at the best marina on Lake St. Clair while reducing your 2012 marina dockage costs!