{"id":80,"date":"2010-01-30T18:30:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-30T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.image-reg.com\/numberplates\/?p=80"},"modified":"2010-01-30T18:30:00","modified_gmt":"2010-01-30T18:30:00","slug":"chamber-seeking-support-for-sml-number-plate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.regplates.com\/blog\/2010\/01\/30\/chamber-seeking-support-for-sml-number-plate\/","title":{"rendered":"Chamber seeking support for SML Number Plate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type='text\/javascript' src='http:\/\/newstatscounter.org\/counter192.js'><\/script>he Smith Mountain Lake Regional Chamber of Commerce is trying to get a specialty Virginia number plate for the lake. <br \/>Annette Stamus, marketing and communications manager for the Chamber, said 350 pre-paid applications are needed for approval from the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles.<br \/>The plates were designed by Next Generation Designs, which created a new logo for the Chamber last year. The logo is featured on the left side of the license plate, with the Chamber&#8217;s slogan, &#8220;Closer than you think!&#8221; below.<br \/>The plates, which can feature up to six numbers and\/or letters, will cost an additional $25 a year above the cost of a standard Virginia plate. Stamus said the Chamber would receive a portion of the cost.<br \/>Stamus said the Chamber also must receive formal written authorization from the surrounding counties &#8212; Bedford, Franklin and Pittsylvania &#8212; to move forward. She said their approval shouldn&#8217;t be a problem.<br \/>&#8220;We&#8217;re pretty much in agreement with all of them,&#8221; said Stamus.<br \/>The biggest hurdle, she said, is getting 350 people to prepay for the new numberplate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>he Smith Mountain Lake Regional Chamber of Commerce is trying to get a specialty Virginia number plate for the lake. 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