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November 8, 2019 ~ Chamber, Local & Regional Business News

Elite Members Submit a Legislative Issue for Consideration

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Santa's North Pole Dash Looking for Volunteers!! The 9th annual Santa's North Pole Dash is just a few short weeks away - so mark your calendar for Saturday, December 7, 2019 in Historic St. Charles! We're looking for volunteers willing to help us during our Annual Bag Stuffing Day (12/4) and on Race Day, Dec. 7th. All ages welcome, but we do request our Course Marshals be at least 18+. All volunteers will receive a complimentary Themed shirt and are invited to stay for breakfast in our pancake breakfast tent, sponsored by Esse Health. We need lots of help to pull this event off. Click here to sign up today!! Santa's North Pole Dash

Billboard Space Available 2020 billboard cycles have been released and we've got advertising opportunities for members - all for just $100 per ad, per cycle. Your ad will show 40 times daily and 1,120 times in the 28-day cycle. Our billboard locations include: I-70 @ Hwy 94, Hwy. 364 @ Heritage Landing and our Newest Board located on I-70, just east of Cave Springs. We've also got some last minute billboard openings available for just $100 on the I-70 @ Hwy. 94 location. Call the Chamber office at 636-946-0633 to reserve your spot!

News You May Have Missed

CORT Furniture Food Drive CORT Furniture is partnering with Move for Hunger to accept donations of non-perishable foods. People who donate will receive a special discount if they choose towards their next Furniture purchase. It is the perfect time to clear out your pantry ... Read more www.gstccc.com Eastbound Blanchette Bridge Rehab Scheduled for 2020-2021 The Missouri Department of Transportation plans to do rehabilitation work to the eastbound portion of the I-70 Missouri River Bridge beginning in Spring 2020. Read more www.gstccc.com Major rebuild of I-270 in north St. Louis County begins... FERGUSON - A long-awaited overhaul of a congested stretch of Interstate 270 in north St. Louis County took a major step forward Wednesday with the selection of contractors to do most of the $278 million project. The state Highways and... Read more www.stltoday.com St. Charles County Workforce & Business Development Five of the 25 wealthiest zip codes in metro St. Louis are in , according to 2017 median household income cited by the St. Louis Business Journal, including No. 6 - Defiance 63141 ($105,298), No. 10 - O'Fallon and Dardenne Prairie 63368... Read more www.facebook.com Unleash The Power Of Shared Decision-Making - Insperity Shared decision-making is a process that draws on the combined knowledge of many stakeholders to make smarter, more effective decisions. How does shared decision-making happen? What makes it different from collaboration? And how can you adapt a... Read more www.insperity.com 12 Ways to use social media for education There are many different ways to use social media for education. Social media has various uses in the classroom as well as to help market and promote schools and universities. Because we believe in the power of social media to make nearly... Read more sproutsocial.com How to Process Negative Feedback Without Triggering a... A stress response to negative feedback is completely natural, but that doesn't mean it's necessary. To help you receive negative feedback more open-mindedly, CashNetUSA put together the following infographic. Read more blog.hubspot.com 5 Ways to Boost Your Mobile Marketing Strategies According to research from Gartner, mobile marketers by next year will drive 80% of engagements through mobile websites. That means marketers will increase their efforts in mobile marketing. But first they've got work to do. Those same marketers, ... Read more www.cmswire.com What is a 'time multiplier,' and how does it improve... If you're looking for advice on how to make time for your most important work each day, you've no doubt run across this famous quote from Abraham Lincoln: "If I had six hours to chop down a tree, I would spend the first four hours sharpening the... Read more www.fastcompany.com 10 of the Best Tools to Find Relevant Influencers on... While it's become a much bigger consideration in recent years, influencer marketing, as a practice, has actually existed for a very long time. In the past, however, influencers were only on TV or in magazines, and unlike social media, TV and... Read more www.socialmediatoday.com How to Deliver More Authentic Customer Experiences 5 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Every time someone from your company speaks with a customer, that customer receives an experience that falls somewhere between "exceptional" and "exceptionally awful." Get... Read more www.entrepreneur.com In St. Charles, Rock Star Taco Shack Serves Tacos,... In the neighborhood of New Town at St. Charles, a small taco shack cooks up big flavors. Rock Star Taco Shack debuted in June, featuring tacos seasoned with "rock star dust" - a signature seasoning that contains 13 ingredients including five... Read more www.feastmagazine.com The Brass Rail steakhouse to deliver 10,000 Thanksgiving ... Credit Scott Ellinger for organizing and executing one of the area's largest outpourings of generosity on Thanksgiving Day. For the sixth year in a row, The Brass Rail's owner will coordinate the donation and delivery of more than 10,000... Read more www.stlmag.com Boots to Business on Twitter DYK? Veterans looking to start, grow, expand, or recover a business typically need less than $50,000 in capital. Learn how you can fund your mission to #VetBiz success: https://t.co/M1aCKmiQi4 Read more twitter.com Book of the Week: 'Driven' 2 min read This book has been selected for the Entrepreneur Press® Book of the Week, a weekly email newsletter that delivers heaping discounts to the books you love. Our team features a different book each week and shares exclusive deals with... Read more www.entrepreneur.com

Taste of St. Charles Causes event in St. Charles, MO by St Charles Rotary on Wednesday, November 20 2019 with 4.2K people interested and 118 people going. Read more www.facebook.com Start a business Disaster Recovery Guide for Small Businesses (PDF) The Disaster Recovery Guide for Small Businesses is designed as a working guide to direct you and your business through the steps of how to proceed post-disaster. Read more sbdc.missouri.edu Baue Funeral Homes, Crematory, and Memorial Gardens The Baue Family and St Charles Memorial Gardens want to honor our Co... mmunity's Veterans with our Branches for Branches holiday photo display. The Veterans' Tree is available now through New Year's Day at the St. Charles Memorial Gardens Office. Read more www.facebook.com More Than Half of Job Seekers Say They Wouldn't Apply to ... Given the tight labor market, most job seekers are already employed, meaning they can be more selective when considering their next job opportunity. Before applying to open roles, the most engaged job seekers complete significant research to... Read more www.inc.com The One Number You Need to Grow The Idea in Brief Many companies-striving for unprecedented growth by cultivating intensely loyal customers-invest lots of time and money measuring customer satisfaction. But most of the yardsticks they use are complex, yield ambiguous results,... Read more hbr.org 12 Expert Tips for Creating Visual Content on Social Media The importance of creating visual content for social media cannot be understated. Need proof? Look no further than the Google Doodle. By changing its look everyday, Google creates a reason to visit its landing page and use its search engine over... Read more blog.hootsuite.com How to Give Creativity a Voice in the Workplace 6 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Today's organizations spend considerable time and energy selecting and recruiting creative talent. And rightly so. Creative employees help their organizations survive and... Read more www.entrepreneur.com Does the color of your office walls promote neurodiversity? Designing a truly inclusive workplace is a messy task. Heightened awareness of neurodiversity -an umbrella term that refers to the breadth of human neurocognitive functioning-has made that project more complex and all the more urgent. Read more qz.com Hiring Impacts Employee Engagement And Your Bottom Line... Employee engagement continues to be top of mind for business leaders, and for good reason. Actively disengaged employees are not as productive or happy as their engaged counterparts. If they're not feeling motivated or willing to give 100%,... Read more www.insperity.com Experience Disruptors: A New Breed of Growth Leaders I've been doing a lot of research and thinking this year about how consumer behavior has changed, and how businesses can take advantage of these shifts to grow better and faster. So often, sweeping shifts in business strategy begin with subtle... Read more blog.hubspot.com 9 Mile Garden food truck garden will open in Affton Restaurateur Brian Hardesty of Guerrilla Street Food has partnered with Seneca Commercial Real Estate on a new food truck concept. 9 Mile Garden, billed as the first "food truck garden" in the state, is slated to open next spring at 9375 Gravois... Read more www.saucemagazine.com MoDOT St. Louis Area on Twitter The Boys Scouts will be back to pick up these items from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. the following Saturday, November 16. Read more twitter.com Counterpoint: St. Charles County Is Invested in Lambert... click to enlarge Editor's note:In a recent column, Ray Hartmann questioned whether St. Charles County and others outside St. Louis deserved a say in what the city does with its airport. St. Charles County Executive Steve Ehlmann, name checked in... Read more www.riverfronttimes.com REAL ID is coming; are you ready? In 2005, Congress passed the REAL ID Act, which established minimum security standards for state-issued driver's licenses and identification cards. Admittedly, it took years for those standards to be defined and Missouri managed to postpone... Read more midriversnewsmagazine.com

Upcoming Chamber Events

Biz Brew November 2019 - Rookies Bar and Grill BIZ BREW - Serving straight up business and spirited conversation. Come and enjoy beverages, snacks and engaging discussions with fellow chamber members and guests. * *Always remember to bring lots of your business cards to pass around. Read more www.gstccc.com

Lunch with Leaders November 2019 Previously known as our General Membership Meeting, this luncheon is our format for connecting you with business community leaders. Read more www.gstccc.com

Recent Ribbon Cuttings

Premium Adult Day Center Celebrates Grand Opening with... Premium Adult Day Center celebrated their grand opening under new management with a ribbon cutting on Thursday, October 31, 2019. Cutting the ribbon were Director Keisha Logan, Sherridan Jones, RN, and Camila Williams, RN. Also on hand were,... Read more www.gstccc.com

Harris House Celebrates Grand Opening with Ribbon Cutting President and CEO Tom Wickenhauser celebrated the grand opening of Harris House with a ribbon cutting on Tuesday, October 29, 2019. Joining Tom were St. Charles County Executive Steve Ehlmann, City of St. Charles Mayor Dan Borgmeyer, member of... Read more www.gstccc.com

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