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October 25, 2019 ~ Chamber, Local & Regional Business News

Elite Members Submit a Legislative Issue for Consideration

Newsletter Sponsor: St. Charles Convention Center

Santa's North Pole Dash - Are you Signed Up??? 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 still looking for a few great sponsors for our Breakfast Tent ($1,000), Snow Globe ($1,000) and the back of the 2,500+ Runners / Volunteers T-Shirts ($400)! You can join fantastic companies like Rotary Club of St. Charles, Advance Carpet One and The Rehabilitation Institute of St. Louis as our Snow Globe & Tent Sponsors. For more information on our biggest fundraiser of the year and how you can get involved, call the Chamber office at 636-946-0633 or check out our website at www.SantasNorthPoleDash.com Interested in Volunteer Opportunities? We need lots of help to pull this event off. Click here to sign up today!!

A Few Billboard Spaces Available for Dec. 9th Cycle Is your business looking to promote a great holiday sale or event for the end of 2019? Maybe you have TAX CREDITS you're looking to promote or a New Years' Eve Party package? How about tax preparation for 2019 filing?? We've got some last minute billboard openings available for just $100 for a 28-day cycle. Call the Chamber office at 636-946-0633 for all the details and locations.

News You May Have Missed

Port Authority open house scheduled The public is invited to attend an open house public hearing regarding the creation of a St. Charles County Port Authority. The event will take place from 3-5 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 5, at the St. Charles County Administration Building, 201 N.... Read more midriversnewsmagazine.com Stroll Down Main Street For An Enchanting Pumpkin Glow... What's your favorite thing about Halloween? Sneaking some of your favorite candy from the kiddos' trick or treat bags? Carving pumpkins and baking pumpkin seeds? Or, the feel of the chilled air and the glowing pumpkins around the neighborhood on... Read more www.onlyinyourstate.com St. Charles County Workforce and Business Development The cities of St. Peters and Wentzville were tied at 1.8% unemployment for September 2019, among the lowest for Missouri cities with 20,000 population or more. Read more scontent-dfw5-1.xx.fbcdn.net The secret to giving a compliment that makes people glow Every weekday for the month of January, TED Ideas will publish a new post in a series called "How to Be a Better Human," containing a helpful piece of advice from a speaker in the TED community. To see all the posts in the series, click here. Read more ideas.ted.com GM to invest $1.5 billion in Wentzville plant, if union... WENTZVILLE - General Motors has committed to making a $1.5 billion investment in the company's assembly plant here as part of the contract it has proposed to union members in an effort to end their five-week strike. The facility makes the popular ... Read more www.stltoday.com St. Louis Magazine on Twitter 5 tips for meeting people in St. Louis: If you didn't go to high school here, how do you make friends? https://t.co/x4arp2s5h0 Read more twitter.com Noto Pizza food truck will open brick-and-mortar... photo courtesy of noto pizza Co-owners and husband-and-wife team Wayne and Kendele Sieve will turn their popular food truck, Noto Pizza, into a brick-and-mortar location in the former J. Noto Bakery at 5105 Westwood Drive. Wayne Sieve said the... Read more www.saucemagazine.com How to Use YouTube and Instagram to Establish Authority Michael Stelzner / / Want to be known as the expert in your field? Wondering how video on Instagram and YouTube can help? To explore how to build rapport with any audience using YouTube and Instagram Stories, I interview Amanda Horvath on the... Read more www.socialmediaexaminer.com Three Tech Screw-Ups That Could Cost You Depending on how you manage your tech strategy, your organization may be a technology leader or a laggard. And you can probably guess which one is better. A recent Accenture study divides companies into those two camps. Technology leaders stay... Read more associationsnow.com New To Leadership? Learn How To Delegate Effectively -... At some point in every professional's career there comes a time to delegate tasks. Knowing how to delegate tasks effectively is a necessary step for growth - it's important for efficiency and development. If others on your team can't embrace new... Read more www.insperity.com Using Technology to Close the Autism Job Gap Adults on the autism spectrum often have difficulty finding employment. Entrepreneurs and advocates are working to fix that by pairing companies with a pool of candidates. This article is part of our continuing Fast Forward series , which... Read more www.nytimes.com Help wanted: Too many jobs and not enough workers in... A labor shortage is jeopardizing economic expansion in almost every state, putting pressure on lawmakers to find ways to attract more residents and coax people who have dropped out of the workforce to rejoin it. States are offering financial... Read more www.usatoday.com

Great Rivers Greenway seeks resident input by Oct. 31 St. Charles County, its municipalities and Great Rivers Greenway are working together to develop a coordinated greenway plan and resident input is needed before Oct. 31. The project is part of Great Rivers Greenway [GRG] overall efforts to... Read more midriversnewsmagazine.com Construction of the largest asphalt pump... - St.... Construction of the largest asphalt pump track in the country is well underway at St. Charles County's Youth Activity Park, 7801 Highway N in Dardenne... Read more www.facebook.com What it's like to live in New Town St. Charles It's about 5 o'clock on a summer evening, and the residents of New Town are taking advantage of the day's still-generous sunshine. On one of the canals, kayakers paddle; at the water's edge, fishermen await nibbles on their lines; a couple... Read more www.stlmag.com National Rx Take Back Day scheduled The National Rx Take Back Day takes place from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 26, at the following police departments: * Cottleville, 5490 Fifth St. * St. Charles, County Sheriff's Office, 300 N. Second St. * Lake Saint Louis, 200 Civic Center... Read more midriversnewsmagazine.com Remote HubSpot Employees Give 8 Tips for Working From Home At INBOUND this year, HubSpot CTO and co-founder Dharmesh Shah announced that our company now has more than 200 remote employees globally Remote work is becoming so valuable to prospective employees that the second-most searched word on HubSpot's ... Read more blog.hubspot.com Boeing and Porsche team up to develop flying electric car Boeing and Porsche, meet George Jetson. The US aircraft giant and German sports car maker announced Thursday they are teaming up to "explore the premium urban air mobility market and the extension of urban traffic into airspace," through "a fully ... Read more www.cnn.com Missouri Department of Revenue on Twitter New legislation effective Aug. 28, 2019, motor vehicles for the first ten years following the model year of manufacture and having less than 150,000 miles on the odometer are exempt from the safety inspection requirement. Learn more:... Read more twitter.com Managing Unexpected Change In The Workplace - Insperity Change is inevitable. Managing change in the workplace is an everyday responsibility for business owners and managers. Read more www.insperity.com Need a Killer Marketing Message? Just Ask Yourself This... Nothing is more important to the success of a company than your marketing message. Whether you're selling a multimillion-dollar computer system or just selling an idea for your startup, your marketing message opens the door, sets expectations,... Read more www.inc.com 7 LinkedIn Mistakes That Will Make You Look Unprofessional Your LinkedIn page and profile is your online billboard. It's your chance to show and share your personal brand. That is, if you do things right-not wrong. Because too many people make too many mistakes when it comes to self-promoting on... Read more blog.hootsuite.com Ruth Chang: How to make hard choices Here's a talk that could literally change your life. Which career should I pursue? Should I break up -- or get married?! Where should I live? Big decisions like these can be agonizingly difficult. But that's because we think about them the wrong... Read more www.ted.com Missouri Department of Revenue on Twitter Don't Wait! Apply now for a REAL ID-compliant driver license or nondriver ID card at one of Missouri's more than 170 license office locations, if you plan to fly domestically or access the listed federally regulated facilities on or after Oct. 1, ... Read more twitter.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

October Morning Brew courtesy of Alpha & Omega Roasting & Donut King

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