News from Your Chamber

Tuesday, August 15, 2023

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Magnifi Financial

2023 Schedule

Central Minnesota Jobs & Training Services Celebrates 20 Years

Congratulations and thank you to Business Services Coordinator Bridget Paulson and Development Manager Leslie Wojtowicz of Central Minnesota Jobs and Training Services, Inc for 20 years of membership with the Chamber! As a non-profit employment and training agency in the Minnesota CareerForce system, CMJTS's mission is to strengthen Central Minnesota communities through leadership in workforce excellence. Also pictured are Chamber Diplomats and/or Board members Tracy Lundy (Lake Region Bank), Suzanne Hass (Allstate Insurance), Jon Rambow (Rambow), and Jon Schmidt (DataSuccess, Inc). The Chamber is grateful for CMJTS's partnership in many workforce initiatives!

Central Minnesota Jobs & Training Services, Inc.

Golf Classic Drone Footage

Check out this sweet birds-eye view of the 34th Annual Golf Classic at Eagle Creek Golf Club compliments of Drone Sponsor Anez Consulting! Special thanks to event sponsor JD Kreps Financial Group, the Chamber Ambassadors, Golf Classic Chair Doug Kuehnast (United Prairie Bank), and sub-committee members Jeff Jensen and Mary Hagen (West Central Technology, Inc.), Connor Hutton (Pioneer Heritage Insurance LLC), Julie Anderson (Nesbit Agencies/Kensington Insurance), Kris Gulbrandsen, Lisa Groff (Lake Region Bank) and Dawn Lippert (Mainstream Boutique) for their hard work in pulling off another fantastic tournament!

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Anez Consulting

Grow Minnesota! Visits

Grow Minnesota! is a private-sector-led business retention and assistance program. The partnership of more than 90 local chambers and economic development organizations work to spur business growth throughout the state. Members of this committee conduct confidential, comprehensive one-on-one site visits with local businesses, tracking on-the-ground business conditions, collecting data on what it takes for businesses to stay and grow in Minnesota, and identifying areas where they can provide solutions to business concerns. They also develop impactful initiatives to address our state’s most pressing business challenges, helping businesses understand how to stay and grow in their community. During the past month, members of the WLACC Grow MN! committee visited with business owners at Truly Home Real Estate, Big Kahuna, and Godfather's Pizza.

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New Member Welcome

Ampact's mission is to transform lives as a non-profit organization offering evidence-based AmeriCorps programs in three focus areas: education, environment and healthy futures. The education programs are Reading Corps, Math Corps, and Early Learning Corps. Ampact believes in the power of people and the opportunity to make our world better.

Ampact

Virtual Business Resource One-Stop-Shop

The goal of the One-Stop-Shop is to provide business owners and human resource representatives with a place to learn about:

Find resource booths on a majority of the new laws
Connect with legal aid and insurance
Learn about workforce solutions (state grant programs, innovative recruitment strategies, and temp agencies!)
Connect with human resource representatives
Visit with marketers about how you can market to your future workforce

Are you a business owner who works in one of the areas above? Contact Kelsey at the EDC to learn more about participation at kelsey@kandiyohi.com or 320-979-5815.

2023-2024 Leadership Perspectives

Only 12 Spots Left!!!

Developing effective community leaders with vision, insight and the ability to get things done is what the Willmar Lakes Area Leadership Perspectives program is all about! If you want to learn more about the assets that the Willmar Lakes Area has to offer, this is the program for you.

Session Topics: Individual Leadership & Team Building; Heritage & Diversity; Government & Media; Health, Human Services & Volunteerism; Law & Justice; Education; Industry & Tourism; Entrepreneurship & Opportunities. Each session focuses on issues critical to our region’s future success.

Program Dates: Leadership Perspectives kicks off in September and runs through May. Classes are typically held the third Friday of each month from 8:30am-4:00pm.

The class is limited to 40 participants and the registration deadline is August 31st. For more information or to register, call the Chamber at 235-0300 or email smunyon@willmarareachamber.com.

Access Fiber Network Town Hall

The City of Willmar will provide refreshments for both events.

Chamber Community Job Board

Hiring? Don't forget to login to ChamberMaster to post your openings on the Chamber Job Board! Job postings will be shared weekly in the e-newsletter that reaches 1,500 people as well as on the Chamber website. Please contact the Chamber if you have any questions.