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Tuesday, April 18, 2023
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Chamber Connection on Friday | |
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Help us kickoff another fun day of food, entertainment, and vendors with a Chamber Connection hosted by the West Central Tribune at their Life Connections event. Plus, enjoy a free pancake breakfast!
Life Connections Schedule:
- 8:00-9:30am Pancakes, sausage, juice, and coffee from Chris Cakes of Iowa
- 10:30am Main Speaker Boyd Huppert - After starting his television news career in Wausau, Omaha, and Milwaukee, Boyd has spent the past 26 years at KARE 11, where he produces his weekly signature storytelling segment, “Land of 10,000 Stories.”
- 11:30am Kingery Family
- 2:00pm Larry Olsen Band
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Student Job Fair & Career Expo | |
Thank You to Our Volunteers! | |
In light of National Volunteer Week, we would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to all of our amazing volunteers! As a volunteer-driven organization, the Willmar Lakes Area Chamber of Commerce couldn't do all that it does without you. Thank you for dedicating your time and talents to serve on committees that help drive our mission, create connections, engage our members, and better our community. It's people like you that make the Willmar Lakes Area a great place to live, work, and do business. | |
Hypnotherapist Jessica L. Hanson Celebrates 5 Years | |
Congratulations to Jessica L. Hanson CHt, LLC on five years of membership! Jessica is an educator first, and hypnotist second, as well as the owner of a private hypnosis career school. She is an accomplished author and is frequently called upon to speak at professional hypno conferences. Jessica helps clients make changes that are in their control and is proud to office on the beautiful MinnWest Technology Campus. Thank you to Jessica for her leadership as the Chair of the Diplomats Committee. Pictured with Jessica are Chamber Diplomats Jon Rambow (Rambow), Christina Williams (R&J Tours), Jon Schmidt (DATASuccess, Inc), Carla Kahle-Miller (Design West Ltd), and Kathryn Mueller (Christianson PLLP). | |
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Mark your calendars - you won't want to miss this fun outdoor concert! The Melvin's Throwback will serve as the Chamber's annual fundraising event and is being organized by the Special Events Committee. Addiionally, raffle tickets will be available for purchase beginning in May with the drawing to take place at the event. The top prize will be $5,000 cash. Stay tuned for more information!
Music from The 70's Magic Sunshine Band
Saturday, July 29th
6:00-10:00pm
Zorbaz on Green Lake
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First Quarter 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 First Quarter, members of the WLACC Grow MN! committee visited with Michelle Haefner and Troy Pederson of Bethesda, Tom Taunton of Gurley's Foods, Peter Johnson and Nick Hanson of Johnson Seed and Ag Services, and Allen Hillstrom of West Central Technology. | |
Vision 2040 Leadership Graduation | |
It's graduation time for the Vision 2040 cohort! Tickets are available to join in the celebration and view their projects on Thursday, April 20th at the Wilmar Conference Center. | |
Registration Will Open Soon! | |
Chamber Community Job Board | |
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Are you 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 over 1,500 people as well as on the Chamber website. Please contact the Chamber if you have any questions.
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- Tuesday, April 18th at 3:30pm - Golf Classic Meeting at Eagle Creek
- Wednesday, April 19th at 8:00am - Membership Milestone at Remodeling Solutions Inc
- Wednesday, April 19th at 12:00pm - Special Events Meeting at the Chamber
- Thursday, April 20th at 10:30am - First Dollar at Pen House Boba
- Thursday, April 20th at 3:30pm - neXt Educational at the Willmar Conference Center
- Thursday, April 20th at 5:00pm - Vision 2040 Leadership Graduation at the Conference Center
- Friday, April 21st at 8:00am - Life Connection's Chamber Connection at the Civic Center
- Friday, April 21st at 8:30am - Leadership Perspectives at MinnWest Technology Campus
- Tuesday, April 25th at 7:00am - Executive Meeting at the Chamber
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