The Buffalo Area Chamber of Commerce and Tourism Bureau serves our business members,
promotes our local assets, and shapes the future of our community.
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TITLE MARK/COBORN'S
At Coborn's
630 Ryan's Way
A joint Good Morning Buffalo TOMORROW
May snuck up on us - so be sure to make time to come enjoy some Caribou, meet the reps from Title Mark and if you haven't been to Coborn's yet, get a tour and hear about how business going since they have come back to town. It's a trifecta of goodness!
It's a great networking opportunity all around!! See you at 8 a.m.!
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CHAMBER F.E.E.D.B.A.C.C
Forums for Engagement & Educational Development by the Buffalo Area Chamber of Commerce
Tuesday, May 10th 11:30 am
Huikko's/Bison Creek
$30 - meal included
LAST CALL - PLEASE REGISTER BY TOMORROW - LET'S FILL THE ROOM!
WHAT'S YOUR NUMBER?
Have you ever taken an Enneagram personality assessment? It's a fun and very accurate way to learn your strengths and weaknesses. With the Enneagram test you get assigned a number and with that number comes your characteristics. This helps you understand how to relate better to others.
Once registered and the list is complete, I will get the link and forward it to you all. Do the test and bring that information to the luncheon and let's have some good conversation! I am a 9 by the way and so is the instructor!
Executive Coach, Tom Krause, from Five Capitals business coaching, is coming to share his expertise with us in how to understand ourselves so we can be good leaders.
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FRESHLY PICKED FROM THE CHAMBER FOR YOU……
We have a new feature on our website that’s all about you as a Chamber leader in our community! On the landing page, there is a spot for a one-minute video, some content and link to your website (Limelight #1). Your image would be one of the 5 that roll through the top as people come to our website. This promotional opportunity would cost you $350 for a month, which includes the professional creation of your video, that is yours to keep to use as you want internally. We get over 5600 webpage visitors a month. You can’t beat that!
Down a few scrolls on the page, for $100, is a highlight opportunity that will have an image and a link to your website (Limelight #2). This is available monthly as well if looking for a lesser cost way to promote your business.
We want to help showcase our member businesses, but we didn’t want typical advertisements on our webpage. Videography is a great way to share your business with others – it’s colorful, it’s engaging and it’s real time! Jeremiah Schmid, our Chamber member videographer, will come to your place of business and make it really easy and comfortable to produce a spot. Again – that and any images are yours to keep for your own social media purposes.
Lillians enlisted for the month of May, so go out to our website, BuffaloChamber.org, and see what it would like to have Limelight #1 or Limelight #2. Normally – they would not be the same business – but we wanted to show you a live example of what the Limelight options can do for you!
FIRST COME FIRST SERVED STARTING IN JUNE
LET US KNOW IF YOU WANT A SPOT!
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A BIG THANK YOU FOR SPONSORING OUR GOLF TOURNAMENT!
LOOKING FOR RAFFLE PRIZES AND SILENT AUCTION ITEMS!
Tournament Level: E&M Outdoor Services, Edward Jones, Lake Ridge/Park View Sr. Living, Old National Bank, Verizon-Wireless Zone and Whirltronics
Cart Sponsors: Allina Hospital/Clinic, Bankwest
Beverage cart sponsor: Insurance Brokers/Mike Zumbusch
Hole-in-One Sponsor: Insurance Center of Buffalo
Platinum Level: American Family/Arko, Bolton Menk, CLA, Edina Realty/Hoekstra Reiss, Fitness Evolution, MidCountry Bank, Morrie's Ford, Schroeppel & Schroeppel, SPOE, State Farm/Troy Crank
Gold Level: CRS, First Class Mortgage, Inspire Advisors, Kjellberg Carpet One, Optimal Function Physical Therapy, Prime Advertising, State Farm/Mark Olson
Silver Level: Amore Ice Cream, Brenner Dental, Copeland Buhl, DiOrio Business Group, Hanson Dental, Stellis Health
Bronze Level: Buffalo Rock Winery, Cre-Art, Family Counseling Center, Kid's Haven, Lunderby Photography
Putting Game: Anchor Realty
Let's talk prizes and auction items:
With the new interior arrangement at Wild Marsh, we will not be having a live auction, but a silent auction. We will be hosting this online a week or two in advance - so everyone - not just those at the tournament - can bid on some wonderful donated items! If you don't have an item that is auction worthy, we appreciate any gift cards, small items or cash to purchase small items for our raffle prizes. Our golfers are always eager to win a prize large or small!
Let us know if you have something to donate - we will be happy to come pick it up!
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PRECISION PRINTS
402 7th St NE
763-682-4489
The Ambassadors popped in to visit with Mandy at Precision Prints to hear about all the great things that Precision Prints can do. Tom and Cathy Jorgenson and their son Darby own the print shop, but Mandy is the one most often seen behind the desk and answering the phones. Mandy has been there 20 years of the 41 years that the business has been in town. It is Wright County's oldest and largest printing company.
Mandy shared that the best thing about Precision Prints is that they do everything in house - from start to finish - from idea to end result - they follow it all the way assuring that your desired outcome of whatever it is you are having printed, meets and exceeds your expectations.
They started out doing business cards, letterhead, postcards, flyers, pocket folders, even wedding invites. Now it's all that plus more, with brides coming in with Pinterest ideas for Mandy to duplicate. Think stickers and labels, raffle tickets and buttons, vinyl lettering, laser checks, posters and more.
Mandy has done a lot of our work here at the Chamber! You will see their signage at our golf tournament, our sandwich board inserts, and many of our flyers. The design is great, the turn around time great, and the price is great! What more could you want! They also deliver for free.
Mandy, when asked what her favorite type of thing is, said she likes more challenging larger projects - bigger brochures and catalog projects. She enjoys seeing it all come together and I have to say she is very patient. There are times we change our mind here a time or two or ten and she always comes up with the winner!
Thanks for letting us pop and thanks for being such an icon in our community!
Below is Ambassador Jackie Crever/Farmer's Insurance, Jennifer Carlson/American Family Chris Chapman, Mandy, Darby, and Ambassadors Tina Anderson/Anchor Reality and Emily Theisen/Emily Theisen Photography.
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A perfect selfie of our group at Applebee's last Thursday. Thank you Cassie for continuing to serve up wonderful appetizers. We all left full and happy! If you haven't been to Applebee's - the service and the menu options are delightful! Their carside to go ordering is very popular - get real food fast! Did you know they also do catering - with party platters of sandwiches, salads, pasta and party wings? Thanks Applebee's for being in our neighborhood! |
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FINALLY A DEAL TO STAVE OFF UNEMPLOYMENT TAX HIKE FOR EMPLOYERS. FRONT LINE WORKERS/ESSENTIAL WORKER BONUS ALSO SIGNED INTO LAW.
Businesses have long been lobbying legislators to act and finally they have had a breakthrough after months in stalemate. Because this law was enacted after the March 15 deadline, the MN Chamber worked to ensure refunds or credits for quarter one overpayments as well as a grace period for businesses to remit these payments were included in the final package.
Due to the delay in enacting the UI fix, there's some confusion from employers on how the fix impacts their business. CLICK HERE to view the guidance from DEED. The Chamber will continue to share resources as they become available. Doug Loon, from the MN Chamber of Commerce says "it's long overdue news - that employers have enough challenges with historic inflation and worker shortages". There will be $2.7 million going to replenish the UC trust fund and $500 million going out as bonuses to front line workers.
See Governor Walz signing the bill into law below and links to more information:
Also included in the agreement was bonuses for frontline workers. The final deal included a definition that covers nearly 667,000 workers and the appropriation was increased to $500 million in order to provide a nearly $750 dollar bonus to each worker. For information on eligibility, what this means for employers and more, CLICK HERE. Many of you Chamber members will qualify and there is a responsibility to the employer to notify those eligible. An application is in the works. More to come!
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MEMBER/COMMUNITY HAPPENINGS |
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KEEPING YOU IN THE KNOW
Quick-link to the recent City of Buffalo public meetings:
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Why is the letter "A" like a flower? Because a bee (B) comes after it! |
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Buffalo Area Chamber of Commerce
763-682-4902
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