Serving Glenwood, Malvern, and all of Mills County.

August 11, 2021
Upcoming Events at a Glance:
August 11th 5:30pm - Business and Brew at JWREN, Celebrating 7 Years in business.
August 26th 9:30am - Business and Brews at Family Connections, Expanding their services in a new building.
September 2nd 5:30pm - Business and Brews a Ribbon Cutting for Tina Bakehouse LLC at Maple Edge Farms. 
September 9th at 5:30pm - Betterment Banquet at the Fountains Ballroom.
New Member Spotlight:
The Animal Clinic
Welcome to our Mills County Chamber community!
The Animal Clinic
58950 Iowa Road
Glenwood, IA 51534
712-527-9454
GLENWOOD AREA CHAMBER
Signature Networking Events
The Annual Awards Banquet is the premier annual celebration for the Glenwood Area Chamber of Commerce, our Chamber Members & the Mills County community.
Each year we all come together to celebrate those that make our communities the fun and vibrant places that they are.
We are excited to come together this year more than ever, to celebrate the accomplishments & look forward to this next year.

Join us as we award the following categories:

Customer Service of the Year Nominations:
Loess Hills Funeral Home- Scott Erickson
Tom and Tiff's - Brittany Smith
Jim Hughes Real Estate- Sybil Magnuson
El Porton Mexican Grill
Parea- Jacey Kalambokidis
Malvern Bank- Cindy Bowley

Citizen of the Year nominations:
Jim and Rose Schoening
Adrian Kalambokidis
Matt Grey

Educator of the Year Nominations:
East Mills - Dale Scott
East Mills Kelly Sutherland
GCSD- Betsy Maryott
GCSD- Robyn Hundt
GCSD- Liz Jensen
GCSD- Jeff Yoachim

Community Connection Nominations:
Barb and Harold Kaiman
Morgan Prusha
Joe and Luann Edwards
Glenwood Fire Department

Club/Organization of the Year Nominations:
Baseball/Softball Club
Carol and Steve Vinton
Southwest Iowa Pickle Ball
Mills County Public Health
Hooves and Paws Rescue of the Heartland
Glenwood Community Band Parents Association
Teammates Mentoring of Glenwood
Knights of Columbus

Other awards that will be given out:
Enhance Mills County
Chamber in Action
New Businesses
Resiliency Award
The Glenwood Area Chamber of Commerce works to promote and enhance the business community & quality of life in all of Mills County. Oktoberfest is the Chambers annual fundraiser that helps develop support for our local businesses, create tourism campaigns for Mills County, & manage programs that offer professional development here in our community.

Join us for a night of good food,
offered by Tobey Jack's Mineola Steakhouse,
Oktoberfest games, cold brews, and frivolity!

Ticket levels
Level 1: $10 per a person: Included in the ticket price, entry into Oktoberfest, one drink ticket, and one raffle ticket.
Level 2: $20 per person: Included in the ticket price , entry into Oktoberfest, an Oktoberfest dinner from Tobey Jacks, one drink ticket, and one raffle ticket.
Team Game: $100 per a team of four: Included in the ticket price: Entry into Oktoberfest, entry into Oktoberfest Games, dinner from Tobey Jacks, one drink ticket.
Teams must include 4 people, with at a minimum
of one person of the opposite gender.
Must be 21 or over to participate in the games!
Games will include: (disclaimer: only one of the games below requires alcohol consumption.)
Keg Toss
The Famous Glenwood Keg Relay
Hammer-Schlagen
Pint Hold
Shotski

Music for the evening is Sponsored by
Keg Creek Brewing Company ~ OPEN INTEREST
Each Year the Chamber hosts it's only fundraiser to enhance the work that we do. This fundraiser is Oktoberfest. This year we will have music, food, games and more. We would love it if you would consider supporting this fundraiser as this helps us do more work around Shop Local, Tourism, and business support. If you are interested please contact Rachel, and we can chat about what that looks like for your business.
We look forward to hearing from you. 
Check out these special offers
from other Chamber Investors
Kim Malcom is retiring and we are going to celebrate TODAY!

Wednesday, August 11th,
1-3 pm
In Randolph in the lobby at Tri-Valley Bank
for her retirement open house

If you cannot attend today, we’ll be celebrating her on Sunday, August 15th, from 2- 4 pm at Emerald Isle in Imogene. The entire community is welcomed and encouraged to stop by to send well wishes in her retirement.
BUSINESS NEWS

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
Do you know someone looking for a new career?
 Your fellow businesses are hiring.
Do you have a job opening at your business,
or know about an upcoming job opening?
Unleashed Performance in Glenwood Iowa is looking for a full time mechanic. We mostly work on Street rods, Muscle cars, Full on race cars, and daily drivers with performance issues. Our shop is full of specialized equipment including machine shop and fabrication equipment. If interested please call us @ 402 305 7295.
Sovereign Martial Arts in Glenwood is hiring -

Our faithful assistant Kari is moving on to college at the end of next month! That means that we are now taking applications for the position of Reception Area Assistant!

We have posted the job on Facebook, and wanted to make sure everyone has a chance to apply! We will take applications from now until August 6th, so if you are interested in applying please email me at [email protected] right away!
Glenwood Area Chamber of Commerce
5 North Vine Street
Glenwood, Iowa 51534
712-527-3298
Photo credit ~ Portraits by Amy
You want your business to thrive, and so do we.
When you JOIN the Glenwood Area Chamber of Commerce,
you gain a dedicated partner who is working to help you,
 and our community succeed!