Upcoming

Chamber

Events

April

7th from 9 am - Non-profit Round

Table Discussion at the Heyde Center for the Arts located at

3 S. High Street. No Cost. (Must RSVP to the Chamber)

13th at 4 pm - Oktoberfest Logo

Unveiling at Northwestern Bank located at 202 N. Bridge Street.

Everyone welcome.

25th at 5 pm - Business After Hours

at General Beer - Northwest located at 2200 Lake View Drive ($5/Chamber Member)

May

4th at 6 pm - Excellence in

Education Banquet at the Avalon Hotel and Conference Center. For

Sponsorship information, contact the Chamber.

23rd at 5 pm - Business After Hours

at White’s Wildwood Retreat located at 18059 Cty Hwy OO.

($5/Chamber Member)

Mission Statement

The mission of the Chippewa Falls Area Chamber of Commerce is to improve the quality of life in our community by providing

leadership to coordinate, support, and promote the business interest of our membership.

April 2016

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Expansions, Grand Openings and More...

Chippewa Falls businesses climate is strong and growing. We are seeing growth in many business sectors including manufacturing, construction and the tourism industry.

Due to new business growth ITW Deltar Fasteners broke ground on a new industrial building addition. The addition should be completed in the fall. Bauman Construction, is the general contractor. ABC Arrow Building Center on Park Avenue is about to break ground on a 6,800 square foot building to house their new showroom and office space. They carry windows, doors, siding , roof-ing, cabinets and more. Construction should be completed in the fall. Construction on the new Cobblestone Hotel & Suites is underway in downtown Chippewa Falls. The four-story structure will have a restaurant on the first floor along with a pool, gym and lobby for hotel guests. The three floors above that will contain 45 rooms. In all, the structure is about 35,000 square feet. Construction should be completed later this year. Chippewa River Distillery and Brewster Bros.

Brewing Co. on River street in downtown Chippewa Falls is now open! Stop in and experience a fun, new atmosphere while enjoying some awesome in-house brews!

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Chamber Events

Business After Hours

Monday, April 25 from 5–6:30 pm

at General Beer - Northwest

2200 Lake View Drive, Chippewa Falls

$5/Chamber member or $35/Annual Pass

Sponsors:

Logo Unveiling Mark your calendar and dust off your dirndls and lederhosen to attend the festive unveiling of the

2016 Oktoberfest Logo for the 14th Annual event! The unveiling ceremony will take place on Wednesday, April 13th at 4:00 pm

at Northwestern Bank located at 202 N. Bridge Street.

Oktoberfest

Freund Memberships Now Available

Freunde (Friends) of Oktoberfest receive three-day

admission wristbands, parking passes, collectable hat pins, a discount at the Souvenir Haus, tickets to the

Festmeister Gala, a custom gift, and recognition at the event.

Cost is $75 for an individual or $125 per couple.

Contact ofest@chippewachamber.com to sign up!

Chamber Golf Outing - Start thinking Spring and sign your team up for the Chamber’s Golf Outing on Tuesday, June 7 at Lake Wissota Golf & Events. Registration is at Noon, with tee off at 1:00pm. Sponsorship opportunities and team registration is enclosed.

June Dairy Day Dinner - Join us to celebrate the continued success of local farmers with a Farmer Appreciation Dinner on Wednesday, June 15 at the Northern Wisconsin State Fairgrounds. Ticket information enclosed in this newsletter.

Don’t miss

these event

flyers in

this

newsletter.

Ambassador Ribbon Cuttings and Visits

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Ambassador of the

Quarter

Congratulations to the Ambassador of the

Quarter, Tom Hubbard, Project Manager at Cedar

Falls Building Systems, with locations in

Chippewa Falls and Menomonie. Throughout

the first quarter Tom attended Ambassador events including: the

Chamber's annual meeting, monthly

business visits, several Business After Hours

networking events and a ribbon cutting. A big

thank you to Tom for his commitment to the

Ambassadors. Keep up the great work!

The Chamber Ambassadors celebrated two ribbon cutting this past month. Above – The owners of Zacho Sports Center, Damin Zacho and Mike Emberson, celebrated the opening of Indian Motorcycles of the

Chippewa Valley, a part of Zacho Sports Center. On the right, the dentists and staff at NorthPark

Dental celebrated their beautiful remodeled office located at 235 W. Prairie View Road, Chippewa Falls.

Ambassadors also visited two new businesses in Chippewa Falls, Stefanie Pusateri at Symbiology

Massage located at 2889 County Hwy I, Suite 2 and Daniel Gintz at Southside Dog

Grooming located at 120 W. Greenville Street. The Ambassadors presented both with their “First Dollar of Profit.” Stop in and say hi to these business owners.

Tom Hubbard

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Highlighted

Members by

Categories

. Printers . Badgerland Printing USA, Inc. (715) 874-5149 www.badgerlandprinting.com . Insty-Prints (715) 723-4697 www.instyprints.net . L.E. Phillips Career Development Center (715) 834-2771 www.lecdc.com . Leader Printing (715) 830-5886 www.leade printingonline.com . Leader-Telegram (715) 833-9200 www.leader telegram.com . Litho Specialists (715) 829-0536 www.greendoor graphics.com . Minuteman Press (715) 839-8282 www.eauclaire. minutemanpress.com . Rooney Printing (715) 723-7777 www.rooneyprinting.com

The UPS Store (715) 552-1100 www.theupsstore local.com/5076/ . Propane . Quality Propane, Inc. (715) 723-9490 www.quality propaneandfuels.com . River Country Co-op (715) 723-2828 www.rivercountrycoop.com . Thaler Oil Company Inc. (715) 723-2822 www.thaleroil.com . Property Management . Foxboro Property Management Services (715) 835-6001 www.foxboroproperties.com . RE/MAX Real Estate Group (715) 835-6191 www.sellingeauclaire.com . . Continued next month

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Tourism News

Young Professional Events

Wissota Chiropractic

announced that Dr. Michelle

Tell Peck was presented with the Patriot Award from the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR). This award is in recognition of her support of service members and their families in the Chippewa Valley. Morrie’s Automotive Group

has been purchased by Fremont Private Holdings, a private equity firm, and current CEO Karl Schmidt, There are 11 automotive dealership locations in the Twin Cities and in Chippewa Falls.

Heartland Contractors an-nounced that Justin Uptadel has been named director of operations for the commercial building division and will be responsible for the daily operations and staff oversight. WEAU-TV’s parent company Gray Television, announced it earned revenue of $169.5 million during the three month period ended December 31, 2015 and net income of $15 million. The company recently added seven television states and four new markets to its operations. Gordy's Market is pleased to announce the addition of Joel

Jacobson as their Vice President of Sales.

Meet the Board and Staff

Chair Janice Lemminger Manpower

Chair Elect

Rolly Enderes

ChemCeed, LLC

First Vice Chair

Neil Mathwig

Citizens State Bank

Treasurer Jamie Leibrandt

Northwestern Bank

Immediate Past Chair

John Manier

General Beer-Northwest

Directors

Mark Broses

Short Elliott Hendrickson, Inc.

Lindsey Everson

Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Company

Tim Fries Fries Financial Group-Raymond James

Tom Hubbard Cedar Falls Building Systems

Sue Kern

Mason Companies, Inc.

Ben Lane

Wiley Law S.C.

Erin Lorberter

Country Inn & Suites

Bill Mercer Premium Waters

Mike Olson

Micon Cinemas

Chamber Staff

Mike Jordan

President

Jackie Boos

Tourism Director

Michelle Farrow Membership Coordinator

Nicole Hecksel

Programs Director

Kelly Kuechenmeister

Administrative Assistant

Ally McCullough

Marketing Coordinator

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Area Chamber of Commerce,

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WI 54729.

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Referring

Chamber Members February 2016

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Visitors - 98

Referrals - 580

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Cardinal Family Eye

Care moved from its previous location in the Chippewa Commons to the building previously occupied by Curves at 506 E. South Avenue, Chippewa Falls. Infinity Beverages

Winery & Distillery,

which is currently located in Banbury Place along Galloway Drive, will soon be moving into it’s new quarter in the former Coffee Grounds building at 3420 Mall Drive, Eau Claire. HSHS St. Joseph’s

Hospital and Hyperbaric Medicine recently received the “2015 Midwest Center of the Year” award from Healogics Inc. and was one of only seven wound care centers to receive the 2015 award.

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