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Upcoming Chamber Events November 10th at 4 pm– Young Professionals New Member Orientation at the Eau Claire Chamber of Commerce, located at 101 N. Farwell Street, Eau Claire 10th from 4:30pm-6:30pm– Young Professionals Happy Hour at the Local Lounge located at 2106 N Clairemont Ave, Eau Claire 11th at 5 pm - Ribbon Cutting at CrossFit Chippewa Falls located at 15 West Grand Avenue (Everyone Welcome) 17th from 5:30 - 8:30 pm - Young Professional Sponsor-a-Family at Eau Claire Area Chamber of Commerce, 101 North Farwell Street 28th at 5 pm - Business After Hours at Micon Cinemas located at 475 Chippewa Mall Drive, Suite 215 ($5/Chamber Members) December 1st at Noon - Ribbon Cutting at Old National Bank located at 302 Bay Street (Everyone Welcome) 8th at 4 pm - Chamber Holiday Party at the Chamber Building located at 1 N. Bridge Street. (All Chamber member are welcomed.) 19th at 5 pm - Business After Hours at The Fill Inn Station Saloon & Restaurant located at 104 W. Columbia Street ($5/Chamber Member) Mission Statement The mission of the Chippewa Falls Area Chamber of Commerce is to improve the quality of life in our community by providing leadership to coordinate, support, and promote the business interest of our membership. November 2016 1 N. Bridge St., Chippewa Falls 715-723-0331 chippewachamber.org gochippewafalls.com [email protected] Chamber Buck$ make the Perfect Gift What are Chamber Buck$? A check that is redeemable at more than 200 businesses in our community. A complete list of businesses that accept them is on our website. Businesses, clubs, organizations and individuals are buying Chamber Buck$. Some are given as an incentive program award, for birthdays, teachers gifts and of course Christmas gifts. Where can Chamber Buck$ be purchased? At the Chippewa Chamber , 1 N. Bridge St. , M-F, 8 am - 5 pm. Email an order to [email protected] #Keeping it Local

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Upcoming Chamber

Events

November

10th at 4 pm– Young Professionals New

Member Orientation at the Eau Claire Chamber of Commerce, located at

101 N. Farwell Street, Eau Claire

10th from 4:30pm-6:30pm– Young Professionals Happy Hour at the Local Lounge located at

2106 N Clairemont Ave, Eau Claire

11th at 5 pm - Ribbon Cutting at CrossFit Chippewa Falls located at 15 West Grand Avenue

(Everyone Welcome)

17th from 5:30 - 8:30 pm - Young Professional Sponsor-a-Family at Eau Claire Area Chamber of

Commerce, 101 North Farwell Street

28th at 5 pm - Business After Hours at Micon Cinemas located at

475 Chippewa Mall Drive, Suite 215 ($5/Chamber Members)

December

1st at Noon - Ribbon Cutting at

Old National Bank located at 302 Bay Street (Everyone Welcome)

8th at 4 pm - Chamber Holiday Party at the

Chamber Building located at 1 N. Bridge Street. (All Chamber member are welcomed.)

19th at 5 pm - Business After Hours at

The Fill Inn Station Saloon & Restaurant located at 104 W. Columbia Street ($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.

November 2016

1 N. Bridge St., Chippewa Falls 715-723-0331 chippewachamber.org gochippewafalls.com [email protected]

Chamber Buck$ make the Perfect Gift

What are Chamber Buck$? A check that is redeemable at more than 200 businesses in our community. A complete list of businesses that accept them is on our website. Businesses, clubs, organizations and individuals are buying Chamber Buck$. Some are given as an incentive program award, for birthdays, teachers gifts and of course Christmas gifts.

Where can Chamber Buck$ be purchased? At the Chippewa Chamber , 1 N. Bridge St. , M-F, 8 am - 5 pm. Email an order to [email protected]

#Keeping it Local

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Chamber Events

Business After Hours

Monday, November 28 from 5–6:30 pm

At Micon Cinemas located at 475 Chippewa Mall Drive, Ste 215

$5/Chamber Member or $35/Annual Pass

Young Professional Events Happy Hour: Local Lounge located at 2106 N Clairemont Ave Thursday, November 10, 4:30 - 6:30 PM

Join YPCV for a happy hour! A $20 gift card to the Local Lounge will be drawn for at 6 PM, must be present to win! Don't miss out on this opportunity to check out a new establishment in Eau Claire, while networking with local YP's! No RSVP is required.

Community Involvement: Sponsor-a-Family Thursday, November 17, 5:30 - 8:00 PM Eau Claire Area Chamber of Commerce, 101 North Farwell Street

This year YPCV will be sponsoring families in the Chippewa Valley as well as purchasing items for the homeless children in the area. Thank you to YPCV members who donated funds and those who volunteered throughout the year to raise money to purchase items for this event. Please join us for this fun-filled night of giving back.

Sponosrs:

Thank you Chamber Volunteers It is a pleasure to work with the many volunteers that help throughout the year and it’s great to have area residents helping promote Chippewa Falls. Their talents are unlimited and we truly appreciate all that they do for the Chamber.

Front Row: Mary McKenna ,Marge Bjork, Anita Dommer, Joyce Lillevold Back Row: Cliff Slater, Sharon Shilha, Jim Shilha, Russ Rowan and Joye Dobos. Not Shown: Patty McDonell, Phyllis Goettl, Lucy & Ralph Coushman, Mary Olson, Marilyn Harrison and Diane Hendry.

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C & M Homebuilders and

Real Estate Cody Filipczak

9305 Murphy Lane, Eau Claire 715-874-4225

www.candmhomebuilders.com Categories: Home Builders/

Real Estate

Every Buddy's Bar & Grill Wes Partlo

19 W. Central St., Chippewa Falls 715-861-3838

www.everybuddyscf.com Categories: Bar & Grill/

Entertainment

Goldsmith Cafe & Coffee Bar Edith McDonald

22 S. Prairie St., Chippewa Falls 715-379-3458

Categories: Coffee Houses/Restaurant

Sponsor: Rolly Enderes

McDonald Company Learning System

Paul McDonald 22 S. Prairie St., Chippewa Falls

(715) 379-3150 Categories: Marketing Consult-

ant/Consultant Sponsor: Rolly Enderes

CrossFit Chippewa Falls/

Motivating Health Allison Short

15 W. Grand Ave, Chippewa Falls 715-379-6441

www.crossfitchippewa.com Categories: Fitness Centers/

Nutrition Services Sponsor: Erika Stevens

Century 21 Affiliated

Deb Hanson 1906 Bracket Avenue, Eau Claire

715-832-2222 www.c21affiliated.com/dhanson

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Welcome New Members

ProVyro Waste Services LLC

Andrew Holland 1067 Starr Avenue, Eau Claire

715-513-6686 www.Provyro.com

Categories: Garbage Services/ Recycling Service

Sponsor: Rolly Enderes

Midwest Physical Therapy, Inc. Jim Price

1731 17th Avenue, Bloomer 715-568-4669

www.midwestpt.net Categories: Rehabilitation

Services/Physical Therapists Sponsor: Jason Brandner

Rhymes-N-Rainbows

Cindy Kurtenbach 5051 171st St., Chippewa Falls

715-723-8000 Categories: Child Care/

Educational Services Sponsor: George Rohmeyer

Fairfield Inn & Suites

by Marriott Katie Wood

1666 Princeton Crossing, Eau Claire

715-831-1000 www.marriott.com/EAUFI Category: Hotels & Motels

4:30am Coffee House & Drive Thru

Tracy Heidtke and Brenda Sawyer 608 N. Bridge St. Chippewa Falls

715-720-6165 Categories: Coffee House/

Restaurants

Anytime Trailer Rental, LLC Greg Mitwede

17256 50th Ave., Chippewa Falls 715-829-4685

www.anytimetrailer.com Category: Trailer Sales & Services

Sponsor: Tom Seaholm

The Post House

Don Bryne 404 S. Barstow St., Eau Claire

715-858-0454 www.theposthouse.tv

Categories: Video Production Internet Services/Marketing

Sponsor: Tami Severson

Grounds Guys of the Chippewa Valley

Chad Pollock E10052 331st Ave., Eau Claire

715-598-3818 www.groundguys.com Categories: Lawn Care/

Snow Removal Sponsor: Tom Seaholm

Stone Services Tom Bitney

8823 140th Ave., Chippewa Falls 715-726-8905

www.stoneserviceswi.com Category: Monument/

Markers Signs Sponsor: Josh Rizzo

Squeegee Squad

Matt Zehm 2809 Hamilton Ave #179

Eau Claire 715-255-0770

www.SqueegeeSquad.com Categories: Window Cleaning Cleaning/Janitorial Services

MetLife Auto & Home-

David Shervey 8428 Commerce Pkwy. Suite 1

Chippewa Falls 715-723-1653

Categories: Insurance, Employee Benefit Resources

Sponsor: George Rohmeyer

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Highlighted

Members by

Categories

Continued from last month…. Economy Furniture (715) 723-1444 www.economyfurniture.us . Eric's Diamonds & Fine Jewelry (715) 723-0180 www.ericsdiamonds.com . Blain's Farm & Fleet (715) 723-1806 www.farmandfleet.com . Foreign 5 (715) 723-6389 www.foreign5.com . Goodwill NCW (715) 726-0660 www.goodwillncw.org . Home Oasis Pools & Spas (715) 723-3173 www.homeoasiswi.com . Korger's Decorating (715) 723-8852 www.korgersdecorating.com

Leinenkugel's Leinie Lodge 715) 723-5557 www.leinie.com . Marc-On Shooting LLC (715) 456-9430 www.marc-onshootingschool.com . Marieke Gouda - (715) 669-5230 www.mariekegouda.com . Mason Companies Inc. Outlet Store-(715) 723-4323 www.masoncompaniesinc.com . Northwoods Violins, LLC (715) 861-5656 www.northwoodsviolins.com . Spring Street Sports, Inc. (715) 723-6616 www.springstreetsports.com

Tilden Gun -(715) 944-9852 www.tildengun.com . Volume One Magazine/The Local Store (715) 552-0457 www.volumeone.org

Wal-Mart Supercenter (715) 738-2254 www.walmart.com . Walgreens (715) 720-0241 www.walgreens.com . Yellowstone Cheese Inc. (715) 289-3800 www.yellowstonecheese.com

Update your Member Profile

Update your contact information or add

a staff person to our distribution list by

emailing Kelly at

[email protected].

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Ambassador Visits

Nicole Hollingsworth has opened The Blank Palette Salon located at 120 N. Bridge Street. Please help welcome her and her new business to downtown.

Stop in and meet Eric Volkers at Gowey Abstract & Title Company located at 502 N. Bridge Street.

Special Thanks To Rolly Enderes

The 2016 Chamber membership drive was a success because of the hard working and dedicated Chamber Ambassadors. A special thanks to Rolly Enders

for recruiting the most new members during the drive. Rolly is Vice President/ Co-owner of Chemceed and is Chair Elect of the Chippewa Chamber Board of Directors.

The Big Bundle Up

The Chippewa Falls Area Chamber/Visitors Center is inviting residents to drop off new or gently used mittens, hats, scarves, snow pants, coats, sweaters, jackets and other warm clothing items as part of the Wisconsin Department of Tourism’s “The Big Bundle Up” campaign. “The Big Bundle Up” is a statewide collection program running from Nov. 17, 2016 – Monday, Jan. 2, 2017. A collection box will be available at the Chippewa Area Visitors Center at 1N. Bridge Street, Monday-Friday 8am to 5pm. Donated items will be given to the Chippewa Falls School District Elementary Schools.

Spirit of Christmas

The Chamber will have a Gift Giving Tree. Stop in the office and pick a gift wish. Gift purchases will need to be left at the Chamber office by December 2nd.

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Junior Achievement of Wisconsin, Inc, Northwest District is pleased to announce two new members joining its Board of Directors.; Patrick

Erickson, a manger with CliftonLarsonAllen LLC and Kathy Otto, an Operations Manager with Phillips-Medisize Medical Assembly . The Harding Group LLC has officially joined the PXT Select Authorized Partner Network and can now provide PXT Select assessment solutions to organizations throughout North America. Staybridge Suites in Altoona has received the Inter-Continental Hotels Group 2016 New Design Development Award.

Wipfli LLP announced that Michael Pynch has been appointed to the firm’s Leadership Team in the role of Technology Partner. Feather Communication’s owner and Certified Professional Resume Writer, Dr. Heather

Rothbauer-Wanish, has been included in the latest e-book by Recruiter.com, titled, Get Hired: 130+ Tips for Job Seekers from the Experts. Hampton Inn & Suites in Chippewa Falls has been named a quarterly Wall of Fame recipient by Hampton by Hilton. Wissota Chiropractic’s Dr. Heather Mickelson, is in Santa Cruz, Bolivia through November 1, offering chiropractic services to those in need.

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

Ex-Officio Mayor Greg Hoffman

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

Member2Member News

Chamber News

is published monthly by the Chippewa Falls

Area Chamber of Commerce,

1N. Bridge St., Chippewa Falls,

WI 54729.

Subscription costs $20 per

year and is included in

membership.

Referring Chamber Members

September 2016

Visitor Packets –100

Visitors - 459

Referrals - 826

Relocation Packets –5

Website Page Views - 64,837

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LE Phillips Career Development Center announced the following : Lisa Severson

is director of programs and services; Brian

Vandewyst is the director of placement services and Joanna Gohlke has joined the CDC as an account executive. Dove Healthcare has been designated as an overall 5-star rating for each of their six skilled nursing and rehabilitation facilities by Nursing Home Compare by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Kobussen Buses bought two 2016 MCI J4500 series 56 Passenger Motor-Coaches. This invest-ment of more than $1.1 million represents their continued commitment to being the areas leader in luxury motor-coach transportation.

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Phone: 715-723-3661 Fax: 715-720-9333

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