CHAMBER CHATTER
ISSUE 12, DECEMBER 2007
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CHAMBER MEMBERSHIP
The 2008 Destination Guide will be arriving soon! Delivery will be Friday December 14.
We will need help on the day of delivery-we will contact all members once Spectrum gives us a definate time of delivery.
The 2007 Fall Membership Dinner was Thursday November 8.
There was around 100 members present. Northern Lights Event Center had a excellent dinner for us.
Thank you to all the members that donated door & raffle prize's.
New Board Members were elected:
Retail/Service
Richard Hansen-Tiger Lily's Boutique
Accomodations
Robin Bucholz-Trappers Landing Lodge
Cindy Pitt-Bailey's Resort
Jamie Tatge-Chase Resort Hotel Walker
Jeff Anderson-Grand Vu Resort will be serving Doug Carlson's remainder of term.
We have a variety of new board members that will be valuable to the Leech Lake Area Chamber of Commerce.
A Thank you is to be extended to the board members who will be completing their terms:
Tim Anderson, Tom Beriou, Sara Bowles, Doug Carlson, & Kay Huddle.
We appreciate all that you did to make the Leech Lake Area Chamber of Commerce stronger.
CMS 2008 Membership
The CMS 2008 invoices will be going out to the current cms membership. If you would like to join the program please contact Cindy or Char at the Chamber office.
CMS stands for Chamber Mailing Service.
When someone calls the chamber for information on lodging, shopping and restaurants in the area , we mail out to them the brochures from chamber members that have signed up to be on the CMS program. Everyone receives a Destination Guide.
This is a great opportunity for you to advertise and promote your establishment in another way. We charge .27cents for small brochures and .62 cents for larger brochures, this covers the cost of postage. The CMS Membership charge of $100.00 is for the whole year of 2008, plus the cost mentioned above for your brochure to be mailed out with the destination guide. If you would like to participate for the 2008 year please mail a check made out the the Leech Lake Area Chamber of Commerce and we will add you to this membership.
BUSINESS AFTER HOURS
DECEMBER 20, 2007
Ace Hardware & Radio Shack
Will be our host. 5-7 P.M.
$2.00 and a Business Card
Join us for some Holiday Spirit and an evening of Fun.
Thank you Village Square Cafe' & Green Scene for a tasty, fun and informative evening.
There was a nice support of area business persons present which made it a fun evening.
We need to fill up the 2008 Business After Hours spots.
January is Shingobee Studios- Mark Harlow.
WEBSITE HIT STATISTICS
Month of November 2007
144,914
MEMBER SPECIAL EVENTS
Leech Lake Youth Hockey Meat raffle-5:30 P.M. Wednesday's at Charlie's Up North
Dec. 7 First National Bank-Holiday Open House 9-:00a.m.-5:00p.m.
Dec. 8 Leech Lake Riders Snowmobile Christmas Party-Reservations required. Call Donna 547-1360
Dec. 8 Curling Walker Area Community Center-(WACC Bulletin Board for your teams Ice Time.) .
Dec.10 WHA Holiday Concert 7:30 p.m. WHA School
Dec. 12 American Family Insurance & Coldwell Banker- Holiday Open House 5-7p.m.
Dec. 8 St. Agnes 14th Annual Holiday Cookie Walk-noon-2
Dec. 16 Curling Walker Area Community Center-(WACC Bulletin Board for your teams Ice Time.)
Dec. 20 Business After Hours Walker Ace Hardware & Radio Shack 5-7 p.m.
Dec. 24 Christmas Eve- Chamber Office Closes at noon
Dec. 25 Christmas Day
Dec. 25 St. Agnes Free Christmas Dinner 11a.m-1:00p.m. Bring Salad / desert to share.
FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS
Festival of lights was a fantastic event. Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus were enjoyed by over 100 children.
The Horse and buggy rides were busy all afternoon.
Many children enjoyed the movies.
The Parade was another huge success.
The Coots sold out of Chili again this year. What a beautiful site when the lights were lite and the Fireworks began. Men, Women & Children enjoyed this year's festival of lights.
A Special Thanks to everyone who helped to make this another wonderful Walker event. Many people and businesses sponsored trees, donated items and worked very hard to make this event fun for families and filled our main street with shoppers!
The Festival of Lights committee will have a wrap up meeting next week to recap and start working on idea's for next year. If you wish to join the committee please call us at the Chamber Office. We welcome new idea's and always welcome new committee members.
Special Thanks to Sylvia & Audrey went far and beyond the call of duty!
CHAMBERMASTER
As members in the Leech Lake Area Chamber, your business is listed on our website, www.leech-lake.com The Chamber uses a computer program called Chambermaster, and through it, you personally can access the information online about your business. As a Chamber member, you have a login name and password. Click on the website below and click on costomer login. Enter your login name and password. If you have misplaced your logins, call the Chamber at 547-1313 and we will tell you what your logins ard. As the dynamics of your business changes, you can change the information on the website to fit your needs...or you can ad a logo..or whatever.
http://secure.chambermaster.com/
150 Years of Statehood
1858-2008
In honor of Minnesota's Sesquicentennial, we have begun to compile a cookbook that reflects the culinary, cultural, and product specialties of each county in Minnesota. Send us recipes that reflect what we eat and how we dine in the 21st century. Share your cooking stories, photos, and memories too!
Form is available onlineat: www.mn150years.org
Please send submissions to cookbook@mn150years.org or
Sesquicentennial Cookbook Submissions
C/O James J. Hill House
240 Summit Avenue
St. Paul, mn. 55102
CASS COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
Traffic Counts
Businesses frequently ask traffic count information when making a site selection. MnDot has great maps available identifying daily traffic counts on its website; www.dot.state.mn.us/traffic/data/html/traffic.html
Here's an example of the daily car counts at city sites in Cass County:
Walker - 9,800
Pine River - 9,100
Pillager - 6,800
Backus- 4,500
Hackensack - 7,300
Longville- 3,100
Remer - 3,700
MEETINGS DECEMBER 2007
Dec. 7 Resort, Retail & Restaurant Buyers Show Committee- 10:00a.m. AmericInn
Dec.11 Retail Service Meeting 8:00 A.M. Village Square Cafe'
Dec. 12 Festival of Lights- Wrap up Meeting- 6:00P.M. Lucky Moose
Dec. 14 Destination Guide Delivery
Dec. 18 Ambassador Meeting - 8:00 a.m. Chamber of Commerce
Dec. 20 Leech Lake Chamber of Commerce Board Meeting- 8:00a.m.- Chamber
WISHING YOU
HAPPY HOLIDAYS
Char Moore
&
Cindy Wannarka
Leech Lake Area Chamber of Commerce Staff