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NEWSLETTER OF THE BOONE COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Express 1908 2018 ~ chamber VOLUME 34, Edition 11 • November 2018 Serving Boone County for 110 Years!
NEWSLETTER OF THE BOONE COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Express 1908
2018 ~ ch
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VOLUME 34, Edition 11 • November 2018
Serving Boone
County
for 110 Years!
our mission: “The Boone County Chamber of Commerce' mission is to enhance the economic vitality and quality of life in Boone County”
CE TRIVIA:
In what year was Boxholm platted?
ANSWER ON PAGE 18
FROM THE DESK OF THE DIRECTOR
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
LIST OF EVENTS/ NEW MEMBERS
MEMBER SPOTLIGHT
OGDEN REPORT/NEWS IN A NUTSHELL
MADRID UPDATE/ MEMBER BENEFIT/
PRESIDENT’S PERSPECTIVE
OCTOBER HAPPENINGS
CHAMBER CONNECT SEMINAR
BOONE AMBASSADORS/ OGDEN AMBASSADORS
HOLIDAY LIGHTED PARADE
NON-PROFIT OF THE MONTH
CVB HAPPENINGS
BUSINESS AFTER HOURS
MEDICAP PHARMACY OPEN HOUSE
HARVEST OMELET BREAKFAST
HOLIDAY EVENTS SCHEDULE
2018 Board of Directors Michelle Kelly, President*
Bill Gebhart, Vice President* Craig Downs, Treasurer*
Jamie Williams, Past President Aric Reicks
Mark Schneider Amy Landas Doug Lau*
Jeanna Warrick Perry Overton*
Vacant Vacant
Lois Powers
*Executive Committee Members
Ex-Officio Dr. Brad Manard, Dr. Drew Nelson, Bill Skare
Chamber Staff Kurt R. Phillips
Executive Director Email: [email protected]
Alyssa Knudsen
Mgr. of Programming and Events Email: [email protected]
Kris Blocker
Mgr. of Member Services and CVB Email: [email protected]
Contact Us The Chamber Express newsletter is
published by the Boone County Chamber of Commerce 903 Story Street | Boone, Iowa 50036
Phone: 515.432.3342 [email protected]
www.booneiowa.us
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“An Overture to Underwriting” In about 45 days you will have an opportunity to be a part of Boone County’s continuous improvement process. Changing the economic dynamic for our area (and your business) involves your action and participation. But don’t worry. We’ve got the initi-ative, ideas, and underwriting opportunities all lined up for you! Underwriting? [Is the Chamber selling insurance?] Not quite but your financial support of the products, programs and activities of the chamber essentially ensure our ability to fulfill our mission “to enhance the economic vitality and quality of life” for our area. Let’s be honest, your sponsor dollars not only fund important programs like High School Tours, FFA and 4H scholarships, professional development seminars, legislative programs, networking events and more, these dollars also make up the marginal difference between membership dues and the cost of operating a local chamber of commerce. Circa 1970: Membership dues covered about 70% to 80% of a chamber’s operational expenses. Today, that number hovers around 30%. For the Boone County Chamber that number is 23%. That means that 77% of the revenue we generate (that pays for staff, lights, heat, computers, etc.) comes from special programming and managing other business units outside of the Chamber. The good news is we have adapted well to increase the number of tangible benefits and impactful events and activities. At the same time, there is great opportunity for you as a member of the Chamber to support our initiatives knowing that your dollars help the community, help the chamber, and help you market and promote your business. Our 2019 MEMBER GUIDE will be coming to you soon, laying out some attractive “packages” for you to consider – a whole lotta bang for the buck! Give some thought to underwriting our programs, and take an active role in the continuous improvement of Boone County.
—Kurt Phillips, Executive Director Boone County Chamber of Commerce
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our vision: “To be the leading resource for industrial, retail, tourism, and community
betterment initiatives throughout Boone County”
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717 8th Street (515) 432-1220 www.bankofthewest.com
November 1 - Harvest Omelet Breakfast November 7 - BAH - Hy-Vee November 22 - Thanksgiving (Chamber Closed 22 & 23) November 29 - Holiday Lighted Parade December 1 - Ogden Christmas on Main December 1 - Madrid’s Christmas Extravaganza December 6 - Chamber CONNECT Seminar December 11 - BAH - APC December 25 - Christmas (Chamber Closed)
Please send your event dates for 2018 to: [email protected]. Event dates subject to change. More information of times, dates
and places of Boone events and businesses is available from the Boone County Chamber Office and at www.booneiowa.us. Updates are also available at the Caboose Information center on South Story
Street from Memorial Day to Labor Day.
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LIST OF EVENTS
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Squeaky Clean Laundromat Shane & Christine Heintz
427 Story St. Boone, IA
515-432-2362
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Would your business like to be the next Member Spotlight? Contact Alyssa at [email protected] to learn more!
Ogden Family Dental has been serving Ogden and the surrounding communities for over 3 decades, providing dental treatment in a hometown relaxed atmosphere with advanced technology and state of the art equipment. They value their loyal patients and always welcome new patients. They look forward to building a lifelong relationship with you as your family care provider. Dr. Jeff Gragg is a 2002 graduate of the University of Iowa. While in the process of gaining his finance degree from the University of Northern Iowa, Dr. Jeff decided that his true love was the sciences. With the encouragement of his father, who is also a dentist, he decided to follow his dreams and enter dental school. Dr. Jeff enjoys all aspects of dentistry including cosmetics, restorative, endodontics, and oral surgery and has completed many continuing education classes in these subjects. He enjoys bringing a jovial spirit to his dentistry and believes in thorough explanation of dental procedures while having fun in the chair. Dr. Mark Platt is a 1982 graduate of the University of Iowa, College of Dentistry. He has been practicing general dentistry in Ogden for 29 years. He enjoys all aspects of dentistry and throughout his career in the field of dentistry he has enriched his skills by attending many continuing education courses in the areas of full mouth reconstruction, comprehensive orthodontics and endodontics.
Clark's Grocery store closed October 31 and Ogden will be without a grocery store for the first time in over 100 years. The Ogden Legacy board is working on finding a replacement for Clark’s . Ogden Municipal Utilities has completed installing new street lights on the west half of Walnut street and is working on the east half and hope to have them all done by the end of November. DAG Solutions is remodeling the old Chit Chat building and hopes to have it completed before the end of the year. Made to Gaze has purchased and is remodeling the 325 W. Walnut building.
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ELL • The Nomination Committee of the Boone County Chamber of Commerce has identified five candidates for directorships that
will begin January 1st, 2019. They are: Aric Reicks, Grocery Manager - Fareway Grocery Holly Stecker, Co-owner - Stecker Concrete Travis Stevenson, General Manager - Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad Jim Heckman, General Manager - Ogden Telephone Company Angel Boring, Store Manager - Wal-Mart These directors will be confirmed at the regular November board meeting. Chamber directors act as representatives of the membership in guiding the strategic direction and goals that fulfill the mission of the Chamber to “enhance the economic vitality and quality of life in Boone County.” Each director serves a three-year term. The Chamber board meets once each month, with five directors serving as officers on the Executive Committee and meeting one additional time each month. 2019 marks the 110th year of the Chamber in Boone County.
• Kris Blocker, Manager of the Boone County Convention & Visitors Bureau has been selected to serve on the Central Iowa
Tourism Region Board of Directors.
—Michelle Kelly, Board of Directors President Training For Warriors
PRESIDENT’S PERSPECTIVE
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The Holiday season has officially begun! November is a month that reminds us to be grateful and thankful for the abundance in our lives. What we turn our focus and attention to grows. This month take time to honor the wonderful things in your life that make you feel whole and well. Watch how that spills over into other aspects of your life and the people around you. Take time to give to that foundation or charity or donate some of your time to an organization that needs the help. We could all use a little more appreciation, love and gratitude. If everyone did something like this at least once a day our community grows because, what gets appreciated gets repeated.
MADRID COMMUNITY UPDATE
CHAMBER BENEFIT #79 The Events Calendar on the Boone County Chamber of
Commerce website is self-posting in 5 easy steps! Go to
www.booneiowa.com 1. Click on Events Calendar 2. Click
on Submit New Event 3. Input Information Finish with
Submit for Approval.
—Kris Blocker
Mgr. of Member Services and CVB
The Madrid Christmas Extravaganza has been moved from the first Monday night of December to the first Saturday in December (December 1). People interested in participating as crafters/vendors should contact [email protected]. Many businesses are planning open houses and there will be a variety of Christmas-related events. MAC is in the process of selecting a new individual to help promote the community and the Chamber. Look for an announcement soon! After a soggy, rainy Labor Day that caused the annual parade to be rained out, a make-up parade was held on October 20. Parade marshal was Floyd "Pinkie" Gibbons, long-time community volunteer. This coincided with the first Madrid Fall Fest at Edgewood Park.
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Kurt Phillips, Chamber Executive Director moderating a Q & A at the Future Ready Iowa Summit held at the Ames Public Library on October 9th. The summit brought state
workforce, education and economic development representatives together from all over central Iowa to talk
about implementing programs to develop the next generation of workforce.
Downtown Trick-or-Treat October 25, 2018
$750 was raised for Shop with a Cop Over 900 children participated.
Kurt Phillips and Alyssa Knudsen attended the Iowa Chamber of Commerce Executive Conference October
3-5th at Honey Creek Resort on Rathbun Lake.
The Chamber secured a $1,000 grant from Aureon/IADG through a partnership with Ogden Telephone company to conduct a retail and
downtown assessment for the city of Boone. Shown in the picture are Sue Cosner with IADG, Boone city administrator Bill Skare, Chamber Exec. Director Kurt Phillips, Chamber board member and Retail Task
Force member Doug Lau, and OTC’s General Manager Jim Heckman.
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BOONE & OGDEN AMBASSADORS
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Boone News Republican ▪ October 9, 2018
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Squeaky Clean Laundromat · September 16, 2018
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In 2004, Child Care Junction was founded through Boone County Empowerment to address a key community need – quality child care. With extensive community support, the Goldthwaite Garvey Family Resource Center was built, housing Child Care Junction. In July 2007, Child Care Junction became an independent 501c3 non-profit organization. Attesting to Child Care Junction's history of community partnership, the Family Resource Center is also home to two other partnering organizations - Drake Head Start and Beckwith Adult Day Services. Child Care Junction is licensed to serve 126 children. They are committed to serving all families seeking quality care and education in their infant, toddler, preschool, and school age classrooms. At Child Care Junction, they believe:
• Children are unique and special in their own way.
• Children develop and mature at individualized rates.
• Children should be allowed to express themselves and recognize their individual differences.
Children learn best through active exploration and interaction with peers, adults, and environments. Child Care Junction builds on its history of community collaboration to promote a community culture dedicated to early learning and quality care. With broad community support, Child Care Junction achieves the highest standards in accessible and affordable education and quality care for children and families.
County Assets
I have been spending more time in Omaha since my daughter moved there in August. I am thoroughly impressed with the way Omaha promotes all of their attractions. They have realized the importance of knowing their community assets and promoting all of them to their citizens and others. They have been successful because everyone buys into the idea that “the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.” People visit Omaha because they have a “full” menu of things to do and experience. They understand that everyone wins when there is a strong connection between businesses and attractions. As I travel around the area I am amazed by all the positive things going on in Boone County. I see citizens, business owners and leaders focused on growing their business districts and improv-ing the quality of life in their communities. It is important for all of us to know “our menu” and to share it with citizens and visitors to our county. I would encourage everyone to visit our local attractions and learn more about them and the experiences they offer. Promot-ing our county assets will benefit the “whole”! Tourist attractions: Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad and James H. Andrew Railroad Museum, Seven Oaks Recreation, High Trestle Trail, Iowa Arboretum, Ledges State Park, Boone History Center, Boone Speedway, Cole and Hickory Grove Schoolhouses, Madrid Historical Museum. Parks: Don Williams Park, Swede Point Park, Grant’s Woods Park, McHose Park, Herman Park, Memorial Park, Dalander Park, Og-den City Park. Winery: Snus Hill Winery Brewery: Boone Valley Brewing Golf Courses: Honey Creek Golf Course and Cedar Point Golf Course Lodging & Campgrounds : American Inn, Baymont Inn & Suites, Super 8, Boulder Inn & Suites, YMCA Camp, Sunstream Retreat, Swede Point Park, Don Williams Recreation, Boone County Fairgrounds
Education: Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC)
—Mark Schneider, Iowa Arboretum Chair, Convention & Visitors Bureau
Call 433-0591 or email:
for information on workplace recycling
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432-2222 1703 South Story Street
Boone, Iowa
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Hy-Vee Market Café 1111 8th St
4:30pm-6:00pm
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