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Welcome New
Chamber Members!
300 5th Street
Balaton, MN 56115
(507) 227-7813
(507) 828-3857
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Chamber website?
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Improve our community by continuing to shop local and make Marshall it's best!
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Grow Minnesota!
'Get Ready to Grow'
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| CURRENT/UPCOMING EVENTS |
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6th Annual Downtown Walkabout
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Thursday, September 15th - Saturday, September 17th
Game pieces can be purchased at Sole Mates,
The Escape Spa and the Marshall Area Chamber!
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Literacy Awareness Month
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September is Literacy Awareness Month!
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Home Stretch Workshop
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Saturday, September 17
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Borch's Customer Appreciation
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Saturday, September 17
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Citizen's Police Academy
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Classes run September 17th - December 12th
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Marshall Yoga Shala-Ayurveda Workshop
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September 17th, 2016 10:00a-12:00p
227 West Main Street-Marshall
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Young Professionals Luncheon
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When: Tuesday, September 20th, 2016
From 12:00-1:00 pm
Where: Beverage Wholesalers (1201 Lake Road)
In September, join us as we tour one of our newer buildings in town, Beverage Wholesalers. The new Beverage Wholesalers building which was built in 2014,employs 13 full time, 3 part time and 2 seasonal employees. Beverage Wholesalers services accounts from Jackson to Ortonville with beer, wine and a variety of non-alcoholic beverages.
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Marshall Blood Drive
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Marshall Blood Drive
Holy Redeemer Catholic Church
Tuesday, September 20
1:00 - 7:00 pm
Appt/Info:
Call 1-800-REDCROSS
Enter sponsor code: MarshallMN
Or text BLOODAPP to
90999
to download the
Red Cross Blood Donor App
All presenting donors will be entered into a drawing to win two $25 Hitching Post Eatery Saloon gift card, or a
$20 Wooden Nickel Bar & Grill gift card.
2016-APL-01273
New "RapidPass" Available!
Make your Appointment & visit redcrossblood.org/RapidPass to complete your health
history BEFORE you come to the blood drive!
(Must be completed same day as drive)
1-800-RED CROSS | 1-800-733-2767
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United Way Workplace Campaign
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3:30 p.m. Wednesday, September 21
United Way of SW Minnesota
800 E Main Street
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Matter of Balance Classes
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Every Wednesday, September 21st thru November 9th
10:00am-12:00pm
Hill Street Place-Marshall, MN
Register today by Calling Susie Sammons at Hill Street Place - (507) 537-9234
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MAFAC Concert Series: Seraph Brass
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Saturday, September 24, 2016 at 7 pm
Schwan Community Center for the Performing Arts-Marshall High School
Tickets available at the Arts Center and HyVee.
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SMSU University Gala
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Friday, September 30 - 6 PM
R/A Facility - SMSU
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Southwest Minnesota Career Expo
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October 4th, 2016
SMSU RA Facility-Marshall
9:15 a.m. to 12:25 p.m.
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Free Screening Clinic
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Wednesday, October 5th, 2016
1:00PM-3:00PM
ACMC-1521 Carlson Street
Appointment Line: 612.596.6105
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Powerful Tools for Caregivers
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Thursdays October 6, 13, 20, 27, November 3, 10
5:15 p.m. - 6:45 p.m.
Hill Street Place
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| BUSINESS NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS |
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Ambassador Visits
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Addition of new units)
1410 South Saratoga
(507) 532-6971
1400 South Saratoga Street
(507) 537-3870
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Shooters Sporting Clays Business After Hours
Shooter Sporting Clays hosted Business After Hours Wednesday evening.
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Overtime Rules Presentation
John Kirchner, U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Roger Evert, Director of Human Resources Running Supply, Inc spoke on the new overtime rules that take effect December 1, 2016 at the Marshall-Lyon County Library on Thursday.
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Minnesota Apprenticeship Initiative (MAI)
Employers invited to apply for Minnesota Apprenticeship Initiative grants. Minnesota employers are invited to apply for grants to help them create or expand registered apprenticeship programs in five industries:
*advanced manufacturing
*agriculture
*health care
*information technology
*transportation
Starting Sept. 14, 2016, employers can download the grant application for the Minnesota Apprenticeship Initiative (MAI). The deadline to submit an application is Oct. 26, 2016. The initiative, announced in fall 2015, is funded through a $5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Labor.
Over a five-year period, Minnesota will engage more than 100 employers in developing registered programs to recruit, train and retain 1,000 new apprentices in 30 high-growth occupations.
Employers receive $5,000 for each MAI-registered apprentice. This can help offset costs related to program development, instruction, and apprentice supplies and materials. Apprentices are given structured, on-the-job training and related instruction.
This initiative is being jointly administered by the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) and the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry (DLI).
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Nonpartisan Voter Outreach
This is a big election year. In the fall, Minnesotans will elect their U.S. House representatives, all state representatives and senators, many local and county officials, vote on a constitutional amendment, and elect the next U.S. president.
I'm writing to invite Marshall Chamber of Commerce and members to participate in an effort to provide people with simple information about opportunities to vote.
Until recently, Minnesota led the nation in voter turnout, but in 2014 we slipped to number six. That's why I've challenged the people of Minnesota to return our state to number one. To help with this effort, my office is conducting nonpartisan voter outreach by partnering with businesses and organizations across the state.
If you have questions about the materials, please don't hesitate to contact Dennis Smith at (651) 201-1356 or
dennis.smith@state.mn.us.
Thank you in advance for your consideration and participation in this important civic effort. Together, we can help get Minnesota back to the top spot in voter turnout.
Sincerely,
Secretary Steve Simon
Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State
(651) 201-1324
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OFFICE OF THE MINNESOTA SECRETARY OF STATE
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New Chamber Member Enhanced Listings
Chamber Members:
We are excited to announce an exciting new benefit! This new benefit will feature many different items for members to use while managing their business listing. With this upgrade, we can now include the following:
- 1600-character description to describe your business
(vs. 200 characters in Basic Listing)
- Media section for YouTube video and a Photo Gallery
- Logos within Business Directory and Individual page listings
- 'Highlights' section with up to 5 bullet points
- Unlimited Keyword search terms
- News Releases
The cost to upgrade to enhanced listings is $50/year. Sign up for a Special Limited Time Offer - 50% off your first year! That's only $25 to utilize these new features! You must sign up before September 30, 2016. This offer is only good this year with our upgrade.
Let us know if you need your login information to take advantage of these features.
These are just our NEW features! If you haven't taken advantage of your current benefits, you can post Events, Job Postings, Hot Deals, link your social media accounts & more!
This is essential for businesses that do not have a website or web presence yet! To search for your business online, we may be the first website that pops up to find more about you. For those with an already established website, this will add to your business visibility and search presence. We are the #1 hit when searching for 'Marshall, MN' so your business will be found through the Chamber website!
Customer Testimonial:
'I would like to share how impressed I am with the results we have seen since we began utilizing the enhanced features on our business listing through the Chamber. We have seen a significant uptick in new customer activity as well more job seekers reaching out to us. I highly encourage Chamber members to take advantage of this great opportunity available to them. It is also a very user friendly site to work with.'
-Michele Kroger, Spartan Staffing
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Chamber E-Connection Guidelines and Policies
Newsletter Goals and Audience
The purpose of the Chamber E-Connection newsletter is to share our members' events with
other business and community members. It is an informational newsletter and helps to promote
our member businesses and their events.
Each Friday, our newsletter is sent to over 1,500 individuals. Our separate emails are sent to
the same list, but are held especially for our Chamber events and Business After Hours.
Newsletter Policy
E-Connection events are included based on requests from the member business. The following criteria are requested by the Marshall Area Chamber for event submissions:
- Events flyers or submissions must be an actual event. We do not include sales or promotions.
- Events can be included in the E-Connection for 2 weeks Free of charge, and you have the option of adding one additional week for $10. 3 weeks is the max per event.
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Submissions must be sent the Wednesday prior to that Friday's
E-Connection to be included to chamber@marshall-mn.org
- All event flyers are for Marshall Area Chamber of Commerce members only.
Any Chamber member businesses events can be submitted to the Chamber website as well
here. Click submit new event.
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Chamber Member Job Postings
- Southwestern Center for Independent Living
- Southwest Health & Human Services
- North Star Mutual Insurance Company
Any Chamber me
mber may submit job postings! Ask about your login by
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Sincerely,
Marshall Area Chamber of Commerce
118 West College Drive
Marshall, MN 56258
(507) 532-4484
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