Happy Thursday Everyone,

Our Chamber Holiday Open House - Shop Till You Drop is next Friday, November 12th. This is always a fun day to get your holiday shopping started. So get some friends together and let the shopping begin all around town. Enjoy great deals, door prize drawings, and most of all you will be supporting local! Many of the businesses will be open all day until 8 pm. Ladies Night (and Gentlemen) will be from 5 to 8 pm. Visit www.batesvillein.com for more details.

The Chamber Holiday Passport Promotion will also begin on November 12th through December 15th. Just pick up a passport at the Chamber office at 301 Shopping Village or at the participating businesses. Then for every $10 you spend you will receive a stamp. After you fill up a card with 10 stamps, just turn it in to the Chamber office. We will draw a winner for $300, $150, and $50 in Chamber Checks on Friday, Dec. 17th.

Please visit the Chamber Community Calendar for the most updated events at https://batesvillein.com/events/. Remember to post your events so we have all the most updated events in our community.

If you would like to know more about how the Batesville Area Chamber can help your business, please give us a call or stop by the Chamber office.

Have a fabulous day!

Melissa Tucker

Executive Director

Check out our Chamber Facebook group "Together We Thrive" daily as we highlight all of our great member businesses throughout the year.

Be sure to check out all of our great members by going to our DIRECTORY. For more information on all the benefits the Batesville Area Chamber of Commerce has to offer, please give us a call at 812-934-3101 or email us at chamber@batesvillein.com.

Remember that you can post all of your events on our website by clicking on this link: Post Your Events Here.

We are excited about the development of our new smartphone app! Be one of the first to download the new app and receive $5 off your very next order. Use code: NEWAPP

Batesville Main Street's $50,000 grant award will go towards the design and completion of Inspiration Park, in commemoration of 2020’s 100th anniversary of the Women’s Suffrage Movement, honoring the rich legacy of women who have shown vision and tenacity to become significant contributors to the Batesville Community.

Hometown Grants are part of the Un-carrier’s massive commitment to bring 5G to rural America. Over the next five years, T-Mobile plans to hire 7,500 new employees in small towns and rural communities and provide $25 million in grants for community development projects. Earlier this month the Un-carrier unveiled the FIRST Hometown Techover winner, Woodstock, Ill. which will receive a prize package worth $3M and become the crown jewel of 5G for small towns across America. And today, 25 additional well-deserving small towns will snag a grant to improve their communities.

T-Mobile Hometown Grants is just one of the many initiatives underscoring T-Mobile’s commitment to rural America.  More than just bringing wireless, T-Mobile wants to be part of the community and help small towns thrive.

“Thank you for the generous grant to Batesville Main Street to help shine a light on women's history. They have worked very hard to create a new park that will highlight the local women that have shaped our community. It will also offer a place where citizens and visitors can come together to work, live, and engage with one another.” Mayor Mike Bettice, City of Batesville 

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Ripley and Franklin County have both moved to YELLOW on the COVID-19 color maps. Both the RCHD and the FCHD would like to remind you that it is not too late to get your COVID vaccine! Get it now in time for it to be effective for the holidays!

You can schedule your vaccine by calling 211 or visiting ourshot.in.gov! We have appointments available as early as today! RCHD does currently have Pfizer, Moderna, & J&J vaccines available.

For more information, please visit: www.ripleyhealth.com or www.franklincounty.in.gov/countyoffices/health-department.

This week we are happy to report we have continued to see low COVID patient volumes. Both Ripley and Franklin counties experienced a decrease in the Covid 7-day positivity rate. The Ripley Co. status changed from orange to yellow with a Covid 7-day positivity rate of 6.96%. The Franklin Co. status also changed from orange to yellow with a 6.63% positivity rate.

Inpatient Care: We currently have 18 patients on our Med Surg floor, and 2 patients in our Special Care Unit. Only 4 of our patients are Covid+ (positive).  Our overall percentage of admitted patients since August 1, 2021 who were unvaccinated continues to stay steady at around 84% (see chart for more details).

Testing: Although testing for COVID-19 decreased from the previous week, our positivity rate increased, with 32 patients testing positive and a current positivity rate of 21.5%. See chart for more details on testing results.

Vaccination: Vaccine appointments can be scheduled Monday - Friday at the MMH Occupational Health and Wellness Center in Batesville at 812.932.5105.  Vaccine appointments can also be made Monday – Friday at the Margaret Mary Health Center in Brookville at 765.647.5126. Walk-ins are also welcome in Brookville.

COVID-19 is on the rise, both nationally and in our community. Listen to Interim CEO Liz Leising as she shares what’s happening inside the walls of MMH, as well as how effective the vaccine has been in fighting the new virus strain locally.

THANK YOU TO OUR CORPORATE SPONSORS!

Batesville Tool & Die, Hillenbrand & Batesville, Hillrom

Margaret Mary Health and Mercy Health

City of Batesville and Media Muse Studios

Batesville Online, Daily News, Duke Energy, FCN Bank, First Financial Bank,

Great Plains Communications, Health Markets Insurance Agency, Izzy's at Hillcrest,

LaRosa's Family Pizzeria, Pro-Prints Sign Imaging, Pulskamps Flooring Plus,

Rowland Graphics, Sharp Painting LLC, Skyline Chili,

St. Andrews Health Campus, Tudor Square Realty, WRBI Country 103.9