Happy Friday Everyone,

The Chamber is excited to be partnering with the City of Batesville and Batesville Main Street to bring the Community Tree Lighting and Chamber Holiday Parade on Friday, Dec. 2nd. Santa's Village will begin at 4 pm and the Chamber Parade will start at 6 pm. If you would like to participate in the parade, please download the parade application at https://batesvillein.com/event/downtown-batesville-tree-lighting-and-holiday-parade-2/ or give the Chamber a call.

Thank you to the Batesville Historical Center for hosting our Holiday Chamber After Hours last night. We enjoyed networking, appetizers, and a tasting by the Batesville Liquor Co. If you haven't visited the "All Aboard' Train displays, you really need to go check it out. There are so many great train displays to enjoy with family and friends. Thank you to Carolyn Dieckmann and the BHC team for hosting.

We would like to thank all of the 40-plus member businesses that participated in the 2022 Holiday Open Houses and Ladies Night last Friday. We greatly appreciate the support from our sponsors too. Thank you to everyone that came out to support our local businesses and kick off the holiday season with us. The Batesville Liquor Co. had a wine tasting and Bourbon Pull that was a great hit. We also enjoyed the After Party hosted by Romweber Marketplace with great gifts, appetizers, delicious pizza, and a mixologist serving up drinks. Mark your calendar for Friday, Nov. 10th, 2023.

We also kicked off the start of the holiday shopping season with the Chamber Holiday Passport Promotion that runs from Nov. 11th to Dec. 16th. Just pick up your passports from the Batesville Area Chamber or any participating business. Then start shopping and for every $10 your spend, you will receive a stamp. Fill it up and then drop your passports back off at the Chamber office now until Dec. 16th. Your name will be entered into a drawing for a chance to win up to $500 in Chamber Checks (Gift Certificates). Remember that shopping and supporting local really does make a difference!

Don't know what is going on in our community....please LIKE US on our Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/batesvilleindianachamber. As a Chamber Benefit, you can also post your specials and events too. Another way to see what is happening, visit our Community Calendar at https://batesvillein.com/events. As a Chamber member, you can post and submit events. You can also sign up for our weekly newsletter by going to

https://batesvillein.com/newsletter/.

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Melissa C. Tucker, IOM, AE

Executive Director

Chamber Dining and Shopping Guide.

The Batesville Area Chamber gift certificates are good at over 170 businesses. They are great gifts for the holidays, just to say thank you, or any reason at all! They come in $5, $10, $25 increments. Call ahead at 812-934-3101 and we can have them ready for you. It is part of our membership benefit, so ONLY CHAMBER MEMBERS can accept them.

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Making plans to see all your friends? Keep us in mind, Nacho Average Taco Cart will be down at the taproom starting at 6, Craig Quick Music will start at 7. Will be great to catch up with everyone!!!

THANK YOU TO OUR CORPORATE SPONSORS!

Batesville Tool & Die, City of Batesville,

Hillenbrand & Batesville, Margaret Mary Health

Agresta, Storms & O'Leary, Batesville Online, Civista Bank, Daily News, Duke Energy,

FCN Bank, First Financial Bank, Great Plains Communications,

Health Markets Insurance Agency, Ison's Family Pizza,

LaRosa's Family Pizzeria, Pro-Prints Sign Imaging,

Pulskamps Flooring Plus, S & B Driving School,

Sharp Painting LLC, Skyline Chili, St. Andrews Health Campus,

The Batesville Leader, Tudor Square Realty, WRBI Country 103.9