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Detroit Lakes
December
2015 2015
December
Volume
22 No.22
12 No. 12
Volume
CHAMBER
NEWS
Official Newsletter of the Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce
Shopping Local
Making sure our friends, family and employees shop local takes all of
us to do our part. Reminders to support the businesses of the lakes
area makes a big difference!
One program that ensures that dollars stay local is DL Chamber
Bucks! Nearly $50,000 in Chamber bucks are given each year. We know these are easy gifts because
they are sure to “fit” everyone. BUT they also have to be easy to spend! Please make sure your
employees know that, as a member of the DL Chamber, your business takes DL Chamber Bucks!
Remember: All members of the DL Chamber accept DL CHAMBER BUCKS!
Ÿ These are actual checks.
Ÿ Put them in your cash register and deposit like all other checks.
Ÿ Give cash change for purchases under amount of the Chamber Buck.
THANK YOU! Wells Fargo Bank, First Security Bank and Bremer Bank for sponsoring the program!!
Come to the Lakes!!
Shopping, Sleigh Rides, Art, Music, Food, Family Activities and Santa…
The Light Up the Lakes Marketing Campaign of the Promotion and Events
Committee works hard to plan events and to cooperatively promote the
Lakes Area as a great place to spend time during the holiday season.
We see the fun activities, but what we don’t always get to see is that
thousands of dollars are spent in surrounding markets to advertise all
that we have to offer. TV commercials, Newspaper Ads, Articles, Radio
Spots, Interviews, Posters and Online marketing are all used to promote
our great area.
Thank you to the volunteers, sponsors and marketing partners for all
your efforts to “Light Up the Lakes”! Thanks to this year’s committee:
Stacy Gravelle—Leighton Broadcasting, Dawn Olson—Washington Square
Mall, Jill Mack—Arvig, Marjorie Berg—West Kjos Funeral Home, Aimee
Issendorf— Leighton Broadcasting, Becky Mitchell—BC Museum, Rachel Hofstrand—DLCCC/Holmes
Theatre, Lori Bachman—American Cancer Society, Mary Beth Gilsdorf-Norby’s Dept. Store, Kristie
Welle– Detroit Lakes Newspapers.
Be sure to “like” Light Up the Lakes on Facebook for chances to win great prizes!
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The Mission of the Detroit
Lakes Regional Chamber of
Commerce is to advance a
vibrant business and tourism
economy through service,
advocacy, networking
and innovation.
We’re Working for You:
October 2015 YTD
š Walk-Ins
223
2,941
š Phone Calls
363
4,811
š Visitor Guides Mailed
204
4,673
š Website Visits
14,218 221,230
Online newsletter at: http://
www.visitdetroitlakes.com/
December 2015
Planes, Trains and more
Isn’t if funny how some weeks seem to have a “theme”?
This week the Chamber office is talking TRAVEL. From Heartland
Biking trail planning meetings and talks of snowmobile and ski
trails soon to open to a visit from MN DOT Aeronautics division.
We were even included in a visit from Amtrak officials informing
the City on the repairs and improvements they are doing to the DL depot station.
(The station is owned by Burlington Northern with Amtrak leasing the eastern side.)
Makes me realize how lucky we are to be in such a great location for travel.
Our area has major highways, railroads, bus lines and a regional airport. For a
smaller population, we are still able to find rental cars, taxi, local bus service and
lots of outdoor activities that keep us mobile!
But we still hear from employers that transportation can be a hurdle their
employees have to overcome. It may even keep a potential new employee from
taking or keeping a job. We heard this from employers who attended the Workforce
Summit held on Nov. 13th. So there is still improving that needs to be done.
~Safe travels this Holiday Season! Carrie Johnston, Your Chamber President
(Did you know DL is one of just 6
Amtrak stops in MN? Pictured:
officials from Amtrak presenting
the City of DL with new signs and
a thank you. Want to know more?
See the DL Chamber Office,
Amtrak.com or Travel Travel of
Detroit Lakes for more
information on traveling
on Amtrak.
Nearly half of visits to
VisitDetroitLakes.com
are via mobile devices.
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Welcome New Members
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Detroit Lakes, MN 56501
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Ag Issues Forum
You are invited to join local leaders, agriculture businesses and ag
business service providers in the annual Ag Issues Forum. A variety of
speakers will be featured. If your business works with local producers
or supports local farming this is a great place to learn and network!
Wednesday, Dec 16th
8:30am Coffee & networking
9:00am Speakers
12Noon Lunch
Lake Park Legion (note new location!)
Cost is just $5/person payable at the door.
Please RSVP to 847-9202.
Work Smarter. Grow Faster.
Make More Money.
Member
Renewals!
Thanks to the following members who
have renewed their membership from
Oct. 24—Nov. 23, 2015. Chamber
memberships renew throughout the
year. For a complete list see http://
business.visitdetroitlakes.com/list/
Beachcombers Beach Cleaning, Lawn
Care & Snow Removal
Becker County COLA
Bleachers Bar & Grill
Counselor Realty
Detroit Lakes Kiwanis
Edward Jones—Matt Ask
Edward Jones—Priscilla Bowman
Edward Jones—Aaron Tait
Edward Jones—G. Andrew Van Dam
Esser Plumbing & Heating
Lakes Processing
Line-X of Detroit Lakes
MCARPT
Solutions Behavioral Healthcare Prof.
Swanson’s Repair Inc.
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900 Highway 34 East
Detroit Lakes, MN 56501
846.3700
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Welcome Central MN Motors!
Pictured above, Chamber Ambassadors (Caroll Clark, Ron Mueller, Ed Trost and Nicole Martinson) attended the
Ribbon Cutting and Grand Opening at Central MN Motors. The businesses is located at 601 Hwy. 10 East.
The business is an independent used auto dealer, specializing in great cars and trucks, financing, and services
for all customers.
Member News and Congratulations!
The Best Western Premier The Lodge on Lake Detroit received Best Western’s highest honor, the M.K.
Guertin Award, at the 2015 Convention. Hotels that receive this prestigious award best represent the vision of
Best Western’s founder and demonstrate exceptional levels of quality and satisfaction, meet other brand
standards and membership requirements. This is the third consecutive year the property has received this
award! They also received the Small Property of the Year Award for 2015 from MN Lodging Association.
Country Kitchen in Detroit Lakes recently got the Gold Sales Award for being up 20% or more in sales for the
year. General Manager, David Streiff, also received the General Manager of the Year Award!
Patty LaBarre, ERA Northland Realty, received the Distinguished Service Award for her many years of
dedicated service to the Lakes Country Association of Realtors and to the community!
Denise Eggebraaten, Tschider Financial Planning, has achieved her series 6 and 63 license. This entitles her
to register as a limited representative and sell mutual funds, variable annuities and insurance premiums.
Marco Inc. was named as one of the 100 Best Workplaces for Women. They were also named one of the
Best Small and Medium Workplaces in the U.S. for the second consecutive year.
Pastries from La Barista were sent to Washington D.C. per a request received from Senator Amy
Klobuchar’s Office!
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Merry & Bright at the Holiday Inn!
On November 12th, members of the DL Chamber
and the community enjoyed a fun Business After
Hours at the Holiday Inn! With 28 booths, great
food and lots of door prizes it was a perfect setting
to network, meet new people and be Merry!
Thank you to this year’s sponsors: Holiday Inn,
Arvig, Amerigas, DL Public Utilities, Leighton
Broadcasting, Mid-MN Federal Credit Union,
MMCDC and Sanford Health!
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Character Course Challenge shared how
their business can help with corporate team
building activities.
Top right— guests took a “spin” at playing the tops
game at the DL Chamber booth. Congrats to Brian
Tinjum of Tinjum Appraisal for your top score!
Left—The appetizers provided by the Holiday Inn
and the event sponsors were great conversation
starters.
Thanks to all that could attend! We look forward to
next years November Business After Hours!
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Barn at Dunvilla on November 4. The barn south of
Detroit Lakes offers space for 250 people or more
for weddings, reunions and all types of events. A
lodging facility is also under construction. Committee members included (l-r) Carrie Johnston, Emily
Meyers, Emma Otto, Scott Mehlhaff, Gary Thompson, Caitlin Norby, Caroll Clark, Sandy Stilke and
(not pictured) Cleone Stewart.
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MN Chamber—Workforce in MN
By Doug Loon, President Minnesota Chamber of Commerce – As the Minnesota
Chamber’s new president, I have been touring the state to learn firsthand the challenges
facing employers. A common theme has emerged: Minnesota has reached the perfect storm
in finding qualified workers. Worker demand is growing due to our stronger economy, and
fewer people are entering the workforce in an aging population. Minnesota continues to be
dogged by one of the widest achievement gaps in the nation that persists among racial
groups and across socioeconomic classes. The problem often is aggravated by a lack of
affordable housing and/or transportation options.
There is no silver bullet in filling job vacancies, and we’ll make little headway unless we are
sharing relevant data on a timely basis with all the stakeholders – students, education
institutions and workforce training centers. On that note, we’re excited to launch Business
Education Networks, a proactive approach with our chamber partners to better synchronize
workforce skills with the needs of the changing economy. This private-sector initiative is
based on the premise that solving our state’s workforce problems is more about
communications and persistence than new legislation.
Minnesota’s local chambers of commerce already are doing great things. In Grand Rapids,
TeenWorks is a two-week summer program that gives youths a leg up by providing them with
a five-year plan for careers and education. In Bemidji, the InternBemidji website is a
cooperative project with local colleges and business leaders to help employers find talent
for short-term projects and to help students start a career. In Brainerd, the Bridges Career
Academies & Workplace Connection, helps high school students understand local career
opportunities.
Despite these best efforts, workforce shortages continue. Winona is a great example of a
community that has excelled in strengthening connections among business, education and
community leaders to build the workforce. Home to 100-plus manufacturers, it still struggles
to find qualified applicants for a variety of high-demand manufacturing jobs. We chose
Winona to launch Business Education Networks because of these existing partnerships.
Its most recent project is “Hot Jobs, Cool Companies,” a manufacturing and jobs outlook
directory that lists opportunities and required skills. The directory will be used by the Winona
State School of Business, Minnesota State College – SE Technical and area high schools.
Funded by grants from the Carlson Family Foundation and Bush Foundation, Business
Education Networks aims to ensure educators are in sync with economic change. The job
skills required to propel today’s economy change almost as regularly as do our seasons.
Employers don’t have the time or luxury to wait for a new curriculum to be developed and
then to produce graduates two or even four years later. Our goal is to expand the effort in
Winona to other local communities which have their own distinct workforce needs. Working
with local chambers of commerce, we’ll assess worker supply and demand, and then
develop approaches tailored to meet those challenges. We’ll succeed only if we are sharing
relevant data on a timely basis with all the stakeholders – students, education institutions
and workforce training centers.
MN businesses have distinguished themselves with their ability to compete in the global
marketplace in large part due to a highly trained workforce. Strengthening local chamber
initiatives and building Business Education Networks will ensure continued success.
Contact your
local legislators
Senator Amy Klobuchar (DFL)
202.224.3244
senator.klobuchar@senate.gov
Senator Al Franken (DFL)
D.C.: (202) 224-5641
St. Paul: (651) 221-1016
St. Peter: (507) 931-5813
Seventh District Collin Peterson
(DFL) US House
D.C.: 202.225.1593
218.847.5056
Rod Skoe (DFL)
Senate District 2
651.296.4196
sen.rod.skoe@senate.mn
Kent Eken (DFL)
Senate 4
651.296.3205
Sen.kent.eken@senate.mn
Steve Green (R)
House 2B
651.296.9918
Rep.steve.green@house.mn
Paul Marquart (DFL)
House 4B
651.296.6829
rep.paul.marquart@house.mn
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Chairman of the Board
Jill Mack...……………………...… 2017
Past Chairman
Breanna Adams ……...…….… 2016
Incoming Chair
Dale Westley…………………….. 2017
Treasurer
Jim Sinclair……...…………………2016
Directors
Dave Baer…………………….…… 2017
Marjorie Berg……………………..2018
Lori Blonigan………………………2018
Cheryl Chivers……….……...….. 2016
Melissa Hiemenz.……….………2016
Jodie Johnson………………..…..2016
Kevin McCullough……………….2017
Kristina Seifert………..….………2018
Jon Smith…………………………..2018
Jerome Tappe…………………….2017
Carrie Johnston… President
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Cleone Stewart…Tourism Director
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Jean Erickson…Office Coordinator
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Sandy Stilke...Membership
Services Coordinator
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December 2015
5,12,19 — Free Kids Movies, bring a canned food item, 10am, Cinemagic Thtr.
5,12,19—Family Day at Becker County Museum, 10am-3pm
5,12,19—Free Wagon/Sleigh Rides, 12-3pm, Washington Square Mall
5,6,12,13,19,20—Photos & Wishes with Santa, 12-4pm, Washington Sq. Mall
5,6,12,13,19,20—Holiday Open House, 11am-5pm, Forest Edge Glry, Vergas
2 Chamber Ambassadors, 9:30am, DL Chamber
4 Humane Society Tuxes & Tails, 6pm, Holiday Inn
4 Crystal Gayle Holiday Show, 8pm, Shooting Star Casino
5 Christmas at The Barn at Dunvilla, 9am-3pm; 7pm concert (& 2pm on 6th)
5 Taste of the Holidays, 10am-2pm, Central Market
5 Christmas at Emmanuel, 10am-3pm, Ecumen Detroit Lakes
5 Tinsel Treats & Treasures Arts, Crafts, Gift Fair, 10am-3pm, The Refuge
5 Holiday Open House, 11am-4pm, SuLaine’s Antiques
5 Holiday Show, 12-3pm, Lakes Liquor
5 Niijii Radio Holiday Mix Down, 2-5pm, Washington Square Mall
5 Holy Rocka Rollaz, 7:30pm, Holmes Theatre
7 Chamber Presents Customer Appreciation Night, 5-9pm, Norby’s
8 Promotions & Events Committee, 8:30am, Chamber
9 Brown Bag Lunch: Jeff Staley, Detroit Mtn, noon, Becker Co. Museum
10 Santa Day, 2-5pm, DL Newspapers
10 ACT on Alzheimer “10 Steps”, 4pm, Ecumen Detroit Lakes
11 “All is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914”, 7:30pm, Holmes Theatre
11 Little River Band, 8pm, Shooting Star Casino
12 Eagles Auxiliary Bake Sale, 9am-1pm, Eagles Club
12 Kids Craft Day, 12-2pm, Washington Square Mall
12 Annual Ojibwe Forest Rally Chili Cook-Off, 5pm, VFW
13 Canadian Pacific Holiday Train, 3:30pm, Holmes St. RR Crossing
13 Lakes Area Comm. Band Christmas Concert, 4pm, First Lutheran Church
17 Native American Comedy Showcase, 7pm, Shooting Star Casino
17 Rock & Roll Christmas Spectacular, 7:30pm, Holmes Theatre
24 Free Showings of “White Christmas”, 10am, 1 & 4pm, Cinemagic Theatre
26 LIVE at The Lodge, 6pm, BW The Lodge on Lake Detroit
29-31 Kids Week at Becker County Museum, 1-3pm
31 DLCCC Annual New Year’s Eve Bash, 6-9pm, DLCCC
Be sure to see our full calendar of events at:
http://business.visitdetroitlakes.com/events