Upcoming Chamber

Events

January

23rd at Noon - Annual Meeting at

Avalon Hotel and Conference Center located at 1009 W. Park Avenue

($25/Chamber Member - Must RSVP)

23rd from 5-6:30 pm - Business After Hours at Cobblestone Hotel & Suites

located at 100 N. Bridge Street ($5/Chamber Member)

25th - Chippewa Valley Rally at

Madison State Capitol (RSVP to Chamber required)

February

25th from 2 - 6 pm - YPCV Bean Bag Tournament

at The Complexx/Wagner's Lanes located at 2159 Brackett Ave , Eau Claire

($17.50/members and $25.00/non-members)

27th from 5-6:30 pm - Business After Hours at The Edge Pub & Eatery located at 9504 Hwy. S

($5/Chamber Member)

March

16th from Noon - 1:30 pm Chamber Women Luncheon at Bye the Willow

located at 501 High Street ($15/Chamber Members or $25 Non-members)

27th from 5 - 6:30 pm - Business After Hours at

Country Inn & Suites located at 1021 W. Park Avenue

($5/Chamber Members)

Mission Statement

The mission of the Chippewa Falls Area Chamber of Commerce is to improve the quality of life in our community by providing

leadership to coordinate, support, and promote the business interest of our membership.

January 2017

1 N. Bridge St., Chippewa Falls 715-723-0331 chippewachamber.org gochippewafalls.com info@chippewachamber.org

Chamber News & Events

Chamber’s 106th Annual Meeting & Luncheon

Monday, January 23, 2017

Noon - Avalon Hotel & Conference Center

Please join us to review the issues that shaped the year,

highlight Chamber accomplishments and discuss upcoming priorities.

Cost is $25 per person/

$200 for a table of 8.

Call the Chamber office at 715-723-0331 or email

Kelly@chippewachamber.org to reserve a seat.

Featured Business

Illinois Tool Works or ITW is a

Fortune 200 company producing

products and solutions that are at

work all over the world, in deep-sea oil

rigs, aerospace technology, bridges

and wind turbines, healthcare, the

spaces in which we live and work, the

cars we drive, and the mobile devices

we rely on. With over 48,000

employees in 57 countries, we are

proud of the outstanding

contributions our 200+ employees

in Chippewa Falls, WI

Business After Hours

Monday, January 23 from 5–6:30 pm Cobblestone Hotel & Suites

100 North Bridge Street

$5/Chamber Member

Annual passes to these events is just $35. Please contact Kelly at the Chamber to get your pass, kelly@chippewachamber.org or

715-723-0331.

Sponsor:

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Chamber News & Events

2017 Chamber Board

The following slate of nominees has been presented for terms on the Chamber’s Board of Directors. Nominated for a three year term beginning in 2017 are Joan Coffman, HSHS St. Joseph’s Hospital, Amy Forcier Pabst, Royal Credit Union, and John Lynn, TTM Technologies.

Rolly Enderes, Chemceed LLC, will be the Chair of the board. Along with Enderes, the following have been elected: Chair-Elect , Neil Mathwig- Citizens State Bank, First Vice-Chair, Ben Lane -Wiley Law S.C. , Treasurer, Jamie Leibrandt- Northwestern Bank and Immediate Past-Chair, Janice Lemminger, Manpower.

Board Members include: Mark Broses- S.E.H., Sue Kern- Mason Companies Inc., have accepted their second three year. Lindsey Everson– Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Company, Tim Fries - Fries Financial

Group - Raymond James, Tom Hubbard -Cedar Falls Building Systems, Inc., Erin Lorberter- Country Inn &

Suites, and Mike Olson - Micon Cinemas, Inc.

The Chamber would like to thank our outgoing board members: Bill Mercer Premium Waters Inc. and John Manier, General Beer-Northwest

According to the Chamber by-laws, additional nominations may be submitted by at least 10

members in good standing. If no nominations are received, the Board will declare these

nominations official.

Chippewa Falls Area Chamber Of Commerce

Women’s Luncheon Speaker: Lisa Nelson, Director of Public Affairs and Government Relations, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

March 17th, 2017 at Noon – 1:30 pm (check in at 11:45 am)

Bye the Willow Event Center and Lounge

Cost: $15 Chamber member; $25 non-chamber member RSVP by March 9 - Call 715-723-0331 or email kelly@chippewachamber.org

Presented with support from:

23rd Annual Chippewa Valley Rally Wednesday, January 25, 2017 - Park Inn & Wisconsin State Capitol

Organized by the Chippewa Valley Chamber Alliance, including the Chippewa

Falls, Eau Claire and Menomonie Chambers of Commerce

Help us bring the Chippewa Valley's voice to Madison. This one-day event is jointly sponsored by the Chippewa Falls, Menomonie and Eau Claire Chambers of Commerce. We'll be there to bring our region's important economic, education and infrastructure issues to the attention of state government. You'll participate in pre-scheduled small group meetings with legislators and their aides, an exclusive luncheon with the Governor (invited), meetings with top state officials, an informal closing reception and more. Everything is taken care of, including charter bus transportation to and from Madison (or you can travel on your own if you prefer). To register, please contact Scott Rogers at the Eau Claire Chamber at rogers@eauclairechamber.org.

New Ambassador Leadership

Squeegee Squad Matt Zehm

2809 Hamilton Ave #179 Eau Claire

715-255-0770 www.SqueegeeSquad.com

Categories: Window Cleaning Cleaning/Janitorial Services

The Goat Coffee House

Laura & Ryan Bembnister 2829 Cty Hwy I, Ste 1A, Chippewa Falls

715-726-3858 www.thegoatcoffeehouse.com

Categories: Restaurant, Coffee House

Valley Art Gallery Kris Crowe

304 N. Bridge Street, Chippewa Falls 715-226-1921

Categories: Art Galleries, Retail Shops

Fire Up & Lead Stacy Whaley

1152 Hillary Street, Chippewa Falls 715-563-2461

www.fireupandlead.com Categories: Consultants/

Business Services Sponsor: Rolly Enderes

Thompson & Falkenberg CPA's LLC

Karen Falkenberg 17 W. Central Street, Chippewa Falls

715-723-7500 tandfCPA.com

Categories: Accountants/ Tax Preparation

Welcome New Chamber

Members

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Congratulations to Micon Cinemas on the opening of a new VIP Lounge in Chippewa

Falls! Chamber members helped them celebrate at the

December Business After Hours with a ribbon cutting.

Old National Bank celebrated their new name and brand. They are located at 302 Bay Street, previously known as

Anchor Bank.

There is a new restaurant near the lake, Congratulations

to Tim Blieck for opening Wissota Café, serving

breakfast and lunch located at 17255 Co. Hwy. X.

Jason has been a CPA at Wipfli LLP for over 15 years where he works with small to mid-sized businesses and specializes in corporate and individual tax. Jason is originally from Medford, WI, attended college at UWEC, and has lived in the Chippewa Valley ever since. Currently he resides in Chippewa Falls. He is married to his wife Nicole and has two sons, Kaeden (4 years old) and Easton (2 year old) which are keeping him quite busy. In his free time he enjoys spending time with his family, hunting, fishing, and enjoying the outdoors.

Jason Brandner Ambassador Chair

Jackie is a Client Relations Leader with Manpower in Chippewa Falls. She has been working with local companies to find top talent since 2005. Jackie grew up in the Chippewa Valley and graduated from UWEC with a degree in Organizational Communications and Women’s Studies. She enjoys spending her free time traveling with her husband Shawn and their beautiful daughters, April, Jenna and Olivia.

Jackie Sadler Ambassador

Vice-Chair

Special thanks to Tami Severson,

Spectrum Business, for being the

2016 Ambassador Chair. Her

dedication to the community, the

Chamber and her fellow

ambassadors is appreciated.

Highlighted

Members by

Categories

Retail Stores-continued .

Northwoods Violins, LLC (715) 861-5656 www.northwoodsviolins.com

Spring Street Sports, Inc. (715) 723-6616 www.springstreetsports.com

Tilden Gun (715) 944-9852 www.tildengun.com

Valley Art Gallery (715) 226-1921

Volume One Magazine/ The Local Store (715) 552-0457 www.volumeone.org

Wal-Mart Supercenter (715) 738-2254 www.walmart.com

Walgreens (715) 726-8540 www.walgreens.com

Yellowstone Cheese Inc. (715) 289-3800 www.yellowstonecheese.com

Retirement Communities

Chippewa Manor Residential Living (715) 726-2123 www.chippewamanor.com

Homestead Village Senior Apartments (715) 726-9664 www.msphousing.com

Retreats

Kamp Kenwood - Wisconsin Farmers Union (715) 723-6137 www.kampkenwood.com

Little Wissota Retreat & Cabin (715) 855-9011 www.vrbo.com/721596

White's Wildwood Retreat, LLC (715) 726-2068 www.wwretreat.com

Rubber Stamps

Star Marking Systems (715) 723-4697 www.starrubberstamps.com . . Continued next month

Update your Member Profile

Update your contact information or add

a staff person to our distribution list by

emailing Kelly at

Kelly@chippewachamber.org.

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School2Skills Tours

The Chamber and the schools have partnered with local businesses and Chippewa Valley Technical College to inspire more than 150 middle school students, parents and educators to learn more about manufacturing, healthcare and STEM careers available in Chippewa Falls, including career paths, salaries and the education required to succeed in today’s manufacturing environment. Through this program, we hope to help meet the employment needs of local employers.

During the past month, 6 local companies opened their doors to the students; HSHS St. Joseph's Hospital, Dove Healthcare - Wissota Health & Regional Vent Center, Short Elliott Hendrickson, Inc., Machine Tool Camp, W.S. Darley and Nordson EDI.

CVTC Health Center

Nordson EDI

Dove Healthcare - Wissota Health and Regional Vent Center

Short Elliott Hendrickson, Inc.

YPCV Bean Bag Tournament Saturday, February 25, 2017 2:00 PM - 6:00 PM The Complexx/Wagner's Lanes , 2159 Brackett Ave , Eau Claire

($17.50 for members and $25.00 for non-members)

Join YPCV for a fun day of bean bags, networking and prizes! Players are guaranteed 2 games and the top 4 teams will win

prizes. Teams are made up of 2 players and at least one player must be a YPCV member. Event limited to 32 teams. Please include your team member's name when you register. New this year: registration is set up by individuals, not teams, so make sure your teammate registers as well if you have one. Potential members who play in the tournament will receive a coupon for $15 off their membership dues (first time members only). All applications taken that day will be entered into a drawing for a chance to win HALF OFF their membership dues!

Register on the Eau Claire Chamber website.

Feather Communications, a Colfax-based business, has been named one of the Top 100 Career Websites and Blogs by Feedspot. Junior Achievement of

Wisconsin, Inc.,

Northwest District is

pleased to announce two

new members joining its

Board of Directors. Lyle

Jankee, Vice President of

Pricing and Network

Development at Marten

Transport in Mondovi and

John Walton, a Chippewa

Falls native who founded

Advanced Laser Machining

Inc. in 1996, will be joining

the JA Northwest district

board of directors.

Royal Construction

welcomes Carrie Nielsen as

their new office manager.

24-7 & West WI Telcom

was among a dozen

companies in the US to

receive a Smart Rural

Community award from

the Rural Broadband

Association.

EO Johnson has received

recognition for 2017 by

Ricoh, a global industry

leader with the

prestigious RFG Circle of

Excellence Dealership

Award.

HSHS St. Joseph’s

Hospital has received

the 2016 Guardian

Award for customer

satisfaction, with a 95th

percentile rating from its

customers.

Meet the Board and Staff

Chair Rolly Enderes ChemCeed, LLC

Chair Elect

Neil Mathwig Citizens State Bank

First Vice Chair Ben Lane Wiley Law S.C.

Treasurer Jamie Leibrandt Northwestern Bank

Immediate Past Chair

Janice Lemminger Manpower

Directors

Mark Broses Short Elliott Hendrickson, Inc. Joan Coffman HSHS St. Joseph’s Hospital

Lindsey Everson Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Company

Amy Forcier Pabst Royal Credit Union

Tim Fries Fries Financial Group-Raymond James

Tom Hubbard Cedar Falls Building Systems

Sue Kern Mason Companies, Inc.

Erin Lorberter Country Inn & Suites

John Lynn TTM Technologies

Mike Olson Micon Cinemas

Ex-Officio

Mayor Greg Hoffman

Chamber Staff

Mike Jordan President

Jackie Boos Tourism Director

Michelle Farrow Membership Coordinator

Nicole Hecksel Programs Director

Kelly Kuechenmeister Administrative Assistant

Ally McCullough Marketing Coordinator

Member2Member News

Chamber News

is published monthly by the Chippewa Falls

Area Chamber of Commerce,

1N. Bridge St., Chippewa Falls,

WI 54729.

Subscription costs $20 per

year and is included in

membership.

Referring Chamber Members

November 2016

Visitor Packets –252

Visitors - 142

Referrals - 329

Relocation Packets –2

Website Page Views - 25,990

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Chippewa River

Industries, Inc. (CRI) is

pleased to announce the

following: Brandon Casto

is the new Finance

Manager; and Scott

Krueger recently passed

his Human Resources

Certified Professional

exam.

Huebsch Services received the Commercial Textile Trade Organization TRSA Hygienically Clean Food Safety certification after inspecting and testing that the company meets key disinfection criteria set by federal agencies.

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Serving the Chippewa Valley

www.stjoeschipfalls.org

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Closed Major Holidays and Gun Deer Season

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715-723-2141

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