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River City Extreme 6:30pm

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Art in the Park 8am-3pm Ellison Park

Taste of Monticello 10am-3pm

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Noon Ellison Park

Celebration-1:30-5:30pm

Citizen of Year-4pm Ellison Park

Coronation to follow

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NO JULY MEETING. See you on August

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205 Pine Street Monticello MN 55362 (763) 295-2700 fax(763) 295-2705

www.monticellocci.com info@monticellocci.com

Red Carpet Gala/Judging Day Reception, Mon, July 8, River City Extreme, 6:30pm Party in the Park, Wed, July 10, West Bridge Park, 5-9pm Art in the Park/Taste of Monticello, Sat, July 13, Ellison Park, 8am-3pm RiverFest-Thurs-Sun, July 11-14th, check out MonticelloRiverfest.com for events & locations

WED., JULY 10, 2019 WEST BRIDGE PARK

5:00-9:00 PM The Monticello Chamber is hosting our an-nual Party in the Park (Block Party) on Wed., July 10th in West Bridge Park. Join us at the unofficial kick-off to Riverfest! Riverfest runs from Thurs, July 11th to Sun, July 14th. Enjoy live music with the band Lisa & the Ro-tary Bad Boys Band in the gazebo, fabulous food and tons of family activities sponsored by Chamber member businesses. Monticello Fire Depart. will bring a fire truck, Wright County will have a police car, Centra-Care Health will bring an ambulance and the Marine’s are bringing their rock climbing wall with Humvee! The Monticello VFW is our beer garden spon-sor and will also provide us with an ATM. A crowd favorite, Lucille Murray’s Studio of Dance will entertain us at 6pm. Bring your lawn chairs and blankets to relax and enjoy dinner while listening to the band while overlooking the Mississippi River!

July 2019

Adopt your ducks today! Time is limited and we need your help. Corporate duck adop-tions are a crucial part of funding for Riverfest activities. Adoptions provide the business community an opportunity to be recognized for heir contribution in Monticello’s Riverfest celebration. The adoption letter is inside this publication along with the order form. Please make checks payable to Riverfest Committee. The Great Monticello Duck Race takes place on Sunday, July 14th following the Riverfest parade at the banks of Ellison Park. You do not have to be present to participate.

RIVERFEST 2019: JULY 11-14 SCHEDULE: MonticelloRiverfest.com

Sat., July 13 8am-3pm Ellison Park Fine arts & crafts show with over 60

displays, 12 of which are NEW in 2019! This art and fine craft show is held outdoors, rain or shine at Ellison Park on the banks of the Mississippi River (811 River St E, Monticello). Paired with the art show is Taste of Monticel-lo. Enjoy a variety of food from 10 of our Chamber member restaurants or caterers serving their favorite dishes. Shuttle bus pro-vided by West Metro Buick GMC.

July 11-14th, 2019 Full Schedule: MonticelloRiverfest.com

The Monticello Chamber of Commerce & Industry does not endorse any candidate

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Warm Welcome to Newest Members

DATE: (2nd Wed every month) TIME: 4:30-6pm LOCATION: Rotating Chamber Businesses. See you on September 11th at the American Legion, 304 Elm St, Mon-ticello.

There will not be a Business After Hours in June, July & August. Enjoy your summer!

Drop in anytime and enjoy this fun & casual networking event. It is open to all members, their employees and guests that want to check out what our chamber is all about. Complimentary appetizers provided & cash bar available. Bring your business cards to share.

Chamber Lunch

DATE: NO JULY MEETING (3rd Tues every month) TIME: 11:30am-Networking begins, registration opens & lunch is served, noon-1pm Presentation - Topic of discus-sion: See you on August 20th for Xcel Energy updates

NO JULY MEETING Please RSVP to ensure we have enough food ordered; if you must cancel, please do so by noon on the Monday prior to the luncheon to avoid being charged for the meal, thank you. Guests are always welcome to stop by at noon just to listen to the guest speaker; free of charge. lunch fee $15

Lunch Sponsor: Contact our office to see your logo here

ADVERTISING OPPORTUNITY AVAILABLE If you are interested in sponsoring a Chamber luncheon, please contact the office, 763-295-2700. $100 to showcase your business with a 5 mi-nute presentation, your logo placed on each table, bring handouts to put at each seat and a 8’ display table that you decorate with whatever you want to showcase your business.

(Average luncheon, 75 guests)

DATE: Wed, July 24th (4th Wed every month) TIME: 7:30 am-9 am Stop in anytime! LOCATION: St. Benedict’s Senior Community, 1301 E 7th St, Monticello A monthly opportunity to socialize before the regular work day. This event is less formal than other events. It is open to all members, their employees and guests. Share infor-mation about your company, a promotion you are offering or introduce a new employee! Bring your business cards, it’s your time to shine!

Commercial Realty Solutions-St. Cloud (2nd location!), 1407 33rd St. S, Ste 111, St Cloud, Eric O’Brien, 320-406-3910, Commercial Real Estate Chad Solum Real Estate Group, Monticello, Chad Solum, 651-283-9872, Residential Real Estate OfficeMax, 1417 E 7th St, Monticello, Emiliana Risnes, 763-295-2110, Printing, office supplies

ELECTRONIC PAYMENTS: You can make payments online with your credit card? Link is on your invoice. Don’t know how? Ask me now! 763-272-3310 NETWORKING: Chamber luncheon - doors open at 11:30am for networking. Don’t miss out on an opportunity to make a connection.

Chair: Cheree’ Hoese Commercial Realty Solutions (763) 682-2400 CHoese@commrealtysolutions.com

Vice Chair: Rick Schrupp North Risk Partners-Apollo Division

(763) 314-0400 rick.schrupp@northriskpartners.com

Treasurer: Sarah Barthel Sherburne State Bank (763) 271-7179 sbarthel@sherburnestatebank.com

Past Chair: Rachel Leonard FiberNet Monticello

(763) 314-0108 rachel.leonard@ci.monticello.mn.us

Darek Vetsch Wright County Commissioner (612) 384-6886 darekvetsch@gmail.com Liz Calpas Monticello Dental Center (763) 263-7100 Calpase00@yahoo.com

Jason Kisner Ausco Design & Marketing (763) 257-9282 jason@auscodesign.com

Scott Johnson Xcel Energy (763) 493-1631 scott.d.johnson@xcelenergy.com Joni Pawelk CentraCare Health-Monticello (763) 271-2385 pawelkj@centracare.com Annie Stein Wausau Homes (763) 295-1860 kruckr@wausauhomes.com Perry Sloneker Best Western Chelsea Hotel (763)271-8880 pdsloneker@aol.com

Mari Lou McCormic RiverWood Bank (763)271-1453 Marilou.mccormic@riverwoodbank.com

See you in September!!

Our June 18th Chamber luncheon was held at the Monticel-lo Community Center and Cornerstone Café provided a won-derful lunch to 100 guests. our 2018-2019 Monticello Royal Ambassadors, Miss Monti-cello Grace Schillewaert, Princess Meghan Larson and Prin-cess & Miss Congeniality Sydne Jude, along with our 2019 Monticello Royal Ambassador Candidates, were guests at the June Chamber Luncheon meeting held at Monticello Community Center's Mississippi Room. Our 2019 Candidates greeted Chamber members and guests as they arrived. Dur-ing the meeting, our current Ambassadors shared a slideshow of events from their year as well as the events from the 2019 Candidate Experience to date. Following the Chamber Luncheon on Tuesday, June 18th, our 2018-2019 Monticello Royal Ambassadors and our 2019 Monticello Royal Ambassador Candidates were able to tour two local Monticello businesses!! A special thank you to Hoglund Transportation for allowing us the use of their brand new van so we could "ride in style" together!! Our first stop was CentraCare Health-Monticello!! We learned about what medical care is available to our community. Our second stop was AST Sports!! We learned what it takes to run and own a specialty shop!! Thank you, CentraCare Health-Monticello and AST Sports, for sharing about your businesses.

Catered by: Hosted by:

Complimentary van provided by:

Business Tour of AST Sports

Business Tour of CentraCare Health

Red Carpet Gala/Judging Day Reception

Mon., July 8, 6:30 PM Monti Ballroom at River City Extreme

Join us in the Ballroom at River City Extreme on Monday, July 8th, 6:30 pm for our Red Carpet Gala and Judging Day Recep-tion. Our current Royal Ambassadors will give their farewell speeches and show a video of their experiences throughout their reign. Each one will have a table with photos, scrap-books and memorabilia for all visitors to view. Come and meet our 2019-2020 candidates also. We have eleven (11) 2019-2020 candidates that will give their business sponsor speeches and answer fish bowl ques-tions for the judges. This is your last opportunity to get to know them before Coronation. This is a free event and open to the public. Then follow their journey and cheer them on at Coronation on Sunday, July 14th at 4 pm in Ellison Park. (located just behind CentraCare Health-Monticello) We will crown Miss Monticello, two Princesses and Miss Congeniality. Sadly, we must say goodbye to our 2018-2019 Royal Ambassadors at this time but we are proud of the way they represented Monticello over the past year. Photo is from our 2019 Red Carpet Gala. Visiting Royalty come from all over the region to support our candidates.

Did you know?

June Chamber Lunch

Corporate Duck Adoptions .

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Monticello Schools #882 Monticello School District was grateful to be a partner in helping to bring the floral mural to the corner of 75 and 25 in Monticello! Thanks to a grant from the Central Minneso-ta Arts Board, ISD 882 was able to partner with Monticello Arts Initiative and bring in Allison Hunsley to both create this beautiful piece of art for our community, as well as to hold a Saturday workshop (featuring two muralists) for our high school students that are interested in the arts. ISD 882's goals include creating out of the classroom oppor-tunities for students to pursue their passions, as well as continuing to strengthen the sense of community that makes us so proud to be the MONTICELLO School District. This project allowed us to fulfill both of those goals, giving an opportunity to our students and allowing us to give back just a little to the community that we love. Thank you to Monti Arts, CMAB, and especially to Allison Hunsley for her incredible work!!

Amazing You Fitness & Nutrition Fall in love with taking care of You! For the month of July any Monticello Chamber Member can attend a yoga class for $5. That's half price! Yoga - Mondays @ 6pm, Tuesday & Thursday @ 5pm. UMC UMC apprenticeships allow individuals who are either go-ing into or just finishing their first year at a two-year tech-nical school to follow a robust work plan to learn different aspects of the job. Apprentices are exposed to everything from milling, turning, mill/turn and swiss machining to in-spection, de-burring, and polishing as they learn to operate and perform the duties in different areas of precision ma-chining. UMC is accepting apprenticeship applications, apply today at ultramc.com/careers.

Member News...

Nighthawk Security Whether your here or there, Nighthawk Security is keeping a watchful eye! Take advantage of their $99 sale - Perfect for the home, cabin and business! 866-472-3525 x1 - Call today and Save - mention code CHAMBER0719. Offer valid: until 7/31/19 on all-in-one touch screen keypad, three doors, one motion, and one key fob. Separate 36-month monitoring contracts are required. Be sure to ask us about our referral program.

PHOTOS BY BOB & VAL SOMERVILLE will be at ART in the Park (8-3) Saturday July 13. We are closer to the west end of booths facing the river with a large double booth. We need to clear out our photos as shows are just getting to difficult for us to do. Most matted, framed, canvas, metal and acrylic photos plus large prints and photos behind old windows will be 30-40 % off. We have a trailer FULL! See our Facebook page for ideas of scenes we may have on hand or could order. We also have blank photo cards $3 each or 4 for $10. 213 E. River St., Monticello by appoint-ment. (612-308-0897 call or text) (763-295-3179 leave mes-sage). Thanks all! (Also at Braham Pie days Friday August 2). Old windows also for sale $5 - 20 that we never got around to using. Resurrection Lutheran Church Our parking lot off of Jason Ave is open for firework specta-tors on Friday, July 12th. We will be providing free popcorn, snacks, and water to all guests. Arrive early to save your spot! Our three week iMarriage class begins on Thursday, July 11th from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm. Come and improve your expectations from your marriage. Cost is $10 per couple and childcare is provided. Register online at: www.resurrection-mn.com/adult. Loch Jewelers Loch Jewelers celebrated it's 70th Anniversary on June 8th with food, music, and lots of giveaways! Jule and Monica Loch started the business in 1949 in Maple Lake and today it has grown into a 3rd Generation store with Steve’s daughter Andrea stepping in. Andrea has traveled to the diamond capitol of the world Antwerp, Belgium, to learn how to become an international diamond buyer for the store. At Loch Jewelers we offer a variety of services such as; In-house repair, custom design, watch repair, ap-praisals, engraving, and colored gems. Along with those services we have the largest show floor in the Monticello area, giving you a variety for you jewelry buying needs whether that be engagement rings, wedding bands, moth-er's jewelry, men's jewelry, gift ideas, watches, earrings, necklaces and pendants, pearls, and much more!

Member News... North Risk Partners-Apollo Division We are the largest privately owned independent insurance agency in the state of Minnesota with over 70 companies that we can partner with to solve your commercial, home, auto, life, health and medicare needs. We are ready to put a no obligation assessment together on your behalf. You will find us to be a client focused agency with knowledgea-ble advisors and best in class customer service that is sure to earn your business and trust. To put us to work for you, please call Rick Schrupp at 763-314-0633. Mosford, Barthel & Co., PLC.-Prime Office Space Availa-ble! Cedar Court Offices has office space for lease. Located at 305 Cedar Street, Monticello (one block off of Hwy 25). The office space is approx. 1,100 sq. ft. and is located on the main level of the building. Space may be sub-divided. Off street parking available, and located in a secured building. Call Bob for more information at 763-295-4800. Gabriel Media Your business in the Summer Slump. GIVE RADIO A TRY. Get in front of a very loyal audience to promote your business or simply for hiring! Call today and find out the great summer specials we have going on! Stacy 651-270-4524 Gateway Financial Strategies-----A Mid-Summer Financial Review Opportunity No matter how much fun and busy your summer is, it’s no time to put your finances on pause. Time doesn't sit still, and neither should your financial plan! Some things to con-sider…. People are living longer. Are you prepared for the

costs of living a longer life? Retirement can span decades. Do you know how much

you’ll need to get the most out of a long, rewarding retirement?

Traditional sources of retirement income are being put to the test. Will the conventional combination of sav-ings, pension and Social Security be enough?

Healthcare remains a major expense, and will likely remain a variable that could have a major impact on finances and long-term goals. How will you pay for unexpected medical bills?

Ultimately, your financial plan is your responsibility, but it’s nice to know that you can turn to experienced profession-als when you’re looking for guidance. Call Linda Mielke now at 763-271-0402 to schedule your complimentary mid-summer financial review.

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Hybrid Martial Arts LLC Check out our new summer schedule at www.hybridmartialartsllcmn.com Everyone is welcome to try a few classes for FREE before joining! Come and check it out! Monticello Memorials LLC Your loved ones journey deserves to be honored. Let Mon-ticello Memorials put those dreams and memories in stone. Stop in and see us at 217 Sandberg Road in Monti-cello or visit us at www.monticellomemorials.com Phone - 763-314-0322 (Located right behind General Rent-al) Monticello Community Center The Monticello Community Center will be offering a Red Cross Lifeguard Training class. August 8th, 9th, 10th For additional information contact Corinne Mitchell @ 763-271-7122 Freedom Strategy Group Please join Freedom Strategy Group in congratulating Dan Berckes for winning the 2018 Directors’ Achievement Award for Personal Producing Agent of the Year! What does this mean to Dan? “It confirms that Freedom Strategy Group is staying true to its mission – ‘to educate and in-spire the willing with financial truths to enrich their lives and the generations that will follow them,” explains Dan. Congratulations Dan! Quarry Church Global Leadership Summit at Quarry Church – Monticello, Aug 8-9 We invite you to join an expected 135,000 leaders nation-wide—including thousands of marketplace leaders like you—at The Global Leadership Summit for a unique blend of vision, inspiration and practical skills you can immediate-ly apply. Come with your team and network with other like-minded leaders in your community. This is Quarry Church’s 5th year of being a Premier Host Site for the Global Leadership Summit, Thursday-Fri, Aug 8-9. Speakers include pastors, best-selling authors, CEOs, Mayor of Compton, CA; adventurer Bear Grylls and more! This is also an opportunity to earn 11.25 hours (1.2 CEU) of Leadership Development. Find out more & register at: QuarryChurch.com/gls2019. We have 2 BOGO (buy one, get one FREE) offers availa-ble and they won’t last long! Purchase one ticket to attend at the Quarry, then email office@quarrychurch.com and we will hook you up with a free ticket, a $209 value!

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Corporate duck adoptions are a giant part of funding for our Riverfest festivities. Duck adoptions provide the business community an opportunity to be recognized for their contri-bution in Monticello ‘s community festival. We would like to thank the following businesses for your support in 2019: Steve “O” Septic Electro Industries Inc. Wes Olson Electric State Farm Insurance-Dan Olson Schlenner Wenner & Co. Country Travel Store Foster White Insurance Agency Monticello Printing Mosford, Barthel & Co. Cornerstone Café DeChene Corporation Adoptions close soon, don’t miss your chance to help!

Riverfest 2019: July 11-14th

Schedule: MonticelloRiverfest.com

Rep. Marion O'Neill and Senate Bruce Anderson gave our business community legislative updates on June 13 at the Monticello Community Center. Congressman Tom Emmer could not attend due to other engagements in Washington but sent an update that was read by his staff rep. Stacy Morse. Thank you for all of the valuable information and our Chamber members for attending. Representative Marion O’Neill & Senator Bruce Anderson address the crowd on updates from the last legislative session.

So proud and happy to honor and thank artist Allison Hunsley, and recognize the contributions of ISD 882, the Central MN Arts Board, Clarence McCarty and Clancy's Outdoors, the City of Monticello, Monticello Parks & Rec-reation, Monticello's Parks Commission, the Monticello City Council, the Monticello Chamber of Commerce Am-bassadors, and all the other people who helped make this project possible. What a great addition to our town! Public Works Tom Pawelk & Allison Hunsley

Ryan CDJR of Monticello

Polaris Chiropractic Polaris Chiropractic would like to announce that we now have a HOME and have started construction with an antici-pated OPENING END OF AUGUST . We are located next to Target between Verizon and Fantastic Sam's. Our office is a neurologically based family and pediatric referral based clinic.

SCHEDULE YOUR FIRST VISIT TODAY!!! Email Dr Cody at info@polaris-chiro.com for more infor-

mation. Like/Follow us on Facebook, and Instagram. Check out our website for

more information WWW.POLARIS-CHIRO.COM

Pizza Ranch Summer is here! Enjoy your time outside and on the lake and let Pizza Ranch do the cooking! We have quick carry-out and delivery services that can get your favorite pizza and broasted chicken brought to you! Our carryout and delivery hours have been extended to 9pm for the sum-mer. We also have a catering special going on- mention 10% off your next catering order of $100 or more with CODE-52711. Monticello Times The Monticello Times welcomes Jessie Meyen to its team. Jessie is a recent graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and will be covering sports and recreation for the Times. She will also be writing general feature stories.

We would like to thank the owner of Live Laugh & Bloom Floral, Kelly Lillback for allowing MontiArts to use your wall for this amazing CMAB funded project. Artist Limpio creat-ed the beautiful mural. (109 N Cedar St, Monticello.)

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Loch Jewelers celebrated it's 70th Anniversary on June 8th with food, music, and lots of giveaways! Jule and Monica Loch started the business in 1949 in Maple Lake and today it has grown into a 3rd Generation store with Steve’s daughter Andrea stepping in. Our ambassadors were invited to celebrate with them by hold-ing a ribbon cutting. The store provides a variety of services and has the largest show floor in the Monticello area. Stop by and congratulate the family at 1125 South Cedar St, Ste 100, Monticello. From our jewelry to our team, we are genuine in every way.

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Rustech Brewing

~ A wonderful year in the making ~ On May 26th, 2018 Rustech Brewing opened their doors to begin this amazing journey. It all began eight years before hand but now here they are, celebrating their one year anni-versary. Bill, Penny and James Burt want to thank everyone for their support to make their dream a reality. From family, friends, contractors, investors and amazing workers, thank you all. Stop in to try one of their tasty brews at 105 W 3rd St, Monticello.

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Ryan CDJR of Monticello announced their Grand Opening cele-bration with a ribbon cutting! They are located at 3593 Chelsea Rd W, Monticello, right off of the I-94. We sell new Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep & Ram vehicles, along with a selection of late mod-el previously owned models. We also service all makes and models. Ryan Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram in Monticello, MN treats the needs of each individual customer with paramount concern. We know that you have high expectations, and as a car dealer we enjoy the challenge of meeting and exceeding those standards each and every time. Allow us to demonstrate our commitment to excellence!

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Duck Sponsors Monticello Arts Initiative

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