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Melrose
Area Chamber of Commerce Melrose, Minnesota |
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Melrose Area Chamber of Commerce Newsletter 4th Quarter, 2007 Newsletter Format Changing The Melrose Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors has decided that the quarterly chamber newsletter will now be emailed to members, and mailed to the few members who do not have email. We will be working on the format of this newsletter in the next couple months and you should expect to see a more polished look 1st quarter next year. We hope that you enjoy this new format and please let us know if you have any suggestions. Thank you for your patience as we work out the bugs of putting out this new format.
Vice President Needed The Melrose Area Chamber of Commerce is still in need of a Vice President for the 2008 year. This position is a three year position, with the first year service as Vice President, the second year President and the third year Past President. Please consider volunteering for this position, as the chamber is only as strong as those who are involved in it. Please contact the chamber with any questions you may have about this position.
Holiday Kick-Off A Success The Holiday Kick-Off held on November 23rd this year was deemed a success. We had many people meandering the streets throughout the day and many more filled the streets to watch the parade. We had a record number of units in the parade this year with 20 units! Congratulations to first place winner Adley Creek 4-H, second place winner diversiCOM Melrose Telephone, and 3rd Place Stearns Electric Assn. Thanks to everyone who participated and we look forward to next year! Below is feedback from the city website that we have received: Feedback: We were visiting Melrose for Thanksgiving and decided to stay for the day after events.I want to say THANK YOU!The day after Thanksgiving events were WONDERFUL!! Our family enjoyed the entire day and all the events. We look forward to visiting next year as well. Thanks again and blessings ~ Roxanne
Membership Applications Due Soon! 2008 membership applications went out in the mail on Monday December 17. If you have not received your application by next week, please contact the Chamber of Commerce office at 256-71714 or chamber@meltel.net. If you return your application by Jan 15, you will entered into a drawing for a prize valued at $120. Remember your dues may be tax deductible, please check with your accountant.
Melrose Home, Health and Family Expo Date Set Mark your calendars for Saturday April 5 for the Melrose Home, Health and Family Expo. We look forward to another great expo, however we need some input on what "draw" you would like for the event. In the past we have used speakers, musicians, children's activities, demonstrations and money giveaways. Please let the chamber know what you think worked the best and what you would like to see for this year. Please come to the general membership meeting on Dec 20 and voice your opinion or call or e-mail the chamber.
Melrose Riverfest Plans Underway The Melrose "Freedom Fest" has been renamed to Melrose Riverfest! The chamber was forced to make this decision due to St. Cloud using the name and the close proximity of their event date to ours. Thank you to all those who submitted names for the contest. Marlene Blommel was the $25 prize winner. We have begun to lay down initial plans for the event and will be trying to firm up our schedule and make final confirmations of events in January. The committee has decided that we will not have a gate fee this year. This is good news, however we will all need to do a little work to make this happen. We need to make up some of the guaranteed income that was covered by the presales of the gate. This way if the weekend it a total rainout, we have at least something to cover our costs. Currently we are looking at a duck race. Duck race tickets will be $10 and we will sell 1,000 tickets. Prizes will be $2,500 for first, $1,500 for second and $1,000 for third. We will need businesses to sell these tickets and we will need people to buy them. Many people have said that they do not want a gate fee, so let's support this duck race so that we can continue that. We need your help! We need people to attend the meetings and help us plan this event. The more people we have to give us ideas and suggestions the better, so have lunch with us on Jan. 8 at noon at John Dough's Pizza. |
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