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CEO’s Blog Click Here Wellness in the Workplace On November 3, 2011, the River Falls Chamber hosted a Business Breakfast on "Wellness in the Workplace" to learning what strategies will really make a difference for employees and the role employees play in this area. Click Here for flyer. Where Should You Spend Your Marketing Time? On September 22th, the River Falls Chamber hosted a Business Breakfast at the West Wind discussing Marketing and where you should spent your dollers and time with a representative from the River Falls Journal as we. Click Here for flyer. Legislative Moderated Forum On July 28th, Over 300 people attended the River Falls Chamber of Commerce Business Breakfast featuring Sheila Hardorf and Shelly Moore. The Forum provided an opportunity to interact with the candidates and learn about state issues. River Falls WI was the only scheduled forum for the parties. River Falls Days 2011 July 7-10, River Falls An event for all of the family. The theme is "Superheroes on the Kinni". A fantastic parade (over seven marching bands), a new 10K/2M race route (over 600 runners participated in the races, three street dances, a tractor pull and truck pull. LOTS of kids activities and more. Click here to see a schedule of events. July Chamber News Posted Stay up-to-date with what is happening with the Chamber and in the community by reading the monthly newsletter. Click here for a link to the latest news. Business After Hours June 14, 2011, 4:30 - 6 p.m., H &R Block Join us for the next Business After Hours at H&R Block in River Falls. Join us for networking, food and prizes! Register to win an ipad from WestConsin Credit Union! Click here for more information. River Falls Bluegrass and Roots Festival March 16-19, Downtown River Falls Performers include Pat Donahue, Pert' Near Sandstone, Pieta Brown, the Dutch Lillies, Becky Schlegel, Brian Fesler, The High 48's and more. Music, workshops, and more. Click here for the latest information River Falls Bluegrass and Roots Festival March 16-19, Downtown River Falls Performers include Pat Donahue, Pert' Near Sandstone, Pieta Brown, the Dutch Lillies, Becky Schlegel, Brian Fesler, The High 48's and more. Music, workshops, and more. Click here for the latest information St. Patty's Day Festivities March 17th, Downtown River Falls Join us for some fun downtown on St. Patty's Day. Last year hundreds of people turned out to watch the bed races. Don't miss it this year! 4-6 p.m. O' River Falls Pot O' Gold Medallion Hunt 7 p.m. 2nd Annual Bed Race - Click here for entry form 4-8 p.m. Paddy O' Poker Walk Click here for a complete schedule of events. River Falls Chamber Award Winners Announced: Congratulations to this year's Chamber award winners! Business of the Year:
Small Business of the Year:
Non-Profit of the Year
Citizen of the Year
Chamber Champion
Ambassador of the Year
Business Breakfast, January 27th, UW-River Falls Social Media: Grow Your Business Social media has shot to the forefront of people's attention because it is fun. Attend this Business Breakfast to see how to use it to grow your business. Click here for more information or to register online. River Falls Chamber Award Nominations Announced Every year the Chamber recognizes members for the contributions to the community. Members nominate other members so this is a peer-to-peer recognition. Nominations for this year's awards are: Business of the Year:
Small Business of the Year:
Non-Profit of the Year
Chamber members will have the opportunity to vote. Winners will be announced at the 2011 Chamber Annual Dinner on February 10, 2011 . Citizen of the Year this year will go to the River Falls Volunteer Fire Department. Award Nominations Open It just takes a minute to recognize your favorite business, small business, non-profit or citizen for a Business of the Year award. Nominees receive recognition including a video at the Chamber Annual Dinner, recognition with the local media and through Chamber publications. Click here for the form and nominate today! Click here to see previous winners. Awards Dinner Sponsorships Become a sponsor at the Chamber's largest networking event of the year - the Annual Awards Banquet and Recognition Dinner. Last year over 230 people attended the event and had a great time. Due to popular demand, the theme will again be the chOscars - come in your favorite hollywood attire or get glammed up for the evening or come in business clothes (if you must!). Showcase Select sponsors receive a booth during the networking time and special recognition during the awards program - all for only $250! Click here for Showcase Select information, click here for other sponsorship opportunities. Leadership River Falls 2010-2011 Begins A new year of Leadership River Falls is underway with 11 members from the community. These members will spend one day a month learning about the River Falls community while developing leadership skills that can be used in their business and personal life. Below is the current class - if you'd like to learn more about the program click here.
Business Expo Thank you to the 70 plus venders for making this years Expo a success. We had over 1300 visitors come and enjoy the information along with all the activities. Mark your calendars know for next year's event on October 29th, 2011. Click here to see pictures of this years event. River Falls Days Race Results The new course was a success. We received a lot of positive comments regarding the new 10K/2M race (lots of shade!) and we had more runners pre-registered than we had run the race last year. Thank you to the race committee for ALL of the hard work in coordinating that race! 10K Race Results can be found here; 2 milers, click here for the results. Congrats to all runners! River Falls Days - Facebook Join over 2,600 people and follow River Falls Days on Facebook. See which bands are playing which nights; be the first to see the live video posted all weekend (bean burrito eating contest, kids' activities, etc.); and see lots of pictures. Click here for our Facebook page (don't forget to become a fan). River Falls Photo Contest Winners Thank you to all who took the time to go out and get the great shots in and around our beautiful community. They will be used by the River Falls Chamber of Commerce on the website and other promotional materials.
19+ First place: Lauren Koshere Second place: Craig Emmerich Third place: Kelly Ashton 11-18 First place: Lainey Gallenberg Second place : Eli Gallenberg Third place: JordanMaien 10 and under First place: Nathen Price Second place: Tyler Veness River Falls Days Race Forms Available We're switching up our race course this year. Run with us along the river and through the woods in beautiful River Falls. This is a well-supported course with much more shade! Race day is Saturday, July 10, 2010. Please let us know if you'd like addiitonal information: Click here for the registration form Click here to register at active.com (coming soon) Click here for the new 10K route Click here for the new 2 mile route River Falls Photo Contest The River Falls Area Chamber of Commerce and Tourism bureau is sponsoring a photo contest of your favorite places and things in River Falls. We’re giving away some great prizes so grab your camera and participate! These photos will be used on our new website and in promotional materials. Here are just a few of the details…photos must be in color and less than 5 meg, multiple photos encouraged per person (although can only win once), prizes given in multiple categories. Submission Deadline: June 1. For complete details, click here. Leadership River Falls Applications Now available
Some example packages might include a fly-fishing (or golf, or bike, etc.) package which would include an overnight lodging stay, dinner at an area restaurant, maybe a spa treatment, and discounts to local merchants. It would also include information on specifics of the package (where to fish, bike, etc.). Our new website has a member forum to facilitate our member businesses working together to create these packages. We're holding training sessions on Tuesday May 18 from 11:00 to 12:30 p.m. and Wednesday, May 19 from 8 to 9:30 a.m. to review the software and brainstorm with other visitor-related businesses about potential packages. The meetings will be held on the University of Wisconsin River Falls campus in the Chalmer Davee Library in room DL101. Parking will be available in Lot Q (bring a couple of quarters for the parking meters). Click here for a campus map to get acclimated. |
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