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In this issue you
will find:
Mark Your Calendars for IAF
MYENTRENET!!
A NOTE FROM OUR PRESIDENT
Instructional Support Levy
To: Downtown Knoxville Businesses
The Iowa Architectural Foundation
Knoxville Hospital & Clinics to Hold “Love Your Heart: A Guide to a Healthy Heart” on Wednesday, Feb
GET YOUR 2007 UPDATED PHONE LIST OF KNOXVILLE BUSINESSES
Pershing Community Center
Knoxville Community Greetings
Mike McKay Memorial "Sun and Fun" Golf
RECYCLING!
Business Spotlight of the Week
BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT
New Members
Become a Chamber Member for 2007
Chamber Gift Certificates
BUSINESS AFTER HOURS
Local Talent Wanted
VILLAGE THEATRE TICKETS
Mark Your Calendars for IAF
Iowa Architectural Foundation to visit March 1-3, 2007. We are looking for the community to be supportive and get involved.
MYENTRENET!!
Greetings!
If you’ve attended any of our Online Seminars, you know that weekly I host a topical presenter, covering a separate area of interest each session. This week, however, we are going to mix things up a bit! Join me at 7:00 pm, Monday, February 12th, as I welcome Maureen Collins-Williams and Mike Hahn of the UNI Regional Business Center/SBDC for an open platform question and answer session! If you’re seeking answers to questions not covered in past seminars, this is your opportunity to ask away! Remember, if you have a question, chances are that many of your peers are wondering the same! So plan on joining us Monday for a great hour of interaction, answers and networking!
Maureen Collins-Williams, Director of the University of Northern Iowa Regional Business Center / SBDC has worked with Iowa businesses since 1982, serving start up and existing companies with a wide array of business assistance services. She has 25 years of experience in business plan development, loan packaging, marketing and finance. She founded MyEntreNet, our rural entrepreneurship development system in 2001.
Mike Hahn is Senior Program Manager and has worked extensively with small business development since 1989. As state-wide coordinator for MyEntreNet, he works primarily with rural regions in organizing support networks that foster the development and growth of small businesses locally. Mike’s expertise is in business plan development, financial packaging, marketing and sales. He has been with UNI since 2001.
MyEntreNet Features
Since last week we had quite a bit of activity on the MyEntreNet Listserv, I thought another reminder of some usage information might be welcome! When we sign new registered members to the listserv, a welcome email is sent which includes information on the listserv protocol. However, if you are anything like me, many times the valuable information included in those emails gets ‘overlooked’. So, as a reminder…
We do encourage MyEntreNet members to post short, business-related questions on the listserv, and hope that fellow entrepreneurs will share their own experiences in answer to those posts. When posting a question on the listserv, be sure to include something in the subject line like: MyEntreNet – Marketing question for listserv members. This should help alleviate any confusion by recipients. If you would like to respond to a question, simply reply to the email you receive and it will go to the author. You are also welcome to send your reply to the entire listserv if you would like, and will need to then select ‘reply-all’. And, of course, you are always free to simply delete any email that you do not care to respond to!
It is my hope that with further understanding of how a listserv works, we will not run into the issues we experienced last week and everyone will continue to receive beneficial updates and information from both myself, and from other entrepreneurial members!
Is Your Business ‘Webinally’ Challenged?
Then mark your calendar for our Online Seminar on February 19th when I welcome back Marty Stratton from Art A La Carte in Newton, to visit about effective website design for your business!
Notable Quotable…
The entrepreneur builds an enterprise; the technician builds a job. (Michael Gerber)
A NOTE FROM OUR PRESIDENT
Wow. It seems like 2007 just started and we are already in the middle of February. There is so much happening in Knoxville it is almost impossible to keep up. Thank you to everyone that contributed to a wonderful program at the annual Chamber Awards Banquet. The evening was filled with food, music, awards, inspiration, a great auction and lots of fun; what a great tribute to the accomplishments of 2006, and a motivating start to this year. Congratulations to all nominees as well as award recipients. I am honored to be Chamber president at a time when the support and enthusiasm for Knoxville is as high as I can remember since becoming involved in Chamber work. The 2007 board of directors consists of diverse and highly qualified members and each is dedicated to the betterment of our community. Past President Craig Agan, President elect Sandy Selvy, and Treasurer Rex DeMoss serve with me on the Executive Board, and bring a great cross section of background and experience to help guide the Chamber through the year’s activities. Ex-officio members, Mayor Harv Sprafka and City Manager Dick Schrad, display a cooperative spirit that can only enhance the Chamber’s efforts. Look for more exciting news next month regarding ex-officio members. It is a privilege to work with these leaders and I am looking forward to significant accomplishments in the coming year. Executive Director Roxanne Johnson, along with Executive Assistants Donell States and Teresa Rowley, work tirelessly in and out of the office to accomplish the arduous tasks of promoting Knoxville. Their efforts are directed toward current and prospective residents and businesses, and keeping the community in concert with other organizations in the county; all working on our behalf to continue Knoxville’s place of prominence in Iowa’s tourism sector. If you have not met these super ladies please stop in soon; their enthusiasm is contagious. This year’s event-filled calendar should provide an opportunity for everyone to contribute to Knoxville’s way of life and to the progress that will keep our community growing and vibrant for many years to come. If you have not yet called the Chamber office to volunteer for a committee, please do so soon; we would love to have you join in on the fun! And speaking of fun, be sure to mark Saturday evening March 31st on your calendar. You will not want to miss out on a fantastic evening of fun and frivolity at Lake Red Rock Cultural Center. I am looking forward to an exciting and bountiful year for Knoxville! Jim
Instructional Support Levy
Election is March 6, 2007Location: Knoxville School District Board of Education Meeting Room 309 E Main StreetTime: 7am-8 pm Issue: Authorization for an Instructional Support Tax for 10 year For more information please see today's "The Knoxville Update" on our website www.knoxville-iowa.com
To: Downtown Knoxville Businesses
To: Downtown Knoxville Businesses From: Knoxville Chamber & Economic Development Growth Alliance The Iowa Architectural Foundation, in conjunction with the Knoxville Cityscape Project, will be performing Storefront Consultations on Saturday, March 3rd from 9 am-12 pm. The sessions are 30 minutes. Registration will be accepted beginning February 2nd . There will be only six sessions conducted. Chamber Members have first priority.
Please contact Donell States at 641-828-7555
The Iowa Architectural Foundation
The Iowa Architectural Foundation is dedicated to fostering an appreciation of design excellence while working for the preservation of our cultural heritage. The IAF supports programs, projects and publications that share this vision. It solicits, receives and expends gifts, grants and legacies for education and preservation of architecture and its allied arts and sciences. It also provides guidance to those groups, individuals, and companies who endeavor to improve their communities.Since its inception, the Iowa Architectural Foundation has undertaken numerous initiatives to increase the public awareness of architecture, contributing directly and through leveraged grants of more than $200,000 in project funding. The IAF has four main programs that help further its mission: Architecture in the Schools program, Community Design Program, the Community Design Excellence Awards, and Walking Tours. The Iowa Architectural Foundation invites Iowa’s citizens, communities and business-leaders to invest in a vision that recognizes the role of architecture and community design in enhancing the quality of life in our state. Architecture is the most public of arts. It touches all of us every day. Architecture needs better public understanding. Architects, public officials, businesses, and individuals must unite and encourage the creation of quality environments that serve public needs, strengthen communities, solve problems and enrich our lives.
Knoxville Hospital & Clinics to Hold “Love Your Heart: A Guide to a Healthy Heart” on Wednesday, Feb
Knoxville Hospital & Clinics to Hold “Love Your Heart: A Guide to a Healthy Heart” on Wednesday, February 14 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
KNOXVILLE, Iowa – Valentine’s Day isn’t only about romance, it also provides women the opportunity to love and care for themselves. We understand the importance that men play in most women’s lives, so lab testing and heart healthy information for men will be available as well!!
Knoxville Hospital & Clinics is holding the third annual “Love Your Heart: A Guide to a Healthy Heart” on Wednesday, February 14, from 6 to 11 a.m. in the KH&C Lobby Lipid profiles and fasting blood sugar will be drawn and blood pressures will be checked. Cost is $22 and all women and men are encouraged to participate. Women will receive a complimentary chocolate and long stem rose. Men will receive something to satisfy their sweet tooth.
Please don’t eat or drink anything after midnight. Snacks and coffee will be available after the lab work has been done. Local businesses and health organizations will be on hand to answer heart healthy questions and provide heart health literature for women and men.
Knoxville Hospital & Clinics, a Critical Access Hospital serving Marion County and the surrounding area, is dedicated to providing personal, progressive quality health care with compassion. For more information regarding this release and other happenings at Knoxville Hospital & Clinics, call the Public Relations office at (641) 842-1418.
GET YOUR 2007 UPDATED PHONE LIST OF KNOXVILLE BUSINESSES
GET YOUR 2007 UPDATED PHONE LIST OF KNOXVILLE BUSINESSES AT THE KNOXVILLE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OFFICE LOCATED AT 309 E MAIN STREET.
Pershing Community Center
Undenominational Bible Talks
will be held in the
Pershing Community Center
C Ave, Pershing
Wednesdays, Jan. 31, Feb. 7, 14, 21, &28
at 7:30 pmThese talks last approximately one hour and consist of hymns, prayer and messages from the bible. We seek to uphold the life, teachings and sacrifice of Jesus as recorded in the Bible, and to make them practiccal in our daily lives. No collections.
Speakers: M. Armstrog & J. Bartels
Knoxville Community Greetings
KNOXVILLE COMMUNITY
GREETINGS
ARE YOU A NEW RESIDENT OFKNOXVILLE? Get a hold of VIRGINIA RAYL WITH
KNOXVILLE COMMUNITY
GREETINGS.
842-5131 or acorn@iowatelecom.netGet your FREE basket of welcome gifts that you can’t live without from Knoxville Businesses!!
Mike McKay Memorial "Sun and Fun" Golf
Attention Chamber Members:
Contact Teresa Rowley at the Chamber office if you are interested in being on the Mike McKay
Memorial “Sun and Fun” Golf Outing Committee.
RECYCLING!
The Knoxville Chamber of Commerce is asking anyone who has old cell phones or empty laser and inkjet cartridges to recycle them. How? All you have to do is bring them to the Chamber office located at 309 E Main Street. Please bring name brand items only.
NO CHARGING UNITS FOR CELL PHONE PLEASE!!
Business Spotlight of the Week
Quality Pro, LLC is located at 1616 E Main Street, Knoxville, IA 50138. Steve Jurovic is the General Manager and Ray Stover is the Field Manager.
Quality Pro, LLC has been opened just 8 months! They cut slots in bathtubs and install acrylic inserts to allow access for the aging and handicapped. They are Medicaid and VA approved providers. Quality Pro, LLC provide and install all types of awnings and vinyl replacement windows, bathroom
conversions and home modifications. A tub cut model is on display on the Main Street side of their building. They are suppliers of walk-in bathtubs with door, shower bases, enclosures and medical rehab products.
BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT
BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT
We’d like your business to appear in our Business Spotlight and if you haven’t been featured in past issues, please give Teresa Rowley at the Knoxville Chamber of Commerce a visit or call. All you need to do is answer a few questions and we’ll write up a short article for you based on the information you submit. This is a great way for the community to learn more about what your business has to offer. We like to know you all exist! Call Teresa for more details! 828-7555or email her at trowley@iowatelecom.net
New Members
The Knoxville Chamber of Commerce wants to see your
name and/or business written here as a Chamber Member!!Please contact the Knoxville Chamber of Commerce today !!! PLEASE SUPPORT CHAMBER MEMBER BUSINESSES WHEN MAKING PURCHASES & BUSINESS DECISIONS. WE’D LIKE TO SEE YOUR NAME AND/OR BUSINESS LISTED HERE!!PLEASE FILL OUT THE ATTACHED MEMBERSHIP FORM AND/OR CONTACT TERESA ROWLEY AT THE KNOXVILLE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND ASK HOW WE CAN HELP YOU CELEBRATE YOUR GRAND OPENING, ANNIVERSARY, NEW LOCATION OR NEW MEMBERSHIP WITH AT RIBBON CUTTING AS WELL AS ALL THE OTHER BENEFITS WE OFFER OUR MEMBERS.
CALL TODAY 828-7555THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT!!
Become a Chamber Member for 2007
Knoxville Chamber of Commerce
2007 Membership Pledge Please complete and return to: Knoxville Chamber of Commerce and
Economic Development Growth Alliance
309 E Main Street
Knoxville, Iowa 50138 2007 Dues: $________ Payment information: Month joined________ will also be annual due date
If billing quarterly payment due: 1st____2nd____3rd____4th____ DATE _________________ Business Name: ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Contact Name/Title ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Address: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ City, State, Zip: ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Extended description of your location: ______________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Hours of Operation: ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Phone: ____________________________________________ _____Fax: _______________________________________________ Email: __________________________________________________Web site: ____________________________________________ Owner:________________________________ _________________Manager: ____________________________________________ Description of business: ________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
(Manufacturing, service, retail, corporation, partnership, etc) Products/Services: _____________________________________________________________________________________________ Full Time Employees: ____________________ Part time employees: ____________ Date and year business opened: ___________________________________________________________________________________ Signature: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ Future plans for company/business: ________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ How can the Knoxville Chamber assist you with your business? ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Comments and Suggestions: _____________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Chamber Gift Certificates
KNOXVILLE CHAMBER
GIFT CERTIFICATES--
KEEP MONEY IN KNOXVILLESTOP BY THE KNOXVILLE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OFFICE LOCATED AT 309 E MAIN STREET, KNOXVILLE, IA 50138 TO PURCHASE YOUR GIFT CERTIFICATES. THESE CAN BE USED AT ANY CHAMBER MEMBER BUSINESS AND CAN BE PURCHASED IN WHAT EVER DENOMINATION YOU PREFER.CALL THE CHAMBER WITH ANY QUESTIONS. 828-7555
BUSINESS AFTER HOURS
BUSINESS AFTER HOURSWe really want to get ‘Business After Hours’ kicked off well this year!! I’m looking for Businesses/Individuals willing to host these. If you are interested please contact Donell States at the Chamber of Commerce for more information!!
One a month is my goal, if we have more that is great! Thanks for your continued support!! 828-7555
Local Talent Wanted
If you know of anyone locally that can help with Chamber Events, please have them contact Teresa Rowley at the Knoxville Chamber of Commerce either by phone or email or stop in at our location 309 E Main Street. 828-7555 or trowley@iowatelecom.net.
VILLAGE THEATRE TICKETS
$4.00The Knoxville Chamber of Commerce and Fridley Theatres are working together to save you money.
If you would like to save $1.00 on a movie ticket stop by the Chamber office at 309 E Main, Monday-Friday 8:30am-5:00pm and buy your tickets. Kid's tickets are still $3.50.
AT THE MOVIES
Feb 9 - Feb 15HAPPILY N'EVER AFTER
Rated PG
Run Time 1:27
Fri/Sat 7:10 9:10
Sun 2:10 7:10
Mon-Thurs 7:10 STOMP THE YARD
Rated PG-13
Run Time 1:54
Fri/Sat 7:00 9:15
Sun 2:00 7:00
Mon-Thurs 7:00
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