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In this issue you
will find:
COFFEE WITH THE MAYOR
Arts Alliance Meeting
Legislative Question and Answer Sessions
BUSINESS AFTER HOURS
GREASE
Knoxville Easter Egg Hunt
GRAND RE-OPENING
Knoxville Farmers Market Looking to Expand
IT’S NOT THE PROBLEM, IT’S HOW YOU SOLVE IT
Horizon Federal Savings Jumps On Board
"Celebrate the Night"
COFFEE WITH THE MAYOR
March 17, 2006
4:00-5:00pm
Knoxville Chamber of Commerce Office
309 E Main St
Knoxville, IA
Anyone with thoughts, ideas, concerns or questions for Mayor Sprafka are invited to
attend.
Arts Alliance Meeting
Show Case
March 22, 2006
7:00 PM
Swamp Fox
This is a Show Case for Art of all kinds. If you are interested in bringing a piece of Art, putting on a skit or doing a reading of your own please feel free to join us or if you are interested in the arts in any way
you are welcome.
The first portion of this meeting will be for the display pieces of artwork. The second portion will be devoted to the performing arts.
If you have any question please feel free to call the Knoxville Chamber of Commerce at 641-828-7555.
Legislative Question and Answer Sessions
Knoxville Chamber of Commerce
4:00-5:00 PM Friday, March 31 Friday, April 28 The Knoxville Chamber & Economic Development Growth Alliance will once again hold Legislative Question and Answer Session for it’s members and the public. These session are to get to know our State representative, ask questions, find out their stand on issues and to find out what’s going on in our government. These sessions will be held from 4:00 PM-5:00 PM the last Friday of the month through April at the Knoxville Chamber & Economic Development Growth Alliance office located at 309 E Main. If you have any questions feel free to call us at 641-828-7555.
BUSINESS AFTER HOURS
Thursday, March 23, 2006
Edward Jones
913 W Pleasant
842-3500
5:00 PM All Knoxville Businesses and their employees are invited to join Adam and gang for an informative, casual, social hour.The purpose of these socials are to get to know each other and learn about you and your business, share ideas, network businesses and find out your goals.
GREASE
The Knoxville High School Drama Department will present the musical GREASE!March 10-11
7:00pm
Knoxville Middle School Auditorium
To order tickets:
Email: duffyjr@knoxville.k12.ia.us
Or
Call 641-842-2198
Tickets for adults-$5.00
Students-$4.00
Knoxville Easter Egg Hunt
Saturday, April 8
Marion County Park
10:00 AM
The Optimist Club will once again be holding the Annual Easter Egg Hunt. They are asking for donation to offset the cost of the candy.
Anyone wishing to send donations can send them to:
Don Kain
Knoxville Optimist Club Secretary/Treasurer
317 E. Robinson
Knoxville, IA 50138
GRAND RE-OPENING
Coffee Connections will be opening again soon. A great new location!
New items added! Watch soon for the their Grand Re-Opening
Knoxville Farmers Market Looking to Expand
For Immediate Release March 1, 2006
Contact: Brian Stickel
828-7555
The Knoxville Farmers Market is looking to build the number of vendors for the 2006 season as well as increasing the variety of products offered. There will be a meeting at Godfathers Pizza on Monday, March 27th at 6:00 PM for anyone interested in participating this year. Bring your ideas and lets see how we can grow this together. For more information contact Maxine Chambers at (641)943-2223 or the Knoxville Chamber of Commerce at 828-7555.
IT’S NOT THE PROBLEM, IT’S HOW YOU SOLVE IT
We all have problems in our personal and business life all the time. Problems large and small that we must solve or cope with almost every day. Your business is no exception and unwanted situations will pop up without warning. So having problems is not an unusual or bad thing, it’s just part of business and everyone has them. With that said, it’s really what you do about the problem that really counts. How you solve it or make adjustments to side step it.The first thing you need to do is step back and see what is really wrong and all the aspects of it. Knowing all the facts, no matter how negative, is the first thing that will help you find a solution. Even is you have bills that are overdue, get a total of all of them so there are no surprises later. You don’t want to come up with a plan to pay them, only to find that there are more later. Work on the entire problem so that once you solve it, it’s over. Hopefully what you learned along the way will keep you from being in the same situation again. When your problem is customer related, you will not only want to come up with a mutual solution, but save them as a customer as well. If it turns into an argument and you win but lose the future business, did you really win? Sometimes being right is not only what matters and compromise might be a better way. Compromise not only gives both sides a reasonable solution but helps save face as well. You don’t want to enrage or embarrass the customer so they will find it difficult to buy from you again. You might even ask for their input when deciding on a possible solution. Look at the long term value of the customer before taking a chance on losing them. Just think that the solution will be remembered much longer than the original problem. In many cases, a great solution can make a business relationship even stronger. They will know that if anything comes up in the future, they can count on you to make it right. And think of the referral power it will have. They may spread the word that you’re a reliable place to do business with. So put the solution before personal gain and it will pay off in the future. March Idea-Letter
Horizon Federal Savings Jumps On Board
Pennie Sommar and Kevin Ulmer of Horizon Federal Savings Bank jump on board the Knoxville Chamber and Economic Development Growth Alliance Capital Campaign with their donation presented to Brian Stickel, Director and Craig Agan, President of Knoxville Chamber and Economic Development Growth Alliance.
The Knoxville Chamber and Economic Development Growth Alliance is working daily to attract new business and wealth to the area. It requires a sustained dedicated effort to be successful in growing jobs and wealth. This is why the Knoxville chamber and Economic Development Growth Alliance is kicking off a capital campaign to help fund our Economic Development efforts for the next three years.
We are not just focused on bringing in new business, we are also focused on growing from within.
The future of Knoxville is why we need to make this investment. New jobs and new wealth are not created without effort and planning. With everyone’s help The Knoxville Chamber and Economic Development Growth Alliance can make positive things happen within Knoxville.
"Celebrate the Night"
Performed by the Celebrate Community Church's Praise team. The music featured is all contemporary Christian music.
The event is open to all and is free to attend.
The event is being held at the Knoxville Middle School Auditorium and is from 7pm to 9pm with a sloppy joe supper prior to the concert from 5pm to 7pm.
Any additional information may be obtained by contacting the Church office at 641-828-7603 or by hitting the website at www.celebratechurch.com
MOVIES
Mar. 3-Mar. 9
Fri/Sat 7:00; 9:00
Sun 2:00; 7:00
Mon-Thurs; 7:00CURIOUS GEORGE (G) Mar. 3-Mar. 9
Fri/Sat. 7:15; 9:15
Sun. 2:15; 7:15
Mon.-Thurs. 7:15 DATE MOVIE (PG-13)
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