Pick up a Shop Local for the Holidays Passport at one of the events listed below or the participating business between November 1, 2013 and December 14th, 2013.

Participants must visit 6 designated participating businesses in each location and have the entire passport filled with stickers from those businesses to be entered to win the $500 shopping spree.  After shopping, have the business place a sticker on one of the designated symbols.  Once the passport is full, leave the card with the last merchant or take to the nearest Chamber of Commerce or the Kosciusko Visitor's Bureau on US 30 in Warsaw.  Each entry will have a chance to win a Kosciusko County Shopping Spree worth $500. 

Drawing for the winner will be December 16th, 2013.  Winner will be

notified via phone.  The winner agrees to have their photo taken with the Committee for the media.

** Locations below will individually have a way to win in a drawing for $100 gift basket.  

Check-out the dates below, they are an opportunity to fill out your passport.

Any questions contact your local Chamber of Commerce or

The Kosciusko County Visitors Bureau.

Milford Annual Bazaar   - November 16th - 9am to 2pm

**Syracuse Holiday Magic - November 23rd - 12pm to 7pm

**North Webster Santa Visit - November 23rd - Shop: 10am to 3pm

Event: 3:30pm to 6pm

Small Business Saturday - November 30th - Check hours locally.

**Pierceton Shop Hop & Primitive Show - December 7th -

10:30am to 5pm

Warsaw First Friday Hometown Holly Days - December 6th

4:30pm to 8pm

Village at Winona Holiday Fest - December 7th - 10am to 7pm

Warsaw Christmas Countdown  - December 13th - 6pm to 8pm

Old Leesburg Mill - December 14th -  7am to 7pm

Click HERE for participating businesses and more information! 

Value Stream Mapping is a one-day workshop that reviews the eight basic wastes in the context of non-production processes. We'll review how Lean Thinking can be applied to improve information-sensitive processes by using Value Stream Mapping which is the assessment and planning tool of lean practitioners. A map of the current state is developed to serve as a basis for redesigning the selected business process. Then, by answering seven descriptive questions, we'll develop the future-state map.  

And, finally, we'll create the implementation plan. The workshop offers a case study to help understand the mapping tool and the application of lean thinking, as well as specific examples that describe how lean enterprises approach particular business processes that dramatically contract traditional organizations. 

Classes start November 11, 2013.