join us for these
Upcoming
Special Events!
LAKEVILLE WOMEN IN BUSINESS LUNCHEON
with speaker Janee Harteau, Minneapolis Chief of Police February 12, 2014
LANDSCAPE AND HOME EXPO/CONSUMER SHOWCASE March 15, 2014
ANNUAL GOLF CLASSIC
Wilds Golf Club
May 13, 2014 sponsorships NOW available
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Thanks to our mentors and designers that stepped forward to help these students!
RATZLAFF HOMES INC.
and
DAKOTA ELECTRIC
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WELCOME NEW MEMBERS
Aircraft Resource Center
22100 Hamburg Avenue
Lakeville, MN 55044
952-441-6417
All American Lawn Care Company
19700 Judicial Road
Prior Lake, MN 55372
952-898-3715
Pro Vision Construction
4372 Kaufmans Way
Eagan, MN 55123
651-452-5878
Home Team Remodelers, Inc
325 Cedar Street, Suite 805
St Paul, MN 55101
763-390-7626
The Fountains of Hosanna!
Senior Living
9850 163rd Street West
Lakeville, MN 55044
952-435-7199
Healthsource Chiropractic
of Lakeville
17725 Kenwood Trail, Suite 3
Lakeville, MN 55044
952-683-1101
NORWEX
18632 Ivine Trail
Lakeville, MN 55044
612-388-8987
Crossroads Church
17671 Glacier Way
Lakeville, MN 55044
952-469-7729
Essentail Health Chiropractic
1964 Rahncliff Court
Eagan, MN 55122
952-432-3833
T.R.'s Barbershop
20700 Holyoke Avenue
Lakeville, MN 55044
952-469-4663
Dakota Unlimited
15952 Biscayne Avenue West
Lakeville, MN 55044
651-423-3995
Irrigreen LLC
5250 W 73rd Street, Suite 1
Edina, MN 55347
952-457-8456
Prudential Lovejoy Realty/
Cindi Segna
17305 Cedar Avenue, # 110
Lakeville, MN 55044
612-802-7775
One Year anniversary
Walmart Store #5992
Ultimate Martial Arts and Fitness
Integra Health Care, Inc.
Dunn Bros Coffee
Superior Home Care, Inc
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LAKEVILLE AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND CONVENTION & VISITORS BUREAU
19950 Dodd Blvd. Suite 101 Lakeville, MN 55044 952.469.2020 FAX: 952.469.2028 |
2014 Board of Directors
Chair
Bob Curtis, Farmers Insurance
Vice Chair Glenn Starfield, Express Employment Professionals
Second Vice Chair Kristina Murto, Ensemble Creative & Marketing
Secretary/Treasurer Jamie Belzer, Jeff Belzer's Chevrolet Dodge Kia
Past Chair
Sheila Longie, Shred Right Inc.
Officers Jamie Dahlen, Holiday Inn
Mike Puppe, Lakeview Bank
Darrell Mullenbach, CliftonLarsonAllen LLP
Emily Fox Williams, Dakota Law
Stephanie Scherer, Metro Equity
Sarah Smith-Larkin, Brackett's Crossing Country Club
Jim Kretsch, Kretsch & Pace
Ex-officio Steve Mielke, City of Lakeville Dr. Lisa Snyder, Lakeville ISD194
Chamber Staff Todd Bornhauser President
Jeanne Marie Hutter Director of Marketing,Tourism & Communications
Linda Rynda Director of Members Services
Michele Shea Accountant, Office Administrator
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FROM THE CHAIR of the CHAIR
By Bob Curtis, 2014 Lakeville Chamber Chair
 FASTER, BETTER, SMARTER - 2014
Thank you for giving me the honor of serving as your 2014 Lakeville Area Chamber Chair. I am humbled to be chosen to lead an organization that I have been involved with over the past 10 years, and work with so many dedicated professionals that give a great deal of both their professional and personal time and talent to make the Lakeville Area Chamber so successful.
The Lakeville Area Chamber is viewed by its peers as a very successful and thriving Chamber of Commerce that offers its members many monthly programs including networking events, luncheons and morning brews.
2014 is the year the Lakeville Area Chamber will focus on what is working well and take it to the next level. We will achieve this by becoming Faster, Better, and Smarter as we concentrate on the following items in our strategic plan:
Model Chamber:
▪ Maximize the use of ChamberMaster, our website and social media options
▪ Give committees and fundraisers better tools to become more efficient
▪ Update Chamber staff policy and procedures to work smarter and plan for future technology updates
Membership: Strive for 500
▪ Engage the Board for referrals to support Chamber staff and committee membership goals
▪ Ask all members to become Chamber "ambassadors" by promoting membership to businesses they use on a daily basis and encourage members to talk about the benefits they realize by being a member
YEA: Young Entrepreneurs Academy
▪ Form a new committee to help kick off the second year of this one-of-a-kind educational program in Minnesota
To achieve this we will need the support of all our members, committees, board of directors and Chamber staff. There are numerous ways to contribute: join a committee, help at a fundraiser, host a Morning Brew or Business After Hours, or attend Chamber luncheons and seminars...just to name a few.
Sincerely,
Bob Curtis, Bob Curtis Agency/Farmers Insurance
2014 Lakeville Area Chamber of Commerce Chair
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CONGRATULATIONS
By Todd Bornhauser, Chamber President
CONGRATULATIONS
Thanks to those of you who attended the January 27th Annual General Membership Meeting and Holiday Dinner. As luck would have it, the dinner was held on yet another blustery winter day. Thanks to Crystal Lake Golf Club for a delicious meal.
As tradition requires, 2013 Chair Sheila Longie passed the gavel to Bob Curtis. Please welcome Bob as our 2014 Lakeville Area Chamber Chair and thank Sheila for her efforts last year!
Congratulations are also in order to Sue and Dan Schmitt, owners of Schmitty and Sons, Inc. for recognition as our 2013 Business Persons of the Year!
Cheryl Morton of Sterling State Bank received the Ambassador of the Year award! 
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LANDSCAPE AND HOME EXPO/CONSUMER SHOWCASE 2014
by Chair Trent Hochsprung
The committee has been working diligently getting ready to make this the best Chamber expo ever! Each year we have over 130 exhibitors and attract over 2,200 adults to the show.
Reserve your booth TODAY for this once a year opportunity to market your business to residents in Lakeville area.
March 15, 2014 Show hours: 9 am to 3 pm at Lakeville North High School FREE PARKING, FREE SEMINARS AND FREE ADMISSION!
For more info: www.lakevillechamber.org or 952-469-2020
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MARCO ACQUIRES CARRIER SERVICES COMPANY
Marco, Inc. announced its purchase of a TelePro Communications Inc., a telecom carrier services company. Marco acquired the Twin Cities-based company to expand the technology services they provide to their clients.
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CHAMBER DIRECTORY AD SALES
The 2014 Lakeville Area Chamber Member Directory and Community Profile is taking on a NEW and IMPROVED look. This full-color magazine style publication will continue to offer the same advertising opportunities as in the past. Please contact Jess Schmidt at ECM Publishing for more information.
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by David C. Olson, President MN Chamber of Commerce
 WHY THE CHANGE IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY?The good news keeps coming on Minnesota's economic front. Unemployment is dropping. The December forecast for the state budget shows a projected $1.08 billion surplus for the two-year cycle that began July 1.
That makes our work at the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce and our local partners easier, right? Findings from Grow Minnesota!, our distinctive private-sector economic development program, might say otherwise.
Conversations with business owners and managers early in the year showed Minnesota continuing its recovery from the 2008 recession. But key indicators trailed off as the year ended, leaving a wait-and-see approach as we turn the calendar. The change in attitude parallels the findings from the Minnesota Chamber's annual Minnesota Business Barometer Survey conducted midsummer - the same time that our state's job-creators were facing the reality of some dramatic changes in public policy at the Capitol.
Elected officials from both sides of the political aisle can take credit for the state's flush pocketbook today. We're likely seeing the fruits of actions beginning with Gov. Tim Pawlenty's administration in 2008 when he worked with a DFL legislative majority. Witness a recent report that showed spending on medical care in Minnesota has slowed considerably, due in part to Chamber-led bipartisan health care reforms enacted in 2008. Progress on other business priorities - principally K-12 reform and the streamlining of environmental review and permitting - was also made during Gov. Mark Dayton's first two years.
Enter 2013, and key policy decisions affecting the development and growth of our economy took a 180-degree turn. The Legislature imposed $2.3 billion in taxes which fell disproportionately on businesses. Financial investments in education were overshadowed by several K-12 reforms that stalled, and others that were unwound - all to the detriment of strengthening Minnesota's workforce. The rocky implementation of MNsure, the state's health care exchange, is raising a host of concerns about cost and coverage among small and midsized businesses.
The governor and legislative leaders tout an expanded toolkit of economic incentives for businesses enacted in 2013. Many of those, however, were targeted and benefited a very tiny slice of the state's 100,000-plus businesses.
Policy-makers should ask themselves, and then reach consensus: Do we have more ammunition to sell Minnesota if we focus on the overall business climate or if we offer a variety of incentives aimed at specific companies and/or industries?
To answer this question, our elected officials should, first and foremost, seek out and listen to our state's job-creators. They aren't shy about saying what's needed for their businesses to change and grow in Minnesota.
David Olson, President
Minnesota Chamber of Commerce
www.mnchamber.com.
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Thanks to our newsletter sponsor: Jon Koznick
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