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Dec 4th, 2013                                               

 

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Chamber Update

More Events in the Community Calendar.

 

Don't miss our FREE Chamber Christmas Party & Business Awards this Thursday Night!  More details to the right!
Your RSVP is important so we can have enough food, etc
It's a fun casual night at a unique Newton Location.  Spouses are welcomed! Let's celebrate together!
Feel free to bring a door prize on behalf of your business!!

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Chamber Christmas Party and Business Awards

Newton Enterprises Innovation Center - 400 W 4th Street North

 

 Another Festive Night in Newton!!

 Thanks to all of the volunteers and parade entries who made it a fun night for our 2013 Courthouse Lighting and Lighted Christmas Parade!  Click on each picture for more highlights.  Special that to our Parade Co-chairs Pam Debruyn from Lonnie Portner State Farm and Michelle Langmaid from Johnson Funeral Services.  Thank also to everyone who donated to the Courthouse Lighting Fund.

 

 Pictures with Santa are now posted on our Facebook Page.  Click on the picture below for more!  

 

Thanks again to our 2013 

Lighted Christmas Parade Sponsors!
Hy-Vee, Car Country, Skiff Medical Center, Pappy's, Black Hills Energy, Magnum Automotive, Newton Manufacturing, 
Integrity Audit Services, the
 
Iowa Speedway Foundation, 
Jasper County Abstract, Trinity Structural Towers and 
Wallace Family Funeral Home
 
Thanks for your commitment to making Newton, Iowa a great place to live and work! 

 

We recently sent out our first edition of the Main Street Minute.  Watch for more updates from Main Street as we count down toward our Application Deadline.
 
UPDATE: Main Street Pledges continue to come in and we are close to 65% of our Goal!  More details in the Main Street Minute.
 
Pledges are due by Friday Dec 6th
Sign it on behalf of your Service Club, Business or organization!
If you have made a pledge or signed an endorsement letter, post this poster proudly!
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MAIN STREET
UPDATE
  
Our Main Street Team visited Oskaloosa and met with their Main Street Staff to learn more about the tremendous benefits they have seen in revitalizing their Downtown District.  Click on the picture for more highlights.
Watch for highlights next week on how the Main Street Program has helped Downtown Oskaloosa over the past 25 years!  A great downtown does not happen by accident!
  
Thanks Again to the Capitol II Theatre
Special thanks to the Capitol II Theatre for hosting our Main Street Rally.  Thanks also to Wallace Family Funeral Home and Clemon-Maki Insurance for the free popcorn!   Click on the picture above for more highlights.
  
Want to Learn more about Main Street and what it can mean to Downtown Newton?  Follow these Links.
  
  
Main Street Weekly Meeting
Our Main Street Application Team has chosen to have a standing meeting every Thursday at 7:30 AM at the Chamber of Commerce Conference Room.
  
Main Street is a very comprehensive approach to Downtown revitalization and the rewards to Newton could be remarkable.  It will take ALL of us working together.  If you care about Downtown Newton and want to learn more and get involved, email us at info@experiencenewton.com.
  
Current Main Street Launch Team includes:
Erin Chambers - City of Newton
Rob Kahn - 1st Newton National Bank
Jeff Maki - Clemon-Maki Insurance
Jenny Mann - ReNew Newton
Travis Padget - United Way of Jasper County 
Rita Reinheimer - Newton Historical Commission
Darrell Sarmento - Chamber of Commerce Exec. Director
Bruce Showalter - Re/Max Real Estate Concepts
Maxine Udelhoven - Newton Historical Building Society  
Pat Wallace - Wallace Family Funeral Home
Kathy Winn - In Remembrance
Travis Walker - US Bank
Watch for this list to grow in the coming weeks.  More are interested!! How about you?

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Our Chamber radio show airs every Friday morning at 8:40 AM on KCOB 1280 AM.  You can also link to the archives to hear the show anytime!  We'll keep this link on our Chamber E-blasts for your convenience.  A new show will be posted every Friday.  If you are interested in sponsoring the show, contact the radio station at (641) 792-5262.  Sponsors will have the opportunity to be interviewed on one of the shows.  Special thanks to KCOB and the staff at GoodRadio.TV for being a great community partner and taking the lead to launch this project.
LINKS to Business Blogs & Resources 
This list changes now and then but these are great resources for anyone running a business or organization, small or large, for profit or not-for-priofit.
  
Co-author of "The Go-Giver", one of our recommended books.  It's all about doing business with those you know, like and trust.  If you are in sales or want to understand the power of networking, this is a great blog.
  
If you want to be remarkable, Seth will help you get started.  We recommended his book "The Big Moo" but he has much more to say.  Great for marketing ideas too.
  
Facebook? Twitter?  You'll find resources, links and articles for all of the all the latest tips and trends in social media.
  
Why do many small businesses fail?  Michael Gerber wrote a book called the E-Myth (The Entrepreneaur Myth - Voted #1 business book by Inc. 500 CEOs.) to examine that fact, and he's been coaching hundreds ever since. 
  
Got a recommended resource?  Send a link to darrell@experiencenewton.com.

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TIME TO RSVP!

 

Free Chamber Christmas Party!

 

Thursday, Dec 5th

Innovation Center

Newton Enterprises 

Innovation Center

400 W 4th Street North 

 

5:30 PM - 8:00 PM

5:30 - Free hors d'oeuvres

 & cash bar

6:45 - Business Awards

The nominations are in!  Let's celebrate some achievement together!

 

RSVP at

info@experiencenewton.com.

 

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Chamber Christmas Party and Business Awards - Dec 5th

 

Party Sponsors include:

Newton Daily News

Bank Iowa

Jasper County Abstract

Trinity Structural Towers

Hy-Vee of Newton

DMACC School of Business

Iowa Speedway Foundation

Skiff Medical Center

Newton Manufacturing

 Integrated Treatment Services

State Farm - Lonnie Portner

 

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