Seymour Chamber of Commerce
P.O. Box 95, Seymour, WI 54165 920-833-6053
October's Meeting - Wed Oct 29th (See below)
President’s Message
The City of Seymour recently participated in a program called 1st Impressions with the City of Horicon. Each community sent representatives to the other to get a feel for what people see when visiting the city. The group from Horicon will be giving their results on Wednesday, October 29th, at the Seymour City Hall. The Chamber has been invited to join the presentation and hear first-hand how we are perceived. We have decided to forego our scheduled meeting and convene at City Hall at 6:00 p.m. on the 29th. Please make note of the change. Pizza and dessert will be served along with great conversation. I hope you can join us. Please call me at 833-1559 by Monday, October 27th, to let me know if you will be attending so we know how many pizzas we’ll need. It should be enlightening!
We are in need of two board members. Annette will be stepping down from the secretary’s position and we still need a vice-president nominee. Please let me know if you are interested, we’d like to have a board in place by November 1st.
Thank you,
Kevin Kaufman
September 24th Meeting Minutes
-President Kevin Kauffman called the meeting to order at 6:40.
-We shared a moment of silence and ate dinner.
-Kim Marnocha from Baylake Bank introduced Dawn Coenen from MCCS (credit card processing/merchant services). MCCS works with Baylake Bank. Dawn lives in Seymour and her office is in Hortonville. She’s been with her company for six years.
-Dick Lubinski from Lubinski Law Office introduced David Van Straten, a new attorney who is with their firm. He grew up in Seymour, went to UW-LaCrosse, practiced law in Green Bay for awhile, and is glad to be back in Seymour.
-Bill Collar spoke about the great season they had for Music in the Park. There were over 3,000 people total in attendance, an average of 250 people each week. The museum had 675 people in attendance for their open house. The museum’s Winter Celebration is set for December 8th. There will be a bake sale in which all proceeds will go to the New Museum Building Fund.
-Bill also spoke about the great summer reading program at the library. Numbers are up. Reminder: November 1st is the Wine & Beer Tasting Event at Crystal Springs, featuring “Beers of the World”. There will be a harpist playing at the event as well.
-Good Shepherd Open House is October 9th from 4-6:30 pm. KNX Party Band will play.
-November 8th is Good Shepherd’s Trees of Love from 6-9 pm.
Someone has been hired to update the Chamber Website. There will be more to report next meeting.
-Dick Lubinski invited four new businesses to join the Chamber:
Video Storm Rustic Arts
Bowen Therapy
Tammy VanEperen of Chaps
-Jim Campbell spoke on behalf of HOTH. The new HOTH signs should be done the first week of October. Keep your fingers crossed. HOTH gave the Chamber a $300 donation from the rummage sale.
-Ron Seidl spoke on behalf of the City of Seymour. Budgets are being worked on. Sidewalks are scheduled to be in this fall.
Pat Klass spoke on behalf of the school. open house is this weekend. There is a reception at the Primary Center with a short dedication ceremony. The ceremony at the Black Creek school is at 2:45. The football team is 2-2 and the girls’ volleyball team is doing well. There are 78 5th-6th graders in Youth Football. We have several new administrators in the district.
-Rick Pruski from Outagamie County Fair was present and told us that the concerts were a challenge in 2008. 2009 is the 125th Anniversary for the fair. Future focus will be on Historical Aspects of the fair and bringing back some of those things. They want new members in the Fair Association.
-New Business:
Community Youth through Outagamie County Health Services; a mentoring program to help kids. And another program through a UW Madison research project, where youth can job shadow at your business. More to come next meeting.
-Meeting adjourned at 7:40 p.m. |
