The Chamber, in partnership with Chamber member businesses, the Daily Times Herald and Stone Printing & Office Supply, released the 2016 Edition of the Carroll Magazine in April. The magazine is placed in every hotel room and displayed at many local businesses. It is also distributed through the Chamber office and serves as an available resource piece for visitors and new residents. This magazine is made possible through Chamber member business advertising.

The 2016 Carroll County Visitor Guide has arrived! Get a supply to hand out in your business. Thank you to all the advertisers who made this publication possible. The guides will be distributed to all Welcome Centers and Western Iowa Tourism Region Office, as well as many locations in the county.

The Farmer's Market will be located
at the passenger platform at the Depot Plaza again this year. It will be open Saturdays 8:30am-11:30am and Wednesdays 3:30pm-6:00pm beginning June 1. More vendors are always welcome. Check out the seasonal selection of fruits, vegetables, baked goods and other items.
Call 712-792-3094 for details.

The Chamber has quite a few events going on this summer. Please see the enclosed flyers for more information on the events.

Schulz Painting

CYP Business-After-Hours

Chamber Golf Registration

Merchant's Baseball
- Housing
- Player Code of Conduct
- Sponsorship Opportunities

Interested in sponsoring or want more information please contact the Carroll Chamber of Commerce at (712)792-4383 or chamber@carrolliowa.com or visit www.carrolliowa.com.

2016 Board Members
Andy Reiman- President
Jill Schweers- Vice President
Sarah Foley- Secretary/Treasurer
John Perrin- Past President
Steve Blackburn
Jim Friel
Karen Kennebeck
​Brent Kjellberg
K'Lynn Ludwig
Joel Lundstrom
Mark Nepple
Travis Osterlund
Peg Sanders
Justin Schenkelberg
Dr. Michelle Sturm

Chamber Staff
Shannon Landauer- Executive Director
Rosanne Nees- Business Dev. Director
Elizabeth Uhlenkamp- Program Director
Megan Schweers- Office Manager

CYP welcomes new members: Jill Janson, Office Manager at Alliant Personnel Resources; Jayme Quirk, Sales & Catering Manager at Carrollton Inn; Jeremy Rierson, Account Manager at Alliant Personnel Resources; and Trent Vanderheiden, SLA Technician at Computer Concepts of Iowa.

CYP is hosting a Chamber Business-After-Hours on Friday, May 5th. To learn more about this event see the enclosed flyer.

CYP Lunch & Learn- Tuesday, May 17 at noon at the ISU Extention Office; the topic will be Balancing Work and Home.

Computer Concepts of Iowa is partnering with CYP to sponsor a Carroll Merchant's Baseball Game on
Wednesday, June 15th at 7:00 PM.
CYP Members and their families will receive free tickets to the game!

There are GREAT Marketing Opportunies for Chamber Members to promote your business and help support Carrollfest. To learn more about this event visit carrollfest.com.
Carrollfest is Saturday, August 6th.

The Chamber is still working hard to find housing for 7 players for the 2016 baseball season! The Merchants players will be living in Carroll from June 1 to approximately the first week of August. Thank you to all of you who have already committed to hosting a player or two! Please contact John Perrin or the Chamber Office if your household would be interested in housing Merchants players. Here is the Host Family Application along with the Player Code of Conduct.

We are still seeking Game Sponsors for June 26, July 2, July 5, and July 11. What a fun way to show your employees appreciation and support your local Carroll baseball team! We are also seeking Program Sponsors and Booster Club Members. Here is a list of Sponsorship Opportunities along with the Merchants 2016 full schedule. Please contact the Chamber Office at (712)792-4383 if you or your business is interested in sponsoring the Merchants!
   

Graduates of the 2015 leadership class are: Deb Adams, St. Anthony Regional Hospital; Jamie Blum, Blum Physical Therapy; Matt Boell, The Graphic Edge; Megan Boyd, American Home Shield; Diana Bruch, Templeton Savings Bank; Michael Christensen, Christensen Chiropractic Clinic, PC; Amy Christian, DMACC; Brett Foley, American Home Shield;  Tasha Hinners, New Hope;  Mark Huffman, Landus Cooperative; Susie Hulst, Kuemper Catholic School System; Courtney Jass, 360 Feeds; Sarah Johnson, Puck Custom Enterprises; Sean Kleespies, City of Carroll; Brook Mikkelsen, The Graphic Edge; Chris Nieland, Western Iowa Networks; Holly Onken, Mid-Iowa Insurance & Real Estate; Cindy Rattenborg, DMACC; Susie Schrader, Carroll Broadcasting; Karen Schreck, American Home Shield; Jeremy Strasser, Pella Corp.

Leader Sponsors of the program include: American Home Shield, DMACC, Drees and Landus Cooperative. 
Partner Sponsors include: Badding Construction, Carroll Broadcasting, Carroll County State Bank, Champion Ford of Carroll, Farner-Bocken Co, Greteman & Associates, Mid-Iowa Insurance & Real Estate, Pella Corp-Carroll Operations, Performance Tire & Service, The Graphic Edge, UTC Aerospace-Carroll and Western Iowa Networks.

Let the Chamber help you setup your business/organization's Traffic Catcher Page! 
Think of this as your business’s promotional profile page on the Chamber’s website. Your Traffic Catcher System (TCS) landing page is your primary tool for sharing information about your company, products, or services.  This tool gives visitors a more enhanced experience on the directory. The Traffic Catcher page is fully customizable by you; as your business grows, so can your TCS page. 

• Monthly reports on visitor traffic to your page
• Integrated Facebook page
• Integrated commercials
• Coupon Creator
• Search Engine Optimization, allows the page to become easier to find on the directory and search engines like Google
• TCS Page is supported on mobile devices
• Free USA based support staff assigned to your TCS page

Mark Nepple is a native of Carroll. He is a '97 Kuemper graduate and attend DMACC after high school. He is the manager at Bomgaars with 17 years of experience. Mark has been very involved with the Chamber, serving on committees and as a past memeber of the CYP Steering Committee. We are excited to welcome him to the 2016 Chamber Board of Directors. Mark enjoys spending time with his wife, Tami, and two sons, Owen and Grant. Some of Marks hobbies include hunting, fishing, and woodworking.

First off, I would like to congratulate our local graduates and wish them the best of luck as they transition into the next phase of their lives. To the young kids, I would like to express how great of a community they have grown up in and if they are heading off to college, I hope they consider coming back when they have completed their education. Our community has so many great companies to work for, great schools to send their kids to and wonderful ammenities.

I feel spring has finally arrived and the dandelions are in full bloom. If you are like me, the war against weeds has begun. Our events season will begin this month, on May 7^th we will be having our first Carroll Chamber of Commerce Color Fun Run. If you read my letter last month, you may know it as CCCCFR. I, for one, am not much of a runner but I am looking forward to running in this event. The idea of people throwing colored powder at me while I run seems like a lot more fun than your standard 5K run. We are also working on our Chamber Golf Outing.

There are many opportunities in this event to promote your business. Please contact the Chamber at (712)792-4383 to find out the best ways for your business to get extra exposure to the community.

Enjoy the outdoors!

Andy Reiman
2016 Chamber President