Glenwood City Commission Meeting
10/26/2016

Chamber & Welcome Center Executive Board Meeting
10/26/2016

Canary Group Meeting
10/26/2016

62nd Annual Norwegian Smorgasboard, Benson, MN
10/26/2016

Starbuck Farmers Market October
10/27/2016

Glenwood Public Library - Story Hour
10/27/2016

Town Hall Meeting - Issues that Impact our Youth
10/27/2016

Senior Citizens Halloween Party
10/27/2016

Rise & Shine: Hosted by Studio e Architects
10/28/2016

Pope County FRIGHT NIGHTS
10/28/2016

Pope County Farmers' Market, Glenwood
10/29/2016

C. Willi Myles, Comedian
10/29/2016

Pope County FRIGHT NIGHTS
10/29/2016

Halloween Party - Hatchery Bar & Grill
10/29/2016

Mjøsen Lodge, Sons of Norway, Centennial Celebrati
10/30/2016

St John Nepomuk Church Annual Fall Dinner
10/30/2016

Community Trick or Treating at Fright Nights Haunted House
10/31/2016

Trunk or Treat
10/31/2016

Glenwood Rotary Club Meeting
11/01/2016

Pope County Community Expo Planning Meeting
11/02/2016

Drivers License Exam Testing
11/03/2016

Ann Bickle Heritage House Holiday Teas
11/05/2016

Christmas Extravaganza
11/05/2016

CCII Parks & Trails Committee Meeting
11/07/2016

Glenwood Rotary Club Meeting
11/08/2016

Habitat for Humanity Hammer Breakfast
11/08/2016

Glenwood City Commission Meeting
11/09/2016

Welcome Center Fundraiser Committee Meeting
11/09/2016

Give to the Max Day Autumn Market at Central Square Fall Fundraiser
11/10/2016

Glenwood Street Reconstruction PMT meeting
11/10/2016

Glenwood CCII Beautification Committee Meeting with Landscape Architects
11/10/2016

Ann Bickle Heritage House Holiday Teas
11/12/2016

Meco7 & The Valley Troll Holiday Open House
11/12/2016

Someplace Safe 15th Annual Christmas Extravaganza Fundraiser
11/14/2016

Pope County Farm Bureau Meeting
11/14/2016

Glenwood Lakes Area Chamber & Welcome Center Board of Directors Meeting
11/14/2016

Koep's Pheasant Tournament
11/15/2016

Glacial Ridge Hospice Tree of Life Celebration, Ridgewood Villa
11/15/2016

Glenwood Rotary Club Meeting
11/15/2016

Tree of Life
11/15/2016

A&W Restaraunt
Topher Lee
Website
topherlee@topherco.com
Join Date: 07/01/2016

Glacial Ridge Homecare & Hospice
Tina Blair
Website
tina.blair@glacialridge.org
Join Date: 07/11/2016

Integrity Title, Inc.
Jill Wagner
Website
integritytitle@gctel.net
Join Date: 07/18/2016

Miller Excavating, LLC
Benjamin (Ben) Miller
akittelson@morris.k12.mn.us
Join Date: 09/13/2016

The Cabin on Amelia
Josh and Maren Ettesvold
Website
thecabinonamelia@gmail.com
Join Date: 09/23/2016

 

The last day of curb-side yard waste pickup for city residents will be Friday, November 4th

                                                   

Are you or do you know of a new resident, employee, or business in the community? If so, we would like to "Welcome" you with a personal visit, information, and a FREE GIFT from our Glenwood Lakes Area Chamber Members!

To set up a visit, volunteer to be on the Welcome Committee, or to provide information for the Welcome Glenwood bags, please register online by clicking here or contact the Glenwood Lakes Area Chamber & Welcome Center..

Want to earn $50? Whether it's just once or as many times as you want, we want to reward you for new member referrals and promote our Keep It Local program at the same time!

When you refer a business to the Glenwood Lakes Area Chamber of Commerce,  to become a Tier 4-9 Business Chamber Member, then we will reward you with $50 in Minnewaska Dollars!

NOTE: Payment Minnewaska Dollars is AFTER payment is received from the new member.  

​Give us the information of the Business you are referring by completing the form below!  For more information about our Referral Program, please visit our website.

Thank you to everyone who attended the 2016 Pope County Salute to Business & Industry luncheon last Thursday.  Thank you to Lakeside for hosting the event and a special thank you to the co-sponsors and speakers. Congratulations to Glacial Ridge Health System on receiving the honor and award this year.

Halloween is just a  few days away.  A busy time for kids of all ages.  

• The Glenwood  library's story time for children ages 3-5 is hosting a Halloween Party on Thursday, October 27 at 10:30 a.m.  Preschoolers are welcome to wear their costumes, enjoy Halloween Stories, a pumpkin craft and treats.
• The Pope County Fright Nights will continue on Friday and Saturday, October 28 & 29th, but will not be held on Halloween Night, October 31st.
• On Sunday, Ace Hardware will host a Pet Costume Contest.  Scroll down for more information on registering your pet.
• The National Honor Society students will be trick-or-treating for the Pope County Hearts and Hands food shelf on October 31 from 5:00-7:00 p.m., filling their bags with donations of nonperishable foods and paper products.
• We will host the Community Trick or Treat event at the haunted house on Halloween Night, October 31st from 4:30-6:30 p.m. if we can get enough participants.  If we need to cancel due to lack of participants and volunteers to handle the trick or treater families, we will make that announcement on our Website, Facebook and KMGK 107.1 FM.

We want to wish everyone a safe and fun Halloween Night and want to remind drivers to watch for children and adults.

We have put information in this week's newsletter regarding Magical Christmas in Glenwood and other community events coming up in November and December.  For those interested in being in the Lighted Holiday parade, we have a short rules page this year.  The only rule that is new this year is the return of an old rule.  No other live Santa than the one leading the parade on the fire truck. Inflatables, cut outs, pictures, etc. are fine.     

As always, there is plenty to do in Glenwood and Pope County! Check out the calendar of events on our website or on the left column of this newsletter.

Have a good week!

We would like to congratulate Western Community Partners on being chosen as the Glenwood Lakes Area Chamber October Member of the Month! 

This week's Community Comments is sponsored by the following Glenwood Lakes Area Chamber members:

• Dorothy Jenum
• Larry & Linda Kittelson
• Pope County Farm Bureau
• Pope County H.E.L.P. Council
• Pope County Historical Society
• Pope County HRA/EDA 

You are invited to attend...

Battle of the Businesses Bowling Tournament
Sunday, November 20
Garden Center Lanes
115 30th Ave
Alexandria, MN 56308

4:00 or 6:00 p.m.

This bowling tournament is limited to a specified number of teams at each of the two time slots that we have reserved. Each team consists of 4 people and the three games that are included are not standard bowling games, but fun games where you have a chance to win cash with the colored pins! Each team registration includes shoe rental plus 3 games. Individuals can register and we will place them on a team also!

Team registration is $120.00 and Individuals are $30 (that's just $10/game for each person participating). Be sure to register today to reserve your spot!

click here to register


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Click here to become a Sponsor of the  
Pope County Community Expo

Saturday, April 8, 2017 
Minnewaska Area High School
9:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. 


Click here to see the current map for Sponsors and Exhibitors. The map, if you scroll over the booths, will show if they are available or already taken, prices, sizes, and amenities that are included. Once a booth is reserved (first-come, first-serve), another exhibitor will not be able to select it.

Sponsors will choose their booth(s) and upload their logos into the system at the time of registration. Booth locations are limited, so be sure to register early to get the spot(s) you wish to choose.

One work around that we are aware of is that the registration system will charge our sponsors for their booth rental fees at the time they register, but know that once you are registered, we will correct that pricing and issue a new invoice for Sponsors from our office until we find a way around that issue.

Here are the following Sponsorship levels for this year's event:

• Logo on promotional give-away items
• Booth location(s) selected prior to regular exhibitor registration opening
• 3 standard booths OR 1 premium booth plus 1 standard and/or outdoor booth
• Color logo on all promotional community display boards, posters & email blasts
• 1/4 page color ad in the Pope County Community Expo Special Edition Newspaper

Silver: $1,600.00

• Booth location(s) selected prior to regular exhibitor registration opening
• 2 standard booths OR 1 premium booth
• Name mention on all promotional community display boards, posters & email blasts
• 1/8 page color ad in the Pope County Community Expo Special Edition Newspaper

• Booth location(s) selected prior to regular exhibitor registration opening
• 1 standard booths
• Name mention on all promotional community display boards, posters & email blasts

We are using a new event registration system that has been built for the Expo, so please bear with us as we test out the system for the first time and learn as we go!

For more information contact Jerry Wright
at 320-760-6388.

                            
The Pope County Fright Nights will be done on Saturday, October 29th for the season.  However, they will have the building open for the Community Trick or Treat event from 4:30-6:30 p.m. on Halloween Night.

This is a lights on, no actors, no scary costumes, child friendly time to walk through the haunted house (guided if you wish).  Throughout the house, different businesses, agencies, organizations and clubs will be handing out treats.
                

Download the pdf form by clicking here:

   

The City of Glenwood is seeking grant funds from the Minnesota Department of Employment & Economic Development's (DEED's) Small Cities Development Program (SCDP) for downtown property owners in the target area featured below who are interested in improving their commercial buildings.

As part of the application process for these funds, the City must provide a list of interested property owners and examples of projects in Glenwood which need funding.

It is important that you complete the attached Letter of Interest Form if you would like funding from this grant to fix up your property! If you own multiple buildings downtown, please complete and submit separate forms for each building!

Click on the following links for additional information:

• Commercial Letter of Interest
• Rental Unit Letter of
• IntentHomeowner Flyer

For more information, please email Emajean Zwieg, Special Programs Coordinator with the Douglas County HRA or contact her by telephone at: (320) 762-3848.