The Chamber welcomes new member:


Clayton Bengford
2420 Correctionville Road
Sioux City, Iowa 51106
712.252.2480
 

CYP welcomes new member Alexa Beeck, Owner/Agent for State Farm Insurance

CYP is partnering with Carroll Brewing Co. and Sauk Rail Trail to promote the annual Rivalry Ride on September 8th.

CYP members are encouraged to participate. Everyone is welcome!
 

Click here for more info.

October 25- Moonlight Madness Sale

November 23 - Depot Lighting Ceremony

One of the many member benefits the Carroll Chamber of Commerce offers is its Chamber Bucks program. The purchase and use of Chamber Bucks ensures that dollars are being spent locally.
Here’s a few program details:

• Chamber Bucks come in denominations of $5, $10, $15, $20 and $25.
• Chamber Bucks work just like cash at member businesses.
• Chamber Bucks expire after six months. An expiration date is located on the front of the Chamber Bucks.
• If you bank locally, you may deposit Chamber Bucks with your checks.
• If the customer makes a purchase for less than the amount, it is the business’s choice to either give cash back or store credit. Do not give the customer back the Chamber Bucks.

The Chamber’s goal is to make the Chamber Bucks program easy to use for everyone involved. A small Chamber Bucks Guidelines card can be placed at your register to serve as a quick reference for employees. If at any time you have questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact us at 712-792-4383.
Click here for guidelines to put next to the register or stop by the Chamber for a copy.
 

The Carroll Chamber of Commerce is a membership organization dedicated to promoting the Carroll area businesses and developing community assets and
resources to encourage growth within the area. www.carrolliowa.com 

2018 Board Members
Steve Blackburn-President
Ted Garringer-Vice President
Mark Nepple-Secretary/Treasurer
Jill Schweers-Past President
Kenidy Christensen
Jim Friel
Tim Gute
Brent Kjellberg
Della Lappe
Melissa Lesle
Joel Lundstrom
Pat Macke
Connie Pudenz
Justin Schenkelberg
Kevin Skinner
Jeff Vonnahme

Staff
Shannon Landauer- Executive Director
Rosanne Nees- Business Development Director
Ashley Schable- Program Director
Joe Rossiter- Information Specialist
Miki Greene - Administrative Assistant

Everyone loves a parade, and Carroll Band Day will again treat residents to one of the area's best parades and marching band competitions this fall. 

Hundreds of spectators line the streets for this annual tradition each year. This year, the Carroll Band Day Parade is celebrating it's 61st year with a theme: Celebrating all the reasons we #ChooseCarroll. The parade is scheduled for Saturday, September 29, beginning at 10:30 a.m. The parade route starts at Adams Elementary School, heads south to 7th Street, east toward Graham Park and finishes at the Carroll Athletic Field. 

Windstar Lines and Mid-Iowa Insurance and Real Estate are this year's sponsors, along with Carroll Community School District and Kuemper Catholic School System. 

Make plans today to join us for our Carroll Band Day Celebration, Saturday, September 29, marching off at 10:30 a.m.  

If your organization or business would like to have a float/entry in this year's Band Day Parade, please register online here, or contact Ashley Schable (a.schable@carrolliowa.com) 

Come be in the parade, and come enjoy a day in Carroll! 

The 6th Annual Carrollfest was a huge success and what a great way to celebrate Carroll! Thank you to everyone who attended, the volunteers that made the event run smoothly and many organizations and generous businesses that supported the event.  A big thanks also to the City of Carroll and DMACC for providing the site for Carrollfest. American Home Shield
End Zone Inflatable
United Bank of Iowa
Leaps and Bounds Inflatable
Iowa Savings Bank

Activities and Tournament Sponsors:
Auen Distributing, Breeze Communications, Inc.,
Carroll Dental Associates, Carroll Rotary Club, Commercial Savings Bank, Computer Concepts of Iowa, First American Home Warranty, Kid's Health & Safety Fair, I Saw the Sign LLC,  Motor Inn of Carroll, Pizza Ranch, Tryon Gym Basketball, Verizon Wireless/Select Communications, and Western Iowa Networks.

Thanks also to these individuals and businesses for their support and sponsorship:
Carroll Can Redemption, Carroll Parks & Recreation, DMACC, Farm Bureau Insurance - Jeff Dentlinger,  Fusebox Marketing, Haley Equipment, Jet's Outdoor Power & Service,  Pro Auto, R&R Septic, Ray's Refuse, Sparky's, Soppe Chiropractic Clinic,  Sound & Service, State Farm Insurance - Alexa Beeck, Stone Printing & Office Supply, Tigges Overhead Doors and  Walmart Supercenter.
 

The Carroll Chamber of  Commerce hosted it's annual AgriBusiness Barbecue and Golf Outing on Friday, Aug. 10 at the Carroll Municipal Golf Course. The event is our way of showing appreciation for our agribusinesses and farmers for their contributions to Carroll County. 

This year, 38 teams participated in our golf tournament with several others joining in for the evening barbecue. It was a beautiful day for golfing and networking.

Thank you to all of our participants as well as our hole, event and door prize sponsors. Thank you to our Ag Golf Outing committee for their help in planning a successful event: Jeff Vonnahme, Chair, Farm Credit Services of America; Sean Haluska, Availa Bank; Kendall Cleveland, Farm Credit Services of America; Crystal Soyer, Landus Cooperative; Melissa Lesle, McFarland Clinic; Brandon Snyder, Mid-Iowa Insurance and Real Estate; Jim Friel, United Bank of Iowa; Justin Schenkelberg, American Home Shield; Connie Pudenz, UTC Aerospace Systems; and Kevin Skinner, Western Iowa Networks. 

Also, thank you to the Carroll Municipal Golf  Course and staff for their extra efforts in making it a special event. Without everyone's involvement this event would not be as successful as it is.Please mark your calendars for next year's AgriBusiness Golf Outing, set for Friday, Aug. 9, 2019. 

If you would like to be a part of the Call-Two Warning System please call the Chamber to be added.  

• If you are a part of the Call-Two system, you will receive a flow chart with your business on the chart. Please note where your business is located on the chart.
• When information is received from the Carroll Police Department or County Attorney’s office, the Chamber starts the calls on each chart.
• When you receive a “warning call”, please relay the information to the two businesses indicated on the chart.  If you are at the end of the chain, you will not need to make any calls.

WHEN:

9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Wednesday, October 10, 2018

WHERE:

LPA Conference Center
5071 Clover Ridge Rd
Panora, IA 50216

Click here to register.
Sponsored by Western Iowa Advantage, IowaWorks, and Employers Council of Iowa.

It amazes me every year how quickly the summer goes by.  I imagine for the kids in school, it went by even faster.  It certainly did for my children.

Of course late July and early August was Back to School time for many retailers.  Over the last few weeks I have stopped at some retail businesses to gauge how the Back to School shopping season went.  As is usually the case, it was a mixed bag of answers, but the overall consensus was it was good. 

As I continue to work as hard as I can to keep retail momentum (and build more) with our retail members, it is obvious that the retail environment has changed rapidly over the last few years.  One consistent conversation I seem to have with our retail partners is the affect of online shopping and other external impacts on local business.

 I certainly saw this first hand with my time in retail.  There are many ways to try to combat this shift from buyers.  One of the best solutions I found is to focus on what we do best.  Instead of spending time trying to beat those external impacts on their own terms, let’s combat them on ours.  Find your niche and kill it.  If we try to be a business for everyone, all the time, for everything, it becomes too easy to lose sight of the things that make us better than those external factors. 

If we desire to have our citizens shop with us, we must provide them with a unique offering that only we can provide.  For some that may be service, for others price, for yet others product.  Whatever it is, find your niche and make it yours. With that attitude, we will continue to see our businesses grow, despite a sometimes difficult environment.
As always #ChooseCarroll

Steve Blackburn
2018 Carroll Chamber President