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November 22, 2016 The Weekly Newsletter of the Eau Claire Area Chamber of Commerce
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2017 Sponsorship & Marketing Opportunities
Are you working on your budgets for 2017? Take a look at what the Eau Claire Area Chamber of Commerce has to offer for sponsorship and marketing opportunities! You get to pick what is best to promote your business or organization. And if the total reaches a specific level, you receive added-benefits and are designated as a Partner.
Click here for the 2017 Sponsorship & Marketing Partnership Packages. Here's just a few of the opportunities:
$500 Annual Meeting Door Prize Sponsor (only remaining Annual Meeting Sponsorship)
$900 Young Professionals of the Chippewa Valley
$250 A.M. Networking (new event)
$130 Beverage Sponsor
Please click on the links below for more information.
Tuesday, November 29
Lunch & Learn: How Will The Millennials Affect Our Future Workforce?
Thursday, December 1
Holiday Open House
Thursday, December 8
Ribbon Cutting: Mayo Clinic Health System - Neuro Peds Fifth Floor
Thursday, December 8
SOHO Holiday Social Event
Monday, December 12
Business After Hours
Friday, December 16
Eggs & Issues: Holiday Legislative Breakfast
Friday, December 16
Ribbon Cutting: Roble Tacos + Tequila
View Full Calendar on Website
Month-at-a-Glance (PDF)
October 2016
Ambassador of the
Month
Featured Job Posting:
Chippewa River Industries
November 2016 Board Highlights
The Chamber has office space still available. We will look at potential offices for entrepreneurs, with a sponsorship, or continue to market to non profits.
The Chamber has tracked the Storm Water Utility fee since it's inception in 1996. The cost began at $25 per ERU (Equivalent Run Off Unit). Each home is one ERU and there are approximately 42,000 ERU's in Eau Claire. The original plan was to have the rate be $100 by the year 2000. The Chamber worked with the City, DNR and local legislators to evaluate what was paid for in the rate. As a result the rate for 2017 will be the same as 2016 at $90 per ERU. This is paid quarterly on your water/sewer bills.
The Chamber monitors the 1/2 percent sales tax collected by the County. In 2000 the County needed $1 million to balance their budget and wanted to add the 1/2 percent tax. The Chamber had always opposed this tax but agreed to not oppose it if at least 75% of the tax goes to property tax relief. In 2000 that amounted to approximately $5 million dollars. It has stayed between 78% and 92% over the years for property tax relief. For 2017 the County is budgeting $9.6 million due to the growth of retails sales, which now are just over $2 Billion. The County will apply 83 percent of that to property tax relief, which amounts to $172 on a $134,000 valued home. The Chamber will continue to work with the County and monitor this tax. The Chamber appreciates the County's efforts towards property tax relief.
More highlights>>
Lunch & Learn: How Will The Millennials Affect Our Future Workforce?
Presented by: Patti Matthews, Manpower
Tuesday, November 29, Noon - 1 p.m.
Eau Claire Chamber of Commerce
PESI Conference Room
Cost to Attend: $20 Chamber members; $40 non-Chamber members (includes lunch)
Sponsored by:
Aging & Disability Resource Center of Eau Claire County
Rhom
Construction
HSHS Sacred Heart & St. Joseph's hospitals
Weld Riley, S.C.
By 2020, Millennials will make up over a third of the global workforce. That's one reason so many reports about them exist. Manpower put together information that presents new findings and fresh insights from the perspective of employers and employees.
Small Business Saturday - Contest
November 26
We have over 20 Chamber member businesses participating in this year's Small Business Saturday! So, if you plan on spending local this holiday season we would recommend checking these area locations out. Plus, to add some fun we have created a social media contest. We will have 3 drawings for a "'local" gift basket, a '"local' food basket, and a $50 Sam's Club gift card. To be entered into the drawings you will to do one or all of the following plus:
1. "Check-In"' on Facebook at participating business
2. Tag the location, post picture of purchase and comment
3. Show receipts from 3 different places totaling $30 or more.
You will get extra chances to win by tweeting about your experience at one or more of the participating businesses and use #ECSmallBizSaturday
Click here for interactive pdf of Small Business Saturday participants and what their specials will be.
Thank You: Real Life Academy Success
Thank you to the sponsors, volunteers and committee members who made the fall Real Life Academy a success. We had 330 students from Altoona, Fall Creek, Memorial, North and Regis high schools participate in the event on Wednesday, November 16 and experienced a day of "real life".
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Update on the "Overtime Rule"
Effective December 1, 2016, the threshold to be considered an exempt salaried employee under federal Fair Labor Standards Act overtime regulations jumps from $23,660 to $47,476. Click here for more details from the US Department of Labor.
Because of the significant negative impact on employers and workers, the US Chamber of Commerce has led efforts to overturn or delay the rule in Congress and the courts. In response to our requests, Rep. Ron Kind has signed on as a co-sponsor of HR 5813, to soften the impact by phasing in implementation over three years and eliminating the automatic update provision. However, successful action before the deadline is unlikely, and employers should be prepared to be in compliance as of December 1.
The Chamber will continue to monitor this issue. More information: The Partnership to Protect Workplace Opportunity or contact Scott Rogers
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Eggs & Issues: Holiday Legislative Breakfast
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Friday, December 16, 7 - 8:30 a.m.
University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire
Davies Center - Ojibwe Ballroom
$20 per person for Chamber members
Sponsored by:
Join us for the annual Holiday Legislative Breakfast, hosted by UWEC Chancellor James Schmidt and Eau Claire Area Chamber of Commerce Board Chair, Dave Johnson. Meet the members of the State Senate and Assembly who will represent west central Wisconsin in Madison beginning with the January legislative session, including newly-elected members of the Assembly. This event is open to individuals whose organizations are members of the Chippewa Falls, Eau Claire or Menomonie Chambers of Commerce.
Read more or register>>
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The Florian Gardens Conference Center
2340 Lorch Avenue
Please join us for the monthly Business After Hours. Network with other business people in a social atmosphere. It is a great opportunity to make those important business connections.
This month's Business After Hours is sponsored by
The Florian Gardens Conference Center, Nohre & Company, Northwestern Bank and Spectrum Insurance.
Admission is
$6 at the door for members and
$12 for non-members. Passes (minimum of four) can be purchased in advance
at the Chamber for $5. Registration is not required for this event.
For more information>>
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Save the Date!
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Sponsored by: AMK Cleaning Services LLC, Banbury Place, Inc., Cigan Properties, Northwestern Bank, and Principal Financial Group
This annual event hosted by the Eau Claire Chamber of Commerce is open to all members. Come enjoy food and beverages from Chamber member businesses and network with old and new friends!
Enjoy food and drink from these businesses:
American Ice
Dessert First
Festival Foods
General Beer Northwest
Gordy's Market
Houligan's Steak & Seafood Pub
Infinity Beverages Winery & Distillery
Lake Wissota Golf
Leinenkugel's
N7 Cafe
Olive Garden Italian Restaurant
Park Ridge Distributing, Inc.
Sam's Club
The French Press
The Informalist
Wagner's Lanes
Westgate Sportsman Club
Read the current Small Street Journal for updates and announcements from
Chamber members. Please submit your updates to
Becky Seelen.
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