Wednesday, November 14, 7:30 - 9 a.m.
Mayo Clinic Health System
1221 Whipple Street
Cost to Attend: $25

Sponsored by: Associated Bank, Banbury Place, Mayo Clinic Health System, Royal Construction, Inc. and Ruder Ware L.L.S.C.

Join us for our next session of our Leadership Success Series featuring Jim Hoffman, president of Hoffman Construction. The fourth generation construction company is a heavy civil contractor specializing in road construction and contract mining in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa. The company grew from $25 million in revenue in 1984 to over $150 million in 2014. Hoffman Construction manages 30-50 major highway and site development projects each year with its fleets of scrapers, dozers, off-road trucks, backhoes and dump trucks. The company grew by more than 40 percent this year due to Foxconn-related work and bidding opportunities.

Jim Hoffman, a Black River Falls native, attended Stanford University. He received a degree in civil engineering and a master’s degree in construction engineering. After graduation, he worked in the San Francisco Bay area for Rudolf and Sletten, a building contractor, before returning to Hoffman Construction Company in 1989. He has served as the past president of both the Wisconsin Earthmovers Association and the Wisconsin Transportation Builders Association.

Cost to attend is $25 for Chamber members and $45 for non-members and includes a breakfast buffet. Breakfast will be served in the atrium outside the auditorium. The presentation will be held in the auditorium from 8-9 a.m. with a short time allotted for questions and answers. Please park on the first or second level of the hospital parking ramp. Follow signs to the hospital entrance. Once in the building, take the main elevator in the Luther Building to the lower level.  

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We encourage any Chamber member’s employees ages 21 – 40 to join our Young Professionals of the Chippewa Valley organization! To find out more information about this program or to fill out an application, head to the Chamber’s website and check out our facebook page.

Want YP to come to you? Schedule an informational presentation at your office - YP leadership will come on site and present this program to your employees! Email Casey Schumacher or call (715) 858-0614 for more information on this opportunity.  
 

2019 Business After Hours Sponsorship

• The location of the event must be able to accommodate 180 people which is the average attendance at this event.
• Please note that if the location indicated does not have a liquor license, special licensing is required from the city. The sponsors must then partner with a qualified non-profit organization to apply for the license. Application should be made at least three months in advance. The Chamber will only allow two of the eleven Business After Hours to be held at a location without a liquor license.
• The sponsoring businesses will provide a minimum of four door prizes valued with a value of at least $50.
• The Eau Claire Chamber will promote the event on its website, The Update e-newsletter and an individual email.
• Chamber staff and Ambassadors will handle registration, which includes collecting of admission fee, name tags and the program at the event.

Eggs & Issues: Wisconsin Business Update With WMC

Friday, October 19, 7 - 8:30 a.m.
Eau Claire Area Chamber of Commerce, PESI Conference Room
101 N. Farwell Street
$20 per person for Chamber members

A Chamber Business Advocacy Event
Sponsors:
Advocate - Xcel Energy, Miron Construction
Supporter - Banbury Place/Cigan Properties, Eau Claire Energy Cooperative 

Kurt Bauer, President of Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce, provides an update of key issues of importance to the state's business community, including a look at his organization's policy priorities in Madison, and the current political outlook for the fall election.  WMC is the state's chamber of commerce and its largest business trade association, representing more than 3,500 employers of every size and from every sector of the economy. This is a Chamber members-only event.   

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Legislative Candidates' Forum/Meet & Greet

Thursday, October 11, 6:30-9:00 p.m.
Chippewa Valley Technical College, Business Education Center
620 W. Clairemont Ave., Eau Claire
No charge to attend and no pre-registration required

Join us for this valuable opportunity to help make your voting decisions for state legislative races this fall.  Hear the candidates for State Senate Districts 23 and 31, and State Assembly Districts 67, 68, 91 and 93. Following the Forum Q&A, there will be time to meet and greet individual candidates. All of the candidates for these offices have confirmed their attendance.

Sponsored by: Leader-Telegram, WQOW TV 18, Valley Media Works (Community Television), and the Eau Claire Area Chamber of Commerce.

For more information, click here or contact Scott Rogers.
 

Monday, October 8 5-6:30 p.m. Cowboy Jack's 1432 Front Porch Place

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 Associated Bank, N.A., Cowboy Jack's and Marshfield Clinic.

Admission is $6 at the door for members. Passes may be purchased in advance for $5 each (minimum of four)  Registration is not required for this event.

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Friday, October 5 7:45-9:00 a.m. Aging & Disability Resource Center 721 Oxford Avenue

Sponsored by: Aging & Disability Resource Center

Please arrive at 7:45 a.m. for registration and some beverages and food. At 8 a.m., staff from Aging & Disability Resource Center will take the floor to tell you more about the business.

Then it's time for some speed networking. Don't be frightened, it's much easier than speed dating!

Registration is required since there will be a maximum attendance (40 attendees for this event). The first five people who register (and attend) will receive a pass to attend Business After Hours. When you register online, it will indicate the other individuals that have registered.

Join us for this fun exchange of information! Hear more about Aging & Disability Resource Center and meet other business professionals.

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Read the current Small Street Journal for updates and announcements from
Chamber members. Please submit your updates to Becky Seelen.

Tuesday, September 25
Lunch & Learn: Competing for Employees as a Small Business

Wednesday, September 26
Ribbon Cutting: Sal's Complete Auto

Thursday, September 27
Ribbon Cutting: Shillin Wealth Management

Tuesday, October 2
Ribbon Cutting: Happy Days Auto Body Shop

Thursday, October 4
Ribbon Cutting: Signarama

Friday, October 5
AM Exchange

Monday, October 8
Business After Hours

Tuesday, October 9
Chamber/CVTC Business Community Breakfast

Thursday, October 11
Legislative Candidates' Forum/Meet & Greet

Tuesday, October 16
2018 Business Expo & Job Fair

Thursday, October 18
Ribbon Cutting: Wipfli

Thursday, October 18
SOHO October Social Event

Friday, October 19
Eggs & Issues: Wisconsin Business Update with WMC

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