New Activities Guide for Webster City

By Deb Brown | April 10, 2014

Every year the Chamber partners up with the Daily Freeman Journal and releases the Activities Guide.  It’s a lot of fun for us because we get to find out about everything that is going on around the community.  Now, you can see it right here online!  

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Winter Projects from Houzz

By Deb Brown | November 13, 2013

It’s the season of staying at home … dreaming of projects to do during the winter.  Houzz gives us many choices! Dumpster Decorating: Furnishing Your Home With Repurposed Pieces What does all of this have to do with small business?  One of the hottest new trends of architectural salvage, reusing furniture and resale.  We’ve got…

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8th in the Nation

By Deb Brown | July 10, 2013

 Webster City, Iowa is officially a Connect Iowa certified Connected community. More than 30 Iowa communities are currently involved in some stage of the Connected program, but Webster City is only the second in the state to achieve the official Connected certification. The occasion was marked with a standing-room only public event Tuesday at Fuller Hall Reception Center in…

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Scary Stats

By Deb Brown | May 9, 2013

I was recommended to read The End of Membership As We Know It and told to go to www.xyzuniversity.com to find it.  I found it, ordered and will report on it in a couple of weeks. Meanwhile, let me share a few Scary Statistics from their site. A culmination of Scary Stats as presented by XYZ University:…

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Be A Connector

By Deb Brown | May 8, 2013

Today I heard from Delore Zimmerman from Praxis Strategy Group.  Delore presented the Enterprising States research that is published by the U.S. Chamber Foundation.  (See this link for the full report and some interactive fun.) You might think this was boring.  On the contrary, anyone that lives in a town and works at or owns a…

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