Webster City
Ireland – You Know You Want To Go!
Have you been to Ireland? Would you like to go? The Webster City Area Chamber of Commerce is providing the opportunity to travel to Ireland. Why not join us? We will leave March 12, 2014 and be there through St. Patricks Day! If you register by September, your rate is $2,349 (includes airfare, hotel, breakfast…
Read MoreBe A Connector
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…
Read MoreFuneral Factoids
Last week we had a Chamber Coffee hosted by Boman Funeral Homes. A quiz was given, answers were turned in and this week the winner was announced. Mary Lou Gordon answered most of the questions correctly and won $25 in Webster City Bucks. I’d like to share a few of those questions and answers with…
Read MoreKickstarter, Grenades and WTF
Kickstarter is this site where inventors can raise money to back their projects. It’s a real grassroots kind of thing, and those of us in small towns are very familiar with grass roots fundraising. People will give if it’s a worthwhile project. Lots of things get done when local, small town people put their mind…
Read MoreCardboard Regatta
The Boone Bash River Dash is June 22 in Webster City. There are canoe races and floats, Iowa Games Adventure Race, Kids Dash Inflatables and Games, a community wide picnic and the Cardboard Regatta. The Chamber sponsors the Cardboard Regatta and it sounds like a ton of fun. People make floating devices out of cardboard.…
Read MoreWhy Bring Attention to Empty Buildings?
The Webster City Economic Development and Chamber of Commerce hosts The Tour tonight, April 24 from 5:30 to 7:30 pm. There are 11 locations to seen on The Tour highlighting buildings in the downtown area that are either for sale or for rent. Realtors and/or owners will be present to answer the important questions about…
Read MoreExpect the Unexpected
Where are you traveling? Have you explored your local county first? It’s a question I ask a lot – there are so many exciting things to see and do here in Hamilton County and I’m just getting started. The problem for a lot of Chamber and Tourism organizations is where do we begin when we…
Read MoreGood Morning Webster City!
I spent a morning at KQWC this week. You can find them online at www.kqradio.com It’s the station to listen to for local news presented by Pat Powers. Pat gave me a tour of the building and its exactly what you’d think a radio station would look like: offices, microphones, equipment and happy people. Then…
Read MoreTour of Empty Buildings
There’s a few empty store fronts and locations around town. I’d like to see them filled. So we came up with an idea for a tour. First I went and visited with Brian Stroner at the GIS office. He made a map for me that showed every location along 2nd Street and who owns. He…
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