Prior Lake Chamber News

Dates to Remember

June

3 Board Meeting

2 & 4 Ambassador Pop-Ins

17 Member Meeting

18 Family BBQ @ Lund’s

July

1 Board Meeting

7 & 9 Ambassador Pop-Ins

15 Member Meeting

Minute to Win It

31 Wheels-N-Heels

Inside this issue:

Chair ~ Salutations 2

March Meeting 2

Executive Board 3

Board of Directors 3

New Members 3

Member Orientation 3

Upcoming Events 4

A Day In Your Shoe 4

Ambassador Pop-Ins 4

Golf Sponsors 5

Golf Teams 6

Lake front Days 7/8

Parade Application 9

Wine/Business Expo 10

LFD Sponsorshio 11/12

June 2015

May has been a very busy month for the

chamber. Kicking things off right with

the ever popular Senior Luncheon.

Participation by

our membership

was amazing. The

children from

Little Lakers were as cute as

can be, and the seniors were delighted.

Especially our King

and Queen Art

Draeger & Dorothy

Engel

May Pop-Ins (pg. 4)

Included Homestead

Plus, Block

Dentistry, KinderCare Learning Center,

Perkins, Buffalo Wild Wings, & Chuck

and Don’s. Thank you Ambassasdors

for volunteering your time to visit other

members.

Several committees have been working

hard behind the scenes on upcoming

summer events including

Wheels-N-Heels our car

show plus so much more

(pg. 5) Wine Tasting &

Business Expo &

Lakefront Days (pgs 6-11)

Check out the new options for

getting involved in supporting a

great summer get-together.

Our annual Golf Tournament

was loads of fun. The weather cooperated.

Competition was stiff and great fun. The

1st place prize goes

to...KleinBank #2 with

Bob Facente, Bill

O’Rourke and Dan

Mattson. A huge thank

you to our sponsors who help make this a

great event KleinBank & Sheldon Bryant

were event sponsors

and our hole, range, &

green sponsors

include

Cosmopolitan

Ortho, Watkins Family Chiropractic,

JAM Marketing, Integrated Business

Solutions, Andrew Anthony Insurance

Agency & Ed Speiker Consulting. Check out Facebook for other winners and

photos.

We hope everyone was able to participate

in the Memorial Day Celebration at Twin

Oaks this year - a great way to honor our

veterans.

More dates for your calendar pg. 4.

May Highlights

members and relax under

the big tent. We will also

be announcing the winners

of this years Dick

Underferth Humanitarian

awards. Two lucky Seniors

will receive $500.

June 17th @ L&B

Grilling Out & Dick

Underferth Awards

Check-in - 11:30 am

Lunch @ Noon.

RSVP by June 12

L&B will be serving up

Dave’s famous steak

sandwiches. This is a very low

key meeting a great

opportunity to chat with fellow

June Membership Meeting Grilling with Chromy & Awards Presentation

4785 Dakota Street, Prior Lake, MN 55372

1970 ~ 2015

June 2015 Page 2

Greetings from your Chamber Chair - Ed Speiker ~ Ed Speiker Consulting

Another successful

community senior

citizens spring

luncheon is history.

A very nice job by

Sandi and the entire

committee, but all the

wonderful volunteers made it special

this year. Setup and cleanup went

faster than normal, plus we had a ton

of wonderful gifts to give out to the

seniors. Everyone I talked with had a

great time. Thanks again for our

generous sponsors and volunteers, it

was a big success. Our Senior Queen is

Mrs. Dorothy Engel and our Senior

King is Art Draeger.

We conducted the Chamber Annual

Golf Tournament at The Meadows at

Mystic on May 19. We were able to

fill all the slots we needed. Twenty

teams golfed and we had many

sponsors. GREAT course, serious

competition and a wonderful time by

all. Congratulations to KleinBank #2

(Bob Facente, Dan Mattson and Bill

O’Rourke for 1st place finish.

As with all of our events – please share

your thoughts – we are always looking

at ways to improve our events.

May was quite a busy month; membership

meeting at T J Hooligans - a fabulous

opportunity to network your business and

enjoy the “best networking questions and

enjoy great food. During our meeting

some amazing things happened. I was

presented with a check from Chuck

Dresen, the Gambling Manager at the

Prior Lake VFW with a $500 donation to

the Kelly Meyer Memorial Fund. We also

handed out golf awards, Again Congrats

KleinBank. Gary Meyer accepted the

check on their behalf. He turned around

and handed the $200 check back to the

Chamber for the Memorial Fund. Thank

you both for your generosity. Join us for

a membership meeting, network and see

for yourself, it’s an easy fun way to get

involved!

We hosted our first Chamber coffee hour

at the Prior Lake VFW for downtown

businesses. It was a great opportunity to

get reacquainted, meet new neighbors and

share stories. We are looking forward to

next month’s gathering

We are still accepting donations to the

Kelly Meyer Memorial Fund. We are on

our way to achieving our goal of $4,000.

Each day I learn new things about what

May Member Meeting - Networking @ TJ Hooligans

Kelly Meyer helped us accomplish on an

annual basis. We relied heavily on her to

coordinate the City’s pieces of our events

and activities.

Don’t forget to mark your calendars for

our membership lunch on June 17. This

will be under the big tents in the Lunds &

Byerlys parking lot. This is also the

meeting where we award the annual Dick

Underferth Humanitarian awards. We

will be served fabulous steak or

mushroom sandwiches (order your choice

when signing up!) by Lunds & Byerlys

staff.

Save the Dates: BBQ June 18, Wheels-N-

Heels July 31, & our 32nd Lakefront Days

August 6-8.

In closing, thank you for all your past and

continued support of me and the Prior

Lake Area Chamber of Commerce. And,

remember you never know where your

next customer, client, or lead may be –

take time to take advantage of the

opportunities and benefits the Chamber

has to offer.

Ed Speiker

952.334.6607

A special thank you goes to

Chuck Dresen and the Prior

Lake VFW

and Gary

Meyer with

KleinBank

for their generous contribution to the

Kelly Meyer Memorial Fund.

May we enjoyed a great

pasta bar and good

conversation getting to

know fellow members,

hear more about their

business, customers, and goals.

“Best Networking Questions”

around!

Attending member meetings is a great

way to get the word out about your

business , develop relationships with

fellow members, and support business

to business opportunities.

As always, appreciate the feedback

and suggestions - improvements are

always possible.

Page 3 June 2015

“Unity and

strength...when there

is teamwork and

collaboration,

wonderful things can

be achieved.”

Mattie Stepanek

Executive Board 2015

Past President

Gary Meyer

KleinBank

952.447.2101

Term: 1/09-

12/15

Chair Ed Speiker

Ed Speiker Consulting

952.334.6607 Term: 1/12-12/16

Vice Chair

Dawn Schulberg Premier Dance Academy

952.447.5788

Term: 1/13-12/17

Treasurer Darcy Scholl

Fairview Ridges Hospital

952.892.2666 Term: 1/13-12/15

Secretary

Barb Kappers

Integra Telecom

952.226.7019

Term: 1/12-12/16

Board of Directors

City Liaison Angie Barstad (4/15) 952-447-9822 Mike McGuire (1/15) 952.447.3224 School Liaison Kristi Mussman (1/07) 952-226-0014

Andrew Anthony, Andrew Anthony Agency 952.486.2055 Term: 1/13-12/15 Ann Cole Edina Realty 952.240.1148 Term: 1/15-12/17 Kami Thompson New Horizon Academy 952.445.6701 Term:1/11-12/15

Brandy Blanch Origami Owl 651.261.4500 Term: 1/15-12/17 Lisa R. Fiegel Prime Security Bank 952.403.6405 Term: 1/15-12/16 Karen Borresen-Berg Chankaska Creek Ranch & Winery 507.931.0089 Term: 1/15-12/16

Welcome New Members

Email Sandi with the answers to these questions and we will enter your name into a drawing for a fabulous prize to be distributed at our June BBQ at L&B June 17. What year was the chamber

established? Can you name a charter

member? How many years has Lakefront

Days been around. Sorry Board Members may not participate.

Bohnsack Excavating, Inc Jesse Bohnsack 952.447.3884 Revere Way, Prior Lake MN Prior Lake Snowmobile Assoc. Debbie Hutchinson 952.447.2330 Hope Street, Prior Lake, MN Scoops Concessions Jim Jacobs 651.955.9412 S. St. Paul, MN

Check listing on the Chamber

Website. Update staff list on Chamber

membership. Enhance listing on Chamber

Website by…adding logo, photos, or linking to other social media outlets.

Drop off business cards at the Chamber Office.

Register for Chamber events and activities.

Reach out to a new member and introduce myself.

“Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be

strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.”

~ Hellen Keller

Chamber Checklist

June Goals Earn Chamber Bucks!

Mark Your Calendars!

Family BBQ June 18 @ Lund’s and Byerly’s; B&L are firing up the grills for the

best BBQ Rib Fest south of the river. Full and half racks, potato salad, cranberry

maple baked beans, roll, watermelon, & beverage. A hotdog meal and meat only

options too.

Wheels N Heels Friday July 31 @ VFW & Main Ave. formerly known as the Guys

Night Out . We are expanding, more cars, plus shopping, music and food trucks on

Main Ave. Join the fun!

Wine Tasting / Business Expo Thursday, August 6; Lakefront Days, August 7-8 ~ This is one of the Events that we coordinate

as an opportunity for exposure but also as a way for our members to give something back to the community. We invite you to

think about participating this year or growing your involvement. The more activities we have on the grounds the longer families

will hang around and play. Already in the works are vendors hosting games and activities, water activities, bouncy’s and a

carnival. And a great Music Line-up: Ozzy Harris Band, Leep 27, Good for Gary & Trick, The Whiskeys, Shaw Brothers, and

IV Play. We need you! . Forms pages 8-12.

A Day in Their Shoes

A Day In Your Shoes - Schedule one

today!

No task is too big or too

small. Just an opportunity

for Sandi to learn more

about what you do.

Prior Lake Chamber of Commerce

4785 Dakota Street S.E.

Prior Lake, MN 55372

Phone: 952-440-1000 Fax: 952-440-1611

www.priorlakechamber.com Chamber Staff Sandi Fleck, President (5/02) Email: sandi@priorlakechamber.com Mobile: 952-200-2713

Update on Upcoming Events

Page 4 June 2015

May Ambassador Visits