Photo courtesy of Tom Hughes

Red Wing Area Chamber of Commerce
Welcome to the Red Wing Area Chamber of Commerce located in Red Wing, MN nestled along the banks
of the mighty Mississippi River beneath the towering limestone bluffs. Visit Red Wing and enjoy the
historic downtown, the St. James Hotel, Red Wing Pottery, Red Wing Shoe Store...Home of the World's
Biggest Boot and beautiful Red Wing Hanging Flower Baskets.

Red Wing provides a playground for all ages to shop, hike, walk, bike, ski,  fish, boat and much more.

Ambassador Visits on June 11

Ambassador Visit to Red Wing Coin Laundry	Ambassador Visit to The Treasure Trove

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Red Wing Chamber Golf Tournament--August 22

It’s that time of year already……..time to sign up your foursome for the Annual Red Wing Chamber Golf Tournament! Sign up your golf foursome today for the Annual Chamber Golf Tournament on Thursday, August 22.
 
Registration is $360 per foursome which includes 4 golf fees, 2 carts, lunch for 4 and dinner for 4.

THANK YOU to our Legacy Sponsor--Prairie Island Indian Community

And THANK YOU to our sponsors.

Corporate Sponsors:

• Brickhouse Pub & Grille
• Discover Financial Center
• Edina Realty
• Pearle Vision of Red Wing
• StarTech Computing, Inc.

Lunch Sponsors:

• Manpower
• Merchants Bank

Hole Sponsors:

• Alliance Bank
• Bella Casa Interiors
• EO Johnson Office Techologies
• Express Employment Professionals
• Red Wing Republican Eagle
• Red Wing Shoe Company, Inc.
• Ryan Glass
• Sorensen Financial Services
  
• StarTech Computing, Inc.
• Treasure Island Resort & Casino
• Wells Fargo
• White Rock Bank

Donations:

Alliance Bank

• Backwoods Custom Framing & Engraving
• Brickhouse Pub & Grille
• Buchanan Grocery
• Claydon's Hallmark
• GFI Property Cleaning
• JJ Lawnscape
• Johnson Tire Service
• Josephson's Clothing
• Monte Carlo
• Norwood Promotional Products, LLC
• Pearle Vision of Red Wing
  
• Randys
• Red Wing Stoneware
• Refined Skin Medi-Spa
• Wanshura Jewelers
  

If your business would like to be a sponsor of this event, please contact us NOW! Last year we sold out of ALL sponsorships and had a waiting list!

THANK YOU to our Current 2013 Red Wing Guest Pass Participants:

- Bev’s Café
- Body Kneads Wellness & Massage
- Brickhouse Pub & Grille
- DeLeon Jewelers
- Falconer Vineyards Winery & Bistro
- Fiesta Mexicana
- 4 Season Sports
- Hallstrom's Florist & Greenhouse
- Kwik Trip
- Liberty’s Restaurant & Lounge
- Marie's Underground Grill & Tap House
- Mount Frontenac Golf Course
- Perkins Restaurant & Bakery
- Randys
- Red Wing Brewery 
- Red Wing Chamber
- Red Wing Coin Laundry
- Red Wing Shoe Store
- Red Wing Trolley Co.

- Red Wing YMCA
- Riverbend Market Cooperative
- St. James Hotel
- The Smokin' Oak
- The Subhouse

Thank you to our 2013 Diamond Members! 

St. Crispin Living Community

Ribbon Cutting/Ground Blessing & Ground Breaking Ceremony on June 12

UPCOMING EVENTS

Business After Hours—Brickhouse Pub & Grille—June 18—4:30–6PM
Please join us for Business After Hours on Tuesday, June 18 at the Brickhouse Pub & Grille (433 Main Street—right next to the Chamber office!). Mitzi and Shaun and all the gang at the Brickhouse are looking forward to treating all Chamber members to some of their scrumptious food and tantalizing beverages. Business After Hours is a Chamber event that is a great way to network with other business people in the Red Wing area. For more information, contact the Chamber office at 388-4719.

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National Small Business Week is June 17—21! Come celebrate with the Chamber and join us for lunch on Friday, June 21 anytime between 11:30-1:30PM!
During this week, we want to celebrate ALL the businesses in the Red Wing area, by inviting you to an Open House at the Chamber on Friday, June 21 from 11:30-1:30PM. The folks from SCORE will be co-sponsoring this event with the Chamber. We’ll have tasty treats and wonderful door prizes! It’s a great time to stop in and meet the Chamber staff, aka, “The Chamber Ladies.” Plus, it’s a great time to check on your brochure inventory in our lobby, verify your information is correct in our database, update us on your business (expansions, new employees, new products & services etc), let us know what we should be telling others about your business, ask us any questions, or just come in for some tasty treats!
 
SCORE is America’s premier source of free and confidential small business advice to entrepreneurs. SCORE provides free and confidential advice to small businesses through a network of working and retired volunteer business owners, managers, and executives who donate their expertise to help local entrepreneurs prepare business plans, develop business strategies and gather valuable information about doing business.

We hope YOU can join us!

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Health Care Reform—“Cutting Through The Confusion of the Affordable Care Act”—June 20
The Red Wing Manufacturers Association, Red Wing Area Chamber of Commerce, Hiawatha Valley Society for Human Resources Management, MN State College—Southeast Technical have teamed together to provide information and a panel discussion on Health Care Reform on June 20, from 8—11:30AM. The panel will be at the Southeast Technical Campus, in Room 314. A panel of experts will discuss MNSure Minnesota’s Healthcare Exchange; 2013 Minnesota Legislative Update; “Pay or Play” from a legal perspective; and how local healthcare providers will be impacted. Human Resource Managers and Employee Benefit Personnel should attend, along with business owners and managers and anyone interested in finding out more about the Health Care Reform Act.
 
Cost is FREE, but registration is required. Please register at   www.southeastmn.edu/trainingspotlight  or  email: khardyman@southeastmn.edu or call 1-877-853-8324, ext. 7706