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Chamber Committee Meetings:
Get involved in one of our
monthly committee meetings
or Chamber events! Chamber
members who attend
functions, provide feedback
and become involved in
committees and events
benefit the most from their
Chamber membership. If you
are unable to attend, please
send a representative from
your business. We will see
you there!
Monday, Sept 6, The
Altoona Area Chamber of
Commerce will be closed for
Labor Day
Noon
Networking
at Terrace Hills Golf
Course, Tuesday, Sept 7th
and 21st at
11:45pm
Community Development
Committee Meeting
Sept 8 at Being There Coffee
House, at Noon
Chamber News & Events:
Resister
today for Wednesday,
September 22 - 11:45 am -
1:00 pm BUSINESS TUNE-UP
-
The Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act has now
been signed into law. How
does this affect your
business? Join us for a
panel discussion with
leaders from the Des Moines
area at the Holiday Inn
Express, 165 Adventureland
Dr., Altoona. Lunch is not
provided, please feel free
to bring something with
you. Please join us, bring
your lunch and ask
questions.
RSVP to the Chamber by Sept
15. 967-3366
Resister today for
Wednesday, September 29 -
MEMBERSHIP LUNCHEON:
Theme - The Future of
Altoona: Time: 11:30 am -
1:00 pm; Where: Lutheran
Church of the Cross/Cross
Café. Presentation by the
City of Altoona. Cost: $20
per person. Please RSVP by
Sept 22 to: 967-3366
SAVE THE DATE: Thursday,
October 28 - TASTE OF ALTOONA,
to be held at Prairie
Meadows Event Center.
Tickets will be available in
the chamber office on
September 1, 2010. Cost
$5.00/ $7.00 at the
door. Registration
applications were mailed
Sept 1, 2010.
Altoona City
Maps & Tourism Brochures
area available at the
chamber office to hand-out
at your place of businesses
or can be delivered to you.
Please contact the chamber
office at (515) 967-3366 or
altoona@netins.net
Member
News & Event
Friday, Sept 3 - 9PM - 1AM;
FINAL MIX will be at
STRIKER'S SPORTS BAR
655 N.E. 56th Street,
Pleasant Hill, for more
information contact:
bdthurman@qwestoffice.net
Friday, September 3, 2:45 pm
Ribbon Cutting, Beauty &
Soul Salon/Day Spa
– 160 Adventureland Dr.,
Suite G, Altoona. Open House
3 pm – 7 pm. Refreshments
will be served!
Saturday, September 4,
5-7:00pm, The Ankeny Art
Center gallery Exhibition
Showing-
An Opening Reception
will be held on Thursday,
September 9, 2010 5:00pm to
7:00pm and receptions are
free and open to the public.
"Artists of the
Prairie" Works
by Louise O'Donnell, Gwen
Foster, Terrie Hoefer, and
Rhonda Scott in the main
gallery. Works by Linda
Andeberg in the side
gallery.1520 SW Ordnance
Road Ankeny, IA. For more
information:
barb@ankenyartcenter.com
Saturday, September 4,
8-10:00am Prairie Meadows,
Morning at the Meadows at
Track Apron Breakfast,
$6.50 Adults, and$4.50 under
10 years of age, watch the
horses workout, autographs
from the jockey, jockey’s
quarters tours, and much
more. Contact by going to
their web site:
www.prairiemeadows.com,
Monday,
September 6– 6-9:00 pm -
Bike Night at Fireside
Grille
– This event will be
held every Monday evening
until September 6, at the
Fireside Grille in Altoona,
523 8th S.E.
Bring your bike and enjoy an
evening out with friends!
Wednesday,
September 8 Noon, Ribbon
Cutting Blueprint Builders -
103 35th St. SW
Altoona, Open house and tour
of the spec home. For more
information contact Dan
Johnson, 202 7194. Lunch
from 11:00 – 1:00.
Thursday. September 9,
5-8pm, Ribbon Cutting ReMax
Opportunities Grand Opening
321 Center Place SW Ste F,
Altoona.
Pennie Carroll in her new
location. Join us for
fun and food and a joint
Ribbon Cutting with Pleasant
Hill Chamber. Contact
information: Pennie Carroll
967-2903/490-8025
Friday, September 10, 11:30,
Habitat For Humanity
Fundraiser with
Coldwell Banker
Mid-America Group
Realtors Altoona Office
located at 1003 8th Street
SW, Suite B and will be
having an IA vs. IA State
Tailgate party. They ask
that everyone bring a dish
to share: could be a side, a
salad, an appetizer or a
dessert as well as donate $5
to eat. All the money raised
goes to the Des Moines
Habitat For Humanity for
their upcoming 10 homes
being built in 20 days.
Everyone is invited, please
help us raise money for a
great cause!
Wear your favorite
team! Contact information
Mindy Goldsberry,
phone
515-967-0046
mgoldsberry@midamericagroup.com
Tuesday,
Sept 14, 12-1pm:
The Government Policy
Council
will host a series of
meetings to develop its
2011
state policy agenda.
Partnership Investors and
Regional Members will have
the opportunity to hear from
speakers and provide input
on the Partnership’s policy
positions and priorities.
All meetings will be at the
Partnership in the Arthur
Davis Conference Room, and
the schedule is as follows:
Tuesday, Sept. 21, 3:30-4:30
PM; Tuesday, Oct. 5,
7:30-8:30 AM;Tuesday, Oct.
19, 3:30-4:30 PM;Tuesday,
Oct. 26, 3:30-4:30 PM.
The Government Policy
Council is open to all
Partnership investors and
regional members. If you
have any issues for the
2011
state agenda that you
would like the GPC to
consider, please contact Jay
Byers, Sr. Vice President of
Government Relations and
Public Policy at
jbyers@desmoinesmetro.com.
Thursday,
Sept 16, 5-7pm;
Ankeny
REGIONAL Business After
Hours:
U.S.Bank will be the host of
the Ankeny Regional Business
After Hours. They are
located at 305 S. Ankeny
Blvd. in Ankeny. Drinks hors
d’oeuvers and door prizes
along with a great night of
networking. All Chamber
membership are invited to
attend and network with
other chamber members,
including Altoona Chamber
members. RSVP to
www.ankeny.org or (515)
964-0685.
Thursday, September 16,
from 6-8:30 pm Hy-Vee
Ladies' Night,
Tickets for our third
edition of Ladies' Night are
on sale at Customer Service!
Tickets are $5 in advance or
$6 at the door. Your
admission includes a free,
reusable goodie bag packed
with special offers and
items from our vendors;
appetizers, punch and a
brand-new dessert bar; wine
and spirits sampling; live
cooking demos by our
registered dietitian; chair
massages; beauty product
demos and samples; prize
drawings throughout the
evening; and the chance to
purchase products from some
of your favorite
direct-sales companies in
person!
Visit our store website’s
Calendar of Events at
www.hy-vee.com/store/altoona
or for more
information, please contact
Kelly Crosby at
1011catering@hy-vee.com
or call 967-7676.
Community
News:
Sunday, October 3, 8:00am –
Altoona Triathlon Club’s
Stinkfoot 5 K / walk –
Little Stinker Race at
Lion’s Park- Altoona. Cyclocross
Event to follow. $25.00 fee,
Register by Sept 30,
www.altoontriathlonclub.com
Friday,
Sat, Sept 16-17th
- Altoona City-Wide Garage,
see the Altoona Herald-Index
for addresses and a map.
To place an ad in the
Altoona Herald-Index for an
Altoona City-Wide Garage
Sale taking please
submit your ad by Friday,
Sept 10th at
noon. For more information,
call 699-7005/ 699-7000 or
stop by 100 8th
Street SE in Altoona.
Register
now…Southeast Polk Community
Education –
Fall 2010 program
registration has begun.
To view complete program
descriptions and to
register, please visit our
website at
www.centralplace.org .
If you have any questions,
please feel free to contact
us at (515) 266-6795 or
longmanj@se-polk.k12.ia.us
. Programs fill-up quickly,
so register today!
Walgreens
Altoona is currently giving
flu shots. We
are also offering Flu Shot
Gift cards this year so a
person could buy a flu shot
for someone else! Currently
patients can stop in or make
an appointment. Wait
depends on how busy we are
at the time. In September,
patients can stop to get a
flu shot anytime the
pharmacy is open! Contact
information: 967-1486, 101 8th
St. SE
Tuesday, Sept 7th,
4:-7:00pm; Altoona
Farmer’s Market - Every
Tuesday June 15 to September
28,
The Altoona Farmer’s Market
will be held on Tuesdays
from at the ISU Extension
Office parking lot located
at 1625 Adventureland Drive
Contact information:
515-957-5777.
Sunday,
Sept 26 - 7:00pm - Music in
the Park
-
Haines Park Altoona, 700
Block 3rd Ave.
SE. Performing will be
Jericho Down (contemporary
band). Free to the public,
come and enjoy – Pop and
Popcorn will be sold.
Sponsored by the Altoona
Parks & Recreation Board.
Prairie
Meadows Race Track and
Casino
-
Concert Tickets are NOW on
sale
for Michael Bolton at
Prairie Meadows show date is
Oct 6, 2010 at 7:30pm
Tickets are available in
person at the Meadows Box
Office, all Ticketmaster
outlets, Ticketmaster
Charge-By-Phone at
1-800-745-3000, Ticketmaster
Express at 1-866-448-7849,
or online at
www.Ticketmaster.com.
For additional information
call the Prairie Meadows
Special Events office (515)
967-8544, or visit
www.prairiemeadows.com,
or
www.ticketmaster.com.
Wednesday,
September 1, at 10:00 a.m.
Tickets go on sales for
Joan Rivers Concert:
Friday, October 22, at 7:30
p.m.
PRAIRIE MEADOWS,
Altoona, IA - Comic actress
JOAN RIVERS—Hollywood’s
diva of diatribe—comes
to Prairie Meadows for one
appearance on.
Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
Tickets — $19, $24, and $39
— Tickets are available in
person at the Meadows Box
Office, all Ticketmaster
outlets, Ticketmaster
Charge-By-Phone at
1-800-745-3000, Ticketmaster
Express at 1-866-448-7849,
or online at
www.Ticketmaster.com.
For additional information
call the Prairie Meadows
Special Events office (515)
967-8544,or visit
www.prairiemeadows.com,
or
www.ticketmaster.com.
Friday,
September 17th-18th
THOMAS MITCHELL DAYS
CELEBRATION
Dick's Place Mitchellville,
Race Car Show, Kid’s Big
Wheel & Bike Races Horse
Shoes, Entertainment: Dick’s
Place sponsored by MJ
Promotions much more family
fun and Hog ready to plate
by 5:00pm, The Spam Band
Performing 6pm-9pm, Karaoke
from 10pm-1am, Contact Marty
Stephenson 515-249-0360 or
Jackie Stephenson
515-707-2891 for more
information
Wednesday,
September 8 Noon, Ribbon
Cutting Blueprint Builders,
103 35th St. SW
Altoona, Open house and
tour.For more information
contact Dan Johnson, 202
7194.
Thursday. September 9,
5-8pm, Ribbon Cutting ReMax
Opportunities Grand Opening
321 Center Place SW Ste F,
Altoona.
Pennie Carroll in her new
location. Join us for
fun and food and a joint
Ribbon Cutting with Pleasant
Hill Chamber. Contact
information: Pennie Carroll
967-2903/490-8025
Friday September 10th at
11:30, Habitat For Humanity
Fundraiser with
Coldwell Banker
Mid-America Group
Realtors Altoona Office
located at 1003 8th Street
SW, Suite B and will be
having a
// IA vs. IA State
Tailgate party at our
office. We are asking that
everyone bring a dish to
share: could be a side, a
salad, an appetizer or a
dessert as well as donate $5
to eat. All the money raised
is going to be going to the
Des Moines Habitat For
Humanity for their upcoming
10 homes being built in 20
days. Everyone is invited,
please help us raise money
for a great cause!
Wear your favorite
team! Contact information
Mindy Goldsberry,
phone
515-967-0046
mgoldsberry@midamericagroup.com
Job
Opportunities:
If your business has a job
opening, take advantage of
placing it in the Friday
Flash. Job postings
will run in the Friday
Flash for two weeks.
To send a posting, e-mail
the Chamber at
altoona@netins.net.
September 15 – 16, 2010,
Iowa Workforce Conference:
“Tools For Workforce
Recovery”: Polk County
Convention Complex 501 Grand
Avenue Des Moines, IA. Come
join us and learn more
about:
Recruiting and Retaining a
Skilled Workforce,
Iowa’s Hidden Talent,
apitalizing on
Employee Talents,
ADA/FMLA/Worker’s
Compensation,
Iowa’s National
Career Readiness
Certification,
Workforce Tools,
and more! For more
information go to:http://www.iowaworkforce.org/conference/
Porter Do It Best Hardware
and Rental
is currently looking for a
Rental Manger at our Des
Moines Location. Please
contact Don at 515-266-1149
SERVICE
ANNOUNCEMENT:
If you would like to list
any of your events within
your business to the
Chamber’s Friday Flash,
please submit it to the
Chamber before Noon on
Wednesday. The chamber will
post your event in the
Friday Flash for two weeks
prior your event.
The Homestead's
new office at 1625
Adventureland Dr. Suite B,
Altoona, has over 100 great
boxes to give away to anyone
in need of medium to extra
large boxes in good shape.
Please contact Steve at
957-3343.
The Chamber accepts
Mastercard, Visa and
Discover
for events and membership
payments.
Don’t forget to shop
locally!
For a list of Chamber
Members go to
www.altoonachamber.org
Membership
Benefits:
The
Chamber is the front door to
your community
– check us out on line at
www.altoonachamber.org.
Always remember to Shop
Local
How does My Chamber Work for
Me?
Information
– we have contact
information for more than
400 member-businesses.
Thinking
of Starting a Business
– the Chamber partners with
East Polk Regional
Development to give upcoming
entrepreneurs the resources
they need to help them get
started.
Relocation
– know of someone moving to
Altoona? We can send them a
relocation packet with
brochures on the community.
Planning an Event in Altoona
– if you have a wedding,
family or class reunion, the
Chamber can provide you with
a tourism map listing where
to eat and shop while
visitors are in town.
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