August 2011 4785 Dakota Street, P.O. Box 114, Prior Lake, MN 55372

Executive Board 2011 PRESIDENT

Gary Meyer, Prior Lake State Bank 952-447-2101 Term: 1/09-12/12

VICE PRESIDENT Rick Heinz, South Metro Federal Credit Union

952-445-0888 Term: 1/10-12/13

TREASURER Cheryl Wilfond, Flowers Naturally

952-447-7111 Term: 1/10-12/12

SECRETARY Shelley Chase, US Bank

952-226-8300 Term: 1/11-12/13

PAST PRESIDENT Dave Chromy, Village Market

952-440-3900 Term: 1/08-12/11

Board of Directors

Chad LeMair, Above All Hardwood Floors & Carpet/

Performance Construction 952-440-9663 Term: 1/11-12/11

Barbara Johnson, Art Johnson Trucking 952-447-2277 Term: 1/11-12/12

Lynn Nicolai, Bankers Closing Services, LLC 952-955-8111 Term: 1/07-12/11

Dawn Emerson, Bell Mortgage 952-440-2451 Term: 1/10-12/11

Adam Blahnik, Blahnik Law Office PLLC 952-479-0449 Term: 1/10-12/12

Rachel VanDenBoom, Edina Realty 952-447-4700 Term: 1/10-12/11

Kami Thompson, New Horizon Academy 952-445-6701 Term: 1/11-12/12

City Liaison School Liaison Kelly Meyer (1/05) Kristi Mussman (1/07)

952-447-9802 952-226-0014

Chamber Staff

Sandi Fleck, Executive Director (5/02) 952-440-1000 952-200-2713 cell

Phone: 952-440-1000 Fax: 952-440-1611 Email: Sandi@priorlakechamber.com www.priorlakechamber.com

Membership Meeting

Memorial Park– Prior Lake

Wednesday, August 17, 2011 RSVP before August 12

Member Appreciation and Volunteer Appreciation

Thank you for being a Prior Lake Chamber member! We love our Prior Lake Chamber

members and volunteers!!

The 2011 Chamber Board of Directors will be grilling at Memorial Park on August 17! We

would love to see you! Lunch is on us! Please RSVP.

Bean Bag Toss Boards will be out!

Check in begins at 11:30 am. We will eat at noon

Lakefront Days is this week! Save the dates for August 4-7 for a fun filled community event!

Thank you to our event sponsors: Above All Hardwood Floors & Carpet, BLUE

PC, Edina Realty, Integra Telcom, NOREX Inc., Prior Lake State Bank, St. Francis Regional Medical Center, Springer Exteriors, The UPS Store-Savage/Prior Lake & Wirtz Beverage.

Thoughts from our President, Gary Meyer, Prior Lake State Bank Can you believe it? August is here and so is Lakefront Days. Prior Lake is always known for its small town charm and community spirit. Lakefront Days is the grand daddy of events that help create this environment within our community. There are activities for all ages throughout the weekend. Thousands of people converge upon Lakefront Park and enjoy the events, the pleasure of visiting with friends and neighbors, strolling through the vendor booths, relaxing, and just being a community. Lots of people, too many to mention here, put in many hours to make this a special weekend, a very special Prior Lake week-end. Your Chamber of Commerce with the city of Prior Lake have put their best efforts forward to make this a great community event. I hope each of you enjoys this weekend as much as I do. Lakefront Days is now surrounded by two other wonderful events. I want to congratulate the Prior Lake Rotary Club for its fine efforts in hosting the 2nd annual Jazz Festival in July right here in our own Lakefront Park. Large crowds again converged upon our fine city and enjoyed its won-derful amenities. Another wonderful event follows Lakefront Days by a couple of weeks. That event being the SMSC Annual Wacipi (Pow Wow), this year, the event being held the weekend of August 19 - 21. This event brings in many people into our fine city to celebrate the heritage of the SMSC. If you have not taken the opportunity to attend this fine event, please do so this year, you will truly enjoy it. WOW!! That is THREE (3) major events in our community in a span of six weeks. Our community of Prior Lake is truly one we can be proud of. As business people we should be proud of as well. I encourage everyone to be part of that community pride, community spirit, and small town charm. Unfortunately after August, we all know what happens, school begins, days get shorter, nights cooler and so on. But let’s not let that dampen our community spirit. The Fall Community Fest and other great events will soon be upon us and many more activities as well. Enjoy this final month of summer and may your business continue to be prosperous as we head on into the holi-day season. And remember:

“Shop Local, Shop Often”

In closing for this month’s newsletter, as in previous months, I will ask each of you… are you get-ting the most out of the Prior Lake Chamber? If not, are you putting the most into it? Become ac-tive and SPONSOR of one our numerous events and get your business name recognized. If you can’t become a sponsor, become a VOLUNTEER and make yourself present at one or more of the events and meet people, talk to them, let them get to know you… and they will eventually become one of your clients.

Welcome New Members to the Prior Lake Chamber

Axel's BonFire Sarah Bernu 14120 Highway 13 South Savage MN 55378 952.447.1122 Cari Goodman-Shear Madness Cari Goodman 346 Brady Street New Market MN 55054 952.994.0562 Domino's Pizza Dave Miller PO Box 609 Prior Lake MN 55372 952.440.3030 Greg Rademacher/Photographer Sally Rademacher 16670 Franklin Trail SE Prior Lake MN 55372 952.447.8825 IGM Gymnastics Irina Kim 14305 Southcross Dr W #120 Burnsville MN 55306 952.898.3889 LeeAnn's Custom Fit LeeAnn Waddell 18301 Country Squire Circles Prior Lake MN 55372 952.440.2252

Dave Hansen Rasmussen College 4400 W. 78th Street 6th Floor Bloomington MN 55435 952.545.2000 Brian Harris School Space Media-Brian Harris 245 E. Roselawn Avenue #23 St. Paul MN 55117 952.292.2983 Jim Jacobs Scoops Concessions 331 2nd Avenue S. S. St. Paul MN 55075 651.955.9412 Jeff Schwingler Thrivent Financial 12700 Nicollet Avenue S Burnsville MN 55337 952.227.2608 Jennifer Krosnowski The Twisted Loop Yarn Shop 14695 Trotters Trail Prior Lake MN 55372 952.440.2345

Classic Car Show: Alan Iverson Agency-American Family Insurance Anderson Insurance Big R’s Muscle Cars Brad Hanson ProFinishers Edina Realty Mahowald Cabinets Nikki O’Brien Agency-American Family Insurance Northern Life Chiropractic PACusa Pearson’s Prior Lake Auto Collision Prior Lake State Agency Rod Dehmlow Auto Sales, Inc. Speiker & Company, Ltd. State Farm-Sam Dalal Velishek Auto Sales Village Liquor

Business Expo/Wine Tasting Viking Liquor Barrel

Laker Idol: Babcock & Morgan Dental Little Lakers Montessori Prior Lake Optimist Club OH Those Guys/OTG Athletics Premiere Dance Academy Above All Hardwood Floors & Carpet South Metro Federal Credit Union Minnesota Eye Consultants U-Bake KCHK Prior Creative Images Prior Lake Savage Community Education

Coolies: Edelweiss Bakery New Market Bank Ron Bush Agency-Farmer’s Insurance Buckingham Companies MN Valley Electric Company

Laker Variety Show: Mod Sun Prior Lake Optimist Club Prior Lake Rotary Sheldon Bryant

Bean Bag Toss: Andrew Anthony Agency- Country Financial Bell Mortgage-Randy/Dawn Emerson PACusa Prior Lake VFW Stems & Vines US Bank Village Liquor Village Market

Family Movie: New Horizon Academy Shakopee Chevrolet

Kiddie Parade River Valley YMCA Prior Lake Stems & Vines Tutor Doctor, Inc.

Gold Sponsor/Movie Sponsor Mediacom

Date Event August 4, Business Expo/Wine Tasting August 5 Car Show, Laker Variety Show, Steve Millar & Diamondhead & More August 6 Kiddie Parade, Parade, Laker Idol, Family Movie, Fireworks & More August 7 City sponsored events– 3rd Lair Skateboarding, Water Ski Show August 11 Chamber Market @ Lakefront Park; 5-8 pm Pets- Canine Carnival August 17 Membership Meeting @ Memorial Park– Prior Lake August 18 Chamber Market @ Lakefront Park; 5-8 pm Health/Beauty/Wellness August 25 Chamber Market @ Lakefront Park; 5-8 pm Kids– Families September 19 Fall Community Fest @ Prior Lake High School September 21 Membership Meeting October 19 Membership Meeting November 16 Membership Meeting December 21 Membership Meeting/Christmas Party January 18 Annual Membership Meeting 5:30 pm @ Legends Golf Club February 4 Ice Golf @ Captain Jack’s February 19 Wedding Central @ Legends Golf Club

Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools Community Education Services Prior Lake Area Chamber of Commerce Savage Chamber of Commerce

Business Exhibitor Registration Form

Fall Community Fest Monday, September 19, 2011 6 to 8:30 PM

Prior Lake High School 7575 W. 150th St., Savage, MN 55378

$125 Main Level BACK WALL (includes one 8’x 30” covered table) Chamber Member Fee Limited– includes Electricity and a little bigger space with a wall behind (Map G1-G32) You will need to bring your own extension cord (Each chamber is limited to a certain amount of tables) $100 Main Level Inside Rows (includes one 8’x 30” covered table) Chamber Member Fee (Map G33-G88)

$10.00 We would like to have flyers on the Business Expo Table– Chamber Member Fee (300 flyers needed-drop off at chamber office) I am available as a volunteer to help with set-up 3:15 to 4:45 p.m. I am available as a volunteer to help with take down 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. Please note: We will make every effort to accommodate your special requests and table location requests, but we cannot guarantee it. We highly recommend standing at or by your booth, however, if you need a chair, they will be available on a limited basis.

We will be sending a confirmation letter with more details in early September. Payment must accompany your registration. This is one of your benefits of being a Prior Lake Chamber member. Please mail or fax this form with payment to:

Prior Lake Area Chamber of Commerce 4785 Dakota Street SE

Prior Lake, MN 55372 Fax: 952.440.1611

Reserve a booth for _____________________________________________________________ (Business Name)

Contact Person for your Business: _________________________________________________

Mailing Address: ______________________________________________________________

Telephone Number: ______________________ Email: _____________________________

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