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I ’m not sure how summer snuck up on us so quickly and, unfortunately, it seems to speed by more than any
other season. At the Chamber, this is the time of year we are gearing up for our annual golf outing. I look forward to spending time out of the office at the Wausau Country Club with many of the great members and volunteers on Monday, June 22.
Golf is a game of great patience, skill, and a little luck. When golfers play a new course, they encounter many variables to consider. These challenges can transform a leisurely afternoon on the course into several hours of frustration. Fortunately, golfers can reach into their bag for various clubs built for a variety of shots. And the other golfers in their foursome can offer guidance, too.
Many local businesses are trying a new ‘course,’ approaching one common, but unfamiliar challenge.
What do I mean?
We have more people set to retire than we have entering the workforce. Often, when I’m out in the community, I hear from our members about their struggles to find the workers that they need.
I’m a glass half full kind of person and history has proven that as a community and a country we can overcome just about any challenge thrown our way. The Chamber will continue to be a local leader in the collaboration of thoughts, ideas and resources around this important issue.We offer two very key initiatives to address this concern: the Workforce Hub and E3YP. The first is focused on broad collaboration with community partners and business groups. The second is a way to engage and excite young professionals. When people ask me the value of Chamber membership, it’s easy to talk about many of the obvious benefits (access to networking events, educational programs, buy local gift certificates, etc.). Often overlooked are our efforts to help solve problems the business community, and the entire community, faces as a whole. We need to continue to assign resources towards enhancing educational opportunities for those desiring training at all levels. We need to continue to develop our community and be competitive on a global level not just for business but also for talent and human capital. And we need to find new and effective ways to market ourselves as the best community to live, work and play.It might be a different course but we have the clubs in our bag to get this done. So let’s keep swinging!
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In this issue . . .Member NewsSocial Media UpdateAmbassador of the Month New MembersJUNE 2015
Let’s solve common problem togetherBy Aaron Kapellusch, President/CEO
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This month’s calendar: Business PM, Golf and MoreJune 16: Tech Tuesday: The Internet of Things Learn how ‘machine to machine’ solutions are being used to benefit companies.June 16: Business Break: 2015 State Budget Update for BusinessJune 17: Chamber Night at the WoodchucksJune 18: Business PM: Lil’ Ole Winemaker Shoppe Connect with people who will either be or help you meet your next customer. Quality networking time with food, drinks and prizes.
June 22: Golf Outing 2015 Enjoy the Wausau Country Club with other members.June 25: E3YP On The Move: PaintballFor more information or to register for these events, visit wausauchamber.com.
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Member NewsRandy Knapp, Vice President – Service, EO Johnson Business Technologies, participated on the Ricoh U.S. Dealer Advisory Council. The Council met in Nashville June 8 – 10, 2015 and included 12 dealers from throughout the country that Ricoh identified as leaders in their marketplace. They met with senior leadership from Ricoh, shared best practices, and provided dealer feedback to Ricoh.
Ministry Health Care (MHC) is pleased to announce construction of a major medical clinic on Wausau’s west side as one of our first steps to implement recently announced plans to expand healthcare services across central and northern Wisconsin. Ministry Medical Group (MMG) will break ground for a major clinic site this summer on property located along Westwood Drive near Bridge Street and adjacent to I-39. A three-story, 50,000 square foot facility will be constructed at the site to expand medical group services which will include primary and specialty care, advanced diagnostics, lab services, and therapies. Once construction begins, officials indicate the facility will take approximately twelve months to complete and be ready to provide patient care.
Peoples State Bank announced plans to move into a new location in Eagle River, across from the Trigs grocery store into the building previously occupied by Trigs Video on East Wall Street. Peoples will completely renovate the 2,700 square-foot space to create a stand-alone, full-service branch. The new facility is slated for opening in late summer and will feature a new design of the teller area, addition of safe deposit boxes with a private viewing room, drive-up service, night drop, private offices, dedicated bathrooms and a reserved conference room that creates more privacy for customers when closing loans and
meeting with wealth management specialists.
Wausau School District’s South Mountain Elementary School 4th grader Sam Nitzke is the District 8 winner of the Wisconsin Ag in Classroom essay contest through the Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation.
Wausau East High School seniors Liam Bennett and Elizabeth Brown each won a $100 scholarship for their poster presentation of their International Baccalaureate Extended Essay at the UW-Marathon County Research and Discovery Symposium.
Enrich, Excel, Achieve (EEA) Learning Academy senior Hannah Barnard, Wausau Engineering and Global Leadership (EGL) Academy senior Jedediah Breitenfeldt and Wausau West High School senior Teressa Baumann received the Wausau School District’s Board Resolution of Commendation award at the Regular Board Meeting on May 11 for being named a 2015 Kohl Initiative Scholarship recipient by the Herb Kohl Educational Foundation.
Laurie Bolle was promoted to Gannett Wisconsin regional director of sales and central Wisconsin general manager last month. Gannett’s central Wisconsin properties include Daily Herald Media in Wausau, Daily Tribune Media in Wisconsin Rapids, News-Herald Media in Marshfield and Stevens Point Journal Media.
Environmental and safety experts Jason Christopherson and Ken Lassa, both team members of the REI Environmental and Safety team of Wausau, recently attended the 73rd Annual Wisconsin Safety & Health Conference and Expo presented by the Wisconsin Safety Council (WSC).
FREE Business Exposure Opportunity - We Want to Hear from You!
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Visit wausauchamber.com for details and registration or call 715-848-5953
Make more connections atGreenwood Hills Country Club10 am shotgun start, 9 holes
WEDNESDAY,JULY 8, 2015
Chamber Women’s Golf Outing
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Monday, June 22, 2015
Wausau Country Club 11 am shotgun start, 18 holes
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Create ConfidenCe
Create Change
Create Community
“I enrolledwith the hopeof building on myleadership strengths.”
REBECCA J. FRISCHMarathon County Conservation, Planning, and Zoning Department
“The program provides an opportunity to meet a diversity of leaders from the area, which in turn inspires all of us to take up a cause, work together and become true community leaders.”
Credible,Confident
and effeCtive leadership
No matter where you are in your own personal leadership journey, there’s something valuable and practical for you to learn in Leadership Excellence.
For more information on the program or to register, visit wausauchamber.com and click the Leadership Excellence link or call 715-845-6231.
Wausau Region Chamber of Commerce
LEADERSHIPEXCELLENCE
ICYMI:(In Case You Missed It)
Sara Guild, Government Affairs & Workforce Development Director at the Wausau Region Chamber of Commerce, and Steve Jones, Frontier Communications general manager for the Wausau region, presented a banner acknowledging Wausau’s place as a quarterfinalist in the America’s Best Communities competition to the City Council on Tuesday, May 26, 2015.To view more photos and video from Chamber events, ‘like’ our Facebook page and follow our Twitter account.
James Gabower, senior associate with Transamerica Financial Advisors has been a Chamber Ambassador for one year.Gabower grew up in Wausau and graduated from UW-River Falls with degrees in biology and psychology. Gabower enjoyed a career for 25 years in pharmaceutical sales. Gabower built some great relationships with health care providers and colleagues in the industry.Gabower started his second career in the financial services industry three years ago with Transamerica Financial Advisors. Gabower has a passion for helping clients put together a plan to achieve retirement goals. Gabower also trains, develops, and mentors those who wish to become successful in the financial industry.Gabower lives in the Kronenwetter area, and has two children, Nicole and Steven. Gabower enjoys attending all the Badger home football games each fall. He also enjoys riding his Harley-Davidson Street Glide with his friends during the summer. In the winter, Gabower enjoys downhill skiing at Granite Peak.Gabower supports our veterans in Harley rides and fundraisers and has been an escort for the Never Forgotten Honor Flight program.
Gabower’s role as an Ambassador gives him a chance to meet and network with business professionals. Gabower shares the mission, goals, and benefits of the Wausau Region Chamber of Commerce with these professionals. Chamber events, like ribbon cuttings, give Gabower an opportunity to meet new members and connect them with others. He loves to interact with the other Ambassadors and has developed some great relationships with the group.Gabower is proud to promote the Wausau and Marathon County area because he knows it is a great place too grow up, work, live, and raise a family.
Congratulations James Gabower
James Gabower
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Cuttings and Ground-breakings
Limited Openings Now Availablein LEADS GroupsThe Wausau Region Chamber of Commerce coordinates a free monthly networking program. The LEADS groups are designed to bring together business representatives from non-competing industries to share observations on potential business opportunities for other businesses that the general public may not yet be aware of - their leads.The LEADS groups meet monthly for a lunch meeting from noon to 1 p.m.For more information or to join, please contact Craig Bernstein, Membership Development Director.
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Staff members of the Wausau Region Chamber of Commerce assembled at the Business PM held on May 28. Staff at the event, from left, included Brian Otten, Craig Bernstein, Nick O’Brien, Aaron Kapellusch, Woody the Woodchuck (not staff), Judy Pitek, Jenny Ritchay and Jim Warsaw.
New staff at the
VICKI RESECHTITLE: Administrative SpecialistBACKGROUND: Experience in accounting, office procedures and multi-tasking. RECENT READ: The Longest Ride by Nicholas SparksFAVORITE SNACK: ChocolateWHEN NOT WORKING: Enjoys anything having to do with horses and photography.CHAMBER HIGHLIGHT, SO FAR: The opportunity to meet and work with so many different people, while learning about what the Chamber, MCDEVCO and economic development means for our community.
CHELSEA GAWLIKTITLE: Events and Marketing InternHOMETOWN: WaterfordBACKGROUND: A senior at UW-Oshkosh studying journalism and public relations. Worked for the Wisconsin Woodchucks last summer.RECENT READ: Something Borrowed by Emily GiffinFAVORITE SNACK: Chips and salsaHIDDEN TALENT: BowlingFAMOUS PERSON YOU’VE MET: Cal Shapiro from TimefliesCHAMBER HIGHLIGHT, SO FAR: The welcome given by everyone on the Chamber staff and the chance to learn from so many different professionals.
A number of new faces have joined
our staff this spring:
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June’s E3YP event offers paintball fun after work in Wausau. Team up with other YPs for a networking experience like you’ve never had before! Grilled hotdogs and hamburgers, chips, and refreshments will be served after the paintball session.
For more information or to register, click here.
Play ‘Guess the Member’ on Social Media
The Wausau Region Chamber of Commerce Facebook page and Twitter account debuted a new regular feature this week. Chamber staff will snap photos of the ‘Proud Member’ stickers displayed at businesses in the area. You can guess the location these photos were taken or submit your own shot and we’ll challenge our ‘likers’ and ‘followers’ to identify the ‘Mystery Member.’
Also keep an eye out for our featured Member Mash-ups and #TBT (Throwback Thursday) photos.
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