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howard-county.com
crescochamber.com September 2020
to the Chamber!
Josh Bourassa & Dave Bourassa 119 North Elm St ● 641.220.4729
Josh Bourassa
Chris Bourassa
Chamber Connections
Chamber Connections 2
September 2020 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
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Sterling Pharmacy Senior Discount Day
Now every Tuesday!
Chamber
Business
Committee
8am
Cresco Family Pharmacy
Senior Discount
Tractor Pull 10am
Steak Cook-Off Sept 19 & 20
Sept 17-19
Outdoor
MN/IA Permit Carry/Concealed
Class, 9am-7pm Wildlife Club
Courthouse
Sept 19, 7:30pm
Remember the Titans
September 19-20 visitiowa.org
Extension’s Child Care Provider Training
September 9th 6:30-8:30pm
Featherlite Center
RHSHC Free Prenatal Class September 11th ● 5-7:30pm
Register: 563.547.6380
ISU Virtual Updates
Steve Johnson
7:30-8:30pm
ISU Virtual Updates
David Baker
7:30-8:30pm
ISU Virtual Updates
Madelyn Schultz
7:30-8:30pm
Youth Mentoring Sept 10th 5:30-6:30pm
Am Legion and
Appreciation Picnic
for Police & families
MiEnergy
Blood Drive 10am-3pm
NICC Cresco Center Connecting Virtually with Zoom class 6-7:30pm
NICC Cresco Center Cooking with your Air Fryer 6-8pm
NICC Cresco Center
Beginners: Cooking with your Instant Pot 6-8pm
NICC Cresco Center
ADVANCED: Cooking with your Instant Pot 6-8pm
NEIA Mobile
Food Pantry
5pm pickup Fairgrounds
Cresco Farmers Market TUESDAYS & FRIDAYS
2-5:30pm
Prime Management
& Development
Ribbon Cutting 5pm
Monday route for garbage & recycling will be on Sept 8th
4-H Painted Rock Hunt
Sept 19 3-6pm
Business Street Market
Sept 19 9am-7pm
Sept 19 Moo Mobile
Show & Shine 11am-4pm
Sept 26th Matinee 2pm
Stress on the Farm Strategies
Sept 3, 8, 11, 14, 22, 25,28,30
KCZQ and Tim the Music Man
Sept 19 Downtown
Camper Garage Sales
Harvest Farms 8-12pm
ISU Virtual Updates
Melissa O’Rourke
7:30-8:30pm
Online Auction ends Sept 8th at 7pm Online Auction Link
Farm Bureau FREE Watermelon
Downtown 4-6pm Balloon Guy Sept 19, 3-7pm
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Chamber Connections 3
All Chamber Members accept Chamber Dollars And they make a great gift, employee bonus or incentive!
Mark Your Calendar
10/14 MN/IA Concealed Carry Class 10/16 Dr. Norman Borlaug State Holiday 10/31 Halloween Trunk or Treat 11/7 MN/IA Concealed Carry Class 11/14 Wa-Tan-Ye Craft Show 11/22 Holiday Open House 11/27 Santa Parade 11/28 Small Business Saturday
Events in red have been
postponed or cancelled.
All Chamber Members accept
Chamber Dollars. They make
a great gift, bonus or incentive!
Library curbside pickup continues Appointments for indoor use available
Fall Silent Auction cancelled
cresco.lib.ia.us ● 563.547.2540
DONATIONS are still being accepted
RAFFLE TICKETS may be purchased from a
Notre Dame student, Notre Dame Parish, or
from Notre Dame School
221 2nd Ave E ● 563.547.4513 ndcschool.weebly.com
Chamber Connections 4
Tune into your radio or bring your lawn chairs
CUSB Bank ● Cresco Bank & Trust
CIA Insurance ● The Cresco Shopper
Justin VerMeer Farm Bureau Financial Services
Campsite RV ● Casey’s General Store
Hindt-Hudek Funeral Home ● Bob’s Electric
Black Hills ● Cresco Building Service
Cresco Heating & Vent ● Evans Memorial Home
Culligan Water Conditioning ● Hawkeye Sanitation
Erickson-Prochaska Realtors ● JP Accounting
Holstrom’s Gift & Jewelry ● The Pub
O’Henry’s Stitches & Prints ● Sterling Pharmacy
Don Dietzenbach State Farm Insurance
Spahn & Rose ● Rupperts Ace Hardware
Plantpeddler/Cresco Greenhouses
South Side Bar & Grill ● V&V Insurance
Amy Bouska ● The Pedretti Family
total payout
BEADLE PARK
ONLINE SALES
Diversify you sales when in-store sales are
impacted
SELLING SUPPORT
Easy registration, quick video tutorials, and
live support team to answer your questions
ADVERTISING
Website will be promoted by Iowa Tourism
and other state offices
NO COST TO YOU
The Iowa Economic Development Authority
has funded the site
www.shopiowa.com/sell
Chamber Connections 5
Learn from Regional Health's experienced
Labor & Delivery nurses from the
comfort of your home
Regional Health will be holding another online prenatal
class Friday, September 11th fro 5pm to 7:30pm. This
class will cover topics like prenatal care, labor & delivery,
postpartum, newborn care, and breastfeeding using
Zoom conferencing technology.
The class is FREE to all.
To reserve your spot or to learn more, please call 563.547.6380.
A big shout-out to our businesses welcoming new
teachers to Howard-Winn and Notre Dame schools.
Thank you Oak Creek Dental, Cresco Bank & Trust,
Country Winds Manor, CUSB Bank, NICC Cresco
Center, Regional Health Services of Howard County.
pm.
There are some great donor incentives for Labor Day week-s always a shortage of blood around holidays –
consider giving blood at our American Red Cross drive locat-
Learn more about Coronavirus and the safety protocols of
blood/dlp/coronavirus-
6234 if you have any questions or need help with setting up an appoint-
There is also free COVID-19 antibody testing available Contact Meagan Moellers at MiEnergy 563.547.6234 if you have any questions or need help
with setting up an appointment.
Chamber Connections 6
Matinee 2pm
Brought to you by the Cresco Theatre & Opera House
Bring your car
we’ll bring the music & movie
SHOW & SHINE
11am until 4pm
Smokey & the Bandit Matinee 2pm
115 2nd Ave W ● 563.547.1066
crescotheatreoperahouse.com
Thank you CUSB Bank, CIA Insurance,
CUSB Wealth Management Solutions,
and the Thomson Charitable Foundation
for taking care of what’s important. 6,700 Masks & Shields Donated!
For Small Businesses or Farms in Howard County
Sign up today
IN-DEPTH ENERGY AUDIT and
SOLAR EVALUATION
Take advantage of the energy audits being
offered by Howard County Energy District
and partners Luther College and
Winneshiek County Energy District
Space is limited. Call Joel Zook at 563.380.7137
howarcounty.energydistrict.org
Chamber Connections 7
Jessica Reis, NICC Cresco Center Director 1020 2nd Ave SE ● 563.547.3355
NICC Cresco Center Website
SEPTEMBER
CALENDER Contact Sue Barnes, County Point of Contact 132 1st Ave W, Cresco, 563.547.3001 HowardCountyExtension
September DUE TO COVID 19 our office is going to be open to the public Monday thru Friday from 9-12 noon. We will be closed to the public each afternoon from 12:30 to 4:30pm. Thursday, September 10th, 5:30-6:30pm
At this time, mentors and mentees may come to the
Sugar Bowl in Decorah and order at the outside
window to enjoy a tasty Thursday treat.
Tasty Thursdays are on the house, compliments of
the Sugar Bowl.
Save-the-Date
Youth Mentoring event in October at Mount
Hosmer, 271 Main St, Lansing, Iowa
Helping Services for Youth & Families
helpingservices.org/mentoring
Virtual Updates
Sept 7 ● Melissa O’Rourke, Farm Management Specialist
Sept 14 ● Steve Johnson, Farm Management Specialist
Sept 21 ● David Baker, Beginning Farmer Center Director
Sept 28 ● Madelyn Schultz Women in Ag Program Manager
Click here to register
Stress on the Farm/Strategies that Help
Sept 3, 8:30am ● Sept 8, 3:30pm ● Sept 11, 10:30am
Sept 14, 12:30pm ● Sept 14, 12:30pm ● Sept 22, 6:30pm
Sept 25, 12:30pm ● Sept 28, 6:30pm ● Sept 30, 2:30pm
Click here to register
Sept 9 Cooking With Your Instant Pot: BEGINNERS Wednesday, 6-8pm #77279 Sept 15 Connecting Virtually with ZOOM Tuesday, 6-7:30pm #77284 Sept 16 Cooking With Your Instant Pot: ADVANCED Wednesday, 6-8pm #77280 Sept 23 Cooking With Your Air Fryer Wednesday, 6-8pm #77281
Cresco Area Chamber of Commerce 101 2nd Ave SW Cresco, Iowa 52136
CONTACT US Give us a call for more
information about our services and opportunities.
Cresco Chamber
101 2nd Ave SW
Cresco, IA 52136
563.547.3434
Visit us online at crescochamber.com howard-county.com
on Facebook at Cresco and Howard County and on Snapchat at
crescohowardcty
563.547.2101
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507.259.5070
563.547.3355
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563.547.2040
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Regional Health Services of Howard County
Featherlite
Cresco Bank & Trust
Camp-Site RV
Burke Auction Service
NICC Cresco Center
Hindt-Hudek Funeral Home
CUSB Bank
Times Plain Dealer
Cresco Bank & Trust
Country Winds Manor
Jennalee Pedretti - President
Kris Riley - Vice President
Mary Ann Neuzil - Past President
Ryan McCarville
Jen Burke
Jessica Reis
Katie Hudek
Alex McCabe
Dan Evans
Brendon Kacher
Allison Pedretti
The Mission of the Cresco Area Chamber of Commerce is to develop and grow new and existing businesses, promote community involvement and to encourage business alliances.
