Annual Banquet
Are you ready for a fast-dealing, property trading game? The Chamber Annual Event will be Monopoly themed life size board game, held on Friday, January 24th, 2020. “Hutch-Opoly” will be at the Crow River Winery from 5:30PM to 10PM. Come and join us for a night of buying, selling and scheming your way to riches! Be sure to purchase your tickets and nominate someone today!!
Sponsorship Forms Available.. click here
To register for the 2020 Annual Event use our online Annual Event Registration Form or by mailing/emailing a printable Annual Event Registration Form to the Chamber by Friday, January 17, 2020.
This year there is no needs for a costume; no need for a suit. Come as you are and enjoy this eventful evening with us.
Community Awards
The Hutchinson Chamber of Commerce and the Hutchinson Jaycees, in a joint effort, are proud to award deserving individuals their Community Awards. Do you know someone in our community that is doing great things? Nominate them today!
- Submit your nomination using the online Community Award Nomination Form or by mailing/emailing a printable Community Award Nomination Form (pdf) to the Chamber by Thursday, December 19, 2019.
- Awards are given for: Business Person of the Year, Volunteer of the Year, Teacher of the Year and Young Leader of the Year (under 35 years of age).
- A recipient can only win an award in any given category once – nominees who have won a specific award in years prior cannot be considered for that award again.
- Award winners will be recognized at the Chamber Annual Event on Friday, January 24, 2020.
- Award winners will be video-taped prior to the event, as well as possibly the nominator.
- Award winners will be informed of the awards before the event.
- Award winners will attend the event at no charge.
2020 Crop Management Input Seminar
The University of Minnesota Extension and the Hutchinson Chamber are proud to be hosting the 2020 Crop Management Input Seminar. The seminar is set for Thursday, December 19, 2019 from 8:30 AM to 3:00 PM at the Hutchinson Events Center. The seminar will provide educational speakers, agribusiness vendors, lunch and much more! Also, the 2019 Ag Person of the Year will be announced at the event.
Questions should be directed to the Extension Office by phone at 320-484-4334 or by emailing [email protected].
2020 Crop Management Input Seminar (pdf)
Taste of the Holidays – Thank You!
The Hutchinson Ambassadors and the Hutchinson Chamber would like to thank you to the businesses that participated in Taste of the Holidays! Great food, great music and great networking! Once again, a sell out event!
A special thanks goes out to everyone that attended. This event would not be such a huge success without you!
Check out the Hutchinson Ambassadors Facebook page for Taste of the Holidays – Photo’s
Small Business Saturday – Thank You!
What happens when you mix approximately 300+ people and roughly 200 ping pong balls? Well a great time, of course!
Thanks and gratitude go out to the everyone that came out on Small Business Saturday to shop local. This was our second go around with the ping pong ball drop. Dare I say that everyone had a bouncing good time yet again this year? A special thanks to all the businesses that participated this year in the Chamber’s Small Business Saturday marketing campaign as well as those businesses that generously donated gift cards for the event! The day would not have “bounced” as well as it did if it wasn’t for you!!!
SHOUT OUT… to Jay Malone for providing cookies for the event.
Once again, the Chamber Board of Directors, Hutchinson Ambassadors and the thinkLOCAL Committee donned their red scarves and masqueraded as the “Red Clad Elves.” Hats (or scarves) off to them and the excellent work they do! They were out and about in Hutchinson surprising shoppers with gift cards to pay for their local purchases.
Check our the Hutchinson Chamber’s Facebook page for photos and the 2020 Ping Pong Ball Drop.
Business Connection – December 6th
A January Business Connection will not be hosted due to the close proximity of the Holiday.
Please join us for January’s Business Connection hosted by Jay Malone Motors on Friday, December 6 from 7:00 AM to 8:00 AM at 1165 Highway 7 W., Hutchinson. Learn how Jay Malone
became Hutchinson’s “Dealer for Life” and find out how the local dealership provides top-notch customer service. Sit in a new car and try out heated seats to keep you warm this winter.
Registration Link for December’s Business Connection
Business Connection is a morning networking event that takes place at a Chamber business on the first Friday of each month from 7:00 AM to 8:00 AM. Chamber members are invited to gather, enjoy coffee and a light breakfast, share a quick update or information on their business/organization. We will always have a Chamber update for you as well.
Door prizes will be given out, so make sure you bring your business card to be entered into the drawing. The new networking opportunity is a great way to know people in the community and keep in touch with Hutch!
We are currently working to fill our 2020 Business Connection calendar, so if your Chamber business would like to learn more about becoming a Business Connection host, contact The Chamber office..
Hutchinson Ambassadors
The Hutchinson Ambassadors serve as the welcoming and social arm of the Hutchinson Chamber by actively supporting and promoting Hutchinson and its surrounding business community.
The Ambassador’s Facebook page is a great place to see photos of all the visits and other special events hosted by the Ambassadors.
You may have seen our Ambassadors around town – you can recognize them by their blue shirts and friendly smiles. They welcome new business openings, as well as, celebrate business renovations and milestones with an Ambassador Business Visit.
November’s Ambassador Business Visits:
- Hometown Mortgage
- Today’s Driving
- Muddy Cow
Business After Hours – January 9
Business After Hours is a great way to learn about businesses in Hutchinson and network with fellow Chamber Members. This is a way to get behind the scenes in our local businesses… to see what they make, do or provide. This monthly event is Chamber invitation only and is open to all Chamber Member business employees. Businesses interested in a hosting Business After Hours event or would like more information should email the Ambassadors.
If you are the only primary representative with your business receiving emails from the Chamber, please invite all your employees to join us! Preregistration is strongly encouraged, so our business hosts may plan accordingly.
January’s Holiday Business After Hours will be held on
Thursday, January 9 from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM at
B&B Sports, located at 20271 MN-15, Hutchinson, MN.
Click here to register online for January’s Holiday Business After Hours or call the Chamber at 320-587-5252.
Maximize Your Membership!
Attend networks events such as Business connection, Business after hours other chamber sponsored events. These events provide real time connections with other chamber members. Business to business contacts are knows to be vital and a key to business growth.
Quarter 2 Table Tent Deadline is March 1, 2020!
The Chamber prints and delivers over 900 table tents around the community. Are you looking for a way to boost an upcoming Hutchinson event? Make sure you get your event added to the Chamber’s table tents. The cost is $30 per event listing for community members and Chamber Members receive a $10 discount per event listing.
Also, if you submit an event to our table tents, make sure to add it to our Community Calendar. The Community Calendar averages about 100 views a day, so don’t forget to utilize it! Submitting an event to the Community Calendar may be done through your Chamber Member Portal or directly on the Community Calendar page!
The deadline for Quarter 2 (April, May & June 2020) is March 1, 2020.
If you want table tents delivered to your business or if you want to submit an event for an upcoming table tent, please contact the Chamber by phone 320-234-0786 or by email [email protected].
New and Renewing Members
We would like to thank the following members for joining the Chamber and/or renewing their partnership with the Hutchinson Area Chamber of Commerce and Tourism!
NEW
- Collin Peterson
- Cobblestone Hotels & Suites
RENEWING
- River of Hope Lutheran Church
- New Discoveries Montessori Academy
- New Era Financial Group
- Cal-Tex Companies
- Harmony River Living Center
- Southwest Initiative Foundation
- Ecumen Oaks & Pines
- Junior Achievement of the Hutchinson Area
- McGraw- Mahon, P.A.
- Meghan’s Place Inc
- Robert Peterson
Business of the Month… All local Businesses!
As the height of retail shopping season begins, the Hutchinson Area Chamber of Commerce wants you to think local/shop local. The Chamber strongly encourages everyone to thinkLOCAL when making a purchase. 
Please consider where you will be spending your shopping dollars this holiday season! That doesn’t only mean shop small but shop LOCAL as well.
Small Business Saturday, which is Nov. 30, is a nationwide event intended to encourage residents to shop local and to shop small businesses in each participating hometown. Previously mentioned in the Newsletter are the details of Hutchinson’s exciting plans for Small Business Saturday 2019.
Just think, if you were to switch just 50 % of your online purchases to store front pick up you could greatly impact the Hutchinson Community. When we shop local the entire community we live in is positively impacted!
Did you know?
- If every household were to take 10 percent of what they typically spend online or out of town and spend it LOCALLY and every business spent 5 percent more locally, that would equal $42 million in annual revenue for our community.
- Revenue from local purchases keeps tax dollars in our community. These are dollars that support our police and fire departments, our schools and parks, our streets and utilities and much more.
- Local businesses offer great customer service. Shopping at a local store and tapping into local expertise, you’re as much as 3 times more likely to discover something new.
You get out what you put in….
Something from Mary! …Change. We all have a relationship with this six-letter word: change.
Learn more in Mary’s blog!
Save the Date!
DECEMBER
6 Business Connection – Jay Malone Motors
12 Holiday Business After Hours- Bobbing Bobber Brewing Company 19 2020 Crop Management Input Seminar
JANUARY
8 PULSE Lunch & Learn 9 Business After Hours – B&B Sports
24 Annual Chamber Event & Community Awards- Crow River Winery
FEBRUARY
7 Business Connection
12 PULSE Lunch & Learn 13 Business After Hours
March
6 Business Connection
11 PULSE Lunch & Learn 12 Business After Hours
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