Red Wing Area Chamber of Commerce
Welcome to the Red Wing Area Chamber of Commerce located in Red Wing, MN nestled along the banks of the mighty Mississippi River beneath the towering limestone bluffs. Visit Red Wing and enjoy the historic downtown, the St. James Hotel, Red Wing Pottery, Red Wing Shoe Store...Home of the World's Biggest Boot and beautiful Red Wing Hanging Flower Baskets. Red Wing provides a playground for all ages to shop, hike, walk, bike, ski, fish, boat and much more.
Check out the following activities:
National Small Business Week is May 20-26! Come celebrate and join us for lunch on May 23 anytime between 11:30-1:30PM!
We want to congratulate ALL of the small businesses in the Red Wing area! And “small” has a very BIG definition in our book! As a reminder, we held our Annual recognition awards on January 16 and the winners were: Manufacturer of the Year—Red Wing Shoe Company; Newcomer to the Chamber in 2011—All Creatures Veterinary Clinic; Restaurant of the Year—Brickhouse Pub & Grille; Retailer of the Year—Meatheads Meats & Deli; and Service Business of the Year—Body Kneads Wellness & Massage Center.
During this week, we want to celebrate ALL the businesses in the Red Wing area, by inviting you to an Open House at the Chamber on Wednesday, May 23 from 11:30-1:30PM. The folks from SCORE will be co-sponsoring this event with the Chamber. We’ll have tasty treats and wonderful door prizes! In addition, you can get a FREE mini massage from Essential Chiropractic. It’s a great time to stop in and meet the Chamber staff, aka, “The Chamber Ladies.” Plus, it’s a great time to check on your brochure inventory in our lobby, verify your information is correct in our database, update us on your business (expansions, new employees, new products & services, etc.), let us know what we should be telling others about your business, ask us any questions, or just come in for some tasty treats and a massage!
SCORE is America’s premier source of free and confidential small business advice to entrepreneurs. SCORE provides free and confidential advice to small businesses through a network of working and retired volunteer business owners, managers, and executives who donate their expertise to help local entrepreneurs prepare business plans, develop business strategies and gather valuable information about doing business.
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Joint Meeting with Lake City Chamber—Thursday, May 31—5:30PM--7:30PM—Mount Frontenac Golf Club
Help us extend a warm welcome to all of our Lake City counterparts! We’re doing a joint social meeting of both Chambers for ALL of our members…..and we’re going to “meet in the middle”… at Mount Frontenac Golf Club! Thanks to our Sponsors of this event, the Lake City and Red Wing Area Chambers, Mount Frontenac Golf Club, Treasure Island Resort & Casino and Xcel Energy. Not only will this be a great networking event, but Dan Diggins and his crew are “puttin’ on the ritz”….with a pasta buffet and several great door prizes! This is our Second Annual and you don’t want to miss it!
Plus, why not make a day of it…Mount Frontenac is offering a Golf Special to Chamber members on May 31, prior to the event----18 holes with cart for only $20, plus tax. Call the Pro Shop for tee times 651-388-5826.
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AM Expresso—Friday, June 1—Verizon Wireless/ Wireless World—7:30-9AM
Join us and the folks from Verizon Wireless/Wireless World on Friday, June 1 for our monthly AM Expresso. Don’t miss this chance to network with other Chamber members and get educated about one of our local communication companies, and other businesses in our community. Be sure to bring plenty of business cards! You’ll also have the chance to tell others about your business! If your company has a door prize you
would like to donate, please bring it with you. We hope to see you there!
The Red Wing Youth Basketball Association in conjunction with the Red Wing Area Chamber of Commerce present the
2012 River City Shootout 3 on 3 Basketball Tournament
Saturday, August 4, 2012
9 AM - 5 PM
Bay Point Park (Levee Road & Bay Point Road)
Red Wing
For more information and/or to print a registration form, please click on “Chamber & Member Events,” located at the top right-hand side of this page, then select August 4, 2012 on the calendar and River City 3 on 3 Basketball Tournament.
Please call the Chamber at 651-388-4719 or email tammy@redwingchamber.com with any questions.
Special THANK YOU to our River City 3 on 3 Basketball Tournament sponsors...
Title Sponsor
- Snap Fitness of Red Wing
T-Shirt Sponsors
- Coordinated Business Systems
- Island Xtreme Bowl at Treasure Island Resort & Casino
- Marketplace Commercial / Marketplace Management
- Manpower
- Red Wing Grain, LLC
Basket Sponsors
- Island Xtreme Bowl at Treasure Island Resort & Casino
Bracket Board Sponsors
- American Family Insurance - Wade Shelstad
- Automated Equipment, LLC
- Chandler Roofing
- Island Xtreme Bowl at Treasure Island Resort & Casino
- Pearle Vision of Red Wing
Life-Time Basket Sponsors
- Lawrence Transportation Services
- Red Wing Youth Basketball Association
- SCS-AIM
Thank you to our 2012 Diamond Members
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The New “Red Wing Guest Pass” Program is Filling Up Fast!
Space is filling up fast, so get your business involved! THANK YOU to the businesses that have already signed on:
- Andy's Sports Bar & Grill
- Bev’s Café
- Body Kneads Massage & Wellness Center
- Brickhouse Pub & Grille
- DeLeon Jewelers
- Domino's Pizza
- Falconer Vineyards Winery
- Fiesta Mexicana
- Four Seasons Sports
- Goodhue County History Center
- Hallstrom’s Florist & Sweet Shoppe
- Hobgoblin Music/Stoney End Harps
- Liquor King
- Marie’s Underground Grill & Tap House
- Mount Frontenac Golf Course
- Randys
- Red Wing Marina
- Red Wing Confectionery
- Red Wing Shoe Store
- Red Wing Trolley Company
- St. James Hotel
- The Subhouse
- West End Liquor
The Red Wing Area Chamber of Commerce is launching a new program that will make it easier for you to promote your business to the thousands of visitors that are scheduled to come to Red Wing during 2012. We want to make it as easy as
possible for these “guests” to do business with you!
The goal of the Red Wing Guest Pass is to encourage people to visit the participating businesses while they are in Red Wing. On this card will be special offers or promotions from our business community.
When the Chamber issues the Guest Pass, they will be identified with the specific event where this person received the Guest Pass, so you as a business owner can determine where these customers are coming from. If you look at the Top of the Guest Pass, the source will be printed in red letters across the top (i.e. Welcome FLW Fishermen, Welcome Collectors etc.). If it has been distributed to visitors that stopped at the Chamber office, it will have the logo of the Chamber at the top.
Distribution
Red Wing Guest Passes will be issued at the following events during 2012:
· FLW Fishing Tournament (April 14-21; 1000 estimated visitors)
· Full Throttle Fishing Tournament (April 14; 100 estimated visitors)
· Tour de Red Wing (April 21; 150 estimated visitors)
· Red Wing Collectors Society 35th “Crock Fest” Celebration (July 12-14; 2000 estimated visitors)
· River City 3 on 3 Shootout Basketball Tournament (August 4; estimated 1000 visitors)
· Minnesota24 Bike Event (August 25-26; estimated 600 visitors)
· American Queen Riverboat—Levee Park-- (9 stops X 400 Passengers=3,600 Visitors); September 20, 22; October 4, 6, 18, 21, 23; November 4 and 6, 2012
· Queen of the Mississippi River Boat—Levee Park--(4 stops X 150 Passengers= 600 visitors); September 2 visits; October 2 visits.
· Drive for Kids Car Ride (October 13-14; estimated 200 visitors)
· Xcel Outage Employees (Fall; for 4-8 weeks ; estimated 300-800 visitors)
· Visitors to the Red Wing Chamber office (estimated 3,800—in 2011 we had 3,754 visitors to our office).
According to this list, we are expecting over 13,000 visitors to Red Wing during 2012 and this doesn’t even count the groups that we don’t know about yet that are planning trips to Red Wing during 2012! We will continue to distribute the Guest Pass to any other groups that show an interest in receiving it.
It is EASY to participate! Simply contact the Chamber and say you want to be included on the Red Wing Guest Pass! Cost is only $200 per participating business, ($300 if you are NOT a Chamber or Downtown Mainstreet Member).
Red Wing Guest Pass Guidelines:
· Your offer must be good through December 31, 2012. Keep your offer simple! Offers from participating businesses will be printed on the cards.
· Guest Pass cards may be used multiple times by a visitor. (Some visitors stay longer than others.)
· Each business must educate their employees on how to process their offer on the Red Wing Guest Pass.
· Limited space is available on the Guest Pass, so first come, first serve.
Due to the success of the Guest Pass program, the actual card shape and size is subject to change. Our goal is to make the card easy to carry for our guests and durable enough to stand up to gentle wear and tear. We also want to make it fit into a pocket so they can carry it with them. We will not be laminating the cards as we originally thought for easier flexibility.
The front of the card will contain logos printed in color of each participating business. The back side will be the offers printed in black ink.
The Guest Pass cards may also change as the year goes on if more businesses decide to participate at a later date. However, the cost of the Guest Pass will remain $200 through the end of 2012. If businesses join later, they may miss some distribution opportunities to promote their businesses.
As we distribute the batches of Guest Pass cards to visitors, we will email participating businesses to notify them that the Guest Passes are in circulation.
What a great way to promote your business all year long and make our visitors feel like “special guests” of our city! For more information contact the Red Wing Chamber, frontdesk@redwingchamber.com or call 651-388-4719.