Chamber Newsletter - January 2019
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Mission Statement: The Fairmont Area <strong>Chamber</strong> of Commerce is an advocate for promoting a healthy business clim<br />
Board of Directors Officers:<br />
Chair<br />
Sara Pierce<br />
Pierce Accounting<br />
and Tax Services<br />
Vice Chair<br />
Deb Barnes<br />
Lakeview Methodist<br />
Health Care Center<br />
Board of Directors:<br />
Stephanie Busiahn<br />
Visit Fairmont<br />
Dave Cone<br />
Kahler Automation<br />
Corporation<br />
Brandon<br />
Edmundson<br />
Krahmer, Shaffer<br />
& Edmundson, Ltd<br />
Nicole Gries<br />
Valero Renewables<br />
Staff:<br />
Past Chair<br />
Les Anderson<br />
Martin County<br />
Farm Bureau<br />
Treasurer<br />
DeAnn Eversman<br />
Dee’s Floral &<br />
Designs<br />
Judy Gustafson<br />
U.S. Bank<br />
Teresa Haycraft<br />
Fairmont Ford<br />
John Kasper<br />
Graffiti Corner<br />
Steve Pomerenke<br />
Compeer Financial<br />
Blake Potthoff<br />
Fairmont Opera<br />
House, Inc.<br />
Ned Koppen<br />
President<br />
president@fairmontchamber.org<br />
Kandi Menne<br />
Office Manager/Director of<br />
Communications<br />
info@fairmontchamber.org<br />
Benjamin Landsteiner<br />
Marketing & Social Media<br />
Coordinator<br />
benjamin@fairmontchamber.org<br />
Miranda Larsen<br />
Finance Coordinator<br />
finance@fairmontchamber.org<br />
Contact Information:<br />
Fairmont Area <strong>Chamber</strong> of Commerce<br />
323 East Blue Earth Avenue<br />
P.O. Box 826<br />
Fairmont, MN 56031<br />
Phone: (507) 235-5547<br />
www.Fairmont<strong>Chamber</strong>.org<br />
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with Fairmont Economic Development Authority<br />
(FEDA), is attempting to connect employers with<br />
training or further education programs, attempting<br />
to fill skilled positions with young people entering<br />
the workforce from our community.<br />
While there are positions that our local<br />
employers are trying to fill, there are young people<br />
entering the workforce in our community that<br />
might have the abilities to fill these jobs.<br />
Some local graduates are going to head off<br />
to college to continue their educations and<br />
others are going to be ready<br />
to start their careers right<br />
away. Fairmont Area Life is<br />
working to educate students<br />
and their parents that there<br />
are other options out there as<br />
well.<br />
There are a number<br />
of local employer sponsored<br />
programs in our area that can<br />
help with tuition reimbursement,<br />
on-the-job training, apprenticeship<br />
and internship<br />
opportunities and even job<br />
shadowing. Fairmont Area<br />
Life is working to eliminate<br />
the communication gap between<br />
local employers and<br />
students and their parents so<br />
they are aware of these great<br />
opportunities, right here in<br />
Martin County. To that end,<br />
Fairmont Area Life has employers<br />
who sponsor our efforts and promote<br />
their job opportunities and training or education<br />
programs available after being hired. These<br />
are great jobs with wages that allow these young<br />
workers a chance to start their careers right here<br />
in our community!<br />
We have printed a marketing piece that we<br />
are selectively inserting into school programs for<br />
athletic and fine arts events. We are also working<br />
with school staffs to engage their efforts in<br />
getting this literature into the hands of students<br />
“There are a number<br />
of local employer<br />
sponsored programs<br />
in our area that can<br />
help with tuition<br />
reimbursement, onthe-job<br />
training,<br />
apprenticeship<br />
and internship<br />
opportunities and even<br />
job shadowing.”<br />
and their parents when they are considering entering<br />
the workforce after high school graduation.<br />
This program continues to grow and evolve.<br />
We are actively considering and exploring ways<br />
to expand the efforts of this program and to get<br />
more employers involved. There are many great<br />
employers with job opportunities here in Martin<br />
County.<br />
Let’s keep our best young people working<br />
here and grow stronger together. If<br />
you have an interest in promoting your<br />
business and job opportunities<br />
through the Fairmont<br />
Area Life Program or if you<br />
are interested in how to connect<br />
with these local jobs as a<br />
skilled worker contact one of<br />
us. Ned Koppen at the Fairmont<br />
Area <strong>Chamber</strong> of Commerce<br />
(507) 235-5547 or<br />
Linsey Preuss at FEDA (507)<br />
238-3925. You can also email<br />
us at president@fairmontchamber.org<br />
or lpreuss@fairmont.org.<br />
Fairmont Area Life got its<br />
start, and is still working to<br />
attract former Martin County<br />
students back to our community<br />
after they have gone<br />
away to school and started<br />
their careers. Once they start<br />
a family, often there is a desire<br />
and need to return to the<br />
quality of life they remember from their childhood.<br />
We want to assure them that all of the<br />
great things they grew up with are still here and<br />
that there are more reasons than ever before, to<br />
come home. Coupled with great jobs and employers,<br />
those are the same reasons a young person<br />
just entering the workforce could choose to stay<br />
home here in Martin County. This is a great place<br />
to live and work, we want to make sure all of our<br />
best past and present people know about it!<br />
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