Community Connections December 2023
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Holiday Street Pole-Lighting Fund<br />
We enter the time of the year of gift giving.<br />
When deciding on where to give, please consider the<br />
Fairmont Area Chamber of Commerce. We are in need<br />
of donations to replenish our designated <strong>Community</strong><br />
Christmas Decoration Fund. The street pole decorations<br />
are provided by the Fairmont Area Chamber of<br />
Commerce for the enhancement of our community.<br />
(The red lantern lights are getting really old) It costs<br />
approximately $1,500 per year to refurbish them.<br />
Our goal is to purchase new decorations in the<br />
coming years as they continue to age and deteriorate. The replacement<br />
costs, however, are significant.<br />
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This past September we held the first annual<br />
fund-raising effort for this fund – the Sip n Shop event.<br />
Proceeds from the annual Sip n Shop will go into the<br />
Holiday lighting fund! With this event we will be able to<br />
purchase new decorations in the near future.<br />
We appreciate all donations from local citizens,<br />
businesses and organizations in any amount which will<br />
help us keep our community shining bright during the<br />
holiday season. Send your donation to : Fairmont Area<br />
Chamber of Commerce 323 E. Blue Earth Ave, Fairmont,<br />
Residential and Business Lighting Contest Starting!<br />
This year the Fairmont Area Chamber of Commerce is<br />
parterning with the City of Fairmont to hold the holiday lights<br />
decorating contest.<br />
A few changes have been made to this years Residential/<br />
Business lighting contest. We have decided to do everything<br />
through the Chambers Facebook Page. With this we hope that<br />
this will help us get more people to participate in the lighting<br />
contest. To get into the contest all you have to do is upload your<br />
photo to the comments of the post on the Fairmont Area Chamber<br />
of Commerce Facebook Page. The winner will be chosen by<br />
the amount of likes they get on the photo they submitted.<br />
Four categories of lighting decorations will chosen with<br />
a new catagorie added this year. Catagories are as follows:First,<br />
Second and Third Place(Residential),and Best Business Decorations.<br />
A heads up as we look torward to next year of the lighting<br />
contest there will be a new rulethe house/business that<br />
won First Place the year prior cannot win First Place again the<br />
following year.<br />
Check out our Facebook Page for rules and to enter your<br />
photo into lighting contest. Winning entries will receive Chamber<br />
Gift Certificates and will be announced Monday Dec 18th.<br />
Reminder … the City of Fairmont offers a rebate on LED<br />
holiday lights, visit their website for all the details on these and<br />
other rebates.<br />
For more information contact Sydney at the Chamber,<br />
info@fairmontchamber.org<br />
ph. 507.235.5547<br />
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