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Prior Lake 4785 DAKOTA STREET SE PRIOR LAKE, MN 55372 SANDI FLECK - PRESIDENT (952) 440-1000 SANDI@PRIORLAKECHAMBER.

McCoy from Edward Jones for a Lunch and Learn. The topic will be Six Barriers to Investment Success - Uncovering Your Behavioral Biases. Lunch will be provided.

Check in begins at 11:30 am, meeting starts at noon. Each unique business attending will have one minute to promote their business! Bring business cards to exchange.

Thursday Ambassadors! Please consider joining this fun group the first Thursday of the month at 10:30 am to visit local chamber businesses.

1 Prior Lake 4785 DAKOTA STREET SE PRIOR LAKE, MN SANDI FLECK - PRESIDENT (952) SANDI@PRIORLAKECHAMBER.COM Chamber News March 2018 Upcoming Events Lunch and Learn Tuesday, March 20, Noon Prior Lake City Hall Parkview Room Dakota Street SE, Prior Lake Join Christy McCoy from Edward Jones for a Lunch and Learn. The topic will be Six Barriers to Investment Success - Uncovering Your Behavioral Biases. Lunch will be provided. Membership Meeting Wednesday, March 21, Noon Franciscan Retreats and Spirituality Center St. Francis Lane, Prior Lake One Minute to Promote & WIN! Check in begins at 11:30 am, meeting starts at noon. Each unique business attending will have one minute to promote their business! Bring business cards to exchange. Please bring a non perishable food or monetary donation for the CAP Agency. Senior Luncheon Monday, May 7, Noon Prior Lake VFW Main Avenue SE, Prior Lake Wanted! Thursday Ambassadors! Please consider joining this fun group the first Thursday of the month at 10:30 am to visit local chamber businesses. Welcome New Members Great Tea Road Company Titima To (612) Prior Lake, MN Kisses for You (LipSense by SeneGence) Marissa Held-Nordling (612) Chaska, MN Angie s Creative Angie Hughes (952) Savage, MN SDDI Sign Systems Catherine Sowder (952) Prior Lake, MN

Page 2 Prior Lake Chamber News Greetings from your Chamber Chair - Kim Prchal Blahnik, Prchal & Stoll, PLLC March Madness! Finally it feels like Spring is here.

We had nearly 90 women for Ladies Night Out on Thursday, over 120 people for the beer/wine/hotdish tasting on Friday, and a busy family fun day on Saturday.

We thank our sponsors, Mystic and SMSC for the partnership. We would love any additional feedback so we can make next year s event even better so please contact us if you have something to share.

As a former recipient of their food shelf benefits, I have first-hand experience to showcase how much this agency helps our community. March is food shelf month.

2 Page 2 Prior Lake Chamber News Greetings from your Chamber Chair - Kim Prchal Blahnik, Prchal & Stoll, PLLC March Madness! Finally it feels like Spring is here. We can t get too excited though, after all we do live in Minnesota. Prior Lake Polar Palooza was a success. We had nearly 90 women for Ladies Night Out on Thursday, over 120 people for the beer/wine/hotdish tasting on Friday, and a busy family fun day on Saturday. For a first-year event, we were proud with the results. Our great relationship with Mystic Lake allowed us to put the she-shed up in the main entrance of the hotel at Mystic Lake. We thank our sponsors, Mystic and SMSC for the partnership. We would love any additional feedback so we can make next year s event even better so please contact us if you have something to share. My non-profit for the month of March is CAP Agency Community Action Partnership serving Scott, Carver, and Dakota counties. This nonprofit has a special place in my heart. As a former recipient of their food shelf benefits, I have first-hand experience to showcase how much this agency helps our community. March is food shelf month. CAP Agency s Food Shelf provides immediate food and resources to individuals and families to bridge them through difficult times and help them reach selfsufficiency. A 5-7 day supply is provided to each family in need, once within a calendar month. CAP agency welcomes donations of non-perishable food items as well as monetary donations, as most food is purchased from organizations like Second Harvest. You can bring food items to the Chamber office, the office of Blahnik, Prchal & Stoll or to the Chamber meeting on March 21 st. Last month we raised $175 for ROCK and I know we can beat that this month! We still have a few months available for a business to sponsor a monthly meeting. For a low fee of $200 ($100 for non-profits), you get to be front and center at the meeting. You can bring up to 3 employees, and you will have an opportunity to speak to the group for 3-5 minutes. In addition, we encourage you to bring some materials to pass out to the members. Spots are filling quickly so contact us soon to secure your month. This is an opportunity for you to steal the spotlight from me c mon you know you want to! Last, I hope all of you will join us on March 21st at the Franciscan Retreat Center in Prior Lake for our monthly meeting. Back by popular demand is minute-to-win-it, I look forward to seeing you all soon! Kim Prchal Prior Lake Polar Palooza

3 March 2018 Page 3 February 2018 Highlights February Membership Meeting - Prior Lake City Hall Ribbon Cutting - great tea road County Road 42 and Highway Construction PriorNet Networking Tuesday, 7:30 am - Chamber Office Thursday, Noon - City Hall PriorNet is a business networking group that helps business people increase their revenues through referral marketing. There is one representative per profession/industry. We would love to have you join us!

Page 4 Prior Lake Chamber News February Ambassador Visits Ambassadors: Jenny Nagy Rick Solum Mary

Horizon Academy Kami Thompson Holiday Station Store Tonya Halvorson Ambassadors: Bill Corby Bryce

Richtarich AB and B Insurance Gail Adelmann Edina Realty Jen Azure Teresa s Mexican Restaurant Jose

events and businesses. EXECUTIVE BOARD 2018: Kim A.

1/15-12/19 Susie McNeal, Secretary - Prior Lake V.F.W.

COUNTRY Financial (952) 447-4202 - Term: 1/13-12/18 Ed Speiker - Ed Speiker s Custom Woodworking -

Conditioning (952) 447-2160 - Term: 1/17-12/19 Lloyd Erbaugh - (952) 855-4034 - Term: 1/18-12/19

4 Page 4 Prior Lake Chamber News February Ambassador Visits Ambassadors: Jenny Nagy Rick Solum Mary Haas Ed Speiker Pearl DeSha Randy Emerson Jean Bigalk Holy Cross Lutheran Church James Jobst New Horizon Academy Kami Thompson Holiday Station Store Tonya Halvorson Ambassadors: Bill Corby Bryce Huemoeller Bob Facente Ed Speiker Chad Peterson Kathy Dawson Michael Rebischke Corey Stich Kelly Richtarich AB and B Insurance Gail Adelmann Edina Realty Jen Azure Teresa s Mexican Restaurant Jose Banzzini Download the Prior Lake Chamber of Commerce App to get up to date information on chamber events and businesses. EXECUTIVE BOARD 2018: Kim A. Prchal, Chair - Blahnik Prchal Stoll Law Office (952) Term: 1/16-12/19 Keri Thayer, Vice Chair - R.O.C.K. (952) Term: 1/16-12/20 Brandy Blanch, Treasurer - MLB Landscaping (651) Term: 1/15-12/19 Susie McNeal, Secretary - Prior Lake V.F.W. (952) Term: 1/17-12/18 Andrew Anthony, Past Chair - Andrew Anthony Insurance Agency COUNTRY Financial (952) Term: 1/13-12/18 Ed Speiker - Ed Speiker s Custom Woodworking - Term: 1/18-12/20 Christy McCoy - Edward Jones - Term 1/18-12/20 Bill Corby - Tri County Water Conditioning (952) Term: 1/17-12/19 Lloyd Erbaugh - (952) Term: 1/18-12/19 Beth Gassen - gg Boutique Pretty Things (612) Term: 1/18-12/18 Rick Solum - Sterling State Bank (952) Term: 1/18-12/18 City Liaison: Mayor Kirt Briggs (612) (10/17) Frank Boyles (952) (10/17) School Liaison: Kristi Mussman ((952) (1/07)

9 In 2018, Prior Lake Chamber will be continuing TWO networking weekly group which will be named PriorNetTuesday and PriorNetThursday. PriorNet is a business networking group in the Prior Lake Area that helps business people increase their revenues through effective referral marketing. Overall, the PriorNet is more informal than other business networking groups in the area. Membership Guidelines If you primarily sell X (type of category) and we already have a member whose primary focus is selling X, you would not be able to join under that category, but we could be creative and hope to find a category that is suitable for your business. PriorNet does not have any formal attendance requirements. We understand that scheduling conflicts occur, as well as illness, family emergencies, etc. However, your attendance is a reflection of your character and integrity. Additionally, it is very difficult to give you referrals and discuss the background behind that referral with you if you are not present. So, we encourage you to attend our meetings regularly and inform us if you will not be able to attend. If you decide to stop the group because of conflict of scheduling, please give a written notice to President of the Chamber (Sandi) and it will be brought back to the group to accept the resignation, therefore an opening will become available in your category. No refunds will be offered. PriorNet members will also have the opportunity to volunteer at upcoming local events. These volunteer opportunities will be brought up and voted as a group during the regular meetings. This volunteer opportunity will be encouraged but not mandatory, any fees relating to this volunteer experience is based solely on the person involved. In consideration of being allowed to participate in the event, I hereby personally assume all risks in connection with the event and I hereby agree to hold the Prior Lake Chamber, their officials, employees, agents, members, and sponsors harmless and I waive any right to make claims or bring lawsuits against the Chamber, its members, or anyone working on behalf of the Chamber or their members for any injuries or damages related to the alleged negligence of the Chamber or sponsor. PriorNetTuesday and PriorNetThursday will meet socially quarterly to network among themselves, times and locations will be scheduled. SIGNING MY NAME on the application WILL ACT AS MY SIGNATURE FOR THE ABOVE WAIVER AND RELEASES If you are interested in joining one of our groups, all that is required to join is simply filling out the attached form. PriorNetTuesday will meet every Tuesday promptly at 7:30 am and meetings will last one hour, it will begin meeting at the Chamber office at 4785 Dakota Street SE, Prior Lake. PriorNetThursday will meet every Thursday promptly at noon and meetings will last one hour, it will begin meeting at the City Hall, Parkview Room, 4646 Dakota Street SE, Prior Lake.

10 PriorNet Membership Agreement Form PriorNet does not have if you miss x number of meetings, you forfeit your seat rule. Members do not have to achieve a quota of referrals given to other members. However, as in any successful business networking group, we have some general guidelines members are expected to follow. Our goal is for you to make three out of four meetings. Due to high demand of certain categories to be included in PriorNet, we could ask you to submit a resignation if you miss several weekly meetings. Mission Statement: Our mission is to build stable long-standing relationships within the group based upon credibility and trust. These relationships leverage each member s expertise to share information during our meetings, which presents the opportunity to make business referrals. Expectations of Group Members: Attendance: It is expected that regular attendance is necessary to develop the relationships within PriorNet. A commitment to regular attendance should be made, the goal is three out of four meetings. This networking group should be a priority. PriorNetTuesday will meet every Tuesday promptly at 7:30 am and meetings will last up to one hour, it will begin meeting at the Chamber office at 4785 Dakota Street SE, Prior Lake. PriorNetThursday will meet every Thursday promptly at noon and meetings will last up to one hour, it will begin meeting at the City Hall, Parkview Room at 4646 Dakota Street SE, Prior Lake. Representation: There will only be one representative allowed per profession/industry. Each member will do a 60 second commercial at each meeting and will plan to do a ten minute presentation periodically that educates other members in more detail about the services and products offered by their company or business, and to let the group know the best way referrals can be provided. Referrals: There is no requirement or quota for leads and referrals, but, as a member, we will try to refer prospects or customers that I encounter to the products and services offered by members in PriorNet. Leads and referrals should be passed along during the week should be reported to the group. Dues: We ask that you/your business is in good standing with the Prior Lake Chamber and $25 be submitted at time of application on a yearly basis in January. There will be no pro-rated fee the cost to join is $25 and will be only good until December of that year. Yes, I have read and agree to these expectations and guidelines and accept by signing: Pick one group: PriorNetTuesday (7:30 am) PriorNetThursday (noon) Name Company Category: OR OR Cell Work: PriorNet is a business networking group in Prior Lake Chamber. It is a diverse, non-competing membership group with one member representing each career field. A Facebook Closed Group Page will be created for each networking group and all attendees will be invited to join.

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