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Lakeville Landscape & Home Expo
Chamber helps business grow
The Lakeville Area Chamber of Commerce and the
Lakeville Convention & Visitors Bureau aim to bring
people together with the purpose to help businesses
thrive in the community.
The chamber serves as an advocate, resource and lead-
er for its members and the business community.
It does this by serving members in the areas of net-
working opportunities, marketing and promotions, edu-
cation and professional growth events, and advocating
for businesses on issues of importance at the local, state
and national levels of government.
The chamber represents more than 400 area business-
es, and it aims to connect them to each other and custom-
ers throughout the year in many ways.
Networking events such as the chamber’s Business
After Hours, Morning Brews, County-wide After Hours
and Membership and Women’s Luncheons are about so
much more than simply gathering with other businesses
leaders to make connections that may turn into future
business opportunities.
The chamber’s annual Golf Classic and Fall Gala are
networking events and a way for businesses to promote
their work to potential clients and customers.
Visibility at the Golf Classic takes on a new twist as
businesses can sponsor a hole and talk directly with folks
in the entertaining setting of a tee box.
While the Landscape & Home Expo and Consumer
Showcase is one of the most visible marketing efforts the
chamber offers, other tools are used throughout the year.
The Area Guide and Member Directory provides a
“phone book” – an at-one’s-fi ngertips resource to resi-
dents and businesses in both print and online.
Other promotional tools are the chamber newsletter,
packets that are sent to new residents, member-to-mem-
ber deals and organization of events to mark the opening
of a business with a ribbon-cutting or a groundbreaking
for a new site or an expansion.
Seminars and workshops are planned to focus on top-
ics such as human resources, time-management, moti-
vating employees and much more. The chamber helps
develop leadership in those who serve on its board of
directors and other committees.
More information about the chamber can be obtained
online at www.lakevillechamber.org; emailing info@
lakevillechambercvb.org; by calling Shanen Corlett, di-
rector of member services, at 952-469-2020, or contacting
the chamber offi ce at 19950 Dodd Boulevard, Suite 101,
Lakeville, MN 55044.
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