Chamberline August 2012

“The Dickinson Area Chamber of Commerce

will provide leadership to promote a progressive

business environment”

Inside this issue:

Chamber Fun Day Golf

Scramble

3

New Chamber

Members

4-5

Member News 6

Education Connection 7

Crown Jewel Award 8

Ribbon Cuttings 9

Chamber News 10

Business After Hours 11

Chamber Snapshot

July 2012

% Change

Phone Calls: 459 +25%

Walk-in: 325 +59%

Email Inquires: 40 +60%

Relocation Packets: 20 +33%

Web Hits

Facebook Likes 125 +9%

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Board of Directors

Dennis Cannon ..................................... President

Craig Kubas .......................................... Pres-Elect

Rachelle Schroeder ............................ Treasurer

Chris Johnson . ..................................... Past President

Elaine Myran ......................................... Director

Mike Renner .......................................... Director

Klint Sickler ........................................... Director

Harmony Kolling ................................. Director

Lisa Roers ............................................... Director

Christian Kostelecky ......................... Director

Terry Kovacevich ............................... Director

Nathan Bouray ..................................... Director

Committee Chairperson

Agriculture ............................................. Kevin Holten

Airport Promotions . ......................... Matt Remynse

Ambassador .......................................... Tasha Gartner

Education ............................................... Ron Dockter

Governmental Affairs ....................... Nate Bouray

Promotions and Retail ..................... Betty Jo Noe

Officials .................................................... Rachelle Schroeder

STAFF

Cooper Whitman ................................. Executive Director

Kristi Tessier ........................................ Events & Marketing Coordinator

Cindy Brock ........................................... Administrative Assistant

Publication First Day of the Month

Published By C. Brock

Deadline Third Thursday of the month - For both copy and advertising

Dickinson Area Chamber of Commerce

314 3rd Avenue West •P.O. Box C

Dickinson, ND 58602

Phone: 701-225-5115 Fax: 701-225-5116

E-mail: [email protected]

Board of Directors monthly meeting minutes

and annual financial statements are

available to Chamber Members.

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Water/Wastewater Engineering—Surveying/Mapping/GIS

Electrical/Structural Engineering—Land Development

Municipal Engineering—Instrumentation And Controls

Development, Construction, Property Management and Commercial & Residential Real Estate.

Page 3 Chamber Fun Day—Golf Scramble

Page 4 New Members

1s t Smart Mart Kathy Blackwell

1785 1st ST. West

Dickinson, ND 58601

701-483-3484

North Dakota Shuttle Brett John

PO Box 250

St. George, UT 84771

701-609-0895

www.dakotashuttle.com

North Dakota Shuttle offers shuttle service to and from the airports in Minot, Williston, and Dickinson.

Kramer Enterprises, Inc. Barbara Schwarz

102 Cooperative Way #100

Kalispell, MT 59901

406-257-0966

www.keimontana.com

Aaron’s Sales & Lease Vince Costello, Manager

Ryan Wagner, Owner

1432 Business Loop East

Dickinson, ND 58601

701-225-9716

www.shopaarons.com

Aaron’s Sales & Lease offers a large selection of name brand furni-ture, appliances, electronics, televisions, and computers. They offer the customer three ways to purchase: pay outright, 120 days same as cash, or put it on lease to own. They deliver & set up all products in Dickinson free of charge. Aaron’s is a family-owned franchise with stores in Miles City & Glendive, MT. They look forward to joining the Dickinson community where they hope to become involved in projects & activities.

Allstate Peterbilt of Dickinson Matt Vanthournout

500 Ford Road

St. Louis Park, MN 55426

651-261-3119

www.allstatepeterbiltgroup.com

Allstate Peterbilt of Dickinson will be a full service Peterbilt truck dealership offering parts, sales and service for all makes and mod-els of heavy duty trucks. Dickinson will be Allstate Peterbilt Group’s 18th Midwest location, covering 5 states. For more information visit www.allstatepeterbilt.com.

Rockpile Energy Services Howard Rough

2225 W. Villard St.

Dickinson, ND 58601

284-620-3494

www.rockpileenergy.com

RockPile was formed to provide high quality pressure pumping services with strategic focus on the Williston Basin. RPES is led by a management team that boasts over 200 years of collective pres-sure pumping and oilfield services experience gained at blue-chip service providers, notably Schlumberger.

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Meyer Real Estate Group LLC Brian Bochman

3214 111 H Ave SW

Dickinson, ND 58601

701-212-8110

www.meyerreg.com

Meyer Real Estate Group is a Dickinson based developer of commercial, industrial and residential property.

Meyer Real Estate are developing The Sundance Subdivision in NE Dick-inson, The Pinecrest, & Pinecrest Commons Subdivisions in Western Dickinson. They are also developing “The Shops at Pinecrest Commons” and Meyer Industrial Park as well.

Meyer Real Estate owns and operates 3 current apartment complexes with 4 more starting construction.

Network Bus iness Systems Scott Thorson

603 5th Avenue NW

South Heart, ND 58655

www.nbsys.com

Stroh and Associates Sheyna Stroh

40 1st Ave W., Suite 202

Dickinson, ND 58601

701-483-3398

www.strohandassociates.com

Dr. Brook Nelson joins Medcenter One

Dr. Brook Nelson, a general surgeon, re-cently joined Medcenter One Dickinson Clinic—938 2nd Ave. W. As a general sur-geon, Dr. Nelson provides surgical treat-ments of a wide range of diseases and condi-tions that involve the breast, stomach, esophagus, pancreas, gallbladder, lower in-testines and abdomen.

Dr. Nelson earned her medical degree and completed her general surgery residency at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, where she also served as chief surgery resident.With the arrival of a general surgeon, Medcenter One Dickinson Clinic has expanded the services it provides to better meet the needs of patients. Dr. Nel-son joins a team of family medicine doctors, pediatricians, an internal medicine doctor, an obstetrician/gynecologist and a nurse practitioner, along with specialists who rou-tinely travel from Bismarck to provide care in Dickinson.

Patients can schedule appointments with Dr. Nelson by calling 701-456-6000.

Boese Image Builders Brady & Mariah Boese

321 7th ST. SW, Apt. 1

Dickinson, ND 58601

406-939-1234

www.boeseimagebuilders.com

Boese Image Builders was founded in April of 2011 by Brady & Mariah Boese. They are a home-based business located in Dickin-son. Boese Image Builders specializes in adding promotional products to a company’s advertizing & marketing campaign to help “build their image”. They serve a wide variety of groups such as : large & small businesses, non-profit organizations, churches, schools, etc. Please visit boeseimagebuilders.com to find out more information.

Page 6 Member News

Keller joins

Early Head Start

American Bank Center

Announcements

Nancee Keller recently joined Early Head Start as a home visitor. Nancee attended Dickinson State University and is a mother of seven and grandmother of eight.

Nancee is very active in her church and the com-munity.

Kadrmas, Lee & Jack-son, an engineering, surveying and planning firm, hired Charles Grizzard, Timothy Kes-sel and Caleb Kjetland in the Dickinson office.

Charles Grizzard is a civil engineer with the transportation group. He earned a bachelor’s degree in civil engineer-ing from Georgia Institute of Technology. Charles has three years of related work experi-ence and is an engineer and land surveyor in training.

Timothy Kessel is a surveyor with the sur-vey west group. He at-tended Sheridan Col-lege and has two years of related work experi-ence.

Caleb Kjetland is a civil engineer for the mu-nicipal group. He earned a bachelor’s degree in civil engineer-ing from North Dakota State University. Caleb has one year of related work experience and is an engineer in training.

American Bank Center is pleased to announce Tatiana Andronova as Sen-ior Credit Analyst. Tatiana joined American Bank Center as an intern in January 2006 while pursu-ing a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Ad-ministration from Dickin-son State University. In January 2007, Tatiana was promoted to Credit Analyst and in December of 2010, Tatiana took on her most recent role of Lead Credit Analyst.

American Bank Center is also pleased to announce Jason Gruebele as Lead Credit Analyst. Jason joined American Bank Center in 1999 as a part-time Data Processor while pursuing a Bachelor of Science degree in Account-ing and Business Admini-stration from Dickinson State University. In May 2001, Jason moved into an Audit Assistant role and in 2003, took an Internal Auditor position with American Bancor, Ltd. Jason has been working as a Credit Analyst for Ameri-can Bank Center since No-vember 2009.

American Bank Center recently hired Rachel Hawley as part-time teller at the north Dickinson lo-cation. Rachel brings five years of banking experi-ence in retail and experi-ence in retail and opera-tions to American Bank Center.

Professional Engineer Deon Stockert of AE2S (Advanced Engineering and Environmental Ser-vices, Inc.) has returned from Dallas, TX, where he spent a week collaborating with national and interna-tional water experts and participating in the Ameri-can Water Works Associa-tion (AWWA) Annual Con-ference and Exposition (ACE).

Mr. Stockert is the Drink-ing Water Group Manager for AE2S, and is also the Operations Manager of the firm’s Dickinson, North Dakota, office.

Kadrmas, Lee &

Jackson hire three

LaDuke & Associates an-nounced the hiring of Scott Wilmeth on July 17th.

Prior to joining LaDuke, Scott Wilmeth spent 10 years in the real estate in-dustry in Houston. He left the city for small-town life in Dickinson.

Scott grew up on a wheat

farm in a small town in

eastern Colorado and is

glad to be back in a more

rural community.

LaDuke announces

new hire

AE2S’ STOCKERT ATTENDS WATER

CONFERENCE

CLINT DUPREL JOINS INVESTMENT CENTERS

OF AMERICA, INC.

Investment Centers of Amer-ica, Inc. (ICA), a nationwide provider of non-deposit fi-nancial products and services, announces Clint Duprel as a new investment representa-tive for the ICA office located in Dickinson, ND.

Clint Duprel was a 2007 Sturgis Brown High School graduate. He pursued his college career at Dickinson State University and gradu-ated in May 2011. Clint started with Investment Centers of America, Inc. in January 2011. He is fully registered along with insur-ance licenses. Clint works with Ronald Schmidt, named ICA’s top representative the past two years.

Clint specializes in Retire-ment, College and Insurance Planning. The ICA office is located at 683 State Ave Suite H Dickinson, ND 58601. Phone: 701-483-1100.

Page 7 Education Connection

Page 8 Crown Jewel Award

Page 9 Ribbon Cuttings July 11th & July 25th

Prairie Hills Townhouses

House of Color

Image of Elegance

LaQuinta Inn & Suites

Hometown Pride

1st Smart Mart Dickinson Parks & Rec Event Center

CHAMBER COMMITTEES

Page 10 Chamber News

Airport Committee: Committee Members No meeting was held. Agriculture Committee: Plans for this years Livestock show on Oct . 19th were contin-ued. 4-H Picnic The 4-H Picnic served 230 people.

Ambassadors /Membership Committee: Hometown Pride Award LaQuinta Inn will be awarded the Hometown Pride award this month. Ribbon Cuttings The Ribbon Cuttings this month are at the following businesses Prairie Townhouse, House of Color, Image of Elegance, LaQuinta Inn , 1st Smart Mart, & Dickinson Parks & Rec Event Center. Chamber Fun Day Golf Scramble It is set for August 10 with BBQ after at the Dkn Rec Event Center. There is still room for teams still and hole sponsors.

Education Committee: No meeting was held. Leadership Dickinson Committee: Sessions were set up. Transportation was also scheduled.

Recreational Events: 3on3 Hoopfest Committee: No meeting was held.

Promotions Committee: Holiday Craft Show We have several crafters already signed up. Business After Hours BAH will be held at Badlands Activities Center will be on August 7th, Weston Solutions, Inc tentatively on September 4th

with ESGR at the Elks on November 13th.

4th of July Coupons Coupons were all distributed Shop Local Campaign Will place ad will split between radio and paper. Crown Jewel Award

People will nominate a business and people will vote for their favorite. Government Affairs Committee: No meeting was held.

Business After Hours—BAC August 7

Chamber Fun Day—

Golf Scramble August 10

Labor Day Holiday—

Chamber Closed Sept 3

Business After Hours—

Weston Solutions Sept 4

Leadership Dickinson Starts Sept 12

Page 11 Business After Hours

Dickinson Chamber of Commerce

PO Box C

Dickinson, ND 58602

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and your logo by sending it to

[email protected].