Chamber Connection
Volume 24 | Issue 4 | Quarter 4 | 2021
Investment in Chippewa Falls
Businesses in Chippewa Falls have spent the past 17 months confronting challenges never before seen. Despite those challenges, the Chippewa Falls area continues to see industry investment into our community that strengthens our economic base and allows for continued growth and development.
multi-sport training facility. VSA will open with an emphasis on state-of-the-art performance training in hockey, soccer, baseball, and softball.
Mason Companies has called Chippewa Falls home for more than 117 years. In August they broke ground on a new location in the Lake Last year, Wisconsin Metal Fab added 28,000 Wissota Business Park. They are constructing a square feet of manufacturing space and 4,000 new 425,000 square foot fulfillment facility and it is square feet of office space, bringing their total slated to be completed in the spring of 2023. to 108,000 square feet. The new manufacturing space improves product flow, which includes a Advanced Laser is expanding their manufacturing drive-thru material delivery and the new office facility on Cashman Drive. The expansion will be doubling their new building that is specific space houses their Engineering and Sales staff. to Technical and Aviation Assembly of metal In June of this year, we welcomed Ashley Furniture components. They expect to be in the building to Chippewa Falls. They acquired a 127,000 square early in 2022. foot facility at 925 First Avenue and will serve as an These projects are a testament to our economic upholstery furniture manufacturing site. and community strength. We are proud that In July, the Valley Sports Academy (VSA) broke Chippewa Falls continues to be a great place to ground in Lake Hallie on a 116,000 square foot raise a family and a business.
WELCOME NEW MEMBERS ANDERS SUPPLY & LANDSCAPING Taylor Anders 8640 141st St | Chippewa Falls (715) 723-4001
DREWMARK BOUTIQUE LLC Sarah Thornton 15 E Central St | Chippewa Falls (715) 404-5506
ANGELA ROSE LLC Angela Olinger 3701 E Clairemont Ave | Eau Claire (651) 300-9177
FIRST CHOICE MERCHANT SERVICES Lisa Dickson (844) 822-3267
B & B ELECTRIC INC. Ben Trachsel 1303 Western Ave | Eau Claire (715) 832-1676
GRS TRANSPORTATION, LLC Dan Schafer 16903 Cty Hwy X | Chippewa Falls (715) 861-5610
BRANDNER & BAUER LLP Jason Brandner 4257 Southtowne Dr, Ste 4 Eau Claire (715) 839-2722
HEARTLAND CONTRACTORS OF WI INC Jim Rooney 13167 Cty Hwy OO | Chippewa Falls ROONEY GRAIN (715) 830-7830 Steven Rooney 9996 Cty Hwy Q | Chippewa Falls IRON PINES STRENGTH & (715) 288-5937 YOGA LLC Allison Coonts ROONEY PROPERTIES LLC 4138 132nd St | Chippewa Falls Jim Rooney (563) 272-9038 13167 Cty Hwy OO | Chippewa Falls (715) 830-7832 JR TRUCK REPAIR AND FABRICATION, LLC STEIN BROS. STEEL Katoria Pratt Terry Busch 13170 30th Ave | Chippewa Falls 1674 20 1/2 St | Rice Lake (715) 726-0444 (715) 234-2108
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M3 SOUND, LIGHTING & STAGING Michael Creviston 8304 Commerce Pkwy, Ste 1 Chippewa Falls (715) 598-4771 PROPERTY SHOPPE REALTY, LLC Anthony Janicki 6118 Sandstone Rd, Ste 201 Eau Claire (715) 514-5828 RESTORE FAMILY CHIROPRACTIC Kristin Wahl 331 E Prairie View Rd Chippewa Falls (715)751-3174
STOKES|HERZOG MARKETING + CONSULTING Kim Gillett 4205 Southtowne Dr | Eau Claire (715) 450-1833 THE SIGH GROUP Abby Hanlon 4033 123rd St | Lake Hallie T. LYNN’S CUSTOM BLINDS, SHADES, & DRAPERIES Tara Schleicher 26353 Hwy 27, Ste C | Holcombe (715) 441-7997 VALLEY SPORTS ACADEMY Chase Hoople WHISPERING PINES GOLF COURSE Todd Rykal 24700 Cty Hwy X | Cadott (715) 289-4653 WILD FLOUR BAKERY Alyssa Gilliam 1205 Miles St | Chippewa Falls (715) 271-8700
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ASHLEY FURNITURE INDUSTRIES, LLC CHIPPEWA FALLS
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Historically, the Chippewa Falls area has been fortunate to have excellent leadership from its businesses and various other segments of the community. Our area continually experiences issues due to the constant influence of change and growth. How these issues are managed depends to a considerable degree upon informed, skilled, and concerned community leaders. Leadership Chippewa Falls offers a way to ensure that the tradition of strong leadership continues in the Chippewa Falls area. Each month participants will spend a half-day learning about one sector of the Chippewa Falls community. They will have the opportunity to meet key leaders in these areas, discuss the challenges within the community, and determine how these challenges might be resolved. Allyson Barka - Junior Achievement of Wisconsin Jacob Bauer - Security Financial Bank - Bloomer Michelle Blaha - Northwestern Bank Carmon Bonn - W.S. Darley & Co. Jaynee Brannen - McDonell Area Catholic Schools Hannah Cowan - Citizens State Bank - Cadott Andrew Daniels - Miron Construction Co., Inc. Brian Girgen - Market & Johnson Heather Grande - Chippewa Valley Technical College Rebecca Gudis - Advanced Laser Jeff Holmes - Chippewa Falls Area Unified School District Mollie Hogan - Chippewa Falls Boys & Girls Club Kathryn Luther - Royal Credit Union Carrie Mathwig - YMCA of the Chippewa Valley Alyssa Michaels - CF Products Karri Pitsavas - L.E. Phillips Career Development Center Megan Price - Mason Companies, Inc. Lesley Small - Chippewa Falls Police Department Michael Strubel - WEAU 13 News Elizabeth Zank - Fries Financial Group Chippewa Falls Area Chamber of Commerce
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NEW BOARD MEMBERS Greg Field is the General Manager at W.S. Darley & Co. and oversees all operations of the Pump Division in Chippewa Falls. He is a Chippewa Valley native, an outdoor enthusiast, loves his family dearly, and likes to tinker with restoring old vehicles and tractors in his spare time. Greg is a Marquette University grad with a degree in engineering and has over 27 years of experience with progressive responsibility in manufacturing, R&D, and technology development with W.S. Darley & Co., General Electric, Woodward, and Johnson Controls. He and his family have a passion and deep roots in Chippewa Valley community and Greg is excited and looking forward to serving as part of the Chippewa Falls Chamber Board.
Kirk Boettcher is the coowner of Rooney Printing along with Dan Webb. They will be starting their 7th year as the owners of Rooney Printing. Prior to the printing business, Kirk was involved in sales of construction equipment and estimating for construction companies. He has lived in the Tilden area most of his life. He has been married to Teri Boettcher for 36 years and they have two children. Anyone that knows Kirk at all knows that his main hobby is fishing. Whether on the ice or in the boat, he has been on many fishing experiences with good friends and his kids. He is still looking for that elusive 30”+ Walleye - his wife says he just says that so he can keep going to all these places to go fishing. Chippewa Falls Area Chamber of Commerce
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MEMBER 2 MEMBER NEWS Advanced Laser (AL) is celebrating its 25th anniversary in the contract metal manufacturing business! The business has grown to 200 employees and multiple locations and is proud to support the Chippewa Valley and Washburn County communities. Charter Bank is proud to announce that Bryan Gerlach has been named the new Chief Financial Officer effective September 1, 2021. This announcement is made as Sue Diel, Incumbent CFO, has stated her intention to retire in early 2022. Gerlach and Diel will continue to work together in the coming months to ensure a smooth transition. Chippewa Valley Technical College announces Alyssa Van Duyse as their new Content Strategist & Writer. Citizens State Bank (Citizens) is set to open a new fullservice branch office at 118 N Broadway St, Stanley in October 2021, including full drive-up services and an ATM. The Community Foundation of Chippewa County grant recipients through the RRR Fund are: • American Red Cross-Northwest WI Chapter: $4,623- support for the costs of Chippewa County blood drives and COVID-19 antibody testing • Chippewa River Industries: $4,600- to purchase Laptops and a projector/screen to assist with prevocational services. • Hope Village: $1,370- costs associated with purchasing sanitation supplies, laundry gift cards, and laundry detergent for Tiny House guests.
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business relationships and delivering financial expertise with client-centric solutions to business Members. The promotion of Adam Kastendieck to Infrastructure Manager where he will lead the IT team responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining Royal’s infrastructure systems and services to consistently provide excellent service to Royal Members. The RCU Foundation announced that local arts charities will receive over $27,000 following the 2021 virtual Rock the Riverfront featuring the Charity Classic. The Heyde Center for the Arts was awarded a $15,000 donation as part of this along with Chippewa Valley Theater Guild and Northern Star Theatre Company.
Wisconsin Farmers Union is excited to announce the hiring of two Regional Membership Coordinators, Alicia Razvi and Shawn Bartholomew. They are also happy to welcome a few new faces to the team at their state headquarters on Spring Street: Administrative Assistant Jessica Ryba, Membership Coordinator Shawn Bartholomew, and Watershed Coordinator Tara Daun. Have some news to share? Send your announcements or press releases to tasha@chippewachamber.org.
Edward Jones announces Phyllis Buck recently joined the local office of the financial services firm as a branch office administrator (BOA) trainee for financial advisor Debi Waldusky. Junior Achievement of Wisconsin Inc. makes the following announcements: • Rolly Enderes has been elected as president of the JA Board of Directors. Rolly is the co-owner and vice president of Chemceed, LLC and its new division, called CF Products. • New board member, Stacy Whaley, is the Founder and CEO of Fire Up & Lead. • New board member, Amy Miller is an Assistant Store Director at Festival Foods Short Elliott Hendrickson Inc. (SEH) is pleased to share that Greg Weyandt, PE has been named SEH’s East Region Leader. Royal Credit Union (Royal) makes the following announcments: • Gretchen Hudacek is the new VP Business Loan Officer and will be responsible for developing
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TRAVEL & TOURS Travel Leaders TROPHIES & ENGRAVING Blue Ribbon Awards, Signs & Engraving West Trophy TRUCKING & TRANSPORT Chippewa Valley Grain Transport Purple Mountain Solutions, Inc. dba Gold Cross Courier Service GRS Transportation, LLC
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CCF Bank
Courtney Berg
Cathy Leibke
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Kirk Boettcher
David Lemanski
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Angela Eckman
Erin Lorberter
Greg Field
Michael Stoffel
Jason Forman
Brandon Thorsness
David Goldbach
Mayor Greg Hoffman
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Chippewa River Industries, Inc.
Chippewa Valley Technical College
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Michelle Farrow Workforce Development Coordinator Kathy Strecker Membership Coordinator
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