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Monday, January 29, 2018
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Chamber adds flavor to 2018 event schedule
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The Howe Area Chamber of Commerce held a planning meeting last week and came up with a schedule of events to try and grow the involvement and participants beyond the existing 71 active business and personal memberships. With the typical chamber quarterly mixer gathering approximately 20 members, the volunteer members suggested hosting a wine tasting mixer to increase participation. Howe is the only local chamber of commerce to not currently host an event that includes wine. After consulting with Homestead Winery of Ivanhoe, Texas, three dates were set that would include the grape to generate more interest and more activity throughout the city. On Saturday, March 10 from 6:30 pm to 8 pm, Homestead Winery will host a wine tasting mixer and also give a presentation about how their product goes from grape to glass. The Chamber's next function is the Howe Hall of Honor and Awards Banquet to be held on Founders Day Eve, May 4, 2018 with a start time of 6:30 pm. The chamber will induct two living and two nonliving members into the 2018 class. The 2017 Norma J. Wallace Citizen of the Year Award will also be announced as well as Business of the Year, Volunteer Organization of the Year, and New Business of the Year.
planet Earth. In conjunction with the event, the chamber will host a wine tasting inside the chamber office with six local wineries. Tickets will be $10 to enter the building and no alcohol can be consumed outside of the closed area. The Howe Fire Department also is planning for their annual Classic Car Show on the same day. Staples such as the lawmower race and horseshoes will also be part of the festivities. On July 28, the chamber will host Howe's first ever wine stroll which will be similar to those in Bonham, Sherman, Commerce, and other surrounding cities. Local downtown restaurants and businesses will each have the opportunity to feature a different local winery for taste testing and food testing. These events draw many out-of-town guests to discover new places they've never been to. Tickets will be $35 for the wine stroll and will be pre-sale only with no walk-up tickets available. The chamber will also host grapeless mixers such as Howe trivia on Sept. 25, a Christmas mixer on Dec. 6 and of course the annual Christmas parade to be determined at a later date in conjunction with the Anna and Van Alstyne parades.
The chamber is aways seeking volunteers to help with planning and events. For more information The following day is Founders Day, or suggestions, please contact May 5 in which the chamber will Monte Walker at begin the event at 2 pm and run mwalker@howeenterprise.com. through 8 pm that evening. Bent Creek will return as the opening Other board members include band for Tommy Katona and Texas Robert Cannaday - president, Flood which will make one feel as Leandra Beckemeyer, Sheryl if Stevie Ray Vaughan never left Bentley, and Tom Defrange.
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