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What’s Going On
from THRIVE-Summer 2023
July 20 – August 17 Thursday Main Street Market
July 27 – 29 – Downtown & Community-wide Crazy Days
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August 12 – Touch a Truck
September 9 – 17 – Clay County Fair
September 18 – 22 Downtown Restaurant Week
November 18 – Holiday Craft & Vendor Shopping
November 25 – Shop Small Saturday
December 4 – Grand Meander/Tuba Christmas
Spencer Stats
• Population 11,605
• Major retail hub for communities within a 40-50 radius of Spencer
• Named one of the top 10 best small towns in the U.S.A.
• Ranked No. 4 ‘Top 10 Affordable Small Towns Where You’d Actually Want To Live’
• Two Historic Districts
• Spencer is home to the 2nd largest tourist activity in the State of Iowa, the Clay County Fair which runs for 9 days and attracts over 310,000 visitors!
Noteworthy
• Century Farms Distillery - Open Gate Vodka has earned a SILVER with the American Distilling Institute (ADI); and Century Farms Single Barrel Straight Bourbon has earned 2 GOLDs at MLSA
• Spencer Municipal Utilities awarded Platinum Level as a Reliable Public Power Provider by the American Public Power Association May 2023-April 2026.
• Spencer Community Schools and Chamber expand the Work Based Learning partnership for the 2023-2024 school year.
