Member Benefits
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Ribbon Cuttings & Anniversary Celebrations
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Listing on our Website Directory
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Promoted during Chamber events
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Platte Chamber Dollars – Keeping money local
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Post your Events on the Community Calendar
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List your job openings on our Work in Platte Page
Chamber Staff
Board of Directors
President: Corey Rabenberg, Bouwen
Vice President: Josh Moret, Farm Bureau Financial Services
Secretary: Heather Johnson, Beauty Med by Heather
Director: Tom Steinhauser, Platte Creek Lodge
Director: Virginia DeKam, Dakota Country Inn
Director: Katie Hoekema, Platte Christian Reformed Church Director: Ross VanZee, Summit Contracting
Platte Area Chamber of Commerce
Become a member!
It is our intent to become better acquainted with you and your business so that we can assist in promoting your business by word of mouth and through different marketing strategies. Promotions include an online presence with shout-outs on the chamber Facebook and Instagram pages, a listing on our Platte website’s directory, and extra advertisement should you decide to sponsor chamber events.
Cost of Membership:
Year one: $100
Annual Renewal: $200 + $10 per employee
Cost of typical event sponsorships: $150
Each year, you will receive an email notice that your membership is due. You can easily pay online when you sign into the town website. You can pay for any sponsorship of an event on the website along with your yearly renewal or throughout the year as events are scheduled. You may also pay your dues and sponsorships by check.
Website Information: We will send you an email and you will be able to setup your business’s profile. We encourage you to include all your basic information, including your business name, contact person, address, phone and fax numbers, email address, and website. Our website will walk you through this process. Additionally, you can upload your logo so you’re easy to spot on the website. You can also upload photos in your gallery and a description of the services and products you offer as well as your social media link(s) so people visiting the site can get to your own social media pages with one click. Businesses can edit their profile at any time online.
The Platte Chamber has a handful of yearly events and we hope to bring some new ones throughout the years too.
May : Fishing Tournament October : Costume Walk September : HayDaze
December : Santa Comes to Town/Kids Drawings/Roller Skating - Wine Walk - Parade of Lights
The Platte Area Chamber of Commerce’s mission is to promote, strengthen, and maintain the Platte area business community by using advertising, marketing, and community events.
Chamber Ribbon Cuttings
WHAT IS A CHAMBER RIBBON CUTTING?
A ribbon cutting is the ceremonial opening of a brand-new, newly renovated, or relocated business. It can inaugurate a business’s first day of business, or it can take place weeks after the soft opening. We also will hold ribbon cuttings for anniversary celebrations. This is a free service to Chamber members.
You will cut a real ribbon and the cutting usually happens at the main entrance or could be placed in front of a renovated area.
WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF HOLDING A CHAMBER RIBBON CUTTING?
This is a great photo opportunity to mark a significant moment in your business’s history. This is time that allows for managers or owners to publicly thank those that helped make this moment happen, financial backers, employees, friends and family.
WHAT DOES THE CHAMBER DO FOR MY RIBBON CUTTING?
We will invite our Chamber Board of Directors and local officials to attend, promote the event through our online calendar and social media, and arrive with the ribbon and scissors. We will welcome attendees, introduce you, and share photos that will be taken at the event.
THINGS TO CONSIDER:
WHO will cut the ribbon? The owners or managers are most likely to do this, but you may choose whoever you like.
WHEN will you hold your event? We recommend mid-week over the lunch hour or early evening to allow more people to attend. We do not do ribbon cuttings over holidays or weekends.
WHAT you want to share when the ribbon is cut. You can share a thank you, upcoming events, or how you started. We recommend keeping it to 3-4 minutes.
HOW you will maximize the event. Consider sending a special invite to clients and offering a raffle prize to collect business cards to build your connections.
THE TYPICAL RIBBON CUTTING WILL LAST ONLY 15-30 MINUTES.