WEEKLY UPDATE FROM THE GREATER CLINTON-AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE/BY DAVID LEE-DIRECTOR: 11/17/23

Big MO Productions presents: Kornfield Kounty’s Merry Mirth. Nov. 17th at 7pm and Nov. 18th at 2pm. Delozier Building, 201 West Franklin St., Clinton. All proceeds go to renovating backstage facilities at the Delozier Building. Tickets can be purchased at the door.  . Director Marty Morgan and cast member Ann Pugh invite you to “Kornfield Kounty’s-Merry Mirth” Nov. 17th and 18th in Clinton. Watch this video on the Chamber’s Facebook page.

Welcome New Chamber Member:  Running Wild BBQ    CATERING, BBQ FOOD TRUCK    816-916-5129    3443 SE Hwy PP, Tightwad, MO    Runningwildbbq11@gmail.com    Delivery · Takeout · Outdoor seating

We are “Featuring” our Chamber members! On the Chamber’s Facebook page, we are taking text and images from our member’s websites, Facebook pages, Google searches, etc. and combining them into posts on our Facebook page. “Featured with the GCACC”. It gives the viewer a “one-stop shopping experience” for each of our Chamber members. We have a lot of Chamber members so getting every business on our page will take quite a while, but we think it’s well worth it! It’s just another service from YOUR Chamber of Commerce. New this week, we “Featured” DITTMER DITCHING…SEEDS OF FAITH PRESCHOOL…ROYAL ROOFING…MIKE KEITH INSURANCE…DODY LEGACY GROUP…ROCKET CONNECT INTERNET…R, M & I SERVICES…DULL AND HEANY, LLC…EBERTING CHIROPRACTIC REHAB…RISE COMMUNITY SERVICES. 

A ground-breaking ceremony for the new Airport Terminal took place Wed. afternoon. The City and the Clinton Airport Assoc. hosted the ceremony at the Clinton Regional Airport. This ceremony kicked-off the Airport Terminal project, slated for completion in late-summer 2024. The MO Dept. of Transportation will fund around 95% of this 2 million dollar project, with the City only having to pay about 5%.

Monday morning, the Home Health and Hospice teams participated in the signing of a proclamation to declare November as National Home Care and Hospice Month with Carla Moberly, Mayor of Clinton. For more information about our services, go to: https://www.gvmh.org/service/home-hospice/

The Grinch is en route to Clinton MO and will arrive Saturday November 18 at Primitive Olde Crow. He heard Santa is going to be there and he didn’t want Santa stealing the show!!    Come on out to the 6th Annual Holiday Mart at Primitive Olde Crow & Winery!!    Get your holiday shopping done early with unique gifts made from local vendors! Give the gift of local made and one of a kind treasures sure to please and impress!    November 18th from 9-3 at the Primitive Olde Crow Wedding Barn!

Angel Tree-The Angels will be out Nov. 20th (this Monday).

Clinton Main Street·Preparations for the Annual Lighted Christmas Parade (11/24) are underway! Our theme this year is “Light Up Downtown”. We are inviting all businesses, organizations, churches, and individuals interested to participate in the parade. Let’s make this year the biggest one yet! For details, call Amanda at 660-885-2121.

Night at the Museum-Living History    Event by Henry County Museum, Clinton, Mo.    Come see the museum from 4 p.m. – 8 p.m. Before -During- After the Parade and Lighting the Square! Come see us. Free Admission!

The Clinton Chamber of Commerce is hosting a Holiday Open House Dec. 1st at the Depot (200 South Main) from 2 till 4pm.  There will be meat and cheese, candy and cookies.  Meet your Chamber Board members and employees and find out how you can become a Chamber of Commerce Ambassador.  Use your golf putting skills for a chance to win a free 2024 Chamber membership.  Open to all businesses.

 Henry County LibraryOrnament Decorating Contest coming soon! Starting Monday you can call 660-885-2612 (Clinton), 660-647-2298 (Windsor), or stop by the library to sign up your kids to participate in the contest. Ornament pick up is December 1, and completed ornaments must be returned by December 15.

Wed., I made my weekly trip out to KDKD to record this week’s Chamber Chat that you can hear on 95.3FM on Thursdays at 12:15pm.

The Greater Clinton Area Chamber of Commerce is giving you the chance to get free money! Our “150 to get 25” is underway!

All you have to do is buy at least $150 in Chamber gift certificates and we’ll give you an extra gift certificate worth $25. That’s right, spend at least $150 with us and you’ll get an extra Christmas gift worth $25 for someone, or yourself!

This promotion will end at noon on Dec. 22nd. We are open Monday through Friday from 8am until 4:30pm. If you would like for your gift certificates to be ready when you come in, just call ahead and tell us how much you are wanting to spend and any names you may want on the certificates.

Gift certificates can be used at most of our Chamber-member businesses and you can find all of our more than 400 Chamber members on our website, www.clintonmo.com. To order your gift certificates or if you have any questions, just call 660-885-8166 or email david@clintonmo.com or joyce@clintonmo.com. We are located at 200 South Main St. Only one free gift certificate per household.

It’s Nov. and it’s time for the Holidays! Now, you may think the Holidays don’t actually begin until around Thanksgiving.

However, for the Greater Clinton-Area Chamber of Commerce, we are ready to give you a chance to win…several chances to win, actually.

It’s the Clinton Chamber’s Fourth-Annual ‘Receipt to Receive’.

Right now, folks can bring in or email a receipt from a Clinton Chamber-member business and they will then be entered to win. Thus, Receipt to Receive.

At the Chamber, we will copy, scan or print that receipt and get your name and phone number. Keep in mind that the item or items on your receipt has to be at least $25 in total and those items need to be purchased from members of the Clinton Chamber to be entered, but you can enter multiple times each week with different receipts. Each week, those receipts will be entered into a drawing to win $25 in Chamber gift certificates. We will give our prize away each Monday. To be entered to win each Monday, you must bring at least one receipt to the Chamber that previous week. All qualifying receipts will be eligible for our grand prize giveaway.

NEW THIS YEAR: WHOEVER BRINGS IN THE MOST RECEIPTS FROM MULTIPLE CHAMBER BUSINESSES WILL GET 10 EXTRA ENTRIES INTO THE GRAND PRIZE DRAWING!

On Dec. 22nd at noon, we will take ALL those receipts entered and draw the big winner of $200 in Chamber Gift Certificates.

The Clinton Chamber of Commerce is giving away $375 in Chamber gift certificates with our seven weekly winners and that grand prize winner of $200 in Chamber gift certificates.

TO HELP SPREAD THE CHEER, PLEASE TRY TO BRING RECEIPTS FROM MULTIPLE CHAMBER BUSINESSES DURING THIS PROMOTION.

We are open Monday through Friday from 8am until 4:30pm at 200 South Main St.

You can find a list of Clinton Chamber members when you go to www.clintonmo.com, call the Clinton Chamber at 660-885-8166 or look for the Clinton Chamber decal near the front of each business. You can email david@clintonmo.com or joyce@clintonmo.com.

The Clinton School District is currently working to develop a Long Range Facility Plan (LRFP).  A Long Range Facility Plan (LRFP) will identify building needs, anticipate expenses, and provide a schedule of projects to be completed in phases over many years, including the needs of today and those ten to fifteen years from now. This plan is important as it allows the district to move beyond “patchwork” building projects and allows us to address the future needs of our students, as well as protect the investment our community has made in our facilities through the years.  As we work through this process, we need your help. We are seeking input from our community on the specific needs that you see in our schools, focusing on both the buildings and the grounds. This may include improvements to building entryways, safety/security, classroom remodels/renovations/additions, bathroom remodels/additions, playgrounds and cafeteria improvement, athletic facilities, etc.  The projects listed on the survey below have been identified by school staff as issues of importance. We value your input on these projects as we work to address facility needs to best support all students.  SURVEY-https://forms.gle/QZewMd459fkXhfkw7  SURVEY DEADLINE-11/26 @ 8pm

Clinton Animal Shelter-We still have some sponsorships available!! Help a homeless pet by sponsoring a kennel or even a play yard. We currently have 8 Friends of the Felines, 1 Protector Dog Kennel, 8 Hero Dog Kennels and 2 Outdoor Play Yards still waiting for a sponsor. Plaques are going up now and no matter when your plaque goes up in 2023 your year won’t start until January 1, 2024. If you would like a sponsor form emailed or mailed to you please email tlbwilliams94@gmail.com. They are available at the shelter – 1307 N Washington St, Clinton MO and we will put one in the comments. Thank you to everyone who has sponsored so far! We appreciate your support!

The Clinton Tourism Assoc. is happy to announce our Discover Clinton App is now available. https://onelink.to/discoverclinton

Here’s a note to our Chamber Members and anyone and everyone looking for employment; The Chamber of Commerce continues to receive calls…people come in…and email us about jobs that might be available in and around Clinton. When we see our Chamber Members post information about job openings, we do share that to our Facebook page. However, we’re pretty sure we don’t catch all of those job opening posts. Please remember that YOUR Chamber is here for YOU. If you (a Clinton Chamber of Commerce Member) have any job openings that you are posting or if you want us to post it for you on our page, just let us know. Let us help you find employees! Send your job openings to: david@clintonmo.com or joyce@clintonmo.com. If you are not a Chamber member, we can still post your openings on our Facebook page for $25.00. If you have any questions at all, email us or call 660-885-8166.

From The Gabby Girls; Quilt Raffle !!! Mary Cupp/ White Flower Quilt Shop has donated a beautiful, pink, king size quilt to be raffled off for “October Breast Cancer Awareness Month” … we will draw the winner out November 22… So come in to Designer’s Edge and get your raffle tickets… Thank you so much to Mary for donating this beautiful quilt… All proceeds will go to”Wigs for Women “ !!

Henry County Turkey Talkers-We need your help once again this year for the Free Community Thanksgiving Dinner, this is the 34th Year for this community event.  NEEDED  100 Baked/Smoked/Deep Fried Turkeys*  250 Pies (Apple or Pumpkin), 25 Pies have already been pledged.  *If you’d be available to bake turkeys for someone else, please let us know. We have some who can’t bake them, but they donate them to us to have baked. If you’re able to help us we’d appreciate that too.  Delivery Drivers for Thanksgiving Day (covers all Henry County)  Dishwashers (Wednesday evening and Thursday).  Pie Cutters/Roll Wrappers (Wednesday Afternoon)  If you can provide Turkeys, Pies or help deliver or wash dishes, contact Turkey Central at 660-885-6921 (Clinton Flower Shop) let us know. DELIVERED MEAL RESERVATIONS FOR DELIVERED MEALS BEGINS ON November 1st!!!!!

New Growth Women’s Business Center·FREE BUSINESS WEBINAR    Does social media scare you? Do you know how to post and when to respond on your social media platforms?  We have partnered with Dr. Ashley Brown with University of Missouri Extension (MU Extension) to bring you this interactive webinar! Prepare to learn how to play it “safe” when it comes to social media.   Registration now open: https://newgrowth.ecenterdirect.com/events/1019134

Santa Paws 2023-Dec. 2nd from 9 till 3. Bring your pets, kids or just yourself to The Dog Groomer to get pictures with Mr. and Mrs. Claus. The Grinch will be there too. Pick up some Christmas goodies at the bake sale. All money raised goes to the Clinton Animal Shelter. $10 for a digital picture (on provided thumb drive) $15 for a digital picture and a 4×6 printed picture $20 for digital pic, printed 4×6 and 4×6 frame 203 North Washington in Clinton.

Truman Lake Fishing Expo-We’re casting off again with the 2024 Truman Lake Fishing Expo February 9th & 10th, 2024!!! www.trumanlakefishingexpo.com