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Latest News and Information Much fun at Santa's visit American Family Insurance--Mike Grzenia Our second Business Fair was another great success. We had around 40 Chamber members exhibit their businesses at the American Legion. We had over 150 people visit which is about 50 more than last year! The news went out to the whole region and we had visitors from all over attend to learn about our local businesses and sample some yummy food and drinks. Congratulations to our many winners of great prizes donated from many of the participating businesses. A special Thank you to TDS for donating the flat screen TV won by Ryan Irish!! Thank you to our sponsors: Greg DiPiazza has moved the Tax Solutions office from the Wagner Insurance Office. The new location is 2018 Main Street, right next to Crossroads Coffeehouse. Greg is sharing the building with Crossroads Coffeehouse and Sisters on Main Dry Cleaning. Tax Solutions’ phone number remains unchanged (798-4829).
It was another great year at the Chicken BBQ kicking off the beginning of summer on Memorial Day and the opening of the Cross Plains Pool. Volunteers and the Chamber Board served up almost 1000 chicken dinners and around 400 hot dogs! The crowd enjoyed the music and games with DJ Erin Crowley of Musical Memories. Kids got their faces painted, did fun crafts and bounced in Mickey's house from Fun Time Bounces. Click here for a list of members that donated time and products to our event. Dane County groups can apply for matching grants for outdoor-recreation improvements Once again the Hill and Valley Antique Auto and Americana Show took scores of visitors back in history to what now may be referred to as the “good old days”. A Note of Thanks for Spike Rett’s Fundraiser from the Brunners 2010 Volleyball Champions. Esser's Cross Plains Brewery The volleyball tournament, silent auction, and raffle at Kurt’s were once again a fantastic success! The weather was perfect and Kurt & Erica Schlicht proved again to be incredible hosts. We cannot thank them enough for their generousity and hard work. We moved our Texas Holdem’ tournament to Friday night at Main Street Lanes and it was extremely well attended. Julie and Arlene Dahmen were wonderfully generous hosts for the card tournament. Chuck Fox was our tournament winner. A special moment at this year’s event was meeting 2 year old Laurel Cooper who was newly diagnosed with Rett Syndrome. The Cooper family was impressed to see the support our girls receive from the community, and while facing a difficult diagnosis, they know they are not alone in their challenge. Laurel also inspired her very special preschool teacher, Shauna, to set up her own fundraising page & raise an additional $1,600 for IRSF. In the 7 years of our event we have given over $105,000 directly to IRSF. There have been many recent exciting studies leading towards a cure, including one that has reversed the symptoms of Rett Syndrome in mice. If you would like more information about IRSF, please visit their website at www.rettsyndrome.org. If you missed this years event & would still like to make a donation, its not too late! You can make a donation online at http://www.firstgiving.com/spikerett. If you have any questions regarding our fund raiser or Rett Syndrome, please send us an email at dpbrun@tds.net. We are looking forward to helping Jessica, Anna and Laurel host the “8th annual Spike Rett’s” volleyball and Texas Holdem’ tournaments on August 5th and 6th, 2011. Thank you all for your generosity to help fund care for today and a cure for Rett Syndrome tomorrow. Words really aren’t adequate to describe how grateful we are for your generosity and the continued support we get from our community, friends and family. “Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it” Helen Keller Our sincerest thanks! Doug, Paula, Jessica & Jonah Brunner Cross Plains Babe Ruth team put on quite a show in the World Series!! Congratulations to the players, coaches, families and all the supporters out there! The Chamber was proud to donate $500 to help out with their expenses. Welcome home and Great Job!! Our community is So Proud!! Check out photos from our Memorial Day Chicken BBQ & In response to news about the presence of pharmaceuticals contaminating the water supply and teenage abuse of prescription drugs, Cross Plains Pharmacy is now offering a new drug take back program to help its patients safely dispose of medicines that may be dangerous to others and to the environment. Click here to read more. The Cross Plains Area Chamber of Commerce held our Annual Meeting Monday, March 29th at Coach’s Club. DOT Plans Work on Hwy KP
Around 150 children and their families enjoyed the festivities at the Fire Station.
Congratulations to Charlotte Tingling, who won the 19” TV donated by Terrys, and Chamber Bucks winners Jack Hartman, Kyler Mahon, and Jesse Maier. Events like this are only possible due to the great help of our community.
Happy Holidays!!
Thank you to the following companies and individuals for the generous support of our Santa visit. A special Thanks so the Cross Plains Optimists for partnering with us on this years event!
Century 21 Affilliated-Roessler
Coach's Club
Cross Plains Fire Department--Joe Pertzborn & Steve Hanson
Cross Plains Lions Club
Cross Plains Optimist Club--Sherri Sarbacker, Mike Roessler & Janet Roessler, Dennis Semrau & son
Culvers of Cross Plains
Dick Dresen
Girlie's Manor
Kay Milonzi and her 4 helpers
Marcel Nonn
Middleton Community Bank--Judy Ketelboeter
News Publishing, Inc.
Park Bank
Rosemary Garfoot Library--Kris Loman
State Bank of Cross Plains--Doug Fowell & Kathy Esser
TDS Telecom
Terry's Piggly Wiggly
Wagner Insurance & Financial, Inc.
A little elf and her parents
Sandy Buss and girl scouts
A gentleman and his family representing the boy scouts
The Chambers of Cross Plains & Black Earth second annual BUSINESS FAIR
American Legion Post 245
Century 21 Affilliated-Roessler
Coach's Club
Culvers of Cross Plains
Dean Health Plan
Middleton Community Bank
News Publishing, Inc.
Plastic Ingenuity
The Shoe Box
State Bank of Cross Plains
Stoppleworth Plumbing, Ltd
TDS Telecom
UW Health Cross Plains
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Tax Solutions
On the move
Greg started Tax Solutions in December 1999 after 15 years with the State Bank of Cross plains managing the trust department. Greg has been active in the Chamber/Business Association for 25 years. Greg has been preparing tax returns since 1977. Tax Solutions specializes in planning and preparation of personal and fiduciary income tax returns. Greg prides himself on providing a professional service at a reasonable cost.
Annual Chamber Golf Outing Wednesday July 20
Around 100 local business people enjoyed the beautiful course on Lake Wisconsin.
Thank you to our hole sponsors:
Allstate Insurance Company
The Clerkin Wunderlin Group, Inc - Annette Koenig
Coach's Club
Culvers of Cross Plains
Dean Health Plan, Inc.
Esser's Cross Plains Brewery
Gunderson Funeral Home
Jim Dietzen State Farm
Kalscheur Dodge Chrysler
Madison Gas & Electric Company
Main Street Lanes
Marketing Concepts
Middleton Community Bank
News Publishing Co
Reeson Chiropractic
State Bank of Cross Plains
Tax Solutions
TDS Telecom
UW Health Cross Plains
Wagner Insurance
Click here to see the program including donating companies, a list of golfers, and a list of our volunteers, board and planning team.
Check out photos from the fun day on Facebook
Thank you to Main Street Lanes for hosting Networking and Memory Training with Roger Seip. We enjoyed a dynamic training, nice visiting, and super yummy munchies!
Click here for the notes from the speaker.
New Annual Chamber Award
The Chamber board would like to initiate a new award to recognize individuals who have gone over and above and made a positive impact on the Cross Plains Area community through their volunteer efforts and community service activities. We invite you to submit suggestions for the name of the new award as well as nominate a person you would like to recognize.
The recipient of this award will be announced and honored at the CPACC Golf Outing on Monday, July 11, 2011. Nominations must be submitted to Amy Hansen by June 30, 2011.
GENERAL QUALIFICATIONS
· Must be an employer or employee of a CPACC member business, organization, or an individual member.
· Currently active in CPACC and the Cross Plains area community.
· Participation in CPACC and community events and activities.
Click here for the nomination form.
Huge Fun at the Chicken BBQ
The Chamber sends a most sincere Thank you for all the volunteer work and donations!!
Chamber Members and guests enjoyed networking and learning about the Cross Plains Area Volunteer Emergency Medical Service (EMS) Team
We enjoyed the opportunity to learn about the potentially life-saving technique known as cardio-cerebral resuscitation (CCR).
Chamber member Tom O’Connell from Marketing Concepts shares his presentation below:
I have been a member of the Cross Plains Business Association/Cross Plains Chamber for many years. I have also been a volunteer EMT for twenty years, starting as a driver, getting my Basic EMT license, and later my EMT Intermediate license. I have also served in the past as the Cross Plains Area EMS Association President for approximately 12 years.
I find the work on EMS to be very rewarding, helping neighbors, friends, business associates or complete strangers in their time of need. As the area grows, so too do the need for EMTs and drivers, especially during the weekday shifts. I am reaching out to other Chamber members, asking for your help in filling these additional needs. This can come from a several fronts.
1.) Volunteer to become an EMT or driver yourself. As I said, it is very rewarding and provides a good knowledge base of medical information for whatever might come your way.
2.) Actively promote EMS to your employees. Not simply give an OK if asked but encourage in staff meetings, sales meetings, or other company communications to take the training and volunteer for EMS. Once these individuals become trained, allow for these individuals to be “on call” during the work week. This would usually require only once per week with simply a chance to go out on an actual call. Thus, an employee may only go on a run once or twice in any given month.
In addition to helping people in their time of need, if we do not get the volunteers needed, there would be significant costs to all citizens and businesses of Cross Plains. It is estimated to provide a service that is 24/7, we would need a minimum of $500,000 annually just for manpower. This does not include capital expenses. Imagine if you will want this kind of annual budget would mean to your business in new taxes.
Thus, I strongly encourage the Chamber and each member of the Chamber to be pro-active in helping find and train new EMTs and drivers. This will not only keep from raising taxes to fund EMS but allow more people to become trained in EMS and help fellow employees, family members, and neighbors.
$500 Scholarships were awarded to Olivia Kuker & Megan Padrutt
The 2011 Cross Plains Area Chamber of Commerce (CPACC) Scholarships were awarded at the CPACC Chicken Barbeque on Memorial Day. This is the eleventh year CPACC has awarded scholarships. The scholarships were awarded in the amount of $500 each to two area students.
This year’s winners were Olivia Kuker and Megan Padrutt. Megan will be graduating from Middleton High School and lives in Cross Plains. Olivia will graduate from Mt Horeb High School and lives in Blue Mounds. Both Olivia and her mom work in Cross Plains. Both girls have earned academic honors and awards.
Olivia has taken several advanced placement courses to prepare for college. She has been very involved and successful in volleyball, including volunteering as a instructor and mentor at camp. She plans to attend Minnesota State Mankato to pursue a Doctor of Physical Therapy degree.
Megan has been very active at St Francis Xavier Church, serves on the youth board, helped as a teacher’s aid and worked at many other church functions. Megan has also been very active and successful in volleyball. She has plans to attend UW Eau Claire and is leaning toward a career in biology, possibly a sports physical therapist.
The applications were evaluated based on community service, student activities, scholastic achievements, work experience and future education/employment goals. To be eligible for the scholarship, the applicant (or parent of the applicant) must live or work in the Village of Cross Plains, the Town of Cross Plains or the Town of Berry. In addition, the applicant is expected to attend a technical school, college or university upon graduation. Thank you to our judges; Kathy Esser, Annette Koenig & Amy Hansen.
Dane County communities and non-profit organizations now have a crack at $1 million in matching county grants to improve outdoor recreation or natural resources.
Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk on Wednesday said the grants, up to $250,000 to any one project, are available under the Dane County Partners for Recreation and Conservation (PARC) program created in the 2011 county budget.
Falk said work to restore the Black Earth Creek in Cross Plains, improvements to Lake Marion in Mazomanie or Lake Belle View in Belleville and plans to expand the Reddan Soccer Complex in Verona are examples of projects that could be eligible for Dane County PARC funding.
Click here to read the whole article.
27th Annual Hill and Valley Antique Auto and Americana Show
Inclement early morning rain certainly took a toll on the total possible participants. But, by late morning the bright sun came out and people arrived in ever greater numbers. It truly was a joyous event.
The word is now out that the “Cross Plains Show”, as car buffs refer to it, is not more of the same old things but a family show of considerable diversity.
It is felt that given our traditional great weather combined with an ever increasing sense of local pride, more volunteers and a great boost on the part of the Chamber of Commerce, this event will continue to attract visitors from all over.
We want to express our profound thanks to everyone who makes our event so enjoyable.
Marila Free Vet Clinic
Ice Age Trail Alliance Drive For Five!
The Ice Age Trail Alliance has launched a membership recruitment initiative called the Drive For Five! Our goal is to reach 5,000 members and we have a special offer for Cross Plains Chamber of Commerce members. Anyone who joins the Alliance between now and the end of 2010 will not only receive the benefits of membership, but also a free Ice Age Trail coffee mug. What are the benefits of membership?
A subscription to our quarterly magazine Mammoth Tales, with features on new Ice Age Trail segments, chapter events, land acquisitions, trail-building activities and more.
Discounts on Ice Age Trail merchandise, including our two popular guidebooks.
Membership, and voting privileges, in a local volunteer chapter and invitations to participate in chapter hikes, workdays and social activities.
An invitation to the Ice Age Trail Alliance's Annual Membership Conference and other special events.
Individual memberships are $35 and family memberships are $50. Are you a business owner who wants to give gift memberships for your employees for the holidays? Contact Rebecca at rebecca@iceagetrail.org to discuss options!
Standing L-R. Justin Loomis, Brian Statz, Bobby Rogers, Tim Satterthwaite, Sitting L-R. Lisa Evans, Angel Ericksen, Jessica Brunner, Becky Frederick.
Thank You to all our family, friends, businesses and the community for supporting the 7th annual Spike Rett’s Fundraiser. We held our event on August 6 at Main Street Lanes and on August 7 at Kurt’s on Main in Cross Plains. We raised an incredible $22,500 for the International Rett Syndrome Foundation (IRSF). All money raised will be used to fund research for a cure and support strategies for families living with Rett Syndrome. We would like to express a huge thank you to all that attended, donated or helped support the event.
County Executive Falk Introduces “Preserving Priorities” 2011 Budget
Falk’s budget also introduces a new Dane County Partners for Recreation and Conservation Fund to help local governments and non-profits with cost-sharing for various recreational projects. A number of communities across the county are currently working on projects that could be eligible for assistance from this new $1-million fund. The Village of Cross Plains has considered restoration of Black Earth Creek in connection with local street improvements, the Village of Mazomanie is looking at improvements to Lake Marion and Black Earth Creek, and the Madison Area Youth Soccer Association is looking at a significant expansion of Verona’s Reddan Soccer Complex. Read the whole article
Toys for Tots Now Collecting
The mission of the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Program is to collect new, unwrapped toys as Christmas gifts to needy children in the community. A drop off site has been established for toys only (no cash or checks) at the Cross Plains Edward Jones Investment office, located at 2529 Main Street (next to U.S. Cellular). Individuals and families are encouraged to help make this years collection a success for the Toys for Tots Foundation, which has become an annual holiday tradition since 1991. Toys may be dropped off through December 8th.
Congrats to Babe Ruth Team
Village of Cross Plains Black Earth Creek Greenway Project
The Village of Cross Plains is considering a variety of improvements to the Black Earth Creek Greenway (formerly referred to as the "Lagoon Street area)" through downtown. The project encompasses a variety of projects including street construction, stormwater management facilities, Creek restoration, and voluntary redevelopment.
Click here for a link to more info
Annual Golf Outing on Facebook!
Cross Plains Pharmacy Launches New Drug Take-Back Program for Consumer Drug Disposal
Chamber Annual Meeting
The Department of Transportation is in the process of developing plans for a county highway rehabilitation-maintenance project for CTH KP from Mazomanie to Cross Plains. The 8.7-mile project will consist of asphalt paving, new shoulder gravel, and pavement marking. All work will be done using a moving flagging operation to keep CTH KP open during construction. The project will take approximately 20 working days, and the tentative time of construction is set for mid/late June to mid/late July of 2010.
For more details and a list of special dates when work will be shut down, please click here.
Cross Plains Area Chamber of Commerce Donation to Veterans Memorial
The Cross Plains Area Chamber of Commerce (CPACC) was proud to make a donation of $3,000 to the Cross Plains American Legion Veterans Memorial at the January CPACC Membership Meeting. With this donation the CPACC will provide a Perimeter Column for the Memorial.
Chamber donates to Community Chest
The Chamber was able to make a donation of $200 to the Community Chest with the money that was made from the new shopping area at Santa's visit. We are thankful for the support of our shoppers!