Event Recaps

At long last, we did an in-person Coffee Connection! As expected, attendance was lower than usual which ended up being awesome. Everyone talked to the entire group as opposed to the usual small group conversations. It was so fun to catch up with our members and see everyone in person and the weather was perfect […]

The Apple Valley Chamber was given 24,000 masks from DEED to disperse to local businesses to use for their clients and customers. Last week, we picked up the masks, set up shop outside our office building, handed them out and ran out within a matter of hours. Everyone was very grateful, and one lady even […]

The Apple Valley Chamber hosted its first ribbon cutting since early March before the COVID crisis. Green Lotus Yoga and Healing Center is located in a recently built building on the corner of Pilot Knob and 160th across the parking lot from Target almost behind Think Bank. Chamber President Ed Kearney said, “this first ribbon cutting felt […]

What a great crowd for last week’s ribbon cutting at TitleSmart. They moved from their former location in the Wings Financial building into the new Wings Financial Mortgage building. Owner Cindy Koebele and her other business partners were grateful to all who attended. A full lunch was catered and was delicious. TitleSmart has 8 location, […]

Now triple in size and designed by Apple Valley’s CNH Archtitects, we joined DCR Chamber, Rosemount Mayor Bill Droste and our Senator Greg Clausen in the ribbon cutting. Also present was Apple Valley City Administrator Tom Lawell representing a warm welcome from the City for this shared nearby family resource. Thank you to all the […]

Every year, the Apple Valley, Burnsville & Lakeville Chambers come together for this joint Coffee Connection at 360 Communities. It is always a great reminder of not only what services 360 Communities provides but what we can do to help. As President & CEO Jeff Mortensen presented, 360 Communities supports survivors of domestic & sexual […]

Charlie Zelle was the MNDOT Commissioner since 2012 was thrilled to be back in Apple Valley. He just started as MET COUNCIL CHAIR a few weeks ago after being appointed by the Governor. He also was our guest speaker his first week as MNDOT Commissioner in 2012 and sees us as a leading community being […]

It is becoming a tradition that Augustana Apple Valley Villa host an annual Business After Hours and wow, was the food from their amazing chef the greatest ever. The food, the hospitality and very friendly staff almost makes you want to get older sooner. With their new branding and name change, they continue to improve […]

This week, the Chamber held the inaugural meeting of the first Apple Valley Chamber women’s group. This amazing group of ladies gathered to conceptualize their goals and intentions and they’ve got some great things in store. As a special treat, Carla Warner of the Warners’ Stellian family came and spoke about her experience working in […]