Hayden Happenings

Your chamber working for you! By Erna Rhinehart. Photos by Josh Straub.

The Hayden Chamber is proud to represent and promote area businesses. Our membership continues to grow, and our chamber is energized with an active board, informative monthly meetings, and fun networking events.

We encourage area businesses, organizations, and interested individuals to attend the monthly networking breakfasts from 7:30-8:30am on the fourth Thursday of each month at the Salvation Army Kroc Center. We’ve had record-breaking attendance recently and programs that are extremely informative for business owners. Due to the holidays our next two meetings will be Nov. 20 and Dec. 18.

One easy way to market your business is to be active in your local chamber. Top of mind awareness is a huge influence when considering who to do business with. We encourage members to do business with fellow members, so getting involved and being active only makes sense. We’re also affordable – an annual membership for nonprofits and individuals is $100 and $240 for businesses.

If your business is interested in keeping up with mobile device technology, mark your calendar for a workshop on augmented reality at our Lunch and Learn from 11:30am - 1:30pm on Wednesday, Dec. 3 at the Kroc Center. Our members were mesmerized and amazed when Jennifer Richey of Gravity Jack in Liberty Lake spoke in September, so we decided to bring her back to go a little more in depth. Come learn about how augmented reality might be used in your business. Cost is $15 for members and $20 for nonmembers.

The Chamber would like to thank each of the 405 runners that participated in the Oct. 18 Hayden Lake Marathon, Half Marathon, and 10K races that started and finished at Honeysuckle Beach. Our sponsors, including our lead sponsor Numerica Credit Union, were instrumental in making the event a huge success. Proceeds from the races support the Chamber, the Hayden Senior Center, and the Coeur d’Alene High School cross country teams. Participants from Hawaii, Alaska, Colorado, Michigan, Louisiana, New York, Ohio, Utah, and all of our neighboring states joined local runners. The event received rave reviews so we’re preparing for a bigger field next year.

Also, special thanks to Daanen’s Deli, Sargents Restaurant, and Mad Bomber Brewery for hosting our 3rd Annual Pub Crawl.

We encourage you to follow us on Facebook to learn more about our activities, meetings, and to learn more about what’s happening with our member businesses.

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