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10/05/2010 - 4:30pm - 6:30pm
MetroIBA Members recognized by City Pages
Congratulations to the following MetroIBA members who were awarded Best of the Twin Cities 2009 awards in the following categories:
May Newsletter
Welcome New Members!
Community Shares of Minnesota
1619 Dayton Ave.
St. Paul, MN 55104
651-647-0440
www.community sharesmn.org
Higher Standards, Inc.
2801 Cliff Rd East
Burnsville, MN 55337
952-736-1700
www.higherstandards.net
Hum's Liquor Store
2126 Lyndale Ave South
Minneapolis MN 55405
612-874-1111
Irish On Grand
1124 Grand Ave
St Paul, MN 55105
651- 222-5151
www.irishongrand.com
April 2009 Newsletter
Welcome New Members!
Ability Communications and Training
1941 Yorkshire Ave.
Saint Paul, MN
651-699-3333
Exceptional writing and editing for Web sites, newsletter and trade journal articles, brochures, bios, resumes, business letters, etc.
www.abilitycomm.com
All Seasons Cleaners (3 locations)
6924 Bass Lake Road
Crystal, MN
763-533-3492
2234 Carter Ave.
Saint Paul, MN
651-644-8300
2009 Annual Meeting
The 2009 Annual Meeting was a huge success. We were fortunate to be hosted by Weinblatt & Gaylord, Attorneys at Law in the beautiful "Boulevard Room" at the Kellogg Square Building in Downtown St. Paul. A delicious spread of food was provided by Cathy Hauser of Amore Coffee, and Suzanne Weinstein of Coastal Seafoods. Wine was donated by Jeff Huff of The Little Wine Shoppe. Thank you Cathy, Suzanne and Jeff!
March 2009 Newsletter
- 2009 Annual Meeting
- Welcome New Members
- MetroIBA in the News
- MetroIBA Events
- Health Care issues
- Welcome New Executive Director
- Members Discussion List
- Need New Board Members
- Need Your Help!
Electric Fetus starts a buy local program featuring local artists
From the Feb 21 Star Tribune:
"The 225 local music fans who turned out to see a three-band spree on Thursday night at the Electric Fetus may have been there for the intimate feel of a mini-concert, but retail music manager Bob Fuchs hopes he's onto something even bigger.
Welcome Mary Hamel, new Executive Director
The Board of Directors is proud to announce the hiring of our new Executive Director: Mary Hamel. In 1995, Mary opened the May Day Cafe of Minneapolis and continued as a co-owner until 1998. May Day provides coffee and baked goods to Powderhorn residents to this day. More recently, Mary worked for the St. Anthony Park District Council as a fundraiser. She volunteers with Open Arms of Minnesota (as pictured here) and the St. Anthony Park elementary school. We're confident that Mary's experience building an independent business from the ground up and her enthusiasm for building strong relationships will provide the boost we need. Mary will focus first on building our membership to amplify the voice of independent businesses and on involving you, our members and supporters, in making us more effective at providing services to members. We welcome her to the organization.
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"Making your business greener" workshop wrap-up
Thanks again to everyone who participated in our first MetroIBA Teach-In last night! We had a great audience and I hope you'll agree with me that our panelists were wonderful. I think we all learned a lot.
New MetroIBA ad airing on AM 950
A new radio ad promoting MetroIBA and local businesses will be airing during the 3:00 hour on Saturdays. Click below to listen to the MP3 audio file.
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Independent Businesses Sweep City Pages' Best of the Twin Cities 2008
From Art Supplies to Seafood and from Books to Baby Goods, independent and locally owned shops dominated the 2008 City Pages Best of the Twin Cities awards. It only makes sense--you're not going to get an authentic experience and knowledgeable service at a Big Box store. MetroIBA members who won include:
Art Supply - Wet Paint Art
Bookstore (used) - Magers and Quinn
Children's Bookstore - Wild Rumpus
Baby Goods Store - Peapods Natural Toys & Baby Care
Fish market - Coastal Seafoods
CD Store (new) - Electic Fetus
Natural Foods Grocery - Mississippi Market
These are are businesses with a passion for independent thinking that sets them apart. See the MetroIBA member directory for more fiercely independent local businesses.
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