Valley City  (Chamber)  The Valley City Area Chamber of Commerce Executive, Kay Vinje reports that the latest information shows over $800,000 of the $1,000,000 Chamber Bucks sold during the Love of Local program have been spent in Valley City businesses.

She adds,  “Thank you all who participated and for the great job of shopping at home! As the Valley City Area Chamber spokesperson and on behalf of our entire community, thank you!!! Your continued investment and patronage of our local businesses is at the heart of the success of our community. Together we will see businesses thrive and attract more in the future.”

 

She goes to say,  “We would like to express our appreciation to the City of Valley City for investing $200,000 of CARES money into this program. Thank you also to the Development Corporation for their investment in helping with expenses of the program. And a big thank you to the many hands that made this big project so successful!”

 

On April 17th at their 51st Annual Awards and Recognition Banquet, the Valley City Eagles Aerie 2192 awarded the Valley City Area Chamber of Commerce their prestigious “Hometown Builder Award.” As he presented the award, Dan Vannurden commented,  “This is given out for their outstanding work that they do for our Community during this pandemic. They helped with Chamber Bucks, grants and so much more to keep Valley City stronger, to serve our Community, and so much more in this time of turmoil.”

 

Kay says, “We are greatly honored to receive this award on behalf of all who carry out the work of the Chamber currently and over the years past. We sincerely thank the Valley City Eagles Aerie 2192 for this incredible recognition.”

 

Keep watching for fun details of Valley City events this summer. Rally will be extra fun this year and stay tuned for some exciting details very soon!

 

She also thanks all the Chamber Members who renewed their Chamber Membership last month!