Pathfinder is very excited to announce a new page on the Pathfinder Executive Coaching website with FREE TOOLS designed to help leaders be more effective!

One of Pathfinder’s objectives is to develop practical tools which are easy to use and provide actionable feedback. Click on the link, below, to visit the new FREE TOOLS page and discover how these valuable tools can help you be a more effective leader.

http://findthepath.us/free_tools

The Solution begins with You.

Lead well, my friends -

Tom Eakin
Pathfinder Executive Coaching
tom.eakin@findthepath.us
tom.eakin@ymail.com
605.670.0192

After 8:00 a.m. on Monday, May 21, the contractor will have short-term closures of the southbound Interstate 29 on ramp from Singing Hills Blvd. to accommodate the start of the Interstate 29 mainline paving operation south of Singing Hills Blvd. 

The paving operation began today at the Riverside Blvd. Interchange.

Siouxlanders discuss Missouri River flooding and transportation issues with Iowa’s 3rd District Congressman Leonard Boswell.

                                          Database within 60 days.

• Without a CCR profile, the federal government cannot transfer funds to you.
• Without a CCR profile, the federal government cannot award a contract.
• Without a CCR profile, your business cannot sell to the federal government.

Who should attend?

Anyone who already has a CCR profile.

Where and when can I learn about this?

FREE one-hour workshops will be held at the Siouxland Chamber of Commerce Thursday, May 10, 2012 at 8:00 am, 10:00 am, and 1:00 p.m.

Space is limited.  Registration required.

RSVP to Mary Koster at mkoster@siouxlandchamber.com

or 712-255-7903

Who is providing this training?

Gordon Bonnes, Government Contracting Specialist, Iowa State University Extension &

Outreach – CIRAS, Procurement Program Western Iowa Representative.

The procurement Program offers free individual counseling assistance to Iowans who want to grow their business thru learning how to sell to a government entity.

 This workshop is brought to you jointly by the Siouxland Chamber of Commerce and Iowa State University Extension & Outreach – CIRAS.

Congressman King meets with Siouxlanders to kick-off the 58th Annual Siouxland/Washington Conference.

Every Siouxland Chamber of Commerce member organization that encourages their employees and friends to sign up by forwarding the email on this same topic, will be eligible for free tickets to attend a Sioux City Bandits home football game at the Tyson Events Center.  Just let Mary Koster mkoster@siouxlandchamber.com know you did so and we’ll enter your company / organization into the drawing.  The educational and health care communities have helped lead this effort and now we need our local business community to step-up.  We need individual citizens to sign-up representing residential or business zip codes 51101, -02, -03, -04, -05, -06, -08, -09, and 51111.  Just click on the following link and sign up as soon as possible, but preferably no later than Wednesday, April 18, at noon! http://www.bluezonesproject.com/users/sign_up/

Sioux City is presently in 7^th place out of 11 finalist communities and we need a big push and your help to catapult Sioux City toward the top of the list!  To track Sioux City’s progress, please visit the following internet link which takes you to an Iowa community scoreboard and thank you for signing up!  http://www.bluezonesproject.com/scoreboard

Additional questions can be directed to Sue Brown, Blue Zones Project Coordinator, at brownsg2011@gmail.com or 712-444-6856.

Thank you,

Christopher J. McGowan

President, Siouxland Chamber of Commerce

Just as a team must come together in a basketball game, our community always seems to rally when there is a need. Whether that is flooding or a local company needing our support, Siouxland demonstrates again and again, we are in this together.

The Siouxland Chamber will be sponsoring a community picnic to support BPI and their employees. Volunteers will be needed in a variety of areas outlined below. If you are interested in helping, please send an email to chamber@siouxlandchamber.com and put the subject line as follows : BPI/ (volunteer position you are interested in). You will hear back from the Chamber to confirm.

SET UP CREW is needed from 7:00-9:00 am (40-60 people needed)

SERVING CREW is needed from 10am – 1pm  (60-80 people needed)

CLEANUP/TEAR DOWN CREW volunteers are needed from 1:00-4:00 pm  (100 people needed).

-Siouxland Chamber

SIOUXLAND: Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota – In response to the overwhelming outpouring of support from throughout the tri-state community, the Siouxland Chamber of Commerce announced today that they will be sponsoring a community picnic as a means of demonstrating support for BPI. 

Iowa Governor, Terry Branstad, and Iowa’s Fifth District United States Congressman, Steve King, have confirmed that they plan to attend the event to demonstrate their support for the company and the beef industry in general, as well as the food processing and agricultural economies.

The picnic event will take place this Saturday, March 31, 2012 from 11:00 AM until 1:00 PM in the parking lot of the Tyson Events Center located at the intersection of Pierce Street and Gordon Drive in downtown Sioux City, Iowa

Local business leaders have collectively expressed their support for the company and their product, Lean Finely Textured Beef (LFTB), after BPI became the victim of an internet and media campaign to undermine the company’s product.

Chamber President Chris McGowan said, “The Siouxland community has a long history of coming together during difficult times and you can be assured that the challenges BPI is facing today represent another opportunity for us to demonstrate our commitment to one another, this company, and our regional community.”

The weather forecast calls for unseasonably warm weather on this last Saturday of March and the entire Siouxland community is invited to attend the event.

The picnic will be free and open to the public.  Hamburgers (that include Lean Finely Textured Beef), chips, and beverages, will be served.