CHAMBER CHATTER

“An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.”

-Benjamin Franklin

In This Issue

• Last Chance Gift Show

• Dinosaur Museum

• Friends of the Library

• Gallery in December

• Christmas Loans

• Merry Christmas!!

• Chat with Denny

To get an event online email send your information to

events@glendivechamber.com Want to submit a photo of Glendive for the front page? Email your name &

photo to Chamber@midrivers.com

Events coming up

Chamber of Commerce & Agriculture Newsletter 808 N. Merrill, Ave . 377-5601 December, 2018

• Dec 3rd The Gallery Annual Dinner 6pm

• Dec 4th Tree of Lights @GMC

• Dec 6th First Thursday Trivia @Cross Country

Brewery 6-8:15pm

• Dec 6th Jefferson Winter Concert 6pm

• Dec 7th Bazaar and Luncheon

@United Methodist 10am-2pm

• Dec 8th 23rd Annual Glendive Area ABATE Toy

Run

• Dec 8th DCC Basketball @Toepke 4pm-8pm

• Dec 9th DCC Basketball @Toepke 2pm-6pm

• Dec 11th Jefferson Kindergarten Concert 6pm

• Dec 13th WMS Band/Choir Concert

• Dec 14-16 2018 Christmas Craft Show @EPEC

• Dec 14th DCC Basketball @Toepke 12pm-2pm

• Dec 15-16th Last Chance Gift Show

@Moose Lodge 9am-6pm

• Dec 16th DC Democrats 2018

Christmas party 4pm

• Dec 18th DCHS Choir Concert

• Dec 19th Lunch ‘n’L learn @Library 12pm-1pm

• December 20 Young Adult Book club for the not

so young adults @Library 7pm

• Dec 22 Attic closed for Christmas break

• Dec 25th Merry Christmas to all!

• Jan 3rd First Thursday Trivia, Sponsored by Cross

Brewing and Friends of the Library @Brewery 6p-8pm

• Feb 8-9th GATE

• Feb Annual Banquet

• Mar 9-10th Makoshika Basketball Tournament

• April 12-13th Spring Fling

Send your events to us for the community calendar: events@glendivechamber.com

An Afternoon of Advent Carols & Special Music

Sunday, December 9th , 2pm

1st Congregational UCC

120 W. Power Street

Please join us for

All are invited!

Refreshments to follow!

Join Conversation to Prioritize Public Lands

Funding

I’d like to invite you to join the Montana Outdoor Heritage Project. Outdoor access is something so many of us enjoy, value and maybe even take for granted. The Heritage Project is a way to engage and to give our voices to a conversation for protecting and investing in our public lands. Please accept my invitation and help us begin to explore how Montana can strengthen our future of trails, fishing sites, hunting access and state park land. We need investment strategies beyond money we need a collective voice from Montanans. This is one of the most important conversations we may ever have as a state. It’s about passing on our very Montana way of life to our kids and grandkids.

Montana has a long history of conservation and providing access to public lands and resources. As citizens we have created a world-class network of public lands and trails, fishing and water access sites, wildlife management areas, miles of public shoreline and 55 unique state parks. These hubs for outdoor recreation have been built over decades and today provide some of the most important assets to local communities and to our outdoor heritage.

Yet, as Montana has changed and grown we have not kept up with demand for these public resources. We spend less today to manage our trails, public lands, state parks, and wildlife than we did forty years ago. This is happening even as visitor use and outdoor recreation continue to increase impressive rates.

So why did an eastern Montana girl like me get involved? For me it’s about access. I’ve spent the past three decades championing the idea of access; access to services through special education, access for housing, access for women and entrepreneurs, access to the civic process. Those are all very important issues, but one of our most important types of access in Montana is our ability to enjoy pub-lic lands and public spaces. These are the places you don’t need to be rich to enjoy as a family.

Every Montanan has a memory or a story that happened because of access to these public lands and rec-reation areas. My family is most connected to Montana’s prairies and the Badlands near Wibaux and Glendive, but I’m certain your family has your own special spot. These

outdoor assets contribute to our communities by attracting visitors from down the road and from around the world. Our public campsites, fishing sites, boating launches and trails connect our communities with beautiful, unique and wild spaces. This outdoor infrastructure anchors our growing tourism economy and creates opportunities to build physical and mental wellness as well as a sense of community.

But why now? Why should you join the conversation? Why should we invest in our public lands?

Consider that Montana State Park visitation has more than doubled since 2000 and is now annually over 2.5 million. Consider that compared to our neighbors, Montana has the second lowest parks budget in the region. Consider that over 115 trail projects to improve our communities couldn’t get off the ground since 2014. Consider that our wildlife managers don’t have the resources to deal with another potential fish die-off on the Yellowstone river or somewhere else.

These facts clearly demonstrate the need to at least begin a conversation centered on prioritizing and discovering creative funding formulas that could address the needs to protect access, wildlife, and the continued use of our public lands. If we are going to uphold our commit-ment to provide authentic outdoor experiences through our state parks, trails, water resources, and hunting grounds we must start somewhere. Without meaningful investments to support our access to public lands, outdoor infrastructure, staffing, and public amenities, we risk losing the outdoor way of life we are so proud of in Montana.

I would like to invite you to join me and lend your voice, your thoughts, concerns and ideas to the Montana Outdoor Heritage Project. Become part of the conversation from your kitchen table, your community, your own backyard. For more information and to get involved go to www.montanaheritageproject.com

Christine Whitlatch is originally from Wibaux, is a mother of five, and has spent decades building a professional career in advocacy, public relations and non-profit management She and her husband currently live in Billings.

The Gallery in December

Monday December 3rd-Next monthly meet-ing with annual dinner and meeting to follow

at 6 pm

Friday December 7th from 5-7 pm Alive After Five Rewind, Nanci Har-rington artist of the month, photography

GATE The 41st annual Glendive Agri-Trade Expo (GATE) will be Friday and Saturday, February 8th & 9th, 2019 at the Eastern Plains Events Center on Merrill Avenue in Glendive. This is a winter event we always look forward to. Consider becoming a GATE vendor – or mark the calendar and simply join us at the tradeshow. Vendors come from every sector of the agriculture industry and are from multiple states and Canada. Industry professionals will be on hand to pro-vide information about new innova-tions and products for the ag industry and to help us know how to maximize production and ROI. Learn about everything from installing solar wells to

animal genetics or to discuss challenges and what can be done to address those issues profitably. There are always informative free seminars on Friday and Saturday. If your company would like to put on a seminar, let us know so we can get it scheduled. The street will once again be blocked to allow for additional parking. KXGN and Northern AgNetwork will be doing live broadcast from the tradeshow and we always appreciate the delicious food served by the cooks of the Gateway Cowbelles. Have you ever eaten one of Jenny’s caramel rolls? Oh yum. Reserve vendor space early. Brochures have been mailed out – if you did not receive one, please let us know. Visit our web page:

www.gatexpo.com for more information and/or call Cody at 701-770-5110 or Kathy at 406-987-3777 or any GATE member.

Building Connections that keep the community moving forward.

Chat with Denny

November flew by quicker than I would have expected and that burst of sun and

warm weather was a welcome change of pace for a little while. Soon many including

myself will be watching the weather closer as we plan to meet with family or have them

coming to us.

As the lights came on at Our Park after the light parade I felt great pride in the members of the

ShopGlendive group. From a simple remark of wanting something close to a Hallmark moment to

standing the a cool night air moments before Terry Hood Glendive’s Mr. Christmas flipped the lights on.

With Jerry booming his voice for all to hear and the his words proclaiming November 24th the next day

to be Small Business Saturday.

As the ShopGlendive group looks forward to this next year they also give out a call to action to others in

the retail, downtown area, and Glendive businesses to join them in planning more shopping events in the

future. So watch for announcements or invites from the current members.

I would like to take a little time in here to ask those that read this for a little help. In the spirit of

Christmas Terry Hood has donated many hours and dollars to the decorations around town. When the

season is over and the decorations come down Terry will need to find them a new home. With the old

storage facility having been torn down he is looking for a home near the downtown area to house these

decorations. Many of the large pole decorations are his main concern. If you have any leads, ideas,

space, or anything that could help please contact the Chamber and we can relay the information to Terry.

For someone that has given so much it would be nice to give just a little bit in return to keep the town

decorated year after year.

I hope that each of you reading this will have a wonderful Christmas, and if you can’t the Community

Christmas Dinner is always in need of mouths to feed and volunteers to be had. Katy Peterson and Betsy

Hedrick did an amazing job last year filling people’s bellies and hearts last year. We are blessed to have

people like them that embrace and love giving of their time so others can have something good.

To all of our members and those that read the chatter I want to close with well wishes to you and your

families.

Sincerely,

Denny Malone

Contact Us

For more information give us

a call or visit us on

Facebook

Glendive Chamber of

Commerce & Agriculture

808 N. Merrill Ave.

Glendive, MT 59330

406-377-5601

chamber@midrivers.com

Visit us on the web at

www.glendivechamber.com

Thank you to BOSS for providing

the Chamber with color prints!

www.abcboss.com

Next Meeting: Planned for January watch for more info

Visit Glendive is proud to

announce the launch of the new

website. Visit the new site at:

www.visitglendive.com

Follow Visit Glendive on Facebook!

@visitglendive

We welcome the following new and returning members as well:

Eastern Montana Martial Arts Academy Karen Ballentine 1515 W. Bell St. Ste G

Check the Community Calendar for events coming up.

glendivechamber.com/calendarevents/

If you have events going on let others know by filling out the event form!

glendivechamber.com/event-submission-form/

Dawson County Healthy

Communities Coalition

DCHCC is made up of people from various

community agencies and organizations who are

dedicated to making Glendive a healthy and

enjoyable place to visit and call home.

Our Mission: Promote and ensure a healthy,

sustainable community.

Our Vision: To make Glendive a better place to live,

work, and play

Follow Dawson County Health Communities

Coalition on Facebook to learn about and stay

up-to-date on the different activities and programs

offered by local agencies and organizations.

WATCH East

We would like to extend an open invitation to all who

would like a tour of the facility and see the amazing

work being done in our community. For those wanting a

tour, please call ahead of time and speak to Derek

Gibbs, Program Administrator, to schedule

a day and time.

He can be reached at 377-6001.

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