News from the Chamber

Urbandale-based Primary Source remains optimistic as it plans for the future. First established in 1985, owner Mary Anne Kennedy bought the marketing promotions business in 1997, growing it into a highly visible mainstay in the local small business community. Its...

Golden Openings always thinks big. For 23 years the Urbandale, Iowa-based business has helped thousands of clients celebrate grand openings, ribbon cuttings and groundbreaking events. Its inventory of over 10,000 products has been showcased at events on every...

Colleen and Gary Meyer have a love affair with coffee. The romance started on a trip to Costa Rica almost 30 years ago when they camped on a coffee plantation and worked the annual harvest. They quickly developed an appreciation for the Costa Rican people, their...

By Claudia Schabel | President, Schabel Solutions On May 30, we all witnessed two events that drove polar opposite emotions in our city and nation. On the negative side, videos and images of peaceful protests ending in violence once again highlighted the desperation...

DES MOINES, IA - The Central Iowa Business Conference has been postponed until 2021. The fourth annual CIBC will now be held on Tuesday, September 14, 2021 at the Meadows Event Center. The keynote speaker lineup remains the same and includes: Emmy Award-winning actor...

NEWS RELEASE (URBANDALE, IA) – Fareway Stores, Inc. recently announced a $200,000 donation to the Iowa Chamber of Commerce Executives (ICCE). The donation provided for $1,000 or more in gift cards to ICCE chamber of commerce members in the communities Fareway serves....

URBANDALE, IA – The Urbandale Chamber of Commerce has partnered with Shop Where I Live to launch www.centraliowa.shopwhereilive.com, an online platform for small businesses to come together to sell products and services virtually. “We must band together as a...

DES MOINES, IA - Jack Stack, President and CEO of SRC Holdings and best-selling author of The Great Game of Business will speak at the Holiday Inn Des Moines Airport Conference Center in Des Moines at the fourth-annual Central Iowa Business Conference on Thursday,...

DES MOINES, IA - Henry Winkler, NY Times best-selling author, actor, director, and producer will speak at the Holiday Inn Des Moines Airport Conference Center in Des Moines at the fourth-annual Central Iowa Business Conference on Thursday, September 17, 2020.  Beloved...

URBANDALE, IA –The Urbandale Chamber of Commerce has announced three finalists for the prestigious 2019 Urbandale Business of the Year.  The award is given annually during Sample Urbandale, A Celebration of Business to honor three businesses and designate one of the...

URBANDALE, IA – Annually the Urbandale Chamber of Commerce requests the membership and general public to vote for businesses who are best in their class.  There are 21 different categories voted on and in those categories, three are identified as the...