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The Vault of Treasured Memories |
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| Click on the button to visit ribbon cuttings, ground breakings, and grand openings past in the Vault of Treasured Ambassador Events. |
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Thu, Jul, 24, 04:00 PM at ECIA | 7600 Commerce Park, off Seipel Rd. - Grand opening and ribbon cutting for the new location.
Mon, Aug, 4, 04:30 PM at Pioneer Rest Area Convenience Store & Fuel located at 4900 Old Hwy. 20 (Across from Longhorn Saddlery)- Ribbon Cutting/Grand Opening of a brand new Convenience Store in Dubuque.(BP Gas Station)Owner: Dr. George Isaac.
Wed, Aug, 6, 12:00 PM at SMG (Solutions Management Group) located at 919 Main St.- A grand opening/ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate their new office location in Dubuque. SMG has an office in Bettendorf, also.
President: Keith Lindbloom
Fri, Aug, 8, 12:00 PM at The Gym located at 1097 Elm St.- The Gym located at 1097 Elm St. is celebrating a ribbon cutting at their new facility. Owners: Todd & Tammy Ford
Mon, Aug, 11, 12:00 PM at Pawsitively Pets located at 10656 Keywest Dr. (next to Softtails Saloon & Grill)- Ribbon Cutting/Grand Opening. Pawsitively Pets offers pets supplies and doggy daycare. Owner, Cheri Basten, invites all of you to a luncheon following the ceremony.
Thu, Aug, 21, 12:00 PM at ITC Midwest located at 6750 Chavenelle Rd.- Ribbon Cutting/Grand Opening at their new location in the Westside Industrial Park. Executive Director, Doug Collins. Lunch provided following the ceremony.
Thu, Aug, 28, 04:30 PM at Midwest Medical Center located at One Medical Center Drive (across from Galena Golf Course)- Ribbon Cutting rescheduled from Aug. 7th to Aug. 28th at 4:30. Please make the change on your calendars. A cocktail social will follow the ceremony. Executive Director: Jeff Hill
Tue, Sep, 9, 04:30 PM at Dollar Dish located at 1099 University Ave. (old Happy Joe's location)- Ribbon cutting to celebrate new restaurant. Everything is a dollar! Owner: Kyle Pittman.
Thu, Sep, 11, 04:30 PM at The Finley Cancer Survivor Park located at 3rd & College St. (under the water tower)- Community Ribbon Cutting to celebrate new park. NO MEDIA PKG
Ambassadors are on Cable Channels 22 and Videos on Demand
 Thanks to the fine folks at Mediacom, our little vignettes of ribbon cuttings, grand openings and special occasions that Ambassadors attend are now on Dubuque Cable Channels 22 and they can be downloaded on demand from your set-top cable box. Just use your remote to select your "On Demand" button on screen. Then, select "Mediacom Local." Then, select "Dubuque," followed by Connections 22." Don't worry, you'll figure it out.
 Tune in to Mediacom Channel 22 to see these movies and tell your friends!
Mediacom Cable reaches a good majority of Dubuque households! What a great way to demonstrate the value of Chamber affiliation.
Correspondence: Let us know what you can or cannot attend by clicking here, or contact Mary at (563) 557-9200.
If you have any questions about upcoming events that the Ambassadors attend, contact the Chamber of Commerce:
sweber@dubuquechamber.com
or call (563)690-9201
 Click here to visit Net-Smart's Support Your Troops Website that enables you to transmit videos of yourself and your loved ones online and overseas via the World Wide Web!
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Learn how to install the free software required to view our Groovy Movies
 The Dubuque Chamber Ambassadors are using the latest technology to provide you with a lasting memory of your grand opening or celebratory event. In addition to photos, we have movies! You can download and view your event in streaming video from this website. It's best to have high-speed access to the Internet. Details on how to get the most out of this technology are below on this page.
 he Dubuque Ambassadors are proud to present a new feature on the World Wide Web. Movie clips of grand opening ceremonies, ribbon cuttings, and virtually any and all celebratory events attended by members of this Chamber of Commerce organization.
At right you will see the latest ceremony we attended.
The movie clips are in Windows Media and RealMedia format, and your browser should be equipped with the software plug-in to enable you to view and hear video content on this Web site. If you have difficulties, click here.
Videos produced by Gary Olsen in cooperation with the Dubuque Community School District.
Dubuque365.com has a treasure trove of photos and information about this project. Click here to go there.
Also we are linked on accessdubuque.com.
History of the Dubuque Chamber Ambassadors
he Dubuque Area Chamber Ambassadors organized in 1963 as an extension of the Dubuque Industrial Bureau. The Ambassadors had two major functions: to attract business from other cities to come to Dubuque; and to assist Dubuque businesses to promote their products and encourage expansion-thus increasing employment.
In 1975, the Dubuque Industrial Bureau merged with the Dubuque Industrial Development Corporation. The Corporation joined with the Dubuque Area Chamber of Commerce in 1978. The Chamber added a full-time staff working in the area of economic development and consequently, the goals and objectives of the Ambassadors have changed over the years.
Today, the Chamber Ambassadors' objective is to assist the Dubuque Area Chamber of Commerce and the City of Dubuque in business recognition and public relations. Objectives are completed by ribbon cuttings, ground breaking ceremonies, grand openings and certificate presentations.
The Chamber Ambassadors are dedicated to the economic growth and development of the Tri-State area. This group of 40 high spirited people has made a commitment to recognizing businesses for their accomplishments and contributions to the Tri-State area community.
Chamber Ambassadors and the Years They Were Inducted
John White 1958
Rod Bakke 1985
Jim Curoe 1989
Karen Lyness 1989
Bill Kaesbauer 1990
Ellen Lau 1992
Laura Carstens 1995
Tom Reilly 1996
Barb O'Hea 2000
Stan Schwartz 2000
Michael Armstrong 2001
Nancy Breitbach 2001
Chuck Donnelly 2001
Jane McCall 2001
Paula Norby 2001
Mary Ann Gassman 2002
Gary Olsen 2002
Karin Stephenson 2002
Rose Lobianco 2003
Kim Tully 2003
Lori Bahl 2003
Vicki Bechen 2003
Paul Hemmer 2004
Jim Schumacher 2004
Scott Schneider 2004
Shannon Gaherty 2004
Andrew Wickham 2004
Jim Waller 2005
Brian Zeman 2005
Gery Kremer 2006
Rusty Knight 2006
Heidi Aird 2006
Zachary Hedstrom 2007
Craig DeBerg 2007
Joyce White 2007
Charlie Miller 2007
Jim Adams [Asbury Mayor] 2008
Tom Barton [Executive Committee] 2008
Beth Bonz [Asbury Rep] 2008
Karla Braig [City Rep] 2008
Roy Buol [Dubuque Mayor] 2008
Joyce Connors [City Rep] 2008
Wayne Demmer [County Rep] 2008
Denise Dolan [County Rep] 2008
Eric Dregne [Executive Committee] 2008
Ric Jones [City Rep, Mayor Pro Tem] 2008
Kevin Lynch [Executive Committee] 2008
Eric Manternach [County Rep] 2008
David Resnick [City Rep] 2008
Donna Smith [County Rep] 2008
Mary Ann Specht [County Rep] 2008
Dirk Voetberg [City Rep] 2008
Andy Wilberding [Executive Committee] 2008
Lea Droessler 2008
Kenny LeGrand 2008
Megan Tegeler 2008
Tom Jaeger 2008
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| Special: Breitbach's Country Dining Balltown June 14, 08 |
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Above, Mike and Cindy Btreitbach, owers of Breitbach's Country Dining in Balltown, Iowa, thanks the crowd of friends, family, and customers, though once you're a customer, you're automatically a friend.
The ceremony on the porch and grand entrance to the establishment. A mayoral proclamation and a framed certificate from the Dubuque Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors were presented to the Breitbach family. |
Photo above courtesy of Cedar Rapids Gazette's Archive Photos
The movie file triggered by the button in the box at left streams the video into your browser. However, if you would like an archival non-streaming file to keep and burn to your own disk, right click here, and choose Save Target As... and save the movie file to a space on your hard drive. |
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Breitbach's, burned to the ground Christmas Eve, and in the past six months, it rose like a phoenix from the ashes thanks to neighbors, friends, and family members. Amish neighbors handled construction, and the building inside and out has maintained the legacy of and much of the charm of the original structure. You can click on most of these photos to trigger an automatic download of printable enlargements that are still images from the movie. |
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| Paul Hemmer, Dubuque Ambassadors, asked Mike if he wanted to cut the ribbon, and he preferred his friend the mayor and his son do the honors as he looked on with the rest of the spectators. |
| 2007-2008 Post #4 Eight Great Ribbon Cuttings! |
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Ribbon Cutting Shows released in April 2008. Videography by Gary Olsen and post production by Steve Hemmer. Click on the button to start the video stream. If you would like to keep a copy for your computer, click here for the nonstreaming version and save it to your hard drive. |
| 2007-2008 Post #3 Six Funny Ribbon Cuttings |
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Ribbon Cutting Shows released in April 2008. Videography by Gary Olsen and post production by Steve Hemmer. Click on the button to start the video stream. If you would like to keep a copy for your computer, click here for the nonstreaming version and save it to your hard drive. |
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| April 2008 Post #1 These five are precious! |
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Ribbon Cutting Shows released in April 2008. Videography by Gary Olsen and post production by Steve Hemmer. Click on the button to start the video stream. If you would like to keep a copy for your computer, click here for the nonstreaming version and save it to your hard drive. |
| April 2008 Post #2 Talk about variety! |
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Ribbon Cutting Shows released April 2008. Videography by Gary Olsen and post production by Steve Hemmer. Click on the button to start the video stream. If you would like to keep a copy for your computer, click here for the nonstreaming version and save it to your hard drive. |
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