Dewitt Chamber & Development Co

“No review was or will be conducted.”

“The directors must sign an annual confidentiality statement.”

“The executive committee leads the annual review of the executive director. They solicit feedback from all board members prior to the review. The ec members then complete a written review and have the president and ceo complete a self assessment of the past year and future goals. Compensation changes are addressed during the review. The executive committee approves and then recomends the review to the board of directors, whom then approve the compensation change.”

“Documents are available for inspection upon request at the dewitt development company offices.”

“Lead, inform, advocate and advance business interests and promote community growth in dewitt. Our core focus is to support existing businesses, attract new business, and assist in enhancing the quality of life for our community.”

“The dcdc is involved in supporting existing businesses and recruiting new businesses to the dewitt area. The dcdc partners with three regional economic development entities, grow clinton, quad cities chamber, and prosperity eastern iowa, and the state of iowa to recruit new business to the crossroads business park and community at large. The dcdc respond to prospective business inquiries regarding expansion opportunities in our commmunity. Our staff partners lead community workforce development initiatives with businesses,community colleges and high schools in our region; including hands on activities which provide 1,000+ area students with multiple career exposure opportunities including roundtable discussions, mock interview, job shadows and internships, and a science,technology, engineering and mathematics (stem) festival. The dcdc continue conversations with our area community college to expand services to our community which encouraged the development of the new career advancement center in dewitt. Chamber bucks gift checks were purchased by the community, promoting and encouraging local businesses. A look local first initiative was maintained, encouraging residents, employees and visitors to purchase goods and services in the community. Since inception the llf punch card program has tracked over 5 million dollars in local purchases. The dcdc leads the community in sharing general and organization specific information regarding federal and state initiatives with area businesses.”

“The dcdc promotes member business development. Membership includes 230 member businesses. We continue to offer a dues structure that allows members to choose the tier of membership they can afford and what they would most benefit from. The dcdc ambassadors welcomed new businesses to dewitt and celebrated spotlight on successses for existing business growth and participated in ground breakings to celebrate new construction. We recognized our outstanding members in our "members choice awards" that allows members and the community to cast their vote in different categories of business excellence and personal community volunteerism. Membership after hours events were held promoting networking between prospective and active members. New member packets are distributed and quarterly dcdc 101 information sessions are held for new members, prospective members and new member company representatives. The annual golf bash fundraiser was held raising nearly 12,000 to fund dcdc initiatives. The dcdc newsletter "chamber link" is sent to members on a quarterly basis.”

“The dcdc works to improve branding, awareness, and public relations for the dewitt community. Business and community members are invited to post events to our free online calendar, which populates our digital sign at our main intersection. These events are also shared with over 2,000 subscribers in our weekly "what's happening in dewitt" e-newsletter and shared to 5k followers on social media. Thousands of community guides and visitors brochures were distributed to residents, employees and visitors. A "welcome to dewitt" program for new residents and employees continues to be offered to new residents. The program is also offered to potential new employees to better support our existing businesses as they work to attract a high quality work force. The dcdc partners with the eastern iowa tourism association and visit quad cities to assist in promoting community attractions and businesses to visitors. The dcdc website, dewittiowa.org, continues to be the primary dewitt community website. A local job posting function of the website is promoted and successfully utilized, it is the most viewed section of the website during the year. Several community events were coordinated by the dcdc including summer movies in the park, autumn fest, santa visits, a hometown christmas weekend and a community wine & beer walk, and a weekly tunes in town concert series that fills our community park with 1,000+ people on tuesday nights from june - august.”

“Support existing businesses, attract new business,and assist in enhancing the quality of life for our community.”