Lake City Chamber of Commerce

Council meets new Chamber director, approves tourism budget

Mar 10, 2021

Newly-hired Lake City Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Ed Hoffman greeted the Lake City City Council on his first day of work at the chamber. “I’m really happy to be here,” Hoffman said during the public comment portion of the City Council meeting. Everyone he’s worked with so far has been...

New Chamber director is a serial entrepreneur

Mar 3, 2021

The Lake City Chamber of Commerce announced Monday that Ed Hoffman will be its new executive director. “Ed Hoffman is a marketing professional, artist, and founder/former owner of Ed’s (no name) Bar and co-founder/former co-owner of Boat House restaurant in Winona, Minn.,” the Chamber said in a...

Biggest free food distribution yet planned for March 5

Mar 3, 2021

Volunteers are preparing for the largest pop-up food distribution to date, and they are looking for help. On March 5, beginning at 11 a.m. at the Underwood Park parking lot on North 10th Street, they expect to distribute 600 boxes of food for free to anyone impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Each...

Council taps Chamber to get lodging tax money

Feb 10, 2021

The Lake City Chamber of Commerce will be the recipient of the city’s lodging tax revenues this year. The three percent tax is levied on short term rentals like hotel rooms and vacation rentals by owner. In recent years it has generated over $60,000. The city retains 5 percent for administrating...

Chamber, Tourism Bureau vie for lodging tax money

Feb 3, 2021

For years the Lake City Toursim Bureau has been the sole organization seeking to promote tourism in Lake City using money generated by the local lodging tax. Now it has some competition. At a city council workshop in December to go over the Tourism Bureau’s proposed budget for 2021, the Lake City...

Departing Chamber director: Lake City rallies like no other

Jan 20, 2021

The love and support has been felt each and every day over the past couple weeks. It took me weeks to say thank you to the hundreds of emails, messages, and comments I received upon announcing my departure from the Lake City Chamber. It was overwhelming and incredibly heartwarming. The love and...

Larson leaving Lake City Chamber for Red Wing

Jan 6, 2021

After three and a half years as executive director of the Lake City Chamber of Commerce, Michelle Larson is moving on. In an email and Facebook post Jan. 5, Larson announced that she will be leaving the chamber in February to become the executive director of the Red Wing Chamber of Commerce. There...

A burst of light in a dark time

Dec 9, 2020

It was unseasonably warm Saturday evening for the annual Lake City Chamber of Commerce Patton Park lighting event. Nevertheless, most attendees stayed in their vehicles. Like so much else this year, COVID-19 impacted this annual tradition in many ways. The Chamber asked attendees to enjoy the...

Food distribution planned Friday

Dec 2, 2020

A second, larger, pop-up food distribution event is scheduled for Friday, Dec. 4. From 10 a.m. to noon while supplies last, anyone negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic can pick up 30-pound food boxes filled with milk, fruits, vegetables, and protein. There’s no charge and no paperwork to...

Lighting ceremony planned for Saturday