St. Joseph Chamber of Commerce

Goldberg Architects will be downtown again on Wednesday, Aug. 28, from 9 a.m. to noon at 111 S. 7th St. across from Longboards for another Community Input Session on re-visioning Coleman Hawkins Park. They will be available to answer your questions as you view three potential site plans. You will also have the opportunity to draw up your own ideas!

Thank you Niche of Time Jewelry for hosting Business After Hours! Such a fun evening networking & checking out all the bling 💍🤩

It’s amazing where business can take you if you follow Jahana Anderson’s advice: “Go big, don’t be scared and believe in yourself!” Jahana and her husband John have followed that pathway into a historic space in Downtown St. Joseph. The Provident Brunch House & Brewery is now open in a building that served as a bank in the 1920s.

Jahana says one of the coolest things has been people coming in to share stories and memories from the historic 5th and Francis building. She tells us that some of them even used to work there! But...we’re guessing they are probably enjoying the delicious food and drinks more than working the ol’ 9 to 5 job.

Remember Hazel’s Downtown location on your morning coffee runs and when you need a great place to meet a client. Read the message below, see the new hours and support your fellow Chamber members and small businesses

It crushes my confidence and inner business woman to make the following post.
Hazel’s Downtown is struggling to survive. Our baristas are working hard to keep the shop open.
As we try to assess and navigate the future of Hazel’s Downtown we are going to adjust our open hours and days of operation. We hope and pray that you continue to support this location and we can turn things around before it’s too late.
Beginning in September HAZEL’S DOWNTOWN will no longer be open on MONDAYS and we will operate a shorter day on Tuesdays
Monday CLOSED
Tuesday 6:30a-12:15p
Wednesday 6:30a-3p (fiddler nights we will be open until 7:30pm)
Thursday & Friday 6:30a-3p
Saturday & Sunday 8a-2p
If you have insight, ideas, or suggestions, please DM us. 🥺

Please spread the word about National Black Business Month and this special event happening on Aug. 29th. August is National Black Business Month -- use this as a reminder to support Black-owned businesses and entrepreneurs.

Hillyard Technical Center opened doors to its new simulated manufacturing facility and celebrated with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and open house Tuesday.

The new addition is a 22,000 square foot facility that will house welding, CNC machinery and factory maintenance, where students will learn in a hands-on environment. The expansion is a major win for the St. Joseph community, as it is an example of the business, education and government entities coming together to fill a crucial workforce need. Local manufacturers were a major factor in determining what skills and equipment the facility would educate students about.

Manufacturing Expansion Opens at Hillyard Technical Center Hillyard Technical Center opened doors to its new simulated manufacturing facility and celebrated with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and open house Tuesday. The new addition is a 22,000 square foot facility that will house welding, CNC machinery and factory maintenance, where students will learn in a

The St. Joseph Economic Development Partnership is proud to be one of the regional partners to help Elanco Pet Health expand in our area. The $130 million investment will add 70 jobs. It is the most exciting expansion in company history that will be fundamental in enhancing the quality of life for pets and strengthening the human-animal bond, according to officials at the ceremony on Tuesday. Read more here:

Elanco to Expand Pet Product Manufacturing in the St. Joseph Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) Congratulations to our partners in Elwood, Kan., on the $130 million investment of Elanco, a global leader in animal health. The expansion and renovation of its pet product manufacturing operation will increase capacity to support the brand’s line of pet health products, which are anticipated to l...

For the last few days we’ve hosted Leadership Missouri in St. Joseph, showing these business leaders from throughout the state the best of our community.

They were there for the last day of Training Camp and visited Hillyard Technical Center, the 139th Airlift Wing, Mosaic Life Care Foundation Children’s Discovery Center, the Houlne Center for Convergent Technology at Missouri Western State University, Gray Manufacturing and some of great restaurants and bars. They also got to meet the Dean of the UMKC School of Medicine and the Associate Dean in charge of the St. Joseph medical school campus.

Their first day in town included LifeLine Foods, Housing Improvement Initiative, Adopt-a-Block and Youth Alliance.

And those were just some of the highlights of our community!

Today we went on a Member Crawl today to visit members and thank them for being a part of the Chamber.

Thanks to Brown's Shoe Fit St. Joe Palm Beach Tan Lavender Lane Boutique- St. Joseph, MO. FASTSIGNS Missouri Farm Bureau

For Adam Marriott, it all started with an idea and a snow cone trailer. That led to a bounce house company, which led to several other ventures. Adam is a self - diagnosed serial entrepreneur. He has a hand in or owns about 127 different businesses. Ok...so maybe that’s a bit of an exaggeration, but the guy is busy!

His most recent project is Time Out Entertainment Center – a bounce house and event rental space paradise on South 22nd Street. Occasionally, a “satisfied customer” brings in a picture they colored of their favorite bounce house. Adam says, that’s how he knows he’s on the right track.

Our monthly Chamber Diplomats meeting looked a little different today! A little rain didn’t stop us from enjoying Chiefs Training Camp! ☔️🏈

We couldn’t do it without our sponsors!
Diplomats Club is Presented by Altec Inc., Rogers Pharmacy & Home Medical Equipment - Saint Joseph & Nodaway Valley Bank.

Diplomats Club Meeting Sponsors: Triumph Foods, BlueScope Buildings North America, Top Property Realty, LLC, Tammy O'Meara-Chambers-Broker & Realtor, Preferred Title of St Joseph, LLC, Altec Inc. & St. Joseph Title

Congrats to these new members of the St. Joseph Chamber of Commerce! They've made a great decision to help grow their businesses and support the development of the St. Joseph economy. Please visit them in person or online.
New member posts are presented by Top Property Realty, LLC, Tammy O'Meara-Chambers-Broker & Realtor

Victory GMC St Joseph Melissa Morgan Lawyer Bluffwoods Renaissance Festival Janelle Pierson Realtor-ReeceNichols Ide Capital, LLC Polished Pretty by Em Carime Reeves at TOP LINE Realty LLC

Such a fun evening enjoying the amazing weather & great music at Parties on the Parkway! See you next month for our last Parties of the season, September 12th at Re*****on Nature Center! 🎶😎☀️

When the biodiesel plant he worked at was forced to shut down, Jesse England took a chance on himself. Jesse now owns 4 businesses in St. Joseph, including Healthcare Solutions Team Fire Ex LLC. Jesse admits that the decision to go out on your own can take a leap of faith, but he offers this advice to aspiring entrepreneurs...

“Follow your heart and your dreams. Combine doing what you love with hard work and resiliency and everything will fall into place.”

We had an eye-opening afternoon yesterday seeing some interesting open spaces full of potential downtown! Thanks to Main Street Saint Joseph for partnering with us on the afternoon of activities. See the pictures for some information on where we toured. Have a property you’re interested in showing off in the next tour? Let us know!

Albaugh celebrated its expansion in the Stockyards on Monday. The expansion involved building a new packaging and distribution center on the former St. Joseph Stockyards property that Albaugh purchased in 2021. The building is about 2 acres or 81,120 square feet. It was a total investment of more than $10 million and created 10 new jobs.

A part of the expansion including creating a conveyor system to eliminate about 50 trucks crossing Stockyards Expressway on a daily basis. Albaugh created a new piece of artwork at 4900 Stockyards Expressway on the sky bridge/conveyor system that celebrates St. Joseph and its agricultural history.

Albaugh, LLC Celebrates Expansion in Stockyards Albaugh, LLC, celebrated its expansion in the Stockyards on Monday. The expansion involved building a new packaging and distribution center on the former St. Joseph Stockyards property that Albaugh purchased in 2021. The building is about 2 acres or 81,120 square feet. It was a total investment of

Hillyard Technical Center celebrated the opening of its newly-renovated health wing on Monday. It is now equipped with four classrooms, a computer lab and a health service assistant lab, so students will have the necessary tools to excel in the CNA program.

The St. Joseph School District will celebrate another expansion with Hillyard Technical Center on Aug. 20, with the opening of the expansion of the welding program.

Hillyard Tech Celebrates New Addition Hillyard Technical Center celebrated the opening of its newly-renovated health wing on Monday. It is now equipped with four classrooms, a computer lab and a health service assistant lab, so students will have the necessary tools to excel in the CNA program. The St. Joseph School District will cel

Join us next week for two special ribbon-cutting ceremonies! Hillyard Technical Center will celebrate the renovation to its building for health science programs and Albaugh will celebrate its expansion and sky mural dedication.

Eighteen years ago, Erich Van Cleave took his side hustle and turned it into a full-time job, and St. Joseph homes have looked better ever since.

“I had good success by being professional and doing what I said I would,” Erich said.

In the beginning, he said a lot of people thought Van Cleave Construction Remodeling and Design was his father’s company, however, he started the company on his own with little more than an idea.

“Since then, I have grown it to have 17 employees with an annual revenue of around $3.5 million per year,” he said.

Times weren’t always easy. During the recession in 2007-2008 he kept employees on longer than he should have before laying them off.

“At my lowest point in business, I loaded up every tool that I wasn’t using or wouldn’t need for the coming month and headed to a pawn shop to make payroll,” Erich said. “I never wanted to miss a payroll for my employees. On the way to the pawn shop, a customer that I had been trying to reach for over a week finally called and had a check for me.”

Working with clients and employees is a perk of being a business owner, he said.
“I love making happy clients and seeing the project develop through team collaboration,” he said. “I am also very proud to be an employer.”

His business designs and builds full scale residential remodeling. He says he enjoys making people happy by creating spaces for them to enjoy.

Sometimes the building process is a part of the fun. He said one client made a date night out of shopping for plumbing fixtures and were provided an allowance sheet for staying on budget for the project. On the way to the store they stopped for a happy hour.

“Needless to say, they were in good spirits while shopping,” he said. They went substantially over budget on the fixtures, most notably was a $2,000 rain head shower fixture.

“The next morning, I got an email with the receipt of everything they had purchased with the subject line, ‘Go ahead and burn our allowance sheet,’” he said.

St. Joseph is a great place to do business because of great clients and word of mouth advertising. To learn more about Van Cleave Construction, Remodeling & Design, see its page or website: https://vancleaveconst.com/

Interlock Steel Structures announced today that it will expand in St. Joseph, investing $773,000 and creating four new jobs. The company plans to expand its more than 43,000-square-foot facility to increase productivity while enhancing quality and innovation. The Chamber's economic development team was happy to be a part of helping this project happen. For more info, see this article: https://saintjoseph.com/interlock-steel-expands-in-st-joseph/ PERKA BUILDINGS

Interlock Steel Expands in St. Joseph Interlock Steel Structures, a structured steel fabrication manufacturer, announced today that it will expand in St. Joseph, investing $773,000 and creating four new jobs. The company plans to expand its more than 43,000-square-foot facility to increase productivity while enhancing quality and innova

Civic Center Park was definitely a sea of red during this year's Red Rally! Thank you to everyone who attended as well as all of the sponsors and vendors who made this event possible. Also a huge thanks to Hailey Hatley, Blane Howard, Sparks Fly - The T Swift Experience, and all of our special guests for helping make this an unforgettable event!

Don't forget to continue to show your support to the Chiefs by heading out to Training Camp at Missouri Western. To view the full training camp schedule, visit https://www.chiefs.com/trainingcamp/.

The Red Rally is a collaboration of Made With Uncommon Character, St. Joseph, Mo an organization supported by Mosaic Life Care, City of St. Joseph, MO Government, St. Joseph Chamber of Commerce, Missouri Western State University, Visit St. Joseph, Missouri and St. Joseph School District.

Today is the day! Come out to the Red Rally. See Chiefs alumni, participate in a lookalike contest with K-Jo 105.5, hear live music from local rising artist Hailey Hatley, country artist Blane Howard and including Sparks Fly - The T Swift Experience!

There will be bounce houses, food and drink vendors, T-shirts for sale and much more.

We look forward to the Red Rally every year to welcome the Chiefs back to St. Joseph with our Made With Uncommon Character, St. Joseph, MO partners, including Mosaic Life Care, City of St. Joseph, MO Government, Visit St. Joseph, Missouri, Missouri Western State University and St. Joseph School District