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Upcoming Events

Ice Time Festival

February 01, 2020
09:00am - 4:00pm

Miss Dowagiac Scholarship Pageant

February 08, 2020
7:00pm - 9:00pm

Garage Sale Weekend, Cancelled due to the pandemic

May 22, 2020
08:00am - 5:00pm

Dowagiac Memorial Day Parade, Cancelled due to pandemic

May 25, 2020
10:30am - 12:00am

Dowagiac Farm & Artisan Market

June 03, 2020
09:00am - 2:00pm

Sister Lakes Fireworks

June 27, 2020
9:00pm - 11:00pm

Dowagiac Fireworks

July 03, 2020
9:30pm - 11:00pm

Sister Lakes Triathlon & Relay, Cancelled due to pandemic

July 15, 2020
09:00am - 12:00am

Summer in the City Festival, Canceled due to pandemic

July 17, 2020 - July 18, 2020
10:00am - 5:00pm

Ed's Open Header Cruise: Postponed - Date TBD

July 23, 2020
5:30pm - 8:30pm

Steve's Run

July 25, 2020
09:00am - 1:00pm

Cass County Fair, cancelled due to the pandemic

July 31, 2020
11:00am

Rod & Roll Classic Auto Show, Cancelled due to pandemic

August 15, 2020
07:00am - 4:00pm

Under the Harvest Moon Festival, cancelled due to the pandemic

October 10, 2020
10:00am - 4:00pm

Under the Harvest Moon Festival

October 10, 2020
10:00am - 4:00pm

Christmas Open House Weekend & Theta Mu Craft Show, cancelled due to pandemic

November 13, 2020 - November 14, 2020
10:00am - 5:00pm

Small Business Saturday

November 28, 2020
10:00am - 11:00pm

Candle-light Christmas Parade

December 04, 2020
7:00pm - 9:00pm

Latest News from your Chamber

  • August 2nd, 2020

    Same Day Rewards Program Kicks Off Labor Day Weekend

    Business owners who would like to expand the reach of their brand or product, while building stronger relationships with their peers, will have the opportunity to do so thanks to the Chamber’s new “Same Day Rewards Program.”
     
    “Everyone loves a deal,” said Chamber trustee Jim Frazier, owner of Vincent J. Jewelers. “Discounts are great for driving customers into our stores.”
     
    The Chamber’s new four-month cross promotion kicks off Labor Day weekend, as it rewards consumers for shopping local as the community heads back to school and prepares for the holidays.
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  • August 2nd, 2020

    Flash Back to 1989, as Renovation Work on China Garden Begins

    When Larry Seurynck began power washing the front facade of China Garden, flashbacks to 1989 came to mind for Front Street business owners, who witnessed the initial wave of renovation work 31 years ago.
     
    Larry was there too. And so was the Downtown Development Authority.
     
    When contractor after contractor said they were booked for the next six to 12 months, Vickie Phillipson, DDA and Chamber of Commerce program director, asked Larry to come out of retirement. Who better to work on the property, owned by Zhen & Jenny Yang, than the person that once owned and originally renovated these two storefronts and three others on Front Street.
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  • August 2nd, 2020

    Deadline is Friday for New Grant Funding for Workplace Safety

    As businesses are doing their best to protect customers, employees and communities, they’re not just winging it. Every decision has to be made with safety in mind and a new grant program will help them cover expenses to do so.
     
    Applications are now available for the Michigan COVID-19 Safety Grant Program, a new initiative launched by the State of Michigan Labor and Economic Opportunity Department that will provide small businesses matching funds of up to $10,000 to decrease the risk of COVID-19 spread through safety and health-related equipment purchased and training in response to COVID-19.
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