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Join us for Chamber Coffee!

Thursday, April 18th, 8am

Hosted by The Bourbon County Conservation District

1515 South Judson

The Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce invites members and guest to a Chamber Coffee hosted by Bourbon County Conservation District, Thursday, April 18th at 8 a.m., located at 1515 S. Judson St. Attendees will be able to enter a drawing to win prizes. Coffee and light refreshments will be served.

The Bourbon County Conservation District mission of “Protecting what we have today to have something left for tomorrow” is still going strong after 79 years. They are committed to continue to help landowners preserve and protect their natural resources of soil & water. District Manager Mandy Shoemaker and the Conservation District Board are excited to host the Chamber coffee and welcome everyone to attend.

Chamber members and guests are invited to Chamber Coffee events each Thursday at 8 a.m. to network, make announcements, hear about happenings in the community as well as learn about the host business or organization.

Contact the Chamber of Commerce at (620) 223-3566 for more information.

Click here to check out their Facebook page!

Thank you to our Chamber Champion members

shown below…

Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce

231 E. Wall St., Fort Scott, KS 66701

620-223-3566

fortscott.com

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Volunteers & Donations Requested Downtown Spring Clean

April 15, 2024 Submitted Story Leave a comment

Organized by the Downtown Divison of the

Chamber Board!

Engaging opportunities within our community!

Volunteers & Donations Requested

Downtown Spring Clean

Monday, April 22nd, 4-6pm

See information below.

Sign-ups to volunteer requested by April 15th!

Just a reminder the Downtown clean up is ONE WEEK FROM TODAY!

There is still time to register to volunteer!

If you are unable to volunteer we are also in need a few tools to make this event happen – such as:

*flat blade shovels or hoes *scoop shovels *brooms *weed eaters *leaf rakes *pruning shears *step stools Those things can be dropped off at Lyons Realty Group this week *Make sure to clearly label your things so we can get them returned.

Can’t wait to see our downtown freshen up just in time for spring!!

The first 150 participants will receive a free t-shirt, courtesy of MyOneStop.

Those who are interested in volunteering may contact Bailey Lyons, Downtown Division Chair, at 620-224-7795 or email [email protected].

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Downtown Spring Clean-up Update

April 12, 2024 Submitted Story Leave a comment

Downtown Division of the Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce Announces Downtown Spring Clean Up 2024

The Downtown Division of the Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce has planned a Downtown Spring Clean event on Monday, April 22nd from 4 to 6pm. The committee is seeking volunteers for this event to spruce up the Downtown Historic District.

The first 150 participants will receive a free t-shirt, courtesy of MyOneStop. Dinner will be served to volunteers following the event, courtesy of downtown restaurants.

Those who are interested in volunteering may contact Bailey Lyons, Downtown Division Chair, at 620-224-7795 or email [email protected].

Contact the Chamber of Commerce at (620) 223-3566 for more information.

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What’s Happening in Fort Scott

April 12, 2024 Submitted Story Leave a comment

What’s Happening in Fort Scott! April 11th Weekly Newsletter

UPCOMING CALENDAR OF EVENTS

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Fort Scott National Historic Site

Daily Guided Tours: 10am & 1pm

Currently closed Wednesdays & Thursdays

until further notice.

Visit your National Park!

Click here to see all the FUN classes at The Artificers, classes for ALL ages!

BINGO hosted by the American Legion Post 25 every 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month unless it falls on a holiday. Doors open at 6pm and Bingo starts at 7pm at Memorial Hall.

Downtown Veteran Banners for Order thru May 3rd, the vinyl pole banners will be a full-color, double-sided, and 30″X60″ in size, three-year commitment, click here for more information and to sign up!

State Farm Enterprise-wide Peanut Butter Drive, Kale Nelson State Farm and his team members will be accepting donations of Peanut Butter from now through April 19th, drop off unopened jars of Peanut Butter from 9am-5pm Monday-Friday at 1805 S. National Ave.

4/12 ~ Preschool Round-Up at Fort Scott Preschool Center, call Tammy at 620.223.8965 to schedule an appointment, enrollment decisions will be made by May 31st.

4/12 ~ Community Green Zone Advocacy Training hosted by Southeast Kansas Mental Health Center at FSCC Ellis Fine Arts Center, 8:30am-2:30pm, click here for more information!

4/13 ~ Southwind District Walk Kansas Connection Event at Riverfront Park, free to the public but you MUST register for this event at WalkKansas.org, click here for more information.

4/13 ~ St. Mary’s Gala ~ Dinner and Auction at Liberty Theatre, click here for more information!

4/13 ~ Harley Race World League Wrestling at Memorial Hall, FREE to the public, 7-10pm, you can pick up tickets at the Chamber, BB County Cars, and other locations, click here for more information!

4/13 ~ Holmtown Pub Acoustic Open for Ty Ellis and The Flatliners, 7pm, click here for info.

4/14 ~ Estate auction of Bob & Sally Eckles, 1pm, 209 S. Holbrook, click here for info.

4/14 ~ Woodland Hills Competitive Jr. Golf Try Out, come earlier to give kids a chance to warm up, try-outs begin at 4pm, click here for more information.

4/15 ~ FSHS Boy’s Varsity 18 Hole Golf Match at Woodland Hills Golf Course, 1pm

4/15 ~ FSHS Softball Home vs. St. Mary’s Colgan, 4:30pm

4/15 ~ FSHS Baseball Home vs. Webb City, 4:30pm

4/15 ~ Food Fellow Workshop, HBCAT, 6pm, click here for info.

4/16 ~ CORE Friend Training hosted by CORE Community, attend this zoom training session, click here for more information and to sign up!

4/17 ~ Panel Unveiling for Holocaust Survivor and Unsung Hero Pavel Weiner at Lowell Milken Center for Unsung Heroes, click here for more info.

4/17 ~ FSCC Community Conversation with Dr. Kegler, Ellis Family Fine Arts Center, 5:30-6:30pm

4/18 ~ Chamber Coffee hosted by Bourbon County Conservation District, 8am

4/18 ~ Grand Opening of Kansas Renewal Institute, tours available to public 11am-1:30pm, Remarks & Ribbon Cutting 12pm, click here for info.

4/18 ~ Chamber Annual Dinner & Awards Celebration – let’s pull up our bootstraps n’ round up as a community to celebrate achievements & saddle up for opportunities ahead, social & silent auction at 5:30pm with dinner/awards/live auction to follow at 6:30pm, click here to register and see the various ways you may participate!

4/19 ~ REDI on the Green Golf Tournament hosted by Bourbon County Regional Economic Development, INC., 100% of all proceeds goes to support local scholarships, check in 9am with tee off at 10am, click here to register and for more info.

4/19 ~ Succulent Cupcake Class hosted by Dipped by Ashtyn at Common Ground Coffee Co., all supplied provided, $15 to reserve your spot with the other $15 at the time of class, click here for more information and to register!

4/20-21 ~ Civil War Encampment at the Fort Scott National Historic Site, experience artillery/cavalry/infantry troops, click here for more info.

4/20 ~ SEK Childcare Provider Conference, HBCAT, 9am-4pm, click here for info.

4/20 ~ Mommy & Me Pictures & Florals, Sunshine Boutique in partnership w/photographer at Gunn Park, click here for info.

4/20 ~ Paint & Sip by Care to Share, Papa Don’s, click here for info.

4/20 ~ Vintage Thunderbirds of KC Car Club visiting Fort Scott for a Day Trip, approximately 20 vintage cars will be parked under the Gathering Square Pavilion, stop by and check out the rides, 11am-3pm

4/20 ~ Sold out: Murder Mystery Dinner, Cohn’s Cafe, but they have now added one on 4/21, click here for info.!

4/20 ~ Civil War Camp Dance, Memorial Hall, 7-10pm, click here for flyer.

4/21 ~ Rumble on the Bricks Car Show/Cruise In, Riverfront Park, 12pm, click here.

4/22 ~ Ribbon Cutting for the new Downtown Arch, 3pm, all are welcome!

4/22 ~ Downtown Spring Clean Event on Earth Day, 4-6pm, all welcome to help with planned projects, hosted by the Chamber, call or text Bailey Lyons 620-224-7795 to volunteer, dinner served to volunteers following the event! Free t-shirt to the first 150!

4/22 ~ FSHS Softball Home VS Labette County, 4:30pm

4/22 ~ FSHS Baseball Home VS Labette County, 4:30pm

4/22 ~ CORE Community Graduation, the entire community is invited to attend to help CORE celebrate this monumental achievement, 6:30-7:30pm, click here for more information!

4/24 ~ Town Hall Meeting hosted by Citizens for the ER, Uniontown City Hall Meeting Room, 6:30pm, click here for more information!

4/25 ~ Chamber Coffee hosted by Niece Products, 8am

4/26 ~ Tiger Color Run, USD-234 Winfield Scott & Eugene Ware, Riverfront Park, 5:30pm

4/27 ~ NICA Bike Race in Gunn Park, click here to visit their website and to get more information!

4/27 ~ 3rd Annual MarshaFest featuring Disco Dick at Memorial Hall, profits from this event will support local in Marsha’s name, tickets are on sale at Marsha’s Deli, 6 W. 18th St.

4/30 ~ Hippity Hop 5K Run/Walk hosted by Buck Run Community Center, all registrants will receive bunny ears/easter glasses/and a shirt, click here for more information!

SAVE THE DATE!

5/4 ~ Ribbon Cutting for the new Gathering Square Pavilion & home to Fort Scott Farmers’ Market, 7:45am, then the market opens for the season at 8am to noon, all are welcome! Bourbon County Garden Club Plant Sale, Live Music, face painting & more!

5/3-4 ~ Town-wide Garage Sale, now taking signups online, by phone, or in person at the Chamber! $12 to list your sale, $35 to purchase a business ad on the map! Click here for info.

5/3-4 ~ Annual Swap Meet sponsored by the Pioneer Harvest Fiesta, gates open at 8am, food available and something for everyone, free admission.

5/4 ~ Kentucky Derby Party and Specials at Brickstreet BBQ, click here for more information!

5/4 ~ Bourbon County Garden Club live plant sale at the Farmers Market, 8am-noon

5/4 ~ Elks Lodge #579 Annual Fishing Derby at Fort Scott Community College Lake, registration is at 9:30am and kids fish from 10am-noon, hotdog lunch following, click here for more information!

5/4 ~ Fort Scott Christian Heights Country Store & Auction, click here.

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SHOPPING ~ SUPPORT LOCAL!

Boutiques-Antiques-Flea Markets & more!

Click here for Chamber member

specialty shopping & other retail in

Downtown & other areas of the community.

Fort Scott Area

Chamber of Commerce

620-223-3566

[email protected]

fortscott.com

In This Issue

Calendar of Events

Special Event Features

THANK YOU Chamber Champion members!!

Chamber Highlights

Click here for our

Membership Directory.

We THANK our members for their support! Interested in joining the Chamber?

Click here for info.

Thinking of doing business in or relocating to Fort Scott?

Seeking a job/career?

We post a Job of the Day daily on our Facebook page, distribute a monthly job openings flyer, and post jobs on our website.

Many opportunities available!

Housing needs?

Click here for a listing of our Chamber member realtors.

Click here for our rental listing.

Upcoming Ribbon Cuttings Mark your calendars & join us for these celebrations!

4/18, Thursday, 12pm, Kansas Renewal Institute

4/22, Monday, 3pm, Fort Scott Downtown Arch

5/4, Saturday, 7:45am, Gathering Square Pavilion, home to Fort Scott Farmers’ Market

5/23, Thursday, 5:15-6:30pm, Blissful Aesthetics

Community Green Zone Advocacy Training, Ellis Family Fine Arts Center!

St. Mary’s Catholic School Dinner and Auction!

SOLD OUT! They thank you for the support. Saturday, April 13th, Liberty Theatre

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Chamber Coffee Hosted by the Fort Scott Public Library on April 11

April 9, 2024 Submitted Story Leave a comment

Join us for Chamber Coffee!

Thursday, April 11th, 8am

Hosted by Fort Scott Public Library

201 S. National Ave.

The Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce invites members and guests to the Chamber Coffee this Thursday, April 11th at 8am. This week’s coffee will be hosted by Fort Scott Public Library, 201 S. National Ave., in celebration of National Library Week. Coffee, juice, and light refreshments will be served.

The Fort Scott Public Library has been around since 1891 and has been at the current site since 1904 when it opened as a Carnegie library. It has changed a lot since its humble beginnings. Now, the library boasts a thriving children’s program, teen programming, and more for the youth of Fort Scott. The library has three ways to deliver eBooks and audiobooks to patrons. It also has eight computers and five hotspots for patrons to use. The new director, Jennifer Gum-Fowler, is putting together new adult programs for the community and looking for new ways to do outreach. The library is over a hundred years old but hasn’t fallen behind the times.

Contact the Chamber of Commerce at (620) 223-3566 for more information.

Click here to view their website!

Click here for their Facebook page!

Thank you to our Chamber Champion members

shown below…

Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce

231 E. Wall St., Fort Scott, KS 66701

620-223-3566

fortscott.com

Fort Scott, Fort Scott Chamber of Commerce

Fort Scott Town-Wide Garage Sale is May 3-4

April 8, 2024 Submitted Story Leave a comment

The Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce Announces the

Spring 2024 Town-wide Garage Sale

Local businesses are encouraged to advertise on the official garage sale map!

Your advertisements help make having the event possible! See details below.

Mark your calendars for the

Spring Town-wide Garage Sale, Friday and Saturday, May 3rd – 4th!

Now is the time to advertise your business on the official garage sale map!

The maps will be distributed to garage sale shoppers the week of the Town-wide Garage Sale. They will be distributed from local stores, the Chamber of Commerce, the Chamber website, and social media!

The cost to place an ad is $25 for a regular sized ad, $35 for the larger ad. You are welcome to include a coupon or special on your advertisement!

Ad spaces are limited, call the Chamber at 620-223-3566 or email: [email protected]

to ensure your space!

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Those wanting to have a Garage Sale may also register now for $12 to be listed on the map! Register here online, in person at the Chamber or call us at 620-223-3566 and pay by debit/credit over the phone.

Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce | 231 E. Wall Street, Fort Scott, KS 66701

Fort Scott Chamber of Commerce

What’s Happening in Fort Scott

April 6, 2024 Submitted Story Leave a comment

What’s Happening in Fort Scott! April 5th Weekly Newsletter

Photo taken of our NEW Downtown Fort Scott Arch, photographed by Stephen Toal

UPCOMING CALENDAR OF EVENTS

________________

Fort Scott National Historic Site

Daily Guided Tours: 10am & 1pm

Currently closed Wednesdays & Thursdays

until further notice.

Visit your National Park!

Click here to see all the FUN classes at The Artificers, classes for ALL ages!

BINGO hosted by the American Legion Post 25 every 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month unless it falls on a holiday. Doors open at 6pm and Bingo starts at 7pm at Memorial Hall.

4/5 ~ DAR Commemorative Ceremony Recognizing Local Vietnam Veterans, Memorial Hall, 5-7pm, click here for more information!

4/5-6 ~ Adam LaRoche Baseball Tournament, LaRoche Complex, click here for bracket.

4/5 ~ Artist Opening and Reception featuring Mary Martin and Tom Altenburg at The Artificers, enjoy refreshments/artist talk/new art/and a whole lot of fun, 6pm, art gallery open ’til 9pm.

4/6 ~ Micro RC Rock Crawl, Gunn Park, 10am, click here for details.

4/6 ~ Home, Sport, Farm, and Garden Show by KOMB 103.9FM and 98.3 FM, Arnold Arena on the campus of FSCC, 9am-4pm, click here for more info. Stop by the Chamber booth! Click here for a list of all vendors registered to-date!

4/6 ~ Paint & Pizza @ Papa Don’s, 11am, click here.

4/7 ~ Sunshine Boutique Lemon Arrangement Class, Papa Don’s, 12pm, click here.

4/8 ~ FSHS Softball Home vs. Chanute, 4:30pm

4/8 ~ FSHS Baseball Home vs. Chanute, 4:30pm

4/11 ~ Chamber Coffee hosted by Fort Scott Public Library, 8am

4/11 ~ FSHS Softball Home vs. Columbus, 4:30pm

4/11 ~ Bloom & Gratitude Customer Appreciation Celebration, Better & Bourbon Boutique, 4-7pm.

4/11 ~ Town Hall Meeting presented by Citizens for the ER, purpose is to promote 1/4 cent retail ER tax, Fort Scott Ellis Family Fine Arts Center, 2108 S. Horton, bring questions and concerns, 6:30pm, click here for more information.

4/12 ~ Preschool Round-Up at Fort Scott Preschool Center, call Tammy at 620.223.8965 to schedule an appointment, enrollment decisions will be made by May 31st.

4/12 ~ Community Green Zone Advocacy Training hosted by Southeast Kansas Mental Health Center at FSCC Ellis Fine Arts Center, 8:30am-2:30pm, click here for more information!

4/13 ~ Southwind District Walk Kansas Connection Event at Riverfront Park, free to the public but you MUST register for this event at WalkKansas.org, click here for more information.

4/13 ~ St. Mary’s Gala ~ Dinner and Auction at Liberty Theatre, click here for more information!

4/13 ~ Harley Race World League Wrestling at Memorial Hall, FREE to the public, 7-10pm, click here for more information!

4/13 ~ Holmtown Pub Acoustic Open for Ty Ellis and The Flatliners, 7pm, click here for info.

4/14 ~ Estate auction of Bob & Sally Eckles, 1pm, 209 S. Holbrook, click here for info.

4/14 ~ Woodland Hills Competitive Jr. Golf Try Out, come earlier to give kids a chance to warm up, try-outs begin at 4pm, click here for more information.

4/15 ~ FSHS Softball Home vs. St. Mary’s Colgan, 4:30pm

4/15 ~ FSHS Baseball Home vs. Webb City, 4:30pm

4/15 ~ Food Fellow Workshop, HBCAT, 6pm, click here for info.

4/16 ~ CORE Friend Training hosted by CORE Community, attend this zoom training session, click here for more information and to sign up!

4/17 ~ Panel Unveiling for Holocaust Survivor and Unsung Hero Pavel Weiner at Lowell Milken Center for Unsung Heroes, click here for more info.

4/17 ~ FSCC Community Conversation with Dr. Kegler, Ellis Family Fine Arts Center, 5:30-6:30pm

4/18 ~ Chamber Coffee hosted by Bourbon County Conservation District, 8am

4/18 ~ Grand Opening of Kansas Renewal Institute, 12:30-1:30pm, click here for info.