Welcome to Norwood Young America, Minnesota. A small town at the western edge of the Twin Cities Metro area.

The mission of the Norwood Young America Chamber of Commerce is to lead and promote the business community of the greater Norwood Young America area, creating an environment in which business will prosper.

Norwood Young America is a family oriented community with businesses providing a wide range of services. It has several community organizations, is the home of Central School District #108, and is close to many recreational facilities and parks.

We hope you will find useful and helpful information on this site. The site will continue to grow to provide its visitors, businesses and residents with ongoing information on the community and it's activities.

I always have enjoyed the structure that September brings. Don’t get me wrong –I love summer, but it seems that “back to school” time of year brings back a schedule that we do get accustomed to and even thrive on. (And this coming from a guy who no longer has kids in school).

Your Chamber is also back at it – continuing our local promotion and thinking ahead to the next year as well. You will note we are having elections of board members in October – a change from the past years. As part of out Bylaw review and change of last year, we are moving elections to the October meeting. The term of office will remain January through December, but this early election lets that “new board” hit the road running come January. We have been seeking nominees for the 2 seats coming available – if you have an interest please contact any of our board members.

I also want to report to our members a new staffing concept we are trying. As you know, we have operated with an executive director the past several years. Because we are small and working under a limited budget, this position has experienced a lot of turnover and the subsequent regrouping each time we make a change. In lieu of this position, we are going to try contracting for secretarial / support help. This is a concept I personally came up with several years ago, and have proposed to the board a few times over the past year or so. These services will be contracted with Citizens
Insurance Services – a local business which is owned and operated by me, your current president. I want to be right up front with this. We hope to work with this concept to best serve our membership, and dedicate more of our financial resources to promotions and other work of the Chamber. There is
no perfect structure, and while there are many advantages of this arrangement, there are concerns that I am already conscious of. If there are questions or concerns of the membership, I am receptive to visiting with any of you on this. My goal as a chamber member and your president is to work for the common good and advancement of our business community!

Going forward – we have much opportunity for our business community – and our Chamber is only as good of a tool as you work with it and use it. (A hammer is a great tool, but still needs a person to swing it). We need your input and participation. Watch for coming opportunities with your Norwood
Young America Chamber of Commerce.