CHAMBER BLOG

After being in the “warms” for quite sometime, Ironwood at last has good weather:  below freezing night and day, AND snow!  The pic is from Chamber member Gogebic Range Trail Authority https://www.facebook.com/GogebicRangeTrailAuthority Club volunteers have been out at night grooming the trails!  Lots of snowmobile folks up here these past several weeks, and as of today […]

The Ironwood Chamber of Commerce held its 2025 Awards Banquet on Tuesday, January 21.  With the outside being a balmy -12 at the time of the banquet, we had good attendance and excellent food!  The winners were:  Business of the Year for 2024, The Leather and Gift Shop, Bessemer, MI; Organization of the Year for […]

November 28-29 heralded the arrival of Mr. Jack Frost and (we hope!) a winter of great snowshoeing, skiing, and snowmobiling.  Even more than the 10″ of snow we just received is the fact that it has turned cold, which means that the ground can freeze and the beginnings of good winter trails can be established.  […]

While there was unfortunately no snow on November 21, the lighting of the Jack Frost Tree that evening evidently helped, because today, November 25, it is snowing in Ironwood!  Forecast shows a gradual temperature drop going forward as well, so we just hope that this becomes reality and a true Jack Frost Wintertime can arrive […]

The Ironwood Chamber of Commerce is again sponsoring a community-wide Volunteer Fair to be held at the Ironwood Memorial Building on November 14, from 3-6pm.  The purpose of the Fair is to connect up area non-profit organizations (who depend upon volunteers to accomplish their mission and/or events) and folks looking to become more involved in […]

The Ironwood Chamber of Commerce will have its Fall Social at the Aurora Club, 101 Penokee Road, Ironwood, from 5pm to 7pm on Thursday, September 26.  Five to six is social and network time, with the meal ($15) and speaker from six to seven p.m.   Our speaker (all the way up here from Lansing) is […]

Labor Day weekend is set aside to honor all those brave and dedicated workers who fought for a 40-hour week, work-place safety, and the right to unionize & collectively bargain for fair wages and working conditions.  More recently, the actual calendar observance of Labor Day has marked the shift in natural seasons from Summer to […]

The high point of summer in Ironwood has arrived at last:  Festival Ironwood–Wednesday, July 17 through Saturday, July 20.  You can find the full hour-by-hour schedule on this website by going to “events” and then clicking on “Festival Ironwood.”  You can also get the very latest pictures and information by liking and following the Festival […]

It is that time of the year!  Celebrating Independence Day!  And one of the Ironwood Chamber members, the Bessemer 4th of July, Inc., really knows how to put on a week-long celebration of summer, community, and patriotic reflection.  Starting June 26th and running to July 4th, this “Bessemer Blast” offers 9 days of live music, […]

The locally famous Ironwood Hiawatha Statue is owned by the Ironwood Chamber of Commerce, and this summer we are selling T-shirts as way to rebuild the Statue’s dedicated maintenance fund.  We have Youth sizes (S,M,L) and Adult sizes (S,M,L,XL).  Youth sizes are $22 (or $27 if mailed) and Adult sizes are $25 (or $30 if […]

May has arrived, and things are beginning to green up here at the Historic Ironwood Depot.  Travelers are also starting to wind their way U.P. North in search of Lake Superior beaches, waterfalls, hiking and biking journeys, and (this year) some outstanding northern lights auroras.   If you are new to our webpage, please check out […]

Saturday, January 27th saw the Norrie Club’s “Light Up The Night” Christmas tree burning event & fireworks.  Usually this event features a snowshoe walk and a sledding hill.  However, as Mr. Jack Frost continues his vacation from the U.P. (where does he go exactly?  does he stay with his buddy, El Nino??), there were no […]

With Christmas only a few days away, Ironwood finally got a dusting of snow on December 18th.  Not much.  Not the normal for sure.  And forecast to melt (WOW).  The picture shown above was taken by a local Ironwood photographer, Mr. Gary Jackson, who often passes Depot park on his downtown walks and coffee stops.  […]

Another wonderful Jack Frost Festival of Lights Parade!  Saturday, December 2, at 6:00 p.m. saw 37 units move their way down Aurora Street, past hundreds and hundreds of folks!  As the weather was unseasonably warm, there were far more kids at the parade than last year!!  The Gogebic County 4-H float won the top prize […]

There!  See that snow?!  Mr. Jack Frost is finally here and starting his U.P. work!  On Thursday, November 16, at 6:00 we will celebrating the start of the Jack Frost Festival of Wintertime Events here at Depot Park (150 N. Lowell Street) with the official lighting of the Jack Frost tree.  The Luther L. Wright […]

A world-wide celebration of all things plaid, the First Friday in October is just the opportunity you need to come downtown and be a part of Ironwood’s First Friday Plaidurday event.  Aurora Street will be closed off, and you can start gathering at 5:40 or so.  Formal drone picture is scheduled for 6:00 p.m.   Last […]

“Tree to be, you and me.”  The time is nigh and ready for the greatness of U.P. Fall–catch the views from Ironwood’s Mt. Zion, ride the lift to the top of Copper Peak, visit the Lake Superior shoreline beach at Black River Harbor–all of these place feature the glories of Fall colors.  So, “leaf” your […]

The Ironwood Chamber of Commerce is pleased to welcome Gracie Houtari and Madelyn Bastman from Luther L. Wright High School in Ironwood to be our Chamber interns for the 2023-2024 school year.  Gracie and Madelyn will be helping at the Chamber office and visitor counter daily from Noon until  3:00 p.m.  Stop in and say […]

The Ironwood area in summer is amazingly beautiful, and this year, many of our local artists who have their studios outside of downtown and in that beauty have come together to organize a self-guided Art Tour on Saturday and Sunday, August 5 & 6, from 10:00 am to 3:00 p.m.   We have copies of the […]

Festival Ironwood time has arrived at last!  The tents are up, the chairs and tables are set, and the time is here to celebrate the warm days of summer and the gathering of family and community.  The entire schedule is on our website here:  https://ironwoodchamber.org/festival-ironwood/       Time to enjoy all that the U.P. can be!