CHAMBER BLOG

Going up today (6.27.23) at the Historic Ironwood Depot are the “Heritage Flags of Emberlight.”  To honor the ancestral background of the artists, presenters, and volunteers participating in our 2023 Festival, Emberlight is flying a flag from each country and tribal nation they represent. Taken together, the Heritage Flags reveal the varied cultures and ancestries […]

Summer–that brief period of U.P sun/warmth euphoria–has arrived at last!  This is the 3 month period (July, August, September) when the entire Gogebic Range explodes in events and activities:  there is just SO MUCH GOING ON!  You can find out where your next summer fun event is by going to our Gogebic/Iron County all-event website […]

At long last, the Ironwood Chamber of Commerce has an OUTSIDE city/area map at the Depot!  Attached to the East side (park/trail side) of the Archive Building, this new map shows not only the City of Ironwood, but Hurley, WI and important area sites and connections such as Black River Harbor Scenic Byway, Saxon Harbor, […]

It appears that the 8 months of snow has finally come to an end.  The little Depot garden that Helen Slining cares for has GREEN PLANTS emerging.  And today, Thursday, May 11–there are people out walking and running the Iron Belle Trail next to my Depot office.  Symbolic of Yooper life in the North:  people […]

The Ironwood Chamber of Commerce’s new Guide is back from the printers and in stock at the Chamber Depot Office.  You will also note that it is on the front page of this website, where a click on the cover page will take you to the Guide, which is in a “flip-book” format.  There are […]

The Ironwood Chamber of Commerce is always looking ahead to see how we can help develop the next generation of entrepreneurs, craftsmen, producers, and service folks.  On Thursday, 23 February, the Chamber will be cooperating with Gogebic Community College and Michigan Works! to host the annual Career Exploration Day for Gogebic and Iron County high […]

For the first time since January of 2020, the Ironwood Chamber all-member Awards Banquet was held at the Aurora Club on January 17th.  Pictured above are Robbie and Joel Sardinha, owners and proprietors of the Suffolk Street Eatery https://www.facebook.com/people/Suffolk-Street-Eatery/100069155195564/  in Ironwood, who were awarded our Business of the Year for 2022.  Other winners were:  Organization of […]

Jack Frost Wintertime has arrived in all its full snowflake glory in the U.P.  This year’s SISU Ski Fest (January 6-7) was the largest ever!  Over 800 skiers, from all across the United States–regional as well as Colorado, Oregon, Washington, and even Canada!   Wonderful weather and snow conditions!  And–best part–these conditions continue!  Check out member’s […]

Christmas 2022 certainly was a White Christmas, testifying to the snow-making skills of Mr. Jack Frost, to be sure.  Ironwood garnered a fresh 29 inches of snow between Friday night and Sunday morning.  The wonderful picture by Tom Kangas shows Depot park and the Historic Ironwood Depot, home to the Ironwood Chamber of Commerce office.  […]

Saturday, December 3, at 6:00 p.m., the Jack Frost Festival of Lights parade steps off from in front of the Historic Carnegie Library and travels down Ironwood’s Aurora Street!  With a projected 41 units this year, we can be sure that this parade will have something for everyone to enjoy and marvel at:  horses and […]

We are now about midway through September as the Chamber office guy writes this, and the leaves, they are a’turning!   Mostly yellows and light browns now, and more color closer to Lake Superior, but the time, it is a moving fast, and it will not be long until the vibrant reds and browns will paint […]

On August 18th at Ironwood’s Aurora Club, the Ironwood Chamber of Commerce sponsored Ron Wirtz, Outreach Director for the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, for both small-group roundtables and a noon lunch presentation on “Recent Economic Trends in the Western Upper Peninsula.”  We had great attendance and some outstanding home-made pasties and cake by the […]

The Ironwood Chamber of Commerce is presenting Ron Wirtz, Director of Outreach for the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank in a noon-time event at the Aurora Club, 101 Penokee Road, Ironwood, on August 18, 2022.  Ron will speak from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on “Recent Economic Trends in the Western Upper Peninsula.”   You do not […]

Happy Saturday, July 9th!  The Big Top (and Little Tops) are up in Historic Depot park awaiting there outfitting of tables, lights, beer trailer, dance stage, sound system, etc.  Festival Ironwood 2022 starts Wednesday, July 13 at around noon, with the Ironwood-Hurley Rotary Club “Beer & Brats” opening food event that evening.  Check out the […]

June is here!  For the next 3 months, all that is wonderful about the U.P. in flower, trails, waterfalls, and beaches will be on display.  Sunsets at 9:00 p.m. (or later!); looking for agates and Yooperlites on the Lake Superior Shore, stream and lake fishing, hiking the North Country Trail, biking the Iron Belle Trail, […]

See that picture??  A tree is bursting into leaf time right next door to the Depot at the Post Office.  Over the past two days Ironwood has been blessed with a) warm and b) rain.  The result, today (May 13, 2022) everything is GREEN!!!   Bikers and runners are out on the Iron Belle Trail here […]

At last the white snow is melting and we can say with some confidence that we have entered early Spring in Ironwood.  The waterfalls on the Black River are roaring away, the Montreal river is acting like one, rather than just being a summer meandering stream, and out at Little Girls Point, the final beach […]

Ironwood’s Pat O’Donnell Civic Center will host Michigan 2022 MAHA State Playoff’s (Bantam B) March 11 through 13.  This will be the first all-Michigan gathering at the completely rebuilt Civic Center.  Competition will start at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, with the 3 final games on Sunday (9:30, 11:00, and 4:30).  Like their Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/Pat-ODonnell-Civic-Center-106007259440654/  […]

January through March are pretty much a guarantee to be great outdoors weather for all the snow recreational activities:  snowshoe, ski, fat tire biking, & snowmobiling.   Trail 2 goes right past the Chamber of Commerce office here in the Historic Ironwood Depot (see above picture).  At the time I write this, the temperature is an […]

Well, it’s January 2022, when we usually have our Chamber Awards Banquet, celebrating the awards for the year 2021 just past.  However, Covid-19 continues its U.P. trail, and so we ended up having the awards captured on video here in the Chamber Depot office.  The full presentations can be seen on our Chamber YouTube channel.  […]