Cameron Business Association
Meeting Minutes
November 17, 2025
The meeting was called to order by President Ben Howen. Attendance was taken. Board Members Ben Howen, Amy Howen, Corey Cook, and Jen Pittman were in attendance. John Mitchell was also in attendance.
The board members reviewed the minutes of the 10/27/2025 meeting. Jen made a motion to approve the minutes as typed. Cory second. Motion Carried.
Amy Howen reviewed the treasurer’s report dated 10/27/2025. Cory made a motion to approve. Jen second. Motion Carried.
New Members: Renewals from Community Bank, Fire Away, The Webb, Synergy, Brion’s
Member renewals not received yet: Cooks Well, Dreamship, Drew Insurance, Elite Cutover, Fire & Ice Heating, Hayes Computers, Liberty Medical, Main St Gallery, Needz Coffee, Old Bookshop RL, Sweet Additions, Wade Family Eyecare
Old Business:
Sign Committee: Permit from village approved. Cliff getting 35’ poles for installation.
Main Street Poles: Permit from village approved. Cliff getting 35’ poles for installation. Need written consent from Cooley and Blackmarx.
Holiday Decorating Contest: email sent to businesses, one registration so far from Brion’s. Post made on Facebook. Reminder email to be sent.
Village Tree: Was decorated on the 15th. Will light up on the 29th at 6pm.
Annual Meeting: Move to 3rd week of March. Check venues for availability. Brion’s or Wolf’s Den? Send save the dates by the end of Dec. Send an info email in January, with a reminder in February. Calendar notifications to be sent. John will canvas with information cards. Ideas for drawing: business donations and/or a large prize? Need to set a budget. No to doing a cash payout this year.
Monthly Meeting space: Ben is still working on getting a hold of the person in charge at the senior center.
New Business:
John spoke about the new building at the Pioneer Village Museum, as well as the Ojibwe Village. There will be grand openings for both, hopefully in the fall of 2026. He’s hoping for attendance from the Governor, and larger media outlets. This is a 2 million dollar upgrade to the Cameron community. After the main building is open, they plan to be open year round. This is a massive promotion for the Pioneer Village Museum and the village of Cameron. When asked what we can do as a group to help support, he replied; marketing, spreading the word, and attendance in general.
Ben proposed a networking meeting for the CBA at the Pioneer Village meeting in August for our local businesses and members.
Camerama: Cory stated he would like to do the street sale again. Ben asked about blocking the street off. Other Camerama activities possibly still happening: Pancake breakfast, Horse pull, Chili feed. June 5th-7th 2026.
Fundraising: Suggestion made to consider fundraising to hire a brand manager to help accomplish our coal of marketing and philanthropy in Cameron and surrounding areas.
Next Meeting: Monday, December 15th at Blackmarx @ 6:00 p.m.
The meeting was adjourned.
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