BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20231026T210000Z DTEND:20231026T230000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:CANCELLED: 2023 Chamber/Community Center Trick or Treat Event-Thursday\, Oct 26 DESCRIPTION:The Monticello Chamber and Monticello Community Center want to thank you for supporting this event in years past but due to construction in the downtown area\, we are pausing this event in 2023. Safety is of the utmost importance to all of us. Watch for future plans for this event.\n\n\n\nThe Monticello Chamber and Monticello Community Center invite you to our Trick or Treat event in Downtown Monticello. Enjoy Trick or Treating down Walnut Street and West Broadway at participating businesses. Those businesses will have an orange pumpkin displayed in their window or on their door. \n\nThe Wright County Sheriff's Department will be patrolling the area for added safety.\n\n\n\nPlease respect our crossing guards when traveling around during the evening. \n\n\n\nBusinesses: It is free to participate but registration is required. Please register with the Chamber office by October 24th. If you have a store front in the downtown area\, you will receive a pumpkin poster to display in your window/doorway\, so participants know to stop. \n\nIf you do not have a store front in the downtown area or simply do not want to interrupt your business hours\, you can request to set up in the Monticello Community Center. (All business or organization entries will set up inside of the Monticello Community Center. A table & chair will be provided by the Community Center but you are responsible for your display & handouts.) We expect approximately 2\,000 participants. \n\n\n\nThe public does not need to register to participate\, please come and enjoy the fun! \n\n\n\n$$ There is no cost to the businesses for this event. This is an annual event that happens the Thursday before Halloween.\n\n \n\nHow to register: Contact the Chamber office 763-295-2700 or info@monticellocci.com to register your business for the event by October 24th. Businesses can register online by visiting our website www.monticellocci.com\, click on event.\n\n\n\nHow do children know you are a stop? An orange pumpkin poster will be delivered to your business\, or you can stop by the Chamber office and pick one up\, that you should hang in a clearly visible spot in your window so the kids will recognize you as a stop. \n\n\n\nHow many children can you expect? Every year we have more and more participants in this fun night out. This year we are recommending that you have enough treats for 1800-2000 children.\n\n\n\nWe encourage all of the businesses to make a scarecrow to hang up on the city poles and trees. Refrain from securing them to an Xcel Energy pole or directional signs. Unfortunately\, we don't have extra frames at the Chamber office that can be used to decorate to advertise your business\, if you have a frame provided from previous years you can use that or make one of your own. The Scarecrows can go up anytime but must be down by Tuesday\, November 1st. All scarecrow frames should be returned to the Chamber office as soon as possible after that date.\n\nHow is the event advertised? We advertise on our kiosk\, website\, Facebook & Instagram\, Chamber newsletter and orange pumpkin posters in all participating businesses. \n\n\n\nQuestions? Please contact Monticello Chamber of Commerce and Industry Office staff\, Deb Meyer\, Administrative Coordinator or Marcy Anderson\, Executive Director 763-295-2700 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The Monticello Chamber and Monticello Community Center want to thank you for supporting this event \;in years past but due to construction in the downtown area\, we are pausing this event in 2023. Safety is of the utmost importance to all of us. Watch for future plans for \;this event.
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\nThe Monticello Chamber and Monticello Community \;Center invite you to our \;Trick or Treat event in Downtown Monticello.  \;Enjoy Trick or Treating \;down Walnut Street and West Broadway \;at participating \;businesses. Those businesses will have \;an orange pumpkin displayed in their window or on their door.
\nThe Wright County Sheriff&rsquo\;s Department will be patrolling \;the area for added safety.
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\nPlease respect our crossing guards when traveling \;around during the evening. \;
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\nBusinesses: \;It is free to participate but registration \;is required. \; \;Please register with the Chamber office by \;October 24th. \; If you have a store front in the downtown area\, \;you will receive a \;pumpkin poster to display in your window/doorway\, \;so participants know to stop. \;
\nIf you do not have a store front in the downtown area or simply do not want to interrupt your business hours\, you can request to set up in the Monticello Community Center. \;(All business or organization entries will set up inside of the Monticello Community Center. \; A table &\; chair will be provided by the Community Center but you are responsible for your display &\; handouts.) \;We expect approximately 2\,000 participants. \;
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\nThe public does not need to register to participate\, please come and enjoy the fun! \;
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\n$$ There is no cost to the businesses for this event. \; This is an annual event that happens the Thursday before Halloween.
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\nHow to register: \;Contact the Chamber office 763-295-2700 or \;info@monticellocci.com \;to register your business for the event by \;October 24th. \;Businesses can register online by visiting our website \;www.monticellocci.com\, click on event.
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\nHow do children know you are a stop? \; An orange pumpkin poster will be delivered to your business\, \;or you can stop by the Chamber office and pick one up\, that you should hang in a clearly visible spot in your window so the kids will recognize you as a stop. \;
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\nHow many children can you expect? \; Every year we have more and more participants in this fun night out. \; This year we are recommending that you have enough treats for 1800-2000 children.
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\nWe encourage all of the businesses to make a scarecrow to hang up on the city poles and trees. \; Refrain from securing them to an Xcel Energy pole or directional signs. \; Unfortunately\, \;we don'\;t \;have extra frames at the Chamber office that can be used to decorate to advertise your business\, if you have a frame provided from previous years you can use that or make one of your own. \; The Scarecrows \;can go up anytime but must be down by Tuesday\, November 1st. \; All scarecrow frames should be returned to the Chamber office as soon as possible after that date.
\nHow is the event advertised? We advertise on our kiosk\, website\, Facebook &\; Instagram\, Chamber newsletter and \;orange pumpkin posters in all participating businesses. \; \;
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\nQuestions? \; Please contact Monticello Chamber of Commerce and Industry Office staff\, Deb Meyer\, \;Administrative Coordinator or Marcy Anderson\, Executive Director 763-295-2700

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