More Than a Meeting: Shaping What Comes Next

Written by: Cori Frein, Reagan Outdoor Advertising Walk through the doors of Music Man Square for the Greater Mason City Chamber’s Annual Meeting, and it quickly becomes clear that this is more than a traditional business gathering. Along the familiar 1912 streetscape, community members reconnect, conversations begin, and new possibilities...

A Picture-Perfect Pride in Place

Written by: Bruce McKee, North Iowa Photo Club What an honor to get to see and judge all of the submissions to Mason City’s “Pride in Place” photo contest with two other judges, wonderful photographers Michelle Skarpness and Christy Adams. The idea of the theme was to show off the...

The Story You Haven’t Told Yet

Written by: Lauren Ready, North Iowa Marketing Summit Speaker I recently sat down and calculated how many people I’ve interviewed in my career. A conservative estimate is at least 5,000! The majority of those interviews have been with people on-camera, and I can tell you the exact moment a story...