WORK HARD. WORK SMART. WORK SAFE.
As businesses begin to reopen, we know the amount of information to sift through can be overwhelming. That's why we've partnered with Visit Pella, Iowa and the Knoxville Chamber of Commerce to create the Work Hard. Work Smart. Work Safe. playbook. This playbook...
A Very Successful Pay It Forward Pella Program Concludes
THANK YOU, PELLA! The Pay It Forward Pella program was a great success. The PACE Alliance office received $354,680.97 in receipts over five and a half weeks from 491 residents who shopped, ate, or had services provided to them by 131 local businesses. As of Saturday,...
Pay It Forward Pella Program Is Paying Off
The Pay it Forward Pella program ended on April 25, 2020. Thank you for shopping local. Thank you for doing your part to pay it forward. Thank you for making a difference. Week 2 of the Pay It Forward Pella program is in the books. Get the drumroll going...we have...
How Small Businesses Can Get Relief Through The Coronavirus Relief Bill (CARES Act)
While we're all trying to stay home and practice social distancing to minimize the spread of the coronavirus, many of our small businesses have suffered from the drastic economic downturn due to stay-at-home orders. On Friday, March 27, the (Coronavirus Aid, Relief...
Homemade Mask Design Guidelines
If you're looking for official information on sewing homemade masks for healthcare providers, here's a specific pattern Pella Regional Health Center accepts. You can also visit the Iowa Department of Public Health's website to download a pdf and find more...
IT Done Right!
What’s your answer? “Our IT is ______________!” If you couldn’t say AWESOME, then read this.
Big City Girl Finds Community In Pella
She beat me to the Brew where we were meeting for coffee. I walked in and was greeted with a smile, a wave, and a “hey girl” from a gal wearing black and white polka-dotted glasses and a bow in her blonde hair. She had just won the coveted Best of Red Rock award, “Top...
Welcome the New Communications Director to the PACE Alliance
Pella native, Christi Vander Voort, joins the PACE Alliance staff as the new Communications & Member Relations Director. With over 20 years of experience in branding and promotions, a former adjunct professor in advertising, and a guest lecturer at Northwestern...
One Million Dollar Mark
About the same amount of time it would take you to drive to Des Moines, Marion County Bank sold all $100,000 of discounted Pella Bucks last Monday evening to kick-off the Christmas shopping season in Pella during “De Kerstdagen/Tour of Stores.” "It's not our record...
#NewBikeDay
You know that feeling you get when you're forced to replace a leaky dishwasher or the furnace because it blew, well, getting a new bike is the exact opposite. Kris Van Gent, owner of Iowa Bike Co., said that he sells bikes every day, "but you get a new bike just a...