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NU CVB launches new visitor welcome page

NEW ULM— The New Ulm Area Chamber of Commerce and Convention and Visitors Bureau has launched a dedicated visitor landing page at newulm.com/welcome and expanded its digital marketing. Sarah Sveine, tourism and member services manager for the New Ulm Area Chamber of Commerce and Convention and Visitors Bureau, said the new page is part of efforts to update marketing approaches. “We’ve really been focused on modernizing how we market New Ulm while also making it easier for visitors to plan their experience once they decide to come here,” Sveine said. The page is designed for ...

Understanding life with dementia

NEW ULM — About 20 community members gathered Wednesday at the CAST Senior Center for “Opening the Window to Dementia,” a free public program sponsored by the New Ulm Area Memory Care Friends. Sheri Dittrich, Geri Groebner, and Karla Hansel were instrumental in organizing the event, ...

Housing in the works

NEW ULM – A variety of residential housing developments are in the works across New Ulm. During Tuesday’s New Ulm Economic Development Authority (EDA) meeting, city staff provided the board with a roundup of all the residential housing projects in some state of development. The list of ...

NU welcomes German playwright, wife ahead of play premiere

NEW ULM — Playwright Erich Becker and his wife, American professional harpist Valerie Cribbs, received a welcome reception at State Street Theater, Tuesday. The welcome comes ahead of the North American premiere of Becker’s play, “A Life for the Revolution” The play tells the story ...

Ticket to walk

NEW ULM - On May 6, students from Jefferson Elementary, New Ulm Middle School, River Bend, St. Anthony and St. Paul all participated in the annual spring Walk to School Day. The Heart of New Ulm’s Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Action Team promotes Walk or Bike to School Day every fall and ...

‘It served its purpose well’

NEW ULM – After seven years, the New Ulm Economic Development Authority has chosen to discontinue its Small Business Incentive Grant program. The Small Business Incentive Grant program started in 2019 to support new small businesses in New Ulm with their start-up expenses during their first year of operation. The grant reimburses owners for eligible expenses up to $10,000 per business. Each year, $50,000 is allocated to the program, with a total of five businesses funded. EDA Director Heather Bregel said the incentive grant began as a pre-COVID measure to spur new small businesses in ...