By MATT PIKE
St. Joseph Post
New residents to St. Joseph might not know what to do in a new town, and the St. Joseph Chamber of Commerce aims to fix that.
Kristi Bailey with the Chamber of Commerce says the chamber has been working to bring new people into town, and with new people comes the goal of helping them acclimate to the community
"The chamber has been working on talent recruitment for a few years now, and one of the things that we do is we try to recruit new people into the area to take jobs and help invigorate the community," Bailey tells KFEQ/St. Joseph Post. "But once they are here it's important to make those new residents feel welcome."
Bailey says when someone is new to a town, they might not be the happiest, so the goal of this event is to make people feel more at home.
"Someone new moves to the community and all they do is they go to work and home, they might not be very happy in the community for long," Bailey says. "So having new resident events really is our effort to try to make people feel more at home in St. Joseph, so they can meet people, so they can ask questions about their community."
The St. Joseph Chamber of Commerce and Uncommon Life are working to help new residents feel more welcome in St. Joseph
Bailey says a fun event is planned for Wednesday at the St. Jo Frontier Casino
Bailey says they hope to have more of these events during the year, each with a different theme.
"The goal is to do four of them a year, like once a quarter is the goal, but each of them has a different theme, so this time it's a casino night," Bailey explains.
Bailey adds there was one event earlier this year in Downtown St. Joseph that the Chamber used to show off downtown. Bailey still encourages new residents to come out to these events.
"The themes all change, and we encourage people even if they came to the last one, come to this one because you're still going to meet new people," Bailey says."
The casino night event at the St. Joe Frontier Casino runs from 5-7pm on Wednesday.
You can find out more information about Uncommon Life HERE.