The Indianola Chamber of Commerce held their annual dinner and awards ceremony Thursday night at Simpson College. Six awards were given out including:

Distinguished Chamber Leader – Pritesh Patel, Hotel Pommier

Emerging Business – Indianola Independent Advocate

Simpson College’s Emerging Leader – Seth Lampman

New Business – Whip it Good Catering

Steven G. Pfeifer Volunteer of the Year – Mack and Libby Rankin

Educator of the Year – Stephanie Becker, Kindergarten Teacher, Indianola Community School District

The speaker was author Eric Recker with the theme of Win The Now, and detailed how Indianola should take advantage of the new square, new Justice Center, and the cohesion of local businesses working together to make Indianola a great place to be. Recker tells KNIA News his goal of his talk was to motivate Indianola residents to work together.

“Indianola really seems like it is on the cusp of something amazing. It is something that can be put on the back burner for several years and a window could be missed. This feels like the right window. So the goal was to get everybody to be on board with being the time is now and Winning The Now so we can work those concepts together and build something great.”

Chamber President Amanda Zwanziger said she appreciates the support from the community and organizations that pitched in to make the dinner happen.