Duluth businesses compete in friendly networking event

Duluth businesses spent June 25 competing in the inaugural Duluth Chamber Games, a day organized by the Duluth Chamber of Commerce, Fuse Duluth and the Lake Superior YMCA that mixed friendly contests with networking at The Garden Event Center. The Chamber scheduled the Duluth Chamber Games on June 25 as part of its summer lineup.

Teams of four competed for $30 per person, solo players could be matched with a crew, and the event drew from the YMCA’s Corporate Olympics model with tug of war, dodgeball, relay races, cornhole, trivia and surprise challenges. After the competition, organizers scheduled a networking happy hour, local booths and championship awards.

The Chamber has been advancing business since 1870, serves nearly 1,000 members and hosts more than 100 events a year, including networking, education, advocacy and leadership programming. Fuse Duluth, the Chamber’s young professionals program, was established in 2005 to connect employers with local talent and strengthen collaboration between generations across the local workforce.

The Chamber Foundation’s work also reaches advocacy, workforce, equity and inclusion, and economic development, while Fuse aims to build meaningful connections for ages 20 to 40 who are growing roots in the Duluth business community. The Chamber scheduled an after-hours networking event on June 30, Connect @ Clyde on July 14 and the 57th annual Chamber Golf Classic on July 20.