HERMANTOWN — The Hermantown Area Chamber of Commerce put its own spin on the “Great Minnesota Get-together” during its sold-out annual dinner and meeting at AAD Shrine Event Center on Thursday.

In August, Hermantown Area Chamber President and CEO Kimberly Parmeter and staff took a field trip to the annual gathering — sampling various foods, visiting vendors and even daring to take a ride on the Skyride gondola.

“In the end, we returned with great ideas, sore feet and conclusive proof that our team is the undisputed grand champion of field research,” Parmeter said. “I personally rediscovered that I'm still very afraid of heights. Two minutes on that gondola ride was about enough to remind me why Orthopedic Associates rebuilt me about eight years ago.”

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