Chili to be Featured on the Today Show
Wednesday, January 27th, 2016 -- 11:35 AM
-An email from our State of WI Tourism Representative began the process to have Chili, Wisconsin as a feature town on the NBC NEWS/TODAY.NBC NEWS/TODAY Producer Samantha Wender had a special story she was working on and it lead her to research towns that were named after food! Her email to Wisconsin state tourism resulted in the information request being passed to the Clark County Economic Development Corporation & Tourism Bureau office. Chili was on the list!
The CCEDC sent an immediate email to Samantha and told her they would work with her in any way needed to help obtain all the data requested and setup needed to have Chili involved with the story. In minutes a team was created, Sheila Nyberg Director of CCEDC&TB along with County Historian Natalie Erpenbach and Chilian Dawn Krueger. They immediately began making connections and conference calls to get things organized. Many pieces of historic data and town features were sent to New York.
At 3:30PM - January 25th, the CCEDC received word that Chili is indeed going to be in the NBC story. The team, along with many Chili folks, is working diligently to organize all the required parts and setup features to allow for this shoot to take place the morning of Thursday, January 28th. The date for airing of this program has not yet been set - but Chili is abuzz with ideas on hosting a broadcasting party to celebrate this very cool moment for the town and Clark County!
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