Community News & Events
American Pickers
The TV show American Pickers will be heading to Iowa late September/mid October. We are looking for large private collections for the guys to dig through. We'd love to spread the word in your area.
Feel free to share this with local media, individuals, social media, bulletin boards, etc. Please make sure people who are interested reach out to us on our phone number 1-855-OLD-RUST (653-7878), or our email, which is AmericanPickers@cineflix.com.
2017 Founders Day Parade Winners
FLOAT CATEGORY
THEME – 1ST PLACE – #1 WILTON BANK
2ND PLACE – #9 COMMUNITY BANK
3RD PLACE – #17 CLASS OF 1982
BEST DECORATED – 1st PLACE - #11 WILTON WRESTING
2ND PLACE – #4 SUNSET VIEW PET HOSPITAL
3RD PLACE – #6 WILTON RETIREMENT COMMUNITY
Housing Needs in Wilton Survey
In partnership with the City of Wilton and the Wilton Development Corporation, we are working to develop a Housing Needs Assessment for the City of Wilton. We ask for your participation in a short survey, to help us better understand the housing needs and desires of the community. Your responses will be completely anonymous and will be used to support our analysis and guide the recommendations that will be put forth in our report.
2017 Founders Day Schedule Of Events
Friday, August 25, 2017
2017 Fall City-wide Garage Sales
The Wilton Chamber of Commerce is planning their fall city-wide garage sale for saturday, September 9, 2017 with the chamber office coordinating the advertising to draw numerous shoppers to Wilton. The forms may be picked up at the chamber office. You can also enter your garage sale at the wiltoniowa.org/chamber/garagesales and mail your payment to the Chamber office.
2017 Smorgasbord Prize Winners
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ARNOLD MOTOR SUPPLY BUCKET OF CAR WASH KEVIN BECKER
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SUNSET VIEW PET HOSPITAL $15 CHAMBER GIFT CERT. PETE SMITH
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SUNSET VIEW PET HOSPITAL $15 CHAMBER GIFT CERT. JENNY SHADY
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WHITE PIGEON MUTUAL $10 CHAMBER GIFT CERT KELSEY SPEED
37th Annual Wilton Founders Day
The Founders Day committee has met and is making plans for this year's event, August 25 & 26, 2017. The theme will be "Disco Fever" and the Grand Marshals are Jerry & Jerene Denning. We would love to see a lot of parade entries this year!
Once again there will be the Eager Beaver Run, Cornhole Tournament, Carnival, Bingo, Car Show, Parade, etc. Stay tuned for more information! The bands this year are Friday night from 5-7 "Buddy Olson", from 8-12 "North of Forty"; Saturday night from 8–12 "Salonatics"!
Spring City-wide Garage Sale
The Wilton Chamber of Commerce is planning their spring city-wide garage sale for Saturday, may 6, 2017 with the chamber office coordinating the advertising to draw numerous shoppers to Wilton. The forms may be picked up at the chamber office or at https://www.Wiltoniowa.org/chamber/garagesales/form
You can also enter your garage sale at the website and mail your payment to the address below.
Legislative Open Forum
The Legislative Committee of the Wilton Chamber of Commerce will hold a Legislative Open Forum on Saturday, March 18, 2017 from 9:00 - 10:30 a.m. at the Wilton Community Room – 104 E. 4th St.
This meeting will have our Senator Robert Dvorsky & Representative Bobby Kaufmann on hand to answer and discuss current issues before both the House and the Senate.