BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20260605T000000Z DTEND:20260605T013000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Sandbar Storytelling Festival Business & Immigrant Stories: Blooming Grounds DESCRIPTION:WINONA\, MN Sandbar Storytelling Festival\, in partnership with the Winona County\n\nHistorical Society\, invites the public to the first event in the four-part Business &\;\n\nImmigrant Stories on Thursday\, June 4 at 7:00 p.m. in the WCHS Wanek Room.\n\nEach summer Sandbar Storytelling Festival partners with the Winona County Historical\n\nSociety and Project FINE to present a four-part series highlighting the people that built the\n\nbusinesses that built our town. This series celebrates Winona's legacy businesses and the\n\npeople that built them\, giving attendees opportunity for to learn more about how iconic\n\nand beloved Winona institutions came to be.\n\n\n\nIn 2026\, SSF is featuring Blooming Grounds\,\n\nMerchants Bank\, Bluff Country Co-op\, and Immigrant Stories with Project Fine.\n\nThe series kicks off on Thursday\, June 4 at 7:00 p.m. with Amy Jo Marks\, founder of\n\nBlooming Grounds Coffee House and Muddled Thyme Restaurant. Blooming Grounds\n\nCoffee House is located in the heart of downtown Winona\, MN and was established in\n\n2003 with its doors opening on Labor Day. After getting a degree in Criminal Justice\,\n\nowner Amy Jo decided to follow her passion for baking and working in customer service by\n\nopening a coffee house\, and mixed a cozy atmosphere with homemade baked goods. Over\n\nthe years\, Amy Jo has navigated her business through a fire and pandemic\, and expanded\n\nher businesses to include Blooming Grounds Express and Muddled Thyme restaurant.\n\n\n\nAll Business & Immigrant Stories events are free and open to the public. There is limited\n\nseating\, but no reservations are required. Stories begin at 7:00 p.m.\, with a reception and\n\nrefreshments following the story. Upcoming events include: Merchants Bank on July 16\,\n\nBluff Country Co-op on August 13\, and Project Fine on September 15.\n\nSandbar Storytelling Festival presents storytelling performances which celebrate and\n\npreserve the power and pleasure of our varied cultural traditions and human experiences\n\nand to promote the art of storytelling for all ages. The 2026 festival will be held October\n\n7-11. Sandbar Storytelling Festival operates with support from: Winona Community\n\n\n\nFoundation\, Elizabeth Callender King Foundation\, Southern Minnesota Arts Council\, and is\n\nmade possible by funding through the Minnesota Clean Water\, Land\, and Legacy\n\nAmendment.\n\nFor questions\, contact Emily Kurash Casey\, SSF Managing Director at\n\nsandbarwinona@gmail.com. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:WINONA\, MN&ndash\;Sandbar Storytelling Festival\, in partnership with the Winona County
\nHistorical Society\, invites the public to the first event in the four-part Business &\;amp\;
\nImmigrant Stories on Thursday\, June 4 at 7:00 p.m. in the WCHS Wanek Room.
\nEach summer Sandbar Storytelling Festival partners with the Winona County Historical
\nSociety and Project FINE to present a four-part series highlighting the people that built the
\nbusinesses that built our town. This series celebrates Winona&rsquo\;s legacy businesses and the
\npeople that built them\, giving attendees opportunity for to learn more about how iconic
\nand beloved Winona institutions came to be.
\n
\nIn 2026\, SSF is featuring Blooming Grounds\,
\nMerchants Bank\, Bluff Country Co-op\, and Immigrant Stories with Project Fine.
\nThe series kicks off on Thursday\, June 4 at 7:00 p.m. with Amy Jo Marks\, founder of
\nBlooming Grounds Coffee House and Muddled Thyme Restaurant. Blooming Grounds
\nCoffee House is located in the heart of downtown Winona\, MN and was established in
\n2003 with its doors opening on Labor Day. After getting a degree in Criminal Justice\,
\nowner Amy Jo decided to follow her passion for baking and working in customer service by
\nopening a coffee house\, and mixed a cozy atmosphere with homemade baked goods. Over
\nthe years\, Amy Jo has navigated her business through a fire and pandemic\, and expanded
\nher businesses to include Blooming Grounds Express and Muddled Thyme restaurant.
\n
\nAll Business &\; Immigrant Stories events are free and open to the public. There is limited
\nseating\, but no reservations are required. Stories begin at 7:00 p.m.\, with a reception and
\nrefreshments following the story. Upcoming events include: Merchants Bank on July 16\,
\nBluff Country Co-op on August 13\, and Project Fine on September 15.
\nSandbar Storytelling Festival presents storytelling performances which celebrate and
\npreserve the power and pleasure of our varied cultural traditions and human experiences
\nand to promote the art of storytelling for all ages. The 2026 festival will be held October
\n7-11. Sandbar Storytelling Festival operates with support from: Winona Community
\n
\nFoundation\, Elizabeth Callender King Foundation\, Southern Minnesota Arts Council\, and is
\nmade possible by funding through the Minnesota Clean Water\, Land\, and Legacy
\nAmendment.
\nFor questions\, contact Emily Kurash Casey\, SSF Managing Director at
\nsandbarwinona@gmail.com. LOCATION:Winona County History Center UID:e.1434.6067 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260529T184637Z URL:https://business-dev.winonachamber.com/events/details/sandbar-storytelling-festival-business-immigrant-stories-blooming-grounds-6067 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR