Rev your engines and mark your calendars! The Oberlin Carfest returns on Saturday, September 13, 2025, bringing classic cars, custom builds, and community fun to downtown Oberlin. Event Schedule: Registration: 8:00 AM – 11:00 AM Voting: 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM Lunch: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Awards Ceremony: 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Award...
The Decatur County Area Chamber is excited to announce the launch of our yard of the month program. We would like to recognize our homeowners who strive to beautifully maintain their property and add to the overall appeal of Decatur County. Each month we will select a yard or two to feature as our yard...
NEW CNA Scholarship Opportunity! The Oberlin-Decatur County Area Economic Development Corporation (O-DAEDC) is thrilled to announce the launch of a CNA Scholarship Program to support healthcare workforce development in our community. We are offering scholarships of up to $610 to cover the cost of a CNA course, book, and licensing for 10 Decatur County residents....
📅 Saturday, September 12, 2025 is the day to be in Oberlin! Start your morning with the always-popular Carfest, showcasing a great lineup of classic and custom vehicles. Then stick around for an afternoon of delicious food and community fun at the Up in Smoke BBQ! More details to come, but be sure to save...
The Decatur County Area Chamber of Commerce voted in April to move their regular meetings to the third Thursday of each month. Meetings are held at the EDC building, 124 S Penn, Oberlin, beginning at 12:00 PM (noon). 🗓️ Our next meeting is scheduled for May 15, 2025, at 12:00 PM.We warmly invite the public...
Huge shoutout to Devyn Stagemeyer and Quinn Ketterl for representing Decatur County at the Kansas Entrepreneurship Challenge (KEC)! Both students came home with $500 cash just for participating in the statewide competition—and they earned every penny! All participants got to play a fun “pitch game” during the event, and Devyn’s team took home an additional...
Oberlin, KS — The Oberlin-Decatur County Area Economic Development Corporation is thrilled to announce that two students from USD 294 will represent Decatur County at the Kansas Entrepreneurship Challenge (KEC) state competition on April 17, 2025, in Manhattan, KS. Devyn Stagemeyer, the first-place winner at the local Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge (YEC), has automatically qualified for the state...
The Annual Easter Egg Hunt is the next event that the Chamber has scheduled. It will be Saturday April 19, 2025 @ 11am at the Oberlin City Park. If you, your business, or organization would like to donate to help with this event please contact Sharee at the chamber office. If you would like to...
Oberlin-Decatur County Area Economic Development & Decatur Community High School Host 1st Annual YEC Competition Oberlin, Kansas – The first annual Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge (YEC) competition, hosted by the Oberlin-Decatur County Area Economic Development and Decatur Community High School, brought together innovative young minds to showcase their entrepreneurial skills. The event featured 18 student-created businesses...
Did you make any New Year’s resolutions? I personally don’t make them, but for me as the chamber President & the Chamber board, our resolution is to make the Decatur County Chamber work harder and better for our chamber members and our communities. Our goal is to be the best chamber around! That said, yearly...
