Can I share something with you beyond “A Note from the CEO” at the beginning of the year? Okay good. We had our quarterly manager’s retreat this week and we took a deep dive into what really sets Hitch Studio apart now that we are wedding planners and event designers who just bought a rental […]
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It’s the date we’ve all been waiting for… drum roll please! Hitch Studio is taking over Party Depot rentals and balloons! We will be sorting, moving, counting, training, and inventory-ing from November 3-20 and will be ready for our GRAND OPENING ON NOVEMBER 21, 2025 in our new location downtown Brookings at 406 Main Avenue.
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A New Chapter for a Beloved Downtown Business — and a new beginning for Hitch Studio Friends,I’m so honored to share some exciting news with you today. After 25 years of serving the Brookings community with event rentals, balloons, and all the celebration essentials you can imagine, Cheryl Meyer is retiring and passing the Party
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Hi CEO! I see you trying to plan your next amazing employee retreat. You’re looking for meaningful and impactful activities during your time together. As a CEO of a wedding planning company for 10 years, I’ll offer my suggestions of doing a speed networking activity, along with my full agenda for this 1-day employee retreat.
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Owner and CEO of Hitch Studio, Renee Bauman graduated from the first ever South Dakota cohort of the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Business program on May 17, 2024. What was the Goldman Sachs program like as an entrepreneur? I’ll put it this way: And my life will never be the same. To say it was
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MY HEART IS SO FULL! 28 out of our 40 employees were able to make it to the Fall All-Employee Retreat at Hitch Studio last night! (Want to read about past retreats or see our agenda for the night? Click here and here!) At each employee appreciation retreat, we do five things: 1. Fill our
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I have a unique employee situation as a wedding planner and wedding decorator, so I feel like I need to do unique all-employee retreats to match that! The majority of my employees work from midnight until 1:30 a.m. and rarely do we do much “bonding” during that REALLY late night (except giggle at drunk people
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I am so THRILLED to introduce you to our newest Certified Wedding Planner at Hitch Studio! Lyric Gruenhagen – Certified Wedding Planner (CWP) • Certified Wedding Venue Professional (CWVP) When you meet Lyric, you’ll see her sparkling eyes, hear the excitement and gentleness of her voice, and know her caring spirit. She is an absolute
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LOVE TANK = FULL. It’s always one of my favorite nights of the year. It was the all-employee retreat!!! This is my way of building friendships and camaraderie among our employees and being able to thank them in person with my whole heart. The theme for the evening: Self Care + Love. We each filled
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Woohoo! Hitch Studio opened in 2014 and since that time, we’ve booked 99 weddings…until today. We just booked our 100th wedding!! Congratulations Nicole and Nick! We can’t wait to celebrate YOU and your wedding day. Hitch ran an online promotion to celebrate this milestone. Whoever booked the 100th wedding won $1000 off their wedding package
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