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Joy Ridge Event Center now open State Football Trifecta

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Sue Tangen, left, Bjorn Tangen and Kirsten Tangen stand in Sue’s “Treasure Room” at Joy Ridge
Event Center in Chatfield, Minn. Photo by Barb Jeffers

By Barb Jeffers
barb@fillmorecountyjournal.com
“A place to bring the com-
munity and families together”
is how the owners of Joy Ridge
Event Center describe their new
business located in Chatfield.
Owners Sue Tangen, her son
Michael Tangen and his wife
Kirsten have taken on this excit-
ing new venture together, with a
huge amount of help and sup-
port from family.
The idea for an event center
began after Michael and Kirst-
en’s wedding. “They had a spe-
cial wedding at an event center
that we were very taken with,”
notes Sue.
“It was kind of a joint idea.
Michael and Kirsten had talked
about it,” Sue says.
“They had planned on mov-
ing to the (family) farm, and we
had talked about maybe doing
something at the farm, but then
this became available, and we
thought well, this is already
built, instead of building some-
thing,” states Sue. “So then we
started looking at this option.”
The building, most recent-
ly the site of Pope and Young
Club, but was originally Jim and
Dee’s Supper Club, complete
with a bar and dance hall.
After finding out the building
was available, the three started
discussing purchasing the build-
ing, on New Year’s Eve 2020.
They closed on the building
May 15, 2021 and took posses-
sion on June 15, 2021.
While making the decision
to purchase the building, there
were several factors to take
into consideration, including
COVID and the troubles that
have gone with it.
Once the property was theirs,
the work began in earnest. As
the building was originally
designed for a supper club, bar
and dance hall, much of what
needed to be done was to put
things back to the way they once
were.
This included tearing down
See JOY RIDGE Page 25 
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