Website: www.acegroup.cc
Email: info@acegroup.cc
Address and Directions: 207 East Cedar Street, Houston, MN 55943 (large, gray building on Cedar Street which is Hwy 16)
Hours: 8 am to 5:30 pm
Phone: 888.404.4940
What services does your business provide? Ace Communications Group provides local and long distance telephone service, high-speed Internet access, digital TV service, and is an authorized retailer for Verizon Wireless service.
History of your company? Ace Communications Group is a member-owned cooperative serving 19 communities in southeast Minnesota and northeast Iowa since 1950. Ace also operates wholly-owned subsidiaries in Mesick, Michigan; Allendale, Michigan; and Caledonia, Minnesota. The company was formed after World War II when telephone service in rural, southeast Minnesota was very inadequate. At that time, most of the telephone lines in operation were owned and operated by groups of farmers. I
n 1949, a group of farmers representing many small telephone companies met to discuss improving rural telephone service. This meeting led to the formation of the Fillmore County Telephone Cooperative in 1950. Beginning in July 1951, the company made its first acquisition of 104 customers in Ostrander. It continued to grow through acquisitions and now serves customers in southeast Minnesota, northeast Iowa, and western Michigan. The company changed its name to Ace Telephone Association in 1956. And, it began doing business as Ace Communications Group in 1999 to better reflect the
full range of communications services offered.
Any other info that might be of interest to visitors of the art tour? Ace is dedicated to the residents and businesses it serves and is proud to give back to these communities. In 2000, the Ace Scholarship Fund was established to award a
$1,000 scholarship to 15 deserving high school seniors in our serving areas. To date, Ace has given $165,000 in scholarships. Ace also makes donations to area schools and organizations; benefits; and community events. Ace employees also volunteer their time and talents in many of these communities.
