** Member Spotlight **
L & J Promotion Products
The Chamber shines this week's member spotlight on L & J Promotion Products in Denver, NY!
L & J Promotion Products is a one-stop source for all of your promotional product’s needs. They work with more than 4,000 suppliers, offering customers more than a million different unique items that can be completely customized to show off your unique brand. From pens and tote tags to phone cases and office items, they offer countless ways to celebrate your company or organization and help get your name out there.
Promotional products and branded merchandise are the leading way to get your name, your brand and your message out into the world, helping you garner more customers and more awareness. As one of the most effective marketing options, we can help you get the perfect products quickly, efficiently and affordably. Whether you bring your own idea or need the help of our creative experts, we’ll put our more than 30 years of experience to work for you.
Check out our expansive inventory online now, or contact us today and let us get started on finding the perfect product solution for you!
For more information visit them online, by clicking HERE, call Jim Addy at 917.597.1989 or email jim@landjpromo.com.
Please support the small businesses that support our communities! #strongertogether
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** Call To Action **
Call Your Supervisor to Ask the State to Return Local Control
Contact your town supervisors and ask them to add their voices to ours by contacting our Senate and Assembly representatives in Albany to ensure that Delaware County is treated equitably with regard to vaccine allocation and to put an end the arbitrary division of effort and supplies which would provide a reliable schedule of vaccines. Tell them that you want to ensure fairness for Delaware County. Tell them the viability of our local businesses and communities is connected to our ability to get vaccines into people's arms. Get involved! We are stronger together.
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Save The Date l Virtual Job Fair May 4
The Chamber is partnering with DCMO and ONC BOCES, the Otsego County Chamber of Commerce and Commerce Chenango for a virtual job fair to be held May 4.
This will be a great opportunity to develop your workforce and hire candidates who are ready, willing and eager to work. More information to come. Save the date!
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Delaware County Thanks Small Business Owners
Our small business owners weathered an unprecedented economic storm caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Join us, and our Delaware County officials, in saying "Thank You" for their endurance.
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Covid-19 Vaccination Information From Delaware County Public Health
Week of Feb. 22, 2021 - Delaware County Public Health will continue to vaccinate certain essential workers and will also begin vaccinations for people 65 years and older, with certain health conditions. The Delaware County Office for the Aging, 607.832.5750, will help people ages 65 and older with certain health conditions register for vaccination.
Certain pharmacies are able to vaccinate people ages 65 and older, with qualifying health conditions, after making appointments online.
Employers in Delaware County seeking vaccinations for their staff that are in the eligible 1B phase, should email their contact information to Delaware County Public Health at dcph@co.delaware.ny.us
For links to sign up for vaccinations click here.
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Are You Interested in Joining the Chamber Board of Directors?
The Nominating Committee of the Chamber Board is seeking individuals interested in serving on the Chamber Board of Directors. Terms are a three-year period and begin on May 15.
To serve as a director, you must be a Delaware County Chamber of Commerce member and have a willingness to work collaboratively toward accomplishing the goals of the organization.
Self nominations are encouraged.
A ballot of all candidates will be distributed to active members by March 15. Certified results will be announced in April.
Email nominations to Seth Blocker, our current nominating committee chairperson, at sethblocker@gmail.com by March 1.
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The idea of starting a business can be quite daunting, and especially in today’s times.
In this hands-on startup webinar, held on February 23 at 1 p.m., you will learn what the most common startup pitfalls are and how to avoid or solve them - without spending a lot of money!
Topics of this session include:
- Getting a website for free (or almost free!)
- DIY legal and operations
- Marketing on a shoestring
- And more...
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BOCES and Chamber Offer Business Start-Up Series
DCMO BOCES and the Chamber have partnered to offer “4 Weeks to Launch” an intensive four-week workshop for those interested in launching a micro-enterprise or freelance business.
If you have a hobby that can be turned into a business; are retired and interested in starting a residual income business, prefer business ownership to working for someone else, or are someone who has a skill, passion or talent that could be turned into a part-time or sideline venture, this class is for you!
This hands-on program has a concentrated focus on developing a business plan and will provide a road map to business success, using Growth Wheel certified business coaching that will provide participants with access to comprehensive strategy tools to launch and manage their business start-up.
Classes are Tuesday and Thursday, from 6 - 8 pm, beginning - March 2, virtually and broadcast with live facilitation at the Chamber office at 5 ½ Main Street in Delhi.
Cost is $240 per participant, and includes all program materials plus a one-year membership in the Delaware County Chamber. Scholarships are available.
Registration required by Feb. 12. For more information contact Martha Ryan at DCMO BOCES at 607.335.1292 or visit dcmoboces.com.
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Chamber Connects with NYS Senator Oberacker
The Chamber connected with NYS Senator Peter Oberacker for its Third Thursday: Chamber Connects program on February 18. Members heard about state budget progress, strategic shortfalls in vaccine distribution and prioritizing expanded cellular phone coverage, among other things. Delaware County Public Health Director Amanda Walsh also provided detailed information regarding vaccine distribution.
Watch the entire recording below, for extremely valuable information.
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This event was sponsored by sfcu. sfcu is a full-service financial institution providing the tools and resources our members need to make banking easy and convenient.
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FREE Social Savviness Webinar March 17
From Facebook to YouTube, TikTok to Instagram, Twitter to Pinterest... your business has plenty of options when it comes to social media marketing opportunities. Do you know about all the platforms that exist and the functions they serve for your business?
This webinar, to be held on Wednesday, March 17, 1 - 2 p.m. will cover:
- Social media platforms to consider for your marketing strategy
- The demographics of each platform's average users
- Types of posts that succeed on each platform
- How to use social media to grow your business
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Do You Have What It Takes To Be a Leader?
Leaderful Delaware, an initiative of the Chamber, is seeking people committed to community service who would benefit from strengthening leadership skills while developing a personal professional network.
The 2021 Leaderful Delaware program is currently accepting applications for its eight-month curriculum that begins with virtual classes in March 2021. Up to 20 individuals can participate and half-day sessions will meet virtually twice monthly.
Participants will learn about critical issues facing Delaware County and the Catskill Mountains region through lectures, discussion groups, personal introspection, and panel discussions featuring current community leaders. The innovative curriculum is based on scientific theories of organizational and community leadership. Leaderful Delaware offers an alternative to the traditional model and calls on leaders to be concurrent, collective, collaborative, and compassionate. Strategies include effective facilitation, dialogue skills, active listening skills, managing conflict, intercultural competence, leadership styles, and peer coaching.
Candidates will be selected based on their:
- Commitment and motivation to community service.
- Previous community service or desire to become involved in community activities.
- Interest in public service and desire to learn more about public policy.
- Potential to advance to a leadership position within their companies.
- Commitment to remain in Delaware County.
Preference will be given to Delaware County residents but non-residents are encouraged to apply.
Applicants should be sponsored by a business or a community leader and provide references. Tuition, payable by a sponsor or a participant, is $300, and includes all materials and fees.
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FREE (Virtual) One-on-One Business Counseling Sessions
The Small Business Development Center (SBDC) is offering FREE comprehensive programming to provide management and technical assistance to small businesses in Delaware County!
Specializing in direct one-to-one counseling, the SBDC offers assistance in the following business areas:
- Start-up assistance
- Business Plan Development
- Accounting and Financial Projections
- Sources of Financing
- Marketing
- Business Expansion
- Relocation and Agribusiness
There is no cost for the counseling services of the SBDC.
Reservations are required for the one hour appointments. Schedule your appointment at by clicking HERE.
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Chamber Online Learning Center |
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As part of the Delaware County Chamber of Commerce ongoing initiative to respond to member needs, an online learning center has been opened to help businesses meet their training needs in three key areas:
- Leadership, Management, and Supervisory Skills
- Sales and Customer Service Skills
- Human Resource Compliance Skills
In a self-paced, online learning environment, your staff can learn and enhance various skills including how to create a productive working environment, effective delegation, conflict management, working in a remote environment, working post-COVID and much more.
Sales and customer service modules focus on handling client or customer attitudes and objections, negotiating styles and effective sales negotiation and the dos and don'ts of effective customer services.
Human resources modules include diversity and inclusion training, micro-inequities, process of stereotyping and methods of exclusion, among other topics.
Each module is priced at a reduced rate of $45 per person.
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Annual Sexual Harassment Prevention Training |
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The Chamber has partnered with New Haven Consulting Group, Inc. to provide our members with an online “Preventing Sexual Harassment" workshop that meets the requirements of the new law.
This program is available at a Chamber-member reduced price of $20 per participant.
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The Delaware County Chamber is a private, non-governmental, not-for-profit membership organization. We believe that healthy communities begin with healthy businesses. By focusing on key areas–community and economic development, advocacy, tourism promotion, and business engagement–we partner with municipal leaders, community organizations, and local companies to present a unified voice of business for the improvement of our communities. |
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5 1/2 Main Street
Delhi, New York 13753
Give Us A Call: 607.746.2281
DelawareCounty.org
GreatWesternCatskills.com
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