** Member Spotlight **
Delaware-Otsego Audubon Society
The Chamber shines this week's member spotlight on Delaware-Otsego Audubon Society headquartered in Oneonta.
Delaware-Otsego Audubon Society envisions a healthy world where people and wildlife thrive and natural resources are protected. They protect our natural environment and connect people with nature to benefit birds and wildlife.
Delaware-Otsego Audubon Society was established in 1968 and is a chapter of the National Audubon Society. The chapter region encompasses the northern Catskills Mountains and the upper Susquehannah River areas of New York.
For more information about Delaware-Otsego Audubon Society including upcoming events, call 607.397.3815, email info@doas.us or visit them online by clicking here, or find them on Facebook.
Please support the small businesses that support our communities! #strongertogether
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Census Builder for Small Business
Please join us on May 20th for our free virtual census training for Small Business Retailers and Service Establishments. The webinar will cover how to access statistics on the socioeconomic, housing, and demographic characteristics of customers in your market and business data using the Census Business Builder.
To register for this FREE training, click here.
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Restaurant Revitalization Webinar
The Chamber has partnered with SBA representatives to present a FREE one-hour educational Q & A webinar on May 13 at 10 a.m., to provide an overview and details about the Restaurant Revitalization Fund, enacted federally to provide emergency assistance to eligible restaurants, bars and other qualifying businesses impacted by COVID-19.
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) will begin registrations on Friday, April 30, 2021, at 9 a.m. and open applications on Monday, May 3, 2021, at noon for the Restaurant Revitalization Fund. The online application will remain open to any eligible establishment until all funds are exhausted.
The Restaurant Revitalization Fund provides a total of $28.6 billion in direct relief funds to restaurants and other hard-hit food establishments that have experienced economic distress and significant operational losses due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This program will provide restaurants with funding equal to their pandemic-related revenue loss up to $10 million per business and no more than $5 million per physical location.
All registrants will receive a Zoom link to the virtual event with the confirmation.
Click here to register online.
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Third Thursday:
Chamber Connects with Assemblyman Brian Miller
Start your day with a productive and potentially profitable virtual learning opportunity! Stay current on what’s happening in Delaware County and the region, and learn how to effectively pivot toward a sustainable and thriving business model.
Our FREE monthly Third Thursday : Chamber Connects interactive, virtual
Q & A webinar on May 20 from 8:30 - 9:30 a.m., is a terrific opportunity to participate in a leader-led conversation focused on building a better business and better business climate!
The featured speaker for this event is Assemblyman Brian Miller, representing the 101st Assembly District, including towns of Davenport, Delhi, Meredith, Bovina, Andes, and Hamden.
Brian Miller was elected to the New York State Assembly on November 8, 2016. His district is comprised of parts of Oneida, Herkimer, Otsego, Delaware, Ulster, Sullivan and Orange counties.
As an Assemblyman, Brian works to reduce taxes and unfunded mandates, overhaul the Common Core education standards, and eliminate the restraints of the SAFE Act, as well as increase employment opportunities and mental health services for veterans. Brian also plans to address the heroin epidemic by increasing treatment options and improving education on the dangers of opioids and heroin.
From 2000-2016, Brian served as an Oneida County Legislator in the 16th district. He’s served as chairman of the Public Works Committee, assistant majority leader, member of the Ways and Means Committee, member of the Region 6 Fish and Wildlife Management Board, and served eight years as the Bridgewater Town Supervisor. A graduate of Mohawk Valley Community College, Brian has more than 36 years of experience as a mechanical engineer.
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Teams Sought for 2021 Business Links Golf Tournament on June 9 in Delhi
Join us for a great day of golf fun!
WHERE: Delhi College Golf Course
85 Scotch Mountain Road
Delhi, NY 13753
WHEN: June 9, Noon registration, 1:00 p.m. shotgun start
COST: Team of Four $300
Tee-Box Sponsor $100
Contest Sponsor $300
Captain and Crew Format
Hole in One Contest!
Prizes!
Invaluable Networking!
To register a team or to become a sponsor click here.
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Delaware County Travel Guide Now Available |
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The printed version of our travel guide is now available. Rather than the typical endless lists of most guides, ours is more of an experiential guide to our many assets. It’s really a lifestyle publication and can assist you in your recruitment and on-boarding efforts.
Distribution of the guide started earlier this week, bringing a little bit of Delaware County to information centers from Albany to Utica to Binghamton to Northern Jersey and along the New York State Thruway.
If you want some of the 50,000 guides we just received, contact us by calling 607.746.2281 or email info@delawarecounty.organd we can arrange a time for you to pick them up.
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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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