June 2020
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TOLEDO BUSINESS JOURNAL

Fostoria Economic Development
2019 Year in Review


Quickbooks Enterprise Basics: $140 (includes Quickbooks)
6-8 p.m.
June 16, 18, 23 & 25 limited space available

10 a.m.- 12:00 p.m.
August 18

8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. September 9
8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
October 19, 20, 26, 27
8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
October 28


For more information on any of these trainings call the Fostoria Learning Center on 419-408-5540, email director@fostorialearningcenter.org or Follow our Facebook Page by Clicking HERE
Ohio BWC is distributing at least
2 million non-medical grade face coverings to Ohio employers who are covered by the BWC. These employers will get a package containing at least 50 face coverings.
Join us on Thursday, June 18 at 9 a.m. for a Virtual Member Meeting. Member Benefit 101 will help you navigate your member benefits and learn how you can improve your bottom line. Representatives from Community Energy Advisors and Anthem will join us.

Other Benefit Updates:
Anthem SOCA Benefit Plan opens to sole proprietors


Save on Gas and Electric Bills with Community Energy Advisors read more.
The 43rd Annual Chamber Golf Classic will take place Thursday, August 6 at the Fostoria Country Club.

Player check in, Bloody Mary bar and continental breakfast will take place from 8-8:45 a.m. followed by a 9 a.m. shotgun start. The event will conclude with lunch and awards.

Team registrations and various sponsorship opportunities are available now.
Fostoria Businesses please send us reopening photos or photos of you and your staff holding a "In This Together" sign. Click here for a pdf or a png of the logo. Each are also available on our website. Deadline to participate is June 15.Please send your photos to Sarah@FostoriaChamber.com
We look forward to promoting your business! #FostoriaProud
We have created the Small Business Resiliency Toolkit to provide resources to help you during this time to make your business resilient and hopefully come back even stronger. If you are seeking help on a specific topic, please let us know. 
We added a new section to our member update,
"5 things about your business you would like the community to know." We use this information to post on our #MemberSpotlightMonday on our Facebook page.
Complete the update and we will help spread the word about your business!
American Express has launched Stand for Small, a site designed to support small businesses thrive. Go to standforsmall.com for resources, offers, tools and graphics to help encourage your customers to support local and stand for small.

Office Depot
Bugner's Sewer & Septic
American Heritage Realty
Hylant
Inland Tarp & Liner
Filmtec Fabrications
Financial Design
Dyer's Home Improvement
AEP
Zender Electric
Diversified Graphics
Fostoria Kiwanis Club
Oak Villas
Hitchings Insurance
Southside Carryout
Alpha Coatings

The Urban Woody Brewery located at 105 E. Tiffin Street in Downtown Fostoria is owned and operated by Mike and Tiffani Aurand. The nano brewery features a rotating tap list of beers brewed onsite.
The brewery is normally open Thursdays-Saturdays, featuring a food truck and live music. They are currently operating during varying hours as they work to reopen slowly after a brief closure due the Governor's Stay at Home Order. Outside seating and growler and howler fills are available on Saturdays and varying additional hours. Details and updates can be found on their Facebook and Instagram page. Be sure to stop out and support this local, veteran owned business!
The Urban Woody Brewery celebrated their 1 year anniversary on Saturday,
May 16.
The Whippy Dip celebrated their grand opening on Friday, May 1.
ProMedica Fostoria Community Hospital celebrated 90 years in Fostoria in May.
The Fostoria Garden Club won the Victor H. Reis Award. This award is given to garden clubs that are a positive force within their community.
Our members are doing GREAT things!
unveiled new fitness center equipment just prior to their reopening.
In addition to using their time during closure for capital improvements, they also hosted weekly blood drives for the American Red Cross and are assisting with JAM the VAN food drive, collecting masks for distribution and operating pandemic childcare for essential workers.
Good Shepherd Home recognized their employees who are 2020 High School graduates. The ceremony and parade recognized 21 High School Seniors representing 8 area schools.
ProMedica Physicians Family Medicine has welcome Assupta Nnaji, CNP. Nnaji received her master of science degree from Chamberlain University and her bachelor's in nursing from Indiana Weselyan. She is a certified Nurse Practitioner and joins Dr. Masood. She is currently accepting patients. Click here to learn more.
Hitchings Insurance awarded bicycles to area students as part of their Bikes for Reading program. Students in grades 2 through 5 are challenged to log 40 hours of reading between January 13 and March. All who complete the challenge receive a book and are entered into a drawing to win a bike.
Picture above, courtesy of The Review Times, features Kari Colman of Hitchings Insurance and a bicycle winner from Arcadia.
ProMedica Fostoria Community Hospital and Geary Family YMCA Offer Free Community Walking Program

Be sure to check out the Fostoria Farmers' Market Online Sales page on Facebook. Shop from your favorite vendors anytime or even pre-order and pick up at the next Market on June 20.
Fostoria’s Starts Third Year As a Host Community for Midwest Sculpture Initiative
Seven of the eight sculptures in Fostoria's 2020/2021 Midwest Sculpture Initiative exhibit were installed on May 26th, with the final piece set to arrive in mid-June. Come discover your new favorite in this UNIQUELY COLORFUL and INTERACTIVE display, brought to you by the Fostoria Area Visitors Bureau and our generous exhibit sponsors, including at the: 
Platinum Level:
  • Henry H. Geary, Jr. Foundation
  • Don & Louise Mennel
  • The Gregory Mullins Advised Fund of The Community Foundation of Northeast Florida
  • Joe & Brenda Stearns

Silver Level:
  • Clouse Construction Corp.
Bronze Level:
  • The Ronald & Evelyn Burns Family Donor Advised Fund of the Greater Fostoria Community Foundation
  • Flippin’ Jimmy’s
  • Fostoria Community Arts Council
  • POET Biorefining
  • Sally Reed
  • Eugene & Betty Schalk
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2020 Chamber Sponsors
Platinum
Gold


Silver

Bronze
Callies Performance Products
AgCredit
Financial Design Agency of Ohio
Beerco

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