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Delaware County Chamber of Commerce
Membership Monday
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Join us for
Breakfast on June 7, 2019
Friday, June 7, 2019
8:30 to 10:00 am
Start your day with a little productive and profitable networking!
Our monthly first friday eat & meet breakfast is a terrific opportunity to network before your workday begins. Make new business connections, brush-up your existing contacts, meet new and old friends, and keep current on what's happening in our region.
The featured speaker is New York State Department of Labor representative Debbie Bender who will focus on workforce development and how the Department of Labor can help employers fill available positions in their businesses.
She will also talk about various programs, including tax and financial incentives, available to hire from specific demographic groups.
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Chamber Check-In
We would love for you to attend our upcoming, Networking Breakfast on June 7, Annual Business Awards on July 17 and to participate in our Business Links Golf Tournament on July 30! For more information visit delawarecounty.org. If you would like to pick up newly released 2019-20 Delaware County Travel Guides highlighting the best of Delaware County - to display in your business - stop by the Delaware County Chamber at 5 1/2 Main Street in Delhi.
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Workforce Development - Incentives to Hire Employees in Recovery
In response to requests from Delaware County's business owners to help them find employees, the Chamber hosted a workforce development strategy session on May 28, which included a short film and a round-table discussion about how to help employees in recovery be successful both on and off the job. Industry experts also provided information about tax and other financial incentives for employers who hire from at-risk demographics.
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| Pictured, from left: Chamber President Ray Pucci, NYS Department of Labor Representative Deb Bender, Delaware County probation Director Scott Glueckert, Delaware County Drug Treatment Court Coordinator Scott Burrows, CDO Workforce representative April Feyh, LEAF Council representative Jule Dostal and film-maker and Chamber member Jessica Vecchione of Vecc Videography. |
To view the presentation, please visit the Chamber's archived Facebook videos.
For eligibility requirements for a $5,000 no-cost-to-the-employer bond, contact Deb Bender at NYS Department of Labor at debra.bender@labor.ny.gov.
For information on tax incentive availability and access to a prepared workforce contact April Feyh at CDO Workforce at 607.832.5776 or email april.feyh@co.delaware.ny.us.
For more information on ways to become a recovery-friendly business contact Julie Dostal at LEAF Council at julie@leafinc.org.
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Welding, Cutting and Work-Ready in Sidney
Chamber President Ray Pucci participated in a ribbon cutting ceremony on May 29 at Sidney Central School at the Raymond Welding Skills Development Program room. The partnership between Sidney Central School and The Raymond Corporation prepares students for a welding career, helping to make them work-ready upon graduation.
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$2K Incentive for Employers to Hire Unskilled Workers
The On-the-Job Training program gives applicants the opportunity to learn new skills for specific occupations while earning a paycheck. The program offer employers up to $2000 per trainee towards the cost of training someone with limited experience for the position.
The paperwork for this program is minimal and the payout is a loyal employee with the skills
needed to do the job. CDO Workforce offers employers recruiting assistance for open positions and can also work with candidates that they have already interviewed and are interested in potentially hiring.
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Delaware County Businesses to be Honored July 17 at Hamden Garden Party
Join us in honoring those individuals and businesses working to improve life in Delaware County, by celebrating at our annual awards ceremony. The ceremony, with gourmet sample-station delicacies will be held on July 17 at 6 p.m. at Bird Song Farm on state Highway 10 in Hamden.
Business of the Year
Delhi Rehabilitation & Nursing Center
New Business of the Year
Schoolhouse Construction Services
Binnekill Tavern
Bold Gold Media Group, 104.5 FM
Business Advocate of the Year
Barbara Hanselman of Del-Rose Farm & The Farmer's Wife
Tourism Business of the Year
Stagecoach Run Art Festival
Table to Farm Tours
Tickets are $50 per person. For more information or to reserve your seat, click
here.
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BOCES Grade-Level Reading Campaign
The DCMO BOCES is launching a Grade-Level Reading (GLR) Campaign in Delaware County. The GLR Campaign aims to both streamline and augment local literacy services. We are seeking individuals to volunteer on a work team to set goals and brainstorm solutions in one of the following areas: School Readiness, School Attendance, and Summer Learning. Teams will meet remotely once a month throughout the summer with the goal of creating a strategic plan by Fall 2019.
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Incentivized Business Development : Opportunity Zone in Walton, June 6
The Delaware County Chamber of Commerce has collaborated with the Walton Chamber of Commerce and the Delaware County Industrial Development Agency to present a one hour info-session on Walton's designation as an "Opportunity Zone" by New York state.
The designation allows for incentivized business development in Walton.
When: Thursday, June 6
Where: Molto Espresso, 151 Delaware Street, Walton
Time: 11 a.m. to noon
IDA President Jim Thomson will detail Opportunity Zones business project requirements and how those projects can be funded. Thomson will also provide information about the Delaware County IDA and how it invests in communities in a way that differs from traditional lenders.
This FREE info-session is for anyone interested in opening or expanding a business, municipal leaders, real estate agents, accountants, lawyers and investors.
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Electrician's Helper Training in Delhi June 17 - 27
SUNY Delhi and CDO Workforce Development are hosting a 60-hour electrician's helper training from June 17 - 27, Monday - Thursday, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the SUNY Delhi Campus.
Cost: $850 per person. Tuition assistance available for qualified candidates.
This training consists of a combination of lecture and lab classes and cover: safety; tools of the trade and their use; finding and interpreting schematic, wiring and one-line diagrams; Ohm's Law calculations involving curr
ent, voltage, power and resistance in electrical circuits; recognize appropriate wi
ring metho
ds in residential installations and more!
All students who complete the program will receive basic electrical tools.
For more information call Barb Scherer at 607.746.4545.
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Your Business Featured Here (FREE)!
In our effort to help all businesses succeed, we want to feature YOUR business here and on our social media channels! If you've received a "Business Feature" email request from our office with a short questionnaire, please answer the questions and submit a jpeg logo or photo that you think best depicts your business, and send to Lillian at
info@delawarecounty.org.
If you have not received an email yet, please feel free to copy and paste the below-listed questions into an email, along with a logo or photo, and we will be happy to help promote your business!
Business Name:
Location:
Contact info including mailing address, website address, email and social media information:
Hours of operation:
Number of Years in Business/Year Business Opened:
What types of services or products does your business provide?:
How many employees do you have?:
Recent or Planned Changes in Operation:
What you want your (potential) customers or clients to know:
Tell others why they should join the Delaware County Chamber of Commerce:
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