** Member Spotlight **
Praetorian Investigations, LLC
The Chamber shines this week's member spotlight on Praetorian Investigations, LLC in Delhi!
Praetorian Investigations LLC is a New York state licensed and bonded private investigation agency established in March 2013. They are members of the Association of Licensed Detectives of New York State, the National Association of Professional Process Servers, and the New York State Professional Process Server Association.
Call for a free consultation!
For more information email rcecce@yahoo.com or delhipi.com, visit them online by clicking here, or call 607.434.6173.
Please support the small businesses that support our communities! #strongertogether
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Chamber Check - In
Chamber staff have been hard at work for members this week! Upcoming events include a FREE virtual Third Thursday: Chamber Connects on April 15 with NYS Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli. For registration information and more visit delawarecounty.org.
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Third Thursday: Chamber Connects with NYS Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli
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 April 15 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 New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli.
Elected in 2007 and again in 2010, 2014 and 2018, the Comptroller is the state's chief fiscal officer who ensures that state and local governments use taxpayer money effectively and efficiently to promote the common good.
The Comptroller's responsibilities include:
- Serving as trustee of the $210.5 billion NYS Common Retirement Fund, one of the largest institutional investors in the world.
- Administering the state and local retirement system for public employees, with more than one million members, retirees and beneficiaries and more than 3,000 employers.
- Maintaining the state's accounting system and administering its $16.7 billion payroll.
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Reporting on state finances.
- Reviewing state contracts and auditing payments.
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Conducting audits of state agencies and public benefit corporations.
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Overseeing the fiscal affairs of local governments, including New York City.
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Serving as custodian of more than $15 billion in unclaimed funds, restoring lost accounts to their rightful owners.
- Conducting training and providing technical assistance to improve government operations at all levels, and more.
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First Friday : Networking @ Noon
We are all doing business in new ways and need to promote our businesses in new ways too! The Chamber is launching a new VIRTUAL member business networking event, First Friday : Networking @ Noon, on Friday, February 5, where members will have the opportunity to promote their businesses to other members in speed-dating style! Each business will have four minutes to talk about their business to promote sales, specials, or simply let other members know what type of business you operate. Referrals are the most effective and powerful way to grow your business!
To register and claim your promotion slot, click here.
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Join Us for a FREE Virtual Small Business Advocacy Day
Join NFIB (National Federation of Independent Businesses) and fellow small business owners on:
Tuesday, March 23 & Wednesday, March 24
Tuesday: 10:30 - 11 AM, 11 AM - 11:45 AM, and 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
Wednesday: 9:00 AM - 9:30 AM and 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM.
Be a part of the largest small business advocacy group in the nation by joining our efforts to protect your right to own, operate and grow your small business.
Join us for a complimentary virtual event and the opportunity to engage with your legislators, fellow NFIB members, and small business advocates. Although it will be held as a virtual format this year, this event will be intimate, interactive and informational.
Topics include:
- New York State Budget
- Small Business Relief
- Costly Labor Mandates
- COVID's Impact on Small Business
To register for this FREE event, click here.
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** Attention Delhi Businesses **
Please Complete Zoning Survey!
The Delhi Village Zoning Revision Committee wants to hear from you!
Below is a link to take a brief online survey that will help the committee gather suggestions for for possible zoning revisions.
Please help our planners shape our future! Click here to take the survey prior to April 1. |
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Chamber to Launch Ambassador Program |
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Do you have a lively, engaging, and proactive personality?
Do you have the confidence to make personal contact with any Chamber member?
Do you project a positive image for your company and the Chamber?
Do you have three to four hours a month to volunteer?
If this describes you, we want you to consider joining this new Chamber initiative.
Ambassadors perform several duties in the Chamber, but the primary function is to help promote the Chamber, welcome new members to the Chamber, and make Chamber events more successful and enjoyable for everyone. They are a special group of volunteers who help promote Delaware County business community and support Chamber functions.
As an Ambassador, you commit to participating in quarterly meetings, attend Chamber ribbon cuttings, grand openings and other events, greet new members, and encourage members to attend Chamber events, programs, and involvement opportunities.
The many benefits of being a Chamber Ambassador include opportunities to connect with new and existing members, meet business and community leaders, chance to promote business and community growth, potential media coverage, as well as personal and professional recognition.
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Save The Date
Virtual Job Fair May 4
The Chamber is partnering with DCMO BOCES, ONC BOCES, 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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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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Give Us A Call: 607.746.2281
DelawareCounty.org
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