** Member Spotlight **
Hancock House Hotel
The Chamber shines this week's member spotlight on Hancock House Hotel located at 137 East Front Street in Hancock.
Hancock House Hotel is located in downtown Hancock, just a short walk from the headwaters of the Delaware River and the best trout fishing in America. Your hosts are Lynn and Russell Bass, lifetime residents.
The Hancock House features 32 tastefully designed and maintained rooms and suites decorated in Mission-style. The Hancock House strives to anticipate your every need from the overstuffed pillows you'll find on your bed to the exceptional service you'll receive throughout the hotel.
Honest Eddie's Tap Room and The Maple Room Restaurant are located on the main floor. You can enjoy breakfast lunch and dinner without leaving the hotel. You will find the prices more than reasonable.
The Maple Room is available for parties, meetings, weddings and other formal functions and seats up to 150 people.
Just need a bite to eat? The Hancock House is open at 6 a.m. Sunday through Saturday, food and drinks served until 9 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and until 10 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. Eat indoors or outdoors. Take out is available.
For more information or reservations call 607.637.7100, 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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NYS Loosens COVID Restrictions for Businesses
Effective May 19, COVID-19 restrictions on businesses have been loosened by the Governor's Office in accordance with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidance.
Here are a few takeaways:
- Businesses (retail, food service, offices, gyms and fitness centers, amusement and family entertainment, hair salons, barber shops and other personal care services, among others) that do not allow gathering of 250 people indoors or 500 outdoors, vaccinated individuals do not need to wear masks or be socially distanced, but unvaccinated individuals must continue to wear masks and be socially distanced. Business capacity is only limited by the space available for patrons or parties of patrons to maintain the required social distance.
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Businesses may elect to require employees and patrons to wear masks and social distance. Any mask requirements that businesses choose to implement must adhere to all applicable federal and state laws and regulations (e.g., Americans with Disabilities Act)
- It is recommended that mask wearing and social distance be observed in indoor settings where vaccination status of individuals is unknown.
For detailed guidance and information click here.
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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. scramble 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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Chamber Awarded Micro-Transit Grant by Rural Health Network
The Chamber is thrilled to announce that it has been awarded a three-year grant to with a focus on implementing a micro-transit model in Delaware County! Stay tuned for more information about this exciting step forward in mobility management.
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NYS Assemblyman Miller Talks Carbon Tax, Recreational Marijuana, Cell Service and More at Chamber Connects
Assemblyman Brian Miller, representing the 101st Assembly District, which includes the towns of Davenport, Delhi, Meredith, Bovina, Andes, and Hamden in Delaware County, was our featured speaker for our May 20 Chamber Connects program where he discussed a variety of topics that impact Delaware County and its businesses. Watch this video to see what Brian is doing to help Delaware County.
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** Member Event **
FREE Business Networking Event at Hanford Mills May 26
Hanford Mills invites all Delaware County businesses to a FREE brochure exchange on Wednesday, May 26 from 4 to 6 p.m. The event will be held in the parking lot of the museum.
Arrive at 3 p.m. for a tour of the Mill before the brochure exchange!
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Chamber Check In
Chamber staff have been hard at work for members this week! We are registering teams and individuals for our 2021 Business Links Golf Tournament at the College Golf Course in Delhi on June 9. Scramble start at 1 p.m.; $300 per captain and crew four-person team or $75 per individual and we will assemble a team for you! There is conference room space, with enough seating to hold 20 people comfortably, complete with high-speed internet, one gig service, video-conferencing ready, desktop computers, projector and large screen display available for your presentations, speaker phone conferencing and ample parking - available for ANY business, group, or organization. The space, located in the Delaware County eCenter at 5 1/2 Main Street in Delhi, is ideal for employee training or orientation sessions or attorney depositions. Rates are from $100 per day. For more information visit delawarecounty.org.
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** Member Event **
Strickland Hollow Farm & Distillery Hosts American Cider Book Party May 30
Join Chamber member Strickland Hollow Farm & Distillery on Sunday May 30 to celebrate the release of 'American Cider: A Modern Guide to a Historic Beverage'. The festivities will begin at noon with cider tastings, live music, spirits tastings in the distillery and food for sale provided by Catskill Catering. Copies of the book will be available to purchase and the author will be there to personally sign your copy.
Tickets for the event must be purchased in advance for $25 through Eventbrite. The price of admission covers a logo tasting glass and tickets for eight 2oz. tastes of any ciders represented at the event. There will also be a cash bar providing bottles of cider and West Kill Brewery beer for consumption at the event or to take home. So, join us for a relaxing afternoon of cider, music, food and fun.
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** Member Event **
Hobart Farmers Market Opens May 28
The Hobart Farmers Market opens May 28, from 4-7 p.m. at 101 Maple Avenue in Hobart.
“HAPPENING HOBART” will present a full roster of attractions and events for locals and tourists of all ages every Friday from Memorial Day weekend through the end of September, enough to keep visitors entertained all afternoon and evening with a wide variety of things to do and see.
The Farmers Market offers local fresh produce, eggs, cheeses, meats, baked goods, breads, pastries, maple syrup, honey, hand-made gifts and crafts...and friendly vendors eager to chat. It is dedicated to promoting local farmers, local products, and sustainable agricultural practices. Its aim is to connect consumers directly with farmers and makers to celebrate the food and the people that make Delaware County a beautiful and extraordinary place.
Free events will be offered to the public every week, beginning with a Plant Swap on May 28. Heart of the Catskills will hold an Animal Adoption and Supply Drive on July 16. Once a month there will be an organized group bike ride on the Rail Trail.
Other events being planned, with dates to be announced, are Farm Animal Day, a Bicycle Repair Clinic, Computer Skills and Repair Clinic, Storytelling, Group Singing lessons, and a Catskill native cookbook signing. All ideas for serving our rural community and bringing folks together are welcome! An official calendar of events will be available soon. Check out Hobart Farmers’ Market on Facebook for schedule updates.
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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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