ANNUAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & BUSINESS FORECAST BREAKFAST
By: Chamber President/ CEO
Joe Kleinknecht
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The 2020 annual event was held on March 10th at the Galion Grace Point Church, Christian Life Center on Portland Way N. in Galion with 135 area business leaders and community members in attendance. Breakfast was catered by the Avita Nutritional Services.
Speakers for the event included; Dawn Ratliff, ADM Benefit Plans Agency; Matt Henderson, Superintendent, Crestline Exempted Village Schools; Jim Grubbs, Superintendent, Galion City Schools; Erin Stine, Community Development Director, Crawford Partnership; Jim Mayes, President/ CEO, J&F Construction; Tom O’Leary, Mayor, City of Galion; Linda Horning-Pitt, Mayor, Village of Crestline; and Riordan McClain, 87
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District, State Representative.
Speakers spoke about their accomplishments from the previous year, new construction, products or services in 2019, expectations and changes for 2020 and the challenges they face.
Thank you to our 2020 Sponsors:
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Real Living Home Team, Susan B. Tavenor, Realtor, 614-581-7879, 1485 Yauger Rd., Mt. Vernon, Oh, 43050,
www.susanbtavenor.com
, Real Estate, Real Estate Services
Mid-Ohio Educational Service Center, 890 W. Fourth Street, Mansfield, 419-774-5520,
www.moesc.net
, Educational
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The Chamber held a ribbon cutting February 18th at the Galion City Health Department to celebrate the grand opening of their sexual health clinic that serves 9 counties. Click here to learn more:
https://galionhealth.org/sexualhealthclinic/
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The chamber held a ribbon cutting February 23rd at Susan's Doggy Spa, 228 N. Seltzer Street in Crestline to celebrate them moving to their new location in the alley. This location allowed them to expand and offer more space for your pets!
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The March 19th and April 16th Galion Safety Council meetings have been cancelled in light of the state of emergency declared by Governor DeWine and as advised by the BWC due to concerns surrounding the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
If you are working towards your FY20 rebate, one (1) meeting credit for March and one (1) meeting credit for April will be awarded to your company.
BWC encourages the public to stay up to date on the latest COVID-19 information by visiting the Ohio Department of Health (ODH) website
coronavirus.ohio.gov
and the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. ODH has a call center open seven days a week from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. to answer questions regarding COVID-19. The call center can be reached at 1-833-4-ASK-ODH (1-833-427-5634).
Do not hesitate to ask if you have any related questions.
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We are inviting you to an
HR Meet-Up
!
An Invitation from OhioMeansJobs
When: March 25
th
, 2020 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Where: Avita Health System – Bucyrus
629 N Sandusky Ave, Bucyrus, OH 44820
Café Room (in cafeteria)
Why you should come:
Meet other Human Resource Professionals in Crawford County
- Develop networks of knowledge
- Share problems and issues – find solutions
- Provide input on future meeting topics & speakers of interest to you
- Get out of the office for lunch!
Jill Gantt, Account Executive, Office of Workforce Development, ODJFS will join us to talk about Tech Cred and we will also be sharing information on other local training resources that may be available to you. In addition, I will be sharing information on supportive services for working families that your employees might qualify for to help them stay on-the-job.
Then, we’ll discuss the possibility of setting future meetings, choosing topics that you are interested in, and speakers we could invite.
Hope you will join us to talk HR over lunch!
Please RSVP
angela.neef@jfs.ohio.gov
to let me know if you can make it.
If you know of other HR Managers or business owners that might be interested in attending, please feel free to forward.
Also…SAVE THE DATE! We are planning a Job Fair for May 4
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, 2020, which kicks off In-Demand Jobs Week across the state. Details and registration coming soon…
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Chamber Announces New Administrative Assistant
Candy Yocum has joined the Galion-Crestline Area Chamber of Commerce as their Administrative Assistant. She is originally from the Galion area and previously worked at the Crawford County Council on Aging. Candy is very involved in the Crawford County community and currently serves on Bucyrus City Council, is active with the Crawford Park District and is a member of the Bucyrus Kiwanis. She has two daughters, Xiola and Wayla and a dog named Raz. You can email Candy at
candy@galion-crestlinechamber.org
or stop by the office to welcome her to the chamber!
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Kim Metzger-Norwex Independent Sales Consultant:
celebrates 4 years of creating safe environments in homes, businesses, and schools by reducing use of harmful chemicals. Visit her website for more information.
www.kimmetzger.Norwex.biz
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Horizon Animal Hospital:
The Ohio Veterinary Medical Association honored Dr John Shuler with the veterinarian of the year. He was voted by his peers. This is quite an honor out of 4000 veterinarians in Ohio. Congratulations to Dr. Shuler!
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