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Thursday August 19, 2021

Essex County Hits COVID Red Zone

Essex County has moved into the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) High Transmission or “Red” category.

“While we were as optimistic as possible, we now know Essex County moved quickly through categories of moderate to substantial and is now in the High transmission category,” Linda Beers, Director of Public Health for the Essex County Health Department (ECHD) said in a news release Wednesday.

The Essex County Board of Supervisors, County Manager Daniel Palmer, and Essex County Health Department support the recommendation to return to indoor masking, and have already implemented a universal mask requirement for all county employees, offices, and visitors to county offices and indoor areas, the release said.

That means, regardless of vaccination status, all are to wear masks while indoors of county buildings.

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WEBINAR: Mandating COVID-19 Vaccinations in Your Workplace: Pros and Cons

Join the North Country Chamber of Commerce and Jaci Kelleher, Esq. of Stafford-Owens Law Firm for a discussion on the pros and cons of "Mandating COVID Vaccinations in your Workplace".

The FDA may soon give full approval to one or more of the COVID vaccines. Once that happens, employers may be interested in exploring the option of mandating that their employees be vaccinated.

Topics will include:

How vaccine mandates may be implemented
How mandated vaccination may affect your company
Policy manual considerations

Details:

Date: Tuesday, August 31st
Time: 9:00am - 11:00am
Cost: $15 members & partner members | $30 not yet members
Proceeds will support the continued work of your Chamber during this time

Speaker:

Jaci Kelleher is an attorney at Stafford, Owens, who regularly practices in the area of employment law and representing employers.

If you have questions or need further information, please contact Alyse Buskey via email or call her at 518.563.1000.

WEBINAR: Small Business Recovery Grant

The North Country Chamber of Commerce is hosting a webinar on New York State’s COVID-19 Pandemic Small Business Recovery Grant Program which is now accepting applications. Small businesses, micro businesses and for-profit independent arts and cultural organizations are invited to attend the webinar about this valuable program.

Attend this webinar to learn more about the Small Business Recovery Grant Program; items to be discussed include:

Eligibility requirements
How the grant is calculated
Documentation needed and much more!

Date & Time:

Date: August 26th
Time: 10:00am - 11:00am
Cost: FREE

For eligibility requirements and more information regarding the New York State COVID-19 Pandemic Small Business Recovery Program, click here.

If you have questions please call Raechell Conn at 518.563.1000 or email her for further information.

Local Businesses and Community Organizations Take Public Health into Their Own Hands

In September 2020, the Clinton County Health Department (CCHD) was awarded a

grant called Operation: Light, Quick, Cheap (LQC) through the New York State Health Foundation

(NYSHF). The grant allowed CCHD to work with locally-owned businesses and community-based

organizations to think outside the box and create safe, fun, eye-catching, healthy spaces for the community. The LQC approach includes placemaking.

“The concept of placemaking allows businesses to make cost effective improvements to their space that promotes physical activity and/or healthy eating,” explained Amanda Prenoveau, Public Health Educator in the Division of Health Planning & Promotion at CCHD.

Eighteen applicants were awarded funding up to $8,000 per project.

SEE A LIST OF PROJECTS HERE

Unemployed/Underemployed Worker Training (UWT) Grant

The North Country Chamber of Commerce was recently awarded an Unemployed/Underemployed Worker Training (UWT) grant from the New York State Department of Labor. These grant funds will allow us to offer occupational workforce training for individuals and assist them with obtaining gainful employment or help them advance in their career field. In partnership with CV-TEC and Clinton Community College a specialized plan has been developed in three targeted areas - Manufacturing, Food Service, and Medical Office Administration. This training will be offered at no cost and funding will also be made available to help offset the cost of childcare for the trainees.

More detailed information on this program will be coming out this fall.

If your company is interested in interviewing individuals who complete one of the above training programs, please contact Raechell Conn, the Economic Development Program Specialist by phone at (518) 563-1000 or by email.

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SEPTEMBER - Business After Hours

After a great August Event, we are excited to announce that September's After Hours will be at Glens Falls National Bank on September 16th at 5:30pm.

Join us for great networking, food, and fun!

The North Country Chamber of Commerce and our sponsors are taking all necessary precautions to ensure a safe environment.

Be sure to bring your business cards!

Things to Know:

Date: Thursday, September 16th
Time: 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Location: Glens Falls National Bank, 194 US Oval, Plattsburgh, NY 12903
Cost: $5/person

Pre-Registration is strongly encouraged.

Questions? Let Adriana know.

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If you have questions or need help registering contact Alyse at 518.563.1000 or email her at alyse@northcountrychamber.com.

North Country Chamber Job Fair - September 15th!

It’s almost time for the Fall Job Fair!

Don’t miss this chance to let prospective employees know about the employment opportunities available in your organization.

Qualified employees are important to every successful business and, now more than ever, the North Country Chamber of Commerce realizes how important it is to give our member businesses the opportunity to showcase their job openings.

Fee for participating employers if registering BEFORE August 25, 2021: