Event Recaps - In Case You Missed It
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Collegetown Business Walk
The Tompkins Chamber, City of Ithaca officials, and Collegetown Small Business Alliance teamed up to visit the businesses in Collegetown this past Friday to gather feedback and input on the ways we can all best support the community. Thanks to all who participated!
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Business Continuity Planning
Did you miss our last L.E.A.R.N. about Business Continuity Planning, hosted by the Tompkins Chamber, Tompkins County, and TetraTech?
No worries – you can still benefit from the valuable information shared by our presenters at the links below!
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Ribbon Cutting
Wednesday, April 27 at 2:00pm
at Ithaca Beer in Collegetown
Please join the Tompkins Chamber, Tompkins County, and City of Ithaca officials for a ribbon cutting celebrating the opening of Ithaca Beer Company's Collegetown Taproom.
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Small Business Roundtable
Thursday, April 28 | 9:00-10:30am
at The Watershed
Join The Solution Room: Peer-to-Peer Support for Your Biggest Challenges. Harness the power of collaboration to identify best practices and brainstorm solutions to your toughest small business challenges. We'll follow a facilitated process to ensure that you'll take back specific, actionable steps to address your issues along with an expanded network of peers for continued idea exchange and support.
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Ribbon Cutting & Open House
Friday, April 29 at 4:00pm
at Peak Performance and
Fitness Consultants
Please join the Tompkins Chamber, Tompkins County and Village of Dryden officials for a ribbon cutting celebrating the opening of Peak Performance Fitness Consultants' newest gym in Dryden. The ribbon cutting will be held at 4:00pm followed by an Open House.
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Ribbon Cutting & Open House
Monday, May 2 at 12:00-1:15pm
Virtual via Zoom
Learn about the economic impacts Tompkins Cortland Community College has on our community, as well as current efforts around workforce development and supporting employer needs in the region.
Our Guests:
Paul Reifenheiser- VP Academic Affairs/Provost/Administrator in Charge
Deb Mohlenhoff- Associate VP for College Relations
Carrie Whitmore- Director of Continuing Education and Workforce Development
Dara Riegel- Assistant Director for Employer Relations
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CFCU Community Credit Union, Live in Ithaca, and the Tompkins Chamber are excited to host this programming to support area businesses, organizations, and their employees in navigating today’s workforce and workplace challenges and opportunities. Join us for a week of webinars – or just a few – with area experts sharing resources and best practices
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Digital Recruitment Marketing in a Hybrid/Remote Work World
Elevate Employees to Elevate Customer Loyalty
Thriving in the Evolving Workplace
Pivot your IT Service Management Tools & Operations (for hybrid/remote work)
Recruitment & Retention of Diverse Talent
Workplace Health, Wellness & Stress Management
The week will culminate with an in-person Happy Hour at Liquid State Brewing, featuring Silo Food Truck, on May 6 from 4:00-6:00pm.
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Member News, Updates & Resources |
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Finger Lakes National Forest Volunteer Clean Up Day
Saturday, April 30 at 10:00am
Join Lucky Hare Brewing Co. & the Finger Lakes Forest Service to help with taking care of our beautiful Finger Lakes National Forest. Volunteers will be planting new trees, providing some maintenance work to the boardwalk, and of course cleaning up the unwanted trash we find along the trails. This is a rain or shine event.
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Exposure Opportunity for Your Business
May 5th-8th, the 7410 Rotary from Pennsylvania will be in downtown Ithaca for their annual conference. It will be attended by 150. We would like to invite businesses to provide any material to include in conference participant's "swag bags" that they get upon arrival at the event.
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Summer Student Employment Program
BorgWarner is happy to announce that they are offering a new expanded Summer Student Employment Program. This program will not only broaden the scope of work they are looking to offer, but also extend our program to more students and those 16 years and older, looking for employment opportunities this spring and summer.
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First farm in NYS to be granted cannabis growing license shares next steps for budding industry
Chamber member, Main Street Farms, became one of the first farms in New York State to start growing hemp four years ago. Now they’re the first farm to be granted a cannabis license to grow marijuana.
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Capitalizing Your Business:
How to Access Funds for Business Start-Up & Growth
Join us for an informative session on small business capitalization and the process for accessing funds to finance your business start-up and growth.
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Ithaca Tompkins International Airport Seeks Your Input - Please Complete the Survey by May 6th
On behalf of the Ithaca Tompkins International Airport, we are sharing the survey below for businesses and area organizations to provide input regarding air service and airport operations. Stakeholder responses will be kept confidential and the research will be used to help attract new air service to our airport, and retain existing service for our traveling community.
Thank you for your time!
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Please, share with appropriate referrals/candidates!
Hiring? Send us a link to your job posting at npotenza@tompkinschamber.org, AND tag #workinithaca when you post on social media.
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Our team is here to help.
Note: Our East Shore Dr. office is staffed most weekdays from 9am-5pm (Fri. 9am-3pm) for pick up or delivery, and our entire team is available by appointment. Please call 607-273-7080 during normal business hours.
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