In The Know
The Weekly Newsletter of
The Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce
Friday, October 30, 2020
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Please click below to view the October 29th press conference
notes from Ohio Governor DeWine.
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How Different Flights Around the World Look During a Pandemic
From the Wall Street Journal: "As airports and airlines around the world continue to operate in the midst of a global pandemic, not every flight and region has the same Covid-19 protocols. Three WSJ reporters flew to different regions around the world to look at how air travel has changed."
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DeWine Announces Small Business Relief Grant &
Assistance To Liquor Permit Holders
Chamber partners with BHJ and the Jefferson County Port
Authority To Help Local Businesses Apply
APPLICATIONS BEING ACCEPTED BEGINNING MONDAY
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Last week, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine announced the approval of $125 million in funding received by the State of Ohio from the federal CARES Act to provide grants of up to $10,000 to small businesses to help them through the current COVID crisis. The program will begin accepting applications beginning this Monday, November 2, 2020, at 10:00 a.m. Please click here for an overview page and fact sheet and click here for a more detailed outline of the grant - scroll down to click on "Terms & Conditions" to view more.
The Chamber is partnering with the Brooke Hancock Jefferson Metropolitan Planning Commission and the Jefferson County Port Authority to not only spread the word about this new program but also to ensure that our local businesses are prepared for the application process and have the help they need to submit their application accurately and on time. You may access the online application at www.businesshelp.ohio.gov. Please note that in order to access the application, you are required to have an "OH/ID" which provides users with secure access to State of Ohio services. If you do not have one and wish to obtain one, click here. If you already have an Ohio Sales Tax Payment login ID, you may use it. Money will be allocated to all 88 counties but is distributed on a first-come, first-served, basis.
Check out WTOV9's segment and interview regarding the Chamber's partnership by clicking here.
In addition, the "Bar and Restaurant Assistance Fund" has also been set up to assist Ohio’s on-premise liquor permit holders with $37.5 million of funding to provide $2,500 grants to all on-premise liquor permit holders. Click here for details on this program. You may qualify for both programs. Accepting the $10,000 grant does not exclude you from the additional $2,500. These applications also open on Monday, November 2, 2020 at 10:00 a.m.
If you would like assistance in completing the application, please contact Craig Brown, Community Development Specialist with Brooke Hancock Jefferson Metropolitan Planning Commission at cbrown@bhjmpc.org or 740.282.3685, Ext. 204.
If you have additional questions, please send a message to SmallBizRelief@Development.Ohio.gov or call 833.249.6446. And as always, if the Chamber can assist you, please reach out to an email address at the bottom of In The Know or by phone at 740.282.6226.
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The Chamber Job Bank: Check Out Our Latest Job Openings |
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CONTINUE TO SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL EATERIES, BREW PUBS, BAKERIES, AND WINERIES.
As the Ohio Valley continues to reopen safely, remember to continue supporting our local, Chamber member food businesses. They are working hard to adapt to your needs and come back from months of restrictions and limitations. Click here for the latest issue of "Let's Eat!"
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Member Morsels
Member Morsels are free and an easy, fast way to reach hundreds each week. It reaches the entire Chamber database each Friday - that's over 850 local business owners, managers, and employees.
Remember to visit individual member websites by clicking on the business name or logo. Submit your Member Morsel by clicking the button below.
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Book Your 2021 or 2022 Wedding Group Rate at the Holiday Inn Weirton |
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Wedding Group Rates include:
- Discounted room rates
- IHG Reward Club Points for guests.
- On Site Bar and Restaurant
- Complimentary Guest Room for Bride & Groom (Terms and Conditions may apply)
- Breakfast for guests. (Terms and Conditions may apply)
- Seasonal Outdoor Pool
- Onsite Fitness & Business Center
Benefits of a Holiday Inn Wedding Group Rate:
- #1 Hotel in Weirton per TripAdvisor.com
- Only hotel in Steubenville and Weirton to offer restaurant & bar on site.
- Great proximity to area venues.
- Allows your guests to save time & money when attending your special day.
- Ensures that your wedding guests have a comfortable place to stay.
- Guests receive a dedicated group code to reserve rooms; great for tracking who has booked under your group.
Call the sales office today to book your wedding group rate.
Brad Degenkolb -- Director of Sales
Holiday Inn Weirton
350 Three Springs Drive
Weirton, WV 26062
For a downloadable flyer, please click here.
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The Chamber's Podcast series, "In Good Company," continues to grow. Check out the first two episodes on the Chamber's YouTube page below, along with lots of other fun videos and clips. In the coming weeks, the podcast series will be available to listen to on your iPhone, tablet, or in your car. Watch your Chamber emails and In The Know for updates.
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Around the State. Around the Country.
Up-to-Date Information from the Ohio and United States Chamber of Commerce
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Women-Owned Business Enterprise Program Begins
Earlier this month, the state of Ohio certified over 800 companies as Women-Owned Business Enterprises. This mass-certification effort occurred Oct. 9 after the Department of Administrative Services used existing documentation from firms certified through the Minority Business Enterprise and Encouraging Diversity, Growth and Equity programs to identify companies that qualified for the new initiative.
The certification came about through an amendment to House Bill 494 of the 132nd General Assembly.
The underlying bill – which involved franchisee/franchisor clarifications – as well as the amendment which created the Women-Owned Business Enterprise Program were both supported by the Ohio Chamber.
Read the article in its entirety by clicking here.
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Rebuilding Our Vital Infrastructure Requires Congressional Leadership
The need to modernize America’s infrastructure is well documented. The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) gives the nation’s infrastructure a D+, and the state of Pennsylvania is only slightly better with a C-. Meanwhile, American businesses lose $170 billion in productivity annually due to inadequate infrastructure.
Fixing our nation’s broken infrastructure requires leadership from our nation’s elected officials, which is why it is so important that Representative Conor Lamb, has made infrastructure one of his top priorities. Lamb was instrumental in securing funding for a major, 75,000 square-foot cargo facility expansion at the Pittsburgh International Airport through an $18.7 million BUILD grant. More air cargo capacity at the airport will translate into more jobs, investment, opportunity, and economic growth for the entire region.
Read the article in its entirety by clicking here.
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The Library Link
Great Books About Business With Just A Click
Please Note: The Public Library of Steubenville and Jefferson County is open for curbside service. Visit www.steubenvillelibrary.org to order books, then call your library branch to schedule an appointment to pick up your library items. Library branch contact information and operating hours are available by clicking here on this link from the website.
Your link to success begins at the library. With each week of "In The Know,"
you to a business book or magazine that will inspire, teach, inform, or elevate you, professionally and personally. This week:
The Engagement Game
by Jamie Madigan, PhD.
What if all workplace cultures were as well-crafted as video games?
Effective workplaces and popular video games have a lot in common. The things that make employees happier, more motivated, and more productive leverage the same underlying psychology that makes video games engaging, but sometimes the lessons for work are easier to see when presented in the context of play. The Engagement Game: Why Your Workplace Culture Should Look More Like a Video Game is a leadership and management book that shows how organizational culture and leadership can be super-charged by applying the same principles that video game designers apply when creating a new game.
This quick, one-hour read will show you how to do this by blending industrial-organizational workplace psychology with insights on good video game design. This will help you become a better leader, manager, coach, and coworker. You don't have to be a hardcore gamer to benefit from this book. It is for anyone looking to create a positive work experience for their team.
This book covers topics including:
- How games lay out their tasks, goals, and challenges so that they motivate people to do amazing things
- The ways in which games encourage problem solving and growth mindset
- Why expanding skills, building self-confidence, and finding opportunities to innovate feel so natural to those who play a lot of games
- How social information is framed in games so as to engender fruitful competition and cooperation
- What multiplayer games can tell us about building cohesive, high-performing teams
- How to create shared experiences and values that can craft a great organizational culture and shared expectations for the right kinds of behaviors
View this resource by clicking here.
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Today in History
Orson Welles's "War of the Worlds"
radio play is broadcast
- October 30, 1938 -
From History.com: “The War of the Worlds”—Orson Welles's realistic radio dramatization of a Martian invasion of Earth—is broadcast on the radio on October 30, 1938.
Welles was only 23 years old when his Mercury Theater company decided to update H.G. Wells’s 19th-century science fiction novel The War of the Worlds for national radio. Despite his age, Welles had been in radio for several years, most notably as the voice of “The Shadow” in the hit mystery program of the same name. “War of the Worlds” was not planned as a radio hoax, and Welles had little idea of how legendary it would eventually become.
The show began on Sunday, October 30, at 8 p.m. A voice announced: “The Columbia Broadcasting System and its affiliated stations present Orson Welles and The Mercury Theater on the Air in ‘War of the Worlds’ by H.G. Wells.”
Sunday evening in 1938 was prime-time in the golden age of radio, and millions of Americans had their radios turned on. But most of these Americans were listening to ventriloquist Edgar Bergen and his dummy “Charlie McCarthy” on NBC and only turned to CBS at 8:12 p.m. after the comedy sketch ended and a little-known singer went on. By then, the story of the Martian invasion was well underway.
Welles introduced his radio play with a spoken introduction, followed by an announcer reading a weather report. Then, seemingly abandoning the storyline, the announcer took listeners to “the Meridian Room in the Hotel Park Plaza in downtown New York, where you will be entertained by the music of Ramon Raquello and his orchestra.” Putrid dance music played for some time, and then the scare began. An announcer broke in to report that “Professor Farrell of the Mount Jenning Observatory” had detected explosions on the planet Mars. Then the dance music came back on, followed by another interruption in which listeners were informed that a large meteor had crashed into a farmer’s field in Grovers Mills, New Jersey.
Soon, an announcer was at the crash site describing a Martian emerging from a large metallic cylinder. “Good heavens,” he declared, “something’s wriggling out of the shadow like a gray snake. Now here’s another and another one and another one. They look like tentacles to me … I can see the thing’s body now. It’s large, large as a bear. It glistens like wet leather. But that face, it… it … ladies and gentlemen, it’s indescribable. I can hardly force myself to keep looking at it, it’s so awful. The eyes are black and gleam like a serpent. The mouth is kind of V-shaped with saliva dripping from its rimless lips that seem to quiver and pulsate.”
The Martians mounted walking war machines and fired “heat-ray” weapons at the puny humans gathered around the crash site. They annihilated a force of 7,000 National Guardsman, and after being attacked by artillery and bombers the Martians released a poisonous gas into the air. Soon “Martian cylinders” landed in Chicago and St. Louis. The radio play was extremely realistic, with Welles employing sophisticated sound effects and his actors doing an excellent job portraying terrified announcers and other characters. An announcer reported that widespread panic had broken out in the vicinity of the landing sites, with thousands desperately trying to flee.
The Federal Communications Commission investigated the unorthodox program but found no law was broken. Networks did agree to be more cautious in their programming in the future. The broadcast helped Orson Welles land a contract with a Hollywood studio, and in 1941 he directed, wrote, produced, and starred in Citizen Kane—a movie that many have called the greatest American film ever made.
For more events that took place on
October 30th, please click here.
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"Do you open the bag of mini Halloween treats as soon as you get it home from the store? About two-thirds (66%) of people admit to enjoying a few pieces of Halloween chocolate and candy before handing the treats out to trick-or-treaters or using them for other Halloween activities, according to a recent poll conducted by Morning Consult on behalf of the National Confectioners Association."
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Questions about Oil & Gas?
These non-profit organizations are here to help you stay up-to-date on the oil and gas industry in Jefferson County:
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Get The Information You Need - The Chamber Staff Is Here To Help |
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Hannah Ward
Administrative Assistant
Contact Hannah with changes to your membership information, questions regarding events or programs, or assistance with scheduling an Eblast or Member Morsel.
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Tricia Maple-Damewood
President
Contact Tricia with suggestions, input or feedback on member programming, how to get involved on a committee or special project or with questions related to Chamber membership.
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Contact Us
The Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce
630 Market Street
Steubenville, OH 43952
Phone: 740.282.6226
Fax: 740.282.6285
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