The Latest on the Vaccine Mandate Lawsuits and What Employers need to Know |
- On December 17, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit reinstated the OSHA ETS requiring employers with 100 or more employees to ensure their employees are fully vaccinated by January 4 or allow employees to submit weekly negative test results. This was a reversal of the previous stay by the Fifth Circuit.
- On December 22, the U.S. Supreme Court scheduled oral arguments for the ETS to occur on Friday, January 7.
- To account for the litigation uncertainty, OSHA updated their enforcement policy stating that it “is exercising enforcement discretion with respect to the compliance dates of the ETS.” It will not issue any citations before January 10 and will not enforce the vaccine or testing requirement until February 9 “so long as an employer is exercising reasonable, good faith efforts to come into compliance with the standard.”
Click here to read more about the OSHA ETS, Federal Contractor Mandate and CMS Rule.
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Updated CDC Quarantine & Isolation Guidance |
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Ohio Chamber Blog-
All for Ohio
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Recent action in the State Legislature includes pro-business legislation, fuel freedom bill and much more. To stay up to date click the read more button and follow the All for Ohio Blog from the Ohio Chamber. |
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OHIO COMMON SENSE INITIATIVE
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The Chamber has begun invoicing for membership via email. Please be sure to add Admin@FostoriaChamber.com to your contacts to ensure you receive your invoices in a timely manner. Invoicing via email allows us to streamline our billing and save money on postage. If you would like to continue to receive your invoices via USPS please let us know. Or if there is a specific email within your company invoices should be sent to, please let us know and we are happy to accommodate.
We greatly appreciate your continued membership in our organization are are looking forward to another great year serving you, OUR members!
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Start the Year with Savings... |
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ENERGY SAVINGS
Our trusted member benefit, the Chamber Energy Program has provided the below video to help you understand what is happening in the natural gas market and how this may impact your home or business. We understand many members don’t have time to attend a webinar or seminar but are still interested in understanding why their gas bills may be increasing and what they can do about it. We encourage you to take two minutes and empower yourself by watching. If you have any questions or are concerned about your natural gas costs rising, please feel free to reach out to chamberenergy@ceateam.com. |
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HEALTH INSURANCE SAVINGS with ANTHEM
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Upcoming helpful webinars... |
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Back Up Your Business: Learn how to protect your business from fraud, scans and cyber attacks
January 12, 8:30 to 11:30 a.m.
AARP Ohio has teamed up with The Federal Trade Commission, Better Business Bureau, and the Northern Ohio Area Chambers of Commerce to bring you this free, half-day webinar focused on the actions small business owners can take to protect themselves, their business, and their customers from the threats posed by fraud and scams, like business e-mail scams, and ransomware.
Experts from the FBI, Ohio Attorney General, Federal Trade Commission,
Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, the Better Business Bureau, and a local cyber-security firm will share tips and best practices you can use to keep your business safe.
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Starting or GROWING a Veteran Owned Business
January 27 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Sign up for Boots to Business Reboot, an entrepreneurship training program for veterans and military spouses.
Veterans have the character, discipline and skills needed to succeed as small business owners and entrepreneurs. Wondering what it takes and how you can prepare? Enroll in Boots to Business Reboot.
Boots to Business Reboot is an entrepreneurial education and training program offered by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). The course provides an overview of entrepreneurship and applicable business ownership fundamentals. Veterans of all eras, Active Duty Service members (including National Guard and Reserve), and spouses are eligible to participate.
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Did you miss a Safety Council meeting?
We are recording all
Safety Council meetings.
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Seneca County EMA Director
John Spahr
Wednesday, January 19
11:30 a.m.
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Fostoria Garden Club
Ohio Logistics
Southside Carryout
REM Ohio
Whippy Dip
Seagate Transportation
Extra Closet Storage
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Thibodeau's Seneca Lanes
Fruth & Co.
Better Business Bureau
United Way of Fostoria
Harrold Floriana
Second Wind Music Center
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210 S. Main St.
(Located in the Thistle Exchange)
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Our members are doing GREAT things! |
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Heartland Real Estate Association (HREA) donated $4,000 to Fostoria nonprofits this holiday season. The $4,000 donation was split between Fostoria Area Habitat for Humanity and the Fostoria Police Department’s Shop with a Cop.
HREA is an association comprised of real estate professionals and affiliates from Seneca, Wood, Hancock and Wyandot counties. The association’s purpose is to champion real estate and enhance the success of those they serve by focusing on connections, advocacy and professionalism to help people achieve the dream of owning a home. Fostoria Chamber member agents pictured include, American Heritage Realty and Goddard Murphy.
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The Urban Market, a clothing store located in Findlay, has opened a second location inside the Thistle Exchange, 210 S. Main Street in Downtown Fostoria. The Urban Market is owned by Lauren McKinnis, a Fostoria Elementary Special Needs Preschool teacher. Please help us in welcoming The Urban Market to the Chamber and to Fostoria!
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Christopher Center Events |
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January 1st 11am till 8pm
Bratwurst meal
$6 for Bratwurst link or patty, German Potato salad and baked beans.
$3.50 for additional brat and $0.50 for sauerkraut
Dine-in and Carry-out available.
Limited supplies, don't miss out!
January 27th 6pm
Paint and Sip
$12 per person. All supplies provided, plus one drink token.
Instruction from a Professional Artist.
Picture to take home and memories to share
January 29th 6:30pm
Dinner and Show
$15 per person/$25 for couple
Pork loin and scalloped potatoes
Comedy by Kim T and Friends
Call Christopher Center with questions or to place orders. 419-436-7619
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Vanguard Sentinel Career & Technology Center Receives Innovative Workforce Incentive Program |
$675,347 awarded to expand new programming for high school students
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Time to RSVP for GFCF Country Mardi Gras 2022 |
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GFCF is Seeking Country Mardi Gras 2022 Sponsors and Operating Mission Support
The Greater Fostoria Community Foundation is currently seeking table sponsors for “Country Mardi Gras 2022”, which is scheduled for Friday, February 25, 2022. Their signature event will once again be held at Stacy’s Place featuring live music by Sugarcreek.
The mission of GFCF is to improve the quality of life by building a permanent endowment to support our community needs in areas such as the arts, culture, humanities, economic development, civic affairs, education, health and social services. The GFCF consists of 32 component funds that are invested with a portion of the income distributed as grant awards. Since inception in 1998, the GFCF has awarded more than $2.9 million to over 60 non-profit organizations in our community and beyond.
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Check out Fostoria Community Calendar
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Planning Continues for Our 5th Year as an MSI Host Community!
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We are planning our participation in the Midwest Sculpture Initiative (MSI) for next year when we’ll celebrate our fifth year as a host community! The support and receptiveness to public art in our community has been inspiring and uplifting as we’ve worked to bring “new and different” to Fostoria through this unique program.
To date, the Fostoria Area Visitors Bureau has been instrumental in selling six sculptures that were on display here through this program, with five purchased to remain in our community and one going to a private collector. The visitors bureau received a commission from each of these sales, which we used toward the following year’s exhibit. It is a great program for expanding the presence of public art in Fostoria!
The generosity of our community helps to ensure our ongoing participation! Please consider the attached sponsorship pledge form to support this important initiative for Fostoria’s revitalization. To help us budget for a 2022/2023 display, we are seeking pledges as soon as possible with payment preferred by March 1, 2022.
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Applications Being Accepted for 2022 Fostoria Farmers' & Artisans' Market
In addition to our Saturday Fostoria Farmers' & Artisans' Markets, we are introducing two Thursday late afternoon/evening markets in 2022! Mark your calendars and plan to join us at the grass lot at E. Tiffin and S. Main Streets on the following days:
· Saturday, May 7 - 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
· Saturday, May 21 - 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
· Saturday, June 18 - 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
· Saturday, July 16 - 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
· Thursday, August 4 - 4:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
· Saturday, August 20 - 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
· Thursday, September 1 - 4:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
· Saturday, September 17 - 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
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To participate in the Fostoria Farmers’ & Artisans’ Markets, review the vendors rules and application at www.fostoriaohio.org/fostoria-farmers-market for the latest information. Early bird registration pricing continues through April 1st.
Be sure to Like and Share our two official Facebook pages: Fostoria Farmers’ Market and Fostoria Farmers’ Market Online Sales!
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2022 Chamber Annual Sponsorship Available |
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The sponsorship package advantage:
- Have a one time payment
- Fill out one sponsorship form
- Your $$$ goes farther and gets you more visibility
Sponsorship packages help us to only approach you once per year when seeking sponsorships and allow you to finalize all your sponsorship and promotional details at one time. If a sponsorship package isn't a good fit, individual event sponsorship opportunities will still be available throughout the year.
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Burns Petroleum
Clear Choice Exteriors
Financial Design Agency
Hoening & Son Funeral Home
Kemosabes Roadhouse Grill
Edward Jones-Jenna Irwin
Fostoria United Way
Great Lakes Ace
NSI
AgCredit
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Fostoria Area Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Bureau | 419-435-0486 | www.FostoriaOhio.org |
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