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Volume 12 | December 27, 2021
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December 2021 Newsletter
Here's hoping you make the most of 2022! May the new year bring you peace, joy, and happiness. Wishing you and yours health and prosperity in the new year.

~ From the Greater Medina Chamber Staff
Jaclyn, Stephanie & Becky 
The Chamber office is closed until Monday, January 3!
Join us for our 1st Monthly Member Meeting for 2022. 

We're pleased to welcome Jim Mullen, President and Chief Executive Officer, from United Way of Summit and Medina!

Jim will be speaking about
"Philanthropy's Role in Community and System Change."
Upcoming Chamber Events
Monthly Member Luncheon
Tuesday, January 11 - 11:30am - 1:00pm
Williams on the Lake (787 Lafayette Road, Medina)
**Please note: Meeting isn't the 1st Tuesday of the month as usual.**

Networking WOW
Wednesday, January 19 - 8:00am - 9:30am (In-Person)
Location: TBD
Guest Contributor: Leslie Burns with M.C. Real Estate

Get to Know the Chamber Orientation
Thursday, January 20 - 3:30pm - 5:00pm

Chamber Chat
Friday, January 28 - 8:30am - 9:30am (Virtual via Zoom)

Raising the Bar Lunch & Learn featuring Don Hicks with Vensure
Tuesday, January 25 - 11:30am - 1:00pm
Buffalo Wild Wings Medina (5050 Eastpointe Drive, Medina)
Welcome New Members!
Aztec Imports
Representative: Dan Harrell
6345 Norwalk Rd.
Medina, OH 44256
(330) 725-0770

Consumers National Bank
Representative: Micole Lumpkin
3680 Embassy Parkway, Suite B
Fairlawn, OH 44333
(330) 937-9004

Erb Legal LLC
Representative: Dan Foland
803 E Washington St. Ste 110
Medina, OH 44256
(330) 446-3606

National Process Systems
Representative: Danielle Litton
(330) 416-0298

Primary Residental Mortgage, Inc.
Representative: Crystal Brown
347 W. Milltown Road, Suite C & D
Wooster, OH 44691
(866) 888-7902

Service Experts Heating & Air Conditioning
Representative: Randy Barnes
420 South Court St.
Medina, OH 44256
(330) 222-4012
Thank You To Our Renewing Members!
AAA Ohio
Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank
Athena Therapy Holding Co
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Stouffer Realty
Bil-Jac Foods, Inc.
Brown, Geo. M. & Assoc., Inc.
Buckeye Super Wash
Capron Construction Inc
Carlson Funeral Home
Cloverleaf Animal Hospital
Comfort Suites Brunswick
Connor|Caitlin Talent Solutions
Conrad & Dowdell Productions Inc.
DSC - Dermatology, Surgery & Cosmetics of Northeast Ohio
FASTSIGNS of Medina
Gene's Refrigeration, Heating & AC
Gerspacher Real Estate Group
Golden Alliance, Inc.
Homestead Insurance Agency
Hope & Wellness, LLC
Hunter Insurance Agency, Inc.
Integrity Staffing Services
Leadership Medina County
Long-term Care Consultants, LLC
M.C. Real Estate
Mark's Cleaning Service, Inc.
Medina County Agricultural Society
Medina County Career Center
Medina County Federal Credit Union
Mega Kleen Janitorial Inc
Mellion Orthodontics
Michael A. Goyette, D.D.S., Inc.
Monitronics
Ohio's Hospice LifeCare
Packaging Specialties, Inc.
Pearle Vision Center
Roto-Rooter Plumbing & Drain Service
Russ's Car Care
Siedel's Barber Shop
Special Service Transportation, Inc.
Supeck Septic Services
Tramonte Distributing Company
Transfer Title Agency, Inc
United Way of Summit & Medina
Windfall Industries
Paid Advertisement
Paid Advertisement
Organizations across the region are partnering to gather input from businesses and workers to answer the question: Where are the Workers? 

As a business owner, your input via this short, 12-minute survey will be vital to our understanding of this question. The survey will be open until January 10, 2022. Your input will be aggregated along with input from other businesses in the region.

At the end of the survey, you may opt in to receive results from the regional analysis, designed to help inform go-forward talent attraction and retention practices. Thank you in advance. Results from this survey will provide critical information for businesses and workers across Northeast Ohio.

Please take the survey here: www.thefundneo.org/employersurvey. You can learn more about this project at thefundneo.org/watw.
Anthem/SOCA
Contact your insurance provider today. 
If you do not have a dedicated provider, find one HERE.
Hunter Consulting
For more information, visit www.hunterconsulting.com
Community Energy Advisors
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
For more information, visit ceateam.com/friends
Medina Community Recreation Center
Dominic's Italian Restaurant - Offering Catering for your Business or Personal Needs & Banquet Room Available

Dominic's has offered catering for businesses, weddings, graduations, baptisms… even doggie birthday parties for over 20 years. They can cater anything for you. Check out their menu HERE or call 330-725-8424 for details!
Hope Recovery Community - Monthly Wish List

Every month, Hope Recovery Community lists 2-3 items that they are in need of for their Medina center to ensure that they can efficiently serve the recovery community. For January, the items are disinfectant spray and small trash bags (4 gallon size). As a non-profit, these costs can add up! All donations are greatly appreciated and can be dropped off or mailed to: Hope Recovery Community 200 Highland Dr. Medina, OH 44256. Click HERE for more details about Hope Recovery Community!
Hope Recovery Community - Monthly Dinner Sponsor

Hope Recovery Community is looking for individuals or businesses to sponsor one (or more) of their Saturday dinners. Each meal feeds 50-75 individuals in recovery every week! For more information or questions please contact Sammie Evans at sevans@hoperecoverycommunity.org. Click HERE for more details about Hope Recovery Community!
Medina County Career Center - Leveraging LinkedIn seminar

Have you heard about LinkedIn but don’t yet have a profile? Do you have a profile and you're not sure how to present your accomplishments, make relevant connections, and participate in the various features? MCCC is offering a two-night class (1/25/22 and 2/1/22) that will help you learn the most advantageous language to use in your profile, how to reach “all-star” status, how to create content and learn other strategies to get the most out of LinkedIn’s many features. This class is led by Cathy Posner, founder and principal at Transition Consulting and Coaching. Computers and training materials will be provided. Click HERE for details and to register!
Medina County District Library - Winter Newsletter

Check out the latest news from the Medina County District Library! Learn about their Adult Winter Reading Program, as well as the many programs for the entire family taking place virtually and in-person at the library locations around the County. Click HERE to check out all the details in the Winter Newsletter!
United Way of Summit and Medina - Volunteer Opportunity

VITA Volunteers are needed! Volunteer Income Tax Assistance volunteers work with families to prepare their taxes. Dedicated volunteers are needed to provide free tax preparation services to people with limited incomes. By helping working families take advantage of programs like the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), you can help bring in millions of dollars to the local community — dollars to help families jumpstart their savings, reduce debt and invest in our community. VITA is also an entry into other programs offered at the Financial Empowerment Center, such as free one-on-one financial coaching. Click HERE for more information and to sign-up to volunteer!
Does your company have news to share with our members? Please email 
with the details!

This is a FREE service for Chamber members! (And, we will share via social media, too!)
Check out Chamber member jobs!

Thank you to the following companies for sharing job postings on our website:
It's a Dog's Life Pet Daycare Resort & Spa, LLC

Medina County Health Department

Mellion Orthodontics - Fairlawn & Medina

Do you know as a member, you can post jobs on our website for FREE?
And, the job postings will be shared on our Facebook page as well.

Log into your ChamberMaster account to post and update your job postings.
Check out the discounts you receive
as a Chamber member!
As a Chamber member, you can offer Member-to-Member
Hot Deals on our website for FREE!

Log into your ChamberMaster account to post and update your company's member-to-member discounts. These discounts can be for any length of time (i.e. month, 6-months, year), and you can change your offering as often as you'd like throughout the year.


For questions, contact Stephanie at (330) 723-8773 or memberservices@medinaohchamber.com.
Board Of Directors

Teresa Rodgers, President ~ JACK Entertainment
Dan Calvin ~ Critchfield, Critchfield & Johnston, Immediate Past President
Ron Paydo ~ Huntington National Bank, President Elect
Michelle Masica ~ Sperry Commercial Global Affiliates - The Masica Company, VC Member Services
Ted Klimczak ~ Rea & Associates, Inc., Treasurer

Ryan Carlson ~ Carlson Financial Group
Rick Davidson ~ Community Energy Advisors
Nate Eppink ~ Medina County Park District
Nick Howell ~ National Design Mart
Julie McNabb ~ JK Gift shop / Interior Design Studio
Dr. Richard Shewbridge~ Cleveland Clinic Medina Hospital
Cindy Steeb ~ CLS Consulting, LLC
Jaclyn Taylor ~ Westfield Group
Kelli Wagner ~ Medina County Women's Journal
Chamber Staff 

Jaclyn Ringstmeier, Executive Director | Jaclyn@medinaohchamber.com

Stephanie Mueller, Membership and Events Coordinator | memberservices@medinaohchamber.com

Rebecca Parkhurst, Accounting Manager | Accounting@medinaohchamber.com

Greater Medina Chamber of Commerce | 330-723-8773 | http://www.medinaohchamber.com/