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Delaware County Chamber of Commerce
Membership Monday
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Join us for
Breakfast on June 7, 2019
Friday, June 7, 2019
8:30 to 10:00 am
Start your day with a little productive and profitable networking!
Our monthly first friday eat & meet breakfast is a terrific opportunity to network before your workday begins. Make new business connections, brush-up your existing contacts, meet new and old friends, and keep current on what's happening in our region.
The featured speaker is New York State Department of Labor representative Deb Bender who will focus on workforce development and how the Department of Labor can help employers fill available positions in their businesses.
She will also talk about various programs, including tax and financial incentives, available to hire from specific demographic groups.
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Eggs & Hemp: Networking in Hancock
The featured speaker for the Chamber's first Friday eat & meet business networking breakfast held on May 3 at the Hancock House Hotel in Hancock, was Jeff Bump of Grow Hemp New York LLC, who talked about the changing regulatory climate, fiscal landscape and opportunities for growing hemp for CBD oil extraction.
The hemp industry is fast becoming the rising star of the Southern Tier's agricultural industry with the build-out of a new production facility in neighboring Broome County, making it more efficient and lucrative for Delaware County growers to enter the market.
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2019 Chamber Directors Elected
Five directors were elected to three year terms, which begin in May 2019 and run expire May 2022.
The directors include:
Seth Blocker, Chiropractor, Delhi
Oliver Bourgeois, O'Connor Hospital, Delhi
Nancy Furdock, MediaChameleons, Hancock
Valerie Nichols, Delhi Telephone Co., Delhi
Todd Pascarella, Union Grove Distillery, Arkville
The newly elected and re-elected directors join serving directors: David Brower of SUNY Delhi, Tim Cutting of Community Bank; Don Dales of Hobart Book Village of the Catskills; Glen Faulkner of MTC; Dr. Michael MacDonald of DCMO BOCES; Lonnie O'Bryan of Casella Waste Management; Jessica Olenych of Home Goods of Margaretville; Cindy Pinney of sfcu and John Veleber of Wayne Bank.
The Chamber thanks outgoing directors Tina Seguare of Community Bank, Nicole Day Gray of Agriforaging Food Safety and Amy Beveridge of O'Connor Hospital for their invaluable contributions and tireless efforts to the betterment of Delaware County's business climate.
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FREE Community Character Preservation Seminar in Hancock, May 10
Join Us!
* Learn practical community revitalization strategies.
* Understand the importance of preserving community character.
* Reclaim control over the direction of your community's future.
When: Friday, May 10
Where: Hancock High School Auditorium
Who: Featuring Ed McMahon of Scenic America and the Urban Land Institute
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Ag & Food Industry Summit May 23, Binghamton
The second annual Ag & Food Industry Summit, an
economic conference focused on connecting and maximizing opportunities within the agriculture and food service industries throughout the Southern Tier, hosted by Southern Tier 8 and Cornell Cooperative Extension of Broome County will be held in Binghamton on May 23, 2019.
This event is for farmers, suppliers, grocers, distributors, investors, land owners, packaging plants and transportation companies.
Presentations will start at 9 a.m. and lunch sourced with local ingredients is included.
A "Happier Hour" business networking event will begin at 2:30 p.m.
Speakers include:
Richard Ball
, NYS
Commissioner of Agriculture, Chobani's Mark Broadhurt and NYS Assemblywoman Donna Lupardo, speaking about the hemp industry in the Southern Tier.
Additional speakers include:
- Dr. Ken Jaffe, cattle farmer
- Adam Tiberio, Tiberio Custom Meats
- Rob Salamida, Salamida Sauces & Seasonings & Spiedies
- Jason Evans, SUNY Cobleskill; Institute for Rural Vitality
- Todd Schmidt, Cornell's Dyson School
- Sheila Marshman, SUNY Morrisville
- Debbie Coager from Don's Dairy Supply
- Abby Wilson, Maple Shade Farms
- Ramsay Adams, Catskill Riverkeeper
- Victoria Giarratano, CCE Broome County
Cost: $69 per person.
To register, and pay, click
here.
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"Green" Residential Heating and Cooling Informational Workshop in Delhi
Make your home greener with Clean Heating & Cooling!
When: Thursday May 30
Time: 6:30-8:00 pm
Where: Bushel Collective, 109 Main Street, Delhi
Clean heating and cooling systems-ground source and air source heat pumps-are smart and health
y options that, along with energy efficiency, will keep your home comfortable year round, lower your energy usage, and reduce your carbon footprint.
By joining your neighbors and participating in Heat Smart Southern Tier, a program of the non-profit Binghamton Regional Sustainability Coalition, you'll learn about these technologies and energy efficiency, plus available incentives and financing. Plus, we've taken the guesswork out of the process because all products and installers have been vetted by Heat Smart Southern Tier and NYSERDA.
To register for this FREE event, click
HERE.
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Chamber Champions Farmers at Senate Hearing
Chamber President Ray Pucci spoke against the proposed Senate Farm Worker Fair Labor Practices Act on behalf of members in the agricultural industry along with Hamden Supervisor Wayne Marshfield.
Pictured from left are : NYS Senator Jen Metzger, Chamber President Ray Pucci and Hamden Supervisor Wayne Marshfield.
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*** ATTENTION *** Business Owners/Managers
Workforce Development - Employees in Recovery Training
The Chamber is proud to host this
FREE workforce development event aimed at business owners and managers who may have staff members in drug and/or alcohol treatment and recovery.
Participants in the event will hear from a Sal's Pizza business owner about her experience with hiring employees who are in addiction recovery and treatment.
Industry and field experts will help employers pinpoint ways to help their employees in recovery be successful both on and off the job!
This event includes a short 15-minute film, produced by Chamber member
Vecc Videography in collaboration with the
LEAF Council on Alcoholism and Addictions and
Friends of Recovery of Delaware and Otsego Counties, Inc. (FOR-DO),
targeted, actionable suggestions for success in the workplace by Ben Riker and Julie Dostal, and a short Q & A session, with takeaway literature to provide a recovery-positive workplace. Representatives from the Delaware County Probation Department, Delaware County Drug Treatment Court, CDO Workforce and the Department of Labor will also be on hand to advise business owners of accountability requirements from this prospective labor pool and of tax and other financial incentives available for businesses willing to hire from this demographic.
A preview of the film being shown at the event, "A Slice of Hope", can be viewed by clicking
here.
For more information (and to let us know you are coming!) call the Chamber at 607.746.2281.
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Your Business Featured Here (FREE)!
In our effort to help all businesses succeed, we want to feature YOUR business here and on our social media channels! If you've received a "Business Feature" email request from our office with a short questionnaire, please answer the questions and submit a jpeg logo or photo that you think best depicts your business, and send to Lillian at
info@delawarecounty.org.
If you have not received an email yet, please feel free to copy and paste the below-listed questions into an email, along with a logo or photo, and we will be happy to help promote your business!
Business Name:
Location:
Contact info including mailing address, website address, email and social media information:
Hours of operation:
Number of Years in Business/Year Business Opened:
What types of services or products does your business provide?:
How many employees do you have?:
Recent or Planned Changes in Operation:
What you want your (potential) customers or clients to know:
Tell others why they should join the Delaware County Chamber of Commerce:
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