** New Member Spotlight **
Just Shop Boutique in Arkville
The Chamber and the Delaware County business community welcome new member Just Shop Boutique located at 43270 State Route 28 in Arkville.
This unique retail shop offers a wide variety of merchandise including women's, men's and children's clothing and more - all brand merchandise at steep discounts - with unparalleled customer service!
Stop by to visit Mercedes and shop Thursday - Monday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. or visit their online 3D store accessible through their Instragram page.
For more information visit justshopboutique.com, text or call Mercedes at 845.586.6040 or visit their Facebook or Instagram pages.
Please support the small businesses that support our communities!
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2020 'Toys for Tots' Campaign Wraps Up |
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The 2020 Toys for Tots Campaign is wrapping up today and we would like to thank all of our member partners who worked to make certain Delaware County children will have toys to wake up to on Christmas morning! |
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Above: Chamber member Margaretville Telephone Company through $921 in donations and a bequest from the Margaretville Rotary Club by the estate of Sally VanBenschoten supplied more than 150 toys to Delaware County children through this year's campaign. Pictured are MTC employees Matt Steen, Taylor Slavin, Samantha Boutin, and AC Camacho with Chamber President Ray Pucci.
Below: Delaware County Sheriff Craig DuMond and team collected hundreds of toys through this year's toy drive which included a drive-by visit with Santa and the Grinch on December 2.
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DelCo Chamber Partners with U.S. Chamber
The Chamber of Commerce has partnered with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to provide its members with valuable new programs and services. Through the U.S. Chamber’s Federation Partnership program, small business members in good standing with the Delaware County Chamber will now receive the benefits of U.S. Chamber membership. This new member benefit is provided at no additional cost to members.
By joining the Federation Partnership, the Delaware County Chamber of Commerce is helping the U.S. Chamber’s effort to build the nation’s largest grassroots advocacy network. The Delaware County Chamber will continue to focus on local issues and programs. The U.S. Chamber will alert and mobilize Delaware County members on national issues ranging from taxes to technology to transportation. This ever-growing coalition of small businesses allows the U.S. Chamber to present a strong, unified voice for business in Washington, D.C.
In addition to the Delaware County Chamber’s benefits members already enjoy, U.S. Chamber membership provides access to members-only sections of www.uschamber.com, including thousands of small business tips and tools; discounts on services; uschamber.com weekly e-newsletter; the U.S. Chamber’s monthly flagship publication, uschamber.com; and timely communications alerting small businesses to pressing legislation or policy initiatives.
Attention Current Members** To obtain your US Chamber ID number, please contact the Delaware County Chamber of Commerce at 607.746.2281 or info@delawarecounty.org
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2020 "I Pledge" Campaign
The Delaware County Chamber encourages people to make the pledge to spend local, shop small, eat local, enjoy local and support the small businesses that support our communities. This year's Campaign launches on November 28.
You will see these posters in businesses and other high-visibility, high-traffic locations throughout Delaware County reminding all of us to support the foundation of our local economy.
If you would like a poster for your location please stop by our office located at 5 1/2 Main Street in Delhi.
Remember, we're stronger together!
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Free Online Platform to Learn New Job Skills
A new online training platform has been launched by the Governor's office
and will enable unemployed and underemployed New Yorkers to learn new skills, earn certificates, and advance their careers at no cost. The new platform will provide access to nearly 4,000 online programs taught by leading professors and industry professionals, with a focus on high-growth and in-demand sectors like advanced manufacturing, technology, and health care, among others.
Examples of the wide range of courses, programs, and professional certificates available include:
- How to Manage a Remote Team
- Business Writing
- Introduction to Mechanical Engineering Design and Manufacturing Machine Learning
- Motors and Motor Control Circuits
- Generative Design for Additive Manufacturing
- Learning How to Learn: Powerful mental tools to help you master tough subjects
- Marketing in a Digital World
- Supply Chain Operations
- Data Science Specialization
- Project Management
- Cybersecurity
- Google IT Support Professional Certificate
- The Business of Health Care Specialization
- Medical Neuroscience
- Financial Markets
- Facebook Social Media Marketing
- Entrepreneurship
- Introduction to Game Development
- The Art of Negotiation, and more!
To sign up for a free account and begin skill-building click here.
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Chamber Check - In
Chamber staff have been busy this week working for members! Click on the video to see what we've been up to and what we have planned!
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Chamber Online Learning Center |
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As part of the Delaware County Chamber of Commerce ongoing initiative to respond to member needs, an online learning center has been opened to help businesses meet their training needs in three key areas:
- Leadership, Management, and Supervisory Skills
- Sales and Customer Service Skills
- Human Resource Compliance Skills
In a self-paced, online learning environment, your staff can learn and enhance various skills including how to create a productive working environment, effective delegation, conflict management, working in a remote environment, working post-COVID and much more.
Sales and customer service modules focus on handling client or customer attitudes and objections, negotiating styles and effective sales negotiation and the dos and don'ts of effective customer services.
Human resources modules include diversity and inclusion training, micro-inequities, process of stereotyping and methods of exclusion, among other topics.
Each module is priced at a reduced rate of $45 per person.
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Annual Sexual Harassment Prevention Training |
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The Chamber has partnered with New Haven Consulting Group, Inc. to provide our members with an online “Preventing Sexual Harassment" workshop that meets the requirements of the new law.
This program is available at a Chamber-member reduced price of $20 per participant.
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FREE (Virtual) One-on-One Business Counseling Sessions |
The Small Business Development Center (SBDC) is offering FREE comprehensive programming to provide management and technical assistance to small businesses in Delaware County!
Specializing in direct one-to-one counseling, the SBDC offers assistance in the following business areas:
- Start-up assistance
- Business Plan Development
- Accounting and Financial Projections
- Sources of Financing
- Marketing
- Business Expansion
- Relocation and Agribusiness
There is no cost for the counseling services of the SBDC.
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The Delaware County Chamber is a private, non-governmental, not-for-profit membership organization. We believe that healthy communities begin with healthy businesses. By focusing on key areas–community and economic development, advocacy, tourism promotion, and business engagement–we partner with municipal leaders, community organizations, and local companies to present a unified voice of business for the improvement of our communities. |
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5 1/2 Main Street
Delhi, New York 13753
Give Us A Call: 607.746.2281
DelawareCounty.org
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