NEWSLETTER
APRIL 2013
vol.
no.
XLV FOUR
Canton Regional Chamber launches new member news website Promote your business to nearly 1,600 businesses
As a member of the Canton Regional Chamber of Commerce, you’ve always enjoyed vast networking and promotional opportunities for your business. Now, the Chamber has launched CantonBusinessNews.com, a new promotional website exclusively for Canton Regional Chamber of Commerce Members. As a Chamber member, you can post your news, events, discounts and speakers bureau listings all in one place for FREE! It’s the only way to reach our nearly 1,600 members. Plus, beginning this spring, once our members have had a chance to share news on the site on a regular basis, we’ll begin sending member news digests via email to all Chamber members. That means that your news, events and listings will be sent to all Chamber members to read on a regular basis. (continued on page four)
MIDSTREAM OIL & GAS SEMINAR: Education and Opportunity INSIDE: New Board Members........................................... 2 Oil & Gas Monthly Update.................................... 3 AultCare Fast Break Breakfast.............................. 5 Chamber Annual Golf Outing............................... 5 Business Excellence Awards................................. 6 Spring NETWORK................................................. 8 Taste of Canton................................................... 9 Canton Blues Fest................................................ 9 CVB FAM Tour.................................................... 10 Stark State College Survey................................. 10 Enshrinement Festival Chairmen.................. 11-13 Leadership Signature Program .......................... 14 Leadership Profile............................................. 15 Stark County Safety Council............................... 17 ystark! Fund Drive............................................. 20 ystark! Young Professional Profile...................... 22 Funding Partners.............................................. 23 New Members................................................... 25 BizBitz.............................................................. 26 April Calendar................................................... 27
The Canton Regional Chamber of Commerce and Shaledirectories.com will present Midstream Seminar: Education and Opportunity, on Tuesday, Apr. 9, as the next event in the Oil and Gas Business Development Seminar series.
Among the speakers and topics are:
Billions of dollars are being invested in pipelines and processing plants to get the energy from Utica Shale wells to market. This essential link in the development of the Utica will be the subject of the Apr. 9 seminar. You will learn what’s happening, and you will be encouraged to think about your business opportunities in this buildout.
• Scott Hallam of Access Midstream, which is engaged with M3 Momentum and EV Energy Partners on a $900 million midstream project.
• Brent Breon of Caiman Energy, which is partnered with Dominion on a $1.5 billion midstream project called Blue Racer.
• John Durand of Crosstex Energy, on the work his midstream company in the Utica. (cont. p. 19)
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