Dec/Jan 2016 ERIE Magazine

DEC/JAN 2016

THE ERIE AMBASSADORS Concierge to the Greater Erie Community

EMErGE 2040 A year in Review

and 2016 Member List

A yEAR iN REViEW Erie Regional Chamber and Growth Partnership

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ERCGP BoaRd of diRECtoRs 2016 offiCERs Marsha Marsh, Chair Tom Tupitza, Esq., ViCE Chair David Tullio, SECrETary Mike Weber, TrEaSurEr

Erie Regional Chamber & Growth Partnership 2016 Signature Events

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Annual Golf Outing Peek N’ Peak

Beer on the Bay Liberty Park

Fall Member Fest Shades Beach

Annual Meeting Celebration of Excellence Bayfront Convention Center

Sponsorships available; call Steve Walters at (814) 454-7191 x140 for details!

Presented by our 2016 sPonsors

BoaRd of diRECtoRs Dr. Jay Badams John C. Bloomstine Carl M. Carlotti, Esq. Terrence W. Cavanaugh Gary L. Clark Mark Denlinger, Esq. Mark Fatica Jeff Favre Jim Fiorenzo Dr. ralph Ford Charles ‘Boo’ hagerty Tim hunter Bruce Kern Charles G. Knight John Leemhuis, Jr. William Lillis, Jr. James E. Martin Bob Mazza

ERCGP Staff Barbara C. Chaffee President/CEO Jacob A. Rouch Vice President, Economic Development

Marsha Marsh Jack Munch Ken Nelson Rick Novotny Neil Parham James Rutkowski, Jr. Brenda Sandberg Greg Sbrocco K. J. Schwab Nick Scott, Jr. Ron Steele Dr. Keith Taylor, Ph.D. David M. Tullio Tom Tupitza, Esq. Russell S. Warner, Esq. Michael Weber Scott Whalen, Ph.D. Scott Wyman

Nadeen M. Steffey Director of Marketing and Communications Cathy Noble Event Coordinator

August P. Schiava Vice President, Chamber

Susan M. Ronto Membership Coordinator

Linda C. Robbins

Steve Walters Sales Manager

Benjamin C. Pratt Executive Director, Growth Partnership Division

Brett Wiler Director of Business Action Team

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SPECiAL EDiTiON The Path Forward & Privileges Giving You the Business ERCGP Member Testimonials

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THE PATH FORWARD CZ #BSCBSB $ $IBĂŞFF 1SFTJEFOU $&0 We have many challenges and hence opportunities before us in 2016 as a community and as an organization. We look forward to working on those opportunities as an organization and in collaboration with others.

The Erie Regional Chamber and Growth Partnership team with our ERCGP committees completed our 5 year strategic plan; the plan was approved by the ERCGP Board of Directors in late spring of this year. Our strategic plan will always be evolving throughout the next five years but we thought we would highlight our mission statements and some of our objectives.

Our ERCGP mission statement is: Our mission is to collaborate and mobilize leadership, expertise, and resources to sustain business, create jobs, grow investment, enrich lives, and improve the prosperity of the region.

Our three divisions each have a mission statement supporting the mission statement of the organization.

Our Chamber Division mission statement is: The Chamber Division provides the platform to elevate the ERCGP as the premier business & community organization in the region. We deliver value by creating an environment of opportunities to connect and share information through our diverse, engaged, sustainable and robust network of members. t ɨF $IBNCFS %JWJTJPO SFWJFX JO UIJT FEJUJPO QSPWJEFT a detailed look at the objectives for the Chamber Division.

Our Economic Development Division mission statement is: The Economic Development Division is focused on connecting businesses to each other, to the economic development resources available throughout the region, and to new or strategic opportunities generated by the ERCGP network. We deliver value by providing a single, efficient gateway for businesses to access the

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economic and workforce development system’s programs, services, and opportunities and by continually searching for new growth opportunities in the region.

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Steel Valley Authority

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The Que Abides

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The Vargo Company Dr. Ajit Shah 14 Millcreek Square / Erie, PA 16565 PH (814) 381-2030 www.suburbanimaging.net

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Women’s Care Center

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Chamber Division Strategic Plan 2015-2020 CZ "VHVTU 1 4DIJBWB 7JDF 1SFTJEFOU $IBNCFS %JWJTJPO

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The ERCGP will gather our partners together with GE to make sure we do everything we can to keep the 3000 jobs that are still at GE Transportation Erie and begin discussions on how we can grow employment over the next decade.

The ERCGP will reach out to existing employers and ask them to consider moving new operations to Erie – expanding their physical and employment footprint in a community where they are already successful.

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4FDPOE XF OFFE ZPV UP JEFOUJGZ one aspect of your life – outside of work – where you will apply your successful management and business principles. This will help the on-going transformation of our community on nearly every GSPOU :PVS DIVSDI TDIPPMT TPDJBM DMVCT TFSWJDF DMVCT &3$(1 MPDBM HPWFSONFOU ZPVUI TQPSUT OFJHICPSIPPE BTTPDJBUJPOT fledgling entrepreneurs – all can benefit from your engagement.

4UFQ VQ BOE TUFQ JO 3FNFNCFS “It’s not just one person’s vision of excellence but one shared in the community.� We need your expertise and talent in shaping the vision of excellence for some part of the Erie region.

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GROWTH PARTNERSHiP A year in Review

CZ #FO 1SBUU &YFDVUJWF %JSFDUPS (SPXUI 1BSUOFSTIJQ %JWJTJPO The end of the year is a time for SFĂŹFDUJPO 8F BTL PVSTFMWFT i8IBU did we accomplish this year?â€? “Where are we now?â€? – most importantly – “Where do we go from here?â€? Before we provide you with an update of what we have accomplished this year in the Growth Partnership EJWJTJPO XF BTL UIBU ZPV QFSTPOBMMZ reflect on the community at large.

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than later or we will ensure the decline of the city. t *U NJHIU CF QFSDFJWFE UIBU XF IJU the snooze button in the past. We could argue that action was taken; it simply wasn’t taken to the scale that the situation warranted.

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table as well as community partners and collectively they contribute to this region. t 8F SFBMJ[F UIBU PGUFO UJNFT XF are so focused on moving projects GPSXBSE UBLJOH PO UIF OFYU UIBU we don’t take the opportunity to celebrate or publicly recognize our accomplishments. We hope to change that. The Growth Partnership is doing great things in Erie today. We couldn’t do so without all of our Growth Partnership members and DPNNVOJUZ QBSUOFST BOE JU JT important we recognize everyone for their commitment ---making this community great.

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identified as a short term priority and we look forward to working with community partners to make even more progress in 2016.

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The Manchester Bidwell training model has received international attention as a best practice in addressing high priority occupation workforce needs in specific industry clusters within a community.

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The Growth Partnership had an opportunity to enhance and grow an existing program that falls into fulfilment of the above recommendations BOUJDJQBUFE PVUDPNFT "GUFS NPOUIT PG NFFUJOHT MBXZFST and negotiations it is with great excitement that the Young Erie Professionals has merged with the &SJF 3FHJPOBM $IBNCFS (SPXUI Partnership and will become an active committee of the Growth Partnership division.

The ERCGP has had a long history with YEP and we recognize that YEP has at one time or another been a catalyst for entrepreneurism and civic engagement. We look forward to exploring and expanding on opportunities to build off of their past success and further incorporate them into the projects and services of the Erie Regional $IBNCFS (SPXUI 1BSUOFSTIJQ

Where do we go from here?

In 2016 we will continue to traverse an ever winding road.. t 8F IBWF IBE NPSF DPOWFSTBUJPOT over that past six months with DJUJ[FOT HPWFSONFOU PĂŻDJBMT and employers in the region that have concluded that a significant intervention in the form of large capital investments in the City of Erie comprehensive plan JNQMFNFOUBUJPO UISPVHI B QVCMJD QSJWBUF OPO QSPĂŤU QBSUOFSTIJQ JT 5)& DSJUJDBM QSPKFDU PG PVS communities future.

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Referral Program Please join us in congratulating our 1st winner of the ERCGP Membership Referral Campaign, John Karnes, owner of The John Karnes Allstate/Hagerty Agency, located at 15 Millcreek Square, Erie PA. John walked off with donated by Marsha Marsh Real Estate Services! John referred Dr. Ajit Shah, of the Suburban Imaging Associates, 14 Millcreek Square. His company became an investor level member in 10/2015.

Here is how our “Membership Referral Contest� works: To be eligible for prizes, ERCGP members make a referral and that referral must join. There is no limit to the number of referrals you can make. There is no limit on how many times you can win. ERCGP will draw a name every month for the remainder of this year and all of 2016. The drawing will be held the last Friday of each month.

Keep those referrals coming and stay tuned for our next announcement. Both the winner and their referral will be featured in all of our media. Thanks again for all your referrals!! Please keep them coming! Call Sales Manager Steve Walters at (814) 454-7191 x140 or email swalters@eriepa.com with your referral today!

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Business After Hours is a members only networking event of the Erie Regional Chamber and Growth Partnership.

Contact Cathy Noble at (814) 454-7191 x146 or cnoble@eriepa.com for more information.

January 21 5:00 – 7:00 p.m.

Iadeluca Chiropractic Center 1334 West 26th Street Erie, PA

April 21 5:00 – 7:00 p.m.

EmergyCare 1926 Peach Street Erie, PA

February 18 5:00 – 7:00 p.m.

GE Customer Innovation Center 2901 East Lake Road Erie, PA

May 19 5:00 – 7:00 p.m.

Lake Shore Country Club 5950 Lake Shore Drive Erie PA

March 24 5:00 – 7:00 p.m.

Beechwood Golf Course 6401 Gorski Road Fairview, PA

June 16 5:00 – 7:00 p.m.

Sunrise Senior Living 1012 West Bayfront Pkwy Erie, PA

July 21 5:00 – 7:00 p.m.

Penn State Erie, The Behrend College 4701 Behrend College Drive Erie, PA August 18 5:00 – 7:00 p.m.

Bostwick Design Partnership 2631 West 8th Street Erie, PA September 15 5:00 – 7:00 p.m.

Hagan Business Machines 1112 Peach Street Erie, PA

October 20 5:00 – 7:00 p.m.

MillCreek Coffee 1222 Linden Avenue Erie, PA November 17 5:00 – 7:00 p.m.

Altair Real Estate Services 1001 State Street, Suite 307 Erie, PA December 15 5:00 – 7:00 p.m.

Erie Homes for Children and Adults (EHCA) 226 East 27th Street Erie, PA

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Fall Member Fest September 23rd

Another successful Fall Member Fest was held in September on a beautiful autumn day! This member favorite event is held at Shades Beach each year. Not only is it a fabulous networking opportunity for our members, but the food is to die for! Mark your calendars for September 2016 so you don’t miss it! A HUGE thanks to our FMF Sponsors and our Signature Event Sponsors for helping make the event the success that if continues to be!

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HERO BX Logistics Plus Lorei Portraits Mazza Vineyard Petra Restaurant Pic A Pose Potratz Presque Isle Downs & Casino Presque Isle Tent & Table Rog’s Inc. Signs Now WICU TV Young Entrepreneur Society Edinboro Beverage Erie Beer Erie Brewing Company Five & 20 Spirits and Brewing Glenwood Beer Penn Beer The Brewerie at Union Station Arvite Technologies Bel-Aire Clarion Better Business Bureau Erie Playhouse Golden Living Centers John V. Schultz Kal Darres Scott Enterprises Studio Hue Vicary Insurance DEC/JAN 2016

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CEO Roundtable October 20th

The October Growth Partnership CEO Roundtable brought Mr. Charles Buki of CZB Consulting Firm to address the group on the City of Erie Comprehensive Plan.

Mayor Sinnott also made remarks with his presentation which was followed by Q&A. Members of the Growth Partnership also conducted unanimous keypad polling in regards to content of the plan.

ERCGP Annual Meeting November 5th

2015 year was held on November 5th at the Bel-Aire Clarion Hotel and Conference Center. Our Annual Meeting of the membership included the election of the board year. The members in attendance also voted to approve the merger of the Erie Regional Chamber and Growth Partnership and YEP (Young Erie Professionals). We are excited about this merger and the opportunities it affords to both organizations! A reception was held in Maxi’s Lounge following the business meeting where members of YEP joined the members of ERCGP for networking and fellowship.

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180 Physical Therapy, Inc. 2W Technologies, Inc. 710 Glass & Vapor 9-90 Variety A. Duchini, Inc. AAA East Central Accuspec Electronics LLC Accutool Action Printing & Business Forms, Inc. Action Shots Photography Admiral Heating and Air Conditioning LLC AerCHARGE AG Aegis Company, Inc. Agnello Heating & Air Conditioning, Inc. Agresti & Agresti Agresti Real Estate Alcor Corporation All About Smiles, Inc. Allburn Florist Al’s Awning Shop Inc. Altair Real Estate Services Altman Hall Associates Ambridge Rose Spa & Salon, Inc. American Cancer Society American Heart Association Erie Division American Hollow Boring Company American Turned Products, Inc. Americans for the Competitive Enterprise System Ameriprise Financial Amthor Steel Company, Inc. Animal Ark Pet Hospital Armanini & Kolodychak LLP Around The Chef’s Table Arrowhead Wine Cellars Arvite Technologies, Inc. Associated Finish Systems, Inc. At Home Avalon Hotel AXA Advisors Bankable Consulting LLC Barbara’s Hallmark Shop Bates Collision Batteries Plus Bulbs Bayada Nurses Baymont Inn and Suites B-Dry System Of Erie, Inc. Bel-Aire Clarion Hotel and Conference Center Belle Valley Fire Department Ben Franklin Technology Partners Berman Bedding, Inc. Best Fitness Best Foot Forward Advertising Bethany Outreach Center Beute & Bliley, Inc. Bianchi Honda Birkmire Big Box Storage / Rentals Blended Spirits Ranch, Inc. Bob Ferrando Ford Lincoln Bonded Services Boston Store Place Apts.

Braendel Painting Company Breakiron Jewelers, Inc. Bridgeway Capital Brooks Landscape Brugger Funeral Homes & Crematory Buffalo Wild Wings Grill & Bar Builders Hardware & Specialty Company Burton Funeral Homes and Crematory, Inc. Underground Archives C. R. Weber REALTORS Calamari’s Squid Row, Inc.

Campbell Pottery Store Card Heating & Air Conditioning Services, Inc. Carver International Center For Organ Recovery & Education Chaffee Landscaping, Inc. Chambers of Commerce Service Corporation Chatham Industries, Inc. Chef-n-Thyme Chido’s Cleaners Children’s Advocacy Center of Erie County, Inc. Chuck Ollinger Plumbing, Heating & Air Claudine’s Consignment Clear Channel Airports Clifton Tube Cutting Coldwell Banker Select Realtors Colony Pub & Grille Comdoc Inc. Comfort Care & Resources, Inc. Comfort Inn at Presque Isle Comfort Suites Commerical Paving Community Access Television Community Blood Bank of NW PA Community Health Net Connecto Electric, Inc. Contine Corporation Cork 1794 Corporate Lodgings of Northeast Ohio Countryside Estates Courtyard Wineries Cove Forge Behavioral Health Crawford County Fair CrayZ Parrot Creative Imprint Systems, Inc. Crime Victim Center of Erie County, Inc. Crosby’s CRUX, Inc. CSI Industries, Inc. CUTCO Stores Inc. CyberInk Dahlkemper Landscape Architects & Contractors Dahlkemper’s Jewelry Connection, Inc. Dee’s Cigar Store Doleski and Wolford Orthodontics, P.C. Dominick’s Restaurant Domino Insurance Agency, Inc. Downtown Erie Hotel Doyle Security Systems, Inc. DRS of Erie County, Inc. Early Connections ECCA Payroll + Business Solutions Edinboro Beverage Distributor Edinboro Volunteer Fire Department Edward Jones Elderkin Law Firm Electronic Communication Services, Inc. Energy Cooperative of America, Inc. Engel O’Neill Advertising Environmental Remediation & Recovery, Inc. Equipment Exchange Company Erie Ambassadors Erie BayHawks Erie Bearings Company Erie Brewing Company Erie Bronze & Aluminum Company Erie Cemetery Association Erie Commerce LLC Erie Community Credit Union Erie Construction Council, Inc. Erie County American Red Cross

Erie County Farms Erie County Gaming Revenue Authority Erie Dawn Erie Day School Erie Downtown Partnership Erie Drive Train, Inc.

Green Seven Technologies Grise Audio Visual Center Gutters Unlimited, Inc. Gypsum Services

Erie First Christian Academy Erie Goodwill Retail Store Erie Ice Works Erie Industrial Trucks, Inc. Erie KOA Kampgrounds

Hamot Health Foundation Hampton Inn South Hand and Upper Body Rehabilitation Center

Erie Otters Hockey Club Erie Parking Authority Erie Philharmonic Erie Playhouse Erie Press Systems ERIE Radio Company Erie Regional Chamber and Growth Partnership Erie Restoration Inc. Erie Retinal Surgery, Inc. Erie SeaWolves Erie Sport Store Erie Transportation Company Erie Uniform and Scrubs Erie Yacht Club Erie Zoological Society Escape Room Erie Essentra Components European Wax Center Expeditors International Express Cash Advance Inc. Family Affair Campground Fastsigns Fedorko Properties, Inc. Ferralli Studios Ferrier’s True Value Hardware Fingers Crossed Erie Finish Thompson Inc. Firebirds Wood Fired Grill FireWater Restoration Fiske Associates Inc. Fitness U Five Star International Trucks, Inc. Flagship Niagara League Floor Expressions By Greg Thomas Fluid Engineering Fralo Industries, Inc. Franco’s Cafe Friday & Cox, LLC Attorneys at Law G. L. Pagenkopf Co. Garnon Truck Equipment, Inc. Gary B. Haibach & Associates Gateway Health Plan Gaudenzia Erie, Inc. George D’Angelo Boys & Girls Club of Erie George Winston Company, Inc. Girl Scouts Western Pennsylvania Glass Growers Gallery Glass House Inn Global Green Technologies LLC Gohrs On Demand Golden Wok Grace Church Grant Industrial Controls, Inc. Grape Arbor Bed & Breakfast Grapevine Laundry & Linens Great Lakes Case and Cabinets Company Great Lakes Institute of Technology Greater Erie Board of Realtors, Inc. Green Prosthetics & Orthotics LLC

Hammerlee Dental Care

Orthopaedics LLP Hansen’s Errand Service, Inc. Harborcreek Township Harley-Davidson Of Erie Harris Family Daycare HBKS Wealth Advisors HealthAmerica and HealthAssurance Heatron Hertel & Brown Physical & Aquatic Therapy Hill Barth & King LLC Hi-Tech Plating Co., Inc. Holiday Financial Services Corp.

Home 2 Suites by Hilton Homewood Suites by Hilton Honey Baked Ham & Cafe Hoss’s Steak & Sea House Housing Authority of the City of Erie Howard Hanna - Erie South Hudson Student Housing Huffman Family Chiropractic LLC Hungry Howies Iadeluca Chiropractic Center Icing on the Lake Consultants, LLC Innovation Collaborative Innovative Services Isabell’s Painted Gardens ITZ Solutions J.C. Ehrlich Co., Inc. James B. Schwab Co, Inc. Janitors Supply Company, Inc. JAS Forwarding, Inc. Jay’s Auto Wrecking, Inc. JDRF Jim Brozell Construction Joe B’s Carpet Connection Joe Lombardo’s Barber Studio John F. Kennedy Center, Inc. John J. Quinn Funeral Home, Inc. Jones School Associates Junior Achievement Northwest Junior League Of Erie, Inc. JVP Culinary Innovations K2S, P.C. Kelly Services Keystone Payroll KeyStone Research Corporation Kidder Wachter Architecture & Design KinderCare Learning Centers - East KinderCare Learning Centers - West King Communications Klein Bath & Basement Systems Kneib Dentistry Kold-Draft International Koldrock Water Company Konzel Construction Kraus Promotional Products Kress Financial Services La Grand Elite & Executive Limousine Lake City Industries, Inc. Lake Erie Speedway Lake Erie Spine & Injury Center Lake Shore Country Club

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Lakeport Distributors Lakeside Auto Sales, Inc. Lakeside Bagel & Deli Lamar Advertising of Erie Lampus Hardscape Direct L’Arche Erie, Inc. Laser Eye Surgery Of Erie Laser Sales Inc. Laskowski Insurance Agency Latino’s Restaurant Leasure Tushak Accounting and Tax Services Lemac Packaging, Inc. LifeWorks Erie Lighthouse Insurance Agency Inc. Lincoln Foundry, Inc. Lincoln Investment Planning, Inc. Linear, LLC Lions Eye Bank of NW PA, Inc. Lloyd Walker LocalEdge Loesel-Schaaf Insurance Agency Lonelyman Productions Long’s School of Dance Lorei Portraits Lowes Home Center Inc. Luggage Designers

Nicklas Insurance Agency, Inc. No Dress Code Studios Norampac North East Area Chamber of Commerce North East Dental Arts Northwest Restoration, Inc. Northwestern Rural Electric Co-operative Association, Inc. Nuvo, Inc. NW PA Regional Planning & Development Commission O’Charley’s / Covelli Enterprises Odyssey Builders, Inc, Ohio Bar Title Insurance Company Ohio Desk Open Flow Energy Opportunities Unlimited of Erie O’Reilly Auto Parts Orthopaedic Surgeons, Inc. PA CareerLink, Erie County PA Free Enterprise Week/Fnd. Free Enterprise Education Palace Business Centre Palermo Realty & Development Corp.

Panache Salon and Spa Panera Bread Panera Bread 4646 Paragon Acquisition, LLC Paragon Print Systems, Inc. Partnership for Erie’s Public Schools Pastore Brothers Builders PathStone Corporation Patterson-Erie Corp Paws ‘n Claws PlayCare and Styling S’paw Penn Beer Company Penn Shore Vineyards, Inc. Penn West Industrial Trucks Perkins Restaurant & Bakery

Chamber of Commerce

Perseus House, Inc. Peterson Import LLC Petra Restaurant & The Sunset Cafe Pfeffer Insurance Agency, Inc. Phoenix Cosmopolitan Group LLC PJ’s Auto Sound Plastikos, Inc. Plymouth Tavern Port Erie Sports Porter Consulting Engineers, P.C. PostNet Potratz Floral Shop & Greenhouses, Inc. Powell Sanitation & Powell’s Portable Toilets Power Drives, Inc. Preferred Systems, Inc. Premier Conduit, Inc. Presque Isle Designs, LLC Presque Isle Partnership Presque Isle Snowmobile Club Presque Isle Tent & Table Presque Isle Wine Cellars Presta Contractor Supply, Inc. Pro Realty, Inc. Process and Data Automation Professional Development Associates, Inc. Professional Development Associates, Inc. Proforma A Promo Place Rabe Environmental Systems, Inc. Rainbow International of Northwest PA

Nash Chiropractic Healthcare National Fuel Resources, Inc. NaviTek Group, Inc

Neely Communications, Inc. Nemacolin Woodlands Resort Newco Electric Company

Ray Wakley’s Car Care & RV Center Ray Wakley’s Car Care & RV Center ReallyCleanFloors.com Rebich Investments Red Roof Inn Regina Baldwin Realtor Relish Jewelers Studio & Gallery

RNR Properties Rockee’s Auto, Inc. Rog’s, Inc. Romolo Chocolates Roseto-Suter Overhead Door Ross Blake Associates, Inc. Rum Runners Cove Rupp Limousine S A Wagner Agency, Inc. Sam’s Club Samuel P. Black & Associates, Inc. Sanford Company Sanford Surveying & Engineering, P.C. Sara’s Campground SBRE - Sherry Bauer Real Estate Scobell Company, Inc. SCORE Erie Scott Historical Photos Sean T. Sullivan CPA Seaway Direct Second Foundation Consulting Corporation Second Harvest Food Bank of NW PA Sherwin Williams Company Shriners Hospitals For Children - Erie Sidehill Copper Works, Inc. Sight Center of Northwest Pennsylvania Silkscreen Unlimited Skinner Power Systems LLC Small Business Alternatives Smuggler’s Wharf Snap Fitness Harborcreek Soap Effect Studios South Shore Party Rental Specialty Products, Inc. Sport Clips HairCuts SPX Process Equipment - Copes Vulcan Operation State Farm Insurance Christopher Wertz Agency State Security and Investigation Service Steel Valley Authority Sterling Technologies Strategic Video & Imaging Strategy Solutions, Inc. Studio Hue, Inc. Suburban Imaging Associates Suburban Tool & Die Company, Inc. Summit Control Panels Summit Township Supervisors Susan Hoffer, LPC Sustainable Lifestyle Group Svetz Consulting Services LLC Swanson’s Resort Cottages SynaTree Synergy Electric Szymanski Consulting, Inc. T J Kourier Taco Bell Tanglewood Apartments Target Collision, Inc. TechSource Engineering, Inc. The Brewerie at Union Station The Hite Company The John Karnes Allstate/Hagerty Agency The Kada Gallery The Kahkwa Club The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society The Que Abides The Redevelopment Authority of the County of Erie The Reserves Network

The Sassy Peacock The TV Sign The Vargo Company Thefastmall eBay Selling Services Time Warner Cable Tires For Less Tom Kaspick Consulting Tom Ridge Environmental Center at Presque Isle

Transportation Equipment Supply Company Transportation Investment Group LP Transportation Solutions TREC-Therapeutic Riding Equestrian Center Triangle Tech Trinity Center Bethesda Community Care Tri-State Pain Institute LLC Tru-Green Trux, Inc. Truck Equipment Tucker Dental Excellence LLC U Pick 6 Public House U Pick 6 Tap House U.S. Bulk Transport, Inc. United Erie, Division of Interstate Chemical, Inc. United Way of Erie County Valerio’s Italian Restaurant & Pizzeria Van Air, Inc. Velocity Network, Inc. Venango Steel, Inc. Venango Training & Development Center, Inc. Venture Fasteners LLC Verify Services, LLC Victorian Princess Cruise Lines, Inc. Virginia’s Beach Campground Visiting Nurse Assn. Of Erie County Vistage Erie Volt Workforce Solutions Waddell & Reed Financial Advisors Wagner Giblin Insurance Agency Waldrich Coburg NA, Inc. Walgreens Walker Filtration Walker Real Estate Warren County Chamber of Business & Industry Washington Township WeCreate, LLC Weiss Earley Landscape Design & Contracting LLC Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC Werle & Rushe Insurance Agency LLC Whitetail Electronics Whole Foods Cooperative WICU TV Widget Financial Wildlife For Everyone Endowment Foundation Wilkins Company, Inc. Winkle Electric of PA LLC Women’s Care Center WQLN Public Broadcasting of NW Pennsylvania WSEE Television, Inc. Yaple’s Vacuum & Sewing Center, Inc. Yardmaster of Pennsylvania LLC YORK-Seaway Young Erie Professionals Yoyosam Z3 Concepts Zito Business

Eat’n Park EmergyCare Erie Arts & Culture Erie Concrete & Steel Supply Company Erie Events Erie Homes For Children & Adults, Inc. Erie Plating Company Erie-Western PA Port Authority Flexcut Tool Fortis Institute - Erie Grifols Biomat HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital Home Instead Senior Care Housing & Neighborhood Development Service Hubbard Bert Karle Weber, Inc. Keystone Electric Division Zenith Systems KLN Family Brands Lowes of Erie Northwest Insurance Services PAPA Advertising, Inc. Plyler Enterprises, Inc. Port Erie Plastics, Inc. Ridge Policy Group Safe Harbor Behavioral Health Sarah A. Reed Children’s Center SB3, LLC Sheraton Erie Bayfront The Erie Club Tungsten Creative Group Verizon Vicary Insurance Agency Welch Foods, Inc.

School District of the City of Erie Seneca Allegany Casino & Hotel Sheetz Inc. Smith Provision Company, Inc. Stairways Behavioral Health Sunburst Electronics Team Hardinger The Warren Company UBS Financial Services, Inc. Urban Engineers, Inc. USI Insurance Services VisitErie Welders Supply Company Whitehall Group Wingate Wyndham Wm. T. Spaeder Co., Inc.

GOLD LEVEL

Cumulus Erie Custom Engineering Company DevelopErie Edinboro University of PA Erie Beer Company Erie Federal Credit Union ERIEBANK First National Bank of Pennsylvania First Niagara Gannon University HERO BX

SILVER LEVEL

Allegheny College Baldwin Brothers, Inc. Barber National Institute BASF Corporation Bay Valley Foods LLC Better Baked Foods BKD, LLP Bostwick Design Partnership Building Systems, Inc. C. A. Curtze Co., Inc. Candace Littell LLC Country Fair Direct Energy Business DonJon Shipbuilders & Repair LLC E. E. Austin & Son, Inc. Erie Coke Corporation Erie County Technical School Erie Regional Airport Authority Erie Water Works ExecutivePulse, Inc. Glenwood Beer Distributors, Inc. Golden Living Greater Erie Community Action Committee

American Tinning & Galvanizing Company Arent Fox LLP Associated Clinical Laboratories

JET 24, FOX 66 & YourErie.com John V. Schultz Co. Knepper Press Corp.

Larson Texts, Inc. Little Caesars Logistics Plus

Bonnell’s Collision C. H. Reams Associates, Inc. Catholic Diocese of Erie Champion Bolt Corp.

Corry Industrial Roundtable

Networking Technologies Northwestern PA Industrial Resource Center, Inc. Partners for Performance

BRONZE LEVEL

Peek’n Peak Resort and Spa PHB Inc. / Reddog Presbyterian Homes in the Presbytery of Lake Erie Presque Isle Downs and Casino Printing Concepts, Inc. PSB Industries, Inc. Quinn Law Firm Ray Showman Jr. Excavating, Inc.

Northwest Savings Bank Parker Autoclave Engineers Penelec Penn State Erie, The Behrend College Superior Health, Inc. The Erie Community Foundation The Plastek Group The Regional Cancer Center Tripp Umbach VCG Properties, LLC Zurn Industries LLC

PLATINUM LEVEL

Erie Insurance Group GE - Transportation LORD Corporation National Fuel Gas Distribution Corp.

PNC Financial Services Group Saint Vincent Hospital Scott Enterprises Times Publishing Company

DIAMOND LEVEL

City of Erie County of Erie, Government Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield

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Special eVent

OCTOBER 1, 2015

Erie Manufacturing Day What a day! The ERCGP participated 1st at the Bayfront Convention Center.

From the exhibits to the speakers and presenters to the HUNDREDS of students who visited, it was quite the celebration of American manufacturing right here in Business Association for organizing a

DEC/JAN 2016

A YEAR IN REVIEW

Special edition Story

GIVING YOU THE BUSINESS The ERCGP in partnership with Lilly Broadcasting have been taking you behind the scene’s of local Erie Chamber members for the past several years each week in our Giving You the Tuesday mornings, senior reporter Paul Wagner visits our member businesses and gives viewers the skinny on what goes on behind closed doors!

Paul shared with us a number of email “testimonials” he has recently received from member businesses that had been featured on GYTB. Here are a few: What a wonderful piece you did on Campbell Pottery, thanks so much. Everyone and everything was shown to best advantage, and we were so pleased. Good job, and it was a pleasure to work with you!

Sincerely, Jane and Bill Campbell Just wanted to thank you again for working with us on the “Giving You The Business” segment. We were all so pleased with the results and are honored that you featured us on your channel.

Warm regards, Just wanted to say thanks for coming out to the Cork and job well done!

Cork 1794

Thank you for producing a great Giving You the Business segment. It did a fantastic job of capturing all of the components necessary for a company like ours to be successful.

This is something that our employees can be proud of, and also serves as a great marketing piece to attract new business.

Thanks again, I just wanted to say thank you for including KinderCare in your our company is about and really gave the audience a warm feel about all that we do. Thank you again for giving us an opportunity to be seen by our community.

Center Director

Erica L. Firch Assistant Center Director

Thank you for the awesome segment last night. Today I have received a lot of excellent feedback from our patient and on Facebook. The report came out so well and I wanted to let you Thanks a ton, Dr. David Iadeluca Bonjour Paul! I just watched your video! It is very nice! Thank you for doing this for us. We really appreciate it!!

Chef Bertrand, Cloud 9 Thanks, Paul, and thanks again for running the story. I do think

Just saw the spot that aired last night–a most excellent report of our Summer Camp program! Thanks again for your support of Camp Fitch, it means a lot to us.

Emmett T. Verdecchia

Best,

We are thrilled to continue sponsoring these informative segments for the viewing public and potential customers and clients of YOURS! We offer the Giving You the Business segments free to our members as just one of the many member

Thank you again for the work you did on the “Giving You the Business” American Cancer Society segment. I wanted to let you know the link to the segment was featured in the Daily News on our internal national portal–for ACS employees and our national Board of Directors.

Thank you for arranging to have our Relay Chairperson on camera last night to talk about all the activities that will take place at the Relay event this weekend.

Thank you again!

eriepa.com

and would like Paul and the crew from Lilly Broadcasting to come out for a behind the scene’s visit, please contact Nadeen Steffey at the ERCGP, (814) 454-7191 x139, to get on the list!

GivinG You the Business airs on WiCu 12 on Monday evenings and tuesday mornings.

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Erie regional Chamber and growth Partnership

Ribbon Cuttings & Milestones September 19th

Golden Wok

3202 Pittsburgh Avenue, Erie, PA 16508 It was quite a celebration on September 19th when we helped the Golden Wok celebrate their grand reopening, expansion, and 10th Anniversary with a Ribbon Cutting ceremony. The event showcased their Japanese, Hibachi and Sushi along with their expanded Chinese menu. Everyone enjoyed music and dance from the authentic Chinese Dragon Band! Congratulations Wen Lin and family, and we wish you continued success!

September 24th

Woodside Place of Erie at Manchester Commons 6351 West Lake Road, Erie, PA 16505

A Ribbon Cutting Ceremony on September 24th was held at of Presbyterian Homes of Lake Erie. Woodside Place is the only facility in Erie offering specialized memory support in both its personal care and skilled nursing settings. Congratulations!!

October 6th

Escape room Erie

23 West 10th Street, Erie, PA 16501 Now this sounds like TONS of fun! We held a ribbon cutting ceremony at the new Escape Room Erie located in downtown interactive game designed as a corporate team building excursion as well as pure entertainment for the general public.

Congratulations and welcome to Erie! Visit escaperoomerie.com for more info and to book your session!

October 7th

Downtown YMCA Teen Center 31 West 10th Street, Erie, PA 16501

A ribbon cutting ceremony held on October 7th marked the Center is a space that will primarily be used as functioning programming space for the Teen Center and then optimized at off hours for preschool and older active adult programming.

The space includes a large gathering area, game room, kitchen, dining room, library/computer room and multi-media room.

The Teen Center offers programming that encompasses social, behavioral, emotional, educational and recreational needs of today’s youth. Congratulations!! What a fabulous place!

DEC/JAN 2016

A YEAR IN REVIEW

October 15th

EMTA

208 East Bayfront Parkway, Erie, PA 16507 A Ribbon Cutting Ceremony was held on October 15th Dignitaries and local business leaders were on hand and had the opportunity to tour the new facility which is almost double the size of their current building. Congratulations and all the best in your new “home�!

November 6th

Goodwill Industries

2601 West 26th Street, Erie, PA 16506 Serving NE Ohio and NW Pennsylvania, Goodwill Industries opened their second retail store in the Erie area at Summit Towne Center. A Ribbon Cutting and Grand Opening was held on November 6th which is just over 16,000 square feet of retail space. The new store has 30 employees. Congratulations, way to grow!!

November 6th

John F. Kennedy Senior Center 2021 East 20th Street, Erie, PA 16510

An Open House and Ribbon Cutting ceremony was held at the JFK Senior Center on November 6th celebrating the completion of the extensive renovations made at the center. Guests at the event had the opportunity to meet the staff and learn more about the services offered at the center. Congratulations!

November 12th

Springhill Suites by Marriott 2087 Interchange Road, Erie, PA 16509

dollar renovation encompassing all new suites as well as a fresh new modern exterior look, a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony was held. The award winning property, built and designed for active business guests seeking a leisure environment, Springhill brand and is celebrating their 8th year of business and is a proud Erie Community supporter.

November 16th

Presque Isle Wine Cellars 2658 West 8th Street, Erie, PA 16505

We celebrated the grand opening of Presque Isle Wine Cellars new Erie store in the Colony Plaza on West 8th Street with a wine lover on your shopping list! Congratulations, way to grow!

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PRSRT STD US POSTAGE

PAID

208 East Bayfront Parkway Suite 100 Erie, PA 16507

PERmIT # 298 Erie PA

January 21 5:00 – 7:00 p.m.

Iadeluca Chiropractic Center 1334 West 26th Street Erie, PA

Business After Hours is a monthly members only networking event of the Erie Regional Chamber and Growth Partnership. On average 250-300 business professionals are in attendance.

Considering being a host location? Our 2016 fast. Contact event coordinator Cathy Noble at (814) 454-7191 x146 or cnoble@eriepa.com for more information.

February 18 5:00 – 7:00 p.m.

GE Customer Innovation Center 2901 East Lake Road Erie, PA

March 24 5:00 – 7:00 p.m.

Beechwood Golf Course 6401 Gorski Road Fairview, PA