Erie Edge Magazine Dec/Jan 2018

YOUR MEMBERSHIP EDGE

Job Bank

ON THE LEADING EDGE

Highlights from inside the Chamber

Looking back, and moving

FORWARD How the Erie region has grown through cooperation and collaboration.

U NC O M M O N K N OW L E D G E

Interesting facts about Erie and beyond

DEC/JAN 2018

is a publication of

ERCGP Mission & Leadership –

YEP Mission & Leadership –

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.

Young Erie Professionals is dedicated to providing opportunities for emerging leaders and career-minded peers to develop professionally, while actively participating in their community to connect, attract and retain young talent in the local workforce.

ERCGP Board of Directors and Officers Tom Tupitza, Esq. – Chair Charles “Boo” Hagerty. – Vice Chair Christina Marsh – Secretary Ken Nelson – Treasurer Kevin Arrington Mike Bratt Dr. Christopher Clark Michael Colpoys Michael Edwards Jeff Favre Dr. Ralph Ford David Gibbons Tim Hunter Bruce Kern Lisa Koshan Marsha Marsh James E. Martin Bob Mazza

Jack Munch Rick Novotny Brian Polito Brenda Sandberg Nick Scott, Jr. Jim Stevenson Dr. Keith Taylor, Ph.D. Michael Victor, J.D., L.L.D. Dr. Fred Walker Jenny Weigold Geertson Scott Wyman Partner Appointees William Lillis, Jr. John Oliver

ERCGP Staff Linda Robbins – CFO/Director of Operations Jacob Rouch – Vice President, Economic Development Division Nadeen Schmitz – Executive Director, Marketing & Communications Brett Wiler – Director of Research, Grants, and Business Outreach Nancy Irwin – Development Director Steve Walters – Sales Manager Susan Ronto – Membership Coordinator Cathy Noble – Event Coordinator

YEP Board of Directors Steering Committee: Bill Lillis, Chairman Kristi Bailey, President Stephanie Fetzner, Vice President

Committee Chairs Terry Carson, Chair Community/Civic Involvement Paul Sherer, Chair Professional/Leadership Development Casey Brewer, Chair Young Erie Ambassadors CaraLee Himes, Program Manager

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Design

Nadeen Schmitz

Engel O’Neill Advertising

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TABLE of CONTENTS

02 Cover Story

Erie’s Past & Promised Progress

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On The Leading Edge

Highlights from the Erie Regional Chamber and Growth Partnership

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Uncommon Knowledge Interesting Facts About Erie

12 Photo Gallerie

Photos from Connect 4 Coffee, Annual Meeting and Celebration of Excellence, and more.

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News From Erie

Events, Recognitions, Investors and Eatery

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Your Membership Edge Job Bank

20 Upcoming Erievents 2018 Save the Dates

© Joyce Thomas Photography

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Member Directerie

ERCGP Member Directory

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Erie’s Past & Promised

PROGRESS Looking back on 2017 and forward into 2018, “transformational” was the word often used to describe what is going on, going up, underway and on the horizon for Erie City and County.

YOUR MEMBERSHIP EDGE

Extras for Small Business

ON THE LEADING EDGE

Updates from inside the Chamber

U NC O M M O N K N OW L E D G E

Interesting facts about Erie and beyond

Click below on what Erie Edge covered. If you missed any issues, find them all here.

YOUR MEMBERSHIP EDGE

Exclusive cost savings

ON THE LEADING EDGE

Updates from inside the Chamber

U NC O M M O N K N OW L E D G E

Interesting facts about Erie and beyond

FITTING TOGETHER How community plans are falling into place

improvement plans?

GROUNDBREAKING NEWS What’s Going Up in Erie

MAJOR COMMUNITY PLANS Erie Refocused and Our West Bayfront.

GROUNDBREAKING NEWS Approximately $500,000 in planned investment led by Erie Insurance, UPMC/Hamot, Scott Enterprises, Waldameer Park, Sterling Technologies, VNET. YOUR MEMBERSHIP EDGE

ERIE Perk Pass

YOUR MEMBERSHIP EDGE

Giving You the Business

ON THE LEADING EDGE

Updates from inside the Chamber

U NC O M M O N K N OW L E D G E

Interesting facts about Erie and beyond

Erie Efforts to Prepare

Setting sights on a rewarding career

ENHANCED EDUCATION New Rural Regional College, expanded ECTS, planned Community College.

ON THE LEADING EDGE

Updates from inside the Chamber

RENEWED NEIGHBORHOODS Little Italy updates thanks to the Sisters of Saint Joseph.

U NC O M M O N K N OW L E D G E

Interesting facts about Erie and beyond

YOUR MEMBERSHIP EDGE

Energy Savings Programs

ON THE LEADING EDGE

Updates from inside the Chamber

U NC O M M O N K N OW L E D G E

Interesting facts about Erie and beyond

What goes around

How shopping local continues to re-build the Erie community.

RETAIL RESURGENCES West Erie Plaza, Greengarden Place.

ARTS & CULTURE RESOURCES From ERIE Arts & Culture, Art Museum, Broadway Series, Children’s Museum and Philharmonic. Plus Asbury Woods Nature Center, Tom Ridge Environmental Center, Lake Erie Ballet and Art Galleries.

ERIE CHAMBER EVENTS AND MEMBER BENEFITS

Business After Hours, CEO Roundtable, Connect 4 Coffee, Erie Ambassadors, Fall Member Fest, Celebration of Excellence, Erie Homecoming & Annual Business Showcase, YEP Connection, Ribbon Cuttings, New Job Bank and Erie Perk Pass.

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MetLife and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce release on a quarterly basis a Small Business Index showing economic trends locally and nationally.

Take a look at the 4th quarter findings.

METLIFE & U.S. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

INDEX SNAPSHOTS $ Small business health remained steady in 2017 with six-in-ten small business owners (61%) saying their business’ overall health is good.

Small businesses in the South are the most confident in the country.

More small business owners (27%) will be looking to hire in the upcoming year compared to Q3 (24%).

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Investment plans are steady with a quarter of small businesses (25%) planning to increase investment in the next year.

More than half of small business owners (57%) believe next year’s revenues will increase.

Over half of retailers (55%) report that the holiday season is very important for their overall profit for the year, compared to just 31% of all small businesses.

One-quarter of small businesses report having no plan in place for any type of catastrophic event.

Competition is on the rise, with one-fifth of business owners (20%) seeing a more active local economy, up from 15% last quarter.

Time spent on licensing and compliance has remained steady since Q2.

About one-in-four small businesses are not active on the Internet.

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Only slightly more than onethird (38%) of small business owners are optimistic about the national economy compared to 41% in Q3.

Local economies are improving with nearly half of small business owners (48%) saying their local economies are strong, up from 46% in Q3 and 42% in Q2.

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ERIE AMBASSADORS

New Erie Ambassadors!

On November 28th, twenty individuals graduated our Fall Erie Ambassador program. The graduation ceremony was held at the Erie Yacht Club. Brian Slawin, an Erie Ambassador Alumni, and star of the famous Ventures|Live! as well as Regional Director & Portfolio Manager at Ben Franklin Technology Partners/Central and Northern PA addressed the graduates and guests, and the power of “the pin.�

Congratulations to all the graduates!

Enrollment is now open for our Spring 2018 session of the Erie Ambassador program which will begin in late January. For details and application information, visit eriepa.com or contact event coordinator Cathy Noble.

View all event photos here.

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2018 LAUNCH PARTY JANUARY 19 | 21 LA RUE DIX 5 p.m. - 8 p.m. $20 per person The leaders of YEP will be releasing the highly anticipated calendar of events for 2018, as well as sharing their new mission and goals. Tickets include beer, wine, hor d’oeuvres, and spirit tastings from Cart/Horse distillery.

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ON THE LEADING EDGE

Highlights from the CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

by Nancy Irwin

Events continue to be an important part of the Chamber’s offerings. In 2017, fortythree various events were planned and offered to Chamber members. Of course, events like our Annual Golf Outing, Fall Member Fest and our monthly Business After Hours networking events give members opportunities to network, to connect and to create or expand business opportunities. Chamber events like our quarterly CEO Roundtables or Erie Homecoming and even Celebration of Excellence can also inform our members and foster discussions on important projects, issues and initiatives. Lastly, Beer on the Bay, the premier tasting event in our region, celebrates some of our great local craft brewers and reaches beyond the scope of our membership. And like our other events, it generates a non-dues revenue stream for our organization.

New to our landscape this summer was Connect 4 Coffee, a morning networking opportunity designed for those who can’t make it to a Business after Hours event.

Attendance is capped at 30 people, and each attendee, as well as the hosting business, have a couple minutes to talk about their company and the services they offer. We’re thrilled that these events are reaching capacity each month and are already booked into early next summer. If you haven’t made it to a Connect 4 Coffee, please visit our website and register. We’d love to see you there.

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We also celebrated success with 19 of our Chamber members through ribbon cutting ceremonies so far this year. We’ve heralded the successes of growing businesses, cheered as others transformed old spaces into shiny new facilities, and welcomed new businesses to the region and city they now call home.

Through our partnership with Lilly Broadcasting, we continue to tell the “behind the scenes” story through our weekly segment called Giving You the Business. It’s a great way for Chamber member businesses to talk about who they are, what they do and how they fit into the local landscape. And with the ever increasing importance of social media, each Giving You the Business segment has a viral reach thanks to Facebook shares from WICU and WSEE, and of course, the Chamber.

As 2017 draws to a close, we’re excited to launch the ERIE Perk Pass, another value for your membership which recently launched. ERIE Perk Pass allows Chamber member businesses to offer exclusive discounts, promotions and savings to other Chamber members AND their employees.

Not only is it a great opportunity for current Chamber members, we’ve also seen the ERIE Perk Pass become a deciding factor for a new business to join our organization. Look for ERIE Perk Pass details on our website, in our newsletter and our digital magazine.

Highlights from the ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

by Jake Rouch

DCED’s ENGAGE Program & DCED Department of Defense Funding The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s DCED has developed a new business outreach program funded at $2.5 million.

This is another opportunity for ERCGP to expand its outreach and resources to support economic development activity. We will likely be part of a regional application submitted through the NW Commission.

Our preliminary thoughts are another contracted outreach person and a graduate research assistant.

Presently, our business outreach has Brett Wiler focused on the DoD outreach in Erie, Warren and Crawford counties while Bill Scholz is conducting outreach solely in Erie County. Collectively, they are on track to meet with nearly 400 businesses annually and get those companies connected to any assistance they need. We also have one paid graduate assistantship – Jeff Keeler – who is focusing his work on the content related to the new GIS Data Center housed at the County of Erie (see more on this below). Finally, we have one volunteer graduate intern who is helping us build the on-line Resource Guide which will enable all the resources available in the economic development system to be accessed by interested businesses. Project Jobs and Takt Triangle data will be gathered on all companies that are the focus of the DoD outreach.

GIS Data Center Emerge 2040, County of Erie, and ERCGP partnered together to assemble a total

of $65,000 to create a first-ever countywide GIS Data Center housed at the Erie County Department of Planning. ERCGP contributed $10,000 from the Department of Defense grant that was earmarked for software/equipment. ERCGP’s funding will enable the Data Center to secure subscriptions to GIS Webtech (real estate mapping and demographics program) and Implan (economic impact project calculator). There will also be a full-time, contracted employee to not only sew all of these tools into an integrated system, but also to continue to input unique, locally gathered data not available through the national database known as ESRI. This project will enable the following: • Consistent, professionally designed real estate profile PDFs to be generated for prospects; • Detailed demographic and infrastructure information for any site or building; • Projected economic impact for any project proposed by any private, public or non-profit group; • A searchable database of land and buildings accessible via eriepa.com; • The grant is also providing ERCGP with $15,000 of marketing assistance to support access to economic development assistance. The preliminary focus of these dollars is on a sites and building database platform that would be married with the County of Erie’s GIS planning and mapping tools. This would provide the ED system – and the ERCGP website – with an extremely powerful tool for land and building searches.

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ON THE LEADING EDGE (CONT.)

Up For The Job/Marketing Erie While the Up For The Job initiative has been mired in politics, the initial funding ($36,000) has been committed by the County of Erie and the project is proceeding. All along, ERCGP has been at the table to insure that our role is maintained and strengthened as the lead agency/entry point into the Erie Economy – or to access the ED system by existing companies. The consultant selected to lead this project – Kate Phillips of Parker Phillips, Inc. – has affirmed our leadership role and brand. ERCGP through the DoD grant, is using $15,000 of that funding to continue to build out the ERCGP’s website content to serve any business looking to invest in Erie.

Parker Phillips will be leading the branding discussion. The item that additional funding will address is the market research needed to identify the target markets for the Erie region to pursue. Target markets are essential.

Highlights from the GROWTH PARTNERSHIP

by former Growth Partnership VP Ben Pratt Young Erie Professionals Have you ever thought, “If only I could give the community some fresh new ideas?”

Then the revamped YEP organization is for you!

Our vision for a revamped Young Erie Professionals organization is to be a central hub for both current young professionals and those new to the area. YEP will be the go-to organization for information

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ERCGP needs to lead the Marketing Erie charge and the time to stick the flag in the ground and take that leadership role is now. With the potential of new leaders at both the City and County – and a landscape filled with political talk and new entities (ECCD, Innovation District) all with a common purpose of new investment in Erie – the community consistently looks to the ERCGP to step up and take on this role. This is an appropriate role and one that needs to be adequately funded by the public and private sector to be successful.

Erie Homecoming & Erie Business Showcase A Planning Committee has been assembled to build out the 2018 event to be more in line with the approach taken by Detroit Homecoming where a large number of ex-pats are invited back to reconnect, learn where the City/Region is going, and be proactively asked to invest in the community’s redevelopment. The committee held its first meeting on October 31st.

on community events, Board membership opportunities, mentoring, connecting young professionals to business and organizations in the community and ultimately giving young professionals a voice in the community.

YEP members can expect: • • • •

To have a voice in the community Connect to the community Participate in community events Get connected to local issues that matter to you On January 19th come to 21 La Rue Dix for the Launch of the newly revamped Young Erie Professionals and the unveiling of our new brand, new leadership, and new calendar of events.

Emerge 2040 Community & Economic Development Data Center Emerge 2040 creates a thriving, educated, livable, green and connected Erie County by guiding the implementation of the region’s 25-year plan for sustainability through collaborative and inclusive leadership. Over the last year leadership partners have determined that we need to focus on Economic Development. Business attraction, retention and expansion are key elements of job creation in Erie County. As the private sector continues to invest in Erie County and public/ private partnerships have formed to build on that momentum, we believe it is critical to equip the community with the tools necessary to make educated critical decisions that will help us become more competitive and agile to attract more investment into the greater Erie community.

To provide the collaborative support, Emerge 2040 in partnership with Erie County Department of Planning, Erie County Redevelopment Authority and the Erie Regional Chamber & Growth Partnership creating a community and economic development data center based on two critical features GIS Mapping, and Economic Impact analysis. By marrying these two critical data sources our goal is to accomplish the following: examine local economies by state, county, zip code, or custom region; reveal dependencies and gaps within local supply chain and industries based on actual demand; analyze the real impact of a business relocating to the area or a business closure; assess the tax implications for publicly funded incentive programs; quantify the economic impact of your EDC’s activity on the community; exhibit the contributions of community programs, fundraisers, and special events with more knowledge about your economy than ever before; provide a business

retention tool for the Business Action Team to help local firms grow, diversify, and make smart business choices; plan for changes in industry technology; organize for expansions; determine wage rates; understand your tax burdens.

Housed at the Erie County Planning Department and coordinated in partnership with the Erie Regional Chamber & Growth Partnership, we look forward to having the Data Center up and running by the beginning of 2018.

Erie Center for Arts & Technology (Manchester Bidwell) The Erie Center for Arts & Technology is moving along and has progressed through the planning stage of replication of the Manchester Bidwell Training Center in Erie. A board has been formed and has officially filed the paperwork with the state. ECAT is reactivating committees and looking for compatible sites to finalize the organizational structure and determine the search process to bring on an Executive Director. ECAT is exploring many different medical/nursing/aide hybrids as training solutions and is in the midst of developing that hybrid consistent with the needs of the medical facilities of the community.

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UNCOMMON KNOWLEDGE

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-18 Erie’s record low on January 19, 1994 and Feb. 16, 2015 Source: Tom Atkins WJET 24 - FOX 66, weather.gov/cle

The number of homes calculated per second

by U.S. scientists for Santa to to deliver all the world’s presents on Christmas Eve, travelling at 650 miles a second.

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Source: mirror.co.uk

From Thanksgiving Day through Cyber Monday, more than 174 million Americans shopped in stores and online during the five-day holiday weekend, beating the 164 million estimated shoppers from an earlier survey. The most popular day for in-store shopping was Black Friday, cited by 77 million consumers, followed by Small Business Saturday with 55 million consumers.

The number of record inches from Erie’s snowiest December!

Source: climate.psu.edu

Source: nrf.com

22,000,000 The number of turkeys Americans consume on Christmas.

They also purchase an estimated 318 million pounds of ham around the holidays.

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Source: time.com

PHOTO GALLERIE

Business After Hours: Networking Technologies and Voodoo Brewery | October 12, 2017

CEO RT Mayoral Candidate Forum | October 24, 2017

Connect 4 Coffee: IHOP and Agility | October 10, 2017

Business After Hours |November 16, 2017

Ribbon Cutting: ReBalanced | October 19, 2017

Annual Meeting and Celebration of Excellence | November 8, 2017

NEWS from ERIE

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R ecognitions Thank you for your generous sponsorships of our Annual Meeting and Celebration of Excellence!

Networking Technologies Avalon Hotel and Conference Center

Business After Hours

A monthly members-only networking event of the ERCGP. On average, 250 to 300 business professionals attend.

December 14, 5-7 p.m.

Peek’n Peak Resort and Spa 1405 Olde Road Clymer, NY 14724

COMING SOON

January 18, 5-7 p.m.

TBD - Contact us to host!

February 15, 5-7 p.m.

HealthSouth 143 East 2nd Street

Thank you to our hosts for our 2017 Fall Erie Ambassador Sessions!

Highmark Caring Place Lady Kate and the Port Authority Erie Waterworks and Penelec EMTA and the Erie Downtown Partnership E.E. Austin & Son Brewerie at Union Station Erie Playhouse Erie Sports Commission Scott Enterprises/Splash Lagoon Erie Yacht Club Thank you to our 2017 Signature Event Sponsors:

Connect 4 Coffee

Our monthly morning networking event!

Connect 4 Coffee January 9 Ambassador Hotel & Conference Center February 13 Cobblestone Inn & Suites March 13 Honey Baked Ham

April 10 WQLN May 8 Lorei Portraits June 12 Donato’s Pizza

Check out our Calendar of Events to register!

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We cannot thank each of you enough for your generosity and support of our events and programs.

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nvestors

Welcome to the following new investors!

We look forward to working with you.

Investor Level Members

E atery The ERCGP is planning year 2 of

ERIE Restaurant Week - Coming March 5-10, 2018 -

AKI Board and Brush Erie E-Urgicare Erie Apparel Girl 6 Kellar Williams – Erie Division Language Collaborations Luther Memorial Church Mama Mia’s BOWtique Mel’s Pot Shop Moe’s Southwest Grill T-Mobile Total Energy Resources, LLC Do you know of a business that should be a member of the ERCGP? Refer them to Nancy Irwin, Development Director or Steve Walters, Sales Manager!

The goal of ERW is to highlight the delicious, numerous, and diverse dining options in the community and throughout the region. For more information, visit eriepa.com

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YOUR MEMBERSHIP EDGE

Job Bank is

LIVE!

We are very excited to be offering this new member benefit to you! As a member of the ERCGP, you can now log in to the Members Only section of eriepa.com and post positions available in your organization. Job seekers will be able to search our database for position openings in the area as well as post their own resume’s. Only our members will have access to view resumes posted by job seekers.

If you need assistance with the Job Bank or your Member Login, contact Membership Coordinator Susan Ronto via email or at 454-7191 x123. Be sure to check out eriepa.com/jobbank!

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Erie Perk Pass The Newest Benefit for ERCGP Members!

The Erie Regional Chamber and Growth Partnership is excited to have launched the newest benefit of membership, the ERIE Perk Pass. ERCGP members AND their employees received the ERIE Perk Pass card in the mail. “Flash the Pass” at participating ERCGP member businesses to receive discounts at retail, entertainment, restaurant, and goods and services used every day at home and business!

The ERIE Perk Pass brings buyers, sellers, companies and employees together in a program that benefits the entire Erie community by supporting local business. The program is based on goods and services made available from ERCGP members for ERCGP members at special prices.

“We began the ERIE Perk Pass as an opportunity for our members to attract new business and to encourage repeat business through promotions that offer exclusive savings to our members and their employees,” commented Linda Robbins, Director of Operations at the Erie Regional Chamber and Growth Partnership. “It is important to also note that this new ERCGP benefit is for not only the business owner or management, but their entire staff, regardless of size.”

A full list of participating locations and savings offered can be checked out at eriepa.com.

Flash the pass.

*dependent on number of employees and identity credentials.

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CUTTING THE RIBBON

Did you know?

As a member of the Erie Regional Chamber and Growth Partnership, our ribbon-cutting service is offered to new or expanding businesses commemorating a milestone!

Contact our Event Coordinator, Cathy Noble, to get more information and set your date!

We look forward to celebrating with you!

Iadeluca Chiropractic

2921 W 26th St - October 26, 2017

Mama Mia’s BOWtique November 16, 2017

IHOP

November 14, 2017

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UPCOMING ERIEVENTS

Business After Hours

ERCGP Signature Events

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January 18: TBD

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February 15: HealthSouth

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March 15: Miller Brother Staffing

Annual Golf Outing Day 1 May 23, 10 a.m.-7 p.m.

Peek’n Peak Resort and Spa

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April 19: John V. Schultz

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May 17: Blasco Memorial Library (The Idea Lab)

Annual Golf Outing Day 2 May 24, 10 a.m.-7 p.m.

Peek’n Peak Resort and Spa

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June 21: The Sight Center

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July 19: TBD

Fall Member Fest September 19, 4-8 p.m.

Shades Beach

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August 9: Penn State Behrend

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September 27: Experience Children’s Museum

Annual Meeting October 30, 8-9 a.m.

Location TBA

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October 18: Scott Enterprises Trampoline Park

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November 8: TBD

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December 13: TBD

Celebration of Excellence November 15, 5-8 p.m.

Bayfront Convention Center

All Business After Hours events take place on Thursday evenings from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Community Events • Beer on the Bay

July 28,10 a.m.-8 p.m.

Show off YOUR business by hosting a Business After Hours in 2018! We have several months open to choose from. Visit eriepa.com for details and contact event coordinator Cathy Noble to secure your date!

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August,10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Location TBA

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ERIE REGIONAL CHAMBER AND GROWTH PARTNERSHIP

EXCLUSIVE OFFER

The Erie Regional Chamber and Growth Partnership (ERCGP) is pleased to announce it’s partnership with National Fuel Resources, Inc. (NFR) as supplier of choice for natural gas. Through our exclusive Premier Natural Gas Supplier Program, NFR will offer ERCGP small business members guaranteed savings on their natural gas bills.*

SAVING IS SIMPLE AND GUARANTEED.

Choose NFR as your natural gas supplier and we guarantee a lower monthly natural gas commodity rate for one year, compared to your natural gas utility For more information, call Andy Ames at 1-800-839-9993 ext. 6782 or e-mail aames@nfrinc.com. Visit us online at nfrinc.com. Promotional code: ERCGP. company. We guarantee saving for an entire year.

EMPLOYEE DISCOUNT PROGRAM.

Employees of any business that enroll with NFR through the ERCGP may also enroll and enjoy guaranteed savings on their natural gas bill at home. * Offer is limited to ERCGP small business members located in NFR’s Pennsylvania service area with annual gas consumption less than 1,000 Mcf and not currently enrolled with NFR.

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Manufacturers - Paper Manufacturers - Plastic Manufacturers - Steel Manufacturers - Tool & Die Manufacturers - Windows Manufacturers - Wood Manufacturing Services Media Mental Health Services Metal Finishing Motorcycle / Repair / Sales Moving Natural Gas Nonprofit Organizations Office Equipment Office Furniture Office Supplies Paint Supplier

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Transportation Services Trucking Uniform Services Utilities Veterinarians Video Water Treatment Web Design Wholesalers - General Merchandise Wholesalers - Steel Wineries

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On the WATER’S EDGE