August 2020
Chamber Connection
Your connection to the greater Hanover business community.
Chamber News Pages 1-5 Workforce Spotlight Page 4 Ambassador Spotlight Page 4 Member Spotlights Pages 6-7 Business Briefs Page 8 Main Street Hanover Page 9 Upcoming Events Page 11-12
Promote Your Business With Discover Hanover Looking to advertise your business after months of shutdowns? Discover Hanover Magazine is the perfect outlet! Experts predict that day-trip travel will be the most common form of travel once visitors feel safe enough to do so. This is GREAT news for the Hanover area, as we are within driving distance of many large cities and attractions including Gettysburg, Lancaster, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington D.C. Our 2021 issue will be geared towards locals and daytrippers, and we will place our magazines in locations that target both. Like many of you, our business has been impacted by COVID-19. Because of this we've decided to focus on our local distribution outlets ONLY for 2021. Our 2021 magazines will be distributed to Hanoverarea businesses including nearly 500 chamber member locations, distributed to new residents by local school districts and realtors, and distributed to high-traffic locations, tourist attractions, and lodging properties throughout York County, thanks to our partnership with Explore York. While this is smaller than our typical distribution, we promise that your business will still get maximum exposure through our print and digital platforms! Reach a digital audience of 9000+ with our digital edition: featured on our website, www.discoverhanoverpa.org, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, eBlasts, and more.
Need your ad designed? We offer design services for only $199! All ads and payment for our 2020 issue will be due by October 1. Contact Emily Freiert for more information and to book your ad: efreiert@hanoverchamber.com.
BOOK TODAY! Contact Emily Freiert for pricing or to place your ad in our 2021 magazine.
Because of our decreased print distribution, we've decided to reduce our prices by 10% for all advertisers, including community (non-member) advertisers. Take advantage of this special pricing and support this local publication! 146 Carlisle Street Hanover, PA 17331 717.637.6130 www.hanoverchamber.com
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Hanover Area Chamber of Commerce
2019-2020 Community Leaders Hanover Area Chamber of Commerce Chair of the Board Julia Groft, Manpower Secretary/Treasurer Ashley Hershey, BSSF CPAs Vice Chairs Sean Adams, Utz Quality Foods Victoria Csuri, KLK Welding Jeremy Frey, Barley Snyder Brandon Smith, Edward Jones Lynneah Smith, Elsner Engineering Works Mark Riggs, Hanover Capital Management Drew Derreth, Hanover Valley Church
Board of Directors Vanessa Berger, Cross Keys Village Jess Kelley, Campbell's Snacks Mike Gaskins, UPMC Pinnacle Hanover Dr. Daniel Hartman, South Western Schools Gordon Laabs Kirby Orewiler, Ox Industries Rebecca Prehoda, Member's 1st FCU Dr. Susan Seiple, Hanover Public Schools Jody Shaffer, YWCA Hanover Jim Sponaugle
2019-2020 Chamber Partners APPI Energy J.A. Myers Building & Development, Inc.
Chamber Staff
OSS Health
Gary Laird, President glaird@hanoverchamber.com
Penn State York
Emily Freiert, Marketing & PR Director efreiert@hanoverchamber.com
Smith & Company CPAs
Haley Briggs, Membership & Events Director hbriggs@hanoverchamber.com Elizabeth Csuri, Administrative Coordinator office@hanoverchamber.com
Chamber Connection is a monthly publication of the Hanover Area Chamber of Commerce. For deadline information, please contact Emily Freiert at efreiert@hanoverchamber.com.
Community Leaders and Chamber Partners are members who have made significant investments in chamber programs throughout the year. These investments help the chamber to provide new opportunities and benefits for our members, while continuing to support workforce, community, and economic development. If you are interested in learning more about how your membership can make an impact, please contact Haley Briggs at hbriggs@hanoverchamber.com.
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Chamber Hosting Virtual Info Sessions for Leadership Hanover
Webinar - Retirement and Coronavirus: How Will You Be Affected?
Do you want to make connections in the community? Are you looking to develop yourself professionally? Look no further!
Join Domani Wealth for an economic overview and thoughts on how you can stay strategic about your retirement planning in uncertain financial times, like our current season of weathering the novel coronavirus.
Leadership Hanover is a unique leadership program focused on developing connections with key leaders in the Hanover community. The program is designed to help make individuals more successful by better knowing the Hanover area, networking with key business men and women throughout the community, and establishing strong relationships with other participants. Leadership Hanover meets once a month for six months, focusing on major areas of the community like local government, education, economic development, and more. The 2020-2021 session begins in October. Applications should be completed and returned to the Hanover Chamber office by August 31. For those with questions about the program, the chamber will be hosting two informational sessions in August. Both morning and afternoon sessions are available for convenience. The morning session will take place from 9-10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, August 11, and the afternoon session will run from 12-12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, August 25. Both sessions require registration and will take place via Zoom. Please RVSP on our website if you'd like to attend. Contact office@hanoverchamber.com if you have any questions.
Presenters will review equity and fixed-income markets; share about different considerations, such as if you can still retire on your schedule; and discuss recent regulatory changes, including required minimum distribution waivers. Different retirement savings strategies will be reviewed, including less-commonly known options to help reduce your taxable income, as well as thoughts on tax-loss harvesting to keep your investment portfolio strong in these volatile markets. This webinar will take place on Tuesday, August 25 from 9-10 a.m. via Zoom. To register, please visit hanoverchamber.com/ events. You will receive a confirmation email immediately after registering online. At 12:00 p.m. on Monday, August 24 you will receive an email from Haley Briggs that will include a Zoom link for access to the seminar. If you do not receive this email, please contact Haley Briggs at hbriggs@hanoverchamber.com.
Top 10 Employee Handbook Topics, Including COVID-19 Policies By Leslie Elsner Bell, Senior Human Resources Consultant, Elsner Bell & Associates, LLC If it has been more than a year since your business has reviewed its Employee Handbook, it’s time to see whether your day-today business practices have deviated from your actual written policies. As a result of the COVID-19 Pandemic, employers find themselves needing to add time-sensitive topics like an Infectious Disease Policy, Telework policy, COVID-19-specific policies, as well as updates to leave policies. There are, of course, also ever-changing regulations, at the federal, state, and local level, that need to be addressed. Businesses with locations in multiple states have the added burden to understand any new requirements in order to stay compliant. Your Employee Handbook is as unique as your business. It is not a one-size fits all, as the number of employees you have affects the topics you must cover. For instance, the Family Medical Leave Act should be in a company’s handbook only if the business has 50 or more employees within a 75-mile radius. To learn the most significant changes that businesses need to address in order to maintain an up-to-date Employee Handbook especially as we all work to provide safe, healthy workplaces during the pandemic, please join us for the Top Ten Employee Handbook Topics, Including COVID-19 Policies on October 7
from 8:00 to 9:00 a.m. Location TBD. For more information about the author and presenter, go to www.ElsnerBell.com. This seminar costs $50. Preregistration is required. Please visit hanoverchamber.com/events/calendar to register. About the speaker: Leslie Bell is the founder and principal of Elsner Bell & Associates, LLC, a Human Resources Consultancy serving businesses throughout Pennsylvania and northern Maryland since 2002. Elsner Bell & Associates, LLC specializes in providing human resources services to small to mid-sized organizations ranging from compliance and regulatory audits to employment handbooks to an array of supervisory training topics. For more information, go to www.ElsnerBell.com.
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Member Spotlights
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iNet Technology Now Offering Copier and Printer Services
YCCF Age Equity Alliance Webinar Series
iNet is now offering a new service, copier and printer solutions!
YCCF would like to invite members of the Hanover Area Chamber of Commerce to join them for their Age Equity Alliance Webinar Series. Members can attend one or both online sessions. There is no cost.
This new service allows customers to lease or buy copiers and printers of their choice that fit their business needs and budget. iNet will assure you that whichever copier or printer your company requires, it will be compatible with your current infrastructure. When you buy or lease your next copier and printer from iNet, they will perform regular maintenance as needed. With their constant monitoring and reporting, if an issue were to arise, iNet would proactively handle it, decreasing the amount of downtime. Their techs are ready to provide support and service on-site and remotely. iNet is also an ink and toner supplier! Any toners or inks your company may need for your copier or printer, they can supply. Mention promo code #SUMMER20 and receive 25% off your first toner order (valid from 7/1/2020 thru 9/30/2020) Purchase or lease a printer or copier and receive free setup and installation or 1st month payment free, whichever is greater. **Valid on qualified printers, multi-function printers, and copiers. Contact iNet for more information.** For more information on iNet's other services such as Managed Services and Disaster Recovery, visit them online at www.inettechnology.net or call their office at (717) 398-2550.
Sheila Callaham, Executive Director and Board Chair for the Age Equity Alliance, is a contributor to Forbes.com Diversity and Inclusion section and has 30 years of experience. She will present two free online sessions: How to Build an Age-Inclusive Workplace August 4, 10-11:30 a.m. By taking a deep dive into the underlying misconceptions often layered onto age and dispelling the myths with data, we find common values that open doors for dialog, increased empathy, team building, and action planning. This interactive training explains the value of age equity in the workplace and what it takes to get there. Social Innovation and Age Equity: Why Businesses & Society Need Both August 11, 10-11:30 a.m. Social innovation is a process where new solutions are created to challenging, often systemic, social and environmental problems, to improve society. This training explains how social innovation can be a tool for breaking down barriers to age equity and why doing so is important to businesses as well as society. Register online or by contacting Cathy Bollinger, Managing Director of Embracing Aging at (717) 848-3733 or cbollinger@ yccf.org. Please register 24-hours prior to the session to ensure that you recieve a link to the training.
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Business Briefs
BARLEY SNYDER BRINGS IN THREE SUMMER ASSOCIATES Barley Snyder is pleased to announce it has hired three summer associates for 2020. The three law school students started June 22 and will work throughout our 10 offices to learn from our attorneys and professionals. They will receive hands-on experience with the day-to-day and longterm responsibilities of an attorney. Elizabeth Castillo of Lancaster will begin her second year at Temple University Beasley School of Law in the fall after graduating from George Washington University. Before taking on law school, she worked both domestically and internationally in the field of humanitarian services. Caleb P. Setlock will start his third year at Duquesne University School of Law in the fall after initially completing his undergraduate degree at Duquesne University. The Lititz resident is a former legal intern in the Lancaster County Public Defender’s Office and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Council 13, in Harrisburg.
Gabriel T. Wertz expects to graduate from the Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law in 2021. The Lebanon native is a member of the Villanova Moot Court Board and has worked as a legal intern for the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office. He is a graduate of DeSales University. BARBARA MORRISON-RITENOUR JOINS ACNB BANK Barbara Morrison-Ritenour has joined ACNB Bank in the position of Community Banking Manager of the Littlestown Office located at 444 W. King St. in Littlestown. In this role, she is responsible for welcoming current and prospective customers, fulfilling customers’ needs for banking products and services, building relationships with the local community, and managing the office staff.
EMILY E. BERWAGER JOINS ACNB BANK Emily E. Berwager has joined ACNB Bank in the position of First Vice President/Human Resources Manager. In this role, she is transitioning the oversight responsibility of all areas of the bank’s human resources function in planning for the retirement of current Senior Vice President/ Human Resources Manager Sandra A. Deaner in December 2020. The primary areas of responsibility include employee relations, recruitment, employee wellness, health and welfare benefits, compensation and payroll, training and development, human resources compliance, and employee engagement. ACNB Bank’s human resources team supports more than 400 staff members in southcentral Pennsylvania and central Maryland from their offices at the ACNB Corporation Operations Center at 100 V-Twin Drive, Gettysburg, PA.
Morrison-Ritenour has more than 23 years of experience in the financial services industry in retail and community banking with 15 years dedicated to branch management. Prior to joining ACNB Bank, she served as a branch manager for a bank in Baltimore County, MD.
WANT TO BE FEATURED NEXT MONTH? Member businesses are invited to send company news, personnel updates, and special interest stories for consideration in the Chamber Connection newsletter. Please include a high-res photo in JPG or PDF format. News must be submitted by the first Friday of the month for inclusion in the following month’s newsletter. News will be considered at the discretion of chamber staff and included as space permits. Please send all news to Emily Freiert, Marketing and PR Director, at efreiert@hanoverchamber.com.
Main Street Hanover
Picnic in the Park August 7, 4-6:30 p.m.
Main Street is excited to bring our second picnic in the park event to the Borough. Join us for an evening of food, music, and community. Thank you to The Circle for sponsoring this event!
Main Street Mini Golf August 8, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.
Main Street’s popular family-friendly event is back! We invite you to join us for this unique golfing event in downtown Hanover. Donation requested for participants: $1 for children and $2 for adults 18+. Sponsorship still available for this event. See below for more info.
Hanover Glows – Scavenger Hunt August 29, 7-10 p.m.
This evening scavenger hunt is perfect for those looking for a challenge! Clues about Hanover’s history will engage the community in a glow stick scavenger hunt throughout the downtown. Participants will hunt for clues as they fill in the blanks on their scavenger hunt list and solve the final riddle. The first person or group to finish will be given a prize and everyone will be entered to win a prize. Tickets will be $5.
Sponsorships All of these events and their subsequent revenue are critical to the sustainability of Main Street Hanover. If you have interest in supporting our events please reach out to Justine Trucksess at jtrucksess@mainstreethanover.org. Along with sponsorships for these events, we are looking for new donors to support our mission of supporting the downtown economic capacity of downtown Hanover.
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Upcoming Events
Eye-Opener Breakfast Wednesday, August 19, 7:30 a.m. Dutch Country Restaurant $15 member rate; $30 public rate Please see next page for changes to the format of this event. Sponsored by:
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RSVP for all events at hanoverchamber.com. Events with an asterisk (*) will be held virtually.
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Investment
August 7 Legislative Roundtable, 7:30 a.m. Dutch Country Restaurant, 946 Baltimore St.
CANCELLED
$15 member rate $30 public rate
August 11 *Leadership Hanover Info Session, 9:30 a.m. Zoom Meeting
Complimentary
August 19 Eye Opener Breakfast, 7:30 a.m. Dutch Country Restaurant, 946 Baltimore St.
$15 member rate $30 public rate
August 25 *Webinar hosted by Domani Wealth, 9:00 a.m. Zoom Meeting
Complimentary
August 25 *Leadership Hanover Info Session, 12:00 p.m. Zoom Meeting
Complimentary
To adhere with CDC guidelines, we are limiting our Eye Opener Breakfast and Legislative Roundtable attendance to 50 attendees. Additionally, we will forgo the typical buffet-style and all guests will receive plated meals. Seating will be limited to four per table and THERE WILL BE NO WALK INS ACCEPTED; you must be registered the Monday before the event for admittance.
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