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Celebrating 16 Years of Service Published and Owned by Schaffner Publications, Inc.
AUGUST 2011 Vol. 17 No. 8
“The Business Voice of Erie, Huron, Ottawa, Sandusky and Seneca Counties”
Focus on Norwalk
INSIDE THIS MONTH Shame on Us.......2
Make It a Great Day! Submitted by Norwalk Mayor Sue Lesch
Chamber Calendars ........ 10 IT: PC Vacation Tips .... 12 U.S. Debt Limit Q & A . .... 15 Sales: Accountability.. 18 Well-Booked Business............ 19 LEGAL: Three Counties, Two Sates.................. 21 End Employee Theft.................. 25
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In November of 2010 the City of Norwalk received a $100,000 gift for a new park in uptown Norwalk. This gift came from Bob Suhr of Scotts Valley California who had grown up in Norwalk, moved away to serve in World War II and 70 years later decided to give back to the hometown he loved. This gift not only built a beautiful park in the heart of our City, but gave us a great motto for these times. “Make it a great day,” was Bob’s wish offered at the end of every conversation. Bob Suhr lived by this motto, powerful wisdom which empowers us to actively seek the positive and make our days, our communities and our lives great. In Norwalk, we have adopted it as an empowering outlook to helps us take charge of our destiny. One important way we make Norwalk a great community is through our Economic Development Team. We continue these
extraordinary efforts, in partnership with the Norwalk Economic Development Corp., under the leadership of Ellen Heinz, which in the last 15 months helped connect area businesses to over $13 million dollars in financial assistance. Many of our local businesses are growing, including: Fisher-Titus Medical Center, which is again our leader in growth and innovation as one of the first Cerner “smart” hospitals in the nation, winning awards for the third year in a row as the Top 100 Best Places to Work in Healthcare in the US and for the HealthGrades distinctive Outstanding Patient Experience Award and recently breaking ground for a $12.5 million expansion of Fisher-Titus Medical Center’s emergency, admitting and outpatient laboratory services. New Horizons Baking Company, which received a $1 million Targeting Energy
See MAKE IT GREAT, Page 3
Huron County Chamber asks “Are you Prepared?” From Melissa James Executive Director The Huron County Chamber of Commerce is also the local sponsor of the Huron County Safety Council so our efforts sometimes overlap. We were reviewing the winners of the World Chamber competition and one of the winners was the chamber from
Christchurch, New Zealand for their efforts following the earthquake that has devastated their area. Since that event in September of 2010 there have been thousands of additional quakes, some of significant magnitude. . Many businesses are still not allowed back into their facilities or are being escorted by authorities so they may recover things like their computers…yes,
they are just now getting access to their buildings and it’s been nearly a year. That of course got us to talking about our own disaster plan and worrying about our businesses. Though we have encouraged disaster plans since the June 2006 flood we know there is a large majority of area businesses that have continued to roll
See HURON CHAMBER, Page 24
We’re a proud member of the following: Bellevue Area Chamber of Commerce
Elmore Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce Erie County Chamber of Sandusky County of Commerce
Fostoria Area Chamber of Commerce
Huron Chamber of Commerce
Marblehead Peninsula Chamber of Commerce
Genoa Chamber of Commerce
Huron County Chamber of Commerce
Milan Chamber of Commerce
Oak Harbor Area Put-in-Bay Chamber Chamber of Commerce of Commerce
Vermilion Chamber of Commerce
Port Clinton Area Tiffin Area Chamber Willard Area Chamber Chamber of Commerce of Commerce of Commerce