GA Chamber Newsletter August 2016 - Greencastle

“Your success is
our business”
Member Moments Newsletter
Greencastle-Antrim
Chamber of Commerce
August
2016
Board of Directors
Mary Cordell, Chairman
NEWS FROM THE EXECUTIVE DESK
F & M Trust
Traci Ingram, Vice Chairman
Summit Occupation Health
Colin Swain, Vice Chairman
What a difference a year makes! If you’re like me, the days are long but
the years are short. It’s hard to believe it’s August already and I’m right
where I was when I started: planning our annual banquet, soliciting
board nominations (we have two seats available for the 2017-2020 term),
and accepting nominations for the James P. Oliver award (due by August
31).
M&T Bank
Frank Traver, Vice Chairman
Eagle Construction
Brad Kearns, Treasurer
Smith Elliott Kearns & Company,
LLC
Doug Beltzner
One of the most interesting oxymoron’s in the English language is
“change is constant”. Constant implies that something is invariable or
unchanging and yet change implies the opposite! People are inherently
opposed to change and yet it happens all the time and that can be a good
thing. This past year, at least 10 new businesses opened up in
downtown Greencastle –and that only includes Main Street! At a time
when the national GDP is flat and the economy continues to be stagnant,
that’s a pretty incredible change.
Greencastle Presbyterian Church
Charles Eckstine
Greencastle Borough Representative
John Flannery
The John Allison Public House
Stan Flenner
Graphics Universal
Joyce Fye
You’ll have a chance to meet some of these new business owners at our
August 16 joint mixer at Rhodes Grove Camp, our August 18th breakfast
at Green Grove Gardens with Mike Ross and/or at our annual banquet at
Blue Heron Events on September 22. Join us and be part of the
movement!
Commander VFW 6319
Chris Grimm
First Community Bank of
Mercersburg
Rachel Grimm
Orrstown Bank
Brian Hissong
Warmly,
JAG Management Group
Ed Jackson
Georgina
Manitowoc
Charlie Strausbaugh
Charles L. Strausbaugh, CPA, PC
Fred Young
Antrim Township Representative
WARM WELCOME TO OUR
NEWEST MEMBERS!
Armada Supply Chain Solutions, located at Exit 3 in
Greencastle, provides fully integrated supply chain
solutions. Simplicity, Advocacy, Transparency,
Assurance, Enthusiasm, and Efficiency are part of
the Armada Advantage. Headquartered in Pittsburgh,
we are happy to have a branch of Armada in
Greencastle. Welcome, Mark and team, to the
Greencastle-Antrim Chamber of Commerce!
Growing With Music lives up to its name!
Outgrowing their space on Baltimore Street, Tracy
and team recently moved to new location on Molly
Pitcher Highway. Growing with Music provides
developmentally based music education to young
children and families. Congratulations on the new
move and welcome to the Chamber! To reach
Tracy, call 717.643.1426.
Thank you
to our renewing
members. Visit their websites below.
Bosko Family Chiropractic
Bridge Insurance & Financial Services, Inc.
Coldwell Banker Innovations
Cunninghams Body Shop
Greencastle Lube Center
Harberts Products, Inc.
B Street 104 Restaurant & Pub is now open in
Greencastle! Located at 104 Baltimore St., the menu
ranges from burgers to filets, and fish sandwiches to
crab cakes. Stop by Sunday August 7 & enjoy the
music of dueling pianos, part of Old Home Week
celebrations. For reservations, call 717.643.1621.
Hearthstone Retirement Home
Orrstown Bank
Quad-State Air Compressor Sales & Service
the shop
Todd Auto Body
Tulpenhocken Water
Purple Deck Media serves up mobile solutions for all
industries, as well as apps and TapLive solutions.
Nathan Neil and his team work to increase the
availability, security, and delivery of information
across mobile platforms. Speaking of delivery,
congratulate Nathan on the birth of his first-born
son!
United Way of Franklin County
WORX Graphic Design
We love working with you!
Greencastle-Antrim Chamber News
Orange Creamsicle
Sundaes!
Greencastle-Antrim Chamber JOINT
MIXER with Chambersburg Chamber
Monday August 8
2-4 pm, G-A Chamber
of Commerce back
parking lot
Tuesday, August 16th, 5-7 pm
Rhodes Grove Conference Center
Invite friends to enjoy
an orange creamsicle
sundae and learn about
our services.
The theme is Summer Camp - revisit
childhood fun at this event, mixing with
fellow chamber members and meeting new
area business leaders!
Refreshments, Tours of facility, and more!
SAVE THE DATE for our AUGUST BREAKFAST!
Thursday, August 18 at Green Grove Gardens!
7:30-9am. Mike Ross will be speaking. Price will be $15. for
members and $20. for future members.
Mark your calendars and RSVP to
[email protected] or through our website:
http://greencastlepachamber.org/event/breakfast-with-mikeross/
Save the Date
Greencastle-Antrim Chamber of Commerce
Annual Banquet
Thursday September 22
The Chamber is
taking off! Our
destination: Blue
Heron Events
Center! Join us for
a travel-themed
dinner and silent
auction. Invitations
to follow.
Please let us know if you need a window cling
of our logo (above) or a directory!
Accepting Nominations
Greencastle-Antrim Chamber of Commerce is
soliciting nominations for 2 vacant seats on
the Greencastle-Antrim Chamber of
Commerce Board of Director. Positions will
start in January for a three year term.
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Greencastle-Antrim Chamber of Commerce is
accepting nominations for the James Oliver
Businessman of the year Award. The
individual who currently holds this merit is
GACC board member Frank Traver. Apply in
person at the Chamber or download the
application from our website and email it,
mail it, or bring it by. Nominations must be in
writing, and are due by August 30.
http://greencastlepachamber.org/event/jamesp-oliver-nominations-due/
2016 Sidewalk Days
were a Success!
Many thanks to sponsors, the
committee, vendors, attendees,
volunteers, and all who gave a hand
to help with this event!
Lumber Direct - Signature Sponsor
Borough of Greencastle Fire &
Police Departments
Antrim Township
Sidewalk Days Committee
Waste Management - Trash Bins
Manitowoc - Volunteer Sponsor
E.L.M. Shoes - Volunteer Sponsor
Corning Credit Union Entertainment Sponsor
Franklin County Visitor's Bureau Entertainment Sponsor
Christopher Reibsome Law Volunteer Sponsor
AUGUST DATES
ATTENTION GOLFERS
Thursday, August 11
36th Annual Hospice Golf
Tournament!
Chambersburg Country Club
Come for lunch and a brief presentation before
the 12:30 shotgun start!
Heavy hors d'oeuvres available afterwards
Platinum Sponsor is Progressive Waste
Solutions.
year anniversary the first week of August!
For more information about the event or
sponsorship opportunities, contact SpiriTrust
Lutheran Foundation at 717-854-4425 or
[email protected].
-antiques, collectibles, decorative accessories and
unique gifts, kitchen wares, ironstone, a variety of
textiles, vintage clothing, quilts, early furniture-
Thursday, August 25
the shop in Greencastle celebrates their 3Join us in congratulating them and better yet, stop in
to check out their current inventory!
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Girls Night Out
with
Greencastle Shopkeepers
(Joyful Arts, the shop, Inner Beauty, Up Scale
Consignment, Penny Lane, & Crown Vetch)
Thursday, August 4, 5-9 pm
Shalom Christian Academy
15th Annual Golf Tournament!
Chambersburg Country Club
7 am Registration
8 am Shotgun start
Lunch, drinks, snacks are provided
Proceeds benefit Shalom Christian Academy
Athletic Department for programs and activities.
Sponsorships start as low as $125.
Call 717-375-2223 or register here.
Visit each of our shops during the event and enjoy a
20% discount, refreshments, and wine. Be sure to
sign up for the beautiful grand prize, a basket filled
with goodies from each of the shops. Please share
this fun event with your Friends and Family.
Joyful Arts will offer a $10 wineglass make-it, takeit, and Inner Beauty will offer 50% off Summer
Brighton.
Facebook.com/GreencastleShopkeepers
OPEN HOUSE Saturday, August 6th
9am-1pm at 14 S. Carlisle St.
Door prizes, refreshments, tours of the new
center
Chicken BBQ
at Rescue Hose Co., #1, Greencastle
Saturday, August 6, 11-3
Old Home Week in Greencastle
August 6 (Saturday) All day long
Wine and Music Festival, Summer Wine
Down at Green Grove Gardens, brought
to you by 104.7 and 92.1.
August 6
8-1
3rd Annual
Waynesboro
Waterworks
Yard Sale!
August 6-13 OLD HOME WEEK in Greencastle
 Window Displays, Concerts, Class
Reunions, Music on the Square, Open
Houses, Breakfasts, Family Events,
Parade, Fireworks & more, including...
 Monday August 8 2-4pm GreencastleAntrim Chamber of Commerce
Creamsicle Sundaes at 217 East Baltimore
St. back parking lot
 Friday, August 12 5 pm 39th Triennial
Old Home Week Alumni Banquet at Blue
Heron Events 407 S. Washington St.
Sponsored by Greencastle-Antrim
Education Foundation.
 Events are being held by many of our
Chamber members. Be sure to look at
the program online and visit
Greencastle festivities all week long!
3rd Annual Waynesboro Waterworks Yard Sale
at Waynesboro Waterworks Car Wash
There will be hot dogs, snacks, water, cool items to
cool you off on these hot summer days.
Check out the flyer here.
August 9, 6:30-7:45
Besore Library Book Club 6:30-7:45 pm
In True Blood by Truman Capote
Call 717-597-7920
"Art of Herbalism" at Wilson College
Wilson's Center for Sustainable Living will host
herbalist Lori Wroten in Sarah's Coffeehouse.
Wed, August 10 at 6:30 pm Free Admission
Wednesday, August 10 (during Old Home Week)
The Jewelry Shop is having an Endless Bracelet
Event offering the latest styles of leather bracelets
and charms. Enter the raffle to win a free one!
The Jewelry Shop also has Greencastle Bracelets
custom-designed for Old Home Week now
available!
Greencastle location:
Sunnyway Market
Saturday, August 13, 8am-Noon
Prior to August 13, you can drop off
supplies at the Stuff The Bus box in our
office, Greencastle-Antrim Chamber, or at
Antrim Way Honda.
1st Day of
School
2016-17
The first day of school for the GreencastleAntrim School District is Monday August 22.
Wishing everyone a great school year!
FREE
Educational
Workshop!
August 8-10
Rhodes Grove Ministry Couples Marriage Retreat
This three day, two night marriage retreat is
sponsored in full by United Brethren National, the
United Brethren Association for Church
Development and Rhodes Grove Camp.
You do not want to miss this NO COST TO YOU
opportunity!
Contact [email protected]
FREE Educational Workshop for those caring for
a loved one with Alzheimer's disease or other
dementias.
Thursday, August 25 6-8 pm
The Leland, 120 West Main St., Waynesboro
Contact Katie at 717-752-2067 or
[email protected]
Member News
The Greencastle Lions Club placed a bench on
the Square, in memory of Lion Terry
Musselman. Thanks to Dave Nichols and his
crew for helping with the assembling and
placement of the bench.
Baxter Group announces promotion of Shannon
Murray to Manager of their new paint stripping
facility. Shannon has served as a certified mold
remediation worker, lead paint renovation worker,
and licensed asbestos abatement supervisor. Learn
more about Baxter Group, Inc. here.
Meritus Health's
John R. Marsh
Cancer Center
accepts donation
of comfort
blankets.
The gifts are part
of the Subaru
Loves to Care
project
providing
support to cancer
patients and their
families in
communities
across the
country.
Shalom Christian Academy welcomes the
following new staff members to the school for the
2016-17 school year:
Mrs. Rzempoluch - graduate of Waynesburg
University - will be teaching high school math
Dr. Smith - graduate of Indiana University of PA
and United Theological Seminary and Fuller
Theological Seminary - will be chaplain of
secondary students
Miss Carbaugh - graduate of Cairn University will teach middle and high school band
Mrs. Priego - graduate of University of Valley
Forge - will teach fifth grade
Mrs. Oliphant - graduate of University of Valley
Forge - will teach first grade
Waynesboro Hospital
has received two 2016 Women's Choice Awards
ranking it as one of America's Best Hospitals for
Emergency Care and America's Best Stroke
Centers. View the release.
SUMMIT HEALTH announces more than
$10,000 was raised by Franklin County Cyclists
(FCC) event June 18 and donated to the Rhonda
Brake Shreiner Women's Center and Cumberland
Valley Breast Care Alliance to support local women
facing breast cancer.
Greencastle-Antrim Chamber of
Commerce has a new parking lot!
Greencastle-Antrim Chamber Window
Displays
Many thanks to Ganoe Paving and
Alpha Space Control for their
expertise and implementation!
Farmer's Co-op has decorated the front windows in
our office for the month of July.
Our windows will be decorated for Old Home Week
in August. Stop in and see these displays and set up
a month when you can decorate!
PROMOTE YOUR BUSINESS
The Chamber Chat radio interview features
Greencastle Antrim Chamber 1X/month. Call our
office (717-597-4610) if you would like to be
featured on this show to talk about your business.
Hear recent conversations on our website.
Thank you!
EVENTS / CALENDAR DATESSave these September dates!
September 8-11 (Thurs.-Sun.) Quilting Retreat at
Rhodes Grove Camp and Conference Center.
Download the registration form here.
September 13 (Tuesday) 11-1 Ladies Tea at
Rhodes Grove Camp and Conference Center. To
register, contact 717-375-4162 or
[email protected]
SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES:
Monthly breakfasts
($150 includes two meal tickets)
Breakfast attendance has been increasing.
Help us continue to increase by inviting
an audience and share updates from your
organization with everyone!
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Heritage Christmas
October 13 (Thursday) Franklin
County Legislative Breakfast at The
Orchards.
All Franklin County Chambers are participating.
Attendees will participate in a dialogue with our
legislators on important issues affecting the
business climate in south central PA.
Projected attendance is 200. Sponsorships
available. Contact Amy Fisher at Greater
Chambersburg Chamber of Commerce 717-2647101 x204, or [email protected]
Sponsorship opportunities range from $75.00 to
$1,000.00.
will be here before we know it!
Plan ahead to work with the Chamber in
sponsoring an activity during this festive
time of year.
Here are a some sponsorships still
available:
Signature Sponsor
Tree Lighting Sponsor
Horse and Buggy Sponsor
Lights of Love Sponsor
Shop Small Marketplace
Church Tour Sponsor
Light It Up Sponsor
Entertainment Sponsors
Silver, Bronze, Patron, or Friend
Sponsor...or let the Chamber know if
there is something else you are interested
in doing.
For more information, please contact Georgina at
[email protected] or call 717597-4610.
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Manager's Corner™:
Is Your Focus Hurting Your Business?
by Liz Weber, CMC, CSP
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When was the last time you sat back and asked if what you are focusing on providing was actually
hurting your business? What might you, your team, or your products be doing that is, in reality,
wasting resources or killing sales? If you are focusing on what’s important to you instead of what your targeted customers
want and need, you may be working really hard…and hurting your business in the process.
If you’re not regularly listening to your customers about the challenges they are experiencing with their customers or industry,
and then adjusting your offerings to support your customers, you’re missing opportunities for growth and you’re hurting your
business. If you’re doing what you know how to do instead of adapting to what your targeted customers need from you, you
might be killing your business.
Are you doing what matters most to your Tier 1 and Tier 2 customers?
Your Tier 1 customers trust you. You’ve partnered successfully with them on various projects in the past and you’ve made
their lives easier, more productive, and more profitable. Because of that, they now ask you to do things they know you’ve
never done before. Your Tier 1 customers trust you more than they trust others who may do what they’re asking of you.
Because of this trust in you, they’re not looking for perfection. They’re looking for you to be honest with them in your
assessment of the issues, the problems, the costs, the timeframes, the outcomes, and the challenges ahead. They trust you to
BE there with them to partner with them through their next project or evolution of growth. They trust you to have their backs.
Your Tier 1 customers don’t want perfection. They want partners they can trust.
Your Tier 2 customers love you. They love your current products and services. You provide them with products and services
that fit their needs and resonate with them. When they need you, you’re there. Your Tier 2 customers don’t ask for much
customization. They’re pretty happy with what you have and they pay without pushback. They value what you provide.
They’re not looking for perfection. They’re looking for you to continue to have the solutions your products and services
provide them.
Are you focusing on what’s most pressing for your customers?
Though they may seem insurmountable, daunting, or at times petty, the issues most time consuming for your Tier 1 and Tier 2
customers now are their most pressing issues. Until those issues are resolved, your customers’ focus won’t easily shift to you
and what you want to provide. So instead of pushing what you want them to buy (and appearing uninformed or insensitive),
let them know you understand their current situation. Tell them to focus their energies on their immediate challenges. You’ll
partner with them again when they get past their current hurdles.
Focus on helping them, not on making a sale.
Are you directing your resources for maximum impact?
If you’ve got your focus right (i.e., on your customers), you’ll direct your staff towards supporting your customers too. When
you direct your own focus and then your team’s on your customers, you enable your team to learn more about your customers,
deepen their relationships with the customers, and deepen their appreciation of your organization’s customer relationships.
You’ll reduce the times your team views your customers as interruptions or problems. You’ll help your team view your
customers as partners that help your organization to grow.
What are you focusing on?
Copyright MMXVI - Liz Weber, CMC, CSP - Weber Business Services, LLC – www.WBSLLC.com +1.717.597.8890
Liz and her team work with leaders to create focused plans for their organizations' future. Then they teach leaders how to
make their plans a reality.
Greencastle-Antrim Chamber of
Commerce
217 East Baltimore Street
Greencastle, PA 17225
Phone: 717-597-4610
www. greencastlepachamber.org