GA Chamber March 2016 Newsletter - Greencastle

Greencastle-Antrim
Chamber of Commerce
March
2016
GREENCASTLE - ANTRIM
MEMBER MOMENTS
Board of Directors
Mary Cordell, Chairman
F & M Trust
Traci Ingram, Vice Chairman
NEWS FROM THE EXECUTIVE DESK
Summit Occupation Health
Colin Swain, Vice Chairman
March is a month that lends itself to alliterations: March
Madness, March Marketing, March Membership, Marching
towards Spring, --- you get the idea.
M&T Bank
Frank Traver, Vice Chairman
Eagle Construction
Brad Kearns, Treasurer
Coincidently, all those alliterations apply to the work we
are doing here at the Chamber.
Smith Elliott Kearns & Company, LLC
Doug Beltzner
Greencastle Presbyterian Church
This past month we brought in eight new members
(welcome to the family!), marketed our members on the
radio, in the newspaper, through email blasts and via social
media (like us on Facebook and we'll do it for you!), worked
like 'mad' on our membership directory which will be
produced and distributed early next month and doggedly
and determinedly marched towards spring with an eye on
some great events we have planned in April, May, June and
July.
Read more about these upcoming events and about some of
the things our members are doing inside this edition of
March Member Moments.
Merrily yours,
Georgina
Charles Eckstine
Greencastle Borough Representative
John Flannery
The John Allison Public House
Stan Flenner
Graphics Universal
Joyce Fye
Commander VFW 6319
Chris Grimm
First Community Bank of Mercersburg
Rachel Grimm
Orrstown Bank
Brian Hissong
JAG Management Group
Ed Jackson
Manitowoc
Charlie Strausbaugh
Charles L. Strausbaugh, CPA, PC
Fred Young
Antrim Township Representative
NEW MEMBER SPOTLIGHT!
Welcome to our newest Chamber members: Baxter Group, Bluejay Bobcat Services,
Drake Orthodontics, Lucky Girl Vintage, Nancy Stein Realtor, Plastec Profiles,
Triple Technologies and Vinnie’s on 11.
Baxter Group, Inc. offers Indoor Environmental Quality services to protect residential and commercial
clients from many contaminants. While the Baxter Group began as an asbestos abatement company, it has
expanded to include lead detection, mold assessment and remediation, radon measurement, HVAC
cleaning and air quality sampling. Please visit their website at www.baxtergroupinc.com.
Bluejay Bobcat Service LLC is an excavating company servicing the Chambersburg, Greencastle,
Marion, State Line, and Waynesboro areas since 1997. Bluejay Bobcat’s light excavating services include,
but are not limited to, storage barn site preparation, installation of gravel driveways and parking areas,
concrete breaking, demolition, landscape grading and ditch digging. Bluejay Bobcat works directly for
homeowners or as a subcontractor in the new construction and remodeling industries. For more
information, check out their website at www.bluejaybobcatservice.com.
Drs. David and Ethan Drake, respected providers of orthodontic care in Chambersburg, have opened Drake
Orthodontics in Greencastle. Utilizing the latest technological advances in the industry, such as invisible
ceramic braces and other aligner options, along with digital imaging and advanced computer graphics, their
goal is to ensure that patients receive the most effective care possible in a friendly, comfortable environment.
More information about the office can be found at www.drakeorthodontics.com.
Lucky*Girl Vintage offers everything for your home and garden decor, including vintage and
repurposed furniture; industrial, architectural and wrought iron items; vintage linens and other
accessories. Lucky*Girl is currently located on Washington Street but, beginning in April, they
will be in their new location at 15 Center Square. For their hours and more information,
be sure to visit their website at www.luckygirlvintage.com.
Plastec Profiles, LLC is a wholesale and retail plastic distributor and fabricator.
Offering a full spectrum of plastics at competitive prices as well as in-house fabrication
including design, development, and production of plastic parts and assemblies,
Plastec Profiles is able save both time and money for their customers. For more
information, check out their website at www.plastec.com.
Nancy Stein is a professional sales associate with Coldwell Residential Brokerage. An expert in
the local area, Nancy offers a wealth of knowledge and expertise about buying and selling real
estate including innovative marketing strategies, targeted home searches, negotiating on the
client's behalf and offering support through the closing and beyond. Reach Nancy by email at
[email protected].
With thirty years experience in the IT field, Henk ten Hoope, founded Triple Technologies in 2004
with consumers and small business in mind. Seeing an additional need, Henk introduced Triple T
Entertainment and Photography in 2011 to offer comprehensive DJ, photography, videography and photo
booth services to individuals and businesses. To learn more about Triple T services, check out their
websites at www.tripletech.us, www.tripletent.com and www.tripletphoto.com.
Vinnie's on 11 is a pizzeria and Italian restaurant that Vincenzo (Vinnie) and his wife Tasia (Stacey)
Marchiano have owned and operated since 1999. Their homemade dough and flavorful pizza sauce
adds a twist to New York style pizza. The daily baked rolls, delicious subs, fresh cut salads with all
natural ingredients, and pasta dishes will do more than just satisfy your appetite. To check out their
menu and hours, visit www.vinnieson11.com.
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THANK YOU RENEWING MEMBERS!
Thank you to our renewing members! Renewing in February were: Antrim
Diesel Service, Inc., Charles Strausbaugh CPA, PC , Coldwell Banker Residential
Brokerage, Ebenezer United Brethren Church, Fast Signs, Franklin County
Controller, Garden Smiths, Inc., Greencastle Church of the Brethren, Greencastle
Lube Center, Guernsey Office Products, H & R Block, Jack B. Layton Sons,
Lumber Direct, Mark's Lawn Care, Premier HVAC Services, LLC, Rescue Hose Co.,
No. 1, Inc, Richard Roschli, Salem Ridge Community Church, Smith Elliott Kearns
& Company, LLC and Sollenberger Accounting, LLC.
We have confirmed dates for our upcoming breakfast meetings. All breakfast will begin at 7:30am and
be finished by 9:00am. Dates are:
Tuesday, April 19th; Tuesday, May 17th; Thursday, June 16th; Tuesday, July 19th;
Thursday, August 18th (at Green Grove Gardens); Thursday, October 20th;
Tuesday, November 15th and Thursday, December 15th (at Rhodes Grove).
Unless noted, breakfasts will be held at the Blue Heron Event Center with From Scratch preparing
their signature (and delicious) foods!
Also, we still have a few breakfast sponsorships available. Please email or call Georgina at
[email protected] or 597-4610 if you’d like to sponsor a breakfast and have the
opportunity to promote your business.
Lumber Direct Invites You to a
March 16th Contractors Breakfast
Lumber Direct invites you to join them at their Contractors Breakfast on Wednesday, March 16th
from 7:30 until 10:00 AM. Join them for delicious food and lively conversation as they introduce
new products and services.
Please RSVP at [email protected] or by calling 717-597-9928.
Promote YOUR Business on the Radio
Would you like to promote your business and experience the thrill of being
on the radio? Each month, Newstalk 103.7 FM partners with the Greencastle-Antrim
Chamber of Commerce and spotlights two member businesses. Taped on Tuesday
mornings, the show airs on the following Saturday morning from 9-10 AM. This is a
GREAT opportunity to share your information including successes, challenges, future
plans and any specials or promotions you want current or potential customers to know
about. As an added bonus, we will also provide you with a free thumb drive of the show
that you can upload on your own social media site. It’s truly a fabulous opportunity and a
great benefit for our Chamber members.
Featured last month were Pete & Gerry’s Eggs and Triple Technologies. The next
taping will be Tuesday, March 15. If YOU want to be featured on this program,
please email Georgina or call the chamber at 717-597-4610.
Would you like to be part of a BUSINESS BOOK CLUB? The Chamber would like to start a
Book Club that allows members to read a book, either monthly or bi-monthly, and then get together to
discuss it. We have a few members interested and are looking for two to three more so we can pick a
time and book! If you would be interested in something like this, please call us at 597-4610 or send an
email to [email protected]. We are excited to start planning for this!
Comcast Spotlight Looking for an
Account Executive
Comcast Spotlight works with local small to medium sized businesses in Franklin & Fulton Counties to
market their products and services by providing advanced marketing solutions utilizing 40+ cable
networks and digital TV. They are currently seeking applicants for an Account Executive position in the
Chambersburg office. If interested in learning more about this exciting sales opportunity, please contact
Denise at [email protected] or 717.614.6480.
Bob Harris - Building the Best Board
Friday, March 18th
The Hagerstown Chamber of Commerce is hosting a leadership
training series on Friday, March 18th from 8:00 to 11:30 AM. This
seminar is perfect for senior staff, non-profit leaders, board members
and anyone involved in civic leadership. Sponsored by Orrstown Bank
and led by Bob Harris, a thirty year veteran speaker, all GreencastleAntrim Chamber of Commerce members are welcome to attend for the
discounted price of $69.00. For more information please visit
www.hagerstown.org/events.
Chamber Member Welcome Bags
now available in the Chamber office
Thank you to all of our Chamber members who dropped off promotional items for Welcome Bags!
Thank you also to the Greencastle Lions Club for offering to assemble the bags.
If you would still like to participate in this advertising opportunity, please provide us with 200
promotional items of your choice (brochures, pens, notepads, magnets or whatever your business uses
for advertising). We will have the Welcome Bags in our office and will be distributing them at various
events.
TICKETS ON SALE NOW
3rd Annual Craft Beer & Wine Festival
Antrim Way Honda parking lot
Saturday, April 16th from 1-4 PM
Purchase tickets online NOW to be admitted one hour early and have V.I.P. parking.
Tickets are $25.00 & are available at:
www.xorbia.com/e/greencastle/3rd-annual-greencastle-craft-beer-festival
Thank you to M&T Bank (main event sponsor) as well as F&M Trust (band sponsor),
Kris Frank of Merrill Lynch (mug sponsor) and Herald Mail Media (map sponsor).
The United Way of Franklin County
Annual Meeting and BBQ
The United Way invites you to their Annual Meeting and Campaign Closing
on Wednesday, March 23rd from 12:00 Noon until 1:15 PM
at the Chambersburg Rec Center.
Please RSVP by calling 717-262-0015 or emailing [email protected]
before March 16th.
Introducing
Artisans in the Square
Saturday, May 21, 2016
We are pleased to announce that the Chamber will be partnering with
the artisans festival committee to present Greencastle Artisans in the
Square on Saturday, May 21 and Greencastle Artisans in the Park on
September 10 and 11.
The artisan festivals are designed to showcase the craftsmanship,
skill and talent of local vendors and artists. Please find more
information and the application for Artisans in the Square at the end
of this newsletter.
Invitation to participate in the
49th Annual Greencastle-Antrim Sidewalk Days
Friday, July 8th 8:30 am - 8:30 pm
and
Saturday, July 9th 8:30 am - 4:00 pm
You’re invited to participate in the 49th Annual Greencastle-Antrim Sidewalk Days. We are currently
accepting applications for merchants and want to offer you our ‘early bird’ special pricing. If you commit
to a vendor space by March 31, you will pay the 2015 rate for participation, have your first pick of
location* and be included in our event literature.
Sidewalk Days have traditionally been a great event and 2016 promises to be even better! Pending
PennDot approval, Baltimore Street and parts of Carlisle Street will be closed to all traffic for the
duration of the event! We believe this will greatly enhance the event by making it safer for all participants.
If you wish to participate, please visit our website at www.greencastlepachamber.org for more
information and to download a participant application. We look forward to a GREAT event this summer!
*All requests will be fulfilled on the order they are received. We cannot guarantee vendor spots though every effort will be
made to honor requests.
The Greencastle Area Arts Council presents the work of Enid Romanek at the
Lilian Besore Memorial Library. Enid was a resident of the Washington DC
area for many years where she enjoyed a prosperous career as an artist. Her
style is realist, yet whimsical, pen and ink drawings with watercolor
colorization. This private collection consists mostly of Washington DC
landmarks and cherry blossoms in bloom. Her recent move to Sarasota, FL has
inspired her newest endeavor, pet portraits, and one such example is included
in this show. The artwork will be displayed until March 31st.
Wanted: Your Government Cost-Savings Ideas
Pennsylvania State Rep. Paul Schemel has recently been appointed to a special
committee that is striving to find and stop waste and inefficiencies in our state
government. Those involved believe that every practical option for reducing
costs must be explored before taxpayers are asked to send more money to
Harrisburg. That is exactly why the PennSAVE (Savings, Accountability, Value
and Efficiency) initiative was created. The committee is asking for business
owners, accountants, organizations, officials and tax payers to submit their ideas
and be heard. To submit your ideas, please visit www.repschemel.com/pennsave.
WORX Graphic Design Recognized for
Industry Excellence
Congratulations to WORX Graphic Design for recently receiving four ADDY Awards from the
American Advertising Federation - Greater Frederick Chapter for their work with ELM
Shoes, Encanto, Innovative Incorporated and their own website. WORX Graphic Design was also
named one of the top 100 small businesses in America by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce!
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Manager's Corner™: Stop Ruining Our Workforce
by Liz Weber, CMC, CSP
This past week, I’ve had two colleagues share stories they’ve experienced directly or observed first-hand.
Each tale provides insight into the decline in the quality of our workforce. Each involves a villain
(i.e., actually the villains are really unwitting perpetrators, but they’re causing devastation), a direct victim,
and an unintended victim.
What’s Happening…
Last week, Karen called me. Karen is a well-respected director of a non-profit who is now dealing with legal and media issues
because of a former employee, Rita. Rita is a 30-something with a marketing degree. Rita was hired to support the non-profit
team as an administrative assistant for 15 hours a week. Rita’s performance was good. It wasn’t great. It was good. Throughout
her first 30 days Rita was provided regular guidance. Some she heeded; some she didn’t. When it came time for her official
30-day review, Rita was stunned, outraged, and insulted that her performance wasn’t deemed “Exceptional.” She demanded
that she be compensated more appropriately for her skills and for her degree. Rita believed it time she receive a substantial pay
increase and also work 30 hours a week. (Besides, she was now pregnant so additional income was needed.) When Karen
reminded Rita she had accepted the job knowing it was a part-time, 15-hour a week position, Rita resigned in a fit of
indignation. In retaliation for this perceived insult, Rita sent emails and social media blasts to the local newspapers and other
media outlets claiming discrimination and unfair employment practices. Luckily Karen’s reputation is well-cemented and most
outlets ditched the emails, but the problem remains. Karen has to clean up the aftermath of Rita’s rebellion.
In the second story, one of my team members was drinking tea in a fast-food restaurant between meetings. In the booth behind
her, the restaurant manager was interviewing a teen seeking her first job. The teen’s mom had accompanied her. Each time
the manager asked the teen a question, Mom answered. Mom didn’t miss the chance to advocate for her daughter by telling
the manager, “She has to earn a minimum of $15 an hour or it’s just not worth her time.” The manager replied, “That’s not in
our pay scale. We start our employees at $8 an hour.” The interview continued with the manager addressing the teen and Mom
providing the answers. My team member apparently almost fell out of her booth when Mom clarified for the manager,
“Now I want you to understand, I won’t be able to stay here with her during her shifts, but I will drop her off and pick her up
whenever she’s scheduled to work!” (Yes, this really happened, and yes, the manager hired the teen anyway!)
So who is the cast of characters?
In each scenario, the characters are basically the same: The villains are parents; over-protective parents; parents who believe
they are doing right by their children but they’re doing just the opposite. The victims are their children. These children range in
age from high-schoolers to young 30-somethings, and the unintended victims are the businesses and organizations in dire need
of talented team members. The villains (i.e., the overly-protective parents) believe they’re simply advocating for their children’s
well-being, but in reality, they are stunting the development of life skills in their children. The parents are also unrealistically
skewing their children’s perception of their abilities and their true market value. As a result, these children have limited to no
marketable skills so their ability to compete in the marketplace is nil. Because of the parents’ “career coaching,” their children
have an inflated and unrealistic view of their marketable worth. And, because of their parent’s “advocating” for them
constantly, these children have no ability to objectively hear and accept feedback to develop skills and improve. These children
are caught in a catch-22. They have no skills. They’ve never been allowed or trained to accept feedback, so when they do receive
feedback intended to help them develop skills, they rebel. As a result, the children don’t learn, grow, and gain real-world, life or
work skills. Then we have the unintended victims. These are the businesses and organizations competing in the war for talent.
Businesses and organizations are hunting and competing for employees equipped with the basic skills needed for the jobs
they’re being hired to do. That’s hard to come by in and of itself. Yet when organizations do find employees with the basic skills,
they’re often lacking the ability and willingness to accept feedback, think, learn, debate, negotiate, fail, succeed, and grow.
When organizations do hire and invest in these employees to try to develop the missing skills, they’re met with rebellion and
indignation. The companies and new hires lose again.
The well-intentioned, but misguided advocacy and life-skills training of far too many parents is continuing to feed a population
of unskilled, resistant young adults who should be soaking up information as they experience their first or evolving workplace
experiences. Instead, they’ve been trained not to want to learn. They’ve been trained not to be challenged. They’ve been trained
to not be responsible for their own continual development and growth so they can become and remain marketable and competitive. They’ve been trained to just be, and that mentality is ruining our workforce.
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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.
Sponsorship Updates
GACC 2016
Heritage Christmas
Sponsorship opportunities are going fast for the 2016 year! We have some great
signature events that your organization can attach its name to for outstanding visibility
in the community. Here are some great events for you to consider:
Breakfast/Lunch Sponsorship: This is a monthly opportunity
for $150.00 which includes two tickets for the meal and a chance to
present to the group about your company.
GACC Golf Tournament: Our Golf Tournament is now set
for June 3rd at Greencastle Greens Golf Course. A few
signature sponsorship opportunities still exist as well as hole
sponsorships. Contact our office for more details.
Sidewalk Days Sponsorship: We are currently seeking
four $250. level sponsorships. This sponsorship will directly
benefit fire and police department volunteers who are going
to help manage both pedestrian and vehicle traffic.
For these & any other sponsorship opportunities, call Georgina at 717-597-4610
or send an email to [email protected].
Greencastle-Antrim Chamber of Commerce
217 East Baltimore Street
Greencastle, PA 17225
Phone: 717-597-4610
www. greencastlepachamber.org
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