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                            The weekly newsletter of The Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce
                                                                                                                        April 7, 2017
Today's Featured Video
Do you struggle to relax after work? Billionaire Bill Gates has two evening rituals that enable him to set aside the stress and pressures of the day in order to prepare for a good night's rest.
  Join Us At The Ville For "First Friday"

End your work week with some great food, friends and fun at the Chamber's monthly gathering. No RSVP needed.  4 to 7 p.m. today.  Enjoy great appetizer and drink specials, games, giveaways and celebrity bartender John Mascio Sr. will be keeping your glass full.  See you at The Ville!
Chamber Member Special Offers
Check out some spring specials from our members by clicking the button to the right. 
Chamber Announces New Business
S tart-Up Workshops Beginning In May
Are you eager to fulfill your entrepreneurial dreams? Do you have an idea for a business but are not sure where to start?  Or are you in the early stages of operating your own business but could use come guidance?  If any of these apply to you, the Chamber as a great opportunity for you.   

Beginning May 10th, the Chamber will host New Business Start-Up Workshops led by Joe Belinsky, certified business adviser with Ohio Small Business Development Center (SBDC), from 10 a.m. to noon at the Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce offices, located at 630 Market Street in Steubenville.

The workshops will be offered the second Wednesday of each month and will present an overview of issues related to starting and operating a business, including business and financial planning, market demand, financing and more. T he registration fee is $30 per person for Chamber members and $40 for non-members. You must register for each session in advance.   For more information or to register, please call the Chamber offices at (740) 282-6226 or click here.

Pre-Registration for Annual Golf
Classic  Now Open!

                               When:  Tuesday, May 9th, 2017                                                                                            Where:  Steubenville Country Club                                                                                        Time:     8:30 Registration
                                             10:30 Shotgun Start

                               Cost:      $500 Per Team    $125
Per Individual Player
Price includes 18 holes, cart, golfer gift bag, continental breakfast, all-day beverages, box lunch, and complete steak dinner.  Contact the Chamber offices or click the buttons below for more information. 

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Remember to click through to our members' websites by clicking on the business name or logo.
*  Don't miss the Annual Spring Quilt Show at Historic Fort Steuben in downtown Steubenville. The show will run from  Monday, April 3rd, through Friday, April 14th. Historic Fort Steuben and The Steubenville & Jefferson County Visitor Center are located at 120 South Third Street. Phone  740.283.1787 for more details.  
*  The Ohio Valley Music Guild will be hosting the OV Music Guild Dinner Concert, Spring - A Potpourri of Sounds in conjunction with the Pittsburgh Academy for the Performing Arts and Slippery Rock University on Friday, April 28th, 2017, at 5:15 p.m. at the Hellenic Hall (Greek Church), which is located at 300 S.Fourth St. in Steubenville. The cost is $40 for adults and $25 for students. For more info, please contact Kathy Antinone by email or at 740.317.3826.
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Piergallini Catering will be hosting its annual Easter Buffet at St. Florian Hall in Wintersville on Sunday, April 16th from noon to 3 p.m. The cost is $19.99 plus tax and gratuity, for a total of $25.00 per person. Call 740-264-7048 or 740-317-3293 to RSVP or for more information. To receive a $5.00 off coupon, click here to view the Spring Specials flier.  One coupon per person. 
"First Friday"
Friday, April 7th
4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
No charge. No RSVP required. Come out for specials on drinks and appetizers and see who Vicki has recruited as her celebrity bartenders.

Coffee & Connections
Wednesday, April 12th
8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.
587 Bantam Ridge Road, Wintersville
$10 per person
RSVP by clicking here.

To RSVP or get more information for any Chamber event, please visit the Chamber website by clicking here and then click on the event you wish to view on the scrolling event calendar.  
Jefferson County Safety Council
"Lunch 'N Learn" 
Wednesday, April 19th
Registration & Lunch: 11:30 a.m.
Presentation begins at noon
$15 per person
RSVP by clicking here.

Trinity Health System presents
The Herald-Star Speaker Series  
A n evening with former CIA and NSA Director General Michael Hayden
Thursday, April 27th
Private reception 5 p.m.  Presentation 7:30 p.m.
$20 Reserved Seating, $25 at the door
$50 Preferred Seating,  VIP Seating: $100/$150 
Contact Cindy Kotsch at (740) 283-4711 or by  email  to make reservations. 

Business News U
U p-to-date Information from the U.S. & Ohio Chambers of Commerce

Economy, Jobs - and Municipal Tax Reform - Focus of 2017 State of the State

Last night in Sandusky, Gov. John Kasich delivered his seventh State of the State address. As he has in the previous six, Gov. Kasich focused on the goal of growing Ohio’s economy. He declared that, “our greatest moral purpose as governmental leaders is to create an environment of job creation.” In his six-plus years in office, Gov. Kasich has helped to once again make Ohio a good place to locate a new business or expand an existing one.

To illustrate this, he shared some success stories that have occurred during his time in office, stories about how Ohio “is attracting businesses of the 21st century.” The governor attributed much of this success to policy changes that the Ohio Chamber has supported fully: reducing income taxes for small businesses, streamlining regulations, improving job training, and providing billions of dollars of workers’ compensation premium rebates.To read the article in its entirety, click here

The State of the U.S. Economy – Past, Present, and Threats to the Future

President Trump may not appreciate his good luck, given the economy’s sluggish expansion and further slowing in 2016, but by recent standards he should. At least Obama didn’t leave the economy proximate to a recession. The same can’t be said of the last three Presidents.

Recall, the errant ministrations of then-Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan pushed the U.S. into recession just in time to sink George H.W. Bush’s 1992 re-election campaign, leaving the incoming Bill Clinton an economy well on the mend.  As Clinton exited, the late 1990s dot-com bubble popped abruptly, leaving George W. Bush to dig out of the Clinton recession. Then, Barack Obama rode the Great Global Recession into the Oval Office. In contrast, Donald Trump inherited an economy muddling along at about 1.6 percent growth and no recession in sight. To read the article in its entirety, click here.

                              The Library Link
                              Great Books About Business  With Just A Click

Your link to success begins at the library. Each week in "In The Know," 
you to a business book or magazine that will inspire, teach, inform, or elevate you,        
                                 professionally and personally.  This week's book is:

Web Marketing for Dummies
by Jan Zimmerman

Have you ever wondered how an effective Web- marketing plan is created? In Web Marketing for Dummies, Jan Zimmerman shows you how to masterfully apply your offline knowledge of marketing to the Web. From building a user-friendly site that garners attention to closing a sale on your site, Zimmerman will walk you through a number of strategies that will give you a Web presence and place you on the cutting edge of Internet marketing. 
 
Reserve a copy of  Web Marketing for Dummies by clicking here.
-  April 7, 1999  - 

The World Trade Organization rules in favor of the United States in its ongoing "banana war" with the European Union. In this trade dispute, the US alleged that the EU was giving banana imports from its former colonies preferential treatment over imports form U.S.-backed countries. For more information, please see this BBC article
$34,985

The total amount of profit Walmart reaps every minute of every day. 
Source: Statistic Brain



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The Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce
630 Market Street
Steubenville, OH 43952
Phone: 740.282.6226
Fax:    740.282.6285