In The Know
The Weekly Newsletter of The Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce
October 27, 2017
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A Special "First Friday" Coming Up In November
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It's the Chamber's only "non-event" and it's growing each month. Join us in November at
Froehlich's Classic Corner
in downtown Steubenville for a special tailgate First Friday prior to the Steubenville Big Red playoff game. Greg and his staff will be serving up appetizer and drink specials so stop by before (and after) the game. Not headed to the stadium? Hang around a little longer for prizes, music and games. No charge, no need to RSVP and no set program. See you on Friday, November 3rd - 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.
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Let The Chamber Help Make This A
Successful Holiday Season - Easily & Efficiently
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The Chamber Help Make This A
Successful Holiday Season -
Easily & Efficiently
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The chamber is gearing up to help the local business community this holiday season and encourage local spending, giving and involvement. Watch your mail for details on the entire slate of "Shift Your Shopping" events and programs. There are also a select number of sponsorship opportunities that will put your business or organization front and center at all events and on all signage, marketing materials and more. Contact the chamber offices for more details.
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Small Business Saturday:
Saturday, November 25th - we'll have "stations" around the county with fresh coffee and doughnuts along with coupons and shopping bags to help you kick off your holiday shopping on a positive note.
Shift Your Shopping Receipt Contest
- kicks off November 1st. Log your local spending and win cash and prizes.
Steubenville Christmas Parade
- Ambassador Club members will be promoting local spending and spreading holiday cheer at this favorite holiday event.
Scrolling Gift Idea List -
be thinking of three items you'd like to include from your business. This list will scroll on the chamber's website from November through Christmas day.
Holiday Open House
- Thursday, December 7th at the chamber offices. Stop by for great food and drink, music and a few surprises.
Give Back Guide
- find out how you, your employees and your family can give back this holiday season and help local families in need.
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Member Morsels
Remember to visit individual member websites by clicking on the business name or logo.
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The chamber bids a sad farewell to a long-time member of the business community as Damon's closes its doors this coming weekend. We wish all our best to the staff and management who have become friends through the years. You will be missed and we appreciate your support and involvement through the years.
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Ohio Secretary of State, John Husted encourages Ohio voters to be informed and engaged on Election Day. His office is providing complete information on the 2017 issues that will be on the ballot including Issue 1, the proposed constitutional amendment pertaining to rights for crime victims and Issue 2, a proposed law that would require state agencies to not pay more for prescription drugs than the federal Department of Veteran Affairs and require state payment of attorney fees and expenses to specific individuals for defense of the law. Click
here
for
the complete issue informational guide.
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Don't miss a favorite fall event as the Steubenville Lions Club hosts its 23rd annual Ohio State/Michigan tailgate party on Saturday, November 25th at
Froehlich's Classic Corner
in downtown Steubenville. Things get started 30 minutes before kick off and last until the end of the game. Just $60 includes an all-you-can-eat buffet and drinks for two and the chance to win cash in the reverse raffle. Come out for this great event that supports the programs of the
Steubenville Lions Club.
For tickets, contact Rikki Kamarados at Downtown Bakery at 740.632.4311 or Domenick Mucci at 740.381.7928.
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On Saturday, Nov. 4, at 2 p.m.,
The Center of Music and Art
in Wintersville will present "Clash of the Galactic Titans," an all-ages interactive superhero mystery from
The Ohio Valley Cloak & Dagger Company
in partnership with
Striplight Theatre
of Weirton. Featuring brand-new superheroes The Alien Avenger, Miss Mary Sunshine, Sir Silas Storme, and Mother MindCraft the Immortal in a face-off against evil scientist Dr. Harold Angel, mercenary space pirate Two-Legged Lucille, and megalomaniac Queen Helga von Carleton, this original production explores the meaning of heroism and courage. Children and their parents are also encouraged to dress up as their favorite superheroes for the event. Tickets are $10 for adults and $7 for children. Reservations can be made by calling 724-255-5911.
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Growing Your Business Utilizing Local, State & University Resources
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Please join Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine and Case Western Reserve University for a half-day conference featuring sessions that focus on growing technology sectors to accelerate innovating and product development. This free event is open to entrepreneurs, small firm innovators and large corporations alike. It will be held on Wednesday, November 8th beginning at 8:30 a.m. at the Case Western Reserve University Linsalator Alumni Center located at 11310 Juniper Road in Cleveland. Work sessions will include "advanced virtual environments," entrepreneurial programming and support," and more. Visit
www.ohioattorneygeneral.gov
for more information.
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There's no charge. Just click the button below and fill out the short online form.
Deadline is Wednesday at noon.
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Small Business Start Up Classes
10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
630 Market Street, Steubenville
Please use the rear entrance.
$30 Chamber members
$40 Non-Chamber members
Please register in advance by calling 740-282-6226
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Coffee & Connections
Wednesday, November 8th, 2017
Murray's Restaurant
498 Cadiz Road, Wintersville
$10 per person
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To RSVP or get more information on any Chamber event, please visit the Chamber
website
and click on the event you wish to view on the scrolling event calendar. Or print a hard copy by clicking the button below.
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Around the State. Around the Country.
Up-to-Date Information from the Ohio and United States Chamber of Commerce
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Common Sense Initiative Office Releases Mid-Year Report
Since its creation in 2011, the Common Sense Initiative Office (CSI) has been reviewing agency rules to ensure that a balance exists between regulations necessary for the “health and safety of Ohio’s citizens and their impacts on business growth and development.”
Each year CSI produces an annual report as well as a mid-year report highlighting their activity and effectiveness. The mid-year report includes the core statistics that the office tracks to provide stakeholders with a snapshot of what they have been accomplishing. For the first half of 2017, CSI reviewed 1,515 rules, up from 1,147 the year before. Arguably, the most impactful statistic is that of rules being amended or rescinded. According to the mid-year report, 55% of rules that CSI reviewed were amended or rescinded by agencies. This indicates that the office has been firm with agencies after they have identified issues or concerns with certain rules that have been filed.
It is also notable that more than half of the rule packages reviewed by CSI were completed in fewer than 30 days.
Read the article in its entirety by clicking
here
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A Singularly Misplaced Concern
about Tax Reform
Desmond Lachman, a well-respected resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, made a singularly fine observation recently when he wrote that a “deficit ballooning tax cut is a singularly bad idea.” Given the current budget deficit and growth projections in the coming years a massive tax cut as sound policy would indeed be a tough sell. Why Lachman felt it necessary make this observation is another matter entirely as, at the moment at least, no such tax cut is on the table. It certainly doesn’t describe the tax reform effort building steam in Congress.
Dr. Lachman apparently got himself worked up in the first place by an analysis by a leftish think tank suggesting the “Big Six” tax reform framework would reduce taxes by $2.2 trillion. It didn’t take much analysis to conclude this analysis was pure bunk, but apparently Dr. Lachman didn’t notice. Nor did he notice that the tax relief in the budget resolution currently being finalized in the Congress calls for $1.5 trillion in tax relief, not $2.2 trillion. To be sure, $1.5 trillion is still a lot of money, but it’s not an estimate.
Read the article in its entirety by clicking
here
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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:
Total Focus: Make Better Decisions Under Pressure
by Brandon Webb
When former U.S. Navy SEAL sniper Brandon Webb transitioned to civilian life, he struggled to get his first startup business off the ground. He raised millions for his new venture, only to lose it all as problems spiraled out of his control. In the wake of that failure, Webb realized that successful entrepreneurs need a skill he had already mastered: total focus. SEAL snipers define it as the ability to filter out noise and chaos so you can make life-or-death decisions under the extreme conditions of combat.
So Webb started over, applying total focus to a new startup, a media company called Hurricane Group. His approach was so effective that in just five years, Hurricane grew to have a staff of over fifty, an audience in the tens of millions, and a valuation of more than $100 million.
In this book, Webb teaches us to make better decisions under extreme pressure by emulating the habits of his fellow warriors, as well as other skills he learned on the job and from great friends and business leaders like Solomon Choi of 16 Handles, Matt Meeker of BarkBox, and Betsy Morgan of the
Huffington Post
and TheBlaze.
View or download the book by clicking
here
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Today in History
- October 27, 1938 -
DuPont unveiled nylon at the New York World's Fair, upending all concerns about Adolf Hitler and the Great Depression. DuPont wanted to make one thing clear on that day: this was not just a new product they had invented; it was "a brand-new chemical textile fiber. It can be fashioned into filaments as strong as steel, as fine as a spider's web." On May 15, 1940, nylon hose went on sale and sold 4,000,000 pairs in just two days. Nylon also helped with the war effort and was used in parachutes, shoelaces, hammocks, mosquito netting, flak jackets, and tow ropes. For more information on the ways in which nylon changed the world, check out
this article
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- 16 -
The age Mary Shelley was when she wrote
Frankenstein
, which is considered to be the first science-fiction novel. Today is Frankenstein Friday. We wish you many chills and thrills this Halloween!
Source:
Mental Floss
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Questions about Oil & Gas?
These non-profit organizations are here to help you stay up-to-date on the oil and gas industry
in Jefferson County:
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Contact Us
The Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce
630 Market Street
Steubenville, OH 43952
Phone: 740.282.6226
Fax: 740.282.6285
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