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2024 First Friday Morning Brew

Planning for First Friday Morning Brew will begin later this fall. If your organization is interested in serving as a Business Sponsor* or as a Showcase Table*, please complete the interest form.

The First Friday Morning Brew event offers NETGIVING opportunities for our Chamber partners to build strong, diverse professional relationships that last and contribute to the bottom line of their business by sharing their knowledge, valuable tips and strategies with each other. At this event, you will ask the question, "What can I do for you?"

*Sponsor opportunities are a privilege of partnership with The Chamber of Catawba County.

The Chamber hosted Policy & A Pint with Congressman Patrick McHenry at City Walk Brewing.

This exclusive event allowed Chamber Investors, Board of Directors, and members of our Advocacy Taskforce to engage with one of our nation's key decision makers. Attendees heard about how major policy impacts Catawba County. See additional event photos here.

Join us in welcoming Niels Larsen to the HKY4Vets team. Larsen will be joining us for the next few months to serve as our HKY4Vets Fellow and Director of Military Affairs.

Larsen will be completing his fellowship with us through the USSOCOM's Warrior Care Program.

Larsen will be bringing significant focus to our HKY4Vets Professional Connections Program, exploring the potential for HKY4Vets to become a third party clearinghouse for DoD SkillBridge opportunities, and meeting one on one with our HKY4Vets Employer Partners.

Learn more about Larsen on our blog post here.

On September 7, The Chamber kicked off the first full Leadership Catawba program day. Over the 8 month duration, our participants are immersed in community issues and challenges that we position ourselves to directly address. This month's focus is on Reinventing Community. See photos here.

Join us to celebrate the opening of Beautiaura located at 21 1st St NW in Hickory at 11:30 AM on September 13. Details here.

Join us to celebrate the grand opening of

T-Mobile Wireless on September 26 at 12:00 PM, located at 2905 N. Center Street in Hickory. Details here.

Join us to celebrate the grand opening of Smith Leonard PLLC in their new location on September 27 at 4:30. Office located at 20 2nd Street NW, Suite 400, in Hickory. Details here.

Last week, Lindsay was featured on The Real Hickory Podcast. Learn more about our new initiative, Startup Catawba County, hear about our Advocacy@Work program, and more by clicking on the video above.

Imagine One Hospitality invites you to The Art of Compassion event featuring Anjelah Johnson-Reyes on September 15 at Lenoir-Rhyne University. The 2023-24 series supports local charities and community partners with over 15 events throughout September and October. Chamber Partners can enjoy a 50% discount with promo code: AJR50.

Purchase tickets here.

The Hickory Crawdads have made the South Atlantic League playoffs and Game 1 is tonight, September 12, here in Hickory at 7:00 PM against the Greenville Drive.

As a thank you to Chamber Partners, there are 250 tickets for tonight's game up for grabs.

There is no limit to how many tickets you can grab, but we kindly ask that if you pickup tickets that you actually need them and will use them.

Ticket vouchers are available at The Chamber of Catawba County, located at 1055 Southgate Corporate Park SW, for pickup immediately.

Enjoy $1 hot dogs, 1/2 price craft beer, and playoff baseball.

North Carolina has received a $900,000 U.S. Small Business Administration State Trade Expansion Program (STEP) grant to help small businesses export and reach global markets. Businesses can begin applying for funding September 30. Learn more here.

We encourage eligible Partners to attend a one hour webinar for NC exporters on September 26 from 10:00-11:00 AM. Register here.