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Logan County Chamber of Commerce Honors

Sterling Workforce Center

As Our Member Of The Week

100 Broadway Plaza Suite 244................... 970-522-9340 ext. 101

The Sterling Workforce Center is the Logan County Chamber of Commerce’s Member of the Week. Accepting the honor were Tami Roth, scarecrow "Ramona the Remote Worker", Debra Giles, Jamie McAthur and not pictured) Yesenia Washington.

...The Sterling Workforce Center has been present in the City of Sterling for almost 35 years including 16 years on the Northeastern Junior College campus and 7 years in our current location at 100 Broadway, Suite 24, Sterling, CO 80751.

...The Sterling Workforce Center is an agency of the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment and is one of four centers serving the ten counties in the Eastern Sub-Region under Eastern Colorado Workforce Area Manager, Jennifer Beck. The Sterling Workforce Center specifically serves Logan, Phillips, and Sedgwick counties.

...The Sterling Workforce Center has held a variety of activities and events over the years including job fairs, hiring events, a Veterans Appreciation Day, business roundtables, workshops, and youth mock interview events and summer camps.

...The Sterling Workforce Center has also provided and continues to provide funding for adults and youth who meet eligibility requirements to assist with the cost of training. Many of these students have completed programs (including auto mechanic, wind technician, nursing, and welding) through Northeastern Junior College.

...The Sterling Workforce Center provides easy access to a variety of free services to assist employers and job seekers. Employer services include customized job postings to fit individual business needs, assessments and skills testing to assist in applicant screening, hiring events, and labor market and demographic information. Local job openings are listed on the internet and statewide Connecting Colorado (www.connectingcolorado.com) system.

...At the Sterling Workforce Center, job seekers can utilize a resource center with public computers and internet access and use office equipment for employment-related purposes. Job seeker services include registration and job-search assistance, skills assessments, resume and cover letter guidance, interviewing training/mock interviews, training and education programs, youth and veterans’ services, and networking opportunities. Customers can choose either self-service or staff-assisted options.

...The Sterling Workforce Center maintains a close relationship with other service providers that are a part of local and statewide employment and training networks. Customers needing additional services may be referred by the Workforce Center to appropriate agencies.

...If you are an employer/organization interested in posting a job opening or holding a hiring event please contact the office for more information at (970) 522-9340, ext. 101, stop by their office at 100 Broadway, Suite 24, Sterling or online at: connectingcolorado.com.

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Colorado Construction Defects Reform Efforts

Six years after construction-defects reform advocates passed a bill and won a key legal ruling that they believed would restart the state’s dormant condominium-building market, it’s become clear that the changes were not enough. And, so, the reform debate will be returning to the Colorado Legislature in 2024. The reformed Homeownership Opportunity Alliance — a coalition that includes homebuilders, construction groups and economic-development organizations — is pushing a two-tiered proposal that it believes would reduce the number of lawsuits filed against new condos. That, in turn, would bring more insurers back to the market, cut insurance costs and make it more feasible for builders to put up the lower-cost housing if their construction costs fell substantially, backers say. A pair of moderate but influential members of the majority party at the Capitol are signed on to run the bill, and Sen. Rachel Zenzinger, D-Arvada, said this will be her pre-file bill, meaning it’s likely to begin its legislative journey early in the session. Its biggest opposition likely will come again from plaintiff attorneys who long have argued that people who invest their life savings in a poorly built home must have the right to seek redress in court — though supporters insist they are crafting the legislation in a way that will reduce lawsuits without granting blanket immunity.

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Questions Surround New Rules

Colorado officials are closing in on two key deadlines for their new Family and Medical Leave Insurance program and continuing to finalize rules for how the program will work, leaving both business and worker-advocacy groups with questions that they hope to have answered quickly. Voters approved creation of the FAMLI program in 2020, allowing any Colorado worker to take as much as 12 weeks of partially paid leave each year to be with newborns or adopted children, care for themselves or family members with serious conditions or escape domestic violence. State officials began taking deductions from employers and from employees’ paychecks in January to fund the expected $1.2 billion program, and workers can begin taking their leave, if approved by the FAMLI division, at the start of 2024. Employers can choose to participate in the state-run insurance pool or to create or purchase private insurance plans that must offer benefits as generous as state requirements but that will let plan administrators make decisions on approving or denying leave. Those who want to operate such private plans have until Tuesday to submit an application to the FAMLI division of the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment and, if approved, be refunded for the fees they have paid into the program since the start of the year.

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FTC Should Protect Consumers

The Federal Trade Commission’s fake review rule will help protect consumers from being duped and strengthen businesses’ brand integrity. Here’s how the Chamber thinks the agency can improve it.. You’ve likely fallen for fake online reviews. Something which is unfortunately all too common. Now though, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is considering a proposal to penalize businesses who engage in this deceitful practice. The FTC proposed a rule that prohibits businesses from buying or selling fake consumer reviews, testimonials, and indicators of social media influence. The proposed rule prohibits businesses from incentivizing positive or negative reviews, threatening people to prevent or remove negative reviews, or suppressing negative reviews. The rule also prohibits reviews by employees or “insiders” without disclosing the connection to the company. 

Social Responsibility

Alarming Trend Needs Robust Response

Communities and businesses across the U.S. are facing a historic increase in crime, an alarming trend requiring a robust response. The rising crime problem is affecting both small businesses and large retailers and warrants a serious response from policymakers. A new report from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce highlights the surge in retail and related crime and commends progress in the fight while outlining needed policy actions from local, state, and national lawmakers. “The scourge of organized retail crime has become increasingly pervasive, with retailer losses driven by retail crime totaling nearly $100 billion dollars last year," said Tom Wickham, the Chamber's senior vice president of State & Local Policy. "No store should have to close because of theft, but we are sadly seeing more stores – particular smaller ones – shuttering their doors because of theft and other crime in their neighborhoods.”  The report, “Crime Risk to Business 2023,” includes a new survey of corporate documents from January through August 2023 that show mentions of organized retail crime by companies listed on the S&P 500 already surpass those recorded last year by 43%. An earlier U.S. Chamber of Commerce survey of small businesses found that as many as 56% of small businesses reported theft, with 53% of small businesses saying that the problem has gotten worse. At the aggregate level, the National Retail Federation (NRF) reports that as much as $100 billion has been lost to general crime, or shrink, in the past year, and that organized retail crime—or crime perpetrated by organized criminal rings—continues to rise, with 26.5% of businesses reporting an increase in organized retail theft.

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OCTOBER

Sugar Beet Days

Noahs Arc Welding

Bree’s my Shop

Plain Skincare LLC

Nichols Tillage

Logan County Humane Society

Logan County Lumber

Stewart Title Company

Sam and Louies

Help for abused partners

Sky Ranch Golf 

Williams Lowry Fredregill

HR Tire Company Inc.

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Sterling Correctional Facility  

First Presbyterian Church

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CSU Regional Engagement Center

Vendor Event

Free Literacy Workshop

Sterling Public Library is providing a workshop to teach caregivers and parents aboutearly literacy skills on Sat., Nov. 4 beginning at 2 p.m. The workshop will include 5 early literacy practices to help your children learn and grow and be more prepared to start school. There will be free books and activities to use at home. Registration is required for this workshop. To register, call the library at 970-522-2023.

Literacy Workshop

Family Fun Sat., Nov. 4

It's that time of year again: Time for the leaves to change, crisp cool air, roaring fires and "Turkey dinner!" But now there is a problem.. It started wit a few "mysterious feathers," and then a faint "gobble gobble," but now the museum and its village are being overtaken by terrified turkeys trying to hide from the festivities! We need your help to locate all the hysterical birds. Crafts/activities will also be available!

Family Fun Saturday

St. Anthony Catholic Church

Henry's Hosting Benefit

Chili Cookoff/Auction

Henry's annual chili cook-off and silent auction to raise funds for St. Jude Children's Hospital is 2 p.m. on Nov. 5. Get those crockpots fired and bring them down. There will be great food and plenty of auction items. You can also show your support by donating and getting your name displayed on a square. All square donations will be entered in a special drawing.

St. Jude's Benefit

Toy Drive Rescheduled

To Sun., Nov. 5

A toy drive will be held Sun., Nov. 5 starting at 1 p.m. at Horizon Motorsports, 419 N. 3rd Ave., with a Meet and Greet, a time to decorate bikes and a "Bike Blessing" from the Christian Motorcycle Association. Kickstands up at 2 p.m. when the ride begins. Admission: New Unwrapped Toy For Ages 0-17 years. A donation box for the toys will also be at Horizon during October.

Logan County Toy Ride



Walker Pharmacy

Family Resource Center Baskets

Overland Trail Museum

Sterling Creatives

Roper's Revival

Sterling Regional Center

Calling All Bakers To

'Taste of Christmas'

The annual "Taste of Christmas" is Mon., Dec. 18 during the Christmas on the Prairie Open House at the Overland Trail Museum. Guests will love tasting your special Christmas treats as they stroll the decorated buildings and grounds. Call the museum at 970-522-3895 for details and to sign up!

Christmas Baking Contest

Why Join The Chamber?

Did you know that joining a chamber of commerce can help your company gain access to valuable resources and exposure in the community? A business's

visibility and trustworthiness in the community can improve greatly by joining the chamber of commerce. The mission of the Logan County Chamber of Commerce

is to strengthen business ties and foster economic development in the county.

For additional information on how joining the Logan County Chamber

can help your business, please call (970) 522- 5070.

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November Calendar of Events

Check for updates and changes at logancountychamber.com

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