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LOCAL ......Terry's Computer Asylum...........Your Chamber of Commerce ..........Sweetly Vintage.

Ambassadors at the Logan County Chamber of Commerce recently held a ribbon cutting welcoming Steele Terrain and owners Amanda (cutting the ribbon) and Brandon Steele (center in back row) into the member organization. Located at 328 Chestnut St,, the business houses a flower shop and bakery as well as a selection of gifts. For more information call 970-522-7686 or visit the bakery online at www.facebook.com/thebakeryatsteeleterrain or see flowers, bouquets and arrangement at www.cattleyafloral.com

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The 'Art' Of Retail Location

Choosing the right location for your retail store is com-plex but crucial. It requires a deep understanding of your target market, brand, and business model. Whether you're struggling with foot traffic and conversions, look-ing to add a location, relocate an existing location, or are about to open a store, here are the often missed factors to retail success. Work from home has changed much about predicting shopping behavior because consumers visit local grocery stores and other shops more often during the work week when it may be faster and more convenient.

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AUGUST

Sugar Beet Days

Ice Lanes

Murphy Insurance

Town of Peetz

The Harmony Home

Edward Jones - Brandon Steele

Legacy CPA & Financial Services 

A Caring Pregnancy and Resource Center

Frankys Carpet Cleaning

SEPTEMBER

Equitable Savings

Dinsdale Brothers

H&R Block

The Legacy Assisted Living

Steele Terrain 

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Colorado To Impose New Emissions Regulations

Colorado will take a major step in the next week toward cutting emissions from the state’s largest manufacturing facilities, but business leaders warn that the current proposal could push production activity out of state without reducing global emissions. A coalition of businesses led by the Colorado Chamber of Commerce is not asking the Colorado Air Quality Control Commission to reject the proposed Greenhouse Gas and Energy Management for Manufacturing Phase 2 (GEMM 2) regulations during a rulemaking hearing scheduled from Wednesday through Friday. However, it is presenting an alternate proposal in which the state would give affected businesses — which range from petroleum refineries to breweries to a mozzarella cheese maker — more ways to comply, including a mitigation fund into which they can pay. On the other side of the coin, climate-advocacy groups like the Environmental Defense Fund argue that the envisioned rules are too lax and that proposed compliance pathways, including a cap-and-trade system, will leave the state far short of reaching its emissions-reduction goals. Also, they argue, provisions in the regulations offered by the Colorado Air Pollution Control Division do not do enough to quickly remove pollutants from disproportionately impacted communities in lower-income areas, which goes against the purpose of the 2021 Environmental Justice Act in which the mandate for GEMM 2 was established.

Emission Regulations

Analysts Parse Colorado Option Numbers

As the Colorado Option insurance program moves into its second year, analysts parse numbers to evaluate its success. No, most plans won’t hit 10% premium-reduction goals outlined in law. But, yes, residents in every county in 2024 will have multiple plans from which they can choose.Moving past this exercise of prioritizing metrics, however, observers of the first-in-the-nation policy more urgently are trying to determine the underlying effects that the man-dated lower-cost insurance option is having on the state’s health-care costs and its care system. And this is where opinions diverge even more sharply. Putting aside the specific numbers, Colorado Insurance Commissioner Michael Conway said the program is hitting its goal by beginning to bend the cost curve of what had been rapidly escalating premiums. While Colorado Option premiums are set to rise by as much as 7.7% in 2024 — a total expected to be lower when Conway approves final rates in October - that is less than the 11.1% average hike in non-option premiums and below the hikes of previous years. “This is a work in progress,” said Sen. Dylan Roberts, the Avon Democrat who co-sponsored the bill launching the program, as well as a measure this year that made some fixes to the law. “I think that people have been too quick to judge the Colorado Option just off of one year of data. We wrote the Colorado Option with the intention of having a three-year rollout, and we’re not even halfway through the rollout at this point.”

Options

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Government Shutdown Is Possible

Despite the fact that the Biden Administration and Congressional leaders from both parties in the House and Senate want to avoid a government shutdown, there is a substantial consensus that a shutdown will occur at the beginning of the fiscal year on Oct. 1.  If a government shutdown does occur, it is likely to be significant in duration with no clear path for reopening the government.  The Chamber is providing more detail about the possible length of a shutdown and the implications for the business community and the economy so that our members can prepare accordingly. A government shutdown at the beginning of the fiscal year would mark the fourth shutdown in a decade and the sixth since 1995. In each case, the government was shuttered because a portion of the Congress (always on a partisan basis) refused to support legislation to keep the government open absent some change in spending or policy. In other words, some group of policymakers leverage the “must-pass” legislation to keep the government open to secure their own priorities. While members of both parties have attempted to leverage the necessity of an open and operating government, no one has successfully used a shutdown to change policy in at least the last 25 years.  

 Government Shutdown

Not The Time For New Regulation

The Department of Labor has proposed a new overtime regulation to raise the salary threshold. Despite the fact that the Biden Administration and Congressional leaders from both parties in the House and Senate n the Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) latest effort to mimic those Servpro ads about making “like it never ever happened,” the agency has now proposed a new overtime regulation to undo the previous regulation issued by the Trump DOL. The new pro-posed regulation, published on Sept. 7, will raise the salary threshold, below which an employee is non-exempt (or eligible to earn overtime) by more than 50% from the current $35,568/year ($684/week) to $55,068/year ($1,059/week). The proposed rule also includes an automatic escalator clause to reset it every three years. 

 Overtime

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Cornhole Benefit To Help Pay

Frank Baray's Medical Costs

An October corn hole tournament will benefit Frank Baray, who is battling Stage 4 Cancer. The event will be held Sat., Oct 14 at the Sterling Elks Lodge starting at 9:30 a.m. If you wish to pre-register for the cornhole tournament you can below but please don't pay there - just pay the $50 per team at the tournament.

Cornhole Benefit

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Yin & Pin

AFRS Recovery

AFRS Recovery

Upcoming Concert Season ................................................... Sterling Concert Series, Inc.  

Join us Wed., Sept. 27 at 10:30 a.m. for History Café in the High Plains Education Center at the Overland Trail Museum. Museum staff members - Zach Pomeroy, Brian Jesteadt and Josiah Wright -have chosen a topic or a story that has captured their interest and we are sure these stories will interest you as well. Coffee tea and muffins will be served so RSVP at 970-522-3895. ................Overland Trail Museum

Caliche Foundation

B2B Power  

Sterling Creatives...

Fundraiser To Help

Foster Children

The Sterling Elks Lodge is raising awareness and funds for Logan County's children in foster care on Sat., Oct 7 from 5 -8 p.m.. There will be chili, cinnamon rolls, music, and a silent auction. All funds raised will be placed into the Step Out for Kids Program led by the Resource Unit of Logan County's Department of Human Services. Leading up the the chili supper, be on the look out for posts of donations that will be placed in the silent auction. Tickets cost $6 per person and can be purchased at the door.

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Windsong Spaces Out - come see the adventures of the Starship Windsong. Lots of great singing

and a few laughs. Special guest quartet is Kindred, the Region 8 2023 Championship quartet..

Windsong Chorus...

Early Childhood Council Logan, Phillips, Sedgwick  

Ballot Initiative Forum

Set For Oct. 11

Democrat, Unaffiliated and Republican citizens are invited to the Colorado Ballot Initiative Forum hosted by former Senator and current Logan County Commissioner Jerry Sonnenberg. Commissioner Sonnenberg will present the "yes" and "no" side of each ballot initiative.

Everyone is welcome.

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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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September Calendar of Events

Check for updates and changes at logancountychamber.com

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