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FYI Newsletter – February 2024


For young professionals, by young professionals. This monthly newsletter is published by Future Leaders & Entrepreneurs Exchange (FLEX), the young professionals group of the Venango Area Chamber of Commerce. Click here or the image below for a PDF of the FYI. Find articles from the FLEX FYI on the Chamber’s blog.

County Planning: Planning for Community Development| Part 3 of 3


by Susan Williams, President/CEO The last in our three-part series on the Venango County Planning Commission is the work around Community Development, which is extensive. Josh Sterling provides oversight of the County’s CDBG funds, used for various community activities, demolition, and ADA compliance in public buildings. Additionally, he administers several grants that address housing in Read More…

Chamber Welcomes New Board Members


The Chamber welcomes three new board members to their first three-year term, beginning in January. The new board members are Ryan Sweeney, Engineer/Product Development at Webco in Oil City and Reno; Kate Whitling, Project Manager at Schake Industries in Seneca; and Dixie Gordon, owner of Amazing Stitches in Emlenton. We thank all our board members Read More…

LEADERSHIP: Great Leadership Demands Insight and Perspective


Each class of Leadership Venango has ranked business tours and interactive sessions as the most interesting content of the Chamber’s nine-month program, but without exception they speak of the value of our Community Caregiving Day as one of the most important days in their Leadership Journey. Joseph Croskey and Kathleen Ellwood facilitated the morning session, Read More…

Victorian City Art & Frame Employee Helps Expands Services in Oil City Location


Rachel Stine, who joined full-time in April, has shown exceptional skills in framing. She has taken charge of organizing and displaying artists’ works in the gallery. Rachel has also mastered the use of the CMC (computer automated mat cutter) and lacing needlework techniques, as well as managing the store’s social media accounts. In addition to Read More…