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ORA New Staff Members Mark Kerr and Seth Herrick

ORA Introduces Two New Staff Members


The Oil Region Alliance (ORA) is pleased to announce the hiring of two new staff members. Mark Kerr, retired PA Fish & Boat Commission Waterways Conservation Officer (WCO), joins the team as a part-time Outdoor Recreation Project Coordinator with a focus on waterways. Seth Herrick comes to the Oil Region Venango Campus as Executive Director Read More…

Juliet Hilburn Earns Certificate

Juliet Hilburn Earns Certificate


Juliet Hilburn, Annual Giving Officer for the Northwest Hospital Foundation, recently earned a Certificate in Fund Raising Management (CFRM) from the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy. Juliet holds a bachelor’s degree from Mercyhurst University and a master’s degree from Arkansas State University. She joined the Foundation as Annual Giving Officer in January 2023. Read More…

Dave and Monika Goss celebrating 90 years of Provanta and 50 years of Goss Gas

Provanta Celebrates 90 Years as Goss Marks 50


September marks 50 official full-time years in the family business for Dave Goss. Dave grew up working around the family business, which in the early years, was all under the Goss Gas umbrella. He started by painting gas cylinders and propane bulk tanks, and later worked as a delivery driver and installation technician. He worked Read More…

Astro Blast star party 30 years

ASTROBLAST Star Party: 30 Years and Counting


The Oil Region Astronomical Society (ORAS) will host ASTROBLAST 2024 on October 1 – 6 at the Oil Region Astronomy Learning Center located at 4249 Camp Coffman Road. This year will mark the 30th Anniversary of the event, and ORAS is pulling out all the stops. They will bring in a variety speakers, and will Read More…

ZingTRAIN Returns to Venango

ZingTRAIN Returns to Venango County


Over 40 local leaders joined the Chamber for a 2-day training with Michigan-based company ZingTRAIN in August. We had an incredible experience focusing on Living Servant Leadership, Managing Ourselves, and Personal and Community Visioning, hosted at the Pennwest Venango Campus Rhoades Center and Suhr Library! For more than 25 years, ZingTRAIN has been helping organizations Read More…