The Venango Area Chamber of Commerce staff and volunteers are busy preparing for the 32nd annual Oil Heritage Festival. Planning started immediately following the 2009 festival, and many improvements are being planned for the 2010 festivities. The Oil Heritage Festival Committee has proposed a few changes to this year’s lineup of events. The biggest changes Read More…
Freedom Wireless Moves to New Location
Freedom Wireless has moved to a larger location in the Cranberry Mall. The wireless service provider has been doing business in the Cranberry Mall for more than 10 years. In 2005, it expanded as a Cellular One dealer in a mall kiosk to a 715-squarefoot store adjacent to The Bon- Ton department store. This week, Read More…
Let the Snow Fall
No school today! I don’t think anyone was surprised by the announcement this morning. We had sufficient notice that the snow was coming, allowing many people to prepare by stocking up in groceries or rescheduling meeting and appointments yesterday. How great is it that we can so easily communicate with one another so easily at Read More…
Oil Heritage Festival Fan Page Launched
The Venango Chamber recently launched the Oil Heritage Festival Fan Page on Facebook. In less than five days the site has attracted more than 750 fans. The social media site provides the chamber with an easy way to keep community members and festival visitors up to date as plans for the 2010 festival evolve. A Read More…
U.S. Senator Bob Casey meets with Venango County Panel
U.S. Senator Bob Casey met with a panel of 7 leaders from Venango County via a teleconference at Clarion University-Venango Campus yesterday. The panel participants were Sam Wagner, of CareerLink; Dr. Chris Reber, executive dean of Clarion University-Venango Campus; Emily Gill, of the Venango Area Chamber’s FLEX group (Future Leaders; and Entrepreneurs Exchange); Jim Martin, Read More…