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…
Yikes! Change Can Be Hard
This is the time of year when we step back and consider what strategies from the past are still working and what needs a little shake up. We may do this in our homes and communities and we certainly do this at the Chamber. Even when we suspect that change might be beneficial it can Read More…
First Night – The Best Deal Around!
Once again Oil City is readying for First Night, it’s annual New Year’s eve celebration. Fresh off the Christmas holiday, you may be as challenged as I am to organize a special evening that is fun for everyone in the family. Well, this was resolved for me years ago with the first “First Night” in Read More…