The Oil City Main Street Program has received its fourth Townie Award from the Pennsylvania Downtown Center, recognizing the creation of the Oil City Design Guide—a voluntary resource to help preserve the city’s historic buildings. Developed in partnership with the Oil Region Alliance, the guide offers tips on maintaining architectural features and has already been Read More…
The Chamber is excited to announce that we will be hosting a ribbon cutting for the grand opening of The Exchange by Side Hustle on July 23 at 3 p.m. The Exchange is a new restaurant, distillery, brewery, and event space from Side Hustle Brews & Spirits, located on the first floor of the historic Read More…
Submitted by Matric Group For many students, the journey to a rewarding career starts with a spark—sometimes literally. A local student, Logan Niederriter, first became interested in electronics through a family influence. “My brother started playing around with Arduinos and Raspberry Pis,” he shared. “I liked watching him work and seeing the results.” That early Read More…
Bobbie (Jones) Nahay, PHR, MBA, Human Resources Manager at Webco, recently participated in the Pennsylvania Chamber Healthcare Summit held in Harrisburg. Jones was a featured speaker on the Plenary Panel titled “Employer Perspectives on Healthcare Challenges and Opportunities,” where she joined other business leaders in a timely and important conversation about the current healthcare landscape. Read More…
As the YWCA Oil City enters its second century of service, it does so with exciting momentum. The organization, which remains committed to its mission of empowering women and eliminating racism, recently received a $25,000 grant from the Edith C. Justus Charitable Trust. This generous award will be used to purchase new state-of-the-art exercise equipment Read More…
Prepare Your Business to Connect With Schools During the summer months, businesses can start to prepare to engage with schools come fall. Some ways to do this through the Chamber are creating free career posters, being listed in our Job Shadow Guide or Financial Literacy Resource Guide, and subscribing to the monthly Education e-newsletter. Hannah Read More…
We had a fantastic day at Wanango Country Club on June 26 for our annual Golf Outing! Thank you to our sponsors, volunteers, teams, and the staff at Wanango. Find more photos from the event on our Facebook page, linked here. Thank you to our generous event sponsors! Champion Sponsors KJ Consulting & Environmental Services Read More…
The City of Franklin’s Community Development Department is pleased to welcome summer intern Devin Zerbe. A junior at PennWest Clarion majoring in Communications with a focus on digital media, Devin will be supporting marketing efforts and event planning throughout the summer—most notably for the Makers Minds Youth Entrepreneur program and the Rock in River Festival Read More…
Founded in 1975, Help at Home is celebrating 50 years of providing in-home care that promotes dignity and independence. Now the largest personal care services provider in the U.S., the organization supports 70,000 clients each month with the help of 60,000 caregivers delivering 85 million hours of care annually. A special anniversary report highlights Help Read More…
Blue Canopy Marketing helps businesses build strong community connections through strategic social media management and content creation. The team is growing and currently hiring a Digital Marketing Strategist to lead social media and reputation management efforts. Learn more or apply at: bluecanopymarketing.com/join-our-team/. This article was published in the Venango Chamber’s July 2025 VenangoWorks! Newsletter.
Orphan Angie’s Ice Cream in Oil City has recently marked two meaningful milestones: five years serving the community with a brick-and-mortar store and one year at its new hilltop Grandview Road location. Starting out small with an ice cream trailer in 2014, owner Ange Carson has now built her shop around genuine kindness, care for Read More…
Check out the July 2025 edition of our VenangoWorks! newsletter, published by the Venango Area Chamber of Commerce. Click here or the image below for a PDF of the full newsletter. (This is a large file & may take a moment to download) Find articles from VenangoWorks! on our blog.
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.
Oil City, Pennsylvania, once thrived as a titan of industry, proudly bearing the title of the birthplace of the oil boom. Its downtown bustled, homes stood proud, and its hills echoed with the hum of prosperity. But over the past forty years, like many rust belt communities, Oil City endured economic shifts, population loss, and Read More…
Jon Berstein, from Wildcat Mansion, has started an exciting new project: WACA. The Wildcat Academy of the Creative Arts (WACA) is a new nonprofit focused on making arts education accessible to everyone, no matter their age. WACA is all about inspiring creativity in visual, literary, and performing arts. Located on the beautiful 24-acre Wildcat campus, Read More…
Where are you from? Seneca, PA Where do you go to school? I just finished my junior year at Westminster College where I am majoring in English. What are you excited about or hoping to learn this summer? I am hoping to learn to challenge myself. There are a lot of aspects of this job Read More…
Zac Dobbins is your dedicated partner in powering possibilities and driving your business forward with Comcast Business. He brings a deep understanding of what businesses need to thrive in today’s fast-paced, technology-driven world. Zac is focused on helping businesses of every size, from startups to established enterprises, unlock their full potential with reliable, scalable internet and Read More…
The Oil City Main Street Program recognized Barr’s Insurance as their Business Volunteer of the Year at their annual meeting. Barr’s Insurance has been a community pillar for over 152 years. With up to a dozen employees volunteering, the company supported nearly every Main Street event in the past year. Highlights include their festive “What’s Read More…
The Crawford Area Transportation Authority (CATA)’s Titusville–Oil City Lifeline Bus offers a convenient and affordable way to travel between Venango and Crawford Counties. Operating Mondays and Thursdays from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., the route connects Clifford Street in Oil City and the Drake Mall in Titusville via Route 8. Riders can transfer to CATA’s Read More…
Congratulations to the Leadership Venango Class of 2025! The class celebrated their completion of the program with family, friends, and colleagues at Wanango Country Club in Reno on May 21. Graduates of the Class of 2025 are: Joseph Brooker, Brooker Kidney Care Shawn DeLong, Keystone Community Education Council Meghan Dunham, Community Services of Venango County Read More…