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EDUCATION UPDATE

January 23, 2023 in category Chamber Blog tags business, Business Participation Opportunity, career fair, Central Electirc, central electric cooperative, Co-op Signing Day, college fair, education, Education Update, Good Neighbor Scholarship, JA in a Day, local, mock interviews, opportunity, scholarship, School, venango county, VenangoREADY and 0 comments.

Central Electric Cooperative Offers Scholarship CEC is proud to offer the Good Neighbor Scholarship again in 2023. Eligible candidates include high school seniors, currently enrolled college tudents, and adult members furthering their education. CEC will award 10 scholarships of $2,500 in May 2023. Applications can be submitted through CEC’s website. For more information and to Read More…

FLEX Feature: Northbridge Environmental with Sarah Merkel

January 19, 2023 in category Chamber Blog tags Clean Water, drinking water, environment, FLEX, FLEX Feature, flex fyi, Northbridge Environmental, Northbridge Environmental Management Consultants, Sarah Merkel, US Environmental Protection Agency, venango county and 0 comments.

Tell us about Northbridge Environmental. Northbridge Environmental Management Consultants is headquartered in the Boston area, but has remote workers located all over the country (including me!). Northbridge has contracts with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and state environmental agencies in about 20 states. We support EPA and state agencies in implementing the Clean Water and Read More…

FLEX Leadership Reflects on Another Successful Year

January 19, 2023 in category Chamber Blog tags Amariliz Sanchez, Chair of Events & Fundraising Committee, Chair of Marketing & Community Partnerships Committee, community, Devin Zagar, event planning, FLEX, flex leadership, fundraising, future leaders and entrepreneurs exchange, Hind Karns, ivy kuberry, Jeff Polley, Joslyn Dechant, leader, Megan Sternagel, Membership Committee Chair, network, professional development, public speaking, speaker series, sponsorship, Stephanie Staub, Together We Can, Vice Chair of Events & Fundraising, Wemanigit Business Consulting, young professionals, young professionals group, yp and 0 comments.

FLEX started in 2007 and few could have imagined the growth we would see. “FLEX membership has grown by 28 members in 2022 and we plan to continue growing membership in 2023 by offering a variety of events and opportunities for young professionals in the community.,” said Joslyn Dechant, Membership Committee Chair. Additionally, Joslyn said: Read More…

ORA Announces Winners of Outdoor Recreation Contest

January 18, 2023 in category Chamber Blog tags 4 season cycle, Adam Diem, Brady Cubitt, business plan, contest, Danny Delong, economic development, Erin Wanninger, Hannah Gamble, Iron Furnace Coffee, Marcy Hall, OARS, oil city, Oil City Christmas Past, Oil Region Alliance, Oil Valley Gravel, ora, Outdoor Allegheny River Services, outdoor recreation, Roughneck Gravel Roubaix bike race, Theresa McQuaide, Woods and Rivers Coffee Shop, Ziibi Fins and Floats and 0 comments.

Congratulations to the winners of the Oil Region Alliance Outdoor Recreation Business Plan Contest! First place and a $10,000 prize went to Adam Diem of Oil Valley Gravel, LLC. for expansion of the Roughneck Gravel Roubaix bike race based in Titusville over Memorial Day Weekend. Second place and a $5,000 prize went to Erin Wanninger Read More…

CDC Director Rina Irwin Earns Multiple Awards

January 18, 2023 in category Chamber Blog tags award, cdc, CEO of the Year Award, child development centers, childcare, community, Crawford County, Difference Maker Award, early childhood education, Erie, Erie PA, leadership, nationwide recognition, Nonprofit Excellence Awards, Rina Irwin, Studer Education, venango county and 0 comments.

Rina Irwin, Chief Executive Officer at Child Development Centers, Inc. (CDC), recently received a nationwide recognition for her leadership. At the 11th Annual What’s Right in Education Conference in Florida, Rina was presented with a 2022 Difference Maker Award by Studer Education. Since its inception in 2018, less than 10 leaders have received this national Read More…