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MEET OUR BOARD: Dixie Gordon


Dixie Gordon is the owner of Amazing Stitches and the Ice Cream Parlor in Emlenton, and she joined the Venango Chamber Board in 2024. Dixie is originally from Port Allegheny but has called Emlenton home for many years. Sewing is a lifelong hobby of Dixie’s, but in the late 90’s, she became interested in home Read More…

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FUN Bank Announces New Chief Financial Officer


First United National Bank – The FUN Bank – is pleased to announce David Restino (pictured right) has been named as the bank’s new Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. David comes to The FUN Bank with over 10 years of banking and accounting experience. Most recently, David was an Audit Senior Associate at Baker Read More…

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BE HERE: 13 Ways to Kill Your Community Chapters 7 & 8


Continuing our series from previous months – Read below about Chapters 7 and 8 of the book, 13 Ways to Kill Your Community. Chapter 7—Don’t Cooperate: Within a community, failing is as simple as refusing to cooperate with any other organizations, businesses, agencies, boards or other communities. Of course, that is a purely passive way Read More…

Lynne Marshall’s Head-Line Hair Celebrates 30 Years


Lynne Marshall’s Head-Line Hair opened its doors on May 17, 1994. Owner Lynne Marshall attributes their success to an amazingly talented, kind, and dedicated staff. Their mantra has always been, “to provide superior quality cosmetology services with an attitude of complete professionalism, attention to detail, and unparalleled client comfort and service.” Head-Line Hair started as Read More…

Speaker Series Recap: “What They Didn’t Teach You About Money”


Eli Busch of Kingdom Guard Financial Group spoke at the first FLEX Speaker Series event of 2024. The topic of his presentation was “What They Didn’t Teach You About Money.” The presentation was informative for everyone and was not limited to advice for young professionals. Eli noted the first thing everyone must determine before going Read More…