Chemung County Chamber of Commerce

You're Invited to the "Latest Information on PPP & EIDL Funding" Webinar Next Tuesday! - https://mailchi.mp/chemungc/latest-info-on-ppp-eild-funding

You're Invited to the Chamber's 115th Virtual Annual Meeting of Members This Thursday! - https://mailchi.mp/chemungchamber/annual-meeting-1308440

Tune in the FB Live tomorrow night, Tuesday, January 19th, at 7 pm as Chemung County Chamber of Commerce President/CEO Kamala Keeley and IDA/STEG Executive Director Joe Roman chat with Chemung County Legislator Christina Sonsire about resources available to the business community to help mitigate the impacts of this current crisis. Many thanks to Chemung County Matters for hosting this event!

"We're really pleased to see the results of all our advocacy efforts," said Kamala Keeley, president of the Chemung County Chamber of Commerce. "The biggest challenge we've seen is when businesses can't fully open and with a 10-minute drive, people can find other restaurants open." "At this point, it's important to give restaurants the opportunity to get through this crisis period," Keeley said.

The U.S. Small Business Administrationwill be re-opening PPP to small lenders on Friday January 15 and ALL lenders on Tuesday, January 19. See the full press release here https://www.sba.gov//sba-re-opening-paycheck-protection-pr

You're Invited to the Chamber's 115th Virtual Annual Meeting of Members Next Thursday! - https://mailchi.mp/chemungchamber/annual-meeting-1308436

Personal Care & Salons Permitted to Remain Open with Increased Testing in Orange Zones Gyms Now May Operate with Reduced Capacity in Orange Zones Changes to Gym and Salon Guidance Effective Monday, December 14... https://www.governor.ny.gov//governor-cuomo-announces-upda

"Under Cuomo's new rules, gyms, salons and barber shops will be allowed to reopen in orange zones, but their capacity will be restricted to 25% and employees will have to get tested for COVID-19 weekly." https://www.democratandchronicle.com//new-york/3896626001/

Chemung Co. Executive Chris Moss has scheduled a Zoom Meeting for local restaurants in the Orange and Yellow Micro-Cluster Zones on Monday, December 14th from 12 1:30 pm. Click the link for details and to register. https://chemungchamber.org//up/NEWS-RELEASE-12-10-2020.pdf

You're Invited to the "Recovery Capital for Small Businesses From the New York Forward Loan Fund" Webinar Next Wednesday! - https://mailchi.mp/chemungchamber/recovery-capital

This morning would have been our Annual Awards Breakfast- one of our favorite events and always a heartwarming way to end the year. Although COVID-19 caused us to change our plans, we are still presenting our Member Milestones with their anniversary awards, sponsored by our friends at Elmira Savings Bank. We’ll be posting photos of our Milestone awardees over the coming weeks, so keep a look out for them and be sure to pass along your congratulations! New York Sport & Fitness... (15 years), Southern Tier Contract (25 years), Glove House Family and Children's Services (50 years), Meals on Wheels of Chemung County (50 years), Park Outdoor Finger Lakes Division (50 years), Bradley Farms (100 years), Sprague Insurance (100 years), The Hilliard Corporation (115 years), and Naglee Moving & Storage, Inc. (115 years). You may notice we are celebrating 15 and 115 year milestones this year in addition to the usual 25 year increments- the Chamber is celebrating our 115th anniversary so we thought we would share the love!

We support our partners at The Business Council of New York State, Inc. in asking Congress to include reasonable liability protections for employers who make good faith efforts to protect employees and customers, and comply with state and federal safety requirements.