Please join Steve Shumski (VP), Barry Seward (our Executive Director) and our whole Board in extending our warmest Chamber welcome to Frontier Communications who has just become the first member to join our prestigious Leadership Circle.  We truly appreciate your commitment to our local economy and your generous support!

The Board of Directors reviewed and considered the nominations received for each of the award categories and narrowed down the finalists in each category.  The competition was steep and we sincerely appreciate all the members who took the time to nominate worthy candidates.  But without further adieu, and in no particular order, the Finalists are …

Business of the Year

• Ben Franklin
• Shanty
• Sharon’s Country Store                 
• The Kitchen Shoppe

We are thrilled to announce the four finalists for our 2011 Citizen of the Year award - Gayle Cagianut, Cindy Campbell, Robert Karr and Nancy Thompson.  One of the traits they all share is their unwavering willingness to keep working forward towards the betterment of our community, without need for recognition, praise or credit.  They simply "press on".  To that end, you may not know all that they've done for our community, so here is your opportunity to learn a little bit more about each one.  We encourage you to read (and be inspired by) the brief bios that we asked them to submit.

Our February 2012 Chamber Chat is here!   Inside this issue:  Welcome Frontier Communications to our Leadership Circle; Welcome Randy Pymm to our Board of Directors;  Welcome to our new Executive Director Barry Seward; Visitors' Statistics; Upcoming Events; Finalists for our 2011 Chamber Awards of Distinction; Get to Know our Citizen of the Year Finalists; and more.  Download it here or, members, look for it in your mailbox or delivered by hand (and now in E-newsletter format too!).