 | Chillicothe Ross Chamber of Commerce Weekly Update
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Volume 4, Issue 11 Friday, October 28, 2005 This Week's Sponsors
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(Your ad here for just $30 per edition. Email us by clicking here.) What's happening in Ross County this weekend, this month, this year? Click here. Chamber Calendar Wednesday, November 2: Spaulding Chiropractic and Sports Therapy ribbon cutting, Woodbridge Avenue, 4:30 p.m. Monday, November 7: The chamber on the radio, 1490 WBEX, 8:35 a.m. Wednesday, November 9: "How to Start Your Own Business" seminar by the Small Business Development Center of the OSU South Centers; 9-11 a.m., $40 registration fee (limited scholarships available, contact Kelly O'Bryant 740-289-3727, Ext. 111 or obryant5@ag.osu.edu Wednesday, November 9: Leadership Chillicothe Ross session, 7:45 a.m., Lighthouse Youth Center near Bainbridge. Thursday, November 10: Executive Committee, 8 a.m., chamber. Thursday, November 10: Ross County Safety Council, "Sudden Cardiac Arrest and Automatic External Defibrillators in the Workplace," Chillicothe Country Club, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Safety Council registration Tuesday, November 15: Leadership Chillicothe Ross Steering Committee, 3:30 p.m., chamber. Wednesday, November 16: Business After Business and Business Expo sponsored by Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield, Best Western Adena Inn, 5-7 p.m.; Click here to learn how to reserve your space and for more details. Thursday, November 17: Board of Directors, noon, site TBA. Thursday and Friday, November 24-25: Office closed for Thanksgiving holiday. You are receiving this newsletter as a benefit of your membership in the chamber. If you wish not to receive it, please reply to mjones@chillicotheohio.com and write "Unsubscribe" in the subject. |
MEMBERSHIP DRIVE YIELDS RESULTS: Applications continue to arrive from the chamber's annual Membership Drive. Joining this past week were:
OTHER RESTAURANTS TAKE A HIT: The closing last Saturday of Portabellas on Paint Street comes on the heels of Blue Gill's and Fazoli's also calling it quits. With any kind of luck, all three will be up and running under new owners/operators shortly. LEADERSHIP NOW MORE PROMINENT: To remove any confusion and to solidify the mission of the program, Leadership Chillicothe Ross is now the new name for the nine-month series of the chamber. The change was approved by the Board of Directors this week and was one of the suggestions made by the present class of what was known as the Pathfinders Leadership program. ANOTHER GREAT QUARTER: Paccar, the parent company of the Kenworth Truck Co., had record earnings from its 24 percent increase in profit over the third quarter a year ago. It marked the 15th consecutive quarter of higher year-on-year profits. Sales of the Class 8 trucks which are made in Chillicothe are predicted to be up 25 percent by year end at 290,000 units and could be up another 8 percent in 2006. TABLES GOING FAST: Only a few tables are left for the chamber's Annual Business Expo and Business After Business on Nov. 16. Make sure to grab yours before they're all sold out. Click here to learn how to reserve your space and for more details. PEOPLE ON THE MOVE: Several members reported changes in personnel recently:
ASSESSING YOUR RISKS: The newest edition of SBA Solutions has an in-depth list of questions you can use to assess your business' risks as well as articles on buying things such as a safe, shredder and home insurance policy as well as links to government agencies and safety organizations. www.sba.gov/sbasolutions. VENDORS LICENSES: Here's who's received licenses recently from the Ross County Auditor:
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RETAIL FIGURES BROUGHT TO LIFE: The
annual license tag survey, the responses of major retailers and employment
figures from major employers were all used by Ohio University students to
substantiate the claim that Chillicothe is a regional shopping, dining and
entertainment hub. Tom Brown, an assistant professor of management at Ohio
University-Chillicothe, supervised the students and helped analyze the
results which were the topic for the Networking Luncheon this week at the
Chillicothe Country Club. The results are incorporated in an updated
brochure that real estate developers and others can use to help lure more
retail businesses here. Copies of "If You're Not Doing Business in
Chillicothe, Then You're Missing a Real Opportunity" will be available
shortly. The information also is always available on the chamber website
under the economic development link.
RESTAURANT BECOMES A CHAIN: Dakota's
Roadhouse is now poised to go beyond Ohio, but for now, ones in Waverly and
Washington Court House are in the works, according to owner Pat McAllister
in a story in the Columbus Dispatch this week. He had the name trademarked
for the entire nation. Success on Western Avenue, Jackson and Hillsboro has
McAllister shooting for not less than two new ones a year in communities of
10,000 or less.