October 2011 Lake Twp. Chamber Office Hours Tuesday-Wednesday-Thursday 9am-4pm Closed Mondays & Fridays Office located in the Lake Community Center on King Church Avenue NW in Uniontown by the Lake Community YMCA this issue: New Board of Directors/New Members/Holidays at the Hollow pp. 2-3 pp. 4-5 Tourism Tidbits/Lake Votes/Constant Contact pp. 6-7 Lake Chamber Community Cinema Member News/Kudos/ pp. 8-9 Annual Dinner/Golf Outing/Calendar of Events pp. 10-11 Get Social! Chamber page: www.facebook.com/ lakechamber Tourism Page: www.facebook.com/ DiscoverHartville Twitter Name: lakechamber Send a request to [email protected]to be added to the Lake Township Chamber of Commerce Members Group Share your photos with us! Join the Lake/Hartville and Discover Hartville photo pages You Tube lakechamber The 3/50 Project is Coming to Lake Township! Download the FREE LookLocal™ iPhone App today!
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October 2011
Lake Twp. Chamber Office Hours
Tuesday-Wednesday-Thursday 9am-4pm
Closed Mondays & Fridays
Office located in the Lake Community
Center on King Church Avenue NW in
Uniontown by the Lake Community YMCA
this issue:
New Board of Directors/New Members/Holidays at the Hollow pp. 2-3
pp. 4-5 Tourism Tidbits/Lake Votes/Constant Contact
pp. 6-7 Lake Chamber Community Cinema Member News/Kudos/ pp. 8-9
Annual Dinner/Golf Outing/Calendar of Events pp. 10-11
Wendy Mann M.J. Miller & Co, CPAs Treasurer 330.877.9433 Christa Kozy Lake Township Chamber of Commerce President
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Jana Weaver First Merit Bank 330.877.1811 John Tarzan Maple Street Art Gallery Marketing & Tourism 330.877.1689 Jeff Tubo Mercy Medical Center Membership/Resource Support 330.417.1725 Bob McNamara McNamara, Demczyk, & DeHaven Co., LPA Economic Development/LTDF 330.699.6703 Christa Domer Hartville Hardware 330.877.3631 Barb Wise Best Bib and Tucker Retail Advocate 330.877.3308 Ally Bussey Marketing & Tourism Canton Stark County Convention & Visitors Bureau 330.454.1439 Annette Mignano PNC Bank 330.877.8942
I can’t honestly recall a busier time at the Lake Twp. Chamber. I am incredibly excited about the
opportunities that lie before us as an organization. Earlier this year, we celebrated business leaders at
our Annual Dinner. That feels like yesterday that we vowed to “A New Beginning.” We blinked and the
next thing we knew, it was time for our Golf Outing at Congress Lake Club. Wow! Another amazing
event and a collaboration of efforts on our members’ behalf.
In late summer, we launched Lake Chamber Community Cinema at NeoFill’s Campus. What an amazing
event and company to work with—we are excited to host another movie indoors at the Lake Community
Center when the snow starts flying. We visited the University of Findlay back in March to meet the foun-
der of The 3/50 Project, Cinda Baxter. We were thrilled when Todd Locke at WRL Advertising offered
event sponsorship, sparking the interest of WHBC, Canton Repository, Consumers National Bank and local
Chambers and business organizations to make the event a reality. We are honored to host her and her
positive message coming up on November 10th. If you haven’t signed up, please make it a priority to do
so.
As a business community, we are stronger when we join together to make a difference. We will have an
exciting Holiday announcement to make to encourage her message further, and then our year will culmi-
nate in a “Holidays at the Hollow” Luncheon at Quail Hollow State Park.
Whew! What a great year. Let’s finish this year strong before our next “New Beginning” in 2012!
Best Regards, Christa Kozy
OUR MISSION: To create a positive environment
to promote the success and growth of businesses while reflecting the values of the
community.
OUR VISION: To be the respected and
recognized resource for business support, growth and success in
the community.
WE VALUE: Integrity, Responsiveness,
Innovation, Ethics, Compassion and Commitment
The LTCC is excited to welcome Jana Weaver and Christa Domer as its newest Board members. They were elected in late October and will begin their terms at the November 1st Board of Directors meeting. Jana is the branch manager of the Hartville branch for FirstMerit Bank. Christa works at the Hartville Hardware in their Purchasing & Kitchen & Bath departments. We are looking forward to the ideas and energy that they will share for the betterment of the Lake Township busi-ness community!
The Chamber has a number of Committees and on-going projects throughout the year. If you would like to lend your expertise to help our Chamber grow and prosper and would be willing to volunteer on one of our Committees, please contact the Chamber office or one of the Directors to the right for more details.
Thank you, LTCC Nominating Committee Joan Peacefull, FirstMerit Bank Jeff Kozy, ComDoc
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Holidays at the Hollow
Luncheon
Hosted by:
Lake Township Chamber of Commerce
Tuesday, December 6th 12:00-2:00pm
13480 Congress Lake Avenue, Hartville
Catering by: Quail’s Covey
Bed & Breakfast (including her famous
apple dumplings!)
Get a sneak peek at
Christmas at the Hollow before it opens to the public!
Since 2008, we have prepared all-natural bread with no preservatives or potassium bromate. We utilize unbleached flours to create from 8-10 varieties. Our bread is
handmade and baked fresh daily. In 2011, we added homemade cream & butter
fudge to our line, with 18-50 varieties, depending on the season.
Contact: Ally Bussey 330.454.1439 or John Tarzan 330.877.1689
We are looking for a group of individuals from various backgrounds:
Marketing, Interactive Media, Event Planning, and Legal to launch the program at an indoor
venue after our initial outdoor venue on 9/3/11.
We are looking for input on movie selections, activities, concessions, etc.
We plan on meeting in early December, with
quarterly meetings thereafter.
Please call Christa Kozy at the Chamber Office (877-5500) to assist.
Lake Chamber Community Cinema Advisory Committee
Lake Votes 2011
For the second year, Lake High School’s Legal Studies and
Interactive Media programs, in collaboration with the Lake Township
Chamber of Commerce and the Lake Township
Historical Society hosted a voter education venture to be viewed on Lake
TV 11, YouTube and www.facebook.com/lakechamber.
Check out the completed project at
www.youtube.com/lakechamber!
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Thank you to Doug Lane at the North
Canton Area Ch
amber of Commerce for his invitation to the
WIN Luncheon in September! Doug and I
spoke to the businesses in attendance about
the importance of local Chamber to the busi-
ness community, and I gave my perspective
on what it’s like to be the only female Direc-
tor in Stark County. Stark County has a
great collaboration amongst Chambers! Catherine Wilhelm, Pamela
Lung, Christa Kozy, Doug Lane
Thank you to our
Volunteers
Tina Read,
Sunrise Massage Therapy
Wendy Mann,
M.J. Miller & Co, CPA’s
Teresa Fedorchak,
WRL Advertising
Jeff Kozy,
ComDoc
Carl Palmer,
Lake Local Schools
Jenn Yania, PNC Bank
Danny Fincham, PNC Bank
Jeff Tubo,
Mercy Medical Center
Bob & Mary Barton,
Hartville Chocolate Factory
Christa Domer,
Hartville Hardware
Tina Read, Christa Kozy, Teresa Fedorchak & Wendy Mann greeted cinema guests
Outdoor FamilyOutdoor FamilyOutdoor Family Movie NightMovie NightMovie Night Saturday, September 3
The Carter Twins, now known as Kingston. Thank you to Josh & Zach for a GREAT show! The twins’ rendition of hokey pokey will always be remembered! The best to them in their career path!
Concessions Sponsors:Concessions Sponsors:
A few of our pint-sized guests ham it up for Carl Palmer of Lake Local
Sponsored by
RIO
Debut of Lake Chamber Community Cinema a Success!
Jenn Yania & Danny Finchman from PNC Bank “shake it up” with the guests at the Community
Jim Varga, Christa Kozy & Michele Varga
Tina Read, Christa Kozy, Teresa Fedorchak & Wendy Mann greeted cinema guests
Our goal was an affordable, family-friendly, fun-filled evening for the community to gather and enjoy the arts, entertainment, local eats and enjoy the last weekend of the summertime. Mission accomplished! We had a won-derful turnout for our Lake Chamber Community Cinema debut, where guests enjoyed an outdoor showing of Rio. Over 150 people came out to enjoy the beautiful weather, entertainment by Kingston (formerly Carter Twins), Vibration Art Exhibit by local artists, Rio-themed crafts with PNC Bank and concessions from our local eateries. A huge thank you to Jim & Michele Varga of NeoFill LLC for hosting the event, the entertainment by the Carter Twins and sponsoring the movie night, which was fun for all ages! If you tuned into the hit show “X Factor” you would have seen Zach & Josh Carter of the Carter Twins (now known as Kingston) competing—we were excited to host them at our event and have enjoyed following their career! Their website is www.kingstonofficial.com for you to follow along as they make their new EP! We are looking forward to hosting another Lake Cham-ber Community Cinema indoors during the colder months at the Lake Community Center Performing Arts Hall within Lake High School. Stay tuned for opportunities to sponsor ads during the “previews” portion of the next Community Cinema, as well as ways for your business to get involved with concessions and activities!
The Employment Source Continues Excellence The Workforce Initiative Association (dba The Employment
Source) is pleased to announce that the organization has exceeded
seven and met two of its nine Common Measures performance stan-
dards under the Workforce Investment Act for program year 2010.
There are six performance standards for adults and dislocated workers
measuring outcomes in Entered Employment, Employment
Retention and Average Earnings. The three performance standards for
Youth are: Placement in Employment or Training, Attainment of a
Degree or Certificate, and Youth Literacy and Numeracy levels.
“We are pleased to continue the tradition of achieving top notch perform-
ance results,” states Alice Stephens, Executive Director of The Employ-
ment Source. “Our Workforce Investment Board, local elected officials
and staff are committed to providing excellent and effective services to
our area job seekers and business community.”
For more information, log onto www.eswork.com.
Important Points to Ponder on Issue 29
Issue #29, 0.5% sales tax to be used for Criminal and Administrative Justice Services for a period of Eight Years.
County government budgets have shrunk —14.4% in last two years.
Our sales tax rate in Stark County is 5.75%. Of this, 5.5% goes to the State of Ohio and .25% to SARTA. Stark County receives NOTHING!
46 counties in Ohio have a 1.5% sales tax; 35 counties have between 1.0% and 1.25% sales tax; 4 counties have 0.75%
The sales tax is levied on the sale of goods, except food and prescription medicines.
A county sales tax is a tax in which the burden on Stark Countians is reduced by the taxes paid by out-of county visitors. Belden Village surveys show that 40% of purchases are made by non- Stark County residents.
The jail (which in 2010 was fully open and housed 501 prisoners) will be reduced to 122 beds, holding only the most serious felons.
Lesser degree felons (drug offenses, burglaries, domestic violence, for example) and misdemeanants will not be jailed.
There will be limited and sometimes no road to patrols to provide a law enforcement for approximately 90, 000 Stark County Citizens. Booking at the jail will be severely curtailed from its current 24/7 service, due to staffing shortages at the stark county jail. Currently Canton, Massillon and Alliance do not have functioning jails. www.co.stark.oh.us
Consumers National Bank Receives
BKD Award for Excellence & Innovation
13th annual award recognizes high-performing, pace-setting CBAO member banks & thrifts Robert L. Palmer, president and CEO of the Community Bankers Association of Ohio (CBAO), and Dave Tedtman,
partner with the Cincinnati office of BKD, LLP, announced
Consumers National Bank is the recipient of the 2011 BKD
Award for Excellence & Innovation.
“Congratulations to Consumers National Bank for being recognized for its creative marketing campaign…Consumers Community Cash. This is another example of the ability of community banks, such as Consumers Na-tional Bank, to offer both flexible and customized prod-ucts and services to the communities they serve. The com-munity banking industry is built on the philosophical foun-dation of providing the highest level of service to the cus-tomer and giving back to the community and Consumers National Bank strengthened that foundation.” said
Palmer.
Thank you to Suburbanite Editor
Tammy Proctor!
The Lake Township community will miss Tammy
Proctor, who is retiring this week from The
Suburbanite newspaper after 12 years. A Lake
Township resident, Tammy was one of the
original Directors of the Lake Township Chamber of
Commerce. Thank you to Tammy for her years of
dedicated service to the community!
The Suburbanite will welcome new Editor Kymberli Hagel-
berg on November 9th.
Thank you to Consumers
National Bank for promoting local
spending!
Consumers
Community Cash will be
accepted through
12/31/11.
Chamber Health Plan Health Care Alliance with
Greater Akron Chamber of Commerce
Contact your insurance broker or Christa Kozy at the Chamber office for more information on healthcare premiums savings
for your business.
10 Tax De-
ductions for
your Small
Business
Books on
the Shelf
Safety Resource CenterSafety Resource Center Ohio BWC Division of Safety & Hygiene 1-800-OHIOBWC (1-800-644-6292) EMAIL: [email protected]
What is a “group rating” and how can it save my business money?
Joining a group rating program is the single best way for an
Ohio employer to significantly lower their workers’ compensa-
tion premiums. The most effective programs pool together employers
from similar industries with low claims experience, helping to generate
maximum premium savings for its participants. Based on each cus-
tomer’s unique eligibility criteria, we place employers in the highest
discount level achievable, minimizing the need to comparison shop.
CareWorks Consultants offers premium discounts up to the BWC
maximum. Programs are structured in a multi-tiered manner, provid-
ing the best opportunity to preserve an employer’s valuable group
rating status from year to year, even if new workplace injuries do occur.
This year, CCI has also added a service that they felt is much needed and
will be a valuable addition to the workers' compensation premium
discounts and claim management services that they already provide to
our members. Beginning in 2012 Unemployment Compensation consult-
ing services will be included as part of the group rating program package
for all of your members who are CCI group rating participants.
Contact our local representative Bob Nicoll at 330.418.1824 to find out more.
Safety Management Systems Key Safety Program Parameters
Implementation of an integrated safety man-agement system can reduce and control injury
rates as well as related expenses. Following are the key parame-ters of a safety management system. 1) A Written Safety and Health 2) Visible Senior Management Leadership 3) Employee Involvement 4) Safety Communication 5) Orientation and Training 6) Documented Safe Work Practices 7) Safety Program Coordination 8) Early Return to Work 9) Internal Program Verification 10) OSHA Required Programs and Training
Direct Sales (membership in DSA Required) _____ $75.00
Membership Investment Check Enclosed: _______ **New Members joining throughout the fiscal year are pro-rated. Please call the Chamber office at 330.877.5500 for pro-rated amount before sending your membership dues.
As a new member, your business will be featured in our Chamber Newsletter. Please email a jpeg or pdf copy of your business logo along with a company description of 25 words or less to [email protected].
