[Enews] Mid Week-Otsego County Chamber of Commerce Update

Dear Members,

Join us for a Business After Hours on Tuesday, December 2, 2014 from 4:30pm – 6:30pm at Creative Imaging located in the Southside Mall. RSVP by calling Shelly Giangrant, Vice President of Member Services at (607) 432-4500 Ext 207 or emailing shelly@otsegocc.com.

Please join us for “Bagels and Benefits” on Friday, November 21st at 8:30 at the Broad Street Grill located in the Clarion Hotel at 55 Market Street in Oneonta.

Enjoy a complimentary bagel and coffee and meet the President/CEO, Barbara Ann Heegan. She will explain the benefits of Chamber membership and how it can help your business grow and in turn helps strengthen the economy in Otsego County.

We invite you to share with us what your company does and encourage you to mingle and meet the other business representatives in attendance.

RSVP to Shelly Giangrant, Vice President of Member Services at shelly@otsegocc.com or by calling (607) 432-4500 ext 207.  New Option – register online atwww.otsegocc.com!  We look forward to seeing you there!

State of the State Breakfast

Tuesday, January 6, 2015

7:30am – 10:00am

Holiday Inn of Oneonta

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Reservation                $25 per person ($35 for Non Members)

Breakfast, Networking and meet and greet with your elected officials from County, State and Federal Governments at 7:30amfollowed by program at 8:30am.  Come listen to the Otsego County Chamber of Commerce’s public policy agenda and the call to action from our Legislators.

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RSVP by Friday, January 2, 2015 to Shelly Giangrant, Vice President of Member Service by emailingshelly@otsegocc.com or calling (607) 432-4500 ext. 207 or Fax to (607)432-4506

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189 Main Street, Suite 201

Oneonta, NY 13820

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Destination Oneonta Events

Friday Nov 14 and Saturday Nov. 15^th – Destination Weekend.

Friday – GOHS Goods and Services Auction at 12 Ford Ave.  Auction starts at 7PM

B-Side – Grammy Winner and 6X Nominee Peter Rowan – 7PM

Oneonta Theatre – Burlesque to Broadway – Doors at 7, Show at 8

Saturday – Oneonta Theatre – Get the Led Out – show starts @ 8

Foothills – Tribute to Veterans – Mark Wills – Show starts at 8PM with special veterans pricing.

Saturday November 22^nd –  Annual Santa parade – welcomes Santa to his downtown cottage – 11AM with line up starting at 9.45 @ Foothills.  Santa is at his cottage til 3

Monday Dec 1 and Tuesday Dec 2 – Annual Gingerbread contest.  Drop off on Monday 3-6 at GOHS, Tuesday 9-11 at KeyBank.  This years theme is Winter Wonderland.

Winners are announced at the tree lighting

Thursday Dec 4^th – Annual tree lighting. 5.30 to 8.  Tree lighting @ 6PM.  Musical entertainment in the plaza and at the city hall end of the street.  Horse wagon rides .  Cider and Cookies and ALPACA’s.  Kids events by OWL and Oneonta YMCA.  Events @ GOHS.  Santa in his cottage.

Downtown Open House Saturday December 13^th.

IMPORTANT – Late night Thursday hours downtown for some of our local merchants (GOHS, Artisains Guild, Theresa’s Emporium to name a few) Thursday the 4^th/the 11^th/ and the 18^th.

KIDS activities downtown on Sat Nov 29/Sat Dec 6^th/Sat Dec 13^th and Sat Dec 20^th.

AND Santas cottage hours:

Sat Nov 22 – 11.30 to 3

Fri Nov 28^th 11 – 1

Sat Nov 29^th 11.30 to 2.30

Thursday Dec 4 5.30 – 8

Sat Dec 6 11.30 to 2

Thursday Dec 11 – 4.30 to 6

Sat Dec 13^th – 10.30 – 2

Thursday Dec 18^th – 4.30 – 6

Sat Dec 20^th 10.30 – 2

Neighbors Insurance would like you to meet Agent Dawn Derr. Dawn has over 17 years of insurance experience. She currently carries a New York State agents brokers licenses in Property and Casualty and Life, Health and Accident insurance. Dawn started her career at Neighbors Insurance in 2004 working from our Sidney office. For the past 6 years Dawn has been working out of our Oneonta office. Dawn is very knowledgeable in all lines of business. Her main focus is commercial insurance. Dawn lives in Unadilla, with her husband Nathan and their two sons Connor and Parker. If you have not had the pleasure of meeting Dawn please stop and meet her and get your photo taken with Flo. Our Oneonta office is located at 5375 State Highway 7, Ste.2, Oneonta NY, 13820 Dawn also can be reached at 607-433-0989 or dawn@neighborsinsurance.com.

Boutique Features Handmade Local Gifts

More Art Space (MAS) and Pop Shop Oneonta are collaborating to present the 1st annual Holiday Pop Shop Boutique.  A kickoff party is scheduled forSaturday, November 21 from 5 to 8 pm at MAS, 77 Main Street in Oneonta.  The artisan boutique will run through December 21.

According to organizers, the Pop Shop Boutique offers a carefully curated selection of handmade items created by over twenty makers from Oneonta and the upper Catskill region.  Gift items include clothing and textiles; house wares and ceramics; natural toiletries and cosmetics; jewelry; fine art; holiday cards and more.

“Our goal is to provide a downtown shopping destination where locals can find beautifully crafted, unique gifts for every age demographic.  We’re a fresh and hip artisan boutique that represents work by emerging artists and makers, as well as more established crafters.” says Hope Von Stengel, Pop Shop coordinator.

Von Stengel says, she and several other “crafty ladies” volunteer their time to coordinate Pop Shop events as a way to advocate for the handmade movement and to support the local economy.  She adds that organizers want to “create an environment that benefits regional artisans and actively engages the community in the arts.”

Several special events will also take place at MAS during the boutique.  The Pop Shop organizers encourage people to visit their website regularly to see what else might “pop up” at the Pop Shop Boutique.

For boutique hours and other details, visit www.PopShopOneonta.com, www.facebook.com/PopShopOneonta or contact MAS at 607-353-0291.

(L to R: Hope Von Stengel, Zena Gurbo, Karin Bremer)

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