Thursday, April 4, 2013

Weekly Chamber Update April 4, 2013



Weekly Chamber Update

Hello this is Wendi Bailey, your T-SC CoC President with your Weekly Chamber Update.

Your Chamber helps businesses save money by encouraging them to become certified drug free workplaces. Businesses who are certified drug free get 7.5% savings on Workers Compensation premiums.  

The Chamber is inviting local human resource managers and businesses to a conference to learn more about being,-  or becoming certified Drug Free. This year’s Drugs Don’t Work conference is Wednesday April 10th, from 11am to 1pm at the North Georgia Technical College Currahee Campus. The fee is $10 for chamber members and $20 from non members and includes lunch and the program.

Major Andy Myers, the Chief Deputy of the Stephens County Sheriff’s office is our speaker. Participants will learn about how to identify drug use in the workplace, hear updates on drug use in our area and about the different agencies and operations working together to address the issues; learn about the local drug testing facilities and local employee assistance programs. This conference will satisfy the training requirements for Drugs Don’t Work re-certification.

Please call the Chamber to reserve your spot at 706-886-2132.

I have a few announcements for you today:

Today at 10am is a Ribbon Cutting celebration for Rebekah Harris and Spa & Salon Anastasia at her location on Doyle street in Downtown Toccoa.

After work Today from 5pm to 6:30pm is the Business After Hours & Business Plan Competition EXPO for the 4 entrepreneurs in the challenge. The event will be held in the newly remodeled Development Authority offices on Doyle street.

Each will have a booth to showcase their business ideas:  The LAN - is the home of the fast, friendly and affordable resolution of your computer problems. The Dance Studio - provides the finest in dance education with a professional faculty and atmosphere - which encourages growth and development of skill, poise and self confidence. Currahee Outdoors – is a full service archery and firearms dealer that can perform any type of maintenance or tuning your hunting or target bow. Expert gunsmithing is also available. And Steph’s Photography - gets the best images – everything from humanitarian and senior portraitures to location shots and photo tours - Steph's Photography does it all!

Finally, the Keep Toccoa Stephens County Beautiful - Clean Community Competition is going strong!  This is a community wide movement. There are 21 cleaning teams competing to clean up every inch of our community. Call us and we’ll organize a team to pick up your trash, tires and junk cars.        

Your Chamber celebrates all Community Progress by posting GOOD NEWS stories on the web site at www.toccoagachamber.com under the “Accomplishments” tab.  So when you need to be uplifted just visit the web site and take a look at all our community has accomplished. 

That’s your weekly Update. I’m Wendi Bailey your Toccoa-Stephens County Chamber of Commerce President. 

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