New Teachers' Breakfast
The New Teachers’ Breakfast will take place on Monday, August 20th at Oswego East High School at 8:00 a.m. Our Chamber is delighted to meet the 200 teachers at the start of their orientation week with the Oswego School District. Sponsorships for as little as $25, $50 and $125 are still available. Profits from this event will be deposited into a scholarship fund which will be awarded during the 2007-2008 school year to a student participating in the work study or internship program. While promoting your business, you are also supporting a great cause, EDUCATION!

Organized Bike Ride
Join us for the 3rd annual Organized Bike Ride on Sunday, August 19th, 2007! The Road Ride options are 25, 50, 75, or 100 miles long. Road Riders can depart as early as 6:30 a.m. The Family Ride options are 3 or 7 miles. Family Riders can depart as early as 9:00 a.m. All Riders start and end at Mill Race Cyclery, located at 26 Main St. in downtown Oswego. The Ride will come to a close by 4:30 p.m. There are T-shirts available for the first 100 Road Riders and 100 Family Riders that register. There will be plenty of festivities for the kids downtown that day.  Not a rider? Try volunteering! Contact Jen Bartels, jbartels@heritageymca.org to volunteer for this fun filled day. READ MORE

How to Keep up With the Dot-Coms!
Many small business owners believe that this venue, the internet, is not for them simply because of being too complex or too costly. There are five simple “steps”, that allow you to build a successful online marketing program and ultimately keep up with all the dot-coms in this virtual, digital, and innovative world. READ MORE



Local Government Advocate Needed
We are looking for a local government advocate to help the Chamber and its members with local legislative issues. Call the Chamber at 554-3505 if you are interested.

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Elite Members

Platinum
Oswego Community Bank
Harris Bank
Allied First Bank
Rush-Copley Medical Center
Wal*Mart

Bronze
First Bank
Edward

Save the Date!
Tuesday, September 25 at 6 p.m. at OEHS is the New Member Dinner.

Ribbon Cuttings in August
On Wednesday, August 8, Wal*Mart, located at 2300 Route 34, Oswego, is having a grand opening and ribbon cutting celebration at 7:00 a.m.

On Tuesday, August 28, Oswego Chiropractic, located at 73 W. Van Buren St., Oswego, is having a ribbon cutting celebration at 4:00 p.m.

Business After Business
On Thursday, August 23, Huntington Learning Center, located at 1130 Douglas Rd. in Oswego, will be hosting this month’s Business After Business from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.



Referrals and Leads

Wonder what your Chamber membership is doing for you?  Well we are now tracking referrals internally as well as leads (referrals) that are passed at our 3 Leads Groups. 192 referrals (or leads) have been passed within our Chamber for the month of July.  Great job Chamber members for promoting our Chamber businesses.

 

Board of Directors

Phil Solecki
President
Premier Electrical Services, Inc.
premierelectric@aol.com

Rebecca Oliver
Vice President
HRM Properties & Development,
LLC/Masoncorp, Inc.
www.hrmproperties.com

Jennifer Bartels
Secretary
Oswego YMCA
www.heritageymca.org

Paul Rathman
Treasurer
Allied First Bank
www.alliedoswego.com

 

Roxana Giese
Executive Director
Oswego Chamber of Commerce
www.oswegochamber.org

John Cody
Director
Irish Press
www.theirishpress.com

Joe Conforti
Director
Oswego Community Bank
www.oswegobank.com

Kristen Sanders
Director
Castle Bank
www.castlebank.com

 

Andy Clements
Director
Weblinx, Inc.
www.weblinxinc.com

Ken Mclaughlin
Director
Esp, Kreuzer,
Cores & McLaughlin, LLP
www.ekcmlaw.com

Colleen Dermody
Director
Washington River, LLC
www.washingtonriverllc.com

Tom Tripp
Director
N.M. Tripp Insurance Agency, Inc.
TTripp@Trippins.net

 
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