January Enews 2012

January e-newsletter

Young Professionals Leadership Forum - Janurary 11, 2012

The Columbia County Young Professionals presents their first Leadership Forum. Leaders of local businesses will discuss strategies for growing their business and developing leaders. Invited panelists include: Rich Herrington of Ed Herrington, Inc., Sharyn Richards of Richmor Aviation, John Brusie of Ginsberg's Foods, Inc, Heather White of Catamount Ski Area and Todd Little of Taconic. The program will take place in the Saland Forum at Columbia-Greene Community College. A continental breakfast will be served at 7:30 am with the program from 8:00 - 9:00 am. All local business people are welcome to attend. The cost is $10 per person. Reservations are required by January 9, 2012 by calling (518) 828-4417 or emailing akneller@columbiachamber-ny.com.

23rd Annual Crystal Apple Award Gala - Chamber Seeks Nominations
The Chamber is seeking nominations for the 23rd annual Crystal Apple Award Gala. This prestigious award is presented to a Chamber member business to recognize an extraordinary contribution to economic progress, community improvement, and the quality of life in Columbia County during 2011. All Chamber member businesses are eligible. The Gala will be held on Friday, March 9, 2012 from 6:00 to 9:00 pm. Please contact the Chamber for a nomination form.

Business After Hours @ MOD Restaurant - January 25, 2012

Join the Chamber as MOD Restaurant hosts a Business After Hours on Wednesday, January 25 at 20 South Front Street in Hudson. The event will run from 5:00 to 7:00 pm. Business After Hours’ offer excellent networking opportunities for area business people. All members of the business community are invited to attend this business event. Hors d’oeuvres and cash bar will be offered during the After Hours. There is no cost to attend, but guests are encouraged to contact the Chamber at (518) 828-4417 if they plan to attend.

Business After Hours @ Ed Herrington, Inc (Hudson) - February 23, 2012

Join the Chamber as Ed Herrington, Inc. hosts a Business After Hours on Thursday, February 23 at 1 Graham Ave in Hudson. The event will run from 5:00 to 7:00 pm. Business After Hours’ offer excellent networking opportunities for area business people. All members of the business community are invited to attend this business event. Hors d’oeuvres and beverages will be offered during the After Hours. There is no cost to attend, but guests are encouraged to contact the Chamber at (518) 828-4417 if they plan to attend.

Business BEFORE Hours @ Questar III - February 29, 2012

Join the Chamber as Questar III hosts a Business BEFORE Hours on Wednesday, February 29 at 131 Union Turnpike in Hudson. The event will run from 7:30 to 9:00 am. Business Before Hours’ offer excellent networking opportunities for area business people. All members of the business community are invited to attend this business event. Breakfast snacks and beverages will be offered during the After Hours. There is no cost to attend, but guests are encouraged to contact the Chamber at (518) 828-4417 if they plan to attend.

2012 Sponsorship Opportunities
The Chamber is pleased to provide creative ways to promote your business in 2012. Don’t miss this opportunity to promote your company to the Columbia County business community. Event sponsorship enables us to provide high quality programming for our members and promotion for your business. Click here for a 2012 Sponsorship Form

Promote Your Business in the April 2012 Chamber Connection Mailing
Are you looking for new connections? The Chamber Connection is a great way to promote your business to over 1,000 Chamber members for only a $150. Promote your business this winter and get a great return on your investment. The next mailing will go out in January 2012. The deadline for materials is March 26, 2012. Please contact the Chamber if you are interested in promoting your business.

Upcoming Ribbon Cuttings

January 18, 2012

5:00 pm

Toastmasters

1 North Front Street, Hudson

Janurary 27, 2012

2:00 pm

Hudson Barbell

99 South 3rd Street, Hudson

Member News
Reserve for Columbia Memorial Hospital Winter Blast. A fundraising benefit to support Columbia Memorial Hospital and Kaaterskill Care Skilled Nursing & Rehab Hosted by Denise de Diego and Kevin Delahanty Presented by AOW Associates With entertainment by the Glen David Andrews Band Saturday, February 4, 2012, 7:00 p.m. held at Helsinki Hudson. There will be food, drink & dancing. Also, a fabulous silent auction. For more information, contact Gina Orlando at 518.828.8239.

New not-for-profit member organization - The Hudson River Historic Boat Restoration & Sailing Society, Inc. will host at First Anniversary and Meet the Member evening on Thursday, January 26, 2012 from 6:00 - 8:00 pm a the Columbia County Chamber Conference Room. Everyone is invited to attend. For further information, call 518-828-7884 or email leb32438@verizon.net.

January is Falafel Awareness Month and we're trying to give one free falafel to everyone in Hudson. People must show their ID. “Show, don’t tell” - Show people how great falafel is! Yes, it seems crazy to give away $6 sandwiches for the entire month of January, but we feel that once people try them they will come back. Hopefully we will make more people aware of falafel, and make some new friends and fans. For more information on Park Falafel and Pizza, call 518-828-5500 or visit their website at www.parkfalafelandpizz.com.

Community Events

On January 13 at 9:00 pm at Helsinki Hudson, The great Bindlestiff Family Cirkus Cabaret returns for another madly entertaining winter residency. The Bindlestiff Family Cirkus Cabaret features a lineup of phenomenal acts and amazing stunts from the worlds of circus, variety, burlesque, sideshow, and physical comedy. Musical Maestro the Mystic Shadow will accompany jugglers, contortionists, acrobats, aerial artists, sideshow marvels, novelty artists, and daredevils with original circus tunes. As The New York Times said of the Bindlestiff Family Cirkus Cabaret: "It's old-fashioned variety entertainment of the sort Ed Sullivan so astutely scooped up, but with twists." Cirkus Cabaret features: Kinko the Clown (2012 Presidential Candidate) presents his stumbling antics and dancing diabolo display, Zero Boy, sound acrobat and vocal cartoonist, paints naughty pictures and gritty scenes and much more. For more information about Bindlestiff call 1-877-246-3537 or visit their website at www.bindlestiff.org. For tickets to the show visit www.helsinkihudson.com.

On Saturday, January 21 at 8:00 pm at the Hudson Opera House Anthony de Mare who is internationally recognized as one of the world's foremost champions of contemporary music. His latest project, Liaisons: Re-Imagining Sondheim from the Piano, is a landmark commissioning and concert project that expresses his vision to expand both the repertoire and the audience for contemporary music. With Liaisons, de Mare and producer Rachel Colbert have brought together 36 of today's most highly regarded emerging and established composers to create a solo piano piece based on a Sondheim song of their own choosing. Exclusive new works from Steve Reich, William Bolcom, Adam Guettel, Tania Leon, Ricky Ian Gordon, Paul Moravec, and Kenji Bunch, among others, will bring the work of musical theater maestro Stephen Sondheim while spanning the classical contemporary, jazz, film, theater and pop worlds. Currently on the roster of Yamaha Artists, he has been praised for his "muscularly virtuosic, remarkably uninhibited performance [and] impressive talents" (Anthony Tommasini, The New York Times). $20, $18 members. For more information about the Hudson Opera House call 518-822-1438 or visit their website at www.hudsonoperahouse.org.

On Wednesday, January 25 from 10:00 - 11:30 am the Columbia Land Conservancy will host Wandering at Round Ball Mountain Conservation Area in Ancram. There is no cost to attend. You will learn about teh history of the site, look for wildlife and have a chance to familiarize yourself with the trails. Snowshoes provided if needed. To register call Marcia Cary at 518-392-525 ext. 202. For more information about Columbia Land Conservancy visit their website at www.clctrust.org.

If you would like to submit information for the February section, please email to akneller@columbiachamber-ny.com.

January and February Events

January Events

Columbia County Young Professionals

Leadership Forum - January 11, 2012

Columbia-Greene Community College

4400 Route 23, Hudson

7:30 am Registration

8:00 - 9:00 am Program

The cost is $10. Reservations are required by January 9.

Business After Hours - January 25, 2012
5:00 - 7:00 pm
MOD Restaurant
20 South Front Street, Hudson
Reservations are not required, but appreciated.

February Events

Business After Hours - February 23, 2012
5:00 - 7:00 pm
Ed Herrington, Inc.
1 Graham Ave, Hudson
Reservations are not required, but appreciated.

Business Before Hours - February 29, 2012
7:30 - 9:00 am
Questar III - Columbia-Greene Educational Center
131 Union Turnpike, Hudson
Reservations are not required, but appreciated.

Please click here for our 2012 Chamber Calendar.