The County of Chautauqua Industrial Development Agency (CCIDA) is saying goodbye to one of its longest-serving employees. Mark Geise, Deputy County Executive for Economic Development and CCIDA CEO, announced that Carol Rasmussen would be retiring from her position as Business Development ...
There are steps local businesses can take to increase foot traffic, including many inexpensive options. Our guest panelists covered a variety of ideas during our recent Business Builder Workshop in Dunkirk Bob Lingle, the newest addition to our CHQ Chamber staff as Director of Membership Development, also knows a few things about building a customer base for his own small business. Celebrating seven years of ownership of Good Neighbor Bookstore in Lakewood, Bob has become the true face of the business – a role he is now sharing with his wife as she has taken on the day-to-day ...
SKF is reporting a sixth consecutive quarter of negative organic growth as the company continues to manage what Rickard Gustafson, SKF president and CEO, says is a volatile environment. SKF operates the SKF Aeroengine North America plant in Falconer after acquiring MRC Bearings in 1986. ...
The CHQ Chamber is building connections day in and day out: business to consumer connections, business to business connections, and business connections with resources that help you run your business. These connections come in a variety of forms, sometimes physical connections as we frequently put businesspeople in rooms together for networking or learning opportunities, and sometimes online connections to products or promotions designed to help businesses grow and thrive. When these connection points are overlaid on the communities we serve all local businesses benefit. As a ...
With a couple of successful new and out-of-the-box events under our belt for this year we continue to build out a full list of CHQ Chamber events for 2025 that are meaningful to our business community. This includes a broad variety of networking opportunities, advocacy events, workshops, and more, focused around meeting our mission to build vital connections, provide professional resources, and champion our local businesses in Chautauqua County. Two workshop events are coming up. On Feb. 26 we will focus on Building Foot Traffic with a workshop at the SUNY Fredonia Center for ...
Businesses come in all sizes in Chautauqua County, from the smallest sole proprietorship to some of the largest manufacturing facilities. So, when we set out to take a look at the State of Business, we invited a panel of leaders from across a wide range of entities that support local business in order to represent the depth of our economic sectors. It was our pleasure to host Mark Geise from the County of Chautauqua Industrial Development Agency, Todd Tranum of the Manufacturers Association of the Southern Tier, Courtney Curatolo from the Jamestown Small Business Development ...
