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State Comptroller to Keynote Chamber Annual Meeting

The Chautauqua County Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce that New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli will be the keynote speaker for our Annual Meeting, to be held at noon, Friday, December 8 at Moon Brook Country Club, North Main Street Extension, Jamestown. The Comptroller is just one of a small handful of offices elected statewide in New York State. Responsibilities of the office include managing the state pension fund, administering the state retirement system, protecting taxpayer funds, providing independent fiscal oversight on the states and City of New York ...

Getting ready for winter? Look to local businesses for help

Now that we have had the first snowfall of the season, many of us are considering what we may need to do around the house and yard to get ready for the winter ahead. It can be a fair amount of work, but you can find help from local small businesses and plenty of them are also available to hire through the winter for snow removal and other needs. Maybe you no longer want to shovel that driveway and are ready to look at snowblowers. Check out local businesses first, including LandPro in Falconer, ROCKTerra in Westfield, and Tractor Supply Co. in Westfield. Or if you are ready for someone ...

Celebrating New Businesses

As a key part of our mission, the Chautauqua County Chamber of Commerce is a champion for local business. What does that mean? It means we work hard to amplify the importance of supporting locally owned businesses and we encourage consumers to shop locally – in a variety of ways. We have noticed recently that when one business closes it garners a lot of attention. Those situations are always unfortunate, and we understand it’s a hard position for the business owner and for the employees. At the same time, we have noticed that business openings may not always get the same amount ...

Business Builder Workshop November 6: How Your Business Can Take Advantage of the 2024 Solar Eclipse

The Chautauqua County Chamber of Commerce has organized a special opportunity for local businesspeople to learn all about the total solar eclipse coming up April 8, 2024 and what it means for your local business. With an estimated 100,000 extra people expected to visit Chautauqua County for the eclipse next spring, the Business Builder Workshop is aimed at giving you the information you’ll need to promote your business and to gear up for the day. Our speakers will be Tom Traub, Chair of the Martz-Kohl Observatory Solar Eclipse Committee and NASA Eclipse Ambassador member; Noel ...

Moving the Flywheel

2023 has been a great year for the Chamber of Commerce. Through the hard work of our team, guidance of our Board, and support from volunteers, members, and partners like you, we can feel the momentum building. These successes are not circumstantial, in addition to all our regular programs and services, we’ve adopted and have begun to implement a strategic plan to refocus and guide our work over the next few years and beyond. The first item we tackled was related to the direction identified in our plan as “Clarify who we (the chamber) are and what we do.” We started this work by ...

It takes a whole community to honor our own

The Chautauqua County Chamber of Commerce puts together a broad variety of events throughout the year each designed for different purposes. While they are all opportunities to bring businesspeople together, one stands out as a true celebration of community. The Chamber’s Annual Awards Banquet was held Thursday night at the Williams Center at SUNY Fredonia with 200 people in the room. The Annual Awards Banquet is always heartwarming as we spend an evening paying tribute to many individuals and organizations that help to make Chautauqua County a great place to live, play, and do ...