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City announces Small Business Saturday celebration

Mayor Wilfred Rosas and the City of Dunkirk Festivals and Specials Events Department have announced the Christmas on Central Small Business Saturday Holiday Market and Annual Tree Lighting from 2 to 7 p.m. Nov. 26 in downtown Dunkirk. The indoor and outdoor pop-up shopping event is to spotlight locally-owned businesses and the impact they have on communities. Local vendors and activities will be inside the Stearns Building, former P&G grocery store and City Hall with other holiday elements outside on Central Avenue. The day will provide a great opportunity to shop for holiday gifts ...

Climate Tech Conference paves the way for more

Kudos to the Jamestown Board of Public Utilities team and all their partners and sponsors who put together Retool ’22: a Climate Tech Conference for Manufacturers, held in Jamestown this past week. The presentations were informative and thought provoking. Topics included engineering and technical resources, supply chain opportunities, transportation innovations, economic development opportunities, training and workforce resources, financial resources, and more. Speakers came from across the country, with vendors from the US and Canada to demonstrate how they can assist ...

Farrell employee named Rising Star of Safety

Christina Donovan, vice president for safety at Farrell Roofing in Dunkirk recently traveled to San Diego, Calif. to accept the accolades and honor of being a member of the 2022 Class of Rising Stars of Safety. Since 2010, the National Safety Council has been honoring the next generation ...

Illustrating shop local benefits, importance for all generations

The staples of fall for many include football, apple cider, pumpkins, and the start of the holiday shopping season. For the Chamber of Commerce, this is a great time to remind one and all that it’s important to shop local. The data is sound – including the fact that when you shop at a small locally owned business 67-cents out of every dollar stays local, while it’s just a fraction of that when shopping at a big box store. But one of the best illustrations I’ve seen recently of how shopping locally benefits the local economy is while I was watching the children’s TV show Bluey ...

Congratulations to all annual award recipients

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 feel-good program. The Chamber’s Annual Awards Banquet was held Thursday night at the Williams Center at SUNY Fredonia with over 220 people in the room. This was a welcome site, marking the full return of a highly anticipated event which was held with some restrictions last fall. The Annual Awards Banquet is always heartwarming as we spend an evening paying ...

High honors for Cobb at Chamber’s ‘celebratory’ night

Steven Cobb, winner of the 2022 Person of the Year Award from the Chautauqua County Chamber of Commerce, is proof that people can recover from deep troubles and thrive. In a brief interview prior to the Chamber’s annual awards dinner Thursday at SUNY Fredonia’s Williams Center, Cobb ...