April09 e-newsletter

April e-newsletter

Chamber News

Best in Show 2009 Public Art Project - Sponsorship Deadline Nearing

The Chamber is pleased to annouce the collaboration to bring "Best in Show" 2009 to Columbia County. The Public Art Display will feature dogs painted by local artists up and down Warren Street. If you have seen the Cats in Catskill, the Horses in Saratoga or the Sheep in Pittsfield you know how exciting this is for Columbia County. The display will begin in July and conclude with an Auction and Gala in October. These Dogs need your help! All Columbia County businesses are encouraged to participate in this wonderful community project. Please click here for more information.

Social Media Breakfast Seminar - April 22, 2009
Come join the Chamber for an introduction to "Social Media" at Space 360 in Hudson on Wednesday, April 22. Registration is from 7:30 am to 8:00 am and seminar is from 8:00 am to 9:30 am. business owners will learn what it means to be LinkedIn or to Twitter, or how to have a presence on Facebook, YouTube and MySpace. "Social Media" is a rapidly growing low cost way for business people to network. Panelists will include local marketing and media professionals who advise clients on traversing the social media for their own businesses. Space 360 is located at 360 Warren Street in Hudson. The cost of the breakfast is $5. Reservations are required by April 17th. Please click here for more information.

SunDog Solar Business After Hours- April 23, 2009
SunDog Solar will host a Business After Hours on Thursday, April 23 from 5:00 to 7:00 pm. SunDog Solar @ Solaqua is a full-service consultation and installation company offering residential and commercial renewable energy systems and services that help consumers improve energy efficiency, reduce energy spending and increase building performance. Business After Hours' offer excellent networking opportunities for area business people. All members of the business community are invited to attend this event. SunDog Solare is located at 343 Route 295 in Chatham.

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Women's Networking Luncheon - April 29, 2009

Mt. Washington House will host the Women's Networking Luncheon on Wednesday, April 29 from 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm. Additional networking wil be available until 2:00 pm. Networking luncheons provide a great opportunity for area business people to promote their business to other business professionals. Mt. Washington House is located at 2627 State Route 23 in Hillsdale. The cost is $18 for members and $22 for non-members. The event is sponosred by EP Nevins Insurance Agency, Inc.; First Niagara Bank; Kinderhook Bank; Taconic Farms; Clear Channel Radio; Midhudsonmedia and The Register Star/Chatham Courier. Please click here for more information.

Hudson Home Business After Hours - May 14, 2009
Hudson Home will host a Business After Hours on Thursday, May 14 from 5:00 to 7:00 pm. Hudson Home's goal is to bring timeless style and distinction to your home. Hudson Home has a wonderful environment that combines comfort of country living with a clean urban sensibility. Business After Hours' offer excellent networking opportunities for area business people. All members of the business community are invited to attend this event. Hudson Home is located at 356 Warren Street in Hudson. Please click here for more committee information.

20th Annual Golf Tournament - May 18, 2009
Get your golf clubs ready for the 20th Annual Golf Tournament on Monday, May 18 at Columbia Golf & Country Club. Registration and lunch will begin at noon and play begins at 1:00 pm with a shotgun start. The early bird rate valid through May 8 is $140. Reservations include golf, cart, lunch, open- bar cocktail hour and dinner. We will once again have fabulous hole-in-one prize's for this year's tournament and the $50,000 Combo Putt Off. Twelve lucky golfers will be chosen by raffle for a chance to putt off for the cash. Reserve early as this is a sellout tournament. Please click here for more committee information.

Chamber Announces 2009 Sponsorship Opportunities
The Chamber is pleased to announce creative ways to promote your business in 2009. 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 for a 2009 Sponsorship Form.

Promote Your Business in theJuly 2009 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 spring and get a great return on your investment. The next mailing will go out in July 2009. The deadline for materials is June 15. Please contact the Chamber if you are interested in promoting your business.

Chamber Stats
During the month of December the Chamber answered 625 phone calls, sent out 10 relocation guides and welcomed over 175 members to events. The Chamber website was visited over 11,445 times or an average of 369 times daily. For more information about your Chamber of Commerce contact the staff at mail@columbiachamber-ny.com.

Ribbon Cutting

Thursday, April 9, 2009 at 4:30 pm

The Croff House B & B
5 Willard Place

Hudson, NY 12534

Member News

R.H. Van Alstyne Fine Jewelry and Gifts is pleased to announce the newest addition to the giftware selection is candy, a sweet supplement to the precious metal and gem "eye candy" for which R.H. Van Alstyne has always been known. R.H. Van Alstyne Fine Jewelry and Gifts is delighted to announce that Vasilow's candy and chocolates are now available at their Main Street Chatham location. For more information about R.H. Van Alstyne Fine Jewelry and Gifts call (518) 392-7718 or visit their website at www.vanalstynejewelry.com.

Hudson Area Library will be displaying selections of "Picturing America" throughout the library in the month of April. "Picturing America is an initiative created by National Endowment for the humanities to tell the story of America's history and culture through art. For more information about the Hudson Area Library call (518) 828-1792 or visit their website at www.hudson.lib.ny.us.

Fairbrother & Company entered the 24th Annual Advertising Awards conducted by Admissions Marketing Report, they won honors for its branding and design work for Fulton-Montgomery Community College. Fairbrother & Company was awarded the Silver Award in the Logo/Letterhead category for "FM Brand Identity". Fairbrother's FM entries competed in the category for "Schools with 2,000 to 4,999 Students", pitting their creative work against entries from across the country, and several forgeign countries. For more information about the Fairbrother & Company call (518) 392-7700 or visit their website at www.fairbrother.com.

Community Events

Stair Galleries will hold an Exposition Auction on April 17th at 6:00 pm at Stair Galleries in Hudson. The auction will feature English and Continental Furniture, decorative art and fine art, including silver, silverplate and metalwork, pottery and porcelain, glass, clocks, lighting fixtures, decorations, architectural elements, carpets and textiles, paintings, prints and bronzes, as well as a large selection of books. For tickets or more information about call (518) 751-1000 or visit their website at www.stairgalleries.com.

Columbia Land Conservancy, The Schumacher Society, Hawthorne Valley Farm and Gianni Ortiz are honored to bring Woody Tasch, author of Slow Money, Investing as if Food, Farms and Fertility Mattered and Paolo DiCroce, Executive Director of Slow Food International together for th first time in the United State on Friday, April 24th at Time and Space Limited from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. Slow Money brings a new way of seeing what is going on i the soil of the economy and forging creative initiatives. For more information about Columbia Land Conservancy contact them at (518) 392-5252 or visit their website at www.clctrust.org.

Clermont State Historic Site will host the annual Chancellor's Sheep & Wool Showcase on Saturday, April 25 from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm. The rain date is April 26. The Showcase is one of Clermont's most popular events and draws about 2,000 visitors to see costumed reenactors, live animals, spinning, herding and shearing demonstrations. Enjoy great food and live music, shop over 20 vendors of fine fiber products and a silent auction. Bring the kids for an afternoon of family entertainment. For more information about Clermont State Historic Site call (518)537-4240 or visit their website at www.friendsofclermont.org.

Check out the Chamber's Ten Things To Do This Month in Columbia County on the homepage at www.columbiachamber-ny.com. If you would like to add an event to the May list, please contact Cheryl Meenagh at cmeenagh@columbiachamber-ny.com.

If you would like to submit information for the member news section please email cmeenagh@columbiachamber-ny.com.

April and May Chamber Events

April Events
Social Media Breakfast Seminar, April 22
7:30 am to 8:00 am Registration

8:00 am to 9:30 am Seminar

Space 360
360 Warren Street, Hudson

Cost is $5
Reservations are required by April 17.

Business After Hours, April 23
5:00 to 7:00 pm

SunDog Solar
343 Route 295, Chatham
Reservations are not required, but appreciated.

Women's Networking Luncheon, April 29

12:00 to 1:30 pm

Mt. Washington House

2627 Route 23, Hillsdale

Cost is $18 for members and $22 for non-members

Reservations are required by April 24.

Click here to view the 2009 Chamber Calendar.

May Events

Business After Hours, May 14
5:00 to 7:00 pm

Hudson Home
356 Warren Street, Hudson
Reservations are not required, but appreciated.

20th Annual Golf Tournament, May 18

12:00 pm Registration & Lunch

1:00 pm Shotgun Start

Columbia Golf & Country Club

295 Route 17, Claverack

Early bird rate through May 8 is $140 for members.