The Huntingdon County Chamber of Commerce and JC Blair Memorial Hospital are hosting the event “Health Care Reform-What it Means to You” on Wednesday, September 1 at the JC Blair Memorial Hospital Education Center from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. This event will focus on how health care reform affects businesses. It is being co-sponsored by Huntingdon County CareerLink, Huntingdon County Business & Industry, Juniata College Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership and the Huntingdon County Visitors Bureau.
Business and Community Award Nominations Being Accepted
August 9th, 2010 by ymartin No comments »The Huntingdon County Chamber of Commerce has begun accepting nominations for annual awards which will be presented at the November 17, 2010 Annual Awards Gala. Please take a few minutes to help us recognize outstanding businesses and individuals. Visit www.huntingdonchamber.com to print nomination forms. Forms are also available at the Chamber office at 500 Allegheny Street, Huntingdon. The deadline to submit nominations is August 20, 2010.
Key points missing from current unemployment compensation debate
August 2nd, 2010 by ymartin No comments »The attention given to the ongoing back and forth over unemployment compensation, while making good fodder for election year pundits and newspaper headlines, is not directed at the real issue: how to restore solvency to a system woefully in debt and make improvements so that it can meet the needs of recipients truly in need.
General Assembly adopts 2010-11 state budget without broad-based tax increases; but unfinished business remains
July 1st, 2010 by ymartin No comments »Last evening, the General Assembly adopted a state budget for the 2010-11 fiscal year, the first time since Gov. Ed Rendell took office that the budget was approved by the June 30 deadline.
The $28.05 billion budget was adopted without broad-based tax increases, as lawmakers rejected new taxes on smokeless tobacco and cigars, as well as the implementation of combined reporting, which would have been a tax increase for many Pennsylvania businesses. The governor’s proposal to lower the state sales tax rate from 6 percent to 4 percent while expanding the base to include business services, had been taken off the table prior to the recent weeks’ budget negotiations. The final budget also maintains the sales tax vendor collection allowance, which reimburses businesses a portion of the costs associated with essentially serving as tax collector for the state.
Energy Savings for All Size Businesses
June 15th, 2010 by ymartin No comments »ChamberChoice and OnDemand continue to receive positive feedback from chamber members about the guaranteed savings program. They took this feedback to FirstEnergy Solutions in hopes of negotiating a deadline extension. The negotiations were successful and the guaranteed savings program deadline is now June 30, 2010. The allotment of this discounted power is only available through June 30.
The guaranteed savings program is for users with less than 1 million kwhs and it is what it says…. guaranteed to save small businesses money on their electric bill. There is no fee to participate. You will still be billed by Penelec, but your rates will be discounted. Contact the Huntingdon County Chamber of Commerce at 814-643-1110 or ymartin@huntingdonchamber.com for the enrollment form.
Chamber Delivers Guaranteed Savings On Electric Generation To Local Members- Deal with FirstEnergy Solutions Locks in Electric Discount
June 8th, 2010 by ymartin No comments »The Huntingdon County Chamber of Commerce has secured for its members an electric discount program with FirstEnergy Solutions (FES), a leading electric generation supplier based in Akron, OH. According to the terms, participating small business chamber members will receive guaranteed savings on electric generation from January 2011 through May 2012, always paying less than the electric utility’s price for generation. This program is a limited time offer and is scheduled to end on June 15, 2010, or once the program is fully subscribed, whichever occurs first.
