The Perry County Chamber of Commerce will conduct a ribbon cutting for the Lincoln Hills Development Early Head Start on Thursday, May 24th at 12:15 pm to celebrate their new location. They are now located at 321 9th Street (the old Coco Cola Bottling Company) in Tell City.
Early Head Start also has an open house planned from 11:30 am-1:30 pm. Stop by to view the facility, meet the staff and learn about the programs they offer.
The public is invited to the open house and ribbon cutting. Refreshments will be available. For more information contact Early Head Start at 812-547-4850 or the Perry County Chamber of Commerce at 547-2385.
Saturday, May 19, 2012
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Dixon Auction & Realty Ribbon Cutting
The Perry County Chamber of Commerce will conduct a ribbon cutting for the Dixon Auction & Realty on Thursday, May 17th at 1:00 pm to celebrate their new business. Dixon Auction & Realty is located at 807 12th Street in Tell City.
Dixon Auction & Realty also has an open house planned from 11:00 am-1:30 pm. Stop by to tour the newest realtor in Tell City, meet the staff and learn about the what they offer.
The public is invited to the open house and ribbon cutting. Refreshments will be available. For more information contact Dixon Auction & Realty at 812-547-3814 or the Perry County Chamber of Commerce at 547-2385.
Dixon Auction & Realty also has an open house planned from 11:00 am-1:30 pm. Stop by to tour the newest realtor in Tell City, meet the staff and learn about the what they offer.
The public is invited to the open house and ribbon cutting. Refreshments will be available. For more information contact Dixon Auction & Realty at 812-547-3814 or the Perry County Chamber of Commerce at 547-2385.
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Business Award Winners Announced
The Perry County Chamber of Commerce announces winners from last nights Chamber Award Dinner. Congratulations to: Large Business category winner the City of Tell City; Small Business category winner Troy Clinic; Entrepreneur of the Year Simon & Harris Construction; and Applause award winner Leadership Perry County.
Nominations for the 2012 Chamber Award Dinner in four categories were: Large Business – ATTC Manufacturing and the City of Tell City; Small Business – American Colloid, Engineer Associates, New Directions Health & Fitness Club, Orscheln Farm & Home, Team Central Sports and Troy Clinic; Entrepreneur – Domestic Goddess and Simon & Harris Construction; and Applause Award – Leadership Perry County and VNA Plus. The award winners were chosen by an independent panel consisting of last year’s winners.
Thank you to our sponsors for making this a special event. Award Dinner sponsors: Blue Sponsors: ATTC Manufacturing Cromwell Radio Group and WGS Global Services LC; White Sponsor: Southern Indiana Power and Waupaca Foundry, Inc.; Red Sponsor: Tell City Electric; along with Heritage sponsors: PSC and Perry County News; Legend sponsors: German American, ATTC Manufacturing, Old National, Perry County Memorial Hospital and Tell City Electric Department; and Tradition sponsors: Fischer’s Furniture & Appliance, Michael Elaman CPA, PC and Southern Indiana Power.
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Nominations Announced for the Award Dinner
The Perry County Chamber of Commerce announces the nominations for the 2012 Chamber Award Dinner. Awards are given in four categories: Large Business – ATTC Manufacturing and the City of Tell City; Small Business – American Colloid, Engineer Associates, New Directions Health & Fitness Club, Orscheln Farm & Home, Team Central Sports and Troy Clinic; Entrepreneur – Domestic Goddess and Simon & Harris Construction; and Applause Award – Leadership Perry County and VNA Plus.
The award winners will be chosen by an independent panel consisting of last year’s winners and will be announced at the 11th Annual Chamber Awards Dinner Tuesday, April 24, 2012 at the Schergens Center, 1140 31st Street in Tell City. The social begins at 5:30 pm with a cash bar and dinner begins at 6:00 pm. Tickets are $25 and can be purchased at the Perry County Chamber of Commerce located at 601 Main Street, Suite A in Tell City. Please RSVP by Friday, April 20th.
Thank you to our Award Dinner sponsors: Blue Sponsors: ATTC Manufacturing and WGS Global Services LC; White Sponsor: Southern Indiana Power and Waupaca Foundry, Inc.; Red Sponsor: Tell City Electric; along with Heritage sponsors: PSC and Perry County News; Legend sponsors: German American, ATTC Manufacturing, Old National, Perry County Memorial Hospital and Tell City Electric Department; and Tradition sponsors: Fischer’s Furniture & Appliance, Michael Elaman CPA, PC and Southern Indiana Power.
The award winners will be chosen by an independent panel consisting of last year’s winners and will be announced at the 11th Annual Chamber Awards Dinner Tuesday, April 24, 2012 at the Schergens Center, 1140 31st Street in Tell City. The social begins at 5:30 pm with a cash bar and dinner begins at 6:00 pm. Tickets are $25 and can be purchased at the Perry County Chamber of Commerce located at 601 Main Street, Suite A in Tell City. Please RSVP by Friday, April 20th.
Thank you to our Award Dinner sponsors: Blue Sponsors: ATTC Manufacturing and WGS Global Services LC; White Sponsor: Southern Indiana Power and Waupaca Foundry, Inc.; Red Sponsor: Tell City Electric; along with Heritage sponsors: PSC and Perry County News; Legend sponsors: German American, ATTC Manufacturing, Old National, Perry County Memorial Hospital and Tell City Electric Department; and Tradition sponsors: Fischer’s Furniture & Appliance, Michael Elaman CPA, PC and Southern Indiana Power.
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Volunteer opportunities
Perry County HTC Phase II Projects
Leave a Local Legacy
• Education
- Provide Awareness of the missions of non-profit organizations and services provided.
- Education on Non-profit long-term planning such as endowments.
- Provide methods of giving to non-profit organizations
- Estate planning education and seminars
• Website
- Design and provide an organization search list of non-profit organizations
• Leave a Legacy program
- Research and implement the LEAVE A LEGACY® program to benefit our community programs.
Leadership
• Leadership Perry County
- Work with Leadership Perry County on recruitment.
- Work on ways to enhance the current LPC program
- Assist LPC to create a sense of belonging with the LPC alumni.
• Awareness of leadership opportunities
- Increase awareness of what Perry County has to offer for leadership.
- Identify, support and develop the next generation of leaders
• Awareness of organization goals
- Create a program to coordinate organizations strategic plans and goals.
- Conduct a half- to full day to hear from multiple organizations in one sitting (invite elected officials, public, etc.)
- Host a community resource fair to allow community members to visit organizations and talk with members to understand their purpose.
- Increase civic engagement
- Develop an organization list into more than a contact list for the Discover magazine.
Entrepreneurship
• Education/awareness
- Bring awareness of the current entrepreneur assistance available from the Chamber and other organizations
- Market assistance to potential entrepreneurs to raise public awareness
- Start a mentor program utilizing retired professionals to assist entrepreneurs
- Funding
- Establish ‘pathways’ for funding
- Identify and/or help locate sources of venture capital
- Establish a ‘to do’ list taking into account requirements from local lending institutions
• Business assistance
- Better signage to all business districts
- Provide infrastructure to enable businesses to establish at the interstate interchange
- Conduct study to see where those that spend money here live – Do we shop at home?
- Determine how to increase the radius from which our local businesses draw
- Determine and maintain a list of outsourcing opportunities for county businesses
- Entrepreneur personal benefits (retirement, insurance, etc.)
- Explore how Perry County demographics distribution affects entrepreneur start-ups
Youth
• Employment
- Support efforts of economic development to attract and retain jobs in the county
- Educate current students about the jobs available in the county
• Activities for Youth and Adults
- Provide more recreational and cultural activities for youth and adults.
- Address the need for a safe place for youth to “hang out”.
Rural Families Economic Success
• Education attainment
- Increase educational attainment for county residents
- Create more college and career readiness skills – 21st century skills
• Community assets
- Facilitate long-term efforts to bring county together with the US Forest Service
- Utilize the river more as an asset
• Housing
- Engage decision makers in dialogue about the need to balance the types of housing available in the county (public, rental, middle-income and upscale housing).
- Develop short- and long-term goals and make any necessary changes in public policy.
Leave a Local Legacy
• Education
- Provide Awareness of the missions of non-profit organizations and services provided.
- Education on Non-profit long-term planning such as endowments.
- Provide methods of giving to non-profit organizations
- Estate planning education and seminars
• Website
- Design and provide an organization search list of non-profit organizations
• Leave a Legacy program
- Research and implement the LEAVE A LEGACY® program to benefit our community programs.
Leadership
• Leadership Perry County
- Work with Leadership Perry County on recruitment.
- Work on ways to enhance the current LPC program
- Assist LPC to create a sense of belonging with the LPC alumni.
• Awareness of leadership opportunities
- Increase awareness of what Perry County has to offer for leadership.
- Identify, support and develop the next generation of leaders
• Awareness of organization goals
- Create a program to coordinate organizations strategic plans and goals.
- Conduct a half- to full day to hear from multiple organizations in one sitting (invite elected officials, public, etc.)
- Host a community resource fair to allow community members to visit organizations and talk with members to understand their purpose.
- Increase civic engagement
- Develop an organization list into more than a contact list for the Discover magazine.
Entrepreneurship
• Education/awareness
- Bring awareness of the current entrepreneur assistance available from the Chamber and other organizations
- Market assistance to potential entrepreneurs to raise public awareness
- Start a mentor program utilizing retired professionals to assist entrepreneurs
- Funding
- Establish ‘pathways’ for funding
- Identify and/or help locate sources of venture capital
- Establish a ‘to do’ list taking into account requirements from local lending institutions
• Business assistance
- Better signage to all business districts
- Provide infrastructure to enable businesses to establish at the interstate interchange
- Conduct study to see where those that spend money here live – Do we shop at home?
- Determine how to increase the radius from which our local businesses draw
- Determine and maintain a list of outsourcing opportunities for county businesses
- Entrepreneur personal benefits (retirement, insurance, etc.)
- Explore how Perry County demographics distribution affects entrepreneur start-ups
Youth
• Employment
- Support efforts of economic development to attract and retain jobs in the county
- Educate current students about the jobs available in the county
• Activities for Youth and Adults
- Provide more recreational and cultural activities for youth and adults.
- Address the need for a safe place for youth to “hang out”.
Rural Families Economic Success
• Education attainment
- Increase educational attainment for county residents
- Create more college and career readiness skills – 21st century skills
• Community assets
- Facilitate long-term efforts to bring county together with the US Forest Service
- Utilize the river more as an asset
• Housing
- Engage decision makers in dialogue about the need to balance the types of housing available in the county (public, rental, middle-income and upscale housing).
- Develop short- and long-term goals and make any necessary changes in public policy.
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Legislative Breakfast - March 6th
The Perry County Chamber of Commerce will be hosting a Legislative Breakfast on Saturday, March 10th from 8-10:00 am. The breakfast will be held at Bill & Dave’s Smokin Pit, 1525 11th Street, Tell City.
Senator Richard Young and Representative Sue Ellspermann are planning to be in attendance. The legislators will give a summary of the session and will open the floor to questions.
Bill & Dave’s will offer a full breakfast buffet for $7.95 per person.
The public is invited to attend this event. For more information contact the Chamber at 812-547-2385 or perrychamber@psci.net.
Senator Richard Young and Representative Sue Ellspermann are planning to be in attendance. The legislators will give a summary of the session and will open the floor to questions.
Bill & Dave’s will offer a full breakfast buffet for $7.95 per person.
The public is invited to attend this event. For more information contact the Chamber at 812-547-2385 or perrychamber@psci.net.
Monday, February 6, 2012
Perry County HTC Opportunity Retreat
The Perry County HTC steering committee is hosting an Opportunity Retreat to outline the findings from the phase one assessment of Perry County. The event will be held on Tuesday, February 21st at the Schergens Center from 11:30-1:00 pm.
The Perry County HTC program includes five pillars: Youth, Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Leave a Local Legacy and Rural Economic Success. The HTC program is a county-wide process built on a national model for empowering rural communities to enhance their prosperity and ability to compete in the global marketplace.
The Opportunity Retreat will include a report from each pillar leader on the assessment findings from their area. Opportunities identified as potential projects they will take into phase 2 of the program will also be reported.
Those in attendance will have the opportunity to help the pillars prioritize their work as well as volunteer for specific projects for the next phase.
The public is invited to attend this event to help us work for a successful Perry County. A light lunch will be provided. For questions, please call coordinator Cheri Taylor at 812-547-2385.
The Perry County HTC program includes five pillars: Youth, Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Leave a Local Legacy and Rural Economic Success. The HTC program is a county-wide process built on a national model for empowering rural communities to enhance their prosperity and ability to compete in the global marketplace.
The Opportunity Retreat will include a report from each pillar leader on the assessment findings from their area. Opportunities identified as potential projects they will take into phase 2 of the program will also be reported.
Those in attendance will have the opportunity to help the pillars prioritize their work as well as volunteer for specific projects for the next phase.
The public is invited to attend this event to help us work for a successful Perry County. A light lunch will be provided. For questions, please call coordinator Cheri Taylor at 812-547-2385.
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