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On the GoSeptember 2019
Chamber names L.O.U.I.E.,Enterprising Business, President's
award winners
Three businesses and one individual arereceiving the highest recognition bestowed byGreater Olean Area Chamber of Commerce.
The Chamber is pleased to announce thewinners of its L.O.U.I.E. and EnterprisingBusiness awards, as well as its 2019Presidential Award winner.
Brian O’Connell Jr., with The Brian O'Connell Jr.Law Firm, PLLC is receiving this 2019 L.O.U.I.E.Award.
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Tom Yanetsko named Chamber's Volunteer of the Year
Greater Olean Area Chamber of Commercecelebrates Chamber Week, September 21 to28. It provides the Chamber an opportunity tocelebrate its many accomplishments andachievement, and an excellent time to thank themany people who make them happen.
This year, Tom Yanetsko, supervisor withDresser-Rand Co., received the designation.
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Olean Area Young Professionals' Annual Awards tickets on sale
Tickets are now on sale for Olean Area Young Professionals’ Annual Awards ceremony.
The event, scheduled from 6 to 8 p.m., Oct. 16, at The Old Library Restaurant in Olean, will see sevenarea young professionals honored for their hard work and dedication to the greater Olean area.
The 2019 honorees and their awards are: Pete Coate, an application engineer at Elantas Pdg Inc,received the Emerging Young Leader Award; Alicia Broadbent, director of planning and development atSouthern Tier Health Care System, received the MVYP Award; Holly McCully, an inbound marketingspecialist at protocol 80, received the Rookie of the Year Award; Kyle Leslie, vice president of the OleanSchools Foundation, received the Volunteer of the Year Award. Husband and wife Heath and SallyMcCombs share the OAYP Member of the Year Award; and The Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts atSt. Bonaventure Universitywas named this year’s Friend of OAYP.
Tickets are $25 and cover the cost of admission and food. A cash bar will be available. Tickets may bepurchased at Greater Olean Area Chamber of Commerce’s office at 301 N. Union St., or online here.
Volunteers sought for Santa Claus Lane prep work
Greater Olean Area Chamber of Commerce isseeking help to make sure downtown Olean shinesbright this holiday season.
From 10 a.m. to noon, Oct. 5, at the city’s waterfiltration plant’s storage building at 1332 River St., theChamber is calling on volunteers to help inspect andprepare the lights and decorations that will adornOlean’s Santa Claus Lane along North Union Street.
“The tradition of Santa Claus Lane is one of theoldest in the city and the Chamber is proud to put thisevent on each holiday season,” said Meme Yanetsko,the Chamber’s COO. “Because this is such a large undertaking, we’re hoping the community will turnout to help us get it ready this year.”
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Chamber's member networkingseason undeway
Greater Olean Area Chamber of Commerce’straditional Business After Hours season isgetting an upgrade of sorts.
While the Chamber still plans to hold BusinessAfter Hours, it’s adding a new opportunity formembers to connect — Cash Mobs. Throughthese events, the Chamber is now packaging itsmonthly gatherings for the business community
under the umbrella of Monthly NetworkingEvents.
The MNE schedule includes five Business AfterHours and three Cash Mobs.
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Archbishop Walsh Academy immortalized as Santa Claus Lane ornament
Greater Olean Area Chamber of Commerce has unveiled one of its newest Santa Claus Laneornaments, a depiction of the Archbishop Walsh Academy.
The ornament of Archbishop Walsh joins the Beef ‘n’ Barrel restaurant ornament as the 2019 SantaClaus Lane ornaments.
Included with each of the ornaments is a brief history of Walsh -- In October of 1957, hundreds ofpeople gathered at Christ the King Seminary in Buffalo to hear Bishop Leo R. Smith announce that acentral Catholic high school was to be established in Olean. The school was to be named afterArchbishop Thomas J. Walsh, who had deep roots in the Southern Tier.
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Tech teens plan robotic helper
Participants in Boundless Connections’ TECHUnleashed program for 13-17-year-olds have setan ambitious goal for their 2019-2020 serviceproject: to develop a voice-activated robot to helppeople living with physical disabilities.
The group of 25 teens met August 19-23 for thesecond session of the TECH Unleashedsummer camp where they solidified plans fortheir robotic helper.
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Cyber Security Summit set forOctober
Silo City IT of Buffalo, Acme Business of Olean,and Greater Olean Area Chamber of Commerceare hosting a Cyber Security Workshop atJamestown Community College, Olean,Thursday, Oct. 24.
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Chamber seeks squirrel selfies
Greater Olean Area Chamber of Commerce isasking the community for photos of families,children, teenagers and seniors enjoying theWoodland in the City Squirrels scatteredthroughout Olean.
Area residents and visitors are invited once againto send in their photos of the Woodland in the CitySquirrels to be chosen and placed in the 2020squirrel calendar. The Woodland in the CityCommittee and the Chamber are sponsoring thiscontest.
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Last 2019 StrOlean set for October
The final StrOlean of 2019 is set for Oct. 26.
Up and down North Union Street, many of the brick/mortar stores can participate in the Pop-upMarketplace to host events inside/outside their store as well as have sales/info. Vendors areencouraged to come to the downtown to display and sell their artisan items, catalog/home party, farmmarket stands, artwork, jewelry and more as a Pop-up Market – a temporary storefront in downtownOlean.
Events are plentiful too. Restaurants throughout Olean are encouraged to have music entertainmentas well as present a Grub Crawl item — an appetizer or small dish StrOlean-goers can enjoy, eat, andthen move on to the next tasting down the street.
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CRCF to lead Cattaraugus Gives Day Dec. 3
Cattaraugus Gives, the Cattaraugusregion’s day of giving, led by the CattaraugusRegion Community Foundation, will returnthis year on Dec. 3 to continue its growth inraising funds and awareness for nonprofitsand charitable causes in the region.
Cattaraugus Gives is a 24-hour onlinefundraising blitz, bringing together nonprofits from all over the region in friendly fundraisingcompetition, with the overall goal of creating a more compassionate, giving community. In 2018, 47 nonprofit organizations together raised just short of $32,000 to benefit programs andprojects in Cattaraugus County during Cattaraugus Gives. CRCF also offered $5,000 in monetaryincentives to participating organizations.
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