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New Law Allows for Faster Receipt of Childcare Background Clearances
New Law Allows for Faster Receipt of Childcare Background Clearances Does your organization work with children? There’s good news! Pennsylvanians applying for childcare clearances can now receive most results electronically, instead of through the U.S. mail, thanks to a new law passed earlier this session. Act 12 of 2022 allows certain employers to conditionally hire an…
Read MoreMember News – December 14, 2022
Member News – December 14, 2022 Bloomsburg Children’s Museum Awarded $27,500 PPL Foundation Grant Congratulations to the Bloomsburg Children’s Museum, who announced that these funds will support fostering a generation of female mentors in STEM. The title of the program is, “Student to volunteer to employee to leader to advocate: Fostering a generation of female…
Read MoreBroadband Access Listening Session Friday
Broadband Access Listening Session Friday Harrisburg, PA – Pennsylvania Broadband Development Authority (Authority) Executive Director Brandon Carson today announced listening sessions will be held across the commonwealth beginning December 13 to give Pennsylvanians the opportunity to learn about the Authority, federal funding for broadband, and to hear about the important role they have in reviewing…
Read MorePA Chamber: Misguided UC Report Misrepresents Key Facts
PA Chamber: Misguided UC Report Misrepresents Key Facts Source: PA Chamber of Business & Industry The Keystone Research Center recently released an Unemployment Compensation report that misrepresents key facts about taxes paid by employers on employee wages, and PA Chamber Vice President of Government Affairs Alex Halper issued the following comments to set the record straight: “Unemployment…
Read MoreDepartment of Labor Receives Chamber Feedback
Department of Labor Receives Chamber Feedback Last Friday, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce successfully submitted the comments from almost 200 associations, chambers of commerce (including the Columbia Montour Chamber) and businesses to the U.S. Department of Labor opposing the recent proposed regulation which would redefine how to classify employees and independent contractors under the Fair Labor Standards…
Read MorePromote New Year Events in January ChamberPack!
Promote New Year Events in January ChamberPack! December can be a sneaky month – you’re excited to celebrate the holidays and wrap up 2022, and before you know it, the New Year is upon you! We don’t want you to miss the opportunity to kick off an outstanding 2023, so we’re reminding all members that…
Read More2022 Holiday Open House
2022 Holiday Open House The Chamber’s 2022 Holiday Open House was another smashing success, thanks to the contributions of our incredible sponsors and the work of excellent volunteers. Special thanks to the Chamber’s Premier Sponsor, Montour Solar One, and Santa’s Workshop Sponsor, My Benefit Advisor and World Kinect. As 300 guests poured into the Pine…
Read MoreWelcome New Member – Wrk Inside Out, LLC
Welcome New Member – Wrk Inside Out, LLC The Columbia Montour Chamber is pleased to welcome Wrk Inside Out, LLC, as its newest member. While the health and wellness industry promises quick fixes and focuses on extreme elimination, restriction, and forced ideology that makes the ultimate indicator of health a scale, Wrk Inside Out stands…
Read MoreMember News – December 7, 2022
Member News – December 7, 2022 Columbia County Historical & Genealogical Society Receives $650,000.00 State Grant Congrats to the CCHGS, who with these funds will purchase the former PNC Bank building on the corner of Main and Market Streets in Bloomsburg. This is a strategic location choice for the Historical Society, being right next door…
Read MoreRepresentative Culver Opens Danville Office
Representative Culver Opens Danville Office Danville – State Rep. Lynda Schlegel Culver (R-Northumberland/Snyder) invites residents of the 108th Legislative District to stop by her new Danville district office, which opened Thursday, Dec. 1, in the Montour County Administration Building, 435 E. Front St., Danville. Effective December 1, Representative Culver represents all of Montour County due…
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