Announcements for January 2010

Business Incentives Workshop
Reserve your space! Seating is limited.

Thursday, Feb 18th, 2010
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Does your Monroe County business need assistance in order to grow? Please join us for an interactive discussion to learn about local incentives for small and mid-sized businesses. Experts from the City of Rochester, Monroe County, RochesterWorks, and PathStone will discuss their unique programs that may help your business. There is no fee to attend this workshop. More information http://cts.vresp.com/c/?RochesterWorks/1e35a7d472/2b1caeb074/e2c68e8201

Recruiting Round Rochester for Youth
Is looking for Businesses that would like to hire youth ages 16-21 years old. We will be hosting a recruitment event on Friday, February 19th from 12:00 noon – 2:00 pm at our Goodman Street Career Center. This is a wonderful opportunity to make a difference in a young person’s life. If your organization would like to participate in this no cost event, please contact me to discuss the details.

Share Your Events with US!
The Finger Lakes BIC’s calendar of events is now on Google.com, we would like to share your events with our readers. Please share your google calendar with ours. http://fingerlakes.natbic.org/events.php

Internships
I will be placing interns this summer with employers. I welcome the opportunity to speak to your chamber and organization about this program as well as other services and programs that RochesterWorks offers. All of our services are at no cost to the employer and would be enlightening. Please email me to schedule a time and date.

Make time for networking

I attended the Mega Mixer last night at Marriott that was hosted by 13 of the areas chambers. Not only did I make some good connections, but I was able to chat with people I have not seen in years. One consultant I saw was a client of mine 5 years ago after she left the corporate world to pursue a balanced life that included time for her family.

It has been a tough economy, but resilience pays off. Today's entrepreneur needs to be flexible, creative, resourceful and bounce back quickly. It was pleased to see so many familiar faces last night. Rochester really is a good place to do business.

If you haven't been out lately, take a look at our events calender on http://www.fingerlakes.natbic.org/ and find a networking event to attend. It is good to be seen!