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Membership Matters
News from
the Zanesville-Muskingum County Chamber
of Commerce
July 6, 2010
In this
Issue:
Your Member News
Welcome New Members!
Web Based Services
You Can Win $1,000
A Taste of Zanesville
Your Customized Directory Listing
Rebate on
Workers Comp
Free Computer Training
Golf Outing Set for August 20
Anthem Plan for Chamber Members
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Your Member News
Congratulations to
Anchor Glass on the celebration of
their 110th anniversary in Zanesville.
Do you have "Member News" that you want us
to publish? Send it to Tom Poorman at
tpoorman@zmchamber.com. This is a great way
to highlight news, promotions, new hires,
awards received, big contracts won, and
other special accomplishments at your
business, and there is no cost to Chamber
members. We will publish it in this bi
monthly newsletter.
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Welcome New Members!
Please join us in welcoming
these new members to the Chamber. You can
find their contact information
in our online directory
at zmchamber.com. Thanks and welcome!
The Wellness
Center
Intechrity
Computer Services
Home Helpers
Stephen Ross
Excavating
Dreamers
Motorsports LLC
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Web-Based Services for Members
The chamber provides you with a complete
set of useful web-based services, and
you can use these without ever leaving
your business.
Here's a link to the menu of online
services you can access as a member,
including:
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Customized directory listing
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Hot Deals
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Events calendar
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Help Wanted listings
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Monthly surveys
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And more!
Again,
visit this web page for more details
on our package of web-based services.
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You Win $1,000 - Community Wins
Downtown Revitalization
You can win $1,000 in downtown business gift
certificates in the Zanesville Downtown
Association's new raffle. Tickets are $20
each, and the gift certificates include:
Restaurants
Stores
$75 Old Market
House Inn
$50
RiteAid
$75
Zaks
$50 Imlay's Florist
$75 Bryan
Place
$50 Wallpaper Outlet
$75
Subway
$25 Repeat after Me
$50 Ditty's
Downtown Deli (10-$5)
$25 Image Computers
$50 Del's
Curbside Grill
(10-$5) $25
Sota Technologies
Arts &
Antiques
Services
$75 Downtown
Artists
$25 Dutro Ford Sales & Service
$50 Downtown
Antiques
$25 Muffler & Tire Center
$50 CA House
Music
$25 Shear Insanity
$25 Mike
Nelson's Frames & Flames
$25 Studio B
$25 Zanesville's Finest Barber Shop
Etc.
$50 Downtown
Farmers Market (10-$5)
$50 Friends of
the Library (10-$5)
Tickets
available at the Welcome Center, Two P's
Antiques & Art,
Times Recorder, Ditty's Downtown Deli and
from ZDA Board of Directors.
Drawing for
the raffle is Wednesday, July 14 (Taste of
Zanesville). If the minimum amount of
tickets (150) are not sold, a 50/50 drawing
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A Taste of Zanesville
The annual
A Taste of Zanesville event will be held
on
July 14th, 2010, from 5:30pm - 8:00pm in
Downtown Zanesville.
This popular annual event celebrates
Pottery Week and features a fun-filled
evening in downtown Zanesville.
Participating businesses invite the
public to enjoy demonstrations, crafts,
refreshments, contests, a pottery toss,
a garden show at the library and great
entertainment. Lorena rides are also
available at 2:00 and 3:30. Fun and Free
for the entire family. Stop by the
Welcome Center in downtown Zanesville
for a brochure and you may call 455-8282
for more information.
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Your Customized Directory
Listing is Free
Each member can customize their directory
listing on zmchamber.com, and its easy to
do. Simply follow the instructions
at this link and you can access your
very own directory page to enter information
about your business and add photos or
graphics. If you prefer,
you can watch this video on how to
customize and expand your listing.
So, you get a free listing in our online
directory because you are a member, but you
also get to log on and expand and customize
it to your liking. Why is this important?
Because you want to make the best first
impression you can when someone searching
the web first finds your information. And
our directory at zmchamber.com has been
searched 10,546 times in the last year, so
its worth a few minutes of your time to make
sure your online information is up to date
and customized to include an expanded
business description.
Your online directory pages have also just
been upgraded with a new look that is more
professional and looks more like a web page
for your business than simply a text
listing.
Take a look at this example and you
should see what we mean.
Don't pass up this chance to use your
chamber membership to be presented in a
first class way on a busy web site!
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Rebate on Workers Comp Through
Safety Council
Thousands of Ohio employers find value and
workers' compensation premium savings by
actively participating in their local safety
councils. And you can join them. Get a
2-percent rebate on your premiums by
becoming an active member of one of 80 BWC
sponsored safety councils*.
Reduce either the severity or frequency of
injuries in your workplace by 10 percent, or
keep both at zero, and you will earn an
additional 2-percent performance bonus
rebate. BWC Safety Councils can help you:
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Learn techniques for increasing safety
in your workplace.
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Learn how to better manage your workers'
compensation program.
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Network with other employers in your
community.
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Access useful, money-saving workers'
comp and risk management information.
For more information, contact the Chamber of
Commerce at 455-8282.
You may also visit this web page
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To qualify for the BWC Safety Council
rebate, you must meet the following
eligibility requirements:
1. Join your local safety council by July
31, 2010;
2. Attend 10 safety council meetings**;
3. Send a qualified senior-level manager to
a safety council sponsored meeting;
4. Submit semiannual workplace accident
reports for the 2010 calendar year.
Gov
*The rebate offer excludes self-insuring
employers, state agencies and employers
enrolled in BWC's group-rating and
group-retrospective programs. Limitations
apply to a professional employer
organization. BWC encourages all employers
to become active safety council members.
**At least eight through the local safety
council. You can get credit for up to two
meetings through attendance at BWC's safety
training courses or industry-specific
training.
ernor
Ted Strickland
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Free Computer Training
Your business and your employees can take
advantage of FREE technology training being
offered by the Adult Center at the Mid East
Career and Technology Centers. But you have
to act quickly before the program expires.
Mid East is distributing vouchers for
training and certification testing in
Microsoft Office such as Word, Access,
Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Microsoft IT
certifications, and all you have to do is
sign up. The training is all offered online
by Microsoft and its retail value is
typically more than $300 per class. The
vouchers must be obtained and activated by
August 26, 2010 and the training completed
within 9 months.
For those who would like to take a Microsoft
Office certification in 2003 or 2007
software, Mid-East has free certification
exam vouchers available. The exams must be
taken by August 26, 2010 and there is a
proctoring fee of $20 per hour for each exam
taken.
This offer is part of a national Microsoft
program called "Elevate America", through
which the company has donated 60,000
training vouchers to the State of Ohio to
help prepare the workforce with the skills
needed to succeed in the 21st
century workplace. The vouchers are being
distributed through the state's network of
adult education centers such as the one
located at Mid East. The only stipulation
is that you are willing to give the required
information: name, email address, employment
status, length of employment or
unemployment, current wage, education level
attainment, age, and gender.
Time is of the essence, so area businesses
must act now to obtain a training voucher.
For more information visit
www.adultcentereducation.org or contact
Sue Gibson at
sgibson@mid-east.k12.oh.us or
740-455-3111.
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Golf Outing Set for August 20
The annual Chamber-Jaycees Golf
Outing will be held on Friday, August 20
with a 12:30 pm shotgun start. Golf
teams are of course being accepted and
we are seeking hole sponsors for $50
each. To reserve your team's spot or
for more information contact Dana Matz
at
dmatz@zmchamber.com.
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Anthem Health Plan for Members
Health insurance can be your largest
financial burden. Yet, you recognize the
importance of healthy employees. Chamber
Plan through Anthem offers health care
options for small and mid-size
businesses that mirror the benefits
large corporations offer. Chamber
members receive a discount and have
access to over 100 plan designs,
including health savings accounts (HSAs),
health reimbursement accounts (HRA's)
and traditional PPOs. Chamber Plan may
not be the most affordable option for
every chamber member company, but it
might pay off to check and see. For a
quote on Chamber Plan contact your local
health insurance broker - they can tell
you how the rates compare to what you
are paying now.
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