Saturday 31 December 2016

Chamber sees hope in 2017

GREENSBURG — There are numerous things to think back upon and be grateful for close by the numerous things to anticipate according to Greensburg/Decatur County Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Jeff Emsweller.

2016 included many changes for the Chamber, including respecting various new neighborhood organizations into the Chamber and migrating their workplaces to Greensburg City Hall.

Emsweller thought back moving and its effect on the Chamber this year and pushing ahead.

"The Chamber migrated our office to Greensburg City Hall, which at one time was a primary school," Emsweller said. "We remodeled one of the old classrooms, making it extremely cutting edge and utilitarian. We now have a to a great degree decent gathering room, supported by Duke Energy, and this gathering room permits us to hold gatherings on location and also an incredible office for preparing purposes. It incorporates a 60-inch TV which can be utilized for PowerPoint presentations or getting to the Internet for preparing modules. This room is accessible to our individuals at no accuse and of us being in City Hall, there is a lot of stopping and this building is to a great degree pleasant and inviting."

Emsweller says the move this year is relied upon to be the keep going for the Chamber for a long time to come.

"The move to City Hall additionally gives the Chamber what is relied upon to be a long haul area," Emsweller said. "The Chamber has needed to move such a large number of times over the recent decades that despite everything we have individuals supposing we are on Lincoln Street, which was route back in the mid 2000s."

While Emsweller stays cheerful about the things that happened in 2016 for the Chamber, contemplations of 2017 make him exceptionally energized for the coming year.

"I could continue endlessly about things from 2016, yet we are amped up for 2017," Emsweller said. "The Greensburg/Decatur County Chamber of Commerce has numerous things on our plate and will keep on being the front way to the group, however it is critical that we keep on focusing on open doors for our individuals too. Our individuals depend on the Chamber as the No. 1 referral hotspot for their business and for the instructive and systems administration openings we give through courses or gatherings."

A couple of the things to anticipate for Chamber individuals incorporate classes and data sessions from the Indiana Department of Labor, OSHA, administration classes, web-based social networking workshops, impose data sessions, Chamber 101 sessions and that's only the tip of the iceberg.

Things don't stop there for group inclusion from the Chamber, in any case. The Chamber has huge arrangements for 2017 regarding web ubiquity.

"We are extremely energized that in mid 2017, the group video venture will be finished and there will be a tremendous head occasion highlighting this new advertising instrument that will be utilized by such a variety of as a part of our group to pull in potential new business and new occupants," Emsweller said. "The video will highlight that Greenburg and Decatur County really is a place where 'Life is Worth Living.' We could demonstrate the preparatory video at the Chamber yearly dinner in November, and after that additional to our Facebook page, totally exploded our hosts' web numbers from the measure of perspectives this sneak pinnacle video created. To state many people are amped up for it would be putting it mildly. It is a top-class item and exertion and I can't sit tight for anyone's viewing pleasure it and think about it."

The Chamber, close by the Greenburg Decatur County Economic Development Corporation, MainStreet Greensburg, Decatur County Community Foundation and Decatur County Visitors and Recreation Bureau have taken a shot at the Stellar Communities Award assignment for the State of Indiana in 2016.

Emsweller recognized that "it has been energizing finding out about the thoughts our residents might want to see for proceeded with development and advance in our group. With the assistance of Greensburg Mayor Dan Manus and with the development of another gathering of volunteers known as the Partners for Community Progress and their arranging endeavors and help, I trust occupants will see some stupendous new things in our group sooner rather than later."

2016 was a year to recall for the Greensburg/Decatur County Chamber of Commerce and it leaves the Chamber motivation to trust that 2017 will be a year with significantly more recollections for the Tree City.

Contact: James Howell Jr., 812-663-3111 x 7011; james.howell@greensburgdailynews.com

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