February 16, 2007
CANYS Board of Directors 2007
Votes have been tallied and Chairman appointments have been made. The following chamber executives will serve as Directors for 2007:
Nancy Ploeger,
Todd Shimkus,
Rob Robinson,
The Otsego
Peter Aust,
The Chamber of
Southern
Nancy Conley,
John
D’Ambrosio, Orange
Bill Egan,
Catherine
Glover, Greater
Marsha Gordon,
Business Council
of Westchester
Wally Hart,
Darlene Kerr,
Greater
Cynthia
Oswald, Livingston
Matthew
Stubley,
Congratulations
to these new Board members. CANYS appreciates your service!
Small Business Day
is Tuesday, March 27
Leaders
of emerging industry, followers of their own innovative thinking and the
supporters working to help small businesses succeed across
The
agenda includes a presentation of the Senate’s small business tax
package by Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno. Participants will also get an
update on the growth of small business in
The
program features an opportunity for small business leaders to connect with
leaders from the new administration, including the newly appointed Regional
Chairs of the Empire State Development Corporation, Daniel Gundersen
(invited) and Patrick Foye (invited).
Small Business Day is an event like no other, bringing together hundreds of
business people, chamber of commerce leaders, and governmental officials for
a day of action and intent focused on business growth in
It’s a celebration of the small business leaders who have met the
challenges of growing and succeeding in their entrepreneurial efforts.
It’s a reflection of the innovation and dedication found around
conference tables from
Co-sponsored by The Business Council and its affiliate, the Chamber Alliance
of New York State, Small Business Day is expanding on its success for 2007.
Please note the agenda details and registration information mailed directly
to your chamber, or available HERE.
January Conference
wrap-up
Thanks
to the 2007 Conference Planning Committee for a wildly successful conference:
Peter Aust,
Bill Egan,
Wally Hart,
Nancy Ploeger,
and Todd
Shimkus. 41 different chambers were represented at
the two-day event that featured nationally-renowned speakers, dynamic
networking and educational tracks for executives and staff alike.
The
perennial favorite 45 Ideas in 45 Minutes session
produced a long list of new and creative practices from chambers around the
state. Have a look at the “white board” of ideas from the event HERE.
Special
thanks to our conference sponsors: Altria Corporate Services, The Business
Council of New York State, The Ewart Group, CBG Training and Development,
Journal Communications, PepsiCo, Sir Speedy Printing, and the Manhattan
Chamber. Verizon is the CANYS 2007 Gold Sponsor.
Excellence in
Leadership Award
Congratulations
to Garry
Douglas of the Plattsburgh-North Country Chamber of Commerce
for winning the 2007 CANYS Excellence in Leadership Award.
The
CANYS Excellence in Leadership Award is presented each year in recognition of
outstanding professional development and contributions in the promotion of
the chamber profession.
Garry,
who was nominated for his award by his peers in CANYS, has been with the
chamber for 13 years. He was instrumental in the passage of Sole Proprietor
Health Insurance Legislation, ensuring the legislation was signed and enacted
by former Governor George Pataki. Garry also founded CANYS' annual New York
Day in
Grant
applications are now being accepted by
The
deadline for submitting Unified Funding 2007 applications through the on-line
process for
New
York Main Street's Web site says: eligible activities include providing funds to
building owners for fa?ade renovation grants, to preserve or restore original
architectural elements or provide a consistent streetscape; for building
renovation grants, to fund necessary interior and exterior rehabilitation
that will create or maintain jobs or businesses; for downtown anchor grants,
which will provide gap financing for more extensive rehabilitation of
important Main Street buildings to create business or cultural anchors; and
for streetscape enhancement grants, which will only be provided in
combination with one of the other activities, to fund tree planting, street
furniture, kiosks, public informational signage, and other ancillary
enhancements.
NYMS is a state-wide initiative. Eligible areas include any
traditional main street, downtown retail district, or neighborhood business
district that is part of an eligible area for the purposes of the Community
Development Block Grant program, Housing Trust Fund program, or other similar
community development, economic development, or urban renewal program.
For
more information, or to apply, visit www.nymainstreet.org/grants/grantapp.php.
NYSERDA funding
opportunity
We
thought you would like to be aware of this NYSERDA proposal in case any of
your members are in this space: NYSERDA seeks proposals to support product development
of innovative renewable and other environmentally preferred Distributed
Generation (DG) power systems and/or related components; demonstration of
electric energy storage technologies; and to conduct environmental impact
assessment studies and mitigation techniques for renewable energy. This
solicitation, Program Opportunity Notice (PON) 1118, will focus on advancing
renewable and other environmentally preferred technologies and developing
products that offer minimal incremental emissions including, but not limited
to, distributed generation technologies, interconnection standards and
testing, electrical storage technologies, end user power reliability and
power quality enhancement.
Please find the one page program summary HERE. For additional NYSERDA
funding opportunities, please visit www.nyserda.org/funding/funding.asp?i=2.
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a question you’d like to ask other CANYS members? Job opening in your
chamber? Great idea you’d like to share? Send it to skye.heritage@bcnys.org.
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