Dear Members

GATHERING OF GRATITUDE Dear Members,

TCACC Mission: As the primary business advocate, the TriCounty Area Chamber of Commerce provides relevant membership services and proactive leadership to enhance economic opportu - — Sincerely, the Chamber nity and quality of life within our region. Board of Directors and Staff

Table of Contents “Problems become opportunities when the right people join together” President’s Message ...... 33 Membership Pages ...... 34, 35 Breakfast Recap ...... 36 MEMBER RECOGNITION EVENT Calendar of Events ...... 37 • Thursday, December 6 • Join us for this special Member Recognition Event – this Leadership Tri-County ...... 38 • 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM luncheon is replacing the monthly membership breakfast End of Chamber Section ...... 42 • Western Montgomery • The holidays are a time to show gratitude and the Career & Technology Center, Chamber wants to as well CONNECT WITH YOUR 77 Graterford Rd., Limerick 19468 RI OUNTY REA HAMBER • Join us to learn about new and exciting opportunities for T C A C : Chamber Members Only; 152 E. High St., Suite 360, Pottstown, PA Reservation Required; Limited seating your business in 2019 that your support has made possible 19464 • TEL: 610.326.2900 • FAX: 610.970.9705 • EMAIL: [email protected] EVENT SPONSORS : • One of our sponsors, Pottstown Area Rapid Transit, is Eileen Dautrich, President, collecting personal hygiene donations to beneﬁt the [email protected] Pottstown Cluster of Religious Communities – bring a Gregory Glenn, Member Relations Director, donation to win a spin of the “Chamber Wheel” [email protected] CO-S PONSORS : Tarra Farrell, Events and Marketing Director, • Gift for everyone in attendance [email protected] • Lunch prepared by the WMCTC culinary students Jennifer O’Donnell, Leadership Tri-County Director, [email protected] • After lunch please tour the impressive, state of the art Melissa Shainline, facilities at the school Communications and Administrative Director, [email protected] MAKING A DIFFERENCE IS WHAT WE DO! NOVEMBER 2018 tricountyareachamber.com 33 422business.com and 422bizmag.com ROUTE 422 BUSINESS ADVISOR MEMBERSHIP HAS ITS BENEFITS! WELCOME APPROVED CHAMBER MEMBERSHIP ANNIVERSARIES NEW MEMBERS! (ACCORDING TO TCACC RECORDS) Congratulations to the businesses listed below. Their applications were approved by the Board of Directors in October. Happy Anniversary When purchasing goods and services, please keep these businesses as well to the following Members: as other TriCounty Area Chamber of Commerce Members in mind while you Always Buy Chamber! 29 YEARS Member Renewals Borough of Boyertown Thank you to the following Members who renewed Coventry Neighbors Magazine Three Brothers Grill their commitment to make your Chamber a PRIORITY! 44 Fulmer Road 1432 East High Street 15 YEARS ARRO Consulting, Inc. Pottstown Area Health Pottstown, PA 19465 Pottstown, PA 19464 Independence 484.752.4527 & Wellness Foundation 856.296.0598 Planning Group Bechtelsville Car Wash Printers/Publishers www.threebrothersmexicanfood.com Brandywine Living at Pottstown Caterers/Banquet Services, Upper Providence School District Four Elements New Age Center Restaurants/Clubs 10 YEARS Evans, Hauseman Rotary Club Three Brothers Grill is a family owned, authen - Whitegate 17 North Hanover Street tic Mexican restaurant. They serve breakfast, & Richard, Inc. of Pottstown Contracting Company Pottstown, PA 19464 lunch and dinner. Walk-ins are welcome or Express 484.644.9090 take out and catering services are also avail - Data Systems, Inc. Schultz Technology www.fourelementscenter.com able. Stop by and say hello and enjoy. Harleysville Bank Schumacher & Benner Behavioral Health Services; Health and 5 YEARS Funeral Home & CEDARVILLE Hickory Valley Golf Club Beauty Aids; Massage Therapy; Medical Tricia’s Trinkets & Treasures Crematory Services; Retail Sales 211 North York Street Engineering Group, LLC Hollenbach Service Electric Four Elements New Age Center is located in Pottstown, PA 19464 Construction, Inc. Cablevision, Inc. Downtown Pottstown and provides its clients 215.840.9783 James M. Capinksi Gifts/Specialty Shops – Apparel and 1 YEAR with a full range of services to choose from. AAA Ambulette LLC and Associates Specht Realty, Inc. Services available include – Reiki, Hot Accessories; Retail Sales Lower Pottsgrove Steel River Playhouse ChakraHealing, Goddess Readings, Faeire The mission of Tricia’s Trinkets & Treasures is to Blatt Construction Township serve the community with more than just bar - Readings, Spirit Guidance and Psychic Medium Everything Printing Tri-County Emergency Readings. gains on everything from clothing to house - Maillie LLP Physicians, LLC hold items; she wants to provide nice clothing Lifeworks Orlando Universal Machine Co. Hilltop Drive-In, Inc. at a reasonable price. Patricia, the owner, Counseling Center, LLC Law Offices, P.C. 2910 East High Street believes the convenience of her consignment VideoRay LLC and thrift shop will allow her to engage with Lolli Architects, LLC Owen J. Roberts Pottstown, PA 19464 youth in the area and become a role model. Education Foundation Visiting Nurse 610.326.2342 Montgomery County PeopleShare, Inc. Association of www.hilltopdrivein.com Intermediate Unit Permabond, LLC Pottstown & Vicinity Restaurants/Clubs MOSAIC There are an extensive array of items on the 5 Ways Your Customers Community Land Trust menu at this vintage restaurant in Pottstown, Pennsylvania. Sanatoga’s famed HillTop Drive- Win with You as a Schuylkill Valley Sports Are you Celebrating 25, 50, 75 Years? In has stood the test of time by providing qual - If your Chamber Member company is celebrating a West & Company, CPAs, ity food at remarkably low prices since it Chamber Member significant anniversary then the Chamber needs to know! PC T/A Hoffman & opened in the summer of 1952. In addition to Did you know that your customers The Chamber strives to recognize their West PC serving up an award-winning burger, their grill receive multiple benefits from you Members for their success. Contact Tarra Farrell at offers flavorful steaks, yummy subs, broasted being a chamber member and those 610.326.2900 or [email protected] chicken, delicious ice cream treats, mouthwa - benefits can increase their loyalty? Here are tering milkshakes, and more. If you call ahead 5 examples: to place an order, they will have it ready for 1. You’re in the Know - When you’re a pickup when you arrive. member of the chamber you know what’s going on in the business community. Mike’s Brick Oven Pizza 2. You Have Inside Knowledge (and 601 North Charlotte Street Tickets) for Events - As a member, you Pottstown, PA 19464 may be able to purchase tickets earlier or 610.327.4042 bring an interested guest - you come off www.mikesbrickovenpizza.com looking like a rock star to your Caterers/Banquet Services, customer or vendor. Restaurants/Clubs 3. You Know About Legislative Initiatives Mike's Brick Oven Pizza has been serving the - The chamber is busy working behind the Pottstown community the best pizza, wings, scenes for all businesses in your area. hoagies, and pasta since 1999. Mike's has con - 4. You Become a Resource - You become THANK YOU! sistently received recognition from the local a connector in the community and community, being voted the #1 Take-Out in someone they patronize to get the inside 2018-2019 Connections Partners: 2018-2019 Commerce Partners: the Tri-County Area in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, scoop. 2013, and 2014 in the Pottstown Mercury poll. 5. You Hire the Best - As a chamber Whether you're looking for the best take-out member, you get to meet a wide variety in the area, pizza delivery in Pottstown, a of people and expand not only your sales quaint local place for lunch, or someone to networking but your career network as cater your next social or business event... well. Mike's Brick Oven Pizza is the place to go. SUPPORTING COMMERCE ROUTE 422 BUSINESS ADVISOR 422business.com and 422bizmag.com 34 tricountyareachamber.com NOVEMBER 2018 MEMBERSHIP HAS ITS BENEFITS! SEPTEMBER SPOTLIGHT RECAP BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT

On September 18, Steel River Playhouse Sponsored by: hosted a Business Spotlight. They were able to tour the facility and learn about all that Steel River does for the community.

COMMUNITY CALENDAR As a service to the entire community, and a benefit to our Members, the Chamber provides an FEATURED online Community Calendar. MEMBER You can use the community calendar two ways: • Post your company’s events BENEFIT • Use the online calendar as a resource for “things-to-do” in the area OF THE MONTH To post your events – sign on to Members Only, click the ‘Events’ tab, and then click ‘Add Event’. Fill in all of the appropriate details, click Submit for Approval and your event will be posted to the calendar after approved! To check out upcoming community events, visit the online calendar at tricountyareachamber.com. The calendar is located under the Live.Work.Shop TriCounty tab located at the top of the home page. Check back often – new events are added frequently! October 2018 was full of Community Events – make sure to check out November & December for events around the holidays!

SUPPORTING COMMERCE NOVEMBER 2018 tricountyareachamber.com 35 422business.com and 422bizmag.com ROUTE 422 BUSINESS ADVISOR OCTOBER BREAKFAST RECAP Chamber Members gathered at the TriCounty Active Adult Center for October’s breakfast featuring Sales Training. Our keynote speaker was John Whitehall, Sandler Training. John has over 30 years of experience leading and coaching high performing, winning sales organizations of all sizes in a variety of industries. Here are a few tips from his presentation: • Sandler Rule – You can only perform in a manner that is consistent with where you see yourself conceptually • Most of what we know about each other relates to the various roles we play • What your identify is is not necessarily what your role is • Protect your “I” - it is not how you feel that ABOVE determines how you act; it is how you act : (L to R): Richard Gensler, SCORE TriCounty; that determines how you feel John Whitehall, speaker, Sandler Training; Robin • Balance is key between your “I” and your “R” McMonagle, Pottstown Hospital Tower Health; Holly Parker, TriCounty Community Network; and Henrietta Wiggins, SCORE “The only person TriCounty. RIGHT: New Members (L to R): you are destined Caren Yucha, Yucha Hearing Aids; John, Kathleen, and Mike Collier, to become is Franklin Flooring, Inc.; and Christopher King, AFLAC. the person you BELOW: Breakfast attendees enjoyed this new venue. decide to be . TriCounty Active Adult Center ” hosted for the first time. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS:

610.850.0181; www.tcnetwork.org The TriCounty Community Network (TCN) brings together more than 90 agencies, businesses and individuals in our local community to problem solve on com - munity needs. TCN works to build the capacity of area nonprofits by provid - ing numerous support services and benefits that help organizations better serve their stakeholders. TriCounty

610.326.3731; www.tricounty.score.org SCORE TriCounty has served Pottstown and the Tri-County Community since 1991. Our mission is to provide Free and Confidential Expert Business Counseling. Our volunteers specialize in mentoring individuals who are considering starting a business, as well as owners and managers who are already in business.

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The Leadership Class of 2019 with Jenna Armato, Attract, Engage, Inspire. OCTOBER SESSION RECAP A Blog by Class of 2019 Participant, Ann Maletsky of Exelon

Kicking off our Leadership Tri-County experi - ence was a motivating presentation from John Whitehall at the Chamber Membership Breakfast. His knowledge and expertise were enlightening, and I definitely took away a good deal from his presentation. As the Breakfast sponsor, TCN presented the Corporate Toolkit The class enjoying a delicious meal prepared by students at the for the Amazing Raise which I helped create and Western Montgomery Career and Technology Center. was proud to work on its development with Holly and her team at TCN. After Breakfast, our Executive Director of The Speakers House. class worked on our leadership development It was very encouraging to hear how this with Jenna Armato then hit the road for some nonprofit has put themselves on the map in local site visits. Trappe and forges ahead bringing History alive Our first stop was at the Western Montgomery at all the events they hold. I will be sure to Career and Technology Center, it was amazing to attend one of the many festivals they sponsor. Limerick Township – Thank you Dan Kerr, Township Manager, see all the new careers the center offers to our Our last stop was a very impactful tour of the for the tour of the new building. local high school students from Pottsgrove, new Limerick Township Building by Township Spring-Ford and Upper Perkiomen School Manager, Dan Kerr. Limerick township’s ode to Districts. While we were there, we were provid - community and how much they support their I have gained so many valuable ed a very delicious lunch by the culinary students officers, fire fighters and emergency respon - “ and I have to say it was absolutely delicious! experiences in this Leadership class with the ders are truly an inspiration. All townships Ann Maletsky and Our next stop was to a local historical location, should model the partnership they have Holly Parker TriCounty Area Chamber already. I cannot Dewees Tavern, for a presentation by Lisa Minardi, created with local government and community. wait to see where this journey leads . – Ann M”aletsky

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The Chamber’s Annual College Fair was held on Monday, October 1, from 5:30 – 7:30 PM at the Coventry Mall. This year’s format provided parents/guardians the opportunity to learn more about the options available to their child and beneﬁt from face-to-face On September 26, Chamber interaction with the schools, being able to have a dialogue and have their Members gathered at Brookside own questions answered. Country Club in Pottstown to hear Lucretia Coleman, Jameri The 80 exhibitors supplied valuable information to aid students in Enterprises LLC present on Diversity making the right choices for their futures. and Inclusion. (L to R) Sara Wein, YWCA Tri-County Area; September’s speaker, Lucretia Coleman, Understand Diversity – if we don’t Jameri Enterprises LLC; and Stacey the consequences are: discrimina - Woodland, YWCA Tri-County Area. tion, narrow-mindedness, impaired morale, damaged productivity NEXT WOW L UNCHEON …and it’s illegal! • Tuesday, December 11 Positives of Diversity: more eﬀective communication; teamwork; • 11:30 AM – 1 PM employee retention (a happier and • The Carousel at Pottstown, more valued work environment) 30 West King St., Pottstown 19464 Without diversity, companies are Join us for Holiday Networking at the Carousel! missing out on diverse thinking and $26 per Attendee (prepaid by 12/4); $32 per in turn diverse solutions. Attendee (invoiced or after 12/4)

CREATING CONNECTIONS NOVEMBER 2018 tricountyareachamber.com 39 422business.com and 422bizmag.com ROUTE 422 BUSINESS ADVISOR TRANSPORTATION NUMBER ONE The TriCounty Area Chamber of CAUSE OF CO2 EMISSIONS IN U.S Commerce is excited to introduce our New data shows that transportation emissions have replaced power as the top source of new Member Relations Director – CO2 emissions in the USA. With billions of people driving their cars alone to work every day it is no surprise to hear that transportation has become the leading source of carbon GREGORY GLENN emissions. The U.S. transportation sector now emits 1.9 billion tons of CO2 annually. Gregory started his employment with the TriCounty Chamber on The power sector emits 1.8 billion tons. * Monday, September 24. Gregory will primarily be focused on How we travel can have a direct impact on Carpool : A carpool consists of two to four people recruiting new members for the Chamber. He will work to grow riding together to a similar area on similar schedules. A local air quality, putting our communities at personal vehicle is typically used to run a carpool. the size of our Chamber Community while guiding new members risk of health issues such as asthma and Carpooling reduces your travel costs such as fuel costs, on how to grow their business through their membership. cardiovascular disease. Each one of us can tolls, decreases vehicle wear and tear and the stress of He spent the last year working at Tri County Toyota where he make a difference by reducing transportation driving. Carpooling improves the environment by reducing the number of cars on the road, resulting in was busy learning about the car business and selling 15 to 20 cars emissions improving the environment for all. less air pollution and congestion. a month while educating customers on vehicle safety. Before that, Try an alternative transportation mode: Biking: Biking is becoming a more common form he spent 12 years with Yellowbook (HIBU) as a sales executive assisting customers on Public Transit: Public Transit consists of using of transportation. The Greater Philadelphia region’s their advertising campaigns by putting together their optimized websites and placing busses, trolleys, and trains. Using public transit will save trail connections continue to grow. Biking can save their ads in the phone directory. you money and reduce stress caused from driving in commuters tremendous amounts of money, time and traffic. It reduces CO2 emissions by taking one extra improve health. Serving the tri-county region is important to Gregory, a Pottstown resident and car off the road. Walking: Walking is the best way to get to work: graduate of Pottstown High where he excelled in Football and Basketball. After high Vanpool: If you live at least 15 miles away from it costs nothing, admits zero emissions and promotes school, he went on to play football and graduated from Kutztown University with a B.S. your work site vanpooling is a great option for you! physical health. in Management and Marketing. After college he moved to the Maryland area and took When you factor in fuel, maintenance, insurance and These are just a few ways you can make a a job working for the Department of Health and Human Services. He moved back to depreciation, driving alone can cost an average of his roots to take a sales position for WFMZ-TV Channel 69 while also coaching basket - $10,000 a year. Vanpooling can cut those costs by as difference. For more information on ways you ball for the Pottstown High Boys Basketball team. much as 80%. can reduce your transportation emissions A Vanpool carries between seven to fifteen passen - check out wearetdm.com. Gregory is married to his high school sweetheart, Barbara. He enjoys watching * Source: https://e360.yale.edu/digest/transportation-replaces-power-in-u-s-as- sporting events with Barb and spending time with family, especially daughters Asia, gers traveling between pick-up locations and the workplace. Amenities could include on-board Wi-fi, top-source-of-co2-emissions Alexis & Jasmine and with friends. He also keeps busy with officiating PIAA Basketball luxury seats and bike racks. Maintenance and and Football games. Stacey Weiss works as a TDM Manager with GVF. insurance are covered by the vanpool vendor and the To reach Stacey by email: [email protected], or by number of cars on the road are reduced. phone: (610)354-8899

MAKING A DIFFERENCE IS WHAT WE DO! ROUTE 422 BUSINESS ADVISOR 422business.com and 422bizmag.com 40 tricountyareachamber.com NOVEMBER 2018 WCEOLFCFOEME E The Chamber hosted a welcome coffee on October 17 to introduce the Membership to new and existing Board Members as well as our new Member Relations Director, Gregory Glenn. It was a great morning of networking!

2018—2019 Chamber Board of Directors: Stacey Machalette, Longstreth Sporting Goods, LLC; Dr. David DiMattio, Montgomery County Community College; Dr. William Shirk, Pottsgrove School District; April Barkasi, CEDARVILLE Engineering Group, LLC; Baran Schultz, Schultz Technology; Sean Deviney, The Body-Borneman Companies; Lee Levengood, Everything Printing; Richard Graver, The Victory Bank; Michael Stevens, BB&T; Elaine Schaefer, Schuylkill River National State Heritage Area; Frank Strunk, Tompkins VIST Bank; Peggy Lee-Clark, Pottstown Area Industrial Development, Inc.; and Eileen Dautrich, Chamber President. Not Pictured: Bill Breslawski, Maillie LLP; Twila Fisher, The Hill School; Joseph Koury, O’Donnell, Weiss & Mattei, P.C.; Rick Libra, Exelon; Rich Newell, Pottstown Hospital Tower Health; Eric Phillips, Dana Incorporated; and Greg Richardson, Traﬃc Planning & Design, Inc.

LEYP – BREWS AND CHOO CHOOS

LEYP TriCounty had a great evening at the Colebrookdale Railroad for our Brews and Choo Choos event! We enjoyed a tour of the beautiful train cars and free drinks courtesy of The Other Farm Brewing Company. Thank you to everyone who came out!

Check out LEYP’s new website: leyptricounty.wixsite.com/leyptricounty

MAKING A DIFFERENCE IS WHAT WE DO! NOVEMBER 2018 tricountyareachamber.com 41 422business.com and 422bizmag.com ROUTE 422 BUSINESS ADVISOR RIBBON CUTTINGS 201 8-2019 TCACC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE & BOARD OF DIRECTORS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD Baran Schultz, CEO, Schultz Technology CHAIR ELECT Rich Newell, CEO, Pottstown Hospital Tower Health TREASURER April Barkasi, President & CEO, CEDARVILLE Engineering Group, LLC IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIRMAN Richard Graver, Chief Lending Officer, The Victory Bank SOLICITOR Joseph K. Koury, O’Donnell, Weiss & Mattei, P.C. SECRETARY Eileen Dautrich , President, TCACC BOARD OF DIRECTORS General Spaatz Bill Breslawski, Maillie LLP Museum, Sean Deviney, The Body-Borneman Companies Dr. Dave DiMattio, Diamond Credit Union, 45 S. Warwick Street, Montgomery County Community College Boyertown, PA 19512 Twila Fisher, The Hill School 100 Diamond Way, Peggy Lee-Clark, Pottstown Area Industrial Royersford, PA 19468 Celebrate your new business or Development, Inc. new location by hosting a Lee Levengood, Everything Printing Ribbon Cutting/Grand Opening. The TriCounty Area Chamber of Rick Libra, Exelon The Swamp Door Commerce provides this Stacey Machalette, Longstreth Sporting Goods, LLC complimentary service to ALL Eric Phillips, Dana Incorporated businesses in the tri-county region. Antiques & Greg Richardson, Traffic Planning and Design, Inc. For more details or to schedule Elaine Schaeffer, Schuylkill River Greenways Curiosities, LLC, your Ribbon Cutting, please National Heritage Area contact Tarra Farrell, Events & 2030 Swamp Pike, Marketing Director, at Dr. William Shirk, Pottsgrove School District Gilbertsville, PA 19525 610.326.2900 or Michael Stevens, BB&T [email protected]. Frank Strunk, Tompkins VIST Bank

JOB POSTINGS REFRESH FRIDAY LOOKING TO LOOKING FOR FILL A POSITION? QUALIFIED - SEPTEMBER The Job Postings and Resume INDIVIDUALS? Service helps Members that are September’s Information from resumes the Chamber looking to ﬁll a position by has received are announced at Refresh Friday Membership Breakfasts and summarized focused on saving them time and money . in the Route 422 Business Advisor. Communication How to Post Your Job Opening Members: Stop by at the office & Connections. Companies who have posted Job anytime to review the resumes we have Thank you to Openings will be featured in a weekly on file that have been sent to us by those Jenna Armato email and in the Route 422 Business looking for work. of Attract, Advisor. Engage, Members: It’s easy to post your Job Inspire for Openings! Know someone providing tips – Login to Members Only on the on how to Chamber website and click the looking for a job? make every “Jobs” tab on the left side module. 1. Have them send their resume to Melissa communication – Click “Add New Job Posting,” fill in at [email protected]. an opportunity the description. 2. They can also go to the Chamber’s website for a powerful – Preview your posting by clicking and view Chamber Members who currently connection! “Preview” on the bottom of the have positions available at their company. page. • American Crane & Equipment Corp. – Project Manager; Service Technician NEXT REFRESH SEMINAR : – Click the red “Save & Exit” button on the bottom to finalize • Brookside Country Club - P/T Servers, Friday,December14,8:30-10AM, “Strategic Management” your posting. Bussers, Dishwashers

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