Beginning in May, the City of Chillicothe will resume enforcement of downtown parking regulations. Refurbished meters and a parking enforcement officer will be a part of the enforcement, but the newest addition is a new mobile app to make paying…
As many of its citizens know, the city’s name is derived from the Shawnee word for a principal leader’s home. Since its inception, Chillicothe has been known as a place where leaders make their homes. We’ve lived up to that…
One of the few good things we could say about 2020 was the Chamber still conducted its Annual Meeting and honored some of Chillicothe’s top businesses. Our awards – Entrepreneur of the Year, the Legacy Award, the Corporate Citizenship…
Yesterday, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and Lt. Gov. Jon Husted unveiled their proposed Executive Budget for 2022-23, which – to be honest – would probably not make the Chamber Connection weekly newsletter. However, the proposal’s Investing in Ohio Initiative has…
Nearly a year ago, we gathered at the Chillicothe Country Club to reflect for a moment on a year of success and envision a new year that would continue the push toward a vibrant community. Our Community Forecast Breakfast looked…
It is, by now, painfully clear there was no Chamber Connection last week. I was in South Carolina tending to matters related to my father’s death on Dec. 30. It is difficult to lose a parent, and the pandemic, coupled…
If there is one thing we are confident in this holiday season, it’s how hard our businesses have been working to comply with the rules and regulations that help keep customers and employees safe and businesses open. While there are…
For months, we’ve been inside the frustrating grip of COVID-19. I’ve heard how people are “done with COVID” a hundred times – and even uttered it myself. But, we’ve never been in the grip of COVID like we are right…
The holiday season is one we look forward to every single year. This year, we might be looking forward to it more than usual as COVID-19 has limited (and canceled) so many things in 2020. As they do each year,…
NOTE: This column appeared in the Nov. 8, 2020 print edition of the Chillicothe Gazette and its digital edition. In my time as the President/CEO of the Chillicothe Ross Chamber of Commerce, I have seen how important it is for…
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