Lessons from my father
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…
Working toward vibrancy means measuring outcomes and building the skills of our businesses
(Note: This column appears in the August 2020 edition of Great Seal Living.) March 10 seems like a lifetime ago. The Chillicothe Ross Chamber of Commerce’s annual meeting featured community development specialist Quint Studer, who joined us for three days…
From struggle comes survival, and from fear comes hope
Note: This column appears in the June issue of Great Seal Living. As January 2020 dawned in Chillicothe and Ross County, things were different than prior years. A decade’s worth of hard work paid off with a variety of sources…
In the middle of uncertainty, good deeds give us hope
The last few weeks have been a whirlwind both statewide and nationally. We’ve watched countless businesses close their doors with an uncertainty of when they might reopen as the terms “social distancing” and “flatten the curve” become more prevalent in…