February 2016 - Greater Manlius Chamber of Commerce · 2016 Board of Directors Page 2 ... Air Travel, Cars, Hotels and Frequent Flyer Booking Assistance. First Vice President - Jeannine

Fayetteville Manlius Minoa

Inspired by the Past . . . Building for the Future Volume 25, Issue 2

February 2016

What’s Inside:

CHAMBER HAPPENINGS

Building Community Together . . . . Fayetteville Manlius Minoa

All Chamber events are open to the community


Distinguished Citizen Pascale’s Bistro at Drumlins

800 Nottingham Road Syracuse, NY 13224

425 E. Genesee Street F Fayetteville, NY 13066 F Phone: 315-637-4760 F Fax: 315-637-4762

This year reserve your CORPORATE TABLE

for $485 and have your name and logo included on the invitation, program and

projected on the screen throughout the event.

Questions, call the Chamber Office

at 637-4760.

Deadline Friday, March 5

No corporate table reservations will be

taken after March 5.

Join us as we honor the 2015 Educator of the Year, Public Servant of the Year, Business of the Year and the 2015 Citizen of the Year.

2016 Board of Directors Page 2

Upcoming Chamber Events / Internship Page 3

Welcome New Members Page 4

Advertising Opportunities Page 9

Calendar Page 13

SoHo Page 12

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Congratulations to our newly elected Board of Director President - Judy Dardzinski, Worldlink Travel Worldlink Travel is a travel agent providing professional and discreet travel service to the Central New York community for the past eighteen years. An agent that is willing to help you with ALL your travel needs: Cruise, Tours, Group Book- ings, Air Travel, Cars, Hotels and Frequent Flyer Booking Assistance. First Vice President - Jeannine Masucci, Manlius Jewelry and Repair Manlius Jewelry and Repair is a family owned and operated with an experienced jeweler on premises. Retail fine jewelry and watch sales, custom design, jewelry repair, and watch and clock repair. GIA Graduate Gemologist and pearl expert, Lauren Masucci. Vice President - Brian Davis, First Niagara Bank Vice President - Maria Dawson, Feats of Clay Feats of Clay offers a fun and relaxing environment where you can get away, unleash your inner artist and create fabulous "feats" painted by you! Select from our wide variety of pre-made pottery - including everything from dishes, kitchen & bathroom accessories to small critters, dragons and fairies - then take your pick of over 90 vibrant and beautiful paint glaz-es and create your own personal masterpiece! Treasurer - Steve Stanek, Daley, LaCombe & Charette CPAs PC Board of Directors 2016 - Kim Kutzer, NBT Bank NBT Bank is a full service commercial bank offering quality customer service and a full array of commercial and consumer financial products.

Henry McIntosh, Empire Peddler

Paul Quinn, Farmer’s Insurance, Paul Quinn Insurance Agency We offer a full line of insurance products for individuals and business entities. Our office is staffed with experienced and licensed insurance professionals.

Eva Higgins, Eva’s Boutique Boutique catering to women of all ages with a unique twist. 2017- Cheryl Schotz, The Cheryl Schotz Team Realty USA The "Manlius Specialist" making all the best things happen! Serving Cazenovia, DeWitt, Fayetteville, Skaneateles and the East Side. Whether you're moving in or out of CNY, buying or selling, I'll find you the most house for your money.

John P Goodman, John P. Goodman, FAIA Associates Commercial and residential architectural design.

Diane Malikow, Independent

Brian Adams, Kinney Drugs #109 An employee-owned local pharmacy company providing a full-service pharmacy. Free prescription delivery, cosmetics, beauty products, and a selection of general merchandise, food and grocery items. 2018 - Chris Cheney, Realty USA, Chris Cheney Commercial and Residential Real Estate

Marcia Philipp, Interiors by Marcia Philipp A full-service residential and commercial design firm offering a complete source for furniture, fabrics, floor and wall coverings, window treatments and accessories. My experience spans over 30 years and I provide both full design service for new construction, renovation and remodeling, as well as individually tailored hourly consultation services to address your specific needs, such as space planning and paint color selection.

John Goodfellow, Four Seasons Golf and Ski Center Family fun center for golf practice and New Adventure miniature golf, batting and soccer cages, skiing, snow boarding and snow tubing. Rental shop for skis, snowboards,snowshoes and cross country skis.

Valerie Cushman, Geddes Federal Savings and Loan Geddes Federal Savings continues to be one of the safest, most secure institutions in the nation, receiving a superior "Five Star" rating from Bauer Financial, Inc. Since our inception in 1949, financial strength, loyalty to our customers and to the community we serve have been our top priorities.

UPCOMING GREATER MANLIUS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE EVENTS


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Friday

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Thursday

April 14

15th Annual Spring Dinner Auction

Traditions at the Links at Erie Village To benefit F-M Community Outreach, Heaven’s Pantry in Minoa, and One special item to be auctioned off to benefit David’s Refuge Live Entertainment and Special Guest Appearance

If you are interested in being a part of the Chambers biggest event we need you! If you would like to be on the commi ee for the GMCOC SPRING DINNER AUCTION contact Marcia Philipp at 426‐2093 or [email protected]

Distinguished Citizen Pascale’s Bistro at Drumlins

800 Nottingham Road Syracuse, NY 13224

Dear Chamber Members, Overview Our Spring Internship program will start in March. The program will run for 8 weeks where the Intern will meet with the business twice a week, two hours a day. Based on the success of the program last Spring, the school will be expanding the program to other areas such as technology, art, accounting, and business. One intern will be selected to receive a $500 scholarship. Students will work with business on a project to improve an element of their business process,

technology, or help create a new part of the business . . . project should allow student to get exposed to all aspects of the business they are aligned with, as well as accomplish some type of hands on business improvement to be identified and approved coming into the program. Please provide the following information if you are interested in participating to the Manlius Chamber of Commerce: Business Name

Brief Description of Project to be worked on in your business (must be manageable in an 8-wk period)

Contact Name

Contact Number/Email

A feature/benefit offered to our members in the monthly Newsletter is the “Chamber Support Column”

As a member benefit, the Chamber is offering space in the monthly newsletter for you to post job openings with your business and/or space to rent in your office. This is free of charge. Just call the Chamber Office by the 20th of the

month before publication at 637-4760 or email to [email protected]

Office Manager (Construction Industry) - Well established Landscape Company seeks a part-time Office Manager to become part of our team. Candidates must possess a wide range of skills and the willingness to learn new ones. We are looking for a dedicated individual who is highly motivated, efficient, well organized, detail oriented and capable of working independently in a fast paced environment. Responsibilities will include: CUSTOMER SERVICE, ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND RECEIVABLE, WEEKLY PAYROLL, JOB COSTING, & REC-ORDS MANAGEMENT. Qualifications: ASSOCIATES DEGREE OR EQUIVALENT AMOUNT OF EXPERIENCE, PROFESSIONAL, PROFICIENT IN MICROSOFT OFFICE, EXCELLENT CUSTOMER SERVICE AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS, STRONG ACCOUNTING BACKGROUND, RELIABLE, KNOWLEDGE OF LAND-SCAPE/HARDSCAPE HELPFUL, ABILITY TO WORK INDEPENDENTLY. *QUALIFIED CANDIDATE WILL NEED TO AGREE TO A BACKGROUND CHECK* If interested, please submit a cover letter, resume and a list of 3 references to [email protected]


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Welcome new members

Brian’s One Day Cleaners, Brian & Mary Holmes We clean, press, & repair clothing and other household items like bedding, table linens, and curtains. We also offer free delivery on our route. We preserve wedding & christening gowns, clean leather coats & UGG boots, & clean flags (American flags for FREE!). We try to make going to the cleaners as quick and easy as possible by offering our VIP service, routes, automatic month-ly credit card payments and monthly billing. 315 Fayette Street, Manlius Caring Transitions of Syracuse, Jennifer and Michael Novak Senior relocation, downsizing, complete cleanouts, organizing and decluttering, estate sales, and online auctions. 8587 Snowshoe Trail, Cicero JP Mulligan’s Restaurant, Inc., Dorothy Money Sports bar for locals. Featuring burgers, wings, & salads. Fish dinners on Fridays. Trivia on Wednesdays. Daily specials. Open 4pm-2am. Like us on Facebook! 202 W. Genesee Street, Fayetteville Metro Fitness East, Randy Sabourin To improve the lives of our Health Club members by providing a broad range of lifestyle enhancing services in an atmosphere of comfort and congeniality. Our professional staff is guided by an abid-ing belief in our services, their extensive education, and experience enabling them to deliver on tenet with passion and dedication. 6800 E. Genesee Street, Fayetteville

Please Note: As of February 1, 2016 Accu-Pay Payroll & Bookkeeping Ser-vices Inc, Mario Bottoni CPA PC, and Gregory F. Wilt CPA office will move to: 320 Fayette St. Manlius, NY 13104

Building Community Together . . . . Fayetteville Manlius Minoa Building Community Together . . . . Fayetteville Manlius Minoa

Feats Clay

of

Maria A. Dawson, owner Samantha Varga, Store Manager

129 E. Seneca St. Manlius, NY 13104

315.682.3700

www.featsofclay.com

The Paint Your Own Pottery Place

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Tell us what good things you

have been up to

so that it may be featured in the “Hats Off”

section of the Chamber Newsletter.

Simply email your information to

the Chamber Office

And be featured in the Hats Off Column


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UPCOMING MEMBER /COMMUNITY EVENTS


MANLIUS LIBRARY ONE ARKIE ALBANESE DRIVE, MANLIUS For information about these and other Manlius Library events – visit: http://libraryinsight.net/calendar.asp?dp=&sm=&jx=g8p&nMonth=1&nYear=2016&x=3 Please note some events require registration, be sure to visit the li-brary website for more information. Tuesday, February 2: Tech Workshop: Windows 10: Photos, Mail, Edge, Oh My! 6 PM - 7 PM Saturday, February 6: Free SAT Practice Test 10:30 AM - 2:30 PM Sunday, February 7: Make Book-folding Art 2 PM - 3:30 PM Thursday, February 11: Harold Jones on Audubon Prints 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM Tuesday, February 16: Get Your Library Digital On 6 PM Thursday, February 18: Kids Make Mugs 3 PM Thursday, February 18: Teddy Bear Sleepover (Age 3+) 6:30 PM

Sunday, February 21: Make a Dreamcatcher 2 PM - 3:30 PM Sunday, February 21: Disaster Preparedness 2 PM Tuesday, February 23: Walking with the Bushmen of Botswana 1:30 PM Saturday, February 27: Little Yogis (all ages) 3 PM ACR Health is hosting their 6th Annual Sled for RED Card-board Derby Saturday February 6th At Four Seasons Golf & Ski Center 4pm Registration ~ 5pm Cardboard Derby Begins Visit www.ACRHealth.org for all the details! Register by call-ing 1-800-475-2430 Stay & Play – Special discounted snow tubing rates and food and drink sampling after the derby! Montessori School of Syracuse is hosting and Open House Sunday, February 7th from 2-4pm At 155 Waldorf Parkway – Syracuse David’s Refuge has been chosen as one of the charities to bene-fit from the Syracuse Auto Dealers Association Charity Pre-view Party! The party will be held on February 10th from 6:30-10pm at the OnCenter. As you enjoy fine food, drinks, and musical entertainment you’ll be given a special preview of the annual auto show! If you would like to attend the event, please purchase your tickets from David’s Refuge and 100% of the proceeds will go directly to this great organization! For more information or to purchase tickets visit: http://davidsrefuge.org/2015-sada/

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Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 Manlius Library Tech Workshop: Win-dows 10: Photos, Mail, Edge, Oh My! 6 PM - 7 PM

3 4 5 6 ACR Health Sled for RED Card-board Derby at Four Seasons Golf and Ski Center Manlius Library Free SAT Practice Test 10:30 AM - 2:30 PM

7 Montessori School Open House 2:00 - 4:00pm Manlius Library Make Book-folding Art 2 PM - 3:30 PM

8 9 10 Syracuse Auto Dealers Association Charity Preview Party / David’s Refuge OnCenter 6:30 - 10:00pm

11 Manlius Library Harold Jones on Audubon Prints 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

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15 16 Manlius Library Get Your Library Digital On 6 PM

17 18 Manlius Library Kids Make Mugs 3 PM Teddy Bear Sleepover (Age 3+) 6:30 PM

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21 Manlius Library Make a Dreamcatcher 2 PM - 3:30 PM Disaster Preparedness 2 PM

22 23 Manlius Library Walking with the Bushmen of Botswana 1:30 PM

24 25 26 27 Manlius Library Little Yogis (all ages) 3 PM

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February 2016

Community Calendar

425 E . G ENESEE S TREET FAYETTEVILLE, NY 13066

PHONE: 315-637-4760 FAX: 315-637 -4762

EMAIL:

GREATERMANLIUS@ WINDSTREAM. NET W EBSITE: M ANLIUSCHAMBER. COM

MISSION Our goal is to serve the local community by promoting and encouraging business growth and developments within the Town of Manlius, while at the same time supporting those civic and cultural programs which enhance our lives.

We hope to increase public awareness of the many fine products and services and promote the advantages of living and shopping in Man-lius.

Our members are an integral part of this com-munity, and we share your desire to preserve and enhance the image and integrity of the Greater Manlius area. We invite businesses and individuals to join with us to accomplish these goals.

OFFICE HOURS

MONDAY - FRIDAY 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM

Fayetteville Manlius Minoa

Inspired by the Past . . . Building for the Future

2016 Directors

Eva Higgins Kim Kutzer

Henry McIntosh Paul Quinn

2017 Directors

Brian Adams John P. Goodman

Diane Malikow Cheryl Schotz

2018 Directors Chris Cheney

Valerie Cushman John Goodfellow

Marcia Philipp

Past President Mike Skeele

President Judy Dardzinski

682-8747

1st Vice President Jeannine Masucci

682-3124

Vice President Maria Dawson

682-3700

Vice President Brian Davis 682-2541

Secretary

Open

Treasurer Steve Stanek

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

The deadline for the March newsletter is February 20th, 2016

Please have your information submitted by that date in order to be included.

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February 2016 - Greater Manlius Chamber of Commerce · 2016 Board of Directors Page 2 ... Air Travel, Cars, Hotels and Frequent Flyer Booking Assistance. First Vice President - Jeannine