# M E M B E R S H I P M AT T E R S
April 2018
Welcome New Members Central Penn Sportsplex
Kayla Hogan • (717) 249-1975 419 E. High St., Carlisle kayla@centralpennsportsplex.com centralpennsportsplex.com
Cyber CIC, LLC
Carmine Cicalese • (254) 383-0015 620 Greason Rd., Carlisle carm@cybercic.com cybercic.com
Emily Darr Portrait
Emily Darr • (717) 701-5849 820 W. High St., Carlisle emilydarrportrait@yahoo.com emilydarrportrait.com
Junior Achievement
The Chamber Update From The President Thank you. Over the past three months, the Chamber has sent out surveys that represent your business needs and interests. Why are we doing the surveys on a monthly basis? 1. To have a better understanding of your business issues and needs. 2. We take your data and share it with you, so that you can know what your peers locally are going through / witnessing / experiencing. 3. We can provide your anonymous data to our presenters, so that they can tailor their presentations to your discussion items/needs. The January 2018 survey was all about how 2017 wrapped up and what you expected to see from 2018. The Chamber hosted our annual Economic Forecast breakfast with M&T Bank and we were able to share the results with Wilmington Trust’s Chief Economist, Luke Tilley. This way, he was able to tailor his presentation to our member interests.
Karen McMillin • (717) 779-4784 610 South George Street, York karen@jascpa.org jascpa.org
What did the survey say? Well, we had a 27% response rate overall. The question in regard to describing your growth rate in 2017, on a scale from 1-3, 64% suggested that your growth was strong to flat for the year. For 2018, you were split down the middle, predicting flat growth.
Lisa Sanders - Travel Agent with Magical Memory Planners, LLC
The overall most critical issue facing your organization – the cost of healthcare and benefits. This was was followed closely by concerns of being able to meet labor needs. We could argue from the results that these two issues fight back and forth as the number one issue facing all businesses. Customer acquisition costs and transportation were also referenced in a minor way as economic concerns.
Mt. Holly Springs Borough
Sara Jarrett • (717) 486-7613 200 Harman St., Mt. Holly Springs mthollyboro@comcast.net mhsboro.org
Overall, the comments were favorable for business growth and success in 2018, with the caution that “the employees that you hire makes the difference.” Another quote was that “staffing needs to be addressed” – so overall, our local companies are encouraged about the possibilities that this year brings, but not without concern for some key issues that need to be addressed.
SotirIs Information Strategies
Michelle Hornick Crowley
Lisa Sanders • (717) 226-2867 381 Limestone Road, Carlisle Lisa@MagicalMemoryPlanners.com
Oratio Thomas • (717) 791-5283 704 Lisburn Rd., Camp Hill oratio.thomas@sotiris.com sotiris.com
Susquehanna SCORE
Tammi Dawson • (717) 845-8830 2101 Pennsylvania Ave., York susquehanna@scorevolunteer.org susquehanna.score.org
Utility Rates Analysts
Steve Cantore • (717) 761-5150 3602 Rosemont Ave., Camp Hill steve@utilityratesanalysts.com utilityratesanalysts.com
County Commissioners Breakfast The Cumberland County Commissioners joined the Carlisle and West Shore Chambers to discuss important issues in our county such as the cost of the opioid epidemic, the status of bridge construction, and I-81. Thank you to Herbert, Rowland, and Grubic for sponsoring this event!