President's Letter

Dear Members:

Welcome to March in the Carlisle area and the subtle signs that Spring is on its way! The Chamber team is busy planning a multitude of Spring opportunities to help you and your businesses grow through education, networking and workforce development Spring will be filled with events like the Career and Job Expo, State of Carlisle, Business Women’s Forum (BWF), and our Annual Golf Outing Among the many events and mixers scheduled, we are also planning new opportunities for members to connect We remain committed to serving our membership and evolving to meet your needs.

As we mentioned in February, the Chamber Board and the Chamber Foundation Board of Directors embarked on the first of three strategic planning sessions They looked at our last strategic plan to see what was accomplished and what is still relevant Now we need to hear from you! You were recently sent an email with a link to complete a member survey This survey is an effort to capture your voices as we look ahead to the Chamber’s future Your responses will help dictate our strategic pillars

We recognize and respect your privacy and to ensure your confidentiality, your responses will go directly to our Strategic Planning Consultant, Dering Consulting Group We invite and encourage you to share your honest feedback No Chamber staff or board member will have access to your individual responses

For your planning purposes, the survey closes on March 10th and should only take about 15 minutes of your time The results will be analyzed and incorporated into our second strategic planning discussion in April.

Your insights and perspectives are invaluable We look forward to capturing your thoughts and suggestions in development of our new strategic plan We will continue to be transparent during this strategic planning process and share the results with you Thank you in advance for your participation and valuable time

Yours in Service,

Nicole Deary, President & CEO

Welcome New Members

Aisha Singletary A Heart of Gold Home Care Agency www.aheartofgoldhca.com

Shawn Bernheisel Carlisle Professional Referral Exchange prenetworking.net

Tony Maggio Community First Fund communityfirstfund.org

Allison Earnst Dauphin Tile Co. dauphintile.com

Allison Earnst Home Imagined, LLC homeimaginedllc com

Cyndi Cutia Momma Spriggs Restaurant mommaspriggs com

Meg Brake Ralph Moyle, Inc ralphmoyle com

Bo Brabo RCM&D rcmd com