March 2022
Chamber Connection
Your connection to the greater Hanover business community.
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The 14th issue of Discover Hanover® Magazine is here!
Workforce Spotlight Page 4 Ambassador Spotlight Page 4 Business Briefs Page 7-8 Main Street Hanover Page 9 Upcoming Events Pages 10-11
The 14th issue of Discover Hanover Magazine is here! You can view the digital edition of the magazine online at discoverhanoverpa.org. Local businesses are highlighted throughout the magazine. We distribute the magazine to locations highly visible to tourists. The goal of the magazine is to feature everything Hanover has to offer and draw visitors to the area. This year we featured local coffee shops, our growing craft beer scene, restaurants, shopping, and places to visit. Chamber members are featured throughout the magazine in our categories; Experience, Eat, Drink, Shop, and Stay. All Chamber members are listed in the back of the magazine in the membership directory. You may see that some members have logos and wording in the directory. This is called an Enhanced Listing. Members have the opportunity to purchase Enhanced Listings or ad space within the magazine.
We will begin advertisement sales in the summer of 2022 for the 2023 edition which will highlight the Chamber's 100th anniversary. We plan to celebrate all of Hanover's rich history in 2023 for our historic anniversary. The cover of our magazine was photographed by Dan Sell of Dan Sell Photography at Sheppard Farms on Apple Hill. Dan had permission from the owners to take the photograph and to re-print the image. Sheppard Farms on Apple Hill is celebrating 46 years of Highland Cows in Hanover this year! We thank them for allowing us to feature Apple Hill Tris on our cover. Printed copies are available now and the Chamber has begun distributing the magazines. Any Chamber member or business interested in receiving additional copies to distribute or have on site, please contact Caitlin Johnson at cjohnson@hanoverchamber.com.
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Hanover Area Chamber of Commerce
Hanover Area Chamber of Commerce
2021-2022 Community Leaders
Chair of the Board Mike Kelly, Traditions Bank Secretary/Treasurer Ashley Hershey, BSSF CPAs Vice Chairs Sean Adams, Utz Brands, Inc. Victoria Csuri, KLK Welding Jeremy Frey, Barley Snyder Brandon Smith, Edward Jones Lynneah Smith, Elsner Engineering Works Drew Derreth, Hanover Valley Church Julia Groft, Manpower Sarah Gebhart, WellSpan
Board of Directors Jess Kelley, Campbell's Snacks Dr. Daniel Hartman, South Western Schools Gordon Laabs Rebecca Prehoda, Member's 1st FCU Dr. Susan Seiple, Hanover Public Schools Jody Shaffer, YWCA Hanover Liz Johnides, The Markets at Hanover Nikki Hoffman, Stambaugh-Ness Drew Little,Conewago Valley School District Janice Swartz, UPMC Hanover
Chamber Staff Gary Laird, President glaird@hanoverchamber.com Elizabeth Csuri, Administrative Manager ecsuri@hanoverchamber.com Caitlin Johnson, Marketing & PR Manager cjohnson@hanoverchamber.com Sarah Messer, Membership & Events Coordinator smesser@hanoverchamber.com
Chamber Connection is a monthly publication of the Hanover Area Chamber of Commerce. For deadline information, please contact our Marketing & PR Manager at cjohnson@hanoverchamber.com.
2021-2022 Chamber Partners
APPI Energy
Penn State York
Barley Snyder
Smith & Company, CPAs
OSS Health
The Glatfelter Agency
KLK Welding 2021-2022 Chamber Corporate Partners Cross Keys Village - The Brethren Home Community Ox Industries Riley Welding & Fabricating LLC Community Leaders and Chamber Partners are members who have made significant investments in chamber programs throughout the year. These investments help the chamber to provide new opportunities and benefits for our members, while continuing to support workforce, community, and economic development. If you are interested in learning more about how your membership can make an impact, please contact Gary Laird at glaird@hanoverchamber.com.
March 2022 Newsletter
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Workforce Spotlight
Thank you to our committed 2022 Sponsors for Snack Town Street Fair! Premier: Utz Brands, Inc. Community: Campbell's Snacks and UPMC Entertainment: J.A. Myers Homes Media: Rocky 98.5 WYCR Brewers’ Alley: Leo Brewing at The Markets at Hanover Contributing: Bobcat of Adams County - A Crownstone Equipment Company, GloFiber, and Gray Apple Market
Workforce Sponsors
Chamber News
Grand Opening: UPMC Hillman Cancer Center
The Chamber staff and Board of Directors member, Brandon Smith, were happy to attend the ribbon cutting for the UPMC Hillman Cancer Center. "UPMC held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Feb. 8 to celebrate the opening of a new UPMC Hillman Cancer Center on the UPMC Hanover campus. The center specializes in hematology, medical oncology, and gynecologic oncology services. The center is equipped with 12 infusion areas, 10 private bays, five oncology exam rooms, procedure rooms, an on-site pharmacy, and a clinical lab. In addition, patients and families will have access to supportive services including financial, nutritional, and psychosocial counseling, palliative care, and support groups."
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Coming this Spring: Building Better Business Workshops
Developed in collaboration with UTZ Brands, Inc, the Building Better Business workshops are designed to introduce the Chamber business community to subject matter experts ready to share their best practices and tricks of the trade. Topics will range from Marketing and Business Growth, like brand positioning and culture building, to Human Resources and Employment Law, like worker’s compensation watchouts and employee handbook do’s and don’ts. This series is organized to bring learning opportunities to Chamber members, and thereby strengthen the Hanover Business Community. These expert-led workshops are open to all Chamber and community members for a small fee to help cover administrative cost. Each event will include a keynote, Q&A session, and time for networking. WHEN: First Tuesdays of April, May, June, September, October, and November. WHERE: Bare Center, Guthrie Memorial Library – Hanover’s Public Library TIME: 3:30 – 5:00 pm COST: $15 member rate/$25 community rate Visit hanoverchamber.com/business-workshops for complete details about each workshop and to register.
Legislative Roundtable
On Friday, February 4th, we hosted our first Legislative Roundtable of 2022. We were joined by Representative Kate Klunk, Representative Torren Ecker, Representative Dan Moul, Representative Stan Saylor and County Commissioners Doug Hoke and Julie Wheeler. Our thanks to Guthrie Memorial Library - Hanover's Public Library for hosting the Legislative Roundtable. Thank you to everyone who was able to attend Friday morning. Thank you to our Legislative Roundtable sponsors: UPMC and The Glatfelter Agency. Our next Legislative Roundtable is scheduled for Friday, May 6th. Registration will be available online.
Leadership Hanover Class of 21-22
The Leadership Hanover Class of 2021-22 met on Friday, February 4th, for Quality of Life Day. The class met at Hanover Area Fire and Rescue to listen to our two panels and take a tour of the fire station. Our first panel consisted of Guy Hettinger, Chief of Penn Township Police; Anthony Clousher, Chief of Hanover Area Fire and Rescue; Pam Gay, York County Coroner; and Shen Kreiser, York County Emergency Management. Dr. Stacy Taylor, Ed.D., Hoffman Homes for Youth and Mirna Wildasin, Hanover Area Council of Churches joined us in the afternoon for our second panel of the day. Thank you to our Leadership Hanover sponsors Penn National Insurance and WellSpan Health. Thank you to Hanover Area Fire & Rescue for hosting and Genova's To Go for lunch.
Business Briefs BROWN SCHULTZ SHERIDAN & FRITZ’S JESHANAH FOX HONORED AS A 2022 WOMAN OF EXCELLENCE BY THE YWCA GREATER HARRISBURG Jeshanah E. Fox, Marketing Director at Brown Schultz Sheridan & Fritz (BSSF), was recently announced as a member of the YWCA Greater Harrisburg’s Tribute to Women of Excellence (TWE) Class of 2022. Jeshanah and the other Class of 2022 honorees will be recognized during the YWCA’s 33rd Annual Tribute to Women of Excellence awards celebration dinner at the Hershey Lodge on Thursday, March 24, 2022. “Jeshanah is an extremely valuable team member and leader here at BSSF,” said Ken Wolfe, President and Managing Principal at BSSF. “In her six years with the Firm, Jeshanah has truly revitalized numerous facets of BSSF’s marketing and other strategic imperatives. She has also been a stalwart champion of increasing the Firm’s initiatives to make BSSF and the accounting industry a more diverse, inclusive and equitable workforce. In short, she is very clearly a woman of excellence within our Firm and within our community. We are incredibly proud of Jeshanah and look forward to celebrating her and the other honorees of the Tribute to Women of Excellence Class of 2022!” ABOUT JESHANAH Jeshanah directs all facets of the Firm’s internal marketing department, including creating and implementing BSSF’s overall marketing strategy, branding, public relations, website content management, social media management and event planning. With experience in digital marketing, she also assists clients with search engine optimization (SEO), pay-perclick advertising (PPC), email marketing and social media strategies, as well as website redesign projects and rebranding efforts. Jeshanah is heavily involved with various nonprofits in the Central Pennsylvania community. She serves as a Board Member, Executive Committee Member
and Strategic Planning Committee Member for the Girl Scouts in the Heart of Pennsylvania. She also serves as a Board Member for the Whitaker Center for Science and Arts and an Advisory Committee Member for the United Way of the Capital Region’s Women’s Leadership Network. In addition, she is a Dream Team member for The Foundation for Enhancing Communities’ (TFEC) Women’s Fund. Recently, she became a Big Sister for the Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Capital Region’s Youth Rise: Stand Together program. Over the past several years, Jeshanah has received multiple awards and recognition for her community service and outreach. She’s been nationally recognized by the Association for Accounting Marketing as the 2017 “AAM Rookie of the Year,” and received The Foundation for Enhancing Communities’ (TFEC) Rising Philanthropist Award in 2018. Additionally, Jeshanah was recognized as one of Central Penn Business Journal’s 2022 Women of Influence. For more information about Jeshanah, visit http://www.bssf.com/our-team/jeshanah-efox. ABOUT THE TRIBUTE TO WOMEN OF EXCELLENCE Twenty-eight Women of Excellence were selected by the YWCA Greater Harrisburg this year for their significant contributions to the Central Pennsylvania region, both professionally and philanthropically. Over 700 outstanding women have been honored since TWE’s inception in 1989. Funds raised from the event support the YWCA’s programs that help women struggling to achieve self-sufficiency and safety for themselves and their children, including an emergency shelter, a legal clinic, child development services and employment readiness programs. For more information about the YWCA Greater Harrisburg’s 33rd Annual Tribute to Women of Excellence, visit http://www. ywcahbg.org/events/2022-tribute-womenexcellence.
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40 YEARS: VNA OF HANOVER & SPRING GROVE FLORENCE DEHAVEN STICK MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP Applications are now being accepted for the Florence de Haven Stick Memorial Scholarship offered through Visiting Nurse Association (VNA) of Hanover & Spring Grove, Inc. Any person living in the areas surrounding Hanover or Spring Grove or in any part of Adams County is eligible. Applicants must be enrolled in an accredited nursing program or accepted for classes beginning in the fall for a career as an RN or LPN. Several scholarships (between $3,000 and $5,000 each) will be awarded. Applications are available by calling VNA at 717637-1227 or 1-800-422-3197. Interested students can also visit our web site at www. vnahanover.org to print out an application. Application deadline is March 18, 2022. The scholarship honors Florence de Haven Stick, Hanover’s first visiting nurse. The scholarship fund was established by the VNA in 1982 and funded by a bequest from Dr. Edward W. Stick as a memorial to his wife. The legacy of our first nurse has been carried on for forty years through the memorial scholarship bearing her name. For more information, contact: Heather Reynolds, Executive/HR Assistant VNA of Hanover & Spring Grove hreynolds@vnahanover.org 717-637-1227 or 1-800-422-3197 VNA OF HANOVER & SPRING GROVE ANNOUNCES NEW CEO The VNA of Hanover & Spring Grove is very pleased to announce the hiring of our new CEO, Kevin Maloney, effective February 14, 2022. Kevin’s employment as the new CEO was approved by the VNA Board of Directors on Monday, January 24, 2022. We want to thank Bryan Warner, current CEO, for his 20 years of dedicated service to the VNA of Hanover & Spring Grove. Bryan will be retiring in May 2022.
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Business Briefs
Kevin has been practicing as a Physical Therapist since the early 90’s with the last 15+ years at the Director level. For the majority of Kevin’s career, he was employed with Hanover Hospital at their Cherry Tree Rehab facility. Most recently Kevin was employed with WellSpan VNA's senior leadership team as the Director of Rehabilitation Services. Kevin and his wife Beth reside in Hanover. He and his wife are avid triathletes. Kevin enjoys spending his downtime being outdoors with their dogs and working on landscape projects around their home. We invite you to join us in welcoming Kevin and wishing Bryan a Happy Retirement! BARLEY SNYDER NAMES MATTHEW GUTHRIE PARTNER Hanover, Pa. – Barley Snyder is pleased to announce that Matthew L. Guthrie has been elected to the firm’s partnership. Guthrie’s move to partner became effective Jan. 1. Guthrie is a member of the firm’s Real Estate, Trusts & Estates and Business practice groups. He is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law and received his undergraduate degree from Penn State University. Guthrie came to the firm in 2019 when his firm Guthrie, Nonemaker, Yingst & Hart joined Barley Snyder in its Hanover office. “I am proud to now be a partner at Barley Snyder,” Guthrie said. “Joining Barley Snyder was a great fit for us and enabled us to provide more services to our clients given the firm's substantial resources and expertise.” Barley Snyder managing partner said Guthrie’s elevation to partner is directly attributable to the work he’s performed since joining the firm. “Matt’s work since he joined the firm has been precisely what we look for from our attorneys,” Barley Snyder managing
partner Jeff Lobach said. “Adding him to our partnership signifies our commitment to him and what he can do for our clients.”
BARLEY SNYDER PARTNER FABEN NAMED TO EDUCATION BOARD The Hempfield Foundation has named Barley Snyder partner Peter J. Faben to its board of directors. The nonprofit organization supports the Hempfield School District’s educational mission by providing grants to the district’s faculty and staff for projects and innovative teaching methods that the district may not have been able to pay for itself. It also awards scholarships to graduating seniors for their post-secondary education. Faben and his family live in East Hempfield Township and the older of his two children is already enrolled in the district. “Hempfield provides a top-notch education for its students, and that education is enhanced by the foundation’s work, which allows students to pursue unique projects and novel educational experiences,” Faben said. “I’m excited for the opportunity to work with the foundation to enrich the educations of all students in the district.” Faben is a member of the Barley Snyder Litigation Practice Group and the Health Care Industry Group. In 2021, the Central Penn Business Journal named him to its “Forty Under 40” list of businesspeople in the region, and he has been named a “Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Rising Star” from 2019 to 2021. He also is a member of the board of directors at Advoz and is a graduate of Leadership Lancaster.
SEK WINS 2022 BEST OF ACCOUNTING AWARD FOR SERVICE EXCELLENCE SEK, CPAs & Advisors announced today that the firm has won ClearlyRated's 2022 Best of Accounting® Award. This is the second consecutive year SEK has won this award. Award winners have proven to be industry leaders in service quality based entirely on ratings from their clients. SEK, CPAs & Advisors received satisfaction scores of 9 or 10 out of 10 from 94% of their clients, significantly higher than the accounting industry average of 53% in 2021. The firm received a Net Promoter® Score of 92.5%, approximately 2.5 times the accounting industry average of 38% in 2021. Used by more than two-thirds of Fortune 1000 companies, NPS is a satisfaction metric based on a single survey question that asks clients how likely they would be, on a scale of 0-10, to recommend a company to a friend or colleague. According to global NPS standards, a score of 50% or above is considered “excellent,” with above 70% considered “world-class.” “Our team’s commitment to providing an exceptional client experience has been a top priority since SEK was founded 59 years ago,” said Manager Member John Schnitzer. “We are delighted to receive the Best of Accounting honor again this year, and we thank ClearlyRated and our loyal clients for this special recognition.” “Winners of the 2022 Best of Accounting award for client satisfaction have demonstrated their commitment to delivering exceptional client service, even as Covid-19 has forced them to reimagine and rebuild their approach to business," said ClearlyRated's CEO and Founder, Eric Gregg. "These service leaders have kept the client experience at the heart of their business strategy, and it's my honor to celebrate and showcase the 2022 Best of Accounting winners alongside feedback from their actual clients on ClearlyRated. com!”
Main Street Hanover
Are you looking for a way to support the downtown growth?
Consider sponsoring Main Street Hanover! If your business is looking for ways to support the quality of life improvements in downtown Hanover, donate to Main Street Hanover this year. As a 501c3, Main Street Hanover is looking to the business community for support. Our work supports businesses and entrepreneurs in Hanover. Sponsorship Levels ◊ Supporter- $100 ◊ Patron- $250 ◊ Advocate- $500 ◊ Believer- $1,000 ◊ Leader- $2,000 ◊ Groundbreaker- $5,000 For more information, call or email Justine Trucksess, (717) 6376130 and jtrucksess@mainstreethanover.org.
Downtown Merchant Meetings resume – March 8
If you own a business in the downtown Hanover area, we welcome you to attend the first Merchant Meeting of 2022. Meetings will be held the 2nd Tuesday of each month, at 5:30pm in the Community Room of the YWCA of Hanover. March 8, 5:30pm – join us to discuss 2022 events and promotions! Thank you to the YWCA of Hanover for hosting these meetings! We look forward to seeing you there.
Save the Date to give local!
Give Local York – plan to give to Main Street Hanover on Friday, May 6!
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April 5 Building Better Business Workshop #1, 3:30pm - 5:00pm Bare Center, Guthrie Memorial Library - Hanover's Public Library
$15/person, member rate $25/person, community rate
April 20 Eye Opener Breakfast, 7:30am - 8:30am Hosted by Penn State University - York The Markets at Hanover, 1649 Broadway, Hanover
$15/person, member rate $30/person, community rate
May 6 Legislative Roundtable, 7:30am - 9:30am Location TBD
$15/person, member rate $30/person, community rate
June 2 Annual Golf Outing Hanover County Club
Registration required. See website for details.
March 17 Membership Mixer Hosted by iNet Technology LLC., 4:00pm - 7:00pm 1000 Carlisle St., Suite 1350, Hanover PA
July 16 2nd Annual Snack Town Street Fair Downtown Hanover
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