THE ORANGE COUNTY CHAMBER
A COMMUNITY AND BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE
APR/M AY 2016
MAKING ORANGE PROUD
Buy Orange. Build Orange. Give Orange. Promote Orange.
Made in Orange = Pride of Place “Pride of Place.” A new Orange Chamber initiative called Made in Orange will celebrate this idea, promoting locally created goods, providing industry-specific promotion of the businesses that make these products and supporting widespread identification of Orange County as its own community, rather than a town-centric entity.
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The Chamber Board of Directors has unanimously endorsed this concept and the ball is rolling. A huge part of the Made in Orange initiative will be creation of target membership Photo courtesy of Christopher Jacobs Winery at Pennings hubs. These will include: agriculture; wineries, breweries, Vineyards, Pine Bush. distilleries; traditional manufacturing; artisan manufacturing; art; historical; building; and “as many more as we can think of,” said Chamber President Lynn Allen Cione. Cione continued, “Made in Orange spotlights businesses which create or produce locally, and whose products are sold locally, regionally, nationally and globally.” One great recent example of a product putting our Orange County on the map – and an example of Pride of Place -- was Pollich Tallix’s production of the Oscar statuette for this year’s Academy Award winners. Continued on page 9
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It’s a busy spring for the Chamber and our members. Check it all out on page 23 and register for some great events.
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MAKING IT IN O.C. A new major at Mount Saint Mary College…new technology at Orange Regional Medical Center. Read all about these members and a host of other great local businesses on pages 12 and 13.
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