Annual Report 2021 by The Chamber Of Commerce Serving Middletown, Monroe, & Trenton

The Next Generation Talent/Job Search Tool

2021SOCIETYLEVELS

Paul J. Sorg

John B. Tytus

Honoring local industrialists who made an immeasurable impact on our community and the world at-large.

George M. Verity

Colin Gardner

Charles R. Hook

2021SOCIETYMEMBERS

Sorg Society

Verity Society

Hook Society

Tytus Society

Baker Concrete Construction

Berns Greenhouse and Garden Center

Duke Energy

Essity

Flagel & Papakirk LLC

G & J Pepsi-Cola Bottlers, Inc.

Garden Manor Care Center

Hawthorn Glen senior living Campus

Joe Morgan Honda

LNCB National Bank

Markey’s Rental & Staging

Middletown Energy Center

One smarter

PAC Worldwide Corporation

Precision Strip, Inc.

Shaker run golf club

Slam Dunk Sports Marketing

The Cumberland Group

The Windamere

Valley Central Bank

2021EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Larry Mulligan, jr.

Chair

BOARDOF DIRECTORS

Sharon drewry Crane Consumables

Rob zielsdorf

Chair-Elect

Chip Hitte At Large Member

Ande Durojaiye Miami University Regionals

Jon graft Butler Tech

Jim Keller Deceuninck North America

Chip Hitte First Financial Bank

Dick Lange Joe Morgan Honda

Tom scott

Immediate Past Chair

Rick Pearce President/CEO

Larry Mulligan, Jr. LCNB National Bank

Rick Pearce The Chamber of Commerce

Dale Rupp Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc.

Tom Scott McGraw/Kokosing

Rhonda Seidenschmidt Premier Health Atrium Medical Center

Rob Zielsdorf Cohen

2021CHAIRMESSAGE

Larry Mulligan LCNB National Bank

Your chamber made significant progress in 2021. While the impact of the pandemic still lingers, we have addressed a number of challenges with creative solutions for solid results. We were able to return to inperson meetings, key networking events, and leveraged technology. Our communities have faced difficult times in the past, and while the pandemic presented both economic and health challenges, as a whole we are weathering the storm and hope to emerge even stronger in the coming years.

The Chamber is a key resource for the business community in the communities of Trenton, Middletown and Monroe. As we look to the coming year, our focus areas of: Future Ready Workforce, Leadership and Advocacy/Government Relations provide both immediate and long-term benefits to the membership. We welcome your involvement and participation in any of these important areas. For example, this year during Healthcare and Manufacturing Months, your Chamber partnered with school districts, healthcare and manufacturing companies and reached 1,500 students. These workforce development efforts open up career paths, provide job opportunities, and education options to prepare students for the future. These benefit our members, the community and individuals looking for career opportunities. Our work on Skills2Careers, in partnership with Emsi/Burning Glass, has created a cutting edge, skills based, career opportunity tool that benefits both companies that are recruiting for talent and job seekers looking to match their skill set to open positions. Our Advocacy/Government Relations had meetings with our local and state officials, and hosted a series of candidate forums for local elections. Our CLIMB class wrapped up another successful program year.

A special thanks to Rick, Ann and Kathie for stepping up again in 2021. They continue to adapt, change and work through challenges. We’re fortunate to have this team serve the business community. The Board of Directors of the Chamber appreciates the support provided by our members. We look forward to serving you and your businesses in the coming year.

2021CHAIR-ELECTMESSAGE

Rob Zielsdorf Cohen

While 2021 may not have necessarily been the back to normal year many were anticipating following the tumultuous months of 2020, there were many very positive things that transpired that will help propel both the Chamber and its members to a prosperous 2022.

The Chamber, servicing Middletown, Monroe, and Trenton, returned to in-person meetings and programs wherever they were deemed safe. These included a record CLIMB Leadership class of twenty-two emerging community leaders; seven companies hosting five schools and over one thousand students during Manufacturing Month; and three healthcare facilities hosting three schools and almost three hundred students during Healthcare Month. Our Monthly Luncheons returned to in-person events allowing for great collaboration among our members.

As we enter 2022, The Chamber’s newly released Skills2Careers program is in full motion. This program is the culmination of numerous years of incredibly hard work to solve our members’ greatest need – workforce talent. You asked, and we have worked to create and provide a program to help benefit every member by matching the job skills you need with the right candidates.

Many thanks to Ann and Rick for working diligently during the year to solidify The Chamber for many future years of great success in supporting our members.

PRES/CEOMESSAGE

Rick pearce

Thank goodness we have moved out of 2021 and into 2022, two years removed from the disruptions of 2020.

2020 allow us to hit our Reset Button and refocus our efforts on working with our members to solve their workforce challenges. We did a great deal of research that allowed us to find and work with Emsi/ Burning Glass and roll out a new job search/talent tool that we are calling Skills2Careers. Skills2Careers is a skills-based technology tool that helps business and individuals identify talent and opportunity.

Another very exciting accomplishment from 2021 was working with Middletown City Schools and developing their 6-year strategic plan, the Ready Now Passport to Tomorrow. The plan brings our Future Ready Skill Set to life in the classroom and begins to deliver a set of necessary skills to students that will aid them in life after high school regardless of their career path. Congratulations to the Middletown Board of Education, Superintendent Styles, administrators and educators for working with business in bringing these skills sets to life.

Because of Skills2Careers and the Ready Now Passport to Tomorrow Certificate, we are very optimistic about our future and the future workforce in our communities.

To chamber members and businesses in our service area, we make the following pledge… In everything we do, we believe in fostering a prosperous business environment that builds and supports a thriving community. We strive to identify creative solutions to challenges that affect our members.

The success of this organization lies in the commitment from our members. We are excited about 2022 and what it can bring and will continue our efforts on solving our member’s workforce challenges.

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Mission / /

to promote economic prosperity for our current and future members

Vision / /

our business community is proud, vibrant and prosperous, poised for the future and prepared for sustainable success

ourFOCUS AREAS

• Advise Board of Directors on influencing elected officials and government policy makers to advance pro-business legislation

• Expand CLIMB to grow future leaders for our region

2021ACCOMPLISHMENTS

We introduced a new, groundbreaking technology to members that focuses on skills -

• the skills possessed by individuals

• with the skills needed by employers

• and the skills taught by education

Our vision is to get employers, individuals and educators to speak the same language of skill sets.

• Middletown City Schools 6-Year Strategic Plan

• The Ready Now, Passport to Tomorrow Certificate. This plan takes our Future Ready Skill Set and brings it to life the classroom. It develops a necessary set of skills for student success regardless of career path.

2021ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Advise Board of Directors on influencing elected officials and government policymakers to advance pro-business legislation

• Actively participated in various pro-business groups:

• Butler County Chamber Coalition

• Dayton LEADeR

• Warren County Municipal League

• SOCA – Southern Ohio Chamber Alliance

• CCEO – Chamber of Commerce Executives of Ohio

• Conducted joint sessions with the Greater Hamilton Chamber of Commerce

• Conducted 5 Candidate Forums

• Madison School Board

• Edgewood School Board

• Trenton City Council

• Monroe School Board

• Middletown City Council

2021ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Expand our Leadership Development Program to grow our future leaders

• CLIMB (Cultivate-Lead-Inspire-Motivate-Build) – celebrating 38 years of developing community leaders

• Delivering 24 hours of leadership skill building training

• 22 completed the program in November 2021

• Celebrated – 18 ribbon cuttings, anniversaries and milestones with local businesses

• Elevating Your Membership – presented 2 sessions

• US Chamber Foundation Education/Workforce

• Learn more options of helping our members solve their workforce challenges

INVESTORPROFILES

Cleveland-Cliffs is Steel.

Cleveland-Cliffs is the largest flat-rolled steel producer in North America. We are vertically integrated from mined raw materials, direct reduced iron, and ferrous scrap to primary steelmaking and downstream finishing, stamping, tooling, and tubing. The Company serves a diverse range of markets due to its comprehensive offering of flat-rolled steel products and is the largest supplier of steel to the automotive industry in North America-headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio.

• 26,000+ employees

• 46 operating facilities, including 3 sites around Middletown, Ohio and Innovation Center, West Chester Regional Office)

• Middletown Works is an integrated steel operation with carbon steel melting, casting, hot-and cold-rolling and finishing operations

• Innovators of specialty grades of steel

• Sustainable business model focused on the best environmental, social and governance (ESG) practices and production of clean steel

Visit www.clevelandcliffs.com for more information. For available job openings, visit careers.clevelandcliffs.com.

Atrium Medical Center is a full-service hospital and Level Ill Trauma Center recognized as a Magnet® hospital for nursing excellence. A member of Premier Health, Atrium’s award-winning services include:

• Recognized by 2021 U.S. News & World Report as 43rd best rehabilitation hospital in the nation

• Family Birth Center with Level II special care nursery and Natural Beginnings natural birth center

• Accredited Level 3 Senior Emergency Center from the American College of Emergency Physicians –first hospital in the Cincinnati area to achieve the honor

• Accredited chest pain center with advanced cardiovascular services and Level III cardiac catheterization lab

• Advanced primary stroke center certification from The Joint Commission

• The Wound Care Center and Hyperbaric Services received the distinguished Center of the Year Award from Healogics® in 2020; only center in the country to receive this honor Visit www.atriummedcenter.com for more information.

INVESTORPROFILES

Deceuninck North America (part of the global Deceuninck Group) is a fully integrated design and PVC extrusion company that produces energy efficient PVC window and door systems. With over 500 employees, the Monroe location includes the North American headquarters, together with manufacturing, tooling and engineering functions.

• More than 1 million sq. ft. of combined production & warehouse facilities

• Over 500 employees in USA. 3,700+ worldwide

• 6 million+ windows built annually in the US by Deceuninck customers

• 15 manufacturing locations worldwide, including Monroe, OH and Fernley, NV

• Winner Best Workplaces in Ohio 2019, 2020 & 2021

Visit www.DeceuninckNA.com for more information

First Financial Bancorp. is a Cincinnati, Ohio based bank holding company. As of September 30, 2021, the Company had $16.0 billion in assets, $9.4 billion in loans, $12.7 billion in deposits and $2.2 billion in shareholders’ equity. The Company’s subsidiary, First Financial Bank, founded in 1863, provides banking and financial services products through its six lines of business: Commercial, Retail Banking, Investment Commercial Real Estate, Mortgage Banking, Commercial Finance and Wealth Management. These business units provide traditional banking services to business and retail clients. Wealth Management provides wealth planning, portfolio management, trust and estate, brokerage and retirement plan services and had approximately $3.2 billion in assets under management as of September 30, 2021. The Company operated 139 full-service banking centers as of September 30, 2021, primarily in Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky and Illinois, while the Commercial Finance business lends into targeted industry verticals on a nationwide basis. Additional information about the Company, including its products, services and banking locations, is available at www.bankatfirst.com.

INVESTORPROFILES

Kettering Health is a not-for-profit health system made up of 13 medical centers, Kettering College, and more than 120 outpatient locations throughout western Ohio, as well as Kettering Health Medical Group with more than 700 board-certified providers dedicated to elevating the health, healing, and hope of the community.

Kettering Health opened its Middletown location in 2018, providing comprehensive care that is centered around the whole patient mind, body, and spirit. Kettering Health Middletown is equipped to care for and help guide every person to their best health.

Services include:

• 24/7 emergency care with MRI, CT, X-ray, ultrasound, and cardiac testing

• Behavioral health services

• Brain and spine care

• Heart and vascular care

• General surgery

• Orthopedic care

• Primary care

• Women’s health services

• Urology care

• 3D mammography with SensorySuite technology Visit ketteringhealth.org for more information

Sunrise Treatment Center is a substance abuse treatment program focusing primarily on opioid use disorders. There are locations in Cincinnati (West Side & Over-the-Rhine), Forest Park, Middletown, Milford, Dayton, Piqua, Springfield, and Florence (KY). Services include medication-assisted treatment, individual counseling, urinalysis, case management, and crisis intervention. Other services include general medical, mental health and intensive outpatient where applicable. Sunrise is proud to be the first B Corp Certified Opiate Treatment Program (OTP) in the United States. Our mission is to provide the best behavioral health services, while strengthening our communities and offering a great place to work.

• Headquartered in Cincinnati, OH

• 194 employees

• Employing:

• 5 Medical Directors/Physicians

• 12 Nurse Practitioners

• 34 Nurses

• 68 Counselors

Visit www.sunrisetreatmentcenter.net for more information

INVESTORPROFILES

The Molson Coors Trenton, OH Brewery, which opened in 1991, is one of the company’s most modern breweries. Located between Cincinnati and Dayton, the brewery produces such brands as Miller Lite, Coors Light, Miller High Life and Vizzy. The plant is proud to be the sole producer of canned water for disaster relief within Molson Coors.

• 1,100 acres, capacity to brew 11 million barrels of beer a year

• 488 employees

• Other plants in Milwaukee, WI; Albany, GA; Elkton, VA; Fort Worth, TX; Golden, CO

• Landfill free since 2009

• Healthy Worksite Award 2013-2020

• 2016 Duke Energy Power Partner

• 2017 Ohio EPA Gold Encouraging Environmental Excellence Award Visit www.molsoncoors.com for more information