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Chamber Meetings and Events of Past Years
The Chamber has had some informative speakers at our meetings. See and hear their talks.
And check out our other great events.
  There be Treasure in Ossining!
The first annual Treasure Hunt and Art Festival brought locals and ferry riders to view Ossining's hidden treasures. There were all day music performances, 21 artists, toys and pirate hats for the children. Even some "walking the plank"
This year's Village Fair was terrific!
Here are some of the highlights
A big thank you to all of our sponsors
YOU ROCK!!
Thanks to Sue Jimney,Kay Hawley, Marcia Sloman and all of the restaurants who participated in Noshing Night.
What a fun way to munch your way through Ossining and Briarcliff and learn about some great places. When you stop by one of the restaurants, be sure to tell them you heard about them through NOSHING NIGHT. Congratulations to the winners of the huge gift baskets from Ossining Wine and Liquor.
 Dr. Andi Simon, Principal of Simon Associates Management Consultants of Yorktown Heights, shared some of her expert advice on The Customer Experience.
It's not just enough, Simon explained, to provide good service. You have to surprise your customer, make his experience memorable and different and make him feel important, special and appreciated.
See the video of her session
Michael Pollock, Founder and publisher of Ossining.com, spoke to a packed
house at the April meeting of the Chamber.
He captivated the audience
explaining the importance of email marketing, stressing the need
for collecting emails from every potential customer and of sending
frequent emails with news, offers or information. He also emphasized
the importance of emailing press releases to all local news outlets.
Watch the full video of his talk
In honor of Women's History Month, the Chamber offered two programs:
a Salute to Women, cosponsored by Cambridge on the Hudson,
and a
special program on March 27th
for and about women business owners.
On the panel were Sandy McKee, Village Trustee Catherine Borgia, Susan Kelly from Enjoy,
Marcia Sloman from Under Control and Patricia Consalves from Y2K Window Fashions.
Watch the Salute to Women video
Watch the Panel video
Janet Martin, Chief Administrative Officer of
Emigrant Savings Bank and 
talks about Ossining's new corporate citizen
February's speaker, Janet Martin, told a rapt audience about the meteoric rise of
Emigrant Direct. As the first U.S. Online Savings Bank, Emigrant 's business,
grew from 0 to $6 billion in assets in a little over a year. Starting in Ossining's
historic downtown bank building, which Emigrant beautifully restored and used to
host Ossining's first First Night, Emigrant Direct has grown from 25 to over 70
employees since they came here, and are looking to hire more of Ossining's residents.
Martin states that the reasons Emigrant chose Ossining for its Emigrant Direct headquarters
are: its value as an "undiscovered" community, its proximity to New York and the
MetroNorth railroad, and its young, vibrant, diverse community from which they draw
their work force.
Watch the video >
 See and hear Richard Wishnie speak of his thirty years of public service at the
January meeting of the Chamber of Commerce >
November 28th, 2005 Chamber President Maureen Redmond was in attendance at the drawing for the Habitat for Humanity Big Bucks 50/50 Raffle
First Night in the First Village >
Ossining Habitat Builds Home for First Responder >
Chamber gives $2500 for Katrina Relief >
Peter Falk made honorary lifetime Chamber member
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