Chamber Press Room

President’s Message: Light, Not Heat by Chris Berleth, President/CEO, Columbia Montour Chamber Last night, America tuned in for a highly polarized national debate between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris. As the country weighs the candidates’ remarks, this much is clear: the exchanges were heated, and candidates’ responses told us little that…

President’s Message: Let’s End Up Where We Mean To “If you don’t know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else.” – Yogi Berra Making History After back-to-back shocking losses where they missed a trip to the World Series altogether (1954) and then lost it to the Brooklyn Dodgers (1955), the 1956 New…

Business Leadership Forum: Empowering Local Business through Storytelling You’re invited to the Business Leadership Forum: Empowering Business Success Through Local Storytelling. Join local business leaders for an inspiring day filled with powerful stories of local business success, and to learn new ways to elevate your business through the power of storytelling. The lineup of established…

President’s Message: A Sucker Punch For Me, an Invitation For You “We make time for the things that we truly value.  We build habits and routines around the things that really matter to us.” – C.J. Mahaney Don’t you hate when a quote you claim to live by sneaks up behind you and sucker-punches you? …

July Business Matters Hits Newsstands Thanks again to our partner The Press Enterprise, the newest edition of Business Matters has officially hit newsstands (today)!  Inside the edition, you’ll see a recap of the last quarter’s member news highlights, ribbon cuttings, events, and more.  You’ll also learn about upcoming programs and events, and business news that…

Commonwealth University – Bloomsburg Campus and The Columbia Montour Chamber of Commerce to offer management and leadership program Back by popular demand, Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania – Bloomsburg Campus and the Columbia Montour Chamber of Commerce will once again offer their Management and Leadership program to help develop and sharpen skills for leading in today’s…

July Business Matters – Submit Your Content The Columbia Montour Chamber is pleased to continue its partnership with the Press Enterprise for Business Matters, a quarterly print tab publication distributed to the newspaper’s online and print readership. How does the partnership work?  Chamber members are invited to work directly with the Chamber to submit stories…

President’s Message: It’s A Beautiful day for baseball “It’s a beautiful day for baseball.” – Coach Randy Hein, Lincoln Little League The score was Millville 4, MIfflinville 3. To this point in the season, Mifflinville had posted an impressive 11-3 record compared to Millville’s 3-11. This game was supposed to be an easy win for…

Congratulations to the LCP Class of 2024 The Foundation of the Columbia Montour Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce the Leadership Central Penn (LCP) Class of 2024 graduation, which took place on May 16, 2024 at Ponduce Farms in Elysburg. During a formal ceremony, Josh Nespoli, Deputy Director of Community Strategies Group offered a…

President’s Message: Best-Kept Secret By: Chris Berleth, President The Columbia Montour Chamber of Commerce In recent testimony to the PA House Republican Policy Committee in a hearing on pro-business tax reform, I commended the Commonwealth’s Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) program as a key mechanism for businesses to give back to the community.  Now, the…