Business calendar
APRIL 24: Ulster County Regional Chamber of Commerce breakfast, 7:30-9 a.m., Best Western Plus hotel, 503 Washington Ave., Kingston. Speaking on the subject “How to Promote Your Business in a Digital Marketing Economy” will be Jeremy Ellenbogen (Ellenbogen Group, Inc./Seven21 Media Center), Katy Dwyer (Katy Dwyer Design) and Abe Uchitelle (Dragon 360). Cost: $25 for chamber members in advance, $30 for members at the door, $35 for others. Preregistration required. Call (845) 338-5100 or go to bit.ly/2H5iGrV.
APRIL 28-29: Hudson Valley KidVenture, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Mid-Hudson Civic Center, Poughkeepsie. Event will highlight businesses and nonprofits while offering children of all ages and abilities interactive and educational activities. Daily admission is $8 when purchased online in advance, $10 at the door. Two-day pass is $12 when purchased online in advance. Go to bit.ly/2HqgRqx. Exhibitor space available. Details at bit.ly/2C6GNIH.
APRIL 26: Hyde Park Chamber of Commerce breakfast, 7:30 a.m., Coppola’s, 4167 Albany Post Road (Route 9), Hyde Park. Speaker: Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro. More info: (845) 229-8612.
MAY 3: Hyde Park Chamber of Commerce Business of the Year dinner, Coppola’s Italian Bistro, 4167 Albany Post Road (Route 9), Hyde Park. Open bar 6-7 p.m.; dinner and cash bar start at 7 p.m. Honoree: Dave Stewart, owner of DS Electric. Cost: $65 per person. Reservations and full payment required by April 18. RSVP at bit. ly/2pVevbm. Mail checks to Hyde Park Chamber of Commerce, Attn.: Award Dinner, P.O. Box 17, Hyde Park N.Y. 12538.
MAY 8: Dutchess Tourism Awards of Distinction breakfast (buffet catered by Simply Gourmet), 8:30 a.m., followed by brochure exchange from 10 a.m. to noon, Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum, Wallace Center, Route 9, Hyde Park. $40 per person for breakfast and awards ceremony; admission to brochure exchange is free. Register by May 1 at bit. ly/2GGiqAE.
MAY 8: Ulster County Regional Chamber of Commerce Foundation Workplace Seminar, 9-11 a.m., United Healthcare, 505 Boices Lane, town of Ulster. Topics: “Sexual Harassment — The Speak Out Evolution: Are You Prepared?” and “New Paid Family Leave Benefits for New York Employee: What Employers Need to Know.” Cost: $25 for chamber members, $40 for others. Preregistration required at bit.ly/2Hla0OG.
MAY 8: “Savvy Social Security” planning worskshop, 6:30 p.m., Ulster Savings Bank, 226 Main St., New Paltz. Session will last 60-90 minutes. Admission is free, but reservations are required at www.ulstersavings.com/workshops (use promo code UFG1050818) or (845) 338-6322, ext. 3352.
MAY 17: Young Ulster Professionals (YUP) meet-up, 6-8 p.m., Mariner’s Harbor, 1 Broadway, Kingston. Free admission and refreshments; cash bar. Reservations required at (845) 338-5100 or bit. ly/2qQzSet.
MAY 17: “Savvy IRA Planning for Baby Boomers,” 6:30 p.m., Ulster Savings Bank’s 226 Main Street, New Paltz. Session will last 60-90 minutes. Admission is free, but reservations are required at www.ulstersavings.com/workshops (use promo code UFG1051718) or (845) 338-6322, ext. 3352.
MAY 22: Ulster County Regional Chamber of Commerce mixer, 5-7 p.m., Wiltwyck Golf Club, 404 Steward Lane, town of Ulster. Free for chamber members and prospective members. Reservations required at bit.ly/2FyNMbk or (845) 338-5100.
MAY 30: Ulster County Regional Chamber of Commerce breakfast, 7:30-9 a.m., Best Western Plus hotel, 503 Washington Ave., Kingston. Speaker: Former U.S. Rep. Chris Gibson. Cost: $25 for chamber members in advance, $30 for members at the door, $35 for others. Preregistration required. Call (845) 338-5100 or go to bit.ly/2p6cVTK.
MAY 31: “Own It!’ entrepreneurial women’s conference, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., SUNY Ulster, Cottekill Road, Stone Ridge. Guest speaker: Diana Lovett, founder of Cissé Cocoa Co. Cost: $48 before May 1, $55 from May 1-29, $65 at the door. Register at www.SUNYUlster.edu/ownit. More info: Mindy Kole, (845) 6886041 or kolem@SUNYUlster.edu.
JUNE 2: Ribbon-cutting ceremony, noon, Kingston Ceramics Studio, 77 Cornell St., Kingston.
JUNE 19: Ulster County Regional Chamber of Commerce breakfast, 7:30-9 a.m., Best Western Plus hotel, 503 Washington Ave., Kingston. Speaker: SUNY New Paltz President Donald Christian. Cost: $25 for chamber members in advance, $30 for members at the door, $35 for others. Preregistration required. Call (845) 3385100.
JUNE 27: Ulster County Regional Chamber of Commerce mixer, 5-7 p.m., Cantine Field (Saugerties Stallions site), Pavilion Street, Saugertie. Free for chamber members and prospective members, and free admission to Stallions baseball game following mixer. Reservations required at (845) 338-5100 or bit.ly/2qPlGmz.
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