Member events building communities, creating connections

The TriCounty Area Chamber of Commerce within the last two months has held a very successful Membership Breakfast, Pottstown Progress Luncheon, and Boyertown Area Progress Dinner.

In January we had a panel presentation at our Membership Breakfast focused on “Internships — Are They Right for My Business.” The February Pottstown

Progress Luncheon featured three legislators sharing insight into all the ways Pottstown is progressing, and the Boyertown Area Progress Dinner program featured the annual Boyertown Area Progress Dinner video that is designed, showcases, and is recorded by the students and teacher in the telecommunications department at Boyertown Area High School.

These three events were a great way to focus on the chamber’s first cornerstone — Building Communities. We have already heard multiple stories of members following up with each other after the breakfast working on providing opportunities for our local students. The Pottstown Progress Luncheon and the Boyertown Area Progress Dinner were events that we have held for a number of years and we enjoy showcasing the progress and positive going on in specific communities within our tri-county region.

Our next two larger events are focused on our second cornerstone — Creating Connections.

We look forward to our Creating Connections Mixer on March 30. The event will be held at Rivet: Canteen and Assembly. This is our first event at this chamber member venue and we look forward to welcoming our members to this very cool space. At this mixer, the TriCounty Chamber will also be holding our First ever Celebrity Bartender Night. We are very excited about this new component that we are adding to this event. Attendees will have a chance to meet new people, continue to build relationships with fellow chamber members and contribute to local non-profits.

Each “celebrity bartender,” during their half-hour shift, will be competing to get the most tips and those tips will be donated to a non-profit of their choice. Rich Newell, president & CEO of Pottstown and Phoenixville Hospitals — Tower Health will bartend from 4:30 to 5 p.m., and his tips will be donated to TriCounty Community Network. From 5 to 5:30 p.m. we

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