Voice of Business Blog Over the past few weeks, Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce staff participated in an internal Diapers and Wipes Donations drive for the Young Parents Corner at the Community Resource Collaborative (CRC). The CRC is a non-profit organization that uplifts young people between the ages of 18 and 24 who are directly…
Voice of Business Blog Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce is excited to announce the launch of a new resource on GreaterRochesterChamber.com, which features a variety of Grants, Funding, & Incentive opportunities. This page has been designed to help businesses in our community find funding opportunities and other incentives that can help them grow and thrive.…
Voice of Business Blog Governor Kathy Hochul hosted a community roundtable, led by administration officials, with local leaders and elected representatives in New York’s Finger Lakes region to discuss the New York Housing Compact – the Governor’s comprehensive strategy announced in the FY 2024 Executive Budget to address New York’s housing crisis and build 800,000…
Voice of Business Blog Whether you manage HR full-time or as part of your overall job duties, you need access to reliable, accurate HR tools. Here are the top tools organizations like yours are using on the Mineral HR Compliance portal: 1. Employee Handbook Builder – Quickly and easily build and update your company’s…
Voice of Business Blog The results of the 2023 Local and National Benefits Survey were recently released. This survey contains the policies and practices sections of the former Policies and Benefits Survey which includes topics such as: pay practices, paid time off, recruitment, training and development, employee/community relations, and workplace policies. Data was collected…
Voice of Business Blog As part of Greater Rochester Chamber’s focus to enhance and strengthen our advocacy capabilities for our membership, we began a series of meetings early this year with the leaders of a multitude of businesses and organizations in the Rochester region. These meetings were organized by our membership director, Kevin Donahue, and…
Voice of Business Blog On Thursday, March 23, 2023, Greater Rochester Chamber brought six representatives from member organizations to Albany to meet with elected officials for an annual Advocacy Day. These members span industries and sizes to bring the needs of the #GreaterROC business community directly to government leaders. Industries represented included manufacturing, information technology,…