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Kershner: Lobbying is a key to region’s business success

Date: May 31, 2022 Category: Op-Ed

The May primary elections are now behind us and everyone is gearing up for the state legislative primaries later this summer, then the Nov. 8 general elections. Coming out of the May primary elections two things are very clear: Ohio will have an expensive...

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Ohio BWC reimbursing employers in Drug-Free Workplace program

The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) is reimbursing employers for workplace substance use-related activities. The BWC is partnering with the Alcohol Drug Addiction and Mental Health (ADAMH) boards to help employers more effectively manage subs...

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Premium discounts, safety & Ohio workers’ compensation

Much of the discussion about workers’ compensation surrounds group rating programs and group retrospective rating programs. Both programs can effectively reduce the amount of premium that you pay to the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC). The group...

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Kershner: Region’s Economy Relies on the Brent Spence Bridge

Date: April 25, 2022 Category: Op-Ed

After years of collective advocating and Dayton-area logistics, distribution and manufacturing companies working side-by-side with partners in Ohio and Cincinnati, the fruits of our labor are here just in time for spring. Dayton area logistics companie...

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Sentinel named 2022 Soin Award for Innovation winner

Date: April 20, 2022 Category: Press Releases Tags:

DAYTON, Ohio – This morning, the Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce and Soin LLC announced that Sentinel Occupational Safety (Sentinel), a startup business based in Fairborn, has won the 2022 Soin Award for Innovation for its product called SafeGuard. â...

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Dayton Area Chamber marks 115 years with Annual Meeting

Date: April 20, 2022 Category: Press Releases Tags:

DAYTON, Ohio – The Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce welcomed its membership to the Benjamin & Marian Schuster Center for its 116th Annual Meeting today (April 20, 2022), to review the chamber’s work supporting businesses in 2021, and look ahead to ...

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Skanska Southwest Ohio recognized for diversity by Dayton Chamber of Commerce

DAYTON, OH - The Southwest Ohio office of Skanska USA has been selected as a winner for the 2021 Premier Health Workplace Diversity Award by the Dayton Chamber of Commerce. Representatives of Skanska received the award during Wednesday's Dayton Chamber...

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Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Opens New Dayton Location

DAYTON, Ohio – Goodyear Auto Service is hosting a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate its recent store opening on April 21, 2022 in collaboration with the Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce. Goodyear Auto Service has been wholly-owned and operated by t...

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Local Company, Tark inc., Relocates to Larger Facility in Miamisburg

DAYTON, Ohio –Tark inc., a provider of high-quality pumps and cooling systems, hosted a ribbon cutting of its new facility on April 14, 2022. [caption id="attachment_9617" align="alignright" width="299"] Tark inc.'s new facility located on Byers Rd. ...

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KEINATH: Immigrants will help Ohio businesses ride out the ‘Big Quit’

The Great Resignation is real. Working on the leadership team at the Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce, I speak with business owners every day who are finding it almost impossible to fill vacant positions. From frontline jobs to highly skilled and techn...

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