2024 Chamber Directory, Vote for the EBT, Golf Tournament Sponsors Needed, Congratulations & More!

April 19, 2024

The 2024 Community Profile and Membership Directory is here! We're excited to use this opportunity to promote Huntingdon County and our business community! Our directory encourages our residents and visitors to explore our beautiful communities and countryside, make purchases and invest in our local economy.

You should be receiving your durable spiral bound, members-only version which include a handy desk calendar within the next few days. The perfect-bound editions will be distributed to member hotels and lodging establishments, and are also made available to local businesses and organizations to welcome visitors and new residents to the county. Additional copies will be available at our office!

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We're so excited (and sad!) to share that after 17 years of dedicated service, Linda Brenneman is retiring! Linda's commitment to serving Arize Federal Credit Union members and our community with excellence is so appreciated. Her last day with Arize is April 30th. Linda was also recently voted Best Bank Lender in The Daily News by readers of the newspaper. If you see Linda, make sure to congratulate her on her outstanding career with Arize Federal Credit Union and much deserved retirement! We wish her nothing but joy in her next chapter!

Pennsylvania's Primary Election is fast approaching! Primary Election Day is Tuesday, April 23. The most powerful tools you have are your VOICE and your VOTE.

The following offices will be on the ballot in 2024:

President of the United States
United States Senator
United States Congress
PA Treasurer
PA Attorney General
PA Auditor General
PA State Senator (odd numbered districts)
PA State Representative

If you need assistance finding your polling place, click here. Polls will be open from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Election Day.

$204 million in federal broadband funding is

on its way to Pennsylvania

Harrison Cann, City & State Pennsylvania

April 18, 2024

A significant chunk of the $279 million that Pennsylvania is set to receive in federal broadband funding has been approved for 53 development projects across 42 counties, the Pennsylvania Broadband Authority announced Thursday. The PBDA announced that $204 million in Broadband Infrastructure Program dollars, distributed through the Capital Funds Project, has been approved, with projects expected to break ground this summer. "As Pennsylvanians increasingly rely on broadband to live healthy and productive lives, expanding access to the internet is essential to creating opportunity for folks all across our commonwealth," PBDA Executive Director Brandon Carson said. Carson said the projects, which consist of both local line extensions and larger regional infrastructure buildouts, are being finalized and are expected to be under contract in June. The projects - which would connect 40,000 homes and businesses across the state - would break ground this summer soon after.

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Interested in advertising in our enews?

Contact MacKenzie at mhuntsman@huntingdonchamber.com.

The cost is $25.00; $10.00 for 501(3) organizations. Yearly rates are available.

Administrative Professionals

Day Luncheon

(Come celebrate your employees

and co-workers)

Wednesday, April 24, 2024

Noon - 1:00 p.m.

Huntingdon Country Club

Elected Officials Reception

Thursday, April 25, 2024

5:00 - 7:00 p.m.

Comfort Inn Huntingdon

Business After Hours w/ HCBI

Thursday, May 23, 2024

5:00 - 7:00 p.m.

ReKlaimed Vines Winery & Vineyard

Bonney Forge Corporation & Huntingdon County Chamber of Commerce Golf Tournament

Wednesday, June 26, 2024

Huntingdon Country Club

Annual Membership Luncheon

Thursday, August 15, 2024

Westminster Woods

2nd Floor Dining Room of the Commons Building

Huntingdon County Night at the Altoona Curve

(To benefit Huntingdon County Humane Society)

Saturday, August 31, 2024

6:00 p.m.

Altoona Curve

Sporting Clay Tournament

Wednesday, September 18, 2024

1:00 p.m. check-in

2:00 p.m. shoot

Shenecoy Sportsman Club

Annual Awards Gala

Thursday, October 3, 2024

Trophy Mountain Lodge

Small Business Saturday

Saturday, November 30, 2024

MEMBERS ONLY: Download our logo to use on your website. Click the logo for more information. Feel free to link the image on your website to our website, huntingdonchamber.com.

If you are hiring, please send position information to mhuntsman@huntingdonchamber.com or login to the member section of our website to post your jobs.

UC Fraud and UC-1099G Tax Forms

https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/tax-treatment-of-unemployment-compensation

Victim of unemployment fraud?

Criminals using stolen identities filed claims for unemployment compensation in other people's names. Because unemployment compensation is taxable, state unemployment agencies submit Forms 1099-G to individuals in whose names and Social Security numbers the unemployment compensation was paid and to the IRS. Victims of fraud who receive Forms 1099-G with inaccurate amounts of unemployment compensation in Box 1 should notify the state agencies of the inaccuracies and request corrected Forms 1099-G. The Department of Labor details www.dol.gov/agencies/eta/UIIDtheft.

Taxpayers should only report income they actually received on their tax returns. Do not report income you did not receive. The IRS offers tax guidance to victims at https://www.irs.gov/identity-theft-fraud-scams/identity-theft-and-unemployment-benefits.

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Did you know........

Small businesses represent the largest segment by number of most local chamber membership rolls. Results in the research study by The Shapiro Group, Inc. and Market Street indicate the impact of local chamber membership on small businesses is very powerful. If a consumer knows a small business is a member of its local chamber, the business enjoys a 44 percent increase in its consumer favorability rating, a 51 percent increase in consumer awareness, a 57 percent increase in its local reputation and a 63 percent increase in the likelihood that consumers will patronize the business in the future.

Research indicates that chamber membership stimulates business-to-business commerce in the local community. Other businesses in town are more likely to do business with you and your company if you are a member of the local chamber. Because a major part of a small business typically comes from business-to-business services, it is essential to maintain a positive standing within the local business community.

MEMBERS may download our logo to use on your website. Click the logo for more information.

Paid Leave Tax Credit Resources and Guidance

Click here to view the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Fact Sheet to learn more about the Paid Leave Tax Credit, how it works, and who is qualified to receive it.

Click here to view the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)’s Fact Sheet to learn more about how to claim the tax credit during quarterly filings and additional resources for employers about the program.

Looking for more ways to promote your business?

Tag the Huntingdon County Chamber of Commerce in your Facebook posts and we will share them on the

Huntingdon, PA - Promotions & Activities page. This page is followed by more than 4,000 people and it is free advertising for you.