Deadline to Create Free Tap Into Manufacturing Profile Extended  by Deb Lutz, Local Industry Manager  

  Tap Into Manufacturing is a new database designed to give northwest Pennsylvania industries a tool to reach business-to-business partners in the 13-county NW PA region.                     Search        Connect           Grow

  Companies create profiles at www.tapintomanufacturing.com.  The profiles are detailed, with keywords that allow the business to optimize their information for access by businesses searching the database for services.  The date to create a FREE profile has been extended until June 1, 2010.  Regardless of when you enroll, you will not be billed until June 1.  At that time, the yearly subscription (with a June 1 anniversary date) will be $250 for businesses with less than $1 million in sales, or $500 for business with sales greater than $1 million.    It is not a cumbersome process to complete the profiles and they can be updated as frequently as necessary.  This is a way for a regional business or industry to break through marketing clutter! 
  The database was developed by the Erie Regional Chamber and Growth Partnership. Jacob Rouch, Vice President of ERCGP, says companies are often defined by what they did ten years ago, even though it may have branched out or expanded to other products. Rouch says companies must pay to be listed in any of several categories in publications like Thomas or Hoover. It's not inexpensive. The Tap Into Manufacturing web site allows a company to compose a company profile and targets marketing to interested and related manufacturers.  
  Tap Into Manufacturing is a great tool for business-to-business connection and for outsiders to find regional sources. If any Venango County manufacturer is interested in this service, we encourage you to check out the website.   If you need assistance, call the Alliance economic development department, and we would be happy to walk you through the process. 

 "Uplifting Melodies" Concert Slated for April 25 in Venango Museum by Marilyn Black, VP-Heritage Development 

 

    A 3 p.m. April 25 performance is scheduled at the Venango Museum of Art, Science & Industry at 270 Seneca Street in Oil City.

   James E. Thomas sang professionally for five seasons with the Cincinnati Opera Company.  A retired high school teacher, he resides in Oil City.  His vocal range will blend with the keyboard work of Dennis Geib, a full-time professional musician who

Dennis Geib, photo courtesy of John Karian

resides in Franklin.  The 'third member' of this team is an instrument which is generally considered to be the best piano in the Oil Region, the Steinway Model "B" Grand Piano.

   Alliance President Randy Seitz said, "Families will recognize this special assortment of uplifting melodies which span the period of 1880 through 1969, penned primarily by song writers in the United States." 

   Songs will be from the "Sound of Music," "The Wizard of Oz," and other musicals; folk songs like "Let There Be Peace on Earth;" and sentimental favorites like "Love's Old Sweet Song" and "Dear Hearts and Gentle People." 

   Admission of $7 includes refreshments; tickets are available at the door.  Advance reservations may be directed to the Museum at 676-2007.

   Thanks to the grant which is making this concert possible, its practice sessions are being recorded and photographed for production into a $15 CD, "Uplifting Memories as performed at the Venango Museum of Art, Science & Industry." Order forms will be distributed at the concert; all CD sales benefit the Museum.

   This project was made possible through the PA Partners in the Arts (PPA), a local decision-making program of the PA Council on the Arts, a state agency.  PPA is administered in this region by the Venango Center for Creative Development.  This concert and the CD is a joint project of the Venango Museum and the Oil Region Alliance.

                                                                       

 

 

 

Alliance is Sponsor of International Heritage Development Conference 

 

   The Oil Region Alliance announces that it is one of the sponsors of the June 27 - July 1 International Heritage Development Conference in Charleston, South Carolina.  The Alliance of National Heritage Areas (ANHA) conducts this major educational gathering at approximately 3-year intervals.

   This year's conference theme is "Advancing Beyond Borders" and emphasizes collaborative heritage activities underway involving agencies in the USA, Barbados, France, Mexico, and Canada.  

   Keynote speaker Donavon Rypkema will speak on "Making the Case for Heritage Development" on the evening of June 28, after registrants return from tours about the Gullah Geechee Culture involving the low country and rice islands near Charleston.  On June 29, the Alliance's Marilyn Black will moderate a panel entitled "Leveraging Money:  Partnerships for Large and Small Projects" including personnel from the National Park Service, the Ohio and Erie National Heritage Canalway and the Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor.  This is one of 16 panel discussions slated on that date.

   Joining the Alliance as fellow sponsors are the City of Charleston; the State of South Carolina; Blackbaud; Gozaic Heritage Travel, Inc.; The History Channel; Silos & Smokestacks National Heritage Area; the Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area; National Park Service; and the U.S. Cultural & Heritage Tourism Marketing Council.

   Residents of the Oil Region are welcome to attend.  Information is available at www.ihdc2010.com.