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March 20, 2012
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RENEWED MEMBERS

Thank you for your continued support of the Chamber!

A-1 Service Masters Inc.
Everything Entertainment, Inc.
Free Lighting Corp./Staten Island
Gregg Mechanical Corp.
Lepore Law
Ocean View Cemetery
Red Alert Incorporated
Alfred V. Saulo Architect P.C.
Seamen's Society for Children and Families
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NYCEDC is seeking proposals for the purchase and redevelopment of all or select portions of an approximately 46-acre parcel located on Brielle Avenue in the Willowbrook neighborhood of Staten Island.

 

To learn more about the Brielle Avenue RFEI, visit  www.nycedc.com/BrielleAvenueRFEI.

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Click here to learn more about the Chamber's and Assemblyman Cusick's joint Veterans Discount Program  

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Dear E-Weekly Subscriber,

The e-weekly newsletter will now feature articles from Grammar Counts, a program that provides simple business writing seminars for you and your employees.

 

We hope that these short seminars help to equip your employees with writing skills and knowledge that will reflect well on you and your business.

 

"Give your employees the skills they need to put themselves and you in the best possible light."

 

To download lesson thirty-eight,

  click here! 

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Discount Program

Exclusively for Chamber Members and their Employees!

 

All employees now have exclusive access to the Working Advantage discount network which allows you to save up  to 60% on ticketed events and online shopping. Through Working Advantage you can save on:

 

Movie Tickets

Theme Parks

Ski Tickets

Broadway Shows

Sporting Events

...and much more!

 

To subscribe, you may access the Working Advantage website by clicking here.   When opening an individual account you will need the Staten Island Chamber of Commerce ID#. To gain access, or if you have any questions, call the Chamber at  

(718) 727-1900  

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UPCOMING EVENTS
Click to register!
For information, reservations, or sponsorship opportunities for any of these events, visit www.sichamber.com

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DON'T MISS THE CHAMBER'S
EVENT OF THE YEAR
THIS SATURDAY! 
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The Staten Island
Chamber of Commerce
117th Annual Gala
Arabian Nights! 


March 24, 2012 
The Historic Old Bermuda Inn
7pm to 12am
$175 per person 

 Register Online   

 

Thank you to our sponsors!

 

GOLD

Con Edison

National Grid

Northfield Bank

Richmond County Savings Bank

SI Bank and Trust

Time Warner Cable

United NY Sandy Hook Pilots

Stat-Land Security Services

 

Silver

New York Container Terminal

Staten Island University Hospital

Wagner College

Victory State Bank

Empire State Bank

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Bronze

Allen C. Bentson Agency

Gateway Arms Realty

The Staten Island Advance

Citibank

NY Center for Interpersonal Development

St. John's University 

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Register Online!
5pm to 7pm
$10 Members Only Price!
(prospective members by invitation only)

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Borough President James P. Molinaro
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March 20th, 2012 
The Staten Island JCC

1466 Manor Road

Click here for more information

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Chamber Members Meet with Port Authority 

www.sichamber.com March 16, 2012

Staten Island Chamber of Commerce members sat down with Pat Foye, Executive Director of the Port Authority and Ken Adams, President of Empire State Development, to discuss the impact the tolls are having on their businesses. - - Read more here.  

 

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Additionally, the SIEDC is conducting a survey on toll increases to gather more information on its effects in the Staten Island business community. To take the survey, click here. 

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Chamber in the News!
Top Stories from YOUR Chamber!



Staten Island's top cop visits Chamber to discuss burglaries

 

Staten Island's top cop takes aim at burglaries
www.silive.com - March 14, 2012

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The borough's new top cop says he's putting together a specialized team of investigators to tackle an increase in burglaries across Staten Island. - - - - > Read more here.

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Congratulations to Victory State Bank on receiving top billing in Bank Director magazine! 

 

Staten Island-based VSB Bancorp gets top billing in Bank Director magazine

www.silive.com - March 15, 2012

 

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- A Staten Island-based bank has been ranked by Bank Director magazine as one of the top 50 publicly traded U.S. banks in handling capital on behalf of shareholders. - - - - > Read the full article here. 

 

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Tip of the Week

presented by
Christine Fiorenza

Staten Island Parent Magazine
Business Guild I  

Successful Business Networking

Successful business networking is the connection of individuals through relationship building and trust that become each others business advertisements. Successful networkers actually become walking, talking advertisements.Here are a few tips:

 

Be a genuine, authentic networker by seeing - - - - >  Read more here. 

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Community Events Calendar of
The Staten Island
Chamber of Commerce

This Week's Community Events!
 
 
Click here to view all of Staten Island's upcoming community events, or here to submit an event to be included on our Staten Island Calendar. 

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