Marios's Italian Steakhouse, 2740 Monroe Avenue

Frontier Communications, along with strategic partners Site2, Mitel and Crius Energy, will host a free business seminar on how to improve information integration and security, and create cost efficiencies in data management within an organization.

This complimentary seminar and networking event will focus on managed IT solutions, data back-up and recovery, virtualization and collaboration, and the opportunities to create significant savings by utilizing alternative energy sources and suppliers.

More info & registration 

Penfield Public Library

Community-supported agriculture programs (CSAs) are a growing trend among people who want to eat healthy and local. In a CSA, a grower is provided a market through prepaid sales that help finance the farm's early-season operations. In return, the consumer shares in the farm's harvest.  

Bill and Debbie Wickham from Wickham Farms will provide an overview of the CSA trend, why it benefits both farms and consumers, and their experience with the CSA program at Wickham Farms.

Parkside Commons

Saturday, April 5th - 1-3pm

Date Night buy 1 get 1 free (equal or lesser value)

ARTISANworks, 565 Blossom Road

Event includes hors d'oeuvres, beer & wine, cash bar, tours of ARTISANworks, and entertainment by The Swooners and Tim Reynolds & Alex Brophy, a vocal & guitar duo from Penfield High School.  

All the proceeds from the event will provide financial assistance for local community members who cannot afford to participate in Y programming.  

Come and celebrate spring with us! For more information, please visit the event web page or contact Megan DeFranco. 

The Penfield Strikers u10 girls soccer team (Thunderbolts) is looking for your help for their 2014 season!

The on-line site below can be used for any non-profit contribution of over $5.

Team Manager

Penfield Rotary's Stop Hunger Now Community Project to package 30,000 meals on May 9th

Penfield Rotarians have organized a Penfield Community Project to package 30,000 meals on Friday, May 9, at the CDS Wolf Life Transitions Center, 860 Hard Road, in Webster. Through their association with Stop Hunger Now, those meals will be distributed to third world countries, with 70% of them consumed by elementary school children. Each meal costs $.25, so they need to raise $7,500 and recruit 100 volunteers to package them.

Here is how you and/or your colleagues could help:

* Volunteer for a two hour shift (Noon, 2:30, or 5:00)

* Donate some or all of the $75 cost of ingredients that each volunteer on average will package

* Both volunteer and make a donation

* Get a team of colleagues from YOUR COMPANY to volunteer for one of the afternoon two-hour shifts: noon, 2:30, and 5:00

More information  

FREE Business Research Workshop 

Would you like to grow your business? If you would, you will need a plan, either a Business Plan or a Marketing Plan.

To write a good plan, you need good data about your customers, what your customers want, your industry, your competitors, technology advances that affect your business, demographic trends, economic trends affecting the cost of your products, distribution channels, and more.

In this workshop, you will learn about resources and guides that can help you find good data for your plan, most of which are FREE!

This workshop is a joint SCORE/Penfield Public Library event.

More info and registration 

MEMBERSHIP 2014

Thank you, thank you to so many of our members who have promptly renewed their memberships for 2014! It promises to be a great year and we are thrilled that several of you have upgraded to Premium Membership -- it really is a tremendous marketing value for your business.  

To continue to provide our members the best value for your membership & marketing dollars, the PBA Board of Directors has voted to hold 2014 Membership Rates steady for the coming year. General Membership will remain $100 and Premium Membership will remain $250. If your business attends many of our events and activities, or needs additional marketing exposure, the Premium Membership is a great savings and marketing opportunity! 

WHAT HAVE WE DONE FOR YOU LATELY? 

Testimonials say it best. Tell us what PBA Membership means to you and has provided for your business. Did last year's Kudos Program drive a lot of traffic to your business? How did the Holiday Edition Newsletter work out for you? Was one of our workshops helpful for you, your business or your employees? Did you meet a few good contacts at our networking events? Are our Economic Development and Business Vitality presentations the highlight of your year? Send us an email with your thoughts and we will feature it in a future newsletter, on our website, or at our upcoming events. Help others see the value of this long-standing business community organization.