August 25, 2015
Regional BAH Tomorrow Night at Legs Inn! Join the Fun!
Break our your fleece for this one! Temperatures may be a little on the fall side of things, but the view is still the best there is! 

The Next Business After Hours is tomorrow, Wednesday, August 26th at Legs Inn in Cross Village from 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Business After Hours is a well-attended "end-of-the-work-day" networking event designed to help participants make new business contacts, develop potential new customers, and build exposure for their businesses. The Regional Business After Hours at Legs Inn is a much anticipated event, as it is a joint Business After Hours, with Harbor Springs, Cheboygan and Mackinaw City Chambers participating. Admission cost is $7 for members; $12 for not-yet members. 
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Events Calendar
Downtown Petoskey 
Health Seminar
Upcoming BAH
Sponsors for this event are Chemical Bank and Holiday Inn Express & Suites for the Petoskey Regional Chamber of Commerce, and Blue Cross Blue Shield of MI, Harbor Springs Festival of Books, and Gaslight Media for the Harbor Springs Chamber of Commerce, Shepler's Mackinaw Island Ferry , Star Line, and Mackinaw Area Historical Society for the Mackinaw City Chamber of Commerce and First Community Bank for the Cheboygan Chamber of Commerce.
Opportunites to Promote Your Business at the Sept. 17th Golf Outing Petoskey Bay View Country Club
The 20th Annual Golf Outing provides promotional opportunities for your business or organization.  We hope you will consider supporting this important chamber event which draws 144 golfers each year. 

Chemical Bank is the Marquee sponsor of the event.
 

Here are Seven ways you can get involved:
1.       Enter a team (foursome) to play in the outing. Only a few team openings are left.
2.       Be a hole sponsor - for $125 you can have staff at the hole to greet the golfers. You receive much publicity as a hole sponsor.
3.       Be an event sponsor - for $100 you can pick your event - longest putt, longest drive, closest to the hole in 2 and receive much publicity as event sponsor.
4.       Donate items for the golfer goodie bag (pens, coupons, sun screen, golf towels, golf tees, hand sanitizer)
5.       Donate a door prize (value of $25, gift certificate, shirt, sweatshirt, product, gas card)
6.       Donate an item for the Raffle (golf club, golf bag, spa package, gift basket, hotel stay, dinner)
7.         Donate an item for the live auction ($200 plus value)
 
Click here to email Nikki if you want to get involved, or call at 231-347-4150. You can also download a registration form here.
 
All sponsors and donations receive recognition in emails leading up to the event, on the website and in the golfer program.
 
Thank you to all of our sponsors, donators and golfers who have already committed to this year's fun event!. The event takes place Thursday, September 17, at Petoskey-Bay View Country Club.
Healthy at Work - Happy At Work! How to Retain Employees with a Health and Wellness Plan - Seminar is September 10th - Sign Up Today!
Proposed Overtime Rules, Deadline for Comments is September 4th, 2015
The U.S. Department of Labor has proposed changes to overtime rules that would impact businesses.  The changes are targeted at what has been known as "white collar" exemptions for executives and higher level professionals.  The proposed rules would change the current salary threshold for the exemption of employees from overtime pay from $455 per week ($23,660/year) to $921 per week ($47, 892/year).  The Dept. of Labor is currently accepting comments on the proposed changes.  To learn more or to make a comment before the September 4th deadline, visit here.
Petoskey Regional Chamber of Commerce | 231-347-4150 | www.petoskeychamber.com
401 E. Mitchell St. Petoskey, MI 49770