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Thursday, September 12th, 2013 

 

In this Issue...
Maximizing Your Chamber Membership
Community News
Construction Update
Upcoming Area Events

Greetings!!

A big thank you to our wonderful panel of experts at De Pere at Dawn yesterday -- Daren Allen, VP of Sales & Business Development for the Common Ground Healthcare Cooperative; David Grunke, CHC, RHU, Manager or Strategic Accounts for WPS Health Insurance; Lori Compas, Executive Director of the Wisconsin Business Alliance; and J.P. Wieski, Legislative Liaison/Public Information Officer from the Office of the Commissioner of Insurance.

If you missed De Pere at Dawn yesterday, stay tuned!! We had it recorded and will be putting it up on you tube shortly and will share it with you all as soon as we do!!

There are lots of great events going on this weekend - including Zumba Day at Lambeau Field this Saturday at 2pm, where they will be looking to break the Gusiness Book of World Records for most people doing the zumba in the parking lot of Lambeau Field. For more information or to register go to www.zumbadaybythebay.com.

 

Have a great weekend!

 

Alicia

Maximizing Your Chamber Membership
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 Are you getting the FULL value of your Chamber investment?  Come to this no cost session to learn how to use everything you've paid for - because we bet you don't know what is included.  Sometimes WE forget everything.

45 minutes and you'll be back in your office with new knowledge, tools and ways to make your business even MORE successful!
 
When: Tuesday, September 17th at 3 pm
 
Where: Concordia University
1150 Springhurst Drive
Green Bay WI, 54304 
 
 
 
COMMUNITY NEWS
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 Visual voicemail is now available for Cellcom Android devices. Cellcom visual voicemail allows users to view and manage voicemail messages directly from their Android smartphone. Customers are able to see a list of the messages on the phone, and select, in any order they choose, which ones they wish to play, call back, forward or delete. Benefits include being able to quickly get to the most important messages first or being able to delete unwanted messages without even listening to them. View full news release here.  

 

Peterson, Berk & Cross, S.C. is celebrating the re-location of its Green Bay offices and an invitation is being extended to the community to attend the ribbon cutting and open house. The event will be held on Thursday, September 12, 2013 at their offices located at 300 N. Broadway Street, Suite 1A, Green Bay, WI 54303 from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. with drinks and light hors d'oeuvres to be served. Complimentary off-street parking is available in the lot behind the building. Please RSVP to the event by contacting Amanda at abeck@pbclaw.com. On Broadway, Inc and The Green Bay Area Chamber of Commerce will conduct a ribbon cutting with staff and ambassadors in attendance. Mayor Jim Schmitt will also be there to say words of welcome and share in the excitement. View full news release here.  

 

ABR Employment Services (ABR) won the Direct Mail and Company Website categories in the 2013 American Staffing Association Staffing VOICE Awards competition. This national awards program recognizes the best American Staffing Association member communications campaigns in 10 categories. ABR also received an Honorable Mention in the Company Blog and Multimedia categories. VIew full news release here. 

 

   

 

 

US 41 Project Lane Closures for September 12th-13th
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Brown County - US 41

 

Drivers should anticipate various overnight single lane closures on southbound and northbound US 41 along the entire Brown County corridor from south of Scheuring Road to Lineville Road. Lane closures can vary along the corridor, so drivers are urged to stay alert, pay attention to road signs, slow down and use caution when entering any work zone. The US 41 Project plans to have at least one lane of traffic open at all times on both northbound and southbound US 41 during construction. This does not include shutdowns by local authorities for accidents or unusual incidents (such as weather). In addition, the following ramps will be closed:

 

Friday,  September 13th

Northbound US 41 on and off-ramps at Oneida Street will be closed from 7pm to 6am.  

 

WIS 172

 

Starting on Thursday, September 12, drivers can expect a long-term ramp closure of the eastbound WIS 172 to northbound US 41 ramp. The closure is needed to reconstruct the ramp and is to be completed in February 2014. Traffic will be detoured as follows:

Eastbound WIS 172 traffic wanting to exit to northbound US 41 will take eastbound WIS 172 and exit at Ashland Avenue/Vanderperren Way, take Vanderperren Way wet to Holmgren Way, folllow Holmgren Way north to Pilgrim Way and take Pilgrim Way east to westbound WIS 172 on-ramp to northbound US 41.  

 

Throughout the week, westbound 172 between Ashland Avenue and Babcock Road will have single lane closures from 6pm-6am for grading operations. Eastbound WIS 172 will be closed at the off-ramp to US 41 on Wednesday, Thursday from 8pm-5am. Traffic will be detoured as follows:

Eastbound WIS 172 traffic will be detoured to southbound US 41, exit at County AAA, follow County AAA east to the northbound US 41 entrance ramp, take on-ramp to US 41 northbound to eastbound WIS 172.  

 

In addition, drivers can expect a ramp closure at northbound US 41 off-ramp to westbound WIS 172 on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday from 6pm-6am. The following detour will be in place:

Northbound US 41 traffic wanting to take westbound WIS 172 will be detoured to eastbound WIS 172 to the Ashland Avenue exit, take Vanderperren Way west to Holmgren Way, follow Holmgren Way north to Pilgrim Way and take Pilgrim Way east to westbound WIS 172.  

 

I-43  

 

Drivers can anticipate a full closure of the northbound I-43 ramp to southbound US 41 on Thursday, September 12 from 9pm to 5am and on Friday, September 13 from 10pm to 5am. Traffic will be detoured as follows:

Northbound I-43 traffic wanting to take southbound US 41 will be detoured at Atkinson Drive, follow Atkinson Drive south to Velp Avenue and take Velp Avenue to southbound US 41,  

 

Scheuring Road

 

The westbound lane of Scheuring Road over US 41 will close for five consecutive days from 5am, Monday, September 9th through Friday, September 13th to apply en epoxy overlay to the bridge deck. Drivers will need to alternate route heading westbound over Scheuring Road bridge. Eastbound lanes over the bridge will be open to traffic.  

 

 

 

PPACA Marketplace Notices
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  This was just released by the Labor Department.
 
Q: Can an employer be fined for failing to provide employees with notice about the Affordable Care Act's new Health Insurance Marketplace?
 
A: No. If your company is covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act, it should provide a written notice to its employees about the Health Insurance Marketplace by October 1, 2013, but there is no fine or penalty under the law for failing to provide the notice.
 
The notice should inform employees:
 
*About the Health Insurance Marketplace;
 
*That, depending on their income and what coverage may be offered by the employer, they may be able to get lower cost private insurance in the Marketplace; and
 
*That if they buy insurance through the Marketplace, they may lose the employer contribution (if any) to their health benefits
 
The U.S. Department of Labor has two model notices to help employers comply. There is one model for employers who do not offer a health plan and another model for employers who offer a health plan or some or all employees:
 
*Model Notice for employers who offer a health plan to some or all employees http://www.dol.gov/ebsa/pdf/FLSAwithplans.pdf
 
*Model Notice for employers who do not offer a health plan   
http://www.dol.gov/ebsa/pdf/FLSAwithoutplans.pdf
 
The model notices are also available in Spanish and MS Word format at http://www.dol.gov/ebsa/healthreform/.
 
Employers may use one of these models, as applicable, or a modified version. More compliance assistance information is available in a Technical Release  http://www.dol.gov/ebsa/newsroom/tr13-02.html issued by the US Department of Labor. 

 

Upcoming Area Events 
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Contact Information
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Cheryl Detrick, President/C.E.O.
itsadate@deperechamber.org
phone: 920-338-0000
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