State Representative Tarah Toohil of the 116th Legislative District has been selected as the recipient of the 2020 Greater Hazleton Chamber of Commerce Athena Award, sponsored by Community Bank, N.A.
Representative Tarah Toohil is serving her fifth term as a State Representative in the 116 th Legislative District in Luzerne County. Her work has focused on property tax relief for area taxpayers and furthering the growth of and establishing stablility for small businesses to create jobs and stimulate the local economy.
She authors a weekly column in the Standard Speaker, as well as a monthly piece in the newspaper's Senior Scene. Representative Toohil has been a strong proponent for revitalization of downtown Hazleton and has been in the trenches with graffiti clean up crews and a key person in eliminating the Minsec Correctional Facility. Representative Toohil’s experience makes an impact on her committee assignments, which include Children and Youth, Human Services, and Judiciary and Professional Licensure and Rules Committee.
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The Downtown Hazleton Farmers’ Market has been cancelled for 2020 due to challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic. The farmers market which has occurred for last 9 years will return in July 2021
Mary Malone, President and of the Chamber and Krista Schneider of DHAP (Downtown Hazleton Alliance for Progress) noted, “We initially postponed the start in July, hoping we could figure a safe way for both the farmers, vendors and participants to proceed, but as summer has progressed and rules for farm stands and vendors present challenges we decided to cancel.” We appreciate the support of the vendors and especially Burger’ s Farm. We would also like to recognize the partnership and support of the City of Hazleton and at the Parking Authority over the years. We hope to be back next year, and are excited to have the renovations of CAN DO Park completed as well. “If you have questions please contact the CHAMBER at 570-455-1509, by email at .
Community has always been at the heart of Funfest and now the Funfest Committee is asking the community to help select the inaugural Funfest Hometown Hero.
The Hometown Heroes initiative was started this year as a way to honor local military service members, emergency first responders and medical professionals for their service to Greater Hazleton.
Every month since January, community members have been submitting their nominees for the contest and the Funfest Committee members have been voting to select that month's winner. All seven monthly winners are now in the running to be selected as the Funfest 2020 Hometown Hero.
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The Greater Hazleton Chamber of Commerce has announced plans are well underway for their 128th Anniversary and Executive Business Exposition, which is taking place on Thursday, September 10th. This event is typically held annually in May, however due to COVID-19, the event has been rescheduled to September. In addition, the location has been changed from an indoor event to an outdoor event, in order to allow for proper social distancing guidelines. It will take place at Pasco Schiavo City Park on Poplar Street in Hazleton.
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