The Community Awareness Committee of the Greater Hazleton of Commerce invites the public to attend the 11th Annual Tastes of Greater Hazleton, which will be held this Sunday, October 14th from 12:00 noon to 3:00 pm at a new location for 2018, the Laurel Mall in Hazleton.
Event coordinators have announced that three demonstrations will take place at the event and they will be provided by the Frankie’s Pizzeria & Restaurant, Four Blooms Restaurant and T. Verrastro Beer Distributor.
According to Anna Jean Onuschak of Top of the 80s Restaurant, event chairwoman, “We are thrilled to feature these three very talented, local chefs and business owners at our event. The attendees really look forward to seeing what they have to prepare and then having the chance to sample their dishes”
The event will feature a sampling of signature dishes and products restaurants and businesses from throughout Greater Hazleton. Restaurants and their menus include: Basile’s Italian Restaurant offering penne with vodka sauce, chicken marsala and sausage, pepper & onion skewers; Brass Buckle Restaurant offering ahi tuna tacos; Cinema & Drafthouse offering chicken bacon ranch hoagies; Frankie’s Pizzeria & Restaurant offering sweet thai chili shrimp salad; Four Blooms Restaurant offering smoked brisket sliders, macaroni & cheese, chocolate mousse with Godiva & dark crème de cocoa; Giant Foods offering a tailgate theme of chicken wings, meatballs, cake, store made nachos with store made queso; Honey Hole Winery offering a variety of homemade wines; Keystone Job Corps Center offering roasted butternut squash soup and apple crisp; The Pines Eatery & Spirits offering pot roast and designer mac & cheese; Top of the 80’s offering clams casino, hunter style short ribs and carrot cake; T. Verrastro Beer Distributor Inc providing seasonal and artisan craft beer; Solo Cocina Café & Lounge offering tex mex salad and Cuban panini sandwiches with a side of grapes; Sugar & Loaf Bakery offering offering herb focaccia, honey valley bars and pumpkin chai cake bites with caramel buttercream
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The Greater Hazleton Chamber of Commerce has announced the winners of their Annual 2018 Business and Community Awards. In an attempt to help promote October as “Chamber of Commerce” month, the Greater Hazleton Chamber of Commerce will hold a special awards luncheon, sponsored by Community Bank, NA, to recognize the winners of the awards. The luncheon will take place on Thursday, October 25th at 11:45 am at Sand Springs Country Club in Drums. The cost of the luncheon is $25 per person. Reservations are required by Monday, October 22nd by registering online, calling the Chamber at 455-1509 or emailing .
Winning the 2018 Small Business of the Year Award, sponsored by the 2006 recipient, Comfort Keepers is Sand Springs Country Club. The purpose of the award is to show appreciation and recognition to a small business in the Greater Hazleton Area and promote the importance of small businesses to the economy and welfare of the entire community. Eligible applicants included any Chamber member business that has no more than 50 full-time employees and is located in the Greater Hazleton area. Judging was based on staying power, growth, community contribution, and overall management philosophy.
The 2018 Large Business of the Year Award, sponsored by the 2009 recipient, Gottstein Corporation is Comfort Keepers. The purpose of the award is to show appreciation and recognition to a large business in the Greater Hazleton and promote the importance of large businesses to the economy and welfare of the community. Eligible applicants included any Chamber member business that has more than 50 full-time employees and is located in the Greater Hazleton Area. Judging was based on staying power, growth, community contribution, and overall management philosophy.
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The Greater Hazleton Chamber of Commerce and the Lackawanna College Continuing Education Department are offering a Finance for the Non-Financial Manager training on Friday, October 12th.
This one-day program is designed for individuals in need of information on effectively working with numbers and finances and the target participants are supervisors or managers who need a level of comfort working with finances. The training will provide an overview of finance and accounting; reading a financial statement and working with budgets; knowing how, when and where to use numbers for analysis and business decisions; replace intimidation with knowledge as it relates to finances.
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Heritage Hill Senior Living is sponsoring an exclusive Hazleton Chamber and Carbon Chamber Networking Mixer on Wednesday, October 10th from 5 pm to 7 pm. Heritage Hill is located at 800 Sixth Street in Weatherly.
Chamber members, their employees, co-workers & guests are invited to this free, casual, after-hours event, which provides each Chamber to network as one. This harvest pairing will offer food tastings and cocktails. Attendees are encouraged to bring along business cards to share with new contacts and for a chance to win doorprizes. Everyone is also asked to bing a non-perishable food donation for an extra raffle ticket.
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