Chautauqua County Chamber of Commerce Events Newswire

Chamber Business Awards Banquet 10/2/2025 6:00 PM - 10/2/2025 9:00 PM

Tue, 11 Feb 2025 15:28:05 GMT

Registration for this event is now closed. Thank you for your interest.

Join us for the 2025 CHQ Chamber Annual Awards Banquet!

Awards will be presented as follows:
Emerging Business of the Year - West Main Mercantile, Falconer
Hospitality Business of the Year - The White Inn, Fredonia
Service Business of the Year - Porter-Blair Cleaning & Co., Jamestown
Producer of the Year - Triple E MFG & Design, Sherman
Not-for-Profit of the Year - Chautauqua County Rural Ministry, Dunkirk
Business Champion Award - Jamestown Board of Public Utilities, Jamestown
Business of the Year - Bemus Point Golf Club & Tap House, Bemus Point

Milestone recognition will go to: Manufacturers Association of the Southern Tier, 125 years; Westfield Nursery & Garden Center, 90 years; Jamestown Community College, 75 years; The Gebbie Foundation, 60 years; Kiwanis Club of Westfield-Ripley, 55 years; Falconer Power Sports, 50 years; Peaceful Designs in Westfield and Shawbucks in Jamestown, 30 years; Elegant Edibles Catering, 25 years; Maple Springs Tree Service, 20 years; Betts Insurance, Concord Quilting Studio and Lake Shore Center for the Arts, all in Westfield and all ten years; and Chautauqua Soap Company and Porter-Blair Cleaning & Co., both in Jamestown, Full Strength Coffee in Westfield, and Stella A Kitchen and Bar in Lakewood, all five years.

This event will include a delicious buffet dinner including a carving station with roasted breast of turkey and Virginia baked ham as well as penne pasta primavera with Alfredo sauce, seasonal grilled vegetables, garlic mashed potatoes, seasoned bread stuffing, a mixed green salad, and assorted desserts. There will be local beverage tastings and a cash bar. The $65 price per person also includes a complimentary bottle of local wine on each table.

The social hour will begin at 6pm, with a buffet dinner starting at 6:45 and the program beginning at 7:15pm.

This is the largest gathering of businesspeople in Chautauqua County each year. We hope you'll join us for a festive evening!

Made in Falconer 10/4/2025 10:00 AM - 10/4/2025 2:00 PM

Thu, 09 Jan 2025 21:51:46 GMT

The CHQ Chamber presents Made in Falconer. Take tours of local manufacturers, and stop to shop or dine at local businesses.

Participating manufacturers include:

Dahlstrom Roll Form
Ellison Bronze
Falconer Printing
Fancher Chair
Hanson Sign
Stuart Tool & Die

Tours will begin every half hour at each site.

You can park your car once and ride the CHQ Transit Trolley to other sites. The trolley is being provided free of charge for passengers, sponsored by the County of Chautauqua Industrial Development Agency.

At each location you will find a key word and instructions for entering our Made in Falconer online contest. Prizes are being donated by numerous Falconer businesses. Find our Experience Pass here.

In addition to the participating manufacturers, a number of local retail businesses and restaurants are participating in the contest. We hope you'll visit them during Made in Falconer!

3 C's Catering Food Truck on West Main Street
Carlberg Farm Livestock & Produce
Cherri's Cute Creations (in front of West Main Mercantile)
Falconer ROBO
Falconer Public Library
Falconer Rotary (in front of Falconer Printing)
Good Bargains Chautauqua
Harley-Davidson of Jamestown (Falconer Power Sports Inc.)
The Hearing Place/Mission Hearing, LLC
LandPro Equipment
Live CHQ (in front of West Main Mercantile)
West Main Mercantile
PersNikkity Pies
Phil-N-Cindy's Lunch
Prevention Works (in front of West Main Mercantile)
Sisters Restaurant
Tasta Pizza

Business Builder Workshop: Inventory Insights 10/15/2025 9:00 AM - 10/15/2025 10:30 AM

Sun, 10 Aug 2025 16:07:07 GMT

Join us for a look at tips and tricks to solve your inventory issues. From buying supplies to stocking products to tracking sales, there's a lot to learn about how you can best manage inventory.

Our speakers include:
Melissa Baideme, owner of CK Natural Fruit Juice
Jon Davis, owner of Ashville General Store

CHQ Chamber Business Builder Workshops are free for all local businesspeople to attend. Please register in advance.

Business After Hours at Full Strength Coffee Company 10/30/2025 5:30 PM - 10/30/2025 7:00 PM

Fri, 07 Feb 2025 14:06:02 GMT

Advanced registration for this event is now closed. Walk-ins are welcome.

Join us for Business After Hours at Full Strength Coffee Company, featuring Ghostfish Brewing Company.

Chamber member businesses can send two people free of charge. Non-members or anyone above the two-person limit will be $10.

We always encourage the exchange of business cards for networking.