Early voting begins on October 17th at special polling places across Mecklenburg County. Look up your current registration status, polling place and sample ballot here: Early Voting Information Can Be Found Here!
North Carolina’s 12th Congressional District has been the home to many banks, textiles, department stores, small businesses, restaurant, farms and many more. With nearly one hundred plus constituents moving to our district daily, jobs have become more of a necessity than ever. U.S. Congresswoman Alma Adams’ staff is currently gathering a list of creditable employers who are offering living wages and have a great impact in our district.
If your company would like to participate in this year’s Community Career Fair on Tuesday, October 9, 2018 from 11 A.M. to 5 P.M at Walter G. Byers K-8 School located at 1415 Hamilton Street, Charlotte, NC 28206 as a vendor, please RSVP here https://nc12careerfairvendor.eventbrite.com
The Community Career Fair will connect attendees with companies, and businesses that currently have jobs available. The goal is to impact unemployment by giving citizens access to information, jobs and a pathway to opportunity. We want to meet the unemployed with jobs with livable wages so that they may continue to take care and nurture their families.
For employers, there will also be a room available for career fair participants to conduct on site interviews.
Please RSVP by the close of business on Tuesday, October 2, 2018. Feel free to contact me at 704-344-9950 or at [email protected] for additional information.
The Huntersville Chamber wants to offer assistance that may be needed due to upcoming weather-related issues. Start here for resources and be careful. We encourage everyone to heed any advice from first responders.
Twitter:
Huntersville Police https://twitter.com/HPDNC
Huntersville Fire https://twitter.com/Huntersville_FD
Char/Meck Emergency https://twitter.com/CharMeckEM
Please utilize these additional resources for your safety and assistance.
The Huntersville Chamber’s member meeting will be held at Silver Collection At Waterford (11920 Joleen Court, Huntersville, North Carolina 28078) on September 18th from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Savory Moments will provide food and attendees are asked to bring business cards and a 30-second elevator speech. If you have not experienced a Huntersville Chamber member meeting, please come as our guest to try it out!
For further details or inquiries, email [email protected]
Join other area residents and giving hearts for the 4th Annual Fall for Peru Event at Magnolia Woods in Huntersville, NC on Friday, September 28, 2018 from 7pm-11pm.
At the Fall For Peru event, guests will enjoy an evening of live music, delicious Peruvian inspired food, cold beer and wine, mobile bidding at our silent auction, shop handmade Peruvian items, and hear from our guest speaker.
Fall for Peru is Recovering Hope’s signature annual fundraising event of the year and will benefit the young survivors of sexual abuse at the Casa del Buen Trato Hovde shelter in Huanuco, Peru. Recovering Hope’s mission is for every resident at the shelter to receive the best possible care and be able to return to a safe home. Your donation helps fund vital legal, psychological and reintegration services at the shelter. These are crucial services needed to work toward a healthy, productive future for these young women and children. Your investment in this project brings hope!
To learn more visit http://www.recoveringhopeproject.org
Interested in becoming a partner or sponsor of this year’s event? Contact us.
On Tuesday, September 4th, from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m., Barb Tessari will be featured in Huntersville Chamber’s First Tuesday Talks. Barb’s Topic will be:
Got Stress? How to Tame Stress to Increase Productivity
Stress can be a positive thing, especially in the business setting. It provides us with excitement, motivation and energy to perform at our best. But too much of it, over time, can negatively impact your health, productivity and well-being. This engaging and interactive program will help you identify and take action to improve your personal stress levels as well as provide best practices for managing the causes of negative stress in the workplace.
Topics Presented:
Symptoms and affects of chronic stress
Exercise: Identify your stress symptoms and main sources of negative stress
Cognitive skills to manage your stress
Providing a positive stress work environment to improve the health and productivity of your people.
Please join us for this engaging and important topic!
These talks are open to the general public as a free service of the Huntersville Chamber. We want to connect and share with the community! Talks are held at Burkert Fluid Systems at 11425 Mt Holly-Huntersville Rd, Huntersville, NC 28078.
The Huntersville Chamber is delighted to brag about one of our members: Murto Made Vodka. But Murto Made will not be just vodka for long. They are currently working on a whiskey as well. We’ve already been highlighting Murto Made and matchmaking with our members, but we’re pleased that the Charlotte Business Journal did an article, too! Check it out:
October 2nd: Postpartum Depression
December 4th: The Benefits of a Natural Birth
