Yorktown Chamber of Commerce. The President's Column

Happy April everyone, can you believe we are already sitting in the Second Quarter of the year, time certainly does fly. There is so much going on within our community and it is exciting to see things getting back to normal. 

The Home & Lifestyle Show will be in full swing on Saturday, April 23rd at the Jefferson Valley Mall from 11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. and we are working diligently to bring a Spring Market & Car Show to Yorktown on May 22nd from 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., location is still in development and more to come on this effort. We are still looking for food trucks, sponsors, vendors, and entertainment for both our Spring and Fall events, so if you are interested, please reach out to me so we can work together to bring an amazing event to the community. There are a few other events in the works, our Fall Festival in October, and our Scholarship Awards dinner just to highlight a few upcoming events. 

We are activity looking for Sponsors and Donors for the Chamber Scholarship Funds and hope that everyone finds a few dollars to donate to the Scholarship initiative and comes out to the award dinner to celebrate these wonderful students. Our Arts & Culture Committee, which is a collaborative initiative between the chamber and the town of Yorktown, have been working with several organizations to help bring various forms of the Arts & Culture to our community. On April 30th at House of Hair, Owner Jackie Arlie will be hosting Art Around Town, so please be sure to stop by, check out our local artist’s work and enjoy some libations and music! We will be coordinating a Chamber Social in May, hosted by my company, Anchor Payroll & Benefit Solutions. 

This will be a great time for the community to come out and meet our Board of Directors, our chamber members and most of all I look forward to meeting all of you live and in person. As the new President it is my #1 mission in the months ahead to meet all our chamber members, onboard new members and to engage more of our residents, students, and businesses, in Chamber initiatives that can benefit the community in which we live. We have several Board Seats open, and we would love to have you join us and become an active member on our board. If you are interested, please reach out to me directly as we will be engaging the nominating committee in the next few months to present new candidates to the board. There is a lot that the chamber would like to bring to the community, of course you know everything we want to do, takes time, people and money, all of which we are very short on at the moment. 

So, if anyone out there would like to volunteer their time to support the community, sponsor an event, donate to our scholarship fund or have ideas to explore let’s collaborate and make things happen, I am all ears and would more than welcome the conversation. Have an amazing April and I look forward to meeting you all in the months ahead! 

Best regards, 

Karen Trendel

President Yorktown Chamber of Commerce