December 2020
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Looking Forward to A New Year As we say goodbye to this unforgettable year, we can’t help but feel hopeful for 2021. Looking back on this time last year, we feel nostalgia for the energetic optimism we had for 2020. Goals were made, plans were set in motion, and each of us had a fresh start on our minds as we entered the new year and newest chapter of our lives. A few months later, the world changed in an instant, and the book we’d all been writing together was forcefully closed. This year has taught us so much, and while there was undoubtably hardship and struggle, there were also many wonderful and innovative things to come out of 2020. Our hope for 2021 is for that innovation to continue as we get closer to the new normal. We will kick off the new year with our latest edition of Discover Hanover® Magazine. Our Marketing & Public Relations Director, Emily Freiert, has been hard at work putting together a publication that will remain relevant in the uncertainty of this time. We will be printing 9,000 copies, which is less than usual, but still more than enough to spread the word about all that our town has to offer, now and always. Chamber members will receive one copy of this publication each, and extras will be available at our office. If you would like to pick up extras, please call our office at (717) 637-6130 to coordinate a visit. A digital edition will also be available online at www.discoverhanoverpa.org. Leadership Hanover will continue to safely meet in the new year. We are fortunate to have 13 participants this year, and we are eager for them to make connections during this time when networking is quite challenging. Our 2020-2021 class will wrap up in April, and applications for our next class are due in
August. Interested in participating in our 20212022 class of Leadership Hanover? Contact Elizabeth Csuri at office@hanoverchamber.com. Events are on our minds as we made the difficult decision to cancel all those remaining this year. Luckily, we are already planning for 2021 events, and we can’t wait to share them with you! Our Business Awards Ceremony & Dinner will take place on Thursday, February 25 at 5:00 p.m. at Bay City Restaurant. We will be celebrating anniversaries for this year, as well as awarding educators and presenting our special annual awards. We will still have a ceremony in November 2021 to celebrate our 2021-2022 awards and anniversaries. Our 2020 Christmas Luncheon has been rescheduled to an Easter Brunch to take place on Thursday, April 1 at 11:30 a.m. at the Hanover Country Club. This festive event will be very similar to our typical luncheon, and we can’t wait to see all of you there! Please keep in mind that we will still host a Christmas Luncheon in December 2021. Come summer, we’ll be gearing up for our Annual Golf Outing and Snack Town Brewfest in June. Then, we’ll have a short break before our Inaugural Snack Town Street Fair (formerly the Hanover Dutch Festival) in September. There is so much more about this exciting new event that we’d like to share with you, but we'll save that for the new year. Until then, please don't hesitate to reach out to the Chamber with questions or concerns. From our work family to yours, we wish you a relaxing holiday season and a healthy new year. Here's to turning the page in 2021!
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