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TROY — The Troy Chamber of Commerce met for their October monthly meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 6, at noon at First Citizens Bank in Troy.
Robyn Cummings had questions about the membership and why it was at 82, as she remembers it being a number closer to 100. She also asked if waiving fees to join this year had helped membership any. President Zach Gates noted that the membership dues structure will be discussed more at the next meeting.
For the car show, Veronica Seymour reported that it concluded last week. The total came to $4,446.10 for this year. There was only one rain out. Seymour also thanked those who helped and donated to the event: NTSWA, Ameriprise, Copper Tree, Raymond James, Elizabeth Card and Jeff Bowers, Hoover Hardware and FCCB. She also thanked all those who participated and hosted each night.
For Hometown Heroes, Gates asked the group on whether or not they should do another round of banners. The banners that were previously put up in Nov. 2019 are still in good shape and he does not want to take them down. However, there are still some poles with empty brackets that could be filled and add more heroes to the streets. The next goal is to count how many brackets are available and get the minimum purchase price from Riley’s which is the vendor that is used to make the banners. The goal is to accommodate families and get more veterans recognized throughout town.
Elizabeth Card passed around a sheet for examples of the building and ornament for this year, the Episcopal Church and the Grange National Bank. It was also discussed that due to some old inventory being stored throughout town, if chamber may want to set up a booth to sell merchandise at Hometown Christmas this year.
Three names for each person and business have been picked for the Person/Business of the Year event in December. Next month, the names will be announced and there will be about a month for voting before the winner is announced at the December meeting.
For the tourism agency, Cummings noted that the grant cycle is open now for the Room Tax grant. It will close on Friday, Oct. 15.
The annual guide is also taking events for next year. The events do not need to be detailed. They need to be submitted within a couple of weeks.
The mural has finally made its way to Troy, with painting to begin Monday, Oct. 11. Painting will be every Monday-Wednesday from 4 p.m. to about 7:30 p.m. This is open to anyone in Canton or Troy and is planned to last about a month.
The Lions Club is preparing for Christmas baskets. Their raffle is set for Saturday, Oct. 16. They also mentioned that their grant program is always open, with no deadline, and will take questions on it. The next meeting will be Oct. 14. Endless Mountains Heritage Region has helped the Lions Club with walkway lights that are now installed. The Lions Club is planning a lighting ceremony for the nine brand new lights that feature the walkway.
The Sale Barn is gearing up for events and are planning to get the theatre chairs from C&N this month.
The Heritage Association met this week, and plan to discuss the future of the Heritage Festival. Due to lack of volunteers and help, it has been difficult in recent years. Museum hours have also been adjusted.
For Halloween, Gates reported that borough manager Dan Close is hopefully securing the permit needed for the parade this week from PennDot. The lineup for the event will be at Croman Elementary at 4:30 p.m., with the parade to begin at 5 p.m. The parade will go from Croman Elementary to the high school parking lot. Costume judging will take place at 4 p.m. The borough council approved trick-or-treating for right after the parade. The school will do a safe trick-or-treating at 5:30 p.m. until 7.
Revitalization planning with Canton Chamber of Commerce is seeking a committee, with four representatives for each chamber of commerce. Gates as well as Eric Schoonover from Canton will each serve one, but three more spots are needed. The goals are to solve the following questions: What do we want to do? What are the needs? Do we need grant funding?
Christmas decorating set-up will be on Sunday, Nov. 14, with a rain date of Nov. 21, so that decorations are up in time for Hometown Christmas.
The next Troy Chamber of Commerce meeting will be Wednesday, Nov. 3.