Blair County Chamber of Commerce
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    • IT Business Support Manager – Corporate Systems
    • Insurance Customer Service Representative
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    • Deposit Operations Supervisor
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    • Project Coordinator/Lead Installer
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    • Accountant
    • Director of Development
    • Purchasing & Inventory Control Assistant Manager
    • Career Planner
    • Youth Career Planner
    • Estate Assistant
    • Lawn Service Technician
    • Carpentry/Construction Teacher (School year-9 month position)
    • HVAC Instructor
    • Production Positions
    • New Products Research/Development/Design Engineer
    • Manufacturing Project Engineer
    • Heavy Equipment Operator & Truck Driver
    • Service Technician/Installer
    • General Construction Laborer
    • Deposit Operations Representative
    • Customer Service Representative
    • Loan Closing/Escrow Specialist
    • Loan Processing Representative
    • Licensed or Mental Health Level Therapists
    • Information Technology Director
    • Hardware Store Sales Associate
    • Auto Parts Sales Associate
    • Laborer/CDL Driver
    • Bookkeeper
    • School Psychologist
    • ​Customer Service Representative (Bank Teller)
    • ​Customer Service Representative (Bank Teller)
    • Plumbing, HVAC, Electrical & Appliance Repair Tech
    • Escape Room Game Master
    • Judicial Secretary
    • Tipstaff
    • Courtroom Tipstaff
    • Teacher Assistant
    • Facility Assistant
    • Bus Driver
    • Director
    • Production Packers (2nd Shift)
    • Business Services Coordinator
    • Career Planner (Youth Programs)
    • Customer Service Representative (Bank Teller)
    • Certified Peer Specialists
    • Practical Nursing Instructor
    • Elementary (Kindergarten) Instructor
    • Appliance Repair Technician
    • Physical Therapist
    • General Laborer
    • Mechanic - Electrical
    • Software Technology Positions
    • Implementation Lead
    • Business Analyst/Scrum Master
    • Medical Technician
    • Structural/Architectural Engineer
    • Office Specialist
    • Production Packer
    • Certified Occupation Therapy Assistant (COTA)
    • Ticket Agent
    • Wastewater Engineer
    • VP of Programming and Membership Education
    • Construction Laborer

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The Chamber and Lakemont Park woud like to thank everyone that participated in "A Day at the Park" event on September 11!
What a great day to enjoy the wide open spaces of Lakemont Park at the ‘Buy Here. Thrive Here. A Day At The Park’ event this past Friday. This partnership with the Chamber and Lakemont Park helped to raise awareness of the importance of supporting our local economy.

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What does Buy Here. Thrive Here. mean to you?
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* Buy Here. Thrive Here. is an offshoot of the Buy Here. Live Here. initiative that the Chamber introduced six years ago to show the advantages of local buying and the impact that it makes to the Blair County economy.

* Our quality of life is heavily influenced by our ability to support the businesses located here. It is those businesses that support the arts, the symphony, the little league baseball teams, etc. We really gain dramatically as a society through their efforts.

* Buy Here. Thrive Here. focuses on education and awareness. Our community needs to understand the reasons why it is so important to keep retail and hospitality dollars circulating here as opposed to sending them to other states (or countries).

* The Buy Here. Thrive Here. campaign will be accomplished through informational efforts, local media buys and marketing novelties that call attention to the message.

* Using Chamber publications, social media and other informational sources, we will create a plan to recognize and promote our investors so that others in the community can see which businesses/individuals have stepped forward to help.  

* Buy Here. Thrive Here., is not a campaign to discriminate against big-box stores.  The big-box stores in our county pay business taxes, hire our people and, in many cases, help to underwrite many of our charitable causes.  Some are also Chamber members. 

* We will continue to look for additional opportunities to align with efforts like The PA 30-Day Fund which directs grants/loans to businesses that need them most.
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Copyrighted Blair County Chamber of Commerce.  All Rights Reserved.
3900 Industrial Park Drive, Suite 12  | Altoona, PA 16602
Phone: (814) 943-8151 | chamber@blairchamber.com
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  • Home
  • About
    • Chamber Q & A
    • Chamber Staff
    • Board of Directors
    • Buy Here. Thrive Here.
    • Chamber Committees
    • Chamber Foundation
    • News
    • Publications >
      • NETworks Digital News
      • Newsletter Subscription
      • Business Insight
      • Blog
    • Community Partners
    • Visitor/Relocation Information
    • Policies
    • Contact
  • Chamber Membership
    • Sponsorships
    • Members Benefits
    • Member Directory
    • Chamber Unity Fund
    • Membership Application
    • Members Only
  • Events Calendar
  • Special Offers
    • Power Card
    • Small Business Advertising Opportunities
  • Events & Programs
    • Annual Meeting
    • BASICS
    • Breakfast Club
    • Business After Hours
    • Business Before Hours
    • Business Excellence Dinner
    • Chamber Golf Classic
    • Committee of Non-Profit Businesses >
      • Essential Tips for Building a Nonprofit Organization
    • Farm-City
    • Hall of Fame
    • Healthy Workplace
    • Home Garden & Healthy Living Show
    • Leadership Blair County Adult >
      • Class Projects
    • LBC Adult Alumni
    • Leadership Blair County Youth
    • Public Policy Committee
    • Regional Programs
    • Safety Programming
    • Sustainable Blair County
    • WE-LEaD
    • Young Entrepreneurs Academy
    • Young Professionals of Blair County
    • Community Calendar
  • Chamber Trips
  • Job Board
    • Pre-K Counts Family Child Advocate
    • Executive Director
    • IT Business Support Manager – Corporate Systems
    • Insurance Customer Service Representative
    • Receptionist – Insurance Agency
    • Office Manager
    • Warehouse Attendant
    • Deposit Operations Supervisor
    • Information Technology (IT) Assistant
    • Project Coordinator/Lead Installer
    • Health Insurance Producer Sales
    • Insurance Customer Service Representative
    • Chief Financial Officer
    • Development Coordinator
    • Accountant
    • Director of Development
    • Purchasing & Inventory Control Assistant Manager
    • Career Planner
    • Youth Career Planner
    • Estate Assistant
    • Lawn Service Technician
    • Carpentry/Construction Teacher (School year-9 month position)
    • HVAC Instructor
    • Production Positions
    • New Products Research/Development/Design Engineer
    • Manufacturing Project Engineer
    • Heavy Equipment Operator & Truck Driver
    • Service Technician/Installer
    • General Construction Laborer
    • Deposit Operations Representative
    • Customer Service Representative
    • Loan Closing/Escrow Specialist
    • Loan Processing Representative
    • Licensed or Mental Health Level Therapists
    • Information Technology Director
    • Hardware Store Sales Associate
    • Auto Parts Sales Associate
    • Laborer/CDL Driver
    • Bookkeeper
    • School Psychologist
    • ​Customer Service Representative (Bank Teller)
    • ​Customer Service Representative (Bank Teller)
    • Plumbing, HVAC, Electrical & Appliance Repair Tech
    • Escape Room Game Master
    • Judicial Secretary
    • Tipstaff
    • Courtroom Tipstaff
    • Teacher Assistant
    • Facility Assistant
    • Bus Driver
    • Director
    • Production Packers (2nd Shift)
    • Business Services Coordinator
    • Career Planner (Youth Programs)
    • Customer Service Representative (Bank Teller)
    • Certified Peer Specialists
    • Practical Nursing Instructor
    • Elementary (Kindergarten) Instructor
    • Appliance Repair Technician
    • Physical Therapist
    • General Laborer
    • Mechanic - Electrical
    • Software Technology Positions
    • Implementation Lead
    • Business Analyst/Scrum Master
    • Medical Technician
    • Structural/Architectural Engineer
    • Office Specialist
    • Production Packer
    • Certified Occupation Therapy Assistant (COTA)
    • Ticket Agent
    • Wastewater Engineer
    • VP of Programming and Membership Education
    • Construction Laborer