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You are cordially invited to join us for a milestone evening! 🥂

The Piqua Chamber of Commerce is hosting its 80th Annual Meeting and 59th Installation of Order of George on Thursday, January 22, 2026. It will be a night of celebration at the Piqua Country Club, starting with hors d’oeuvres at 5:45 PM.

The deadline to RSVP is Monday, January 5, 2026.

The cost is $60 per person. Please ensure your reservation cards are returned to P.O. Box 1142 in Piqua. We look forward to seeing you there!

This year marks an exciting milestone for the Upper Valley Career Center as we celebrate 50 years of hands-on, career-focused education across our region! We’re also proud to mark the completion of our $18 million expansion, made possible through the State of Ohio Facilities Construction Commission’s Career Technical Expansion grant.

This project reflects five decades of growth, innovation, and commitment to preparing students for in-demand careers. The expanded facilities will enhance programs including Medical Careers Academy, First Responders Academy, Sports Medicine, Construction Technologies, Electrical Trades, Robotics & Automation, Building Maintenance, Manufacturing & Machining Technologies, and our Adult Education Healthcare programs.

To commemorate both our golden anniversary and this exciting new chapter, we invite you to join us for a Ribbon Cutting Celebration on Thursday, December 4, from 5:00 to 6:45pm.  Following the program, guests will be invited to tour our new facilities until 8:00pm.

I realize this invitation is being shared early, but with the busy fall season and upcoming holidays, I wanted to be sure it found a spot on your calendar. A formal invitation is attached with additional details.

Please let us know if you’ll be able to join us by RSVPing at the link here by November 21.

The Piqua Area Chamber of Commerce invites you to join us for the next session in our 2025 Chamber Seminar Series, focusing on Customer Relationship Management (CRM) — what it is, how it works, and why it’s vital for business growth.

Presented by Mary Tangeman, Chief Operations Officer at Marketing Essentials, this seminar will uncover how a well-implemented CRM helps businesses streamline processes, improve communication, and strengthen customer connections.

Attendees will learn how to:

• Define CRM and its key functions

• Debunk common CRM misconceptions

• Map their processes into a pipeline

• Use HubSpot tools for contact, deal stages, dashboards, and automation

• Choose KPIs and create a reporting cadence

This interactive workshop will include real-world examples and a quick look at HubSpot’s free, easy-to-use CRM. Whether you’re just getting started or looking to optimize your current system, this is a great opportunity to build a stronger foundation for growth.

📅 Wednesday, November 5
🕗 8:00 – 9:30 a.m.
📍 Piqua Chamber of Commerce, 326 N. Main Street, Piqua, OH 45356

To register, call 937-773-2765 or email khostetler@piquaareachamber.com.

We wanted to share the email received regarding the recent Power Project Back 2 School Bash.

Reaching out with a heartfelt THANK YOU for the love and support that you showed to the Power Project and specifically to The Back 2 School Bash!

WOW! Did we touch A LOT of Piqua kids?!!!!! There were 678 kids that registered, and we believe more than that came through without registering.

So, it is very safe to say SEVEN HUNDRED PIQUA KIDS were served!

*Through the support of generous community donors and WRIGHT PATT CREDIT UNION, who brought a team that bought and stuffed over 600 bookbags!

*1,200 PAIRS OF SHOES were given out by Victory Church in Tipp City. They brought a team that prayed over and poured love into our students.

*100 HAIRCUTS! Holy cow! ONE HUNDRED students received a fresh haircut for the start of school. We had a team of seven amazing hairstylists, some who even brought a helper with them. All spent their time and talents to make kids feel good about themselves. Thank you – Julia Karn-Smith, Angie Christian, Avery Payton, Jenni Henke, Carrie Schmiesing Armes, Summer Clark and Lisa Dawson. *side note – ALL of PCS alumni!

*FOOD (and tennis shoes!) What is a bash, without food?! Thank you to Crooked Handle who prepared and served hundreds of hot dogs, to Lees’s Famous Chicken who provided brownies – all individually wrapped and ready to serve and to Jackie and Casey Lavey who provided and delivered hundreds of cold bottles of water! We also had KONA ICE that was provided for free to the families – over 800 cups were handed out and we have a large sponsor to thank for the help with that – Midwest Maintenance/Angie Giguere. ALSO! Kellianne Cookies provided AMAZING decorated cookies for The Power Project to hand out and cookies specifically for Piqua City School employees that attended (45+ PCS employees attended!) ALSO, to spread the love to PCS staff – Bryan and Jen Butsch donated 2 pairs of amazing shoes from Can’t Stop Running to 2 staff members. The winners have reported that their feet have never felt better 🙂

*Face Painting, sign making, Piqua gear and READING! Haley Krogman (PHS&BGSU grad!) blessed us with amazing face painting and sign making! Weeks prior to the event, I collected gently used books for all ages and gently used Piqua gear that was washed up and displayed nicely. Many kids received a book and a hoodie or t-shirt for the beginning of the school year as well!

*Giveaway FUN! The Piqua Community was VERY gracious with the donations of gift cards and even a couple of bikes! PCS donated 2 laundry baskets full of detergent and cleaning supplies – Heath Murray State Farm donated SIX $100 gc from Walmart, one winner from each of our buildings including Piqua Catholic, Jeff and Erin Meyer with Meyer Restoration donated VISA gift cards that were given out to very lucky students and Mark Reedy blessed 2 students with brand new bikes!

*MANY many thanks to all that financially supported the b2sb and the 70+ volunteers that worked the day of to make it such a huge success!

Clearly, I could write for days 😉 but I will leave you with some photos and also my deepest gratitude and so much love!

Shelli Mitchell

The Power Project