Toledo Regional Chamber of Commerce | Toledo, OH

  • Benefits & Services
    • Center for Training and Development
    • Employee Health Insurance
    • Cost Saving Benefits
    • Marketing & Sponsorship Opportunities
    • Member Portal
    • Newsroom
    • Newsletter Archives
  • Talent & Workforce
    • Talent Attraction >
      • Expand Your Talent Pool
    • Industry Sector Partnerships
    • Job Board
    • Talent Alignment Strategy
  • Starting/Growing Your Business
    • Minority Business Assistance Center
    • Small Business Development Center
    • The Ramp
    • Export Assistance Network
    • Export Success
    • Small Business Council
    • Business Development Resources
  • Your Government Relations
    • Public Policy Agenda
    • Capital Budget
    • Endorsements & Voter Resources >
      • Regional Elected Officials
    • Institute for Leadership & Advocacy
    • Supporting Veterans & Families
    • middle market
  • Developing Young Professionals
    • EPIC Toledo
    • Summer in the City
  • Upcoming & Recent Events
    • Upcoming Events
    • Recent Events
    • Annual Meeting
    • Clambake
    • Community Calendar
  • Your Chamber
    • Become a Member
    • Membership Directory
    • Minority, Women and Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Directory >
      • MWDBE Directory Submission Form
    • About the Chamber
    • Blog
    • 2025 Board
    • Staff
    • Join Our Team
    • Contact Us
  • Toledo Region
  • Benefits & Services
    • Center for Training and Development
    • Employee Health Insurance
    • Cost Saving Benefits
    • Marketing & Sponsorship Opportunities
    • Member Portal
    • Newsroom
    • Newsletter Archives
  • Talent & Workforce
    • Talent Attraction >
      • Expand Your Talent Pool
    • Industry Sector Partnerships
    • Job Board
    • Talent Alignment Strategy
  • Starting/Growing Your Business
    • Minority Business Assistance Center
    • Small Business Development Center
    • The Ramp
    • Export Assistance Network
    • Export Success
    • Small Business Council
    • Business Development Resources
  • Your Government Relations
    • Public Policy Agenda
    • Capital Budget
    • Endorsements & Voter Resources >
      • Regional Elected Officials
    • Institute for Leadership & Advocacy
    • Supporting Veterans & Families
    • middle market
  • Developing Young Professionals
    • EPIC Toledo
    • Summer in the City
  • Upcoming & Recent Events
    • Upcoming Events
    • Recent Events
    • Annual Meeting
    • Clambake
    • Community Calendar
  • Your Chamber
    • Become a Member
    • Membership Directory
    • Minority, Women and Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Directory >
      • MWDBE Directory Submission Form
    • About the Chamber
    • Blog
    • 2025 Board
    • Staff
    • Join Our Team
    • Contact Us
  • Toledo Region

We believe in sharing your stories.

Welcome New Team Member Debbie Flores, SBDC Financial Counselor

4/6/2023

0 Comments

 
Are you a small business in need of financial counseling? Do you frequently find yourself at Toledo Small Business Development Center or Toledo Regional Chamber of Commerce events? If yes, you'll likely meet our newest member of the team, SBDC Financial Counselor Debbie Flores. We are excited to have her on board.

Before you meet her in person, get to know Debbie a little better through the Q&A below, and if you are a small business in need of financial counseling or other forms of counseling, please contact the Toledo SBDC.

You can welcome Debbie in the comments below or on her LinkedIn.
​
Picture

Read More
0 Comments

Northwest Ohio Small Business Impact Program Showcase

10/10/2022

0 Comments

 
Picture

​Chris Eischen of Toledo Custom Apparel Wins Northwest Ohio Small Business Impact Program Showcase


The Northwest Ohio Small Business Impact Program Showcase was held with Chris Eischen of Toledo Custom Apparel taking home the $10,000 first prize!
​
The program was the conclusion of an intensive 12-week program hosted by Jumpstart. Mentors to program attendees were on hand from the Toledo Lucas County Library, the Small Business Development Center at the Toledo Regional Chamber of Commerce, the City of Toledo Economic Development Department, and the Economic and Community Development Institute (ECDI). 

The 12-week course allows entrepreneurs to build a structured business that is prepared to take on real world challenges. Attendees worked on developing in depth understanding of their business models, customer identification, value propositions, milestones and goal setting, and how to present their business financial position to potential investors. 

Chris plans to use his winnings to reinvest in his business. He plans to purchase additional equipment, expand into a larger space, and hire additional staff. Toledo Custom Apparel already does work with several national brands such as Eddie Bauer and Pac-Sun, but with an expanded staff behind him Chris can compete for additional large accounts which will continue to grow his business. Along with the grand prize, contests who finished second and third received $2,500 to use towards continued growth of their business. 

Congratulations to Chris and all of the competitors in the field. 
0 Comments

Vice President, Small Business Services, at the Toledo Regional Chamber of Commerce recognized as 40 Under 40 winner by America's SBDC

9/22/2022

1 Comment

 
Picture
​The America’s Small Business Development Center (SBDC) network is filled with talented young professionals who significantly contribute to their SBDC mission and local communities.

To celebrate these achievements, America’s SBDC has launched the Top 40 Under 40 Young Professionals Award, a recognition of SBDC staff from across the national network who demonstrate innovation, leadership, and commitment to the SBDC mission. This year, they recognized 40 young professionals from 2020 to 2021 and their national conference in San Diego. Among those recognized was Jill Badger, Vice President, Small Business Services at the Toledo Regional Chamber of Commerce.
 
“We are thrilled for Jill to have received this honor from America's SBDC,” said Wendy Gramza, president and CEO of the Toledo Regional Chamber of Commerce. "Under her leadership for the past two years, Toledo's SBDC has helped record-breaking numbers of entrepreneurs and small business, many of which are women- and minority-owned, survive and thrive during one of the most challenging times to be a business owner." 

The Small Business Development Center (SBDC), at the Toledo Regional Chamber of Commerce, offers assistance to entrepreneurs in all stages of the business lifecycle. The SBDC provides free one-on-one counseling centered on the business planning process, including financing, market research, marketing strategies, and management and cash flow analysis. Chamber membership is not required to utilize these services. For more information about the SBDC at the Toledo Regional Chamber of Commerce please call 567.420.1238.

1 Comment

Toledo Small Business Development Center Receives 2022 Great Lakes Regional SBDC Excellence & Innovation Award

5/9/2022

0 Comments

 
Picture
From left: Kyle Row, Financial Counselor; Ebony Carter, Business Counselor; Jill Badger, Vice President of Small Business Services; Jim Laipply, Ohio Department of Development; Paula Avila-Palomares, Export Director; Sabrina D'Onofrio, SBDC Program Manager; Sean Moore, Marketing Counselor.
​The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced on Monday, May 2, that the Toledo Small Business Development Center at the Toledo Regional Chamber of Commerce has won its 2022 Great Lakes Regional Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Excellence and Innovation Award. Through this award, the SBA recognizes the year's most outstanding SBDC among the Great Lakes states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin.

Read More
0 Comments

Interns Help Ohio Businesses Achieve Export Success

1/25/2022

0 Comments

 
Picture
​The Ohio Export Internship Program gives businesses the help they need to expand sales to new markets.
 
The Ohio Export Internship Program matches businesses interested in growing exports with highly motivated college students who have taken export-focused coursework. The Ohio Department of Development offers participating small to medium-sized businesses a 50 percent reimbursement for the wages of the intern.

Read More
0 Comments

World Trade Month: A Q&A with Steven R. Zirkel of Blue Everest LLC

5/18/2021

1 Comment

 
Picture
Export Success 2020 mentors. Steven R. Zirkel on far left.
Here in the U.S., May is designated as World Trade Month, and while it’s important to recognize the impact global trade has on our daily lives all the time, it’s worth taking a moment now to consider just how much your life might be different if we didn’t have access to goods and services from outside our borders. According to worldtrademonth.com, U.S. exports totaled $2.5 trillion in 2018. Those dollars touch an estimated 11.5 million U.S. jobs and account for 13 percent of GDP. As you might imagine, without these goods and services, our lives – and our economy – would be dramatically different. To discuss the importance of having a defined export strategy for your business, we sat down with Steven R. Zirkel, owner of Blue Everest LLC, a strategic growth consulting, business advising and executive coaching firm.

Read More
1 Comment

Meet Your New Export Success 2021 Mentors

2/4/2021

0 Comments

 
Picture
On Feb. 26, as a student in the Export Success class of 2021, you'll join a team of business professionals in ready-to-export, new-to-export and longtime export businesses. Not only is this class built to help you grow your business by expanding into new international markets through classes on export law, cross-cultural communications and building an export plan, it's also designed to train your brightest and newest employees how to carry on your exporting efforts as they rise within your company. But the class isn't just unique in its variety of classmates; its expert mentors will help you get the most out of your export plans. Let's meet two of our newest mentors in the class of 2021.

Read More
0 Comments

Huntington Acts as the Rising Tide with Lift Local Business Program

1/22/2021

0 Comments

 
Picture
By Amanda DePerro, Communications Manager
​It seems to have become a mantra in the last few months: times are tough. We are living in unprecedented and unpredictable times. And no matter how much we say it, it doesn’t make it less true – or perhaps less painful. But here in the Toledo Region and around the country, organizations are working together to support their communities and be the rising tide to lift all ships. One such organization is Huntington Bank, and its Lift Local Business Program, part of its five-year, $20 billion Community Plan.

Read More
0 Comments

Q&A with Export Assistance Network Director Sabrina D’Onofrio

1/19/2021

0 Comments

 
Picture
By Sabrina D'Onofrio, CGBP, CBA
With Export Success' class of 2021 beginning in little over a month, it's about time for the excitement to set in. By registering for Export Success, not only are you joining a team of likeminded, intelligent business professionals, you're also working to grow your business into new international markets and expanding your product or service's reach. But you're not just growing your network of consumers in Export Success – you're building your network of people who you can call and lean on when you have questions or just need a mentor.

Read More
0 Comments

Video: Ohio SBDC District Three

1/13/2021

0 Comments

 
The Ohio Small Business Development Center District Three isn't here to run your business for you – we're here to guide you, to show you the options and resources available to you, and to share with you the best practices so you can be successful. 

Read More
0 Comments
<<Previous

    Archives

    May 2025
    April 2025
    March 2025
    February 2025
    January 2025
    December 2024
    November 2024
    October 2024
    September 2024
    August 2024
    July 2024
    June 2024
    May 2024
    April 2024
    March 2024
    February 2024
    January 2024
    December 2023
    November 2023
    October 2023
    September 2023
    August 2023
    July 2023
    June 2023
    May 2023
    April 2023
    March 2023
    February 2023
    January 2023
    December 2022
    November 2022
    October 2022
    September 2022
    August 2022
    July 2022
    June 2022
    May 2022
    April 2022
    March 2022
    February 2022
    January 2022
    December 2021
    November 2021
    October 2021
    September 2021
    August 2021
    July 2021
    June 2021
    May 2021
    April 2021
    March 2021
    February 2021
    January 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016

    Categories

    All
    Advocacy And Public Policy
    Business Development
    Center For Training And Development
    Chamber Updates
    EPIC Toledo
    Events
    Membership Opportunity
    New Members
    Our Members
    Small Business Development Center
    Talent Resource Week

    RSS Feed

Copyright Toledo Regional Chamber of Commerce.  All Rights Reserved.
300 Madison Avenue, Ste. 200  |  Toledo, OH 43604
PHONE: (419) 243-8191 
Terms and Conditions
Picture