Chamber Awarded Funding To Continue Safety Training

(June 13, 2017) The North Country Chamber of Commerce was recently awarded $109,086 by the New York State Hazard Abatement Board to continue its Workplace Safety Training Program for another year. The funding will cover the 2017-18 program year, starting in August and running through next July.

The North Country Chamber has enjoyed a working partnership with the HAB and the New York State Labor Department for almost twenty years, serving as the leading source of workplace safety training for employers of all kinds and their employees in Clinton, Franklin, Essex and Hamilton Counties and Akwesasne. The additional year’s funding will support monthly seminars and workshops on a variety of safety topics, starting in September. Funding assistance will also be available for potential on-site training at area employment sites.

For more information, visit http://www.northcountrychamber.com or contact Becky Manor at the Chamber at (518) 563-1000.