Join us for our July Business After Hours at Press Bay!
Beer & Wine available for purchase thanks to our friends at Deep Dive Ithaca, co-hosted by Sparks & Embers!
Below you can find what businesses will be open and what they're offering for BAH attendees. This list will continue to be updated.
NorthFolk: Free small bite samples & wine by the glass for sale (wine must be consumed on premise).
The Gallery: Free samples of donuts & cherry mint tea. Donuts for sale.
Empire Raw Juice and Smoothies: Smoothie samples, full menu available for purchase with a discount.
Tacos CDMX: 3 tacos for $10 (usually $5 each)
Mama Said Hand Pies: Samples available, pies for purchase
SewGreen: 10% discount on purchases from their huge collection of Eileen Fisher NQP (Not Quite Perfect) clothing.
Sparks & Embers: 10% off your purchase.
Hair Color Art: Free appetizers. Button & Art Making Activity. Art for Sale. Tea for Sale from Sacred Root Kava Bar.
Thread Lightly Sewing: $5 coupon towards a mend or alteration
Traditional Center for Indigenous Knowledge and Healing: Giving away seeds
Envious Handbags Pop-up Sale: 20% off any purchase
Additional free food & beverage options provided by Urban Core, LLC.
Prizes:
$15 Gift Card to the Gallery & a Candle
2 Tickets to NorthFolk
Gift Basket from Traditional Center for Indigenous Knowledge and Healing (includes t-shirt, earrings and a herbal tincture)
Multiple Free Drink Cards to Press Cafe in a Chamber insulated Yeti Coozie
$25 Giftcard to The Watershed
$50 towards tickets to the Hupstate Circus Festival, produced by Circus Culture Sept 1-4 2023
Poplar Point Studio Flower Arrangement
Live Music by Max Moses from Cast Iron Cowboys on the PBA Stage
The Tompkins Chamber Business After Hours is our premier networking event where you can connect with hundreds of chamber members and community leaders and are presented by Hilton Garden Inn, Sciarabba Walker & Co, LLP, Lansing Harbor, Rasa Spa, Express Employment Professionals, 1 Step Coaching & Consulting and Cayuga Health System.
For disability accommodations, please contact Mary Holland-Bavis at mhollandbavis@tompkinschamber.org or 607-273-7080 as soon as possible.
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