The Chamber will host an Easter themed Scavenger Hunt as the April Business After Hours on April 18.  The Scavenger Hunt is open to teams of at least three, who represent a Chamber member business.  The first clue will given at the Chamber/FEDC Annual Meeting as well as at the Chamber office, located at 121 N. Main Street, between 9:30 a.m. and 5:15 p.m.  All teams must have at least one person with a smart phone and a Facebook account as the scavenger hunt will require taking pictures and posting to the Chamber’s Find That Egg event page.  The scavenger hunt will involve multiple Chamber member businesses and locations around Fostoria.  All teams must sign up by noon, Thursday, April 18 by contacting the Chamber.

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The Fostoria Area Chamber of Commerce and Airborne Financial Group, LLC will host a tax workshop on Thursday, March 14 at 6:30 p.m. at the Fostoria Learning Center, 342 Perry Street.  The one-hour informational workshop will cover the many changes in 2018 Federal tax filing when compared to 2017 and will also allow time for questions and answers with Israel Wright, MSA, CFE, AAMS, Director of Airborne Financial Group, LLC.

The informational workshop is free and open to the public and will provide great information for those who prepare their own taxes or have general questions about the many changes they will or have seen in the 2018 Federal filings.  Topics to be covered in regard these changes will be standard deductions, personal exemptions, dependents and child tax credits, affordable care mandate, W-2 withholdings, 1099 miscellaneous situations, business expenses and audit flags. General recommendations will also be made to help attendees take steps for their 2019 Federal filings.

Airborne Financial Group, LLC is an accounting firm that also offers tax consulting and preparation, business consulting, personal finance coaching and business financial auditing. Airborne Financial Group, LLC has been in business for 23 years and moved its location to 336 S. Main Street in Fostoria in 2018.  Director Israel Wright runs Airborne Financial Group, LLC, is a professor at Oakland Community College, a published author and financial literacy presenter.  For more information on Airborne Financial Group, visit www.airbornefinancialgroup.com or visit their YouTube channel, Professor Wright.

For more information about the members and benefits of the Fostoria Area Chamber of Commerce, visit www.fostoriaohio.org.

March Fostoria Area Business Newsletter