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    • A Message From The Chamber PresidentOn behalf of the Watkins Glen Area Chamber of Commerce, I want to welcome you to SchuyLines, a feature-oriented website that will stress in the coming months and years many of the good things about Schuyler County. The county, located in the heart of New York's famous Finger Lakes Region, offers endless wonders to see and experience. Our streets are the birthplace of yesterday's American Road Racing, while our famous Watkins Glen International racetrack hosts today's popular NASCAR drivers.  The Seneca Lake Wine Trail boasts one of the largest concentrations of New York State wineries, while our Watkins Glen State Park...Read More »
    • Andy Manzer reconnects--By Charlie Haeffner-- Andy Manzer sits in his office, the lights low, talking. He is good at that -- at all kinds of talking: speaking to Rotary about his hospital, talking to Leadership Schuyler graduates about what motivates him and can motivate them as leaders, talking to teams of employees, talking to leaders of other hospitals, or talking to an interviewer. Andy Manzer, the president and chief executive officer of Schuyler Hospital for the better part of the past year, is a man on a mission -- a mission to not only...Read more »
    • Saddle up with Painted Bar Stables--Provided by the Watkins Glen Area Chamber of Commerce- Located in the heart of the Finger Lakes, Painted Bar Stables is a tourism-related business that offers services all year round in Schuyler County. The stable is located just up the hill from Watkins Glen -- at 4093 Lake Avenue (Rte. 79), Burdett -- and a short drive from Ithaca. It is positioned directly on the Seneca Lake Wine Trail, which puts the business in the midst of cascading waterfalls, breathless lake views and rolling glacier-carved hills. Established as the Painted Bar Stables...Read more »
    • At the 4-H Camp--Prepared by the Watkins Glen Area Chamber of Commerce-- You and the family are planning to get away this summer – hallelujah! So where do you go that will allow you to have some alone time without being away from the kids? Watkins Glen, of course! Surrounded by a plethora of wineries and waterfalls, there’s something special at every turn here… even for the kids. It’s called Hidden Valley 4-H Day Camp. It’s an affordable camp open to all youths ages 8-17 years. The day camp is exciting and challenging, not to...Read more »
    • Let's promote our state --By Michael Printup, Watkins Glen International President-- Webster’s Dictionary defines tourism as “the practice of traveling for recreation, the guidance or management of tourists and the promotion or encouragement of touring.” Last year, tourism in New York State generated $6.4 billion in spending. Some 674,500 New Yorkers are employed via tourism dollars.  And how much does New York State spend to promote or encourage tourism? Less than $5 million a year.  (Just 25 percent more than The Glen’s annual promotion budget, by the way.) In contrast, the state of Michigan spends in excess...Read more »
    • Slideshow: Watkins Glen Building InteriorsHerewith a look at some interiors of Watkins Glen stores from years gone by -- from the files of the Schuyler County Historical Society. » « ...Read more »

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