Ashland-area restaurants struggle to fill void in employment
Avaerie Fitzgerald
Special to the Ashland Times-Gazette
All across the Ashland County area and beyond the hunt for employees has become the new norm for restaurant owners.
There has been a decrease in job applications following the state’s shutdown in March 2020, and as a result, several restaurants have been adjusting hours of operation and are struggling to meet demand.
Owner Rob Stoops said that they have not received any applications since around January.
“Everybody is in the same boat,” Stoops said. “You see [the hiring signs] up and down the streets and some are in a wage war, but people still are not coming out to put an application in.”
Apr 1, 2021
The Ashland Area Chamber of Commerce this spring will debut its new gift card program.
RichlandSource.com reports it will feature only Ashland area business, which Chamber president Amy Daubenspeck said they want to help area businesses and encourage people to shop locally. The program is set to begin on May 1st.
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ASHLAND - Amy Daubenspeck will be celebrating her 20th anniversary with the Ashland Area Convention & Visitors Bureau and Ashland Area Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday, March 16, 2021, according to a news release from the Chamber.
In 2001, Daubenspeck was hired to fill the role of executive director for the Convention & Visitors Bureau. Her background as an English literature graduate of Ashland University was one of the attributes that made her a perfect fit for the job, the release said.
From interim director to director of operations
In October 2019, Daubenspeck was chosen as the interim director of the Ashland Area Chamber of Commerce. In January of this year, the Chamber Board of Directors promoted Daubenspeck to the position of director of operations over the Ashland Area Chamber of Commerce and the Ashland Area Convention & Visitors Bureau.
Ashland Times Gazette
ASHLAND A nervous hush falls over the crowd of at least 250 members as businesses mentally rehearse their acceptance speech.
A 30-second promotion of each business in the category is played, adding to those nerves.
Their name is announced and an upbeat song is blasted on the speakers as they make their way to the stage to accept their award, but not without an elbow bump from Amy Daubenspeck.
The Ashland Area Chamber of Commerce awarded 11 businesses for their hard work during its annual Member Awards Banquet on Thursday evening in the Upper Convocation Center of Ashland University.