What’s the season again?!

I think it’s safe to say that the weather this past year was very…odd. Last year around this time, (if I remember correctly) we had a normal winter. A few snow showers here and there, but nothing like the winter before (thank goodness!).

We then slowly rolled into spring. A few weeks later, it was summer. I felt robbed – we barely even had spring! Spring is one of my favorite seasons (not only because it’s the season of which my birthday is in) but because it’s beautiful weather! Flowers start to bloom, the sun stays out longer and you can finally go outside for long periods of time and not feel like an icicle. Where did it go?

I slowly got over the fact that there was nothing I could do get spring back and embraced summer. I don’t mind summer; in fact I enjoy it! I love riding my motorcycle around on back roads and going on vacations with my family. However, this past summer was one of the hottest I can ever remember. We reached record high temperatures and I swear there was 100% humidity every day.  It felt like a sauna out there!

I’m not even going to get into the fact that we didn’t have a fall either, because then I’d be ranting forever. But we all know that summer ran right into winter – remember the snow storm we had on Halloween?!

You’re probably wondering why I’m raving about the weather, but I compare our current economy to the weather – you never know what will happen today, tomorrow or even next spring. Some reports say that we’re almost out of the current recession but then others say we’re headed into another recession. It changes every day. How can you truly stay on top of the matter?

Thanks to The Chamber, we offer programs, events and initiatives, like Think Local, to help better our local economy and educate our community. Do you want to learn how The Chamber’s going to continue to help make our community prosperous for 2012? Then I strongly encourage you to attend our Annual Business Meeting, February 17 from 7:30 to 9 a.m. to hear The Chamber unveil its strategic priorities for 2012. Attending this event gives you the opportunity to hear firsthand from Chamber leadership on our plan to lead Lancaster County’s business community. You’re not alone; we’re all in this together as a community.  Now about that weather…

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