{"id":143701,"date":"2025-07-14T20:00:59","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T00:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=143701"},"modified":"2025-07-14T20:02:53","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T00:02:53","slug":"the-pocono-chamber-of-commerce-celebrated-the-cozy-kitty-cafe-grand-opening-ribbon-cutting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=143701","title":{"rendered":"The Pocono Chamber of Commerce celebrated The Cozy Kitty Caf\u00e9 Grand Opening &#038; Ribbon Cutting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>July 12, 2025 \u2013 Stroudsburg, PA <\/strong>The Pocono Chamber of Commerce, a proud partner of the Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce, joined the Business Community on Saturday, July 12th, to celebrate the Grand Opening of the Cozy Kitty Caf\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p>Owner, Entrepreneur, and Stroudsburg Resident, Amanda Counterman took her passion and experience and brought it straight to the Poconos to unleash the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozykittycafe.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cozy Kitty Caf\u00e9<\/a>. As a Store manager of PetSmart Amanda\u00a0had a passion to rescue, she\u2019d help the stray cats in her community and assist them in finding their FUR-EVER homes. The Caf\u00e9 is a therapeutic environment with adoptable kitties who are looking for some much-needed play time! The entry fee is required although it goes to hefty vet bills coming in and to take proper care of all their furry friends.<\/p>\n<p>There are not just adorable adoptable kitties, The Cozy Kitty Caf\u00e9 also offers exclusive coffee, incredible milkshakes, delicious snacks, and it\u2019s BYOB! They truly have everything for any feline lover to enjoy.<\/p>\n<p>The Pocono Chamber of Commerce was honored to welcome the Cozy Kitty Caf\u00e9 to the Stroudsburg\u00a0Business Community following such an important milestone for business partners Amanda Counterman and Anthony Shea.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>About the Pocono Chamber: <\/em><\/strong><em>Our mission is to drive economic growth and strengthen Monroe County by supporting and promoting businesses of all sizes. We are committed to serving our members and the community by fostering meaningful connections, encouraging collaboration, and addressing key business challenges. A proud partner of The Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce, we engage in a dynamic network of nearly 5,000 members employing more than 200,000 people. Together, we form the largest chamber in Pennsylvania and New Jersey and rank among the top ten nationwide. We welcome businesses\u2014large and small\u2014to join us in shaping a prosperous future for our region.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nSierra Lefurgy<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 12, 2025 \u2013 Stroudsburg, PA The Pocono Chamber of Commerce, a proud partner of the Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce, joined the Business Community on Saturday, July 12th, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=143701\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Pocono Chamber of Commerce celebrated The Cozy Kitty Caf\u00e9 Grand Opening &#038; Ribbon Cutting<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":143702,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-143701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/cozy-kitty.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143701"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=143701"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143701\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/143702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=143701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=143701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=143701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}