Hello, Chamber community!
As the province and more excited businesses move into Step Two today, here at the Chamber, we're just wrapping up a couple of big events, and excited to move into the summer championing two more important initiatives.
We'd like to extend a HUGE thank you to everyone who attended our 30th Annual Charity Golf Tournament in support of GAMRU South Shore Search And Rescue! We were gifted with an absolutely gorgeous, sunny day where we all had fun on the course and were able to raise money for a wonderful community-based organization. Please stay tuned for photos from the event as our amazing photographer Alex Heidbuechel of BLVD Studio works his magic in the editing studio!
We've also come to the end of the Niagara Chamber Partnership's Road to Recovery series. This five-part series ran every Tuesday this month, highlighting the impacts of COVID on five different sectors in the Niagara Region: Agriculture/Winery, Tourism, Construction, Manufacturing, and Not-for-Profit. Attendees discussed what these sectors have experienced throughout this past year, and their plans moving forward. Thank you so much to all of the panelists that attended these events - we appreciate you taking the time to share your expertise with us! (Below you can find the panelists from each event, along with recordings of each installment that have been shared on the West Niagara Chambers' YouTube channel.)
As we move into the summer, we're excited to see more and more businesses reopen, and thrilled to support two initiatives that will help our economy recover and keep our community safe at the same time. See below for more information about the support-local campaign, Grimsby's Got It! ( ask us for more info!), and the free Rapid Screening kits available to local businesses. Don't forget to complete the Business Retention & Expansion survey (yes, another survey...and, yes, this one's important to the future of business supports in Grimsby!).
As always, please reach out to the Chamber with your ideas, suggestions, concerns, or resources and information that would be helpful. We are YOUR Chamber, and we always want to hear from you.
Stay safe!
The Grimsby Chamber Team
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COVID-19 Rapid Antigen
Self-Screening Kits
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Keep your employees and the community safe with FREE COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Self-Screening Kits.
These kits are free for businesses with fewer than 150 employees. Receive test results in 15 minutes or less!
Book your pick-up appointment TODAY.
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Business Retention & Expansion Initiative Survey |
Yes, another survey - and it's an important one! Your participation in this survey is critical in influencing an economic development implementation plan that will support local Grimsby businesses.
But we're adding an incentive...complete this survey and be entered into a raffle in partnership with Grimsby’s Got It!
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Town Launches Buy Local Campaign in
Partnership with the Chamber of Commerce
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SUPPORT LOCAL! We hear it all the time, but we do we really know WHY it's important? COVID-19 has had a devastating impact on the community, with local businesses suffering tremendous losses. The easiest way to help your community, local businesses, and your local economy survive, recover, and THRIVE, is by supporting local. Money spent at local businesses recirculates in the local economy at more than twice the rate than money spent outside the local business community.
To support local businesses during this challenging time, the Town of Grimsby, in partnership with the Grimsby & District Chamber of Commerce and an incredible project team of local businesses and organizations, has launched a Support Local campaign to increase consumer traffic within local businesses.
Read the full Press Release from the Town here.
The Chamber is tremendously excited to be part of this project and proud to support our local business community! Read the recent Niagara This Week article here.
Follow Grimbsy's Got It on social media!
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Thank you to all of the Road to Recovery panelists! |
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Panelists:
- John Nadeau, Queylus
- Michelle Seaborn, Silmaril Farm
- Kevin Reels, Series Global
- Andrew Niven, Konzelmann
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Panelists:
- Joel Noden, HOCO
- Paul MacIntyre, Vintage Inns
- Tim Jennings, Shaw Festival
- Richard Taylor, Niagara Casinos
- Susan Morin, Thorold Tourism
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Panelists:
- Greg Brunet, Niagara Outdoor Landscaping
- Nick Colamartini, Mountainview Building Group
- Kate Flynn, Stolk Construction
- Gary Pollard, Pollard Windows & Doors
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Panelists:
- Murray Bain, Stanpac
- Lyse Moreau, International Sew Right
- Ken Lucyshyn, Walker Industries
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June 29: Not-For-Profit
Panelists:
- Steven Chuang, YMCA Niagara
- Mark Carl, Habitat for Humanity Niagara
- Elisabeth Zimmermann, YWCA Niagara
- David Vandersteen, Fort Youth Centre
*recording coming soon
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Canadian Chamber of Commerce |
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YWCA Building UP Homelessness Campaign:
Feminism, Affordable Housing, and the Real Estate Market
**TODAY**
Wednesday, June 30 | 12 - 1 PM
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Homelessness disproportionately affects women, single mothers, and especially women of colour. This increases the need for affordable housing that gives women a safe place to raise their families and to call home.
In this panel discussion, the YWCA is bringing a feminist lens to one of the most hot-button topics in Niagara right now – housing. For many women living in poverty, affordable housing is the only option for safe, permanent residency. With Niagara’s real estate market becoming unattainable and affordable housing being scarce for women in poverty, single-parents, and marginalized communities, how do we make the future of homeownership female?
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