Good Morning!
You don’t need me to tell you that we are currently in unprecedented times and things keep changing by the hour – I wanted share with you some updates.
The team at the Sterling Heights Regional Chamber of Commerce is working remotely and hope that we can continue to support our members and our community in any way that we can. If you need to reach any of us – please see the bottom of this post for the staff's email addresses.
We’ve currently postponed all Chamber events until the end of April and have suspended our BRAG meetings until at least the week of April 6
th
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Tomorrow at 6 p.m., the Chamber in partnership with the City of Sterling Heights, will be hosting a Coronavirus Town Hall. This town hall will be streamed live on the City of Sterling Heights Facebook and viewers will have the opportunity to ask questions of health experts, emergency responders and our education leaders. A link to the city’s Facebook page can be found
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How Can We Help?
We value our membership and want to be able to support our members – but we need some information from you!
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Are you a restaurant that is offering carry out and delivery services? – please share that
HERE
. This Friday we will be sharing an email to our membership with restaurants to support! We will also share this information on our social media sites.
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As this new reality is just starting for so many of us – we want to hear what the Chamber can do for you to support your business now and once this crisis is over. Please give us your thoughts
HERE
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If you are offering services that might be helpful to those that are home bound, the elderly let us know so that we can share that on our website and social media channels immediately.
We also wanted to share with you a few ways that we can support each other over these next few weeks.
Let’s Keep Supporting Local!
As we work to compile information from you, there are a few things we can all do to support our local businesses:
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Buy a gift card to use at a later date
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Get take out/delivery from your favorite local restaurant
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Shop Local Businesses Online
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Stay home if you’re sick – this should go without saying!!
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Be Patient – we are all working at reduced capacity and we might have longer waits for carry out, deliveries or out of stock items. Our fellow businesses are doing all they can to serve their community
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Say Thank You – for many these last few days have been exhausting, uncertain and a little bit of thanks goes a long way. When you’re in a store or restaurant, remember to say thank you to the cashier, the person stocking the shelves or the person packing up your carryout.
We will continue to share information as we receive it – and we want to be here to help you. Our members and our Chamber Community are our utmost priority. We can’t wait to see you all soon!
As always, please contact us if there is anything that the Sterling Heights Regional Chamber of Commerce can do to help you!
Patty Le Duc,
Director of Member Services, Networking and Focus Groups -
pleduc@shrcci.com
Sincerely,
