June 29, 2020
BACC2WORK
And OPEN for BUSINESS
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"
Lost time is never found again.
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- Benjamin Franklin
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$50 MILLION IN GRANTS AVAILABLE
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BACK TO WORK GRANT APPLICATION AVAILABLE TODAY! DOWNLOAD INFO NOW!
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At 9AM Monday, June 29th, the application will go live on the
waynecounty.com/backtowork
web site. Before you jump in, download and view this presentation that will show what you need. Any brick and mortar business, with under 50 employees, and $1 Million in annual sales qualify for up to $10,000 - #free #money.
We have been trained to help you, so if you have any questions about this process, please
email us!
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SBA LAST DAY TO APPLY FOR PPP LOAN IS JUNE 30TH
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URGENT: Application deadline!
There is still nearly $100 Billion in loans available. You may qualify for up to 2.5 months of earnings! The last day to apply is Tuesday, and then that money goes away!
Contact any SBA Lender, PayPal, and many others for eligibility!
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Although there are no special events this week leading up to the 4th of July holiday, YOUR Chamber has many scheduled for July! Make sure you get yourself registered for our business referral meetings, chamber chats, workshop, and our
Summer Membership Mixer!
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COFFEE BREAK WITH THE CHAMBER - WEDNESDAYS!
July 8th - 2pm
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Our weekly briefing is now a two times monthly Coffee Break. ZOOM-in at 2pm on the
2nd and 4th Wednesday
of the Month!
We will be joined at times by members of our legislature, local governments, and business specialists. This is a
MEMBERS ONLY
meeting. Members, feel free to send a representative of your company if you can't make it!
Get breaking news, updates on programs for grants, loans, and special events. Be the first Chamber members to hear what is going on, and get in on opportunities to promote your businesses. There is always a networking component to these meetings as well.
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BUSINESS REFERRAL GROUP
MEETING SCHEDULE
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July 21st - TBD
Aug 5th - TBD
Aug 19th - TBD
Networking, business referral group! Bring your coffee, get ready to help build your referral network!
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WORKSHOP:
3 BLINDSPOTS IN YOUR BUSINESS AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT!
July 22nd, 2pm
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This
MEMBERS ONLY
event will be take place during our ZOOM Wednesday Chamber Chat in July. This requires a separate registration. We will be lead by Sales & Leadership Expert Greg Coyne, where you will learn;
- The 4 Leadership Hats and the Proper wearing of said hats
- 3 Powerful Leadership Strategies to Drive Leadership Excellence
- Learning to Not Just Sell, but have a repeatable Process to do so
- What’s your common language for delivery—both to your prospects/clients and to your employees
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Through Greg’s help, his clients learn how to use a system to build a business, uncover blind spots they didn’t even realize they had, and stop wasting valuable time with prospects they will never do business with.
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MEMBER ONLY MIXER
BYC - TIKI HUT
July 28th
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You are not going to want to miss this event. Meet YOUR new Board, Congratulate the Award Winners (finally in person) and mingle with your fellow members.
Although this is considered a Members Only event, anyone who had purchased a ticket to the Awards dinner may attend as well.
Drinks and hors d'oeuvres will be served - Registration in advance is required for head counts!
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Our mission as your chamber is that we are
OPEN for Business. We believe that the first 6-months of the year have truly offered you value. Below you can find an assortment of photo's that we gathered at Chamber Events over these first 6-months of 2020. Corona may have kicked us, but it couldn't hold us back from our purpose!
Achievements of YOUR Chamber:
- Started the year with 188 members, we are now 205 strong, and growing
- Held 12 Business Referral meetings in person and on Zoom, 3 evening mixers, 3 virtual happy hours, and over 20 weekly briefings on Zoom with guests from; Congresswoman Dingell, Senator Peters, and Local officials and representatives
- Co-sponsored the Made in Michigan CEO Breakfast, held our Quarterly Non Profit Roundtable, and sponsored workshops on; LinkedIn, Leadership, Goal Setting, Business Planning, and Leading thru Crisis
- Held our annual meeting, board elections, and awards event, raising over $20,000 for your chamber
- Advocated on your behalf, working with the Belleville Cares Committee and Van Buren Township to ease of restrictions so you can get #bacc2work, worked closely with Wayne County Economic Development and developing the $50 Million Grant program
- Published 79 newsletters and over 500 FB posts
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HERE
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