Chamber News & Updates - Monday 15 November 2021

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15 November 2021

"You were designed for accomplishment, engineered for success,

and endowed with the seeds of greatness."

- Zig Ziglar

Featured Events

Recycle America Day

Webinar Monday - Today!

This webinar is free and open to the public. Here you can learn how you can make an impact on recycling, and what Waste Management is planning for the future.

Multi-Chamber Networking Event

November 18th 5:30-730pm

Last Day to Register MONDAY

What charities are you supporting? Where to find places to donate?

Help us get YOUR Word out!

The holiday season is upon us … where to give? What to give?

The Chamber, in our mission to be the "hub" of information for the community, needs your input. We know that there will be various Mitten Trees, Toys for Tots Locations, Angel Trees, food drives, and many more charitable events. Please send us any and all information, so we can publicize and help the community!

We will be dedicating a section of this newsletter for those upcoming events. In addition, we will aim to have each dated event listed on our Event Calendar. And for the first time, we will dedicate an entire page on our website with the information.

Please send us any information, graphics that you want posted, or if you know of any event that is designed for charity. This is not a members only item, we are offering this to the entire community, but we need your help.

Send us the info, put the event on our EVENT CALENDAR, let us know so we can spread the word.

Tag us on Facebook, so we can promote thru social media as well. The power of the community is built around information. Please share - Simply Click Here to email.

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MEDC Launches Small Business Survey

The MEDC is committed to providing businesses of all sizes with high quality support that meets their specific needs. With this in mind, we are asking small business owners to complete a brief survey to help us learn how to better support your continued success in Michigan. The MEDC has partnered with Start Up Space, a third-party technology platform and data analytics firm, to conduct this survey across the state of Michigan. Your responses will help us adapt our programming to best serve you and the small business community throughout Michigan. The deadline to complete the survey is December 20.

Launch Survey

IRS Announces 2022 Limits

Proper planning prevents poor performance ... One of my favorite sayings. Start your 2022 Savings Planning now, as the IRS has announced the new limits for IRA, HSA's, Roth, etc ...

Download here

Appeals Court upholds Federal Stay on Mandate

What this means in English is, the 5th Circuit last week placed a HOLD on the mandate. The Biden Administration appealed, and on Friday they lost that appeal.

Judge Kurt D. Engelhardt wrote that the stay "is firmly in the public interest ... the mere specter of the Mandate has contributed to untold economic upheaval".

Whitmer vetoes ban on fines

During 2020 hundreds, if not thousands, of fines were levied against small businesses throughout Michigan that violated Executive Orders. Even though those orders were ruled unconstitutional, Whitmer vetoed a bill this week that would have reimbursed those fines.

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SBA Celebrates Veteran Owned Small Business

Join the SBA on November 16, 2021 for an online panel discussion with veteran and military spouse business owners as they share their small business success stories, how they pivoted during the pandemic, and what SBA resources they used to start and grow their businesses.

Winterfest is 3-weeks away!

Get your application in for parade

Due November 21st

Lots of applications have been coming in, did you or your group want to be part of this annual event? Download the application and get it in soon! Believe it or not, we are running out of time!

Download Application

Volunteers Needed

Putting on a multi-day festival is a lot of work. And we could use a few extra hands here and there over the Winterfest Weekend. Help setting up tables and chairs for the kids crafts, or put up the parade fencing, organize the parade entrants, and quite a few other things. It's all 'light' work, but work that needs to be done. If you have any time over that weekend, please send us an email with your time availability and we will put you on the list.

Thanks in advance ... CLICK HERE TO MAIL

See the complete list of sponsors and information details at

WINTERFEST 2021

Thanks to our Corporate Members