Summerland Chamber of Commerce

Updates to the Small and Medium Sized Business Recovery Grant: https://www2.gov.bc.ca//economic-r/business-recovery-grant

Happy and healthy holidays to all, we will see you in the New Year!

Great news for the southern Okanagan region as the first Pacific Coastal Airlines plan landed today.

Great idea from Buy BC: EAT DRINK LOCAL -- tag a local food and beverage business and #sipsavourlocal!

Excellent news: Pacific Coastal Airlines will be servicing Vancouver to Penticton, keeping the gateway to the South Okanagan going!

Help support our local business! #summerlandbc #summerlandchamberofcommerce #exploreBClocal

Cheers to our #bcwine members along Summerland's Bottleneck Drive as today is Cabernet Franc day.

Chamber Newsletter for November 23, 2020

NOVEMBER 03 NEWSLETTER https://conta.cc/328Jchf

B.C. brings in sweeping new measures to control COVID-19, including mandatory masks

BC Government Covid 19 Dashboard https://experience.arcgis.com//a6f23959a8b14bfa989e3cda292

CANADIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE "When it Comes to Fiscal Policy, Quality Matters as Much as Quantity"

Public Hearing November 09 Regarding Changes to Development Services Bylaws. 6pm Arena Banquet Room

Chamber Newsletter for October 29

Congratulation on your new position Graham. We look forward to working with you in the new year.

USING GOOGLE ADS TO GROW YOUR BUSINESS Complimentary Webinar for Chamber Members

Join us and your fellow small and medium sized businesses in the Building Resilience to Thrive business development program, powered by the BC Chamber and Peter B. Gustavson School of Business. The 6-week program is offered in three cohorts through March 2021 and features weekly seminars and resiliency round tables to help businesses stay viable and adapt to compete in the future. As a member of the Chamber you receive 50% off the program. Space is limited, sign up today. Yo...u can view the schedule HERE. REGISTER NOW http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp

A TIMELY MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT RON KUBEK Time to Make Your Voice Heard It is the last week of a Provincial election that no one wanted, or needed It is essential, as a business community, that we make our voice heard. Politicians do listen. As your Chamber, we advocate on local, provincial, and federal issues that affect our business community and by extension the economy....Continue reading

Thanks Patrick Murphy for the tour of Hunters Hill

Chamber Newsletter: November 17

What are politicians’ plans for helping business in B.C.? A comparison of party promises for key business categories under duress in 2020’s pandemic economy

Brett Annable, Owner of Millionaires Row Cider Company, Is Helping Keep the Essence of Canada’s Rich Entrepreneurial History Alive!

Impact of Covid-19 on the BC Wine Industry

A CALL TO FREEZE BEER TAX INCREASES Providing Canadians with financial relief and protecting and creating jobs is the key to economic recovery coming out of COVID-19. For Canadian consumers, every dollar they can keep in their pockets counts. In Canada, 85% of the beer consumed here is made here. It’s by-and-large a local industry. Yet almost half the price of beer 47% is government tax that continues to rise regularly. ... Canada’s National Brewers is leading Freeze It for Them a campaign in support of our collective economic recovery that is calling on government to freeze beer tax increases. https://www.ourrestaurants.ca//freeze-it-for-them-a-call-t

As small businesses struggle and economy wobbles, government plans 30 per cent increase in fuel costs: Canadian Chamber of Commerce https://chamber.ca//as-small-businesses-struggle-and-econ/

First Day of Autumn