The Chautauqua County Chamber of Commerce was proud to affix with the Small Business Development Center and a number of other different organizations this previous week as we held a particular occasion to pay tribute to small businesses throughout National Small Business Week. But our observance shouldn’t cease with a single week or day.
Chautauqua County is dwelling to lots of of small, domestically owned businesses. These businesses provide a broad number of services – every little thing from auto restore to books to {hardware} to reward gadgets and far more. We are so lucky to stay in a spot the place so many people are enthusiastic about what they do together with restaurateurs, store house owners, and so many service suppliers throughout a wide range of fields.
Countless research through the years have demonstrated that procuring domestically does make a distinction. A 2021 research by Fundera for nerdwallet, exhibits that if you store at a domestically owned enterprise, 68 cents out of every greenback spent will get returned to our native financial system, in comparison with simply 14 cents when your greenback is spent at a nationwide chain retailer. The identical research demonstrated that native enterprise generates 70% extra native financial exercise per sq. foot than massive field retail, and that small businesses donate 250% greater than giant businesses to neighborhood causes.
The numbers are spectacular, however there’s one different reality about native enterprise that may’t be quantified in a monetary research. Small, domestically owned businesses truly create the flavour and the environment of a neighborhood. It’s the small procuring, arts, and eating institutions that present a singular setting individuals search – both as a spot to stay or a spot to go to.
County Executive PJ Wendel proclaimed the primary week in May as Small Business Week in Chautauqua County, whereas others who spoke to the significance of small enterprise included Andrew Nixon of the Chautauqua County Visitors Bureau, Mark Geise of the County of Chautauqua Industrial Development Agency, and County Legislature Chairman Pierre Chagnon. We are grateful to Ashville General Store for internet hosting the occasion. The SBDC was proud to current Entrepreneur of the Year awards to Ashville General and to HotSpot CafÈ plus a particular shock award to Geise for his pandemic efforts to work with native corporations to supply private protecting tools and very important info to the enterprise neighborhood. We additionally continued the momentum with two ribbon cuttings for brand new small businesses in Fredonia!
We urge everybody to assist our native small businesses frequently. StoreSmallCHQ is far more than only a hashtag or a tagline. It should be a lifestyle to maintain our communities vibrant and economically wholesome.
Tuesday Talks: Marketing Your Business
The Chamber is happy to supply one other in our on-going collection of Tuesday Talks panel discussions pertinent to enterprise. This subsequent occasion is targeted on Marketing Your Business, with specialists from Spectrum Reach to speak about video advertising and marketing and the advertising and marketing funnel, and Chris Anderson, proprietor of SnowCrest Digital to debate on-line advertising and marketing and the significance of web site growth.
This Tuesday Talks occasion will likely be held at 8:30am, Tuesday, May 17 through Zoom. These occasions are designed to provide native businesses a possibility to find out about essential matters from the comfort of their very own desks or cellular units. Registration is free, however you could register by way of the Chamber’s internet calendar of occasions to be able to get the Zoom hyperlink.
Tuesday Talks is sponsored by OBSERVER and The Post-Journal.
Register Now for Business After Hours at Group Ther-Happy
Enjoy an incredible little spot in Lakewood because the Chamber brings Business After Hours to Group Ther-Happy, 103 Chautauqua Avenue within the coronary heart of the village. Join your fellow Chamber of Commerce members for this networking occasion as you take pleasure in appetizers and a money bar when you get to know different native businesspeople.
Chamber member businesses can ship two individuals to every Business After Hours occasion for gratis. The value is simply $10 for non-members or for added member attendees above the primary two. Be certain to carry enterprise playing cards and are available ready to provide a fast overview about your small business so others can get to know you.
Business After Hours at Group Ther-Happy is sponsored by Group Ther-Happy, Media One Radio Group, OBSERVER, and The Post-Journal. Register on-line now!
Take Our Quick Survey on Chamber Benefits
The Chamber is in search of suggestions from members. Take our fast on-line survey about which advantages of membership are extra essential to your small business or group. The Chautauqua County Chamber of Commerce is run by an area board of administrators with native employees – all individuals who attempt to preserve targeted on the wants of native businesses. But that doesn’t imply we are able to’t miss one thing. In order to assist present the absolute best service for our members, the Chamber has launched a fast survey to dive into the info.
The survey is a fast Google Form, accessible to anybody – whether or not your small business is a Chamber member or not. You can discover the survey hyperlink on the prime of our dwelling web page at www.chautauquachamber.org. It will take simply a few minutes to provide us a fast overview of how essential Chamber providers are to your group.
Chamber members and non-members alike are urged to take the survey. This is an effective way for us to get a really feel for what could also be essential to your small business – both one thing that we’re already doing, or one thing we have to enhance.
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