Chamber News
Excellence Award Winners Announced The annual Chamber Business Excellence Awards Dinner was held October 22. The evening featured profiles of 48 businesses in 16 categories, plus the announcement of the Business Citizen of the Year - Doug Armstrong. For more information, and the winners in each award category, click below.
Canadian Chamber issues Declaration on Competitiveness
The Canadian Chamber Network, represented by leaders of the national, provincial,
territorial, regional and local Chambers of Commerce and Boards of Trade from across
Canada, met in Quebec City from October 3 – 6, 2008 to exchange views with the goal
of enhancing Canada’s prosperity and competitiveness. This year’s Annual General
Meeting provided an opportunity for all Chambers and Boards of Trade to discuss
important economic issues that are vital to business success, including, fiscal policy,
skills and labour, and the challenges facing small- and medium- enterprises, the
manufacturing and energy sectors.
Click below to view the full document.
An Update from the Policy Committee Chair, Gregg Monti How many times have you read an article in the newspaper or heard a news report on the radio or TV that made you raise your eyebrows and shake your head or in some cases raise your blood pressure? The Policy Committee is here to listen to these concerns. It is important for us to hear from the Chamber Membership about specific concerns/issues and how they relate to our business community and greater Peterborough. These concerns and issues can be presented to the Policy Committee and through due process, if warranted, taken to the Board of Directors, City Hall, Queen’s Park, or the Federal Government. It all starts with your voice. [for the complete story, click here]
Have You Ordered Your BAH Pass Yet? Admittance to our monthly Business After Hours is $10.00 at the door. A Business After Hours pass is $50.00 and can be used for admittance to 10 events, for a savings of 50%. Plus, your BAH pass never expires and doubles as a name badge. Order yours today. Simply fill in the attached order form and fax to 743-2331 or email info@peterboroughchamber.ca requesting your pass today.
Update on Mayor's Committee on Poverty Reduction Since last summer, the Mayor's Task Force on Poverty Reduction has handed its mandate over to the Mayor's Action Committee on Poverty Reduction; its members have been quietly working on a series of issues to make life less stressful for some of our more vulnerable citizens. This message aims to update you on the group's work and to ask for your help as crucial votes are coming up at City Council and County Council. [for the complete story, click here]
Chamber Announces Strategic Plan The Greater Peterborough Chamber of Commerce is proud to announce that our three year Strategic Plan is now available to our members on line, in a pdf format. To view our Strategic Plan, please click on the link to the left of this page.
Mentoring Program for Tech Intensive Companies If you are a technology-intensive start-up company in Ontario, there is an interesting new mentoring program available through the Greater Peterborough Innovation Cluster. You can view a letter from President Andy Mitchell at the link below, which will provide more information, or call Danielle Rocheleau at 705-748-1011 ext 7005.
2008 Federal Budget - good news for the Peterborough area The recent 2008 Federal Budget had a number of initiatives that should have a very positive impact on our area, not the least of which was the specific announcement which committed investment to restore commuter rail to Peterborough and upgrade our rail infrastructure. You can access the budget document, titled Responsible Leadership, at www.fin.gc.ca or pick up a copy at MP Dean Del Mastro’s office at 1600 Lansdowne Street W. Unit #3. Call 705-745-2108 for more information.
Member to Member Savings Program We are pleased to announce our updated "Member to Member" Savings Program. All members and their employees are eligible to receive these discounts.We will update this file as we receive new participants. To view the discounts being offered by our Chamber Members, click on the following pdf file.
2007 Chamber Highlights In addition to all of the regular activity that your Chamber is involved in (see attached "What The Chamber Can Do For You"), there were four initiatives in 2007 that the Chamber is particularly proud of (click on 2007 Highlights).
Think. Peterborough Chamber of Commerce announces “Think” Campaign.
The Chamber of Commerce has distributed Public Service Announcements to the area media on the
subject of cross-border shopping. The recent dramatic change in the value of the Canadian dollar has resulted in an equally dramatic increase in cross-border and online shopping. The Chamber of Commerce campaign addresses three key issues, asking consumer to “think” about:
1. Whether or not there are any true savings. “We feel that when consumers add up all of the costs associated with a shopping trip across the border there is little or no benefit.” says Stu Harrison, General Manager of the Chamber of Commerce.
2. The local retailers. All of them are reacting as quickly as possible. Many are faced with significant losses on merchandise they purchased months ago. All are still expected to pay their employees, taxes, heat and hydro etc.
3. What kind of community you want to have. Small business contributes significant amounts of money to charity, sponsorships of festivals and events, and all of the recreational, artistic, historic infrastructure provided by municipal Government through taxes. Without small business all of this would be seriously diminished.
“We are simply asking people to stop and think about it”, says Harrison, “don’t get caught up in all of the excitement without giving it careful consideration”.
The following links are of the ads running in local media. If you would like a poster to hang in your business, please contact the Chamber at 748-9771.  | Ad 1
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Upcoming Events
 | Club Laurus
November 27, 2008 from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PMClub Laurus
November 27, 2008 from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM | | | Location: | The Junction | | Details: | Join us for a fun evening of networking and professional development. Our guest speaker for the evening will be Tom Phillips of Trent University.
Admission is $5.00 at the door and pre-registration is required. To register, please email register@peterboroughchamber.ca or phone 748-9771 Ext. 0. |
| | Business After Hours, Christmas Social
December 2, 2008 from 4:00 PM to 7:00 PMBusiness After Hours, Christmas Social
December 2, 2008 from 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM | | | Location: | The Junction | | Details: | Join us for our much anticipated Christmas Social, taking place this year at The Junction. Join us for great food, networking and holiday cheer as Business After Hours and Club Laurus join together for this special holiday event.
There is no admission for this event, however pre-registration is required. To register email register@peterboroughchamber.ca or call 748-9771 Ext. 0. |
| | Chamber and Licensing Offices Closed
December 25, 2008Chamber and Licensing Offices Closed
December 25, 2008 | | | Details: | Please note, the Chamber and Licensing Offices will be closed today for Christmas Day. |
| | Chamber and Licensing Offices Closed
December 26, 2008Chamber and Licensing Offices Closed
December 26, 2008 | | | Details: | Please note, the Chamber and Licensing Offices will be closed today for Boxing Day. |
| | Chamber and Licensing Offices Closed
January 1, 2009Chamber and Licensing Offices Closed
January 1, 2009 | | | Details: | Please note, the Chamber and Licensing Offices will be closed today for New Year's Day. |
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