StoosNews Spotlight: Check Out The Business Beat This Week Featuring Peterborough and Kawartha Chamber of Commerce

PTBOCanada is delighted to be running StoosNews columns each week here, spotlighting new businesses and startups in Peterborough and the Kawarthas. Here is this week’s edition…

For Stu Harrison’s first column of the year, he wanted to focus on one story, the merger and consolidation of the Peterborough Chamber of Commerce and the Kawartha Chamber of Commerce.

The merger talks were triggered by the retirement of the General Manager of the Kawartha Chamber, Sherry Boyce-Found, who has skillfully managed the Kawartha Chamber for nearly 20 years. She not only retired in July and again in December but Sherry is likely still tying up loose ends today! Hats off to you Sherry!

As the Boards of both organizations considered all of the various aspects of a possible merger, it became obvious that a consolidated Chamber would be much stronger in a number of ways.

Nine full-time staff, working in both the Peterborough and Lakefield offices, representing over 1000 local businesses in the City and County, will continue to deliver on three fundamental promises; Influence, through our lobbying efforts at every level of government to help create the conditions for growth and improve the competitiveness of the business community. Profile, helping local businesses find new clients and partnerships through marketing and promotion. Knowledge, helping local businesses with training on business fundamentals and navigating the maze of Government supports, rules and regulations and to get us to the other side of this Pandemic.

The new Chamber will also continue to operate the ServiceOntario office in Lakefield with five staff ready to help.

In the next few weeks and months, you will see the roll-out of a new brand, consolidated social media channels, a new website and some exciting new programming and services.

If you are in business in the City or County of Peterborough, I hope you’ll take a look at the new Peterborough and the Kawarthas Chamber of Commerce. For now, peterboroughchamber.ca or kawarthachamber.ca

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