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Hello everyone!
A few things to highlight for you today...
Let's start with the upcoming events!
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CWOW Speaker Series - next up in this series of speakers designed for women in leadership roles (in any area of their life) is Marva Wisdom. An incredible speaker who you won't want to miss on February 10. Pay-what-you-can tickets are available, send us an email for the details.
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The Elevating Business Series - our new professional development event series, that we are co-creating with Peter from Simplifying Entrepreneurship. This series will feature interactive, roundtable monthly sessions on the 3rd Thursday of each month from 8:30 to 10:00am, starting on February 18, on a variety of topics, that you have helped us to pick! Each session will be designed with three possible outcomes in mind - make you money, save you money, and/or improve your leadership skills. Topics include: Confidence in Communication, Negotiation, Building Your Messaging, Company Culture and Team Structure, Productivity Tips and Tools, and more! To register and for all the details, click here!
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2021 Awards of Excellence - nominations have LAUNCHED and will be open until March 7. Please have a look at the categories, and consider nominating or self-nominating a deserving individual, business, organization, or group. I am writing this following our AOE committee meeting, and we are working furiously to come up with an event plan for this year that we can go all-in on and *know* can happen! Mark your calendars for the week of June 14 and stay tuned for all the details, and in the meantime, nominate, nominate, nominate!
The Shop Local Centre Wellington Coupon Book - this project is going ahead (made possible by financial support through the federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario) and the Government of Ontario), and more details will be in your inbox tomorrow! We are so excited about this - the publication will reach over 12,500 households and businesses, and will be FREE for businesses to participate in. You will be able to participate in one of two ways - a coupon, or business-card sized ad. Watch for tomorrow's launch, limited space is available!
This week, the Ontario Chamber Network, on behalf of Ontario businesses, collectively wrote to the Premier so that when the time comes businesses of all sizes have a predictable and coordinated effort to ensure society reopens in a harmonized fashion that prioritizes individual safety as well as economic stability. We asked, and will continue to advocate for, a readiness plan with a focus on sectors and regions hardest hit, advanced notice, and clear guidelines, among other things. To review and/or share the letter and social media campaign, click here.
I hope everyone is staying safe and that we can see you all soon!
Sally
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Government & COVID19 Related Updates |
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RTO 4 - Join Minister MacLeod for a virtual Regional Business Support Townhall
The Honourable Lisa MacLeod, Minister of Heritage, Sport, Tourism and Culture Industries
invites you and local businesses to join her for a Regional Business Support Townhall to discuss the government’s response to COVID-19 and review available programs to support impacted businesses.
RTO 4: Huron, Perth, Waterloo and Wellington
Date: Wednesday, February 10th, 2021
Time: 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Please RSVP by 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, February 9th, 2021. Register here.
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Community Building Fund
The Community Building Fund supports community organizations facing significant financial challenges due to COVID-19. It will be administered by OTF with two streams with a total of $100 million over two years. The fund will support non-profit organizations in the tourism, cultural, sport and recreation sectors. Details will be announced shortly.
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Expanding Access to Broadband in Wellington County
Faster, Reliable Internet will Create Jobs and Economic Growth in Rural and Remote Ontario
The Governments of Canada and Ontario announced that residents in 674 homes in Wellington County now have access to fast, reliable internet service, thanks to the construction of up to $2.7 million in broadband infrastructure in the community. Read more here
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Waterloo Region's first inspection blitz finds nearly half of local businesses not COVID-compliant
The province says of the 119 businesses were inspected in Waterloo Region, only 65 were found to be complying with all public health measures aimed at fighting the spread of COVID-19. Read more here
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Enhanced Safety Measures in Place as In-Person Learning Resumes Across Ontario
Provincial Medical Officials are Confident Students can Return to Class Safely
Education Minister Stephen Lecce announced the dates for the return of in-person learning in all remaining Ontario public health units (February 8 for Wellington Dufferin Guelph). The government's decision was based on the advice of Ontario's Chief Medical Officer of Health, the unanimous recommendation of the Council of Medical Officers of Health, and with the support of local Medical Officers of Health. Read more here
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Are you compliant with workplace screening regulations?
On Sept. 25, pre-entry COVID screening of all workers and “essential visitors” became mandatory for all businesses in Ontario — effective immediately — regardless of sector.
The Get Ready Daily Screening Tool™ is one option that has been presented to Ontario Chambers of Commerce. CWCC members receive a discount on this tool. Please email us for more information!
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C-Screener is a Covid-19 Workplace Screening application for mobile phones that will enable companies to comply with the Ontario Ministry of Health issued Workplace Screening guidelines requiring businesses to screen employees and visitors for COVID-19 before allowing entry into the workplace and keep the screening records.
Ositech developed this application for company use, but they are offering it at no cost to any business that can benefit from it as their contribution to help businesses in dealing with COVID-19 pandemic.
The C-Screener mobile application has the following benefits:
- Easy to use
- Time-efficient; employees/visitors do not have to line up to fill or handover a checklist at the office/factory entry.
- The checklists are stored as emails that can be easily retrieved in case employees have to be informed of potential exposure to COVID-19
- Best of all; It is completely free. There is no catch and there are no charges at all for this application.
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Centre Wellington Chamber of Commerce
400 Tower St. S., Fergus | 519.843.5140| www.cwchamber.ca
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