Hello everyone,
Let's start with a huge thank you to all of you who tuned in last week to our Awards of Excellence broadcasts! From my co-hosts, to all the nominees and winners, the Award sponsors, the Sapphire sponsors, our wonderful media partners (shoutout to Boomer from The Grand at 101 for welcoming me to his morning show daily!), our volunteer committee & tech crew, and our audience that this year was able to extend to the far corners of Centre Wellington, Wellington County, and beyond ... thank you! Of course, we're already started planning discussions for next year, and look forward to bringing you year-round nominations - stay tuned!
Regarding the Rapid Screening Initiative, we recently had our first positive screen within a workplace. The result of the PCR test that followed was positive - meaning, the rapid screening was instrumental in preventing what could have become a workplace outbreak. We are pleased to be able to offer this important program to the businesses of Wellington County. If you have questions about the program, would like to access rapid screening kits, or learn more, click here.
As the businesses of Centre Wellington re-open, we want to highlight you all and encourage the community to Support Local. Please consider recording a very quick video here. We will create montages to share to social media, all about putting a face to the business!
Lastly, next week we are hosting Google My Business workshops. These have been popular in April and May, with businesses seeing immediate impact on their reach. Has your business not yet claimed your Google My Business listing? Do you know if you utilize your Google listing to its full capacity? Regardless of where you're at in this process, one of the Google My Business workshops will be helpful for you. Click here for more details.
... and, as we're about to hit send, an announcement came out about entering Step 2 next week, June 30. The full details are here and below, with the Roadmap to Reopening outlined here. This move is ahead of the anticipated schedule, and that is due to record-setting vaccine roll-out numbers as well as continued improvement in key public health and health care indicators. We are certainly hopeful that we continue to move in the right direction as we work through the reopening roadmap.
As always, if you have any questions, concerns, ideas, etc, please don’t hesitate to reach out. Stay safe everyone.
Sally
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Businesses who are decorating their businesses for Canada Day are encouraged to post a pic on social media, tag it using hashtag #CWBizCanadaDay
Judging will take place on June 30
Cash prizes provided by the
Rotary Club of Fergus-Elora
$150, $100, $50 for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd
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Government & COVID19 Related Updates |
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Ontario Moving to Step Two of Roadmap to Reopen on June 30
Continuing Improvements in Key Indicators Allowing Province to Ease Additional Public Health Measures
With key public health and health care indicators continuing to improve, the provincewide vaccination rate now surpassing the targets outlined in the province’s Roadmap to Reopen, and on the recommendation of the the Chief Medical Officer of Health, the Ontario government is moving the province into Step Two of its Roadmap to Reopen at 12:01 a.m. on Wednesday, June 30, 2021. Read more here
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Ontario Extending Temporary Wage Increase for Personal Support Workers
The Ontario government is investing $141 million to extend the temporary wage increase for personal support workers and direct support workers in publicly funded home and community care, long-term care, public hospitals, and social services sectors. This temporary wage increase will continue until August 23, 2021, and will help stabilize, attract and retain the workforce needed to provide a high level of care during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more here
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Ontario Chamber Partners with Federal Government to Support Shop Local Investment
$8.8M of a $33M investment will go to Ontario, through the Ontario Chamber of Commerce, to support businesses as they reopen so they can stay open and thrive in recovery
The Ontario Chamber of Commerce and Ontario Chamber Network are partnering with the Government of Canada to support small businesses through a new initiative, Shop Local, an investment of $33 million across Canada to encourage Canadians to shop local. Read more here
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Businesses, residents invited to take part in ‘Hate has no home here’ sign campaign
After a year marked by horrible crimes – notably the killing of George Floyd, the discovery of remains of 215 Indigenous children at a residential school near Kamloops and the hate-motivated murders of the Afzaal family in London – local activists wants to show support for diversity and inclusion in this community. Read more here
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Turn Your Food Waste & By-Products Into a Revenue Stream
ReSource Exchange is a business-to-business virtual marketplace, connecting organizations thathave food waste and by-products with others that will find use for them to maximize their economic,environmental, and social value. Using ReSource Exchange to divert their waste, businesses can nowturn their waste into a revenue stream instead of an expense and access new production inputs. More info here.
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Ontario Works Employment Incentive Programme: SPACES
The County’s Ontario Works Division is pleased to announce launch our 2021 employment incentive programme for Ontario Works clients. SPACES (Supporting People and Communities Employment Support Programme) is a short-term employment placement programme intended to provide meaningful employment opportunities to Ontario Works recipients while assisting non-profit and public sector organizations in improving the health and wellbeing of the community. We are interested in working with non-profit and public sector organizations in Guelph and Wellington County to facilitate these placements for Ontario Works recipients. Applications are being received online at SPACES Employer Application - County of Wellington and are being accepted between now and the end of July. Details about the programme and how to apply are included in the attached document or can be found on the County website at SPACES Employment Incentive Programme - Wellington County. Applications will be accepted and approved on a rolling basis until July 31st.
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OMAFRA's Upcoming PROFIT Workshops
A free webinar series designed to assist Ontario agri-food companies by providing practical information (this includes readiness assessment, legal considerations, facility preparation, export strategy, risk management planning, product labelling, and freight and logistics) on exporting to the United States. OMAFRA is offering these sessions to help to grow the success of Ontario agri-food businesses by enhancing their market knowledge to support export of products to the U.S. The PROFIT workshop series is comprised of nine 90-minute sessions that are scheduled to take place during July and August. Attendees can sign up for all nine sessions or just the
topics that interest them. For more information or to register, please visit the Virtual PROFIT 2021 portal at profit.omafrabdb-events.ca/.
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Centre Wellington Chamber of Commerce
400 Tower St. S., Fergus | 519.843.5140| www.cwchamber.ca
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