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March 13, 2020 ~ Chamber, Local & Regional Business News

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News You May Have Missed

St. Charles City-County Library In support of efforts to limit the spread of COVID-19 in our communi... ty, the library is canceling all classes, room reservations, outreach visits, and events from March 14-31, including the Spring Fever Book Fair. Library branches will remain... Read more www.facebook.com SBA on Twitter ANNOUNCED TODAY: The SBA will provide small businesses impacted by #Coronavirus (#COVID19) up to $2M in disaster assistance loans. Here's how the process will work: (1/11) Read more twitter.com U.S. Chamber on Twitter All employers should be ready to implement strategies to protect their workforce from the Coronavirus while ensuring continuity of operations. Guides for how employers and employees can prepare for and address the impacts of the Coronavirus... Read more twitter.com Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Public health departments and medical professionals across the globe are closely monitoring and responding to an expanding global outbreak of a respiratory illness called Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). The St. Charles County Department of... Read more www.sccmo.org Mercy will open a drive-through coronavirus (COVID-19)... Mercy has announced they will open a drive-through testing site for coronavirus (COVID-19) on Saturday, March 14, at the earliest, at the Mercy Virtual Care Center ( 15740 S. Outer Forty) in Chesterfield. After Missouri Governor Mike Parson and... Read more www.stlmag.com How To Organize Business Operations: An Ideal Approach - ... You've just started a company, and you're working tirelessly to establish how to organize business operations. Or perhaps your company is established, but things are operating inefficiently or ineffectively. With so much to be done, it can be... Read more www.insperity.com Statement Regarding COVID-19 | St. Louis Regional Chamber We at the St. Louis Regional Chamber have decided to postpone our March events. As the number of COVID-19 cases spread in the United States, it is important the St. Louis regional community take appropriate precautions as outlined by the Centers... Read more www.stlregionalchamber.com Ann Handley on Twitter In his ongoing "Let's Steal From" series... @dougkessler looks at what B2B Marketing can learn from Google Cardboard >> "Let's steal from Google Cardboard" https://t.co/HwCoxvmdgH [via @velocitytweets]. Read more twitter.com Quote.plus Chrome, Safari & Firefox extension to easily share quotes and images to your Twitter account with just one click Read more quote.plus Exclusive: Zoom CEO Eric Yuan Is Giving K-12 Schools His ... O n Thursday, on the heels of Zoom's biggest day ever for downloads the day before, CEO Eric Yuan was taking the time to remotely sign up schools to free accounts of his video conferencing software. First was a prestigious school in Silicon... Read more www.forbes.com Employee Burnout: Don't Prize Productivity Over Your... A high level of productivity is a positive goal that most workplaces strive to meet. But obsessing over productivity to the extent that you neglect the people doing the work can be a big mistake. This comes at a real human cost: employee burnout. Read more www.insperity.com

EDC Business and Community Partners New housing construction is off to a good start the first two months of the year in St. Charles County. Permit issuance is up 10% to 231 in 2020 compared to 210 last year, according to the County... Read more www.facebook.com The Mayor of St. Charles has a new vision for the old... ST. CHARLES, Mo. (KMOX) - One of the oldest parts of Saint Charles is getting revitalized. "Frenchtown is going to be 'hip' -- kind of edgy and artsy," City mayor Dan Borgmeyer said. That includes placing old shipping containers along a stretch... Read more kmox.radio.com Can You Use That Image on Social Media? [Checklist] With social media feeds getting ever more crowded, the battle for attention is constantly ramping up, and if you want to stop people scrolling on by your posts, you'll likely now need some level of stand out visual element in order to grab them... Read more www.socialmediatoday.com EDC Business and Community Partners Following traditional business cycles compounded by ripple effects f... rom the General Motors strike in late 2019, metro St. Louis unemployment rates edged up again in January 2020, with the region's lowest at 3.7% in St. Charles County. Read more www.facebook.com A Washington Post columnist thinks the country should... On Thursday, Steven Pearlstein, a Washington Post columnist and Robinson professor of public affairs at George Mason University, published a Perspective piece on the hyperconcentration of investment capital and jobs in cities including New York,... Read more www.stlmag.com In historic vote, Missouri Senate passes statewide PDMP... After years of efforts to pass legislation creating a statewide prescription drug monitoring program to address Missouri's opioid crisis, the Missouri Senate passed House Bill 1693 on March 12 - an important step forward for the safety and health ... Read more mochamber.com St. Louis looking to bid for new Tesla 'Gigafactory' ST. LOUIS (KMOX) -- Is Tesla sparking the next big economic development race, similar to Amazon's "HQ2" stunt but for manufacturing? Elon Musk, founder of the electric car maker, tweeted that he's scouting the Midwest for the site of a... Read more kmox.radio.com Not Another State of Marketing Report | 2020 Marketing... HubSpot's new report to help marketers prioritize their strategies and outperform their goals. Data from over 3,400 marketers across the globe. Insights and predictions from our leading people and partners. Take a look inside. Read more www.hubspot.com Coronavirus: Best Practices for Working From Home,... 4 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. This week, thousands of in-office workers will experience their first foray into the world of at-home work, as large and small businesses try to manage the threat of... Read more www.entrepreneur.com This is the real reason you procrastinate - and how to... Most of us know the story all too well - you have a big project that you've been dreading and a looming deadline. But instead of working on it and checking it off your to-do list, you put it off by watching hours of YouTube videos or color-coding ... Read more ideas.ted.com The New Work From Home Worker Checklist: Must Do's (&... If you've recently started working remotely due to the unfortunate spread of coronavirus (covid-19) and you're not feeling much confident that you're doing it right ... or if you're a manager or team lead, without much remote work experience,... Read more remoters.net

Upcoming Chamber Events

Lunch with Leaders March 2020 Previously known as our General Membership Meeting, this luncheon is our format for connecting you with business community leaders. Program: Building business and community partnerships to provide learning opportunities for students. This meeting ... Read more www.gstccc.com

Morning Brew - March 2020 Networking Event - A perfect blend of friends and conversation! Stop by for a cuppa jo, a warm smile and new connections. You ll meet friendly chamber members from various industries. Bring your business cards to swap you ll leave with a... Read more www.gstccc.com

Chamber U Business Education Series- The Difference... Please join us for the first session of our Business Education Series. Our topic will be: The Difference Between Marketing and Advertising, presented by Josh Tolley, owner of Purple Monkey Garage. Josh is a syndicated radio talk show host, a 3x... Read more www.gstccc.com

March Biz Brew with the EDC

Billboard Available

Billboard Space Available Just a FEW Billboards left for 2020! Cycles are 28 days long, $100, If you didn’t secure yours yet, you have a last chance before they’re gone! This is what’s available, if you’re interested for Hwy 364/94, contact Lori <hyperlink me> Mar 30 – 3 spots left April 27 – 6 left June 22 – 6 left July 20 – 1 left Aug 17 – 4 left Sept 14 - left Oct 12 - 3 left Nov 9 – 6 left Dec 7 – 8 left *Availability on a first come, first serve basis & subject to change without notice.

Call Lori Tainter to reserve your space at 636-946-0633 or email her at [email protected]

Member Visits

We all love our pets & every now and then, we want to spoil them with a treat.  Yadi's Yummies  offers homemade cookies, treats and other items for you and your pets. The shop is adorable so stop in at 1251 Jungermann, St. Peters and pick up a treat on your way home. Celebrating their one-year anniversary with the chamber with some ‘human treats’ from  Nothing Bundt Cakes . Owner and creator of Provenance Soapworks, Carolyn Holden, would like to invite you to stop in to see and smell all her handmade soaps, skincare products, bath bombs, candles sugar scrubs and other products. Located at 311 South Main Street in St. Charles, it is the place to stop if you are looking for gifts or just to purchase something to pamper yourself.

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