Thank you for supporting the
Grande Prairie & District Chamber of Commerce!
This WEEKLY email highlights our member businesses!
To make a submission for Member Marketplace,
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Organizations are invited to apply for funding between $5,000 and $250,000 to lead projects that help create safe and vibrant public spaces, improve mobility options, and provide digital solutions to help their neighbourhoods or communities navigate the pandemic and look to build back better in the COVID-19 recovery. This could include projects that adapt crosswalks and access to public transport to allow for safe physical distancing, the creation of community gardens, and art installations, and free wifi in targeted public spaces. A variety of community-led organizations are eligible to apply, including local governments, charities, Indigenous communities, and registered non-profit organizations.
Community Foundation of Northwestern Alberta and Wood Buffalo Community Foundation are working alongside Community Foundations of Canada, the Canadian Urban Institute and other partners to serve communities across Canada, including equity-seeking groups interested in applying.
“Organizations across our country have shown creativity and resourcefulness in improvising temporary and longer-lasting solutions that enable people to connect and access public spaces safely. The Healthy Communities Initiative is supporting organizations in Alberta North HUB region to bring people together in our communities both in person and digitally, while respecting public health measures.” - Andrea Dicks, President, Community Foundations of Canada
The application period for the first round of funding closes on March 9, 2021 at 5:00PM PST. A second application period for funding will take place starting in May 2021.
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We're Committed to Helping Alberta's Entrepreneurs
Whether you want to talk business or you're looking for some great advice, we're here to listen and help in any way we can.
Calling all Businesses!
This March, ATB alongside multiple other organizations across the province will be hosting our first ever virtual Power-Up Event. Part of this event includes a $30 credit for participants to spend in the ATB Marketplace Rural Shops.
This specifically curating Rural Shop is to highlight all the amazing small businesses across the province which are owned and operated outside of Edmonton and Calgary. For the months of March and April all platform fees will be waived for small businesses (processing fees still apply). We would love for you to consider giving it a try, knowing that there's a funnel of customers coming in.
Interested in becoming a vendor? Getting set up is quick and easy.
Follow these steps to get started:
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Click here to access the back end of the ATB Marketplace
- Click “Join Now” (on left-hand side)
- Register your name and email address
- Once you’ve received back end approval you are ready to start setting things up
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Watch this instructional video to familiarize yourself with how to’s for your store set up
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Already have your own Shopify store? Click here to learn how to link it (you still have to follow the steps above before completing this)
- Get selling!
Upcoming Webinars
Tax implications of CERB
Thursday, March 11, 2021 | 2 PM | WEBINAR
COVID-19 has presented many challenges for small entrepreneurs and a growing challenge is how to account for some of the government's COVID relief programs like CERB (Canadian Emergency Response Benefit) in your 2020 tax return. In this webinar, we'll go over how to handle the CERB program on your tax return with a couple of examples and use cases.
Speaker: Jeff Butler, ATB Financial
We're Here to Support You
Looking for business advice? Our strategists are available to connect with you using video chat, email, text or phone.
We're here to help.
Chat with our small business experts and get some valuable advice along the way.
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Every year the Jim Pattison Broadcast Group’s Beauty of the Peace Art Competition is held in partnership with the Grant Berg Gallery. The contest challenges artists in the region to capture the unique and vast beauty of the Peace Region of Alberta and British Columbia. This annual event is also an opportunity for amateur and experienced artists alike to have their work showcased in our gallery.
Winners are selected by public opinion ballots collected over the duration of the exhibition and contest.
Public voting for the contest winner is only available in person at the Gallery from March 12 at 10:30 a.m. until April 8 at 5 p.m. One vote per person.
Starting March 12 until April 10, 2021, the Beauty of the Peace exhibition will be open to the public, free of charge, at the Grant Berg Gallery (located on the ground-level floor of 214 Place, #102, 9909 102nd Street) in Grande Prairie’s City Centre.
The exhibition will also be available to view virtually on www.grantberggallery.com but digital voting will not be accepted.
1st Place: One-year representation at the Grant Berg Gallery & limited edition *prints of their artwork
2nd Place: $150 certificate for custom framing at Grant Berg Gallery
3rd Place: $100 certificate for custom framing at Grant Berg Gallery
Winners will be announced on April 9, 2021.
*Prints sponsored by Image Design.
Admissions of artwork can be delivered to the Grant Berg Gallery starting Tuesday, March 2 at 10:30 a.m. The deadline for artists to enter and deliver artwork is Wednesday, March 10 at 5:30 pm.
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GPRC Continuing Education has received funds to offer select safety courses for free and this is available for a limited time only. The safety courses will stress how formal and thorough training helps to prevent workplace incidents from happening.
Free Course Offerings
Face-to-face
Videoconference via Zoom (Remote)
Online (Self-paced)
Registration
To register, please contacting GPRC Continuing Education by email: ce@gprc.ab.ca or phone: 780-539-2975, Monday – Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Registration cannot be completed online.
Conditions
This offer is available to residents of the City of Grande Prairie and the County of Grande Prairie. Proof of residence will be required upon registration.
Please note, due to this being available limited time only, funding for these courses will be available on a first-come-first-serve basis.
Rescheduling of the course can be made two days prior to the start date, with a one-time chance to move into an alternative course date. Failure to appear for the course will forfeit your opportunity to attend this training for free and you will be required to pay for the course upon re-registration.
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Don’t forget, there’s still time to register for our free live webinar – Winning new customers in a changing economy.
With Canada expecting a strong economic rebound in the coming months, you must get ready now to take full advantage of opportunities in the future.
Join BDC experts as they share their advice on how to source more leads, scale up sales processes and ultimately win more customers. The presentation will be followed by a Q&A session for your most pressing questions.
Plus, you’ll get a sneak peek at the latest economic forecast from BDC’s Chief Economist Pierre Cléroux.
Live webinar
Winning new customers in a changing economy
Wednesday, March 10, 2021
10:00 AM
You’ll discover how to:
• win sales more efficiently
• figure out the place of online sales in your business
• deliver on your promises to clients and ensure they remain satisfied
Not available? Register anyways and we’ll send you a recording of the webinar to watch later on-demand.
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Website: www.grandeprairiechamber.com
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Email info@gpchamber.com | Phone 780-532-5340 | Fax 780-532-2926
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