Your Chamber Connection - January 24, 2024

JANUARY 24, 2024

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SMALL TOWN. BIG OPPORTUNITIES

MEET THE CHAMBER Since 1911, the Canby Area Chamber of Commerce is dedicated to the support and advocacy of our local businesses, who are the heart and backbone of our extraordinary community.

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COMMUNITY PARTNERS VIP

BOARD OF DIRECTORS President Tina Schimpf Hope Village

Vice President Dr. Ashley McFerron Canby Eyecare

2nd Vice President Brian Crow Clackamas County Event Center

Secretary/Treasurer Alex Redmond Reif & Hunsaker

Diane Harbeck Better Homes & Gardens

Sue Winner Canby School District

Brian Strunk DirectLink

Paul Carlson 4:8 Financial

STAFF Executive Director/CEO Belinda Goody Office Manager Audrey Traaen Membership Coordinator Robin Balcom

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Matt English Canby Fire District

CONTACT US 503.266.4600 191 SE 2ND Ave Canby, OR 97013

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A message from our EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

BELINDA GOODY

Despite the weather, we have all been very busy EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR behind the scenes getting our website updated, drumming up sponsors and raffle items for our Annual Gala & Auction, and doing the business of running a business that you are all intimately familiar with!

Each month we meet with fellow Chamber Executives from all over the State and with other local resource parters from Clackamas County to share updates and see what we can do to be on the cutting edge of technology or find additional ways to serve our members. This is a great way for us to share resources and information!

Recently, you may have seen an uptick in our social media efforts which have included our work to become a local hub for information on job opportunities. We have opened up our JOB BOARD on our website to allow non-members to submit job opportunities in addition to our existing members because we are seeing an increase in social media traffic with people looking for work. Getting people working again is good for all of us!

If you have opportunities available, please use our JOB BOARD to share them FREE of charge! We want to be that “go to” resource for our members to help boost economic stability here in our community and get those positions filled.

As we are making a concerted effort in this area, we are working to find ways to support our local schools and we hope to partner with Chamber Member businesses that offer site tours, job shadowing opportunities, or that may offer scholarships for students who are seeking educational opportunities in your field. Please contact us to let us know if you have such support systems in place, or would like to build those opportunities for our schools to tap into!

Later this month, I will be a guest speaker at Baker’s Prairie Middle School as a part of the AVID program which is geared toward encouraging and preparing students for training beyond high school. The Chamber will also be participating at their 2024 Career Fair on April 4th this year and encourage those of you who can, to do the same.

It would be wonderful if we could build a pool of career ready student to fill those job opportunities right here in Canby!

- Belinda

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Giddy Up!

Only 2 Sponsorship Opportunities Left!

CLICK HERE FOR SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES Page 4

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RSVP HERE Monthly Luncheon

Tuesday, February 6th 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM Topic: Speed Networking Event Location: Cutsforth’s Old Town Hall Address: 225 NE 2nd Ave Canby, OR 97013 To ensure we have enough food and seating, we require RSVPs and payment in advance through our reservation system. Simply click the RSVP HERE link.

Lunch is $17 per person and raffle tickets are available for purchase at the event.

Remember to: Wear your name badges Bring event fliers & biz cards to share Give raffle prizes that promote your products, services & business!

Good Morning Canby Thursday, February 22nd 7:45 AM - 9:00 AM Host: DirectLink Address: River Room at 150 SE 2nd Ave, Canby The Canby Area Chamber of Commerce hosts "Good Morning Canby" on the 4th Thursday of each month!

It's a great way to network, get new traffic to your location and see the innerworkings of what you contribute to the community.

The following 2024 dates are available: May 23rd - June 27th July 25th - August 22nd - September 26th and October 26th.

Please contact us to host!

RSVP HERE Page 5

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The Happy Hour!

Join us after hours from 5:30 - 6:30 PM when local member business host a Members Only for a behind the scenes event called “The Happy Hour” If you are interested in hosting “The Happy Hour”, please contact us at chamber@canbyareachamber.org today!

Are you a Chamber member? Do you love event planning or running?

We are seeking committee members to help us organize and plan the 11th Annal Canby Dahlia Run that will take place (tentatively) on Saturday, September 14, 2024!

The time committment is one or two meetings per month and support on the day.

Please contact the Chamber office to let us know you are interested in being a part of the Chamber team!

Call: 503-266-4600 or e-mail us at Chamber@CanbyAreaChamber.org

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Check out our 2024 Relocation Guide here!

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Gala Planning Committee

Tourism Committee Members: Brian Crow Kayla DeShazer Donna Ellison Belinda Goody Tyler Nizer Carol Palmer Hanna Russell Audrey Traaen Megan Waterman

Gala Committee Members: Donna Ellison Belinda Goody Diane Harbeck Sandra Toews Audrey Traaen Robin Balcom Vanessa Zimmerman

NEXT TOURISM COMMITTEE MEETING: Tuesday, February 27, 2024 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Location: Chamber Offices

NEXT GALA COMMITTEE MEETING: Thursday, February 8th & 22nd, 2024 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM Location: Chamber Offices

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NEXT GAC MEMBERS MEETING: Wednesday, February 7th 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Location: Chamber Offices During times when our government is out of session, our GAC continues to monitor issues at all levels of government that may impact Canby businesses and the community.

STATE The State of Oregon ”Short” Legislative Session begins in February and runs 45 days.

Each legislator is allowed 2 bills in this session. Our GAC volunteers will be keeping tabs on bills that affect our member businesses, our community, and our region. If you hear of specific things that might affect you, let us know and we’ll add to our watch list.

The tolling issue with the new bridge construction is still being monitored and will have a trickledown effect on Canby with anticipated traffic increases along Highway 99 (which belongs to the Oregon Department of Transportation). To get this issue on the ballot, it will take a minimum of 250,000 signatures! We are sharing this for awareness and will provide updates as we have them.

Legislature is also going to look hard at Measure 110 and how it could be changed to improve safety, become effective and reduce homelessness.

COUNTY We have invited Clackmas County Commissioner Ben West to our next GMC meeting to discuss impacts and concerns around Tolling, Homeless/Mental Health, and the Aurora Airport.

STIP $ (Statewide Transportation Improvement Program) - Several projects in/near Canby have been included in the STIP $ plans since approximately 2017. However, ODOT has not followed through on these projects on County Roads (S Ivy from 99E out to SE 13th Ave as well as others). It is believed, the STIP $ are now gone so these projects will not progress.

CITY The City of Canby will soon share their State of the City address. This will be presented at an upcoming Chamber luncheon as well.

Government Affairs Committee Members Belinda Goody Tony Helbling - Chair Traci Hensley Jon Hull Levi Manselle

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Dr. Ashley McFerron Gloria Montes Sandra Toews Josh Tompkins (New!)

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SMALL TOWN. BIG OPPORTUNITIES VISIBILITY - GROWTH - NETWORK - VOICE

Chamber Ambassadors

Our Chamber Ambassadors: Kayla DeShazer Jose Gonzalez Keri Olin (New!) Hanna Russell Sandra Toews Jasmin Vera (New!)

NEXT AMBASSADOR’S MEETING: 2nd Thursday of the Month Thursday, February 8, 2024 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Location: Backstop

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We are excited to announce our Amazon Wish List!

We often hear “How can we help the Chamber?”

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You can add member or community events through our web page for FREE? Head over to our Community Calendar to submit your events today!

Purchasing items for the Chamber from our Amazon Wish List is just one of the meaningful ways you can help support the Chamber! To see how you can help...

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As a member of the Canby Area Chamber of Commerce, you not only receive a "Proud Member" window cling, but you are allowed to use that logo on your web page, e-mail signature, and in any print or online advertising, marketing and social media postings you do?

The same goes for the “Best of Canby” Winners logo!

Using these official Chamber logos will help to elevate your place in local business circles and also shows your support within the greater Canby Community!

If you need us to send the logo to you via e-mail, please contact us at Chamber@CanbyAreaChamber.org and we'll send one your way!

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The Canby Area Chamber of Commerce is here to support you when you need to get the word out about events, specials and other important information you want to share with our members. Here are some guidelines to help us help you when planning & promoting events!

Event Planning Rule of Thumb: - Minimum of 6 months ahead to plan and 3 months ahead to start advertising the event. This helps ensure you have maximum coverage and allows your audience to adjust their own plans to attend your events. Last minute planning and sharing has been shown to have disappointing results.

Submit information for our bi-monthly Your Chamber Connection newsletters that go out on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of each month. Please send us your event materials 1 week ahead of those days so they can be included.

Attending monthly Chamber Luncheons and Good Morning Canby events. These are opportunities for you to share fliers and event information with our members. Please make sure you share your fliers with us, either in person or via email well ahead of the event date.

Tag us in your social media posts about your events and we will share them on our Facebook and Instagram pages as well. Pro Tip: Sharing at least a week in advance will help ensure your followers will see your events in time - on the day posts don’t typically get seen until days later depending on their feeds!!!

Submit Events to our online Community Calendar! Visit our calendar HERE, not only to see what events are happening at the Chamber, but in the Canby community as well. Anyone can submit an event to the Chamber’s Community Calendar. This is also where you can RSVP for Chamber Events once you click on the event you want to attend!

Share the Details! Your event fliers should always include date, time, location, fees, activities, food/drink, contact info and don’t forget your LOGO!

Submit your event info to: Chamber@CanbyAreaChamber.org Page 13

Growth Opportunities

Professional Development Series

As a FREE service to our members, we have developed a Professional Development Series with self-guided training materials in response member business owners who were seeking professional development training in these areas.

To access our Professional Development Series & Training Tips content at your convenience, just click this link:

Click Here As we grow, we will introduce new ways to securely share our training - including videos and online page turners through our new "Issuu" platform.

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More January Renewals!

Ace Glass American Steel Dick’s Canby Ford Filbert’s Farmhouse Kitchen Gustafson Insurance Millar’s Point S Tire & Auto Service Nuevo Vallarta NW Employment Solutions Pioneer Pump Swan Island Dahlias Todos Juntos, Inc.

Thank You!

Post or Take advantage of deals just for our Members!

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Chamber Members

NEW CONTACT INFO!!

Ruben Ramirez Alvarez E-mail: BRCAdmin@OregonCity.org Office: 503-656-1619 Business Recover Center Website

can share job postings for FREE! CLICK HERE to share your job postings today!

Deadlines to receive support are coming to a close by June 2024.

Act now while resources are still available through the Oregon City Chamber of Commerce Don't wait to see if you qualify for assistance!

You are not required to be a member of any Chamber of Commerce to apply!

Contact Oregon City's new Business Resource Center today!

NEW CONTACT INFO!!

Ruben Ramirez Alvarez E-mail: Email Office: 503-656-1619 Business Recover Center Website

For more business resources...

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Click Here CanbyAreaChamber.org

Child Care Infrastructure Program As directed by the Oregon Legislature in House Bill 3005, Business Oregon will be working with the Department of Early Learning and Care, other state agencies and private and non-profit entities to implement a grant and loan program to provide financial assistance for Child Care infrastructure activities. Business Oregon and our partners will be conducting extensive stakeholder outreach throughout the remainder of 2023 to ensure that there is broad input into the design and implementation of the program.

The Child Care Infrastructure Program will receive $50 million of funding, with $25 million available in the spring of 2024 and $25 million available in the spring of 2025. The details of program implementation are in development and we will provide updates as we move forward.

Program development includes the process of drafting the administrative rules that guide the program and for which stakeholder input is critical.

A feedback form is available at this link. If you would like to be added to the list of stakeholders, please select the “yes” box. The form also allows you to send us specific questions about the program.

Your questions will help us develop a FAQ sheet, better understand the needs of the customer and help inform development of the program. Please, however, understand that we will not have answers to many of your questions, until we receive stakeholder input and develop administrative rules. We will do our best to answer questions and concerns and will post answers on a FAQ section of this webpage. At this time, the attached House Bill 3005 is the best resource and source of information about the Program.

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We Moved!

When you send us your event fliers and info before noon on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month, we can add them to our bi-monthly newsletter for FREE!!

Email to: Chamber@CanbyAreaChamber.org

200 NW 1st Ave Canby, OR

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February 1st 5 - 8 pm

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To all who loved Frank, A Celebration of Life service will take on February 3 at 11am at Athey Creek Christian Fellowship 2598 SW Ek Rd, West Linn, OR 97068-9728

CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL CCSD / CANBY HIGH SCHOOL BOND PROGRESS UPDATE

LINK TO CCSD YOUTUBE VIDEO

2024 CAREER FAIR INVITATION CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS!

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