COWICHAN VALLEY – The Duncan Cowichan Chamber of Commerce celebrates Small Business Month with our 3rd Annual Business Showcase on Friday, October 23 at the Travelodge Silver Bridge Inn, Duncan. It’s a full day of networking, learning and engaging with the Cowichan business community. The day kicks off with two seminars: Small Business BC will send their Marketing Analyst Mark Eversfield to present Market Analysis for Small Business. And, after a popular digital marketing seminar last fall, we’ve arranged for Yellow Pages to return to Cowichan to present Maximize Your Digital Presence.
Exhibitors have the opportunity to connect with senior staff and elected representatives of local and regional governments during a Mini Business Walk on the Showcase floor.
We are delighted to welcome Aerospace Industries Association of Canada Pacific as our guest speaker for what is sure to be a sell-out Luncheon. Join us and find out about one of the fastest growing sectors on Vancouver Island and how its success affects our region and economy.
The Chamber welcomes Scotiabank as this years’ Presenting Sponsor of Business Showcase. The showcase is open to the public and the business community from 1 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. It’s a great opportunity for the public to connect with small business owners and service providers to small businesses in the Cowichan region. The day is capped off with an After Showcase Mixer in the exhibit area from 4:30 – 6:00 p.m. We are pleased to welcome Community Futures Cowichan as this year’s After Showcase Mixer. Community Futures Cowichan has been in the Cowichan Valley for more than 30 years, helping Cowichan businesses turn their business dreams into reality by providing business advisory services and access to capital.
We take this opportunity to blow our horn, as the recent recipient of the 2015 Communications Award at the BC Chamber Executives Annual Conference. The Award honours a Chamber with 201 – 500 members that has demonstrated exceptional quality in communicating the work of their Chamber to members, the local community and the public. We are honoured to be recognized by our peers in the BC Chamber network.
The Duncan Cowichan Chamber of Commerce would like to recognize and welcome the following new members: Jackie Wood Pemberton Homes, CrossFit Anchored Athletics, Chemainus Valley Courier and South Cowichan Echo, West Coast Solutions Inc, Friendship FUNdamentals Learning Centre, Farmer Ben’s Eggs, Something Celtic, Tap into Gusto and Twincreeks Vacation Rental and B&B. Membership in the Chamber is a wise investment. Everything we do addresses the value proposition of belonging to Cowichan’s largest business membership organization.
– Sonja Nagel is Executive Director of the Duncan Cowichan Chamber of Commerce. She can be reached at manager@duncancc.bc.ca or 250-748-1111.