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Wednesday, January 26, 2022
Brighter Together Survey shows businesses optimistic about future
The results of the latest Brighter Together survey, which wrapped up earlier this month, show that businesses are generally more optimistic than they were at the same time last year. Of the 160 businesses who participated in the survey, 74% felt positive about the overall health of their business up from 63% in 2020. The Brighter Together survey conducted by the Lethbridge Chamber of Commerce and Economic Development Lethbridge (EDL) is completed annually to gather data from the business community in
Thursday, June 24, 2021Lethbridge Chamber receives federal shop local funds
The Lethbridge Chamber of Commerce will receive over $139,000 of federal shop local funding — funding that will expand the chamber’s ongoing efforts to encourage patronage of community businesses. “This funding represents an opportunity to launch the biggest campaign that we’ve ever had to promote and support local businesses in a real and tangible way,” says Cyndi Vos, CEO of the Lethbridge Chamber of Commerce. “Thanks to this funding from the federal government, we now have four brand new initiatives
Monday, June 21, 2021Lethbridge Chamber applauds Provinces’ reopening plan.
Lethbridge is back in business on July 1! After 15 months of uncertainty, starts and stops, and difficulty for all Albertans, the Lethbridge Chamber of Commerce is excited to see an end to Covid-19 restrictions in the province as of July 1. “We recognize that this pandemic is not over, and that we in Alberta are extremely lucky at the speed by which we’ve seen vaccines roll out,” said Cyndi Vos, CEO of the Lethbridge Chamber of Commerce. “Vaccination is clearly working. Lethbridge has had a high rate of
Monday, May 31, 2021Lethbridge Chamber has policy success at Alberta Chambers of Commerce AGM
The Lethbridge Chamber of Commerce saw six policies adopted at the Alberta Chambers of Commerce Annual General Meeting, held over two days on Thursday, May 27 and Friday, May 28. The six adopted policies were: Strengthening Alberta’s Electricity Transmission Intertie Infrastructure, The Business Cost of Cybercrime, A Pathway to Fixing the Affordable Housing Crisis in Alberta, A Systems Approach for Provincial Transportation, Small Scale Renewable Energy, and Environment and Parks Water for
