Cornwall & The Counties Community Futures Development Corporation is pleased to announce that through the Regional Relief and Recovery Fund (RRRF) provided by FedDev Ontario we have contracted a bilingual, temporary, full-time COVID-19 Business Relief Advisor to...
The Bridges to Better Business Resilience and Pivots workshops finished with the Tourism Industry panel on Friday, October 30, at 9:00 am. This workshop explored how three tourism businesses were resilient and made quick pivots to mitigate the COVID-19 pandemic...
Cornwall City administration presented City Council a report detailing a draft bylaw to create a licensing system for rental units in Cornwall last June. The Cornwall and Area Chamber of Commerce closely follows any issue that may cause higher housing costs or may...
The Bridges to Better Business Resilience and Pivots workshops Retail Industry panel was on Wednesday, October 28, at 9:00 am. This workshop explored how three retail stores were resilient and made quick pivots to mitigate the COVID-19 pandemic effects. Our guests...
Bridges to Better Business Resilience and Pivots workshops started on Monday, October 26, at 9:00 am with the Restaurant Industry Panel. This workshop explored how two restaurants who served different clientele were resilient and made quick pivots to mitigate the COVID-19 pandemic effects. Our first guest speaker was Jo-Ann Houle, owner of Cup of Jo’s, who explained how they changed in their business plan to offer their new service Family Meal Boxes’. Our second guest was Rizwan Mustafa, owner of Sheep Head Bistro, explained how they went from serving a specific clientele to opening up to a broader market by offering their unique takeout menu.
As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, so does the impact Canadians are feeling due to economic changes, job loss, and major disruptions across all sectors of the economy. This point was further driven home on October 14, 2020 when BDO released their Annual Affordability...
I’d like to begin with an update on the provincial government’s Bill 148, as some of you may be aware. Your Chamber’s efforts have paid off as through Bill 47, the government has repealed many parts of the original Bill, one that could have had a significant impact on...
The new Ontario Small Business Support Grant, which will help small businesses that are required to close or significantly restrict services under the new Provincewide Shutdown More info here:...
The province has released the text of the Stay at Home Order. There are a couple of items in the Order we want to highlight: 1. You may leave your home to pick up goods from any businesses offering curbside 2. Essentially all business can sell goods if you offer...
We have a document that elaborates on the changes made yesterday. You can read it here: https://cornwallchamber.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/moh-enhanced-provincewide-shutdown-en-2021-01-12-v3-1.pdf ‼️‼️CONSTRUCTION: there is a more complete statement on the...
The Cornwall & Area Chamber of Commerce is frustrated that the Province did not address the lack of fairness in what an in-store customer can purchase in today's (Jan. 12th, 2021) announcement. The unfairness affects small, medium and large businesses. Businesses that...
Today (January 12th,2021) Premier Doug Ford announced new restrictions to assist with curtailing the spread of Covid-19 Effective Thursday, January 14, 2021at 12:01 a.m., the government is issuing a stay-at-home order requiring everyone to remain at home with...
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