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Message From the President

2016 can only be described as another amazing growth year for the Steinbach Chamber. This was represented on a number of fronts. It was represented through our strategic planning as we embarked on year two of our three year strategic plan to enhance the ‘sustainability’ and ‘relevance’ of the Chamber.

Through this, we focused on improving our membership communication, sharpening our media delivery platform, revising our by-laws and we began to work on harmonizing our events. We felt this was important in order to provide a better experience to our members. With sold-out events throughout the year, we felt we were able to deliver this improved experience and we continue to work on growing our events and developing new ways of uniting our business community. Along the way, we were able to add over 100 new members bringing our representation to just over 460.  This represents nearly 70% of the entire business community population of Steinbach.

In the area of advocacy, the Chamber has been actively working with many levels of government. Earlier this year, much effort was made to assist our settlement clients to insure they had the best representation possible, as the federal regulations did not allow us to provide service to approximately 50% of them. This work was done in collaboration with both the MP and MLA offices. In addition, the Chamber has participated in a number of meetings throughout the year with Council and City staff on key topics such as the Multiplex and the Sign Bylaw. In the upcoming months, we look forward to continuing this hand-in-hand relationship we have built through a partnership on our ‘more for you here’ campaign.

We look forward to continuing our work with our members in 2017!