Here are some more news items stemming from the Battleford Chamber of Commerce’s directors’ meeting of June 20, the final meeting before their summer break:
It’s a go for the launch of the Chamber Market the Battlefords app. The Chamber has agreed to sign on as a sponsor for the shopping app, which is a re-launched and rebranded version of the Shop the Battlefords app seen during the Christmas season.
A launch event/barbeque has been scheduled for June 29 during the noon hour at North Battleford Hyundai with proceeds going to the Battlefords Boys and Girls Club. Live music and special prize announcements will be included.
In other news: the China trip currently being marketed by the Battlefords and the Saskatchewan Chambers of Commerce for April 7-17, 2018 is getting a lot of interest from the local area.
According to executive director Linda Machniak, of the 46 people registered already province-wide, 14 are from the Battlefords area. More information on the trip can be found on the Battlefords Chamber’s website.
There was considerable discussion at Tuesday’s meeting about a big problem being seen at local businesses: shoplifting.
Chamber director Janice Sander, who is property manager of Frontier Centre, reported that Brett Payne of Canadian Tire had asked if the Chamber would be interested in hosting monthly meetings for local owners struggling with shoplifting.
She noted several businesses were seeing shortages of items due to shoplifting, and even noted some businesses were now locking up items that used to be openly displayed.
The Chamber directors indicated they were interested in going ahead with those meetings and further followup is expected to happen.
Finally, visitor washrooms are back open again at the Chamber building during business hours. The washrooms had closed earlier this year in what was a business decision, but it was revisited due to continued visitor demand for the washrooms at the location.
Negotiations had been ongoing to secure some external funds from some local organizations and businesses to cover the costs of operating them, and discussions have gone well enough that the decision has been made to open the washrooms again.
