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Wednesday, February 22, 2017
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10th Annual Warden's
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Friday, March 31, 2017
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27th Annual Business
Excellence Awards
please bring your business cards.
Wednesday, April 19, 2017
Hot luncheon buffet sponsored by:
5:00 p.m. ­ 10:00 p.m.
Caesars Windsor, Augustus
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MARCH 17!
Regional After Business
Tradeshow Presented by
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CHAA Hanger
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Thursday, May 11, 2017
After Business Presented by
Johnson Insurance @ The City Grill
4:30 p.m. ­ 7:30 p.m.
Canadian Historical Aircraft
Association (2600 Airport Rd.)
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81st Annual Golf
Tournament @ Pointe West
Golf Club
Thursday, February 16.
Monday, June 5, 2017
Enjoy fantastic complimentary appetizers, a cash bar and
the door prize draw. Bring plenty of business cards to
Pointe West Golf Club (200
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Dragons' Den Auditions ­ February
17, 2017
It’s time for all aspiring
entrepreneurs to get their
business pitches ready for a
chance to be a part of
Dragons’ Den’s incredible
12th season on CBC.
Dragons' Den producers will
once again head coast to coast on the multi­city audition
tour in search of the country’s best businesses in need of
a Dragon investment.
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show the producers they have what it takes to pitch in the
Den, they could be invited to Toronto to face the Dragons.
While attendance at the audition tour is not mandatory, in
order to better your chances on being selected to appear
on the show, we encourage you to come out and audition!
Date: Friday, February 17, 2017
Time: 10:00 a.m. ­ 5:00 p.m.
Location: Windsor­Essex Regional Chamber of
Commerce (2575 Ouellette Place)
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Luncheon Featuring Tecumseh
Mayor Gary McNamara ­ Mark Your
Calendar!
Join us Wednesday, February 22,
2017 for our Luncheon featuring
Tecumseh Mayor Gary
McNamara.
McNamara will be speaking
on Building for the Future:
Continuing Success for a Strong
Tecumseh.
Date: Wednesday, February 22, 2017
Time: 11:30 a.m. ­ 1:00 p.m.
Location: Ciociaro Club of Windsor (3745 N. Talbot Rd.)
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10th Annual Warden's Luncheon
Featuring Essex County Warden
Tom Bain ­ Mark Your Calendar!
Join us Friday, March 31, 2017 for our 10th Annual
Warden's Luncheon Featuring Essex County Warden Tom
Bain.
Essex County Warden and Lakeshore Mayor Tom Bain
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Date: Friday, March 31, 2017
Time: 11:30 a.m. ­ 1:30 p.m.
Location: Ciociaro Club of
Windsor (3745 N. Talbot Rd.)
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27th Annual Business Excellence
Awards Presented by Windsor Star
This premier business event
of year recognizes
professional individuals and
companies who have set
standards and demonstrated
achievements that have
contributed to the prosperity
and business development in
Windsor and Essex County. Date: Wednesday, April 19, 2017
Time: 5:00 p.m. ­ 10:00 p.m.
Location: Caesars Windsor, Augustus Ballroom (377
Riverside Dr. E.)
Register Online for Advance Pricing until March 17!
27th Annual Business Excellence
Awards Official Program
Join the many businesses and professionals as we
celebrate the outstanding practices of those in the
business community through the 27th Annual Business
Excellence Awards Official Program featuring this year’s
finalists, sponsors, special messages and stories of
business excellence in Windsor­Essex County. This
special commemorative keepsake is provided to all
guests the night of the big event. In addition, the program
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windsorstar.com as a special online section.
Participating advertisers will all enjoy special shoutouts to
tens of thousands of Windsor Star Facebook and Twitter
followers leading up to the event.
For more information, click here.
Regional After Business Tradeshow
presented by Johnson Insurance at
the Canadian Historical Aircraft
Association Hanger
The Largest After Business
Tradeshow of the Year.
Networking Propelled Up:
Nothing better than face to
face interaction!
Date: Thursday, May 11, 2017
Time: 4:30 p.m. ­ 7:30 p.m.
Exciting New Location: Canadian Historical Aircraft
Association (2600 Airport Rd.)
Register Online for Advance Pricing on Exhibit Space
until April 7!
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81st Annual Golf Tournament @
Pointe West Golf Club
Join the Windsor­Essex
Regional Chamber of
Commerce and leading
Essex County business
professionals for an elite day
of golf and networking at
Pointe West Golf Club. Enjoy the private golf club
experience at our 81st tournament, the longest running
business golf tournament in this area.
Date: Monday, June 5, 2017
Time: Registration & Deli Lunch 11:00 a.m., Shotgun
Start 12:30 p.m., Dinner, Prizes, Raffle 5:30 p.m.
Location: Pointe West Golf Club (200 Golfwood Dr.)
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Ontario's Cap and Trade Program:
How Will it Impact Your Business?
The Ontario Chamber of
Commerce (OCC) has been
your voice to government on behalf of the province’s
business community. While government has proceeded
with the implementation of cap and trade, the OCC
continues to work with our membership to try and educate
businesses about what this will mean for your bottom­line.
We are also engaged in an ongoing dialogue with the
provincial government to try and ensure the new program
has as limited an impact on Ontario’s competitiveness as
possible.
Click here for more information.
Policy Alert – MPs must be told that
taxing employer­paid health benefits
will harm middle class Canadians
The federal government is
considering taxing employer­
paid health and dental
benefits. In addition to hundreds or thousands of dollars
that would be added to Canadians’ tax bills, it also means
that many employers will no longer provide coverage to
employees. When a similar tax was introduced in Quebec,
20% of employers dropped health and dental benefits for
employees. Studies suggest the removal of this tax benefit
across the board could result in a decrease of 50% of
small firms who will be able to offer health benefits.
Please tell your MPs that this move would harm the
people the federal government promised to champion; the
middle class. Encourage your members to do so as well.
Member Spotlight: ENWIN
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Member Spotlight: ENWIN
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ENWIN is Windsor’s local
electricity distribution
company and water system
operator, responsible for the delivery of electricity to
83,000 customers in Windsor and water to 73,000
customers in Windsor, Tecumseh and LaSalle. As the
local distribution company, ENWIN supports our
community by ensuring the safe, reliable delivery of these
essential services. As the cost of electricity increases across Ontario, the
local utility must strive to safeguard the needs of local
consumers, by offering the best possible level of service
within its means. ENWIN relies on technology, innovation
and sound management to ensure value to all its
customers. In order to continue to provide the infrastructure and
technology needed to help our community thrive, now and
in the future, it is vital that ENWIN understand the needs of
businesses in all sectors of our local economy.
Membership in the Chamber is one way ENWIN reaches
out to the businesses it serves.
Detroit Windsor Tunnel Launches
Tunnel Perks, a Mobile Application
to Promote Cross Border Shopping
and Dining, in Addition to
Celebrating Local Business
To promote the cross­border Live, Play,
Shop, & Eat lifestyle, The Detroit Windsor
Tunnel is launching Tunnel Perks, a new
mobile app that offers Tunnel customers
discounts in participating stores and
restaurants, on both sides of the border.
Participating businesses provide the Tunnel with
information on their business; their logo, address (or
addresses), and the discount they are willing to give
Tunnel customers. The ad will provide directions to the
business from the Tunnel. There is no cost to participating
vendors.
The app is available in the iTunes and Google Play stores
as a free download. Potential advertisers are encouraged
to visit the app for examples of ads.
For more information, or to participate in the Tunnel Perks
program, please send your logo, corporate information,
discount for tunnel customers and business address to
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Cindy Hall at [email protected].
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Building an International Brand
Kay Douglas, President of Douglas Marketing Group will
be speaking about Building an International Brand
position and leveraging this for growth and development.
EWI has been at the forefront of recognizing and acting on
the value that building cross border relationship presents
to corporations. The only chapter in the world that can
boast of having 2 countries in one chapter, past President
Kay Douglas will profile the significant impact being a part
of EWI with international reach has had on the
development of her brand and award winning cross
border strategies and clients.
Date: Wednesday, February 8, 2017
Time: Dinner at 6:30 p.m., Pre­Event Hosted by:
Lazares & Co. from 4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m., details on
website.
Location: The Center for the Arts at St. Clair College
(401 Riverside Dr. W.)
RESERVE YOUR SPOT:
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meeting­and­professional­development/
For more details visit: www.ewidetroitwindsor.org.
Exclusive Spitfire Chamber Member
Deal!
The Windsor­Essex Regional
Chamber of Commerce and
the Windsor Spitfires are
excited to offer Chamber
Members an exclusive
Spitfire Chamber deal!
Buy one ticket to the next Spitfires game on Saturday,
February 18 at 7:00 p.m. (vs. Guelph ­ Mickey Renaud),
and get one free!
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Saturday, February 18, 7:00 p.m. (Guelph – Mickey
Renaud)
Sunday, March 5th, 2:00 p.m. (Sudbury)
For more information, visit the Windsor Spitfires online!
Exclusive Windsor Express Member
Deal!
The Windsor­Essex Regional
Chamber of Commerce and the
Windsor Express look forward to the
upcoming season of our Champions
with for EXCLUSIVE Chamber
member pricing!
Chamber Members: Use promo code WEC for buy one,
get one free tickets to home games!
Corporate sponsorship opportunities still available. Visit
windsorexpress.ca for more information and to view the
2016/2017 schedule.
Complete our member survey to enter to win 4
tickets to the Feb. 1 Windsor Express Game!
Do you consider your business, organization, or not­for­
profit to be a PILLAR in our community? If so, let's talk to
see if we are a potential match to advance your goals.
Please contact: Sherri Gowman, Director of Sales and
Marketing, at [email protected].
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Member Exclusive Benefits
Part of your Chamber membership entitles you to receive
the following benefits and programs.
Visit our Membership
Benefits page to review how
we assist our members in
achieving their goals through
our business programs.
Special rates and offers
exclusively for Chamber
members including:
Payment Solutions Right for your
Business
Tailored Solutions to grow
and manage your business
one transaction at a time!
First Data's Chamber Offer: Earn a $1,000 MasterCard gift
card if First Data cannot beat your current payment
processing fees. To get started, all we need is a copy of
your current statement.
Visit chambermerchantservices.ca for more information
about our program and services. Click here to view the
flyer.
Attention Business Owners,
Managers and Human Resource
Professionals
ALL OF YOUR EMPLOYEES are eligible to receive
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employees (payroll stuffers, flyers for staff room etc.),
please contact Caitlin Hildenbrand at
[email protected].
We Value Your Feedback!
We are asking our members
to take a few minutes and
answer the satisfaction survey below. The feedback you
provide will help us enhance the membership experience
of our current and future Chamber members. Click the link
HERE to share your valued opinion and enter your
organization to win a Member Spotlight!
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