Greater Vancouver Chamber of Commerce in the business of helping

Program offers coaching, workshops, consultations Creating big change with few resources isn’t easy, but the Greater Vancouver Chamber of Commerce proved last year that it is possible. In 2022, the chamber received a $75,000 grant from Clark County, which came from the nearly $95 million awarded to the county through the federal government’s COVID-19 pandemic assistance package. “When the community was hit with the pandemic, it was very clear there were companies that needed the chamber’s support, but we also realized no company should be threatened with having to close their doors one or two weeks into a pandemic or a crisis of any sort,” said Janet Kenefsky, vice president of membership and operations for the chamber. With the pandemic relief funds in hand, the chamber scaled up its Business Pathways to Opportunity and Development program. “We wanted to make sure that every company had the ability to withstand a pandemic. But also, how do you take those skills and thrive during non-pandemic times, during the good times?” Kenefsky said. The program provides educational workshops, drop-in consultations, individual coaching sessions and cohort coaching sessions to business owners at no charge, to chamber members and non-members alike. Kenefsky said the […]

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