Changes at the Chamber The “new normal” is ever evolving. With all the changes and the halt to business as usual, the Montrose~Verdugo City Chamber of Commerce has also been affected. Working from home meant we were not in the office each day. Yet since the Stay-At-Home Order, the MVCC has worked to […]
The Face of COVID-19’s Impact on Small Town America The Montrose~Verdugo City Chamber of Commerce is grateful to work member Stephanie Wiley Photography for her approval to share her “Personal Photo Project: #SmallBusinessStories Quarantine and Our Local Businesses.” The photos are daunting: owners of our MVCC businesses and Montrose merchants standing in their empty businesses. […]
Our Town is Reopening! Just in the past few days the city, county, and state have issued new guidelines for reopening our shops and businesses and getting back to our daily routine. You’re right … it’s not quite the same but each of us feels a bit of exhilaration as we cautiously take those […]
Virtually Evolving! COVID-19 has created a new normal for all of us including our Montrose~Verdugo City Chamber of Commerce members. Like our amazing businesses, we have faced this hardship head on and adjusted to the changes accordingly. Here at MVCC we have produced our first virtual ribbon cutting that welcomed Shawerma Kingdom. If you […]
A Most Interesting Year Except for those of us with “essential services,” our shops are closed, customer/client contact is limited or non-existent, whatever “rainy day” funds we had set aside are either depleted or getting close to depletion, most of us are still waiting for the promised government financial assistance, and each of us […]
Bringing Business Back to Your Door in 2020 Okay, we’re each going through a very difficult time. Our businesses are closed, many of us are either laid off or out of work, we’re “trapped” in our homes and/or apartments, and the medical experts are telling us it’s going to get even worse. So what […]
‘Essential’ Essential – a keyword for all of us this last month. It is the difference between your business being able to remain functioning daily or shutting down. It is the difference between leaving your home these days or not. The very definition of essential is “absolutely necessary; extremely important.” And yet what is […]
Bringing Business to Your Door in 2020 Last month I suggested four proven and effective approaches for you and your business to succeed: greet your customers with a smile, be enthusiastic about your business, keep your customer area refreshed and interesting and, when possible, keep your door open during business hours. Most likely the […]
Introducing CBD Comfort Zone CBD Comfort Zone, the first CBD store of its kind, officially opened for business in Montrose in September 2019. Stu Meyer, the owner, opened the store out of his desire to help others discover the benefits of CBD. “[As a] cancer survivor [I] was left with debilitating neuropathy several years […]
Introducing CBD Comfort Zone CBD Comfort Zone, the first CBD store of its kind, officially opened for business in Montrose in September 2019. Stu Meyer, the owner, opened the store out of his desire to help others discover the benefits of CBD. “[As a] cancer survivor [I] was left with debilitating neuropathy several years ago. […]