What is a Business After 5 event? It is a series of member-hosted member-exclusive monthly events that present opportunities for casual networking for our members. Hosting a Business After 5 event is your chance, as a member, to put your best foot forward and leave an impression on a large number of your fellow members.…
Press Release May 10, 2022 Richmond Chamber of Commerce announces the departure of President and Chief Executive Officer Dan Baxter for personal reasons. We are pleased to announce that leadership of the organization that represents 700 businesses in Richmond has been taken on by Shaena Furlong. Ms. Furlong has been with the Chamber for ten…
Press Release Richmond, BC – On April 28th, for the first time since 2019, Richmond Chamber of Commerce members gathered in-person for their Annual General Meeting. Carolyn Robertson was unanimously confirmed as the 2022/2023 Chair of the board, continuing her role from the previous year. Robertson, who retired as Dean of the Wilson School of Design at Kwantlen…
Press Release August 18, 2021 RICHMOND, B.C. – The Richmond Chamber of Commerce is pleased to see a decision on the long-anticipated replacement of the George Massey Tunnel. Wednesday morning, Minister Rob Fleming announced the Province will be moving forward to build an eight-lane immersed tube tunnel, estimated to be completed in 2030, at a…
Press Release June 30, 2021 Richmond, BC – Members of the Richmond Chamber of Commerce elected their new board of directors at a fully virtual event. On Tuesday evening, June 29th, members gathered in front of their computer screens to be updated on financials, take part in chamber business, and vote on the new board of…
Press Release June 22, 2021 RICHMOND, B.C. – The Richmond Chamber of Commerce is pleased to see a commitment to real improvements on the Hwy 99 corridor around the George Massey Tunnel, but anxious to see a plan to replace the aging crossing itself. Today, the Province announced improvements to the critical corridor, including a…
Press Release May 5, 2021 RICHMOND, B.C. – The Richmond Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce their incoming President and CEO is Dan Baxter, who will be starting his new role on May 31, 2021. Baxter brings decades of experience and passion for business issues to Richmond’s largest business organization. “I am honoured and…
Article courtesy of the Business Development Bank of Canada Managing your operations through the current crisis might seem like a daunting task. So how can entrepreneurs get started? “Despite the survival mode in which some business owners are finding themselves, the main problem for businesses in a crisis is to realign offer to client…
Press Release November 19, 2020 August 14, 1942 – November 14, 2020 It is with great sadness that we share Gerard Edwards passed away on Saturday, November 14th. Members of the Richmond Chamber will remember Gerard as our Chair from 2014-2015 and as a director from 2011-2017. Throughout his years of involvement with the Chamber,…
November 9, 2020 On November 7, 2020 the BC Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry issued a new public order to significantly reduce the level of social interactions and travel in the Vancouver Coastal and Fraser Health regions for two weeks up to November 23, 2020 at 12:00pm. THE DETAIL: By order of the PHO, all individuals,…
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