(Submitted photo/Lisa Suchlandt)

By Brendan Mayer

Nipawin Chamber AGM

Nipawin chamber discusses challenges and future plans at AGM

May 13, 2021 | 5:00 PM

The challenges of 2020 and what to expect this upcoming year was the focus of the 2021 Nipawin and District Chamber of Commerce Annual General Meeting (AGM) over Zoom on Thursday.

“Twenty-twenty was an extremely challenging year for the business community and the chamber was no exception,” Nipawin and District Chamber of Commerce president Ben Paskaruk said.

The chamber hasn’t been able to hold their regular in-person events during the COVID-19 pandemic.

“We would normally use those events to generate revenue that we use to operate,” Paskaruk said. “Our membership fees only cover the very basics, and we need those events in order to run the chamber as we would like. We have secured enough funding to stay afloat through this difficult period.”

Paskaruk said the chamber is currently focused on planning for the future.

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“There are bound to be obstacles but I’m confident that we can grow our organization,” Paskaruk said. “We’ve fostered a closer relationship with the town and managed to maintain our relationships with our members through online endeavours. What challenges and opportunities are we going to see when this health crisis comes to an end?”

The chamber recently booked the 2022 sports and leisure show.

“I booked it in January for next year,” Nipawin and District Chamber of Commerce executive director Lisa Suchlandt said. “We don’t want to run into any other event that’s happening in town. We weren’t going to be able to do it this year.”

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