Thank you for your continued partnership with the White Bear Area Chamber of Commerce. Our voice is stronger as a result!

We highly suggest calling these businesses prior to attending their events as their schedules and policies may have changed.

Cutting Boards at White Bear Makerspace

03/23/2020

Flow-Peak Performance, Mental Mastery & the Secret to Happiness at 7 Vines Vineyard
03/27/2020

River Tables
03/28/2020

"My Favorite Things" Spring Kick-off at Success Fitness and Training
03/28/2020

Program: Birchwood Village - Nearly a Century of Community
03/30/2020

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction
03/31/2020- 05/19/2020

The COVID-19 is affecting all of us, but in particular, our small businesses. Please note that many are still open and doing their best to provide their services. We invite you to check-out our updated White Bear Area Chamber website where we have added two more pages!

Please visit the OPEN FOR BUSINESS tab where you will find a whole host of area restaurants and service industry businesses that have adapted their operations to include take-out and delivery, online ordering, drive-thru options and many, many, more! If you would like to be included on these pages, please email Maureen and she will be happy to help.

We have also added a COVID-19 Resources page where you will find important links to everything related to the outbreak and where to find answers to your questions.
  The White Bear Area Chamber of Commerce is committed to supporting and advocating for the business community and we are proactively working to get local aid to our affected businesses and their employees. Last week, the White Bear Area Chamber of Commerce was one of the signatories on a letter that was sent from the Minnesota Chamber to the Governor's office requesting several relief programs for local businesses. Please take a moment to review the letter located at the bottom of this section. "Letter to Govenor Walz".

On Friday, March 20, the U.S. Treasury Department, IRS and U.S. Department of Labor announced that small and midsize employers can begin taking advantage of two new refundable payroll tax credits designed to immediately and fully reimburse them for the cost of providing COVID-19 related leave to their employees. Additional guidance, including how to claim the credits in advance, is being prepared and will be posted to the Coronavirus Tax Relief page on IRS.gov as soon as it is available.

We are in constant contact with our U.S. and State Legislators and local governments. Please feel free to contact us with any of your concerns, comments and requests and we will be happy to get your messages heard by area decision-makers. We know navigating through this trying time is difficult and the White Bear Area Chamber is doing what we can to help. We will always welcome your thoughts and ideas. ​

Times are changing, so are we! We invite you to support your local member restaurants by ordering-in or picking-up lunch and join us in a virtual #TakeoutTuesday Lunchtime Networking! Now is the time that we need to stay in communication, share ideas and tell your stories to fellow Chamber Members. All you have to do is REGISTER for this event and you will be sent a number along with an access code. Call the number, enter in the access code when prompted and join in a conversation with your fellow business leaders!

Minnesota was granted an Economic Injury Disaster Loan declaration (this is good news) which enables small businesses access to the SBA loan program. Now, online applications for these loans are open to Minnesota businesses. Learn more HERE. Online training is available to companies.

The White Bear Area Chamber and the Northeast Metro Perkins Consortium are once again partnering to offer a Teacher Externship program to area businesses. We have a group of eligible educators that will be placed in a member business with the focus on building a bridge between skills-based and knowledge-based education. If your business is interested in hosting a teacher in your workplace during the summer, please email Shari at the Chamber Office of call 651-429-8593 for further details. Read about one of our 2019 Teacher Extern's experiences here.