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Press Releases
Monday, June 22, 2020Recover Together Small Business Relief Fund Announces Third Round of Grant Recipients Read more(0) CommentsFriday, June 5, 2020On Friday, June 5, the Recover Together Small Business Relief Fund awarded nearly $70,000 to 22 local small businesses in its first round of funding. The purpose of the Small Business Relief Fund is to provide working capital to local small businesses as they work to continue or resume operations following COVID-19-related impacts. Over 450 applications have been received since the application window opened on June 1 and the Relief Fund will continue to accept applications through June 15. Additional funding rounds will be announced moving into next week. Read more(0) Comments
Monday, June 1, 2020Local leaders announced the opening of applications for the Recover Together Small Business Relief Fund which has received over 100 applications at the time of this release. Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce Foundation Chairman Willie Durham, Mayor Steven L. Reed and co-chairs of his Economic Impact Task Force, County Commission Chairman Elton Dean and City Council President Charles Jinright, addressed the media today to mark this milestone for the relief fund which was created help small businesses that have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more(0) CommentsTuesday, May 5, 2020The Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce has won the prestigious Mac Conway Award for Excellence in Economic Development. This award is presented by Site Selection magazine to the nation’s top 20 local economic development organizations for their outstanding results in bringing prosperity to their communities. Read more(1) CommentsWednesday, April 29, 2020Today elected and business leaders launched the Recover Together Small Business HUB (Helping Business Unite), a free, one-stop clearinghouse to connect small and minority businesses to the resources and information they need most as they emerge from the COVID-19 crisis. This public-private collaboration is an early outcome of Mayor L. Steven Reed’s Economic Impact Task Force. Read more(0) CommentsWednesday, April 22, 2020The Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce has curated a panel of local experts to advise small and medium sized business owners in the Montgomery area on COVID-19 recovery related issues during a live, one-on-one call-in event this Thursday from 3- 6 p.m. The call in number is 334-226-7529. Read more(0) CommentsTuesday, March 17, 2020Based on guidance from Governor Kay Ivey and public health professionals regarding COVID-19, the Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce is moving to remote work for the immediate future. All Chamber facilities and in-office operations are closed effective March 16th and remain closed through May 26th. At that time we will evaluate the ability to reopen our facilities and return to full on-site staffing. Read more(0) CommentsTuesday, February 18, 2020The Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce Convention & Visitor Bureau is proud to announce that they are the recipient of one Gold and one Silver Adrian Awards, presented by the Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International (HSMAI) at the Adrian Awards Dinner Reception and Gala. Read more(0) CommentsTuesday, January 14, 2020The Program Executive Office at Gunter Awards $13.4B Air Force Small Business Enterprise Applications Solutions Contract. The Air Force Program Executive Office for Business Enterprise Systems (PEO-BES) located at Maxwell-Gunter AFB awarded a major Air Force wide Small Business Enterprise Applications Solutions (SBEAS) Contract to 20 small businesses. The contract scope is for up to $13.4 billion of work to be performed over a fifteen-year period if all contract option years are used. Read more(0) Comments
