Capital City Station launch
Capital City Station, located at the historic Crystal Garden in the 770-block of Douglas Street, was officially opened Tuesday. The transit hub offers customers a chance to buy tickets and board buses to Vancouver via BC Ferries, to the airport and to scheduled destinations throughout Vancouver Island.

BC Transit passengers can also buy their tickets there, though the BC Transit stop is located just north of the Station.


"Collaboration was key to opening this new transit hub in the heart of the downtown," said Wilson's Group CEO John Wilson as he thanked The Chamber, Tourism Victoria, the City of Victoria as well as the other transportation partners who worked together to make this vision a reality.





City of Victoria: member since 1962



Tourism Victoria: member since 1988







The Wilson's Group: member since 2004



 

See you tomorrow, Thurs July 21, from 5 to 7 pm at 404 Hillside Ave for our July Business Mixer. Special thanks to Van Isle Windows for hosting!

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Final Week - Nominations Close Noon July 28!


Board Chair Al Hasham invites Chamber members to join him in making a difference on The Chamber's 2017 Board of Directors.



Representing Greater Victoria's business community, The Chamber's board is one of the most influential community boards in the region.



Click here for details on how to become a Chamber board member, key dates, the nomination process and the voting procedure. For more info, please contact Peggy Kulmala.



BC Hotels Dominate Awards Program



Travel + Leisure's World's Best Awards 2016 recently announced their winners in their travel category, which had BC accommodation properties dominating two national categories.

"Congratulations to all of the BC winners of Travel + Leisure's World's Best Awards," said Shirley Bond, Minister of Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training and Minister Responsible for Labour. "This kind of international acknowledgement from visitors really shows that British Columbia stands out as a world-class tourism destination."



 
Magnolia Hotel & Spa: member since 1998
 
 
   
FALL MARKETPLACE MIXER:

Book your Fall and Spring Booths Together and Save $50!



Exhibitors showcase your businesses to over 300 people, including Chamber members and the public. Book your booth early to avoid disappointment!







Maximize your exposure. 
Full-colour Times Colonist advertising is available for $100. Creative services provided by the Times Colonist for no additional cost. Limited supply.



Wed, Oct 19 | 4 - 7 pm

Comfort Hotel & Conference Centre

3020 Blanshard St. 

Pok�mon Go for Business!



You've seen them walking around; heads down, staring at their smartphone screens, hunting down mini animated creatures in parks, coffee shops, and maybe even your business. Now the question is how do you harness that extra traffic in and around your businesses and turn it into revenue?



You can request to be a Pok�Stop or Pok�Gym (and request the removal of being one)! Once you know whether your business is a Pok�Stop or Gym (or close to one) you can take advantage of In-App micro-purchase options in the game, such as "Lure Modules" to attract more gamer foot traffic to your business. These is just one  opportunity - there are sure to be more to come.



Regardless whether you are in or prefer to wait,  Pokmon Go-related business opportunities are a step forward for location-based advertising. According to this Forbes piece, Pokmon Go could do for location-based ads what it's already doing for augmented reality: lift it out of the doldrums of speculation into something that actually makes money. 

 


Showing your Medal     


Sports is the training ground for all great business game plans - leadership, teamwork, focused objectives, dedication and hopefully good 
sportsmanship. 


 Team Canada takes those skills to the next level. In a matter of weeks, athletes - like locals Lindsay Jennerich, Ryan Cochrane and Patrica Obee, to name a few - will leave their home towns and families and travel to Rio to represent Canada at the 2016 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games. As everyone prepares to cheer our team on to do their best, here are some fun facts from CBC to share. 

 


 













Tickets on sale now here
 


Donate today to The Chamber's
34th Annual Dinner Auction Gala

  • Feature your brand and products as people begin holiday shopping.
  • Reach hundreds of potential customers.
  • Back the region's largest and most influential business advocate.
  • Unique and buzz-worthy items will be included in our social media campaign. 
For more info, please call 250-383-7191 or email us.



 

 

 
Green Thumb for Camosun Students

 
Electric blue porcelain pots, a winding path of circular stepping stones and lovingly tended patches of delicious herbs are just a few of the highlights of Camosun College's new 'edible garden.' The garden was designed to help students in the professional cook program integrate fresh, local ingredients into their cooking.



"Picking herbs from a beautiful garden is much more attractive and much more present,"says Gilbert Noussitou, Camosun's Culinary Arts Chair. "When you get back to the kitchen, you still have that image of that beautiful garden that you just picked from."



The garden is full of perennial plants like tarragon, chives, sage, oregano, lavender, a  blueberry bush, a salmonberry bush, laurel, and a few others.



 
Camosun College: member since 1981
 


Children Off to a Fair Start!

 
In collaboration with Monk Office, the Mustard Seed is distributing 700 kits to 350 local families with children returning to school in the fall.



The kits, which are being distributed until the end of July have a value of over $50, and include essential stationary for children in grades one through 12, such as binders, crayons, paper and pens.



"Summer break is often the toughest part of the year for families," explains the Mustard Seed's Fairstart program webpage. "School-based meal programs end, parents address additional childcare needs and stress over preparations for their children going back-to-school."
 



 
 Monk Office: member since 1976 
   
  Mustard Seed: member since 1999 
BUSINESS LEADERS LUNCHEON:

Jonathan Wilkinson

Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Environment and Climate Change


Did you know that the rate of global warming over the last half of the 20th Century was about twice that for the whole century?



Hear the federal government's plan for a clean environment and a sustainable economy and find out how it will impact your business and community.



Jonathan comes to Greater Victoria with a foundation of knowledge specific to our community. He is also the lead on the CRD sewage treatment project for the federal government.     

 
Tue, Sept. 13 | 11:30 am - 1 pm
The Union Club of British Columbia

805 Gordon St.



Welcome to Our Newest Members!  






 

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