QUINTE WEST CHAMBER PRESS RELEASE
DATE: July 21 2014
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RE: Local Chamber receives highest designation
Quinte West, ON: The Quinte West Chamber of Commerce has recently been recognized as an Accredited Chamber of Commerce with Distinction by the Chamber Accreditation Council of Canada. Across the country there are approximately 60 chambers that have received this designation which includes about 20% of chambers across the province of Ontario. “Congratulations on your achievement,” says Shelley Morris with the Chamber Accreditation Council of Canada. “You join a group of elite chambers of commerce in Canada that are demonstrating to the business community within which we operate, and to the business community at large, that your chamber is run in a strategic and professional way and that your operations reflect national standards of business excellence.”
This designation is good for two years and will need to be renewed in 2016. “To receive this designation our operations were scrutinized by a panel of judges to make sure we met all the necessary criteria, very similar to when a business goes for their ISO certification,” says Quinte West Chamber of Commerce manager Suzanne Andrews. “Accreditation will ensure that the Quinte West Chamber has a strategic focus on core chamber activities, uniform practices & policies consistent with the network, dependable governance procedures, have a distinctive brand identity and be a stronger ‘voice of business’ in our community.”
“We are very proud of this designation and I know that Suzanne along with her staff and the board of directors worked hard to ensure we would be successful in our application,” says chamber president Dave Fairfield. “Here at the Quinte West Chamber of Commerce we know that our members expect us to be professional and to provide the support and services they need. When businesses choose to be a member of our organization and belong to the Chamber Network across Canada they want to know that they are affiliating themselves with a well-run organization.”
To find out more about the Quinte West Chamber of Commerce and their activities in the Quinte Region you can check out their website at www.quintewestchamber.ca or call 613-392-7635
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