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Monday, March 07, 2022Chamber Announces Shop Champaign County Gift Card Presented by Common Ground Food Co-op
Presented by Shopping at local businesses and restaurants significantly impacts our local economy. Everyone needs to make an effort to shop local year-round, not just during the holidays. More money stays in our community when you do, which creates new jobs and allows for necessary improvements. The Chamber is making it easier than ever for you to shop local with the launch of our new Shop Champaign County gift card. The new Shop Champaign County gift card presented by Common Ground Food Co-op can
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Friday, January 21, 2022Incumbent Worker Training Program
Money is Available to Train Your Employees Train and upskill your existing workers with federal grant funds that are already here in the county and ready to be spent.The Champaign County Chamber of Commerce has partnered with the Champaign County Regional Planning Commission to help area companies get these monies to train their existing employees (incumbent workers). We want to help you get money for important training of your existing employees to increase productivity, improve retention of valued
Thursday, January 06, 2022Count on Program to Continue its Good Work
Can you read this? If your answer is yes, you are one of the 50 percent of American adults who can read past an eighth-grade level. According to the U.S. Department of Education and the National Institute for Literacy, more than 32 million American adults cannot read. Why should the business community care about this? Reading is both a necessary life skill and the most basic workforce competency. The most dedicated individual and contributor to the company’s bottom line may never walk through an employer’s
