Looking for our Chemainus BC BIA website?  
http://www.tourismchemainus.com

Looking for our marketing plan 2009 – 2010?
http://chemainusbcbia.wordpress.com/2009-2010-marketing-plan/

Smart communities, firms and organizations today understand that sharing and collaboration changes everything and grows the economy!  One must shut off the compete at all cost part of our brains to work for and be accountable for the common good. It is the rewiring of our brains for the new paradigm of competiveness.

Our stakeholders, the merchant community in Chemainus, indeed our fellow Chemainus and world citizens can help us grow the business in Chemainus BC. Vancouver Island.

The CBCBIA is all about community building.

The dominant thinking we often hold is one of deficiencies, interests and entitlement. That we have a set of problems to be solved and why don’t “they” fix it or do this or that. 

Lets instead restore the experience and vitality of our community, recognize our various interest groups instead of our individual wants, unresearched opinions and needs and bring the right people in the room to talk about possibilities and opportunities.
Lets not have plans and ideas sitting on a shelf but lets take ACTION and then look at how we can make it even better the next time.

We understand, indeed know, that conversation about possibilities builds relatedness and belonging and leads to transformation and economic growth. So please pitch in and give us your constructive idea’s and observations.

We know you like to be informed and want to see progress and this site delivers it:     24/7 Information and input: This blog will inform the BIA stakeholders – membership what is happening in town and what the BIA board is working on in order to improve and market the designated business area in Chemainus.     

The site is focused on giving stakeholders and merchants the opportunity to submit input, share ideas and observations; in short communicate with the C.B.C.B.I.A. board. Link to Information for stakeholders .

Check the current edition of the Chemainus paper for details

www.chemainuscourier.ca

Santa to visit Chemainus

4th annual Christmas Walking tour is happening on December 5th. This is a great opportunity to meet your local business owners and experience what chemainus has to offer. Look for your copy of the Walking tour map in the next edition of the Chemainus Valley Courier, or you can pick up extra copies at the chamber of commerce.

There are 35 participating Merchants this year each offering an in store draw PLUS a chance to enter in the GRAND PRIZE DRAWS. If you visit all 35 stores you can enter up to 35 times.
There will be all sorts of samples and entertainment. Visit Sheryl Sawchucks Art studio to enter the colouring contest, the Flowering Tree for a hand and arm massage, the Twisted sisters for Live music, Sandpipers to see a live nativity, or the 49th parallel for coffee.
Santa will be visiting and riding in the Nanny Cab. You can ride in the nanny cab too for free, just get picked up at one of the stops on the map. See if you can find him or the carolers for an extra chance to put your name in the draw.
There are three GRAND PRIZES.
A Gift basket with somthing from every participating Merchant. A nights stay at a B&B and massage for two.
And Dinner and Theatre tickets to the Chemainus theatre Festival with a nights stay at the Best Westren.

Christmas events are happening every Saturday
Also Dec 7 Dickens Christmas at United church

More details call 250 246 4181

Hard times strike the forest industry

 

By late 1982, a recession coupled with galloping inflation held the province in an icy grip. In the Cowichan Valley, we didn’t have to look further than the mills to see its devastating effect on workers and their families. Several operations closed, including the massive McMillan Bloedel lumber mill in Chemainus.

And 550 laid-off employees of that shutdown mill were still waiting for severance pay and were facing having to pay $35 extra beginning immediately out of unemployment insurance benefits for extended health benefits which the company would no longer subsidize.

“We can’t get any straight answers regarding the closure from anybody in charge,” said a local labour council spokesperson.

Meanwhile Crofton mill workers agreed to begin a seven-month job-sharing program which would save 69 jobs. In the face of word from the company that it would have to cut its wage total by about ten per cent, the union voted 87 per cent in favour of the plan which would see 36 men in production and 33 in trades and maintenance retain positions.

The plan would see production workers give up one eight-hour shift every two weeks, while tradesmen and maintenance workers would forgo one 12-hour shift every ten days.

Lets keep growing our future even now in 2009 – 2010.

Highway banners coordinated by BIA

These Highway banners announcing three December events are going up on the nearest to Henry Road highway signs – soon. 

The three organizing groups got together to advertise these events in the regional communities. The BIA is sponsoring this media print campaign.

In follow up to the recent Chemainus Branding workshop and speech by Bill Baker the majority of our community groups (representatives) met to discuss how to move forward in the most effective way.

Several specific steps have been identified and the group will now move forwards as a committee of the Chamber.

Some key individuals are working on the presentation of a vision (a picture) of what a form of revitalization could look like.

Yes, gateway is part of the next step and so is communication with the muni.

Interested in this “synergy” groups observations? Specifics can be provided on request.

Light the fire within our Chemainus community -

today is Halloween, the Olympic flame is in town

be part of  all kinds of fun and historic events.

Chemainus is more than you can imagine.

Experiential video filming is going on today and during the next thirty day’s in order tell the stories about Chemainus.

For events details related to the Olympic Torch in Chemainus on October 31

Please call 250 246 3944

The Chemainus Business Improvement Association demonstrates its commitment to continuing its ongoing conversation in this blog and in social media as a means to connect with our stakeholders, current clients – visitors and future consumers. Influential brands such as Ford, Tourism V.I., Best Western are using social media channels such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube to create a meaningful dialogue with their audiences.

You find Chemainus at: blog http://chemainusbcbia.wordpress.com/ and
facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/Chemainus-BC/Chemainus-BC-Business-Improvement-Association/128749085315  sure we are also on myspace and on youtube.

The Chemainus BW Hotel is at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Chemainus-BC/Best-Western-Chemainus-Festival-Inn/31478527861  blog http://festivalinn.wordpress.com/
 

Success in social media is impossible without strong community support and our quality products to back up all the conversations. It has the potential to be a very effective tool in connecting with consumers in a dynamic, relevant and responsive way. Lets encourage our visitors to tell us what they like and did not like, via our social media sites and don’t forget we have a survey site

at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=PQaRNK0WblU7FhPsEoYxwg_3d_3d

Ladysmith is now sharing the monthly Times Columnist “monitor” page with Chemainus.

In order to increase regional visitation, advertisers and very much so to keep this page going
this monthly full page sunday feature is now shared between our two communities.

Want to advertisie in it an support your fellow merchants; give us a call info@muraltown.com

Vancouver Home Show

3 D Map guide – Map design and rights for future use

New website and domain one year

Experiential Videos of Chemainus various

Olympic media programs – media kit

Regional Print Campaigns (incl Times Columnist)

Guest Speaker program

Community 3 D signs

Tourism V.I. official Vacation Guide

Tourism Victoria official Vacation guide 2010+web

T.V.I. 2010 travel planning map

BC Magazine Olympic media edition Winter 2009

Cowichan 2010 official travel planner – CVRD

Waggoner cruising boat guide

TV Channel Guide Commercial one year

Highway signs

BC Vacation Planner 2010

Various VI wide guide distributions + BC Ferry video

Social BIA membership receptions and info sessions

Community Living Mural program 2010

New Highway signs coroplast and 2 large signs

Banner programs highway and in town

Banner structures

Olympic banners

Show and shine event

Butchart Garden brochure distribution

Adv design expenses James Glenn

Synergy meetings in community and Muni plus CVRD

Take five tourist guide

Ladysmith Tourist guide

Chemainus Tourist Guide Chronicle

Twassen Terminal (BW runs TV commercial yr rnd)

Review all Web sites re write up and yr rd festival listings

Tripadvisor articles and video’s

Various misc. costs and office or computer costs

Consultant

LOSS of $ due to grafitti and damage

Tree and floral beautification programs

Beautification future

 

2010 advertising campaign add.

The BIA is supporting the Festival of Murals in its efforts to organize “a living mural program”.

This daily – day long event is scheduled for next July and August and is hopefully the inspiration to continue for years to come.

This event should create additional word of mouth advertising/marketing and involves several actors in historic mural period costume walking around our artsy village. They will from time to time act out historic scenes or stories.

These ongoing events should keep our visitor longer and create a draw that will encourage people, that have seen the murals, to come back to enjoy a new experience and ofcourse to make new pictures.

For more details contact us.

This Festival of murals and CBCBIA program is also supported by the Chemainus Festival Theatre, the Chemainus V. Historical Society, the Chamber of Commerce and the Best Western in Chemainus. We are looking for grant money to make this innovative program a reality.