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BLADE GATES: New Year, New Opportunity to Invest
BLADE GATES: New Year, New Opportunity to Invest While it may be too late for me to say “Happy New Year”, it’s great to be writing the first Chamber column of 2024. I don’t know about you, but ever since the spring of 2020 when so much of our world was flipped upside down, time…
Read MoreBLADE GATES: How are you connecting with your community?
BLADE GATES: How are you connecting with your community? The end of the year always comes at a surprise to me. How is it that 2023 is coming to a close already? While I have never been big on New Year’s Resolutions, I always find myself reflecting on the year’s past and considering what I…
Read MoreBLADE GATES: What Makes Small Business, Small Business?
BLADE GATES: What Makes Small Business, Small Business? ‘Small Business Saturday’ has become a national phenomenon. As a new employee with the Manistee Area Chamber of Commerce, I am always hearing the phrase, ‘every season is small business season’… and for good reason! When any business joins the Chamber of Commerce, they invest in the…
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