Volume 7, Issue 7

Pontiac Chamber of Commerce
Volume 7 Issue 7
Shopping Local
Shopping local – discourage
community assassination
article credit: pontiac journal, august 13, 2014
In their book titled, “13 ways to kill your
community,” authors Doug Griffiths and
Kelly Clemmer describe thirteen ways
small communities like our own can limit
their success, and ensure they crumble
into ruins. “Let’s suppose you have a
really ambitious goal in life - you want to
kill your community! You want to drive
away people, eliminate jobs, undermine
businesses, and you won’t quit until the
whole place is in ruins. Here is a handy
manual full of proven ideas for the up-andcoming town wrecker,” says the book’s
description.
One of the methods the authors highlight
for killing small communities is shopping
elsewhere. As they explain, dollars spent
locally typically go through seven hands
before they leave the community, whereas
those spent elsewhere are gone for good.
Those gone-forever dollars affect the local
economy drastically because it can lead to
local business closures, job losses, and a
large outflow of people leaving the area.
Although local organizations try to
encourage residents to support their local
October 2014
Chamber Events
Business Achievement Awards Gala
Friday, Oct 24, 2014
Auberge Mont-Blanc, Portage-du-Fort
Tickets – $70
v
Christmas Shopping in the Pontiac
Saturday, November 22, 2014
v
Chamber Holiday Party
Saturday, November 29, 2014
Jack Graham Centre, Bristol
Tickets – $45
businesses, are they missing the mark by
approaching the issue from the wrong
angle? Sure, explaining how spending
money locally promotes our economy and
businesses, and essentially ourselves, will
do the trick for some people. But are they
missing something?
We are the poorest region in Quebec for
the last five years in a row, which means
that for many Pontiac residents, shopping
locally is based on finances. They shop
elsewhere because they feel there is a
significant cost savings for doing so even
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Come and share in the holiday spirit!!!
Celebrate the holidays with your employees
and let us do the work!
All Pontiac Businesses Welcome!
Live Music — Upstream Dave
Silent Auction
November 29
Jack Graham Centre - Bristol
Cocktails 6-7 pm
Dinner 7 pm (Cafe 349 catering)
$45 per person
Contact Ginger: 819-647-2312
[email protected]
www.pontiacchamberofcommerce.ca
2014 Business Achievement
Awards Gala
The Chamber is hosting the third
annual Business Achievement
Awards Gala – a way to recognize
and celebrate the nominees in 10
categories: Young Entrepreneur,
Self-Employed Business Person,
Small Business, Medium Business,
Large Business, New Business,
Farm Enterprise, Tourism, 2014
Feature Award – Customer Service,
Lifetime Achievement Award.
Last year’s Business Achievement
Awards were presented in front of a
sold out crowd! This year’s awards
will be presented at a semi-formal
event to be held on Friday, October
24 at Auberge Mont-Blanc in
Portage-du-Fort. Doors open at
6 pm, dinner will be served at 7
pm and the evening will end with
the presentation of the Business
Achievement Awards.
Tickets for the event are
available for $70 per person.
There are only 250 tickets
available, so order yours early.
This is an event not to be missed!
Gala Partners — Thank You!
Platinum Event Partners
André Fortin
Député de Pontiac
[email protected]
Bureaux de circonscription
Les Galeries Aylmer
181, rue Principale b.A1
Gatineau QC J9H 6A6
Tel.: 819 684-4400
Telec.: 819 684-4988
1226, route 148 C.P 100
Campbell’s Bay QC J0X 1K0
Tel.: 819 648-7070
Sans frais: 1 866-988-7070
Telec.: 819 648-2448
Gold Event Partners
Silver Event Partners
For tickets contact Ginger:
819-647-2312 or bizdev@
pontiacchamberofcommerce.ca
The deadline to purchase tickets
is October 15, 2014.
Agricultural Training Course — Hygiene and Food Safety
A training course on hygiene
and food safety necessary for
businesses wishing to sell food
they transform themselves will
be held at the Heritage College
Campus – Campbell’s Bay.
To register, contact the CRFAO
BEFORE TRAINING (preferably by
October 20). A completed form
and check payable to the order of
CRFAO must be received.
The English 2-day training course
will take place on October 27-28.
Nathalie Guimond, CRFAO
819-985-2293
toll-free 1-844-985-2293
[email protected]
The cost of the course is $60 per
person with a MAPAQ agricultural
producers card and $287.44 per
person without.
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Grocery
819-647-2933
104 Victoria Street, Shawville, QC
For any questions, please contact:
Via Capitale Outaouais
Mark James Ryan
613-614-7150
Pontiac Chamber of Commerce
www.pontiacchamberofcommerce.ca
Shopping local – discourage community assassination
Welcome to the Chamber!
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after factoring in the cost of
travelling. And in some instances, it
may be cheaper to drive across the
border, there’s no denying it.
And cheaper is attractive,
especially when residents are
struggling to make ends meet.
For these people, the importance
of saving their local economy in
the long run doesn’t surpass the
importance of balancing their
cheque book that month.
But the part residents are
missing, which is something local
organizations standing up for the
betterment of our communities
should exploit, is that many just
assume it is cheaper to shop
elsewhere without actually looking
into it and comparing the prices.
Many believe large chain stores
like Walmart, Home Depot, and
Loblaws always offer lower prices
because they sell to a larger
However, this is not always the
case and will be proven with a
real-life example on this page in
the next edition of the Journal. It
will show that shopping locally
for building materials saved
thousands, yes thousands, of
dollars compared to a large chain
store across the border. And the
benefits go beyond just the cost
savings. The story will give local
organizations some ideas (or
suggestions) where they should
be directing at least some of their
attention and will help residents to
think twice before hopping in their
vehicles and driving to the closest
urban centre. Stay tuned!
allyson beauregard, editor
Watch for second article next month.
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