Having trouble viewing this email? View as Webpage ‌ ‌ ‌ March 29 - April 2 Wednesday, March 31 Small Business Roundtable Virtual Event 11:45 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Register Thursday, April 1 Chamber 101 Virtual Event 4:00-5:15 p.m. Register VIEW EVENTS CALENDAR ReLaunch: AED Offers Free Services for Small Businesses Arlington Economic Development (AED) is offering a suite of free services and tools for small businesses in Arlington. The ReLaunch program aims to help small businesses become more resilient as they recover from the pandemic. The consulting programs are limited to businesses with fewer than 50 employees at their Arlington location that have been in operation for the past six months. The ReLaunch program includes: Technical assistance for financial management, strategic planning, marketing and branding, digital presence, and basic business legal structure and documentation; An assessment of businesses’ e-commerce presence, and support with a website update, best digital practices including being found online, cybersecurity, or e-commerce tools; Free resources from AED available to all businesses for branding, marketing, financial management, customer service, and more; and Assistance in paying Arlington's Multi-Family and Commercial Recycling Program fees for businesses meeting eligibility criteria. Eligible Arlington businesses can receive no cost assistance through this initiative. LEARN MORE Governor Northam Announces Changes to Limited Capacity Restrictions Governor Northam announced increases to capacity restrictions for social gatherings and some entertainment venues that will go into effect this Thursday, April 1. The changes include: Raising social gatherings limits to 50 people indoors and 100 outdoors. Entertainment venues may operate at 30% capacity up to 500 people indoors or 30% without a numeric cap outdoors. Recreational sports spectator caps are raised to 100 indoors and 500 outdoors with no more than 30% of venue capacity for each. Graduations can have up to 5,000 or 30% of outdoor venue capacity, whichever is less, and 500 or 30% of indoor capacity, whichever is less. The governor also said to continue to wear masks and follow other distancing, health, and safety guidelines. He announced further changes would be announced on a monthly basis. LEARN MORE Grand Sponsor Spring Home: Resident Real Estate-Focused Breakfast Connection Thursday, April 8 | 7:45-9:00 a.m. | Virtual Event Spring is finally here, which means we’re in the peak season for buying a home in Arlington. No matter how your business relates to residential real estate, we want to help you make the most valuable connections possible and promote your business to all the right people, during this time of year. That’s why we’re excited to present the Spring Home: Residential Real Estate-Focused Breakfast Connection, which will focus on empowering businesses connected to the residential real estate space by providing access to a wide range of important players in all associated fields. Whether you work in real estate, banking, mortgage lending, construction, or other related area – or if you’re hoping to target any of these groups – this is the perfect event for you. Registration: Members: $10 Prospective Members: $25 REGISTER Government Affairs and Economic Development Committee Wednesday, April 7 | 9:00-10:30 a.m. | Virtual Meeting Registration Required The Arlington Chamber has extended invitations to all candidates running for Governor or Lieutenant Governor to speak with the committee and take questions. On Wednesday, April 7 at 9:00 a.m., we will welcome the second group of five candidates who have accepted our invitation: Del. Jennifer Carroll Foy (Democrat for Governor), Sen. Jennifer McClellan (Democrat for Lt. Governor), Glenn Youngkin (Republican for Governor), Del. Hala Ayala (Democrat for Lt. Governor), and Sean Perryman (Democrat for Lt. Governor). This meeting is restricted to members of the Chamber. To get the link for this meeting, please register using your member login credentials or contact Olivia McKay at [email protected] REGISTER Grand Sponsor Female Founders Roundtable: Tips to Better Organize and Manage Your Time Tuesday, April 6 | 12:45-2:30 p.m. | Virtual Event Join the Arlington Chamber of Commerce as we welcome Alexandra Sushman, CEO & Founder, AIS Collaborations, who will discuss tricks to help you become more strategic and productive with your precious time, including visualizing how you spend your time and Improving your time estimates for specific tasks and projects. This event is exclusively for female founders. To be eligible you must be a person who organizes and operates a business or businesses. 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