NWT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

APRIL 3RD, 2012

Community Chamber Report

Overview• Status of the Inuvik Chamber

• Regional and Local Economic Update

• Challenges and Accomplishments of 2011

• Goals and Objectives for 2012

Community Chamber Report

• Status of the Inuvik Chamber– Board of Directors

• Lee Smallwood, President (moved to new community)• John Ritchie, Vice President (acting president)• Derek Lindsay, Treasurer

– Current membership 52– Monthly Regular Board Meetings

Community Chamber Report

• Regional and Local Economic Update– Topic 1

• Retail down, Residential down

– Topic 2• Hotel occupancy up

– Topic 3• Highways (Inuvik – Tuktoyaktuk, Mackenzie Valley)

– Topic 4• Fiber Optic Link

– Topic 5• Natural Gas

Community Chamber Report

• Challenges and Accomplishments in 2011– First Chamber’s gala event– Fund raiser

Community Chamber Report

• Goals and Objectives for 2012– Energizing the Chamber– Active in Community

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