As the holidays approach, we are excited to host a Community Strategy Hour on November 8th at 5pm. The goal is to bring local small businesses together to meet one another, collaborate, and brainstorm.

An interesting Forbes article points out the value of collaboration citing a Stanford research study. It is evident any time you get more than one brain working to solve a challenge, you get a better result. Unfortunately, another finding within the study revealed a recession can promote dog-eat-dog style behavior. Therefore resulting in less collaboration, which can be detrimental within a small business community.

We’re offering an opportunity for local businesses to come together and uncover creative ways to support one another, revealing opportunities to cross-pollinate. There are very simple things we can do as a business community to greatly increase lift and reach, but it does require a synergistic approach.

We hope you’ll join us for an evening of collaboration on November 8th at our office in the heart of the Proctor District. We’ll have light snacks and wine, and look forward to honoring our local small biz neighbor, Gail Ringrose with T-Town Apparel as we reveal a digital campaign we’ve created to help support her dream, after the sudden loss of her husband and business partner.

Let’s rally for a successful holiday season!