Mammoth Lakes Chamber of Commerce: Your Weekly News – October 24, 2022
This Week
Thursday, October 27
Community Coffee
8:30am-9:30am
Friday, October 28
The Rolling Chef Ribbon Cutting @ 11:30am
Next Week
Thursday, November 3
Business Excellence Awards Gala
5:00pm at Canyon
Rolling Chef Ribbon Cutting
The Rolling Chef 395 has arrived in Mammoth! Join us on October 28 as we celebrate this new food truck located in the Footloose parking lot. The Rolling Chef 395 has a fusion menu influenced by Cuban, Argentinian, Peruvian & Mexican cuisine.
Community Coffee
This week’s Community Coffee on October 27 will feature representatives from Waste Connections and Mammoth Disposal.
Chamber News
Business Excellence Awards Gala
We had an overwhelming response to the Awards Gala next week and are now sold out! For the waitlist, visit our website or reach out to Brianna Goico at (760) 934-2712 or bgoico@
Event details and waiting list here
Customer Service Trainings – Start Planning Now!
The Mammoth Lakes Chamber of Customer Service programming is a FREE opportunity to train your employees and get them ready for the coming season.
Since there is no charge to attend our frontline trainings, we highly encourage businesses to pay their staff to attend this two hour workshop. Plan ahead for success and get your employees scheduled and registered today!
Manager/Owner Power Lunch
Putting Employees First
Tuesday, November 15
12:00pm-2:00pm
Click here for details
Frontline Workshop
Rolling Out the Red Carpet
Tuesday, November 15, 4pm-6pm
or
Wednesday, November 16, 9am-11am
The Mammoth Lakes Chamber of Commerce held the only in-person Town Council Candidate Forum where all six candidates running for Town Council were present. View the recording on our YouTube page!
Travel to Ireland with Us
The Mammoth Lakes Chamber of Commerce is offering a unique opportunity to our members! In conjunction with other small Chambers in our state, we are organizing a trip to Ireland. This high quality tour will give you the opportunity to build lasting relationships with fellow business community members all while enjoying the beauty of Ireland.
Trip details here
Online Booking
Business News & Resources
Halloween in Mammoth Lakes
MLT is working on updating their event calendar for the spooky season. If you are hosting an event or have a spooky special you are offering, please contact Emily Bryant at [email protected] to be featured on VisitMammoth.com
Eastern Sierra Capital Summit
The Eastern Sierra Capital Summit was held in Bishop on October 7 and introduced funding opportunities for small businesses and entrepreneurs looking to grow or start their business. View the recording of this event on YouTube.
Town Pre-Engineered and Approved Accessory Dwelling Units
Working with Mono County, the Town has pre-engineered and approved Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU’s) plans for the public to utilize free of charge. The intent of the designs is to make housing more affordable by greatly reducing the cost of design work for building plans.
$85 Million in Tax Credits Available for California Businesses
This year’s California Competes Tax Credit (CCTC) application period is underway and the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz) has up to $85 million in tax credits available to award businesses that want to locate in California or stay and grow in the state. Click here for details
Free COVID-19 Home Tests
Mono County Public Health has COVID-19 home tests they are offering the business community. They even offer delivery! For details, reach out to:
Jennifer Burrows RN, MSN, PHN
Deputy Director of Covid Operations/Infection Preventionist
(760) 709-6765
[email protected]
Work Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA)
Are you an employer looking for help? The specific technical skills you need may be hard to find. The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) On-the-Job Training Program helps you train the right workers to meet your requirements. This program assists employers with the costs of hiring and training new and advancing employees by offering financial reimbursement of up to 50% of the employee’s wages during the training period.
This program is administered through Mono County Workforce Services. Contact: 760-924-1770 or [email protected].
Small Business Development Center
The Central California SBDC Regional Network is doing everything in their power to help your business grow and thrive. FREE help is available for every single small business located in Mono County. Whether you want to launch, grow, transition or innovate your business, they can provide expert consulting, training, market research, access to capital and other tools at no cost assistance.
Talk to a free consultant today
Learn more about our local Small Business Development Center
California Rebuilding Fund Loan Program
The California Rebuilding Fund is a loan program to support California’s small businesses—especially those located in economically disadvantaged and historically under-banked areas of the state. Businesses who employed 50 or less full-time equivalent employees and had gross revenues of less than $5 million or below in 2019 are eligible to apply. The loans are flexible, transparent and are designed to help businesses access the capital and advisory services they need to get through these challenging economic times.
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(From Mammoth Lakes Chamber of Commerce)
