Another year at the chamber has come to a close with 98 members, which include 11 new members.
We kicked off the year with the 20th annual Bite of Blaine Live and Silent Auction where we featured 13 local restaurants and awarded Skye Hill Chevron Station as our 2019 Business of the Year. The farmers market ran from June through early October, hosting an average of 27 vendors every Saturday.
In late October we partnered with Nimbus Real Estate to offer an indoor “Holiday Market by the Sea” every weekend and hosted 17 vendors and local small businesses daily. With Covid restrictions in place, we assisted Whatcom Unified Command with the distribution of 10,000 face masks to Blaine businesses and transitioned to monthly virtual networking meetings held on the first Wednesday of every month.
In October, we also teamed up with Wildbird Charity and the city of Blaine on a campaign to partner with organizations and community members to raise funds to light up our downtown area for the holidays. We are excited to report that WECU jumped on board as our Diamond Level Sponsor and many others in our community joined our cause. We finished our fundraising efforts with a total of $25,000 raised and are incredibly grateful for all who supported this community project. The chamber has also partnered with the city of Blaine in the management of the Welcome Center and the new Blaine by the Sea website and social media pages.
Our board members in 2020 were: Michael Ebert (Fortiphi Insurance), Kathy Sitker (Blaine Senior Center), Carroll Solomon (Blaine Welcome Center), James Danger (Banner Bank), Louise Mugar (The Northern Light), Julia Mulinex (Peace Arch Real Estate), Heidi Holmes (Blaine-Birch Bay Park and Recreation), Serge Samoylenko (Spoken Designs), Timothy Woodard (BP).
We would like to say thank you to all of our wonderful businesses and community members for your ongoing partnership and support.
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