For the duration of the pandemic, your chamber has been treading water but doing what it could to have positive impacts on our local commercial environment. Now that, hopefully, all of that is behind us and more normal conditions are returning, we can attempt to change gears and accomplish more.

Things are off to a good start as our project to create and distribute literature that promotes Appomattox has been well received and promises to reach a successful conclusion. Support for the chamber seems stronger than in past years as invoices for annual dues are being paid at a faster rate than in recent years. Our weekly Newsblast contains more and more entries as time passes.

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