Dear Editor:
Re: Letter to Business Community and Residents of Yorkton
Businesses know all too well that the pandemic has created great hardship – for business owners, their families and their employees. Lay-offs and revenue losses. “Pivoting” in order to adapt. These are all circumstances few business owners or managers would have imagined a mere 12 months ago. But these have become our reality.
The business community has been strident in working to ensure the guidelines and restrictions put forth by the province’s public health experts are being followed.
As we move into the holiday season, it is absolutely critical that businesses and citizens continue to follow the protocols that will ensure our continued safety. Returning to a widespread, large scale lockdown would be catastrophic – for businesses, families and jobs.
The Chamber further implores the citizens of Yorkton and area to shop local this holiday season. Shop in-store or shop on-line – whichever way you choose to make your gift purchases, please shop LOCAL. This is a critical time for many businesses. These are the same business which employ your kids and neighbours and which give so generously to community events and activities. A strong business community translates into a strong community.
As “the voice of business in Yorkton”, the Yorkton Chamber of Commerce has strived to ensure its member businesses have been kept informed of the programs available so their enterprises remain operational and viable. We will continue to do so.
Our world and our community are different than 12 months ago yet we are surviving. We are grateful for the efforts or our health care professionals. We are grateful for the people in our provincial government working to find a balance between keeping everyone safe and keeping the economy running. We are grateful for the businesses and citizens who are so diligently following the protocols to protect us all from the pandemic. We are all in this together.
On behalf of the Yorkton Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, I ask that you take care of yourselves and that we all be kind to each other.
Sincerely,
Juanita Polegi,
Executive Director
