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HANFORD, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – The Hanford Chamber of Commerce is shutting its doors permanently connected April 1.
The radical released a connection connected Monday explaining that they tin nary longer prolong their operations.
They released the pursuing connection to YourCentralValley.com:
It is with heavy regret that we indispensable pass you that, arsenic of April 1, the Hanford Chamber of Commerce volition beryllium closing its doors. Despite our champion efforts, we arsenic the committee person reached a constituent wherever we nary longer person the indispensable resources to proceed operating astatine the level of work and enactment that you, our members deserve.
This was not an casual decision, arsenic we cognize the Chamber has been a captious portion of the concern community, fostering connections, advocating for section enterprises, and providing invaluable opportunities for growth. However, aft cautious consideration, we admit that we tin nary longer prolong our ngo successful a mode that genuinely benefits our members.
We privation to widen our heartfelt gratitude to each of you for your support, dedication, and engagement implicit the years. Your committedness to Hanford’s concern assemblage has been inspiring, and we promote you to proceed collaborating and supporting 1 different arsenic our section system moves forward.
If you person immoderate questions oregon concerns, delight consciousness escaped to scope retired to america earlier April 1.
Thank you for being a portion of the Hanford Chamber of Commerce. It has been an grant to service this community.
Hanford Chamber of CommerceHanford metropolis nationalist accusation serviceman Brian Johnson said contempt the closure, the metropolis wants to bash everything it tin to support enactment the section businesses that marque up Hanford.
"We're bittersweet to perceive astir it, but we cognize that, you know, the enactment volition proceed arsenic acold arsenic supporting Hanford concern community," Johnson said.
Johnson says portion the metropolis itself can't bash everything the enclosure does, they bash privation to beforehand section businesses, and they adjacent connection immoderate services for entrepreneurs, similar the Development Resource Center, which does consultations and helps explicate immoderate metropolis processes.
Many of the businesses successful Hanford's contiguous downtown are portion of Main Street Hanford, a radical moving to revitalize Hanford's downtown. They enactment connected the fashionable Thursday Night Marketplace, and enforcement manager Michelle Brown says they are looking to spot however they tin assistance adjacent much businesses successful the city.
"We were decidedly shocked by the news," she said.
Brown said they are trying to spot if it's imaginable to adhd concern to their radical who are not straight downtown successful the aftermath of the closure.
"We're trying to supply much services and resources to our members that volition benignant of marque up for immoderate of the things that the enclosure did," Brown said.
Brown besides says since the enclosure hosted the yearly Christmas parade, they are looking into however they tin assistance support that lawsuit up and running.
"People are acrophobic astir the Christmas parade. People are acrophobic astir their rank dues," she said. "They're wondering however are they going to get the connection retired astir their business."
Brown says galore businesses are capable to usage societal media to scope retired to customers, but they privation to assistance concern owners with networking evets, ribbon cuttings and expansive openings.
