Jeff & Ryan had a chance to sit down with transitioning Executive Director of the West Hartford Chamber of Commerce, Barbara Lerner and NEW Executive Director, Chris Conway to discuss the Chamber’s role in the West Hartford community, how it has evolved, how businesses can benefit from the many programs and events and where things are heading in 2019 as Chris takes the reigns. We also learn about what’s next for Barbara as she heads into “retirement”.
Also mentioned in this episode:
West Hartford Restaurant Week – January 7th – 20th
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Episode Chapters
0:00 Intro
1:42 – About Barbara Lerner & her history w/ the WHCOC
4:20 – About Chris Conway
10:50 – Chamber Entrepreneurship & Business Network
13:23 – The COC reach and the original social network
15:48 – Chamber funding & work w/ non-profits
19:05 – West Hartford Restaurant Week
20:20 – Chamber initiatives in 2019
25:45 – Working with neighborhood associations
27:15 – Leveraging technology & social media
29:00 – Future Leaders of West Hartford
35:00 – 2019 signature events
36:00 – What’s next for Barbara
37:25 – WHCOC – “The Gold Standard”
40:18 – Barbara & Chris’ favorite We-Ha dish
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