Downtown kicks into spring with blooming events

Downtown Longview is kicking into the spring season with three blooming events!

We hope you will join us for Shamrock Saturday on March 18. Participating businesses will have a passport program like Small Business Saturday. Returned passports will then be entered into a raffle for gift cards and prizes from participating downtown businesses. We hope you will all be feeling lucky for Shamrock Saturday 2023! More details will be available at www. facebook.com/downtownlongviewwa

March 16 – Our monthly Longview Downtowner’s meeting. Details of the delivery of the meeting will be announced shortly. We are hoping to return to an in-person meeting this month.

April 22 – 2nd annual Lonnie Knowles Downtown Longview Clean Up event. Help honor our dear friend while sprucing up downtown Longview. Details will be announced shortly.

Don’t forget to eat local, drink local, shop local, shop downtown Longview.

Kelso Business and Community Association (KBCA)

If you are interested in the economic and community development of Kelso, we hope that you will join us on the fourth Thursday of the month as we discuss initiatives to bring new life to our beloved Kelso. This spring we are registering to participate in the Growing Vibrant Communities program within the America in Bloom program. The development of this program over the next year will allow us to pursue the full America in Bloom program like our northern neighbors in Castle Rock. Meeting information can be found on Facebook at www. facebook.com/kelsobca

Grants Available

The Washington Minority Business Development Agency Business Center (WA MBDA) has been serving the Washington state business community since 2016. One of the recurring needs they observed, and the community expressed to us, are barriers to accessing capital.

WA MBDA has allocated $200,000 to provide direct business resiliency grants that help minority and/or woman-owned businesses “achieve more.” Recipients of the Achieve More Grant (AMG) can use the funds for infrastructure improvements, employee training, and business equipment.

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The deadline for businesses to apply for the Achieve More Grant is March 19.

Verity Credit Union’ s Microgrant Program is designed to provide unrestricted monetary support for organizations whose work benefits historically underserved communities within Washington state.

They aim to support organizations that may have limited access to traditional funding due to organizational size, age, or taxexemption status. They strive to uplift and empower those doing the work of our communities. As such, the microgrant prioritizes organizations with a total asset size less than $250,000.

Verity Credit Union’s mission centers the values of people, planet, and prosperity. They eagerly hope to support organizations whose work centers social, economic, and/or environmental justice and wellbeing.

The deadline for spring 2023 is March 15. They welcome all nonprofit applications and some examples of what the grant can be used for is:

• Rent/utilities costs for organization facilities

• Staff stipends and salaries

• Improvements to operations, such as new technology or software

• Research and development to create new or improve preexisting programs

More information is available at Microgrant Program, Verity Credit Union, veritycu.com

Ad Rates

✔ Used year round by hundreds resource guide for the community.

Ad Sizes

Full Page .............. $2,453 ....... $2,230

1/2 Page ......... $1,358.50 ....... $1,235

1/4 Page ......... $1,028.50 .......... $935

1/8 Page $786.50 $715

1/16 Page $555.50 $505

All ads are full color at no extra charge. Visitor Guide is also published online.

Premium placement including back cover, inside covers, page 2, 3 and 4: add 15%

Mechanical Specifications

Electronic Files

• Should be emailed to bmarcum@kelsolongviewchamber.org

• Please include your company name and publication in the subject line.

Logos, Images, Photos

• Formats: High resolution JPG, EPS, TIFF, PDF

• Resolution must be 300 dpi. Images from the internet cannot be used.

Full Files

• PDF format, output to High Quality Print setting.

Images for Scanning

• Photographs (up to 8.5” x 11”), stationery, menus, business cards, etc.

• Artwork for scanning must be clear and unmarked.

• Digital artwork is preferred as this will give a higher quality result.

If you have any questions regarding acceptable artwork, please call 360-423-8400 or email pfierst@kelsolongviewchamber.org