By MATT PIKE
St. Joseph Post
The St. Joseph Chamber of Commerce hopes to help young professionals expand their network, build friendships, and get more involved in the community with new events.
Kristi Bailey with the Chamber says the new young professionals’ events are designed for people in the business community between 20 and 40 years old
“There’s networking opportunities, but also educational opportunities,” Bailey tells KFEQmunnity host Brent Martin. “We had a group like this in the past that was very popular, but it kind of just was dwindling and then COVID happened and that really just kind of killed it, so we thought it’s definitely time to bring it back, some of our larger employers think that it would be a benefit.”
Bailey says if the community wants to keep young people working and living here, it’s important to provide opportunities for them
“This is the Chambers way of trying to help that, so we’re publicizing it with our larger employers so they know, hey let your employees know about this, these events are going on, we want to help you keep these employees here so they know St. Joseph is a great place to live while they work for you,” Bailey explains.
Bailey says networking is an important factor for these professionals the event caters too, because networking helps keep the person top of mind
“Like oh yeah I know Kristi, she can help me this or that, and just in my private life the people I meet through the Chamber, I do use them, like oh I need this dry cleaned I’m going to call Tanya because I know her through the Chamber and I’ve met her at a Lunch and Learn, or whatever the case may be,” Bailey says.
Events will be held once a month through December, with the first coming on July 16th at the Parkway Distillery from 6 to 7:30pm. Most events will be free to attend.
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