Business meet and greet opportunity

Two upcoming business networking events across April and May, will be hosted locally by the Ballan & District Chamber of Commerce.

All local business owners, and general business and industry professionals based in Moorabool Shire are welcome to attend.

Chamber President, Michael Ryan, said he was looking forward to introducing local businesses to the Chamber and showing them what the organisation is all about.

“We are really pleased to be providing our local business community with the opportunity to discover our organisation, the independent and not-for-profit Ballan & District Chamber of Commerce. We are encouraging all local business owners and professionals to attend so they can get to know each other and further support a thriving business community across Ballan and surrounds,” Mr Ryan said.

The first event on Friday 28 April is an informal business networking lunch at Hank & Heidi’s in Ballan. Tickets are free, but registration is a must.

The second event on Tuesday 16 May is a three-course dinner at St Anne’s Winery, Myrniong. The evening features Kathryn Mackenzie OAM as keynote speaker.

With a career dedicated to tourism over the past 25 years, Kathryn is a driving force in growing destinations, and embracing the symbiotic relationship between tourism and community. In 2021, Kathryn was honoured with an OAM for service to tourism in regional Victoria, and then went on to lead a destination out of the pandemic.

Mr Ryan said the Chamber was delighted to be having Kathryn in Ballan.

“We are very excited to hear Kathryn’s insights at our upcoming Meet the Chamber networking dinner. Tourism is a key pillar of the Chamber’s vision for Ballan and surrounds, and we expect to see a strong turnout at the event,” he said.

Dinner tickets are a very accessible $25, and are available to all business owners and business professionals within Moorabool Shire, along with Chamber stakeholders and members.

Actual ticket value is $50 per person; however, attendees will only need to pay $25, thanks to the support of Ballan & District Chamber of Commerce, and the Victorian Government’s Business Chambers and Trader Groups Program.

Dinner tickets include a three-course dinner (canapes, shared mains, alternating dessert), a drink on arrival, along with a complimentary 3-month Chamber membership for any local non-member business owners or professionals (membership opt out available).

For tickets, head to bit.ly/Chamber28April, and bit.ly/Chamber16May respectively.

For more information on the Ballan & District Chamber of Commerce, visit www.ballanchamberofcommerce.com.au.