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June 25, 2020. It is with a heavy heart that the Chamber Board of Directors have all agreed that it is in the best interest of our community that we postpone the 43rd Annual Virginia Lake Festival to September 18th & 19th. Phase three starts July 1st and looking over the restrictions that the governor has cited limits the event beyond our control. We hung as long as we could hoping for the best, but we feel its best to reschedule to September where there may be fewer limitations. We know Lakefest is a huge economy booster for our community and this is why the decision was so hard to make. We hope everyone will understand and join us in September. It will be a grand event as we share the weekend with Lake Life Live and their rescheduled Embers concert which is being held on September 20th.
Thank you for your understanding and support

Sheila Cuykendall & the Chamber Board of Directors

The Board of Directors of the Clarksville Lake Country Chamber of commerce met Thursday, June 11th to discuss the status of the event and as of right now we still are moving forward with the scheduled event BUT will make the final decision June 26th. We collectively want to hold off postponing the event until we see what phase 3 is going to look like before we rushed to a decision, however, if we do decide not to have it in July we plan to reschedule to Sept 17-19^th.

We believe Lakefest brings economic value to our small businesses and we do plan to do the right thing at the end of the day. We just ask you give us more time to see what the governor restrictions are in Phase 3. We appreciate your patience in our decision.

There are parts of Lakefest that won’t be happening in July if it is still a go. The Balloon Tethering event is canceled. There will be no sand sculpture this year (unless we can find someone who does it between time) and the car show will not be at Century 21 on the Lake.

We have ordered Lakefest T-shirts and hope to have them available in a few weeks. If you are interested in sponsoring the Virginia Lake Festival, please contact us asap.

Thank you, Sheila, Executive Director of the Clarksville Lake Country Chamber of Commerce

The Big Lake Flea Market that was scheduled May 9th, is postponed. New applications with merged info will be up soon

“Stronger together” is our campaign motto for the 2020 Membership Drive here at the Clarksville Lake County Chamber of Commerce. Every January we send out well over 300 membership packet applications to partner with area businesses & organizations. In 2019, we reached an all-time high of had 239 members of the Clarksville Chamber.

Our primary purpose of this Chamber is to our members. Members are “preferred” businesses because they make the commitment to the purposes of the Chamber – to promote civic, economic, and area enterprises. Chamber members promote job readiness for youth, efficient public services, a positive business climate, and solid customer service. This Chamber refers only to investing members’ information throughout the year. We make thousands of referrals yearly via telephone, email and person-to-person, In our office alone, we handled more than 15,000 inquiries in 2019—phone calls, emails, social media contacts (Facebook) and people walking through our door, all asking questions and needing assistance with information.

We accomplished so much in 2019, and not without the help of our members! Together we have accomplished so much this year, and not without the help of our members! In 2019 we reached an all-time high of 239 members, held 12 main events: Wine Festival, Big Lake Flea Market, Lake Festival, Harvest Days, Trick or Treat the Avenue, Estate Planning Seminar, Fall Lamppost Decorating Contest, Holiday Open House, Christmas Parade, and our Christmas Social, plus 14 Saturdays hosting the new farm-fresh Marketplace events. A new addition this year was the Grand Tree Illumination and with the overwhelming support of the community, we were able to purchase an 18 ft tree. We had 9 “Business After Hours” events, 3 ribbon cuttings, assisted with 4th of July Parade, Cruise-ins/Lake Life Live concert series and started the new annual tradition, Tree Lighting event.

Not only does the Chamber organize, host and help at events, much time is spent providing the community with weekly news, bi-monthly newsletters, marketing efforts on Facebook & Twitter, and recruiting new members. The Chamber also assists visitors, promotes the coupon and Chamber Bucks programs, and continues to maintain the LOVE sign.
With the support of our members we are also able to purchase three NEW cameras streaming live videos of our beautiful downtown & lake views. We also, partnered with Microsoft and their project, providing our town with access to free Wi-Fi for downtown Clarksville.

This coming new year, we hope to accomplish even more, as we celebrate 50 years and hope that you know we could not do it without our members! Please join our organization for another successful year by joining our organization of businesses. We are stronger together! There is strength in numbers and we are looking forward to promoting you to the visitors & residents in this great community. Join in 2020!

Thank you, in advance, for supporting your Chamber and your community!