“Really our goal as we went through the year is take the actions to preserve the Chamber and make sure we can remain viable going forward into the unknown.” Measures taken to save funds included temporarily laying off both executive director Brent Fitzpatrick and office manager Kristal Hart in late March. They returned to full-time in mid-May, with both volunteering more than 100 hours to the Chamber while laid off. “The biggest change to highlight is our salaries and wages,” Thomas said. “They were down $20,000 or about 20 per cent due to the decision to have a temporary layoff earlier in the year, and then our executive director went down to a four day week for part of the year.”