By Erica Thomas, managing editor
For over a year now, many local businesses have been pushing hard to stay in business. As the COVID-19 pandemic claimed lives and caused panic, some small businesses struggled to stay afloat. In fact, many businesses were forced to reinvent themselves in order to stay relevant and tend to the needs of customers.
Alabama’s mask mandate will officially expire on Friday, April 9, 2021. Although some municipalities and businesses will still require masks, the expiration of the mandate provides a sense of freedom for many Alabamians.
Some local chambers of commerce have planned their first luncheons in over a year. June Mathews, the director of the Trussville Area Chamber of Commerce said she is excited that the chamber will be able to get
From The Tribune staff reports
TRUSSVILLE Preparations are underway for the 2021 Trussville Job Fair, set for Thursday, March 18, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the Trussville Public Library. Presenting sponsor for the event is Darrell Walker Workforce.
“Our 2020 job fair was canceled due to COVID-19, but our first job fair in 2019 was a huge success, and we’re expecting this one to be even better,” said June Mathews, executive director of the Trussville Area Chamber of Commerce. “A lot of people are hunting jobs right now, and this is a great way to connect them with employers.”
The job fair marks the first time the chamber has joined with the Trussville Public Library in putting together an event, and the partnership, said Mathews, is taking things to a whole new level.
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TRUSSVILLE For the first time in over a decade, the annual “Love Your Neighbor” food drive to benefit T.E.A.M. (Trussville Ecumenical Assistive Ministry) will not occur in February. Due to COVID-19 precautions, the local ministry and its partner in the food drive, Trussville Area Chamber of Commerce, have made a joint decision to postpone indefinitely.
“We hope to hold a food drive around the first of the summer, depending on the COVID situation then,” said June Mathews, executive director of the Trussville Area Chamber of Commerce. “In the meantime, we encourage those who would normally contribute food to our February drive to make monetary donations instead.”
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TRUSSVILLE The Trussville Area Chamber of Commerce announces Toast of Trussville, a virtual awards celebration, on Feb. 18, 2021. An online program produced by The Trussville Tribune and accessible on its Facebook page will begin at 6 p.m.
For a donation of $50 or more to the chamber, donors can take home a celebration box containing a beverage, charcuterie from Meals by Misty, a special celebration gift sponsored by Jefferson Memorial Funeral Home & Gardens, and a packet of items designed to give the COVID-safe evening a festive touch.
Boxes will be available for pickup the afternoon of the party, from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
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