sportsConnected to your communityHomeruns for HopeJulie Tremblay, team captain for the Don Cherry’s team, swings for the ball during theGlen Cairn Ladies Softball League second-annual Homeruns for Hope tournament onMay 25. The event raised close to $10,000 for the Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation.Jessica Cunha/MetrolandR0012122463IN HOUSE PHOTOGRAPHERIN HOUSE PHOTOGRAPHER2 Kanata Kourier-Standard EMC - Thursday, May 30, 2013R0012122984/0530
newsConnected to your communityChamber considers name changeBlair Edwardsblair.edwards@metroland.comEMC news - The KanataChamber of Commerce is lookingto rebrand itself.The organization wants tochange its name to the West OttawaChamber of Commerce tomore accurately reflect its membership.This spring, the chamber,which represents the communitiesof Kanata, Goulbournand West Carleton, sent out anemail to members asking forsuggestions on a possible namechange.Nearly all of them includedthe words “west Ottawa,” saidRosemary Leu, executive directorof the chamber.This is not the first time aKanata organization has adoptedthe name “west Ottawa,” sheadded, referring to the West OttawaSoccer Club, a league comprisedof teams in Kanata, WestCarleton and Goulbourn, and theWestern Ottawa Community ResourceCentre.Leu presented the proposalduring a special information sessionheld at the chamber’s officeat 555 Legget Dr. in north Kanataon May 21.After discovering that only55 per cent of the chamber’s400-plus member businesses arelocated in Kanata, the organization’scommunication’s committeedecided it might be wise fora little creative rebranding, saidLeu.“It started to become an issuethat we are referred to as theKanata Chamber, but we representKanata, Goulbourn andWest Carleton,” she said. “We’relooking for a name that actuallyrepresents the geography.”According to the chamber’slist of business locations:• 55 per cent are located inKanata• 14 per cent: Goulbourn• 11 per cent: West Carleton• 10 per cent: Nepean• 6 per cent: Ottawa (preamalgamationboundaries)• 3 per cent: out of town businessesKanata is a recognizable namewithin Ottawa, according to thecommunications committee, butoutside the national capital region,Ottawa or west Ottawa is amore recognizable brand.“They’re not going to instantlyrecognize the name Kanata,”said Leu. “The priority is we are‘west’ first -- it’s to avoid confusionwith the Ottawa Chamber ofCommerce.The chamber will present theproposal to change its name at aspecial meeting some time thissummer.The motion will pass if it isapproved by a simple majorityof its members, with at least 20per cent of the chamber’s membershipparticipating in the voteeither in person or via proxy.Blair Edwards/MetrolandRosemary Leu, executive director of the Kanata Chamberof Commerce, outlines the reasons why the chamber isconsidering a name change to the West Ottawa Chamber ofCommerce during an information meeting held in its officeon May 21.The date and location ofthe meeting are yet to be announced.If the motion passes, the chamberwill unveil its new name atits annual general meeting nextSeptember.For more information, emailcommunications@kanatachamber.comor call 613-592-8343.The Kanata Chamber ofCommerce serves businesses inthe west end, providing supportthrough networking opportunities,educational programmingand events to its more than 400members.HISTORYIn 1980, the Nepean Chamberof Commerce changed its nameto the Nepean-Kanata Chamberof Commerce, operating foreight years under that title.In 1988, Kanata and Nepeanwere split into separate chambersas divisions of the Nepean-Kanata chamber.In 1991, the Kanata Chamberof Commerce became a separatelegal entity. 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