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usiness<br />
OUR MEMBER BENEFITS WILL HAVE<br />
YOU SAYING “CHEERS!”<br />
The Nashville LGBT<br />
Chamber continues<br />
advocating, educating, and<br />
connecting for our members,<br />
the LGBT+ community and<br />
Nashville as a whole in the<br />
uncertain business climate<br />
created by COVID-19. We<br />
know every business and<br />
person, from our corporate<br />
members down to our<br />
small businesses and gigworkers,<br />
to our networking<br />
members and followers, all<br />
have been affected and are<br />
hurting more and more as<br />
the pandemic wears on. We<br />
want you to know we’re here<br />
for YOU.<br />
Our membership and<br />
programming remains open<br />
to everyone during these<br />
times. Please join us at any<br />
of our events and sign up to<br />
get the information we can<br />
connect you to. Take a look<br />
at some of the things we’ve<br />
been working on below.<br />
Thanks to <strong>Focus</strong> for<br />
letting us highlight<br />
our work and our<br />
members!<br />
Be a Member<br />
and<br />
Find our<br />
Members<br />
We’ve proudly<br />
added several new<br />
businesses and individuals<br />
to our membership, even<br />
during the pandemic.<br />
A great way to support<br />
the LGBT+ community<br />
during a difficult time is to<br />
frequent chamber member<br />
businesses. A full list of<br />
members and certified<br />
LGBT-owned businesses<br />
can be found on our website<br />
directory. Also, look for<br />
by Joe Woolley | photo courtesy of Nashville LGBT Chamber of Commerce<br />
our OPEN and EQUAL<br />
membership sticker on<br />
windows and next to cash<br />
registers when you’re out<br />
shopping.<br />
In honor of the theme for<br />
this month’s issue, we’re<br />
celebrating our members<br />
who make you want to say<br />
“CHEERS”!<br />
• Diskin Cider - Nashville’s<br />
first and only craft cidery.<br />
We’re proud to partner<br />
with Diskin throughout the<br />
year at drag brunches and<br />
special release events for<br />
ciders like Daydream that<br />
benefit the chamber.<br />
• B&B Beverage<br />
Management<br />
- Food &<br />
beverage<br />
management<br />
company<br />
comprised<br />
of hospitality<br />
solutions for<br />
weddings, tailgates,<br />
festivals and sporting<br />
events. B&B did a live<br />
cocktail demonstration at<br />
our August PM Brewing<br />
Up Business!<br />
• Tito’s Vodka and Jeptha<br />
Creed Distillery - These<br />
businesses sponsor several<br />
events each year including<br />
TASTE Nashville and Pride<br />
in Local Music!<br />
• Restaurants and Bars -<br />
Share a toast with any of<br />
these excellent members!<br />
If your business fits this<br />
category and you’re not<br />
listed, please consider<br />
joining our chamber<br />
and taking advantage of<br />
membership perks. We<br />
want to help you promote<br />
and grow your business!<br />
If you’re interested in<br />
joining the chamber,<br />
visit our website at<br />
nashvilleLGBTchamber.<br />
org to learn more about<br />
membership levels and<br />
benefits.<br />
Stopping the spread<br />
and keeping the virus<br />
numbers down<br />
New cases are rising<br />
and we need to stop this<br />
surge so we can protect<br />
our economy. Please<br />
remember: Masks. Stay<br />
apart. Wash hands. And –<br />
get a flu shot. Thank you for<br />
being part of the solution.<br />
We will beat this virus.<br />
NashvilleHealth and<br />
community partners,<br />
including the chamber,<br />
launched #MaskForNash<br />
or #ÚselaPorNash, a<br />
community-wide effort<br />
to encourage citizens to<br />
care for our hometown by<br />
wearing a mask or cloth face<br />
covering when in public.<br />
We’re also a partner in<br />
MORE INFO<br />
To learn more about<br />
Joe Woolley and the<br />
Nashville LGBT Chamber<br />
of Commerce, please visit<br />
nashvillelgbtchamber.org.<br />
the #MaskNowPartyLater<br />
campaign, a collective of<br />
event creators, vendors,<br />
teams, venues, athletes<br />
and artists who are rallying<br />
together to create change.<br />
Help us have concerts and<br />
more again in Music City as<br />
soon as possible by wearing<br />
your mask and following<br />
CDC guidelines!<br />
The chamber is a<br />
proud participant in and<br />
encourages members to<br />
be part of the Good to<br />
Go Program, a hospitality<br />
safety program created by<br />
the Nashville Convention<br />
& Visitors Corp to help<br />
businesses in every industry<br />
implement health and safety<br />
guidelines.<br />
Website Resources to<br />
COVID-19<br />
We’re pleased to announce<br />
our new and improved<br />
website and member<br />
portal! These upgrades<br />
will help members and the<br />
community find information<br />
and communicate with each<br />
other. If you haven’t visited<br />
our website in a while, check<br />
out the new features!<br />
We created a COVID-19<br />
resources page that shares<br />
news and information our<br />
members need to know. The<br />
page includes:<br />
A webinar section is there<br />
to connect our members<br />
to the countless webinars<br />
our community partners are<br />
putting out.<br />
Page 10 / focusmidtenn.com / NOV+DEC <strong>2020</strong> / CHEERS!
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