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Cashiers Retail Roundtable
Issue: December 2023
The Cashiers Area Chamber’s Retail Roundtable is a vibrant new player in the life of the community. (There’s chocolate on the horizon!)
The Retail Roundtable is bringing chocolate back in February as a new Chocolate Week initiative led by Chamber member Crossroads Custard & Cold Brew.
In April, Whiteside Brewing will again lead Burger Week as local establishments engage in friendly competition to decide who prepares the best burger in the Cashiers area. The Retail Roundtable is also bringing back yet another successful initiative, the Cashiers Welcome Mat, to create a village vibe within the community for visitors.
Lec Hobbs of Highland Hiker, and chairperson of the Retail Roundtable, said, “With initiatives like Village Lights, Cashiers Welcome Mat, Cashiers Burger Week, and many others, the Cashiers Area Chamber of Commerce Retail Roundtable provides a vibrant conduit between our merchants, residents, and visitors.”
The original intent was to create a networking environment to benefit Cashiers’ retail component. However, the Retail Roundtable is open to all Chamber members and is not limited to retail. Everyone is welcome!
The roundtable meets monthly at different locations in the community. This year, the group has met at Bucks, Native Prime Provisions, Dillard-Jones, and by publication time, the Bungalow at the Cashiers Valley Fusion Yoga & Wellness.
Cherie Tibbitts of Vivianne Metzger Antiques has a favorite aspect of the Retail Roundtable.
Cherie said, “Since joining, I’ve enjoyed getting to know other business owners. The Retail Roundtable is a wonderful opportunity for business owners to interact at the roundtable and then share the group’s initiatives with the greater retail community.”
In 2022 and 2023, several local restaurants joined the group and offered a new perspective.
For example, Scott Alderson and Tania Duncombe of Native Prime Provisions joined in early 2023 and have contributed ideas and initiatives on the hospitality front, along with Ann Wilcox of Whiteside Brewing Co., who joined after a successful inaugural Burger Week this year.
As we move through the holidays, new initiatives include the Village Lights, coordinated with The Village Green Lighting of the Cashiers Christmas Tree to bring festive joy into the community, and the Twelve Days of Christmas which offers Christmas music at different venues to bring more people into the community during the holiday shopping season.
If you’re interested in joining the Cashiers Area Chamber’s Retail Roundtable, please call the Chamber at 743-5191 or email [email protected].
