Stronger Leaders. Stronger Businesses. Stronger Cashiers.
ELEVATE is the Chamber’s strategic business advancement initiative designed to strengthen resiliency across our local economy. Through targeted training sessions, employers gain practical leadership tools, workforce retention strategies, operational systems, and disaster preparedness frameworks that support long-term growth and stability. To view upcoming sessions, visit Cashiers411, search “ELEVATE,” and sort by date.
Bilingual Talk
Business Conversational Spanish
A 10-week course focused on the most common business conversations — the kind you have multiple times a day, in English with clients, customers and employees. Now have them in Spanish, as well. Each week, new vocabulary and phrases are added at a modest, manageable pace, layered onto what you’ve already built, from the weeks before. After 10-wks, your essential business conversations are solid, confident, & easy to say without hesitation.
REGISTER HERE: AFTER HOURS - Business Conversational Spanish
Price: $280.00
Instructor: Ana Crespo (828) 508-5542, bilingualtalk@yahoo.com
One hour class IN-PERSON
Cashiers Area Chamber of Commerce
THURSDAYS
5 - 6 PM
March 19th - May 21
Walker McKnight, ADP, Associate District Manager, Small Business Services
March 24 | 9:00 - 10:00 AM
H.R.1. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act - Qualified Overtime Tracking
April 7 | 9:00 - 10:00 AM
Recruitment, Retention & Results
Stronger Than the Storm
Recent mountain storms reminded us how quickly conditions can change — and how essential preparation truly is.
Through ELEVATE, the Cashiers Area Chamber is building a proactive Disaster Preparedness & Business Continuity framework designed specifically for small, mountain-based businesses. Our goal is to equip local employers with practical planning tools, coordinated emergency resource guidance, and operational continuity strategies so businesses can protect their teams, serve their customers, and recover more quickly when disruptions occur.
We are currently awaiting notice on a grant award that will help fund this initiative and expand access to training, templates, and expert facilitation. Stay tuned — and stay prepared.