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Wednesday, December 27, 2023
Getting Involved In Governmental Affairs in Livingston Parish

Getting involved in governmental affairs sounds like you are prepping to run for office. But, that is simply not the case. Being involved is not as intimidating as it sounds and can be a great benefit to you and your community.

April l Chamber CEO

Monday, August 28, 2023
​What in the World Does a Chamber of Commerce Do?

A chamber of commerce is a vibrant hub that brings the Livingston Parish business community together. It's a membership organization composed of business professionals and entrepreneurs who collaborate to boost the economic and civic well-being of Livingston Parish. Whether you're running a startup, leading a well-established enterprise, or just stepping into the business world, your LP Chamber is a partner in your success.

LP Chamber | Lauren

Friday, April 29, 2022
LP Biz Happenings - March 24, 2022 -

Happening on March 24, 2022 - Cybersecurity remains a threat, TOLA says goodbye, Holmes Celebrates 65 years, Virtual Gaming comes to Walker, LA

April l Chamber CEO

Monday, February 14, 2022
6 Ways to Use Promote Value in Your Product/Service

This morning, the headline inflation is at a 40-year high hit me before my coffee did. If you’re like me, and millions of other businesses, you’re probably caught between the idea of raising your prices to cover the increase in your own costs and providing your loyal customers with good value. It’s difficult these days. I see many business owners apologizing for raising prices, but it can’t be helped. You need to make a profit to remain in business, yet your customers are likely struggling too. That’s why

Thursday, January 13, 2022
Efficiency Versus Effectiveness: which will you choose for 2022?

How do you like to work? Are you a speed or precision person? Do you like many small projects or one big, long one that you can dig into? No, you’re not in the middle of a recruitment fair. These are simply questions that most self-aware professionals should know about themselves and about their teams.

LP Chamber | Lauren

Sunday, January 2, 2022
New Year, New You, New Biz: Find Your Motivation in 2022

Create improvement goals you have for your business and assign each of them to a person or department. If your company is large enough you could assign the task to an interdepartmental team. In the case of smaller companies, give it to someone you think would enjoy the task and be good at it. For instance, maybe you have been threatening to do live-stream videos but can never find the time. Maybe someone on your staff loves making TikToks. Enlist their help to either do it or act as your mentor or

LP Chamber | Lauren

Tuesday, November 2, 2021
Celebrating Small Business Season in Livingston Parish

We need more than one day to celebrate how special small business in Livingston Parish is, don’t we? We need at least a season to celebrate what makes our small business different. Here are some ideas on how you can do that.

LP Chamber | Lauren

Thursday, October 21, 2021
Economic Forecast for Livingston Parish - LP Business Newsletter

Business News - How does Livingston Parish Stack up and what's the Economic Outlook?

April l Chamber CEO

Monday, October 11, 2021
Litter - Who's Responsible? Who Should Clean Up?

Since 2018, the Chamber has been engaged in a litter initiative in Livingston Parish with a purpose of learning more about current actions being taken and providing an opportunity for those frustrated with litter to be involved in actually doing something about it. There is a process to creating a movement - Awareness, Understanding, Buy in - Action etc. We thought with all the outrage at litter, it would easy.

April Wehrs, Chamber President

Thursday, October 7, 2021
How Did the Facebook Outage Impact Digital Marketing?

October 5, 2021, was a day like any other day for most digital marketers. But for over 1 million business owners worldwide, the morning of October 5th brought about panic and fear as they experienced an outage on their favorite networks: Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

LP Chamber | Communications