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For Immediate Release
2/1/2008

The Bradford Board of Trade continues with its plan to officially become “The Voice of Business in Bradford”

Giuseppe Strazzeri, President of the Bradford Board of Trade, is pleased with the Board’s progress. “Despite some minor setbacks, we remain committed to this Town’s business community”, he says enthusiastically. The delay occurred when Industry Canada failed to approve the BBT’s accreditation application, on the basis that another Chamber of Commerce was still technically in existence in Bradford. 

“The former executive for the now dormant Bradford and District Chamber of Commerce was very helpful”, says Strazzeri. “We were able to officially wind down the Chamber in late December, which then allowed for the Board of Trade’s application to proceed.”  Mr. Strazzeri indicated that he anticipates receiving final approval and accreditation within the next six to eight weeks.

In the meantime, a committed group of volunteers continues to meet on a weekly basis, as they have been doing faithfully since their first brainstorming session in late summer of 2007.  “Hundreds of hours of work have been done, and it is exciting to see the light at the end of the tunnel”, notes Wilton Neale, the Board’s Secretary.

The Bradford Board of Trade has most of its infrastructure in place, including its website: www.bradfordboardoftrade.com, which has been developed by the Board’s Vice President, Derek Trochaniak of TechLord Computers in Bradford.  “Everything is ready to go, and when our final approval comes in, we’ll ‘flip the switch on’ and proceed with our inaugural meeting”, Mr. Strazzeri says, and adds with a smile “of course after all of our group’s hard work we may have to pop a champagne cork first”.

The group also plans to release details on the launch of an exciting new business magazine in the coming weeks.

The Bradford Board of Trade welcomes input and assistance from the business community. If you are interested in observing one of its weekly working sessions (7:00 a.m. every Tuesday at the Mortgage Centre on Holland Street West), please contact Giuseppe Strazzeri, President at 905-778-8727 or Tina Sibbald, Director of Communications at 905-775-7965.