The Fernie Chamber of Commerce is excited to announce our Business Walk.
When? July 10th – mid-September
At what time? Between 10 AM – 4 PM
Where? All over town, starting with Downtown businesses
We're stopping by!
WHAT IS A BUSINESS WALK?
It’s an informal, 10–15 minute, visit to ask every Fernie business a few simple questions about how your business is doing.
The goal is to better understand your current challenges and successes so we, as your Chamber and community partners, can better support you.
These visits will help us:
- Identify current challenges and opportunities in the business community
- Strengthen relationships between business owners and local decision-makers
- Share information about programs and resources
- Track the overall health of Fernie’s business climate
No appointment needed – just a friendly drop-in with local volunteers.
How It Works
July 10 – Mid September Various dates from 10 AM – 4 PM
Mid October Special BBB to share the findings of the walk
We are planning on visiting all the different areas of Fernie.
Stay tuned for the tentative schedule on where we will be coming where.
- Downtown
- Highway Frontage
- Ghostrider
- Annex
- West Fernie
- Stanford / Ski Hill
How to participate?
- Walk-in informal chat: Talk with us during our visit – If we visit your business, please take a few minutes to speak with us. No appointments needed. We are coming to you.
- Online Survey: if you are unable to talk to us when we stop by, you can express your voice online by completing our survey
- Home-based: Please participate through the online survey
Why participate?
- Make your voice heard
- Share your challenges and successes
- Help guide future Chamber and City initiatives
🌟 🌟 🌟 YOU CAN WIN: 🌟🌟🌟
Complete the survey, online or in-person and you’ll go in the draw to win:
- 1 Year Free Fernie Chamber Membership (Core or Connect)
- 2 x Tickets to the 2025 Fernie Business Excellence Awards
Earn 2 more entries by posting about the business walk and tagging @ferniechamber!
Please read the below information:
- We’ll send a reminder closer to your area’s walk date.
- If you won’t be available or need to reschedule your in-person visit, please email kate@ferniechamber.com.
- All responses are confidential and reported only in summary. If there’s a question, you’re uncomfortable with, just let us know and we’ll skip it.
- This part of the Business Walk is for data collection only. We won’t be answering unrelated questions during the visit. The Fernie Chamber will follow up separately with anyone who requests it. This helps us gather as much input as possible while respecting your time.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
We are looking for volunteers to help us make the Business Walk a success. This is more than just data collection. Business Walks are about showing up, building relationships, and being visible in the community.
Time and location: Various days are available across the summer.
Each day will have an AM and a PM time slot. You can choose one or both! Times are approximately AM: 9:30AM – 12:30 PM and PM: 1PM – 4:30PM
What you’ll be doing: Volunteers will be paired by two.
- Volunteer briefing at the Fernie Chamber of Commerce
- Visit 8–10 businesses during your timeslot.. 1 person will ask a set of survey questions, and the other will record responses.
- Surveys to be returned to the Chamber representative that will be on-site with you that day.
We’ll provide all materials and a short orientation beforehand. No special experience required, just a passion for our community!
Who can volunteer? Anyone! Your presence sends a strong message that our businesses are supported by leaders who care.
