2019 ANNUAL REVIEW MILTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

JANUARY 2020

MILTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
2019 ANNUAL REVIEW

CHAIR’S REPORT
WALTER HEYDEN
This December will mark the end of my second year as Chair and the end of my tenure in this position at the
Milton Chamber of Commerce. As I take time to reflect on the past two years sitting in this position, it’s hard
not to think about the amazing business community Milton has in this fast-changing town of ours and how
your Chamber has worked hard to make its businesses better.
The Chamber of Commerce was established to help foster small business growth and development in Milton
by providing leadership in promoting the wellbeing of the business community in Milton. I have seen this first
hand in many of the networking events, educational seminars, and events that the Chamber tirelessly puts on year after year.
I have also seen your Chamber working for you behind the scenes with political and business leaders making sure that the
business community has a voice at the table.
I have had the opportunity to see how our Chamber compares to others across the country not only in size of membership, but
in how we interact with our members and offer countless opportunities for our members to interact with each other.
As Chair, it has been a very beneficial and very rewarding experience from a personal and a professional standpoint. I would
like to thank the Board of Directors and volunteers for running the programs that make this Chamber so successful. A special
thanks also to our President & CEO, Scott McCammon and the Chamber staff for the countless hours and commitment to
making the Milton Chamber of Commerce an excellent voice for our business community.

PRESIDENT & CEO’S REPORT
SCOTT McCAMMON, CCE, ACE
For most people, 2019 seems to have gone extraordinarily quickly. Certainly that seems true for our Chamber.
Yet here we are at the end of another year!
Thanks to our Chamber members, our community partners and sponsors, and the Chamber Board & staff,
this has been a very successful year. The Chamber hosted over 50 events that were attended by a total of
almost 3,000 people! Those events hosted politicians including Premier Doug Ford, Finance Minister Vic
Fedeli, MPP Parm Gill, MP Lisa Raitt, Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau, Federal Minister of Innovation, Science & Economic
Development Navdeep Bains, and of course our very own Mayor Gord Krantz. Our Sports Celebrity Dinner also hosted Brian
Burke and John Gibbons, among other sports icons.
The Chamber also worked diligently to represent the interests of our local business community in partnering with or lobbying
government. Whether public transit connections to bring new employees from Mississauga or red tape and taxation, the Milton
Chamber worked daily on your behalf. The Milton Chamber also took a lead role in the formation of AMS Halton to leverage
opportunities for local businesses in the Advanced Manufacturing Supercluster (AMS). The Innovation Corridor runs from
Toronto to K/W. That makes Milton the geographic centre of that Corridor. Given our location and our young, well-educated
workforce, Milton is well poised to capitalize on tech growth.
Much of our success is due to our invaluable Board of Directors and volunteers. Thanks to Walter Heyden for his leadership as
Board Chair. Of course, little would be possible without the dedication and hard work of the Chamber team. Joanne and Krista
continued in their roles, but 2019 was also a year of transition as we said farewell to Melissa, Cheryl and Kaitlin and welcomed
Ashley and Sam. Thank you all for your enthusiasm, ideas, hard work, and friendship.

TREASURER’S REPORT
WILFRED (BUDDY) EDGE
I would like to share with you highlights of our year from a financial perspective. The Milton Chamber is a not
for profit organization and we provide various services for the benefit of our members and the community.
Once a year the financial records of the Milton Chamber are audited in late October. To view the audited
financial statements, for the year ending September 30, 2019 please visit miltonchamber.ca/AGM.
In 2019 we hosted 50 events, excluding the Milton Farmers’ Market and raised $343,000 by way of event
fees and sponsorships which is $67,000 higher than the previous year.
In 2019 total revenue was $710,658 which is up 7% or $45,815 over the previous year. An increase in events sponsorship revenue
is attributed to this positive variance.
Total operating expenses in 2019 was $708,226 which is $56,363 higher than the previous year. This variance is attributed to an
increase in our costs to hold the events.
This leaves us with a small surplus of $2,432 for 2019 versus a surplus for the previous year of $12,980.
Depending on the surplus at the end of the year we will make allocations to a reserve fund for future items. Last year we
reserved $4,000 to the capital fund reserve and in 2019 we incurred the capital costs so now we are pulling these funds out of
the reserve to cover the cost of the upgrades.
In addition, we are also allocating $20,000 from the scholarship fund reserve. These funds are to cover additional costs for the
Sports Celebrity Event which were planned. This leaves us with a Net Surplus of $26,432 for the year.
The Chamber grew the cash position by $21,371 and cash on hand sits at a comfortable $152,978.

THANK YOU TO OUR BOARD AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
The Milton Chamber of Commerce is built on the contributions of our volunteers.
Their time, energy and commitment ensures that the Milton Chamber remains a
dynamic and relevant organization. Our thanks to the following individuals.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS (2018 - 2019)
Chair			               Walter Heyden*            Dufferin Aggregates
Vice Chair 		          Kim Majetic		             Gordon Food Service
Past Chair		           Teresa Fujarczuk          Granite Ridge Golf Club
Treasurer		            Wilfred (Buddy) Edge      Manulife Securities
Director		             Robert Duvall		           RDC Networks
Director		             Dion Farentino		          RBC Royal Bank
Director		             Stacey Halliday		         myFM 101.3 Milton
Director 		            John Lobraico 		          Chudleigh’s Ltd.
Director		             Nathan Porter		           4Sight Search Solutions
Director 		            Matt Rees 		              ROCKWOOL
Director		             Fred Scheuer		            Intrigue Media
Town Council Rep.      Kristina Tesser Derksen   Town of Milton

BUSINESS AFTER HOURS
Mustafa Dossajee*      SB Partners LLP
Lorenzo Barrile		      Fully Promoted - Burlington
Keith Hesse 		         Aimco Solrec Limited
Sam Kassam-Macfie      famiizuu
Liane LaBarbera        IG Wealth Management
Elayne Tanner		        Elayne Tanner Social Work Professional Corp.
Christine Walker       Mortgage Architects

COMMUNITY AWARDS GALA
Erin Rennie-Aubuchon* RBC Royal Bank
Sam Kassam-Macfie     famiizuu
Janice Kluhspies      Bulk Barn Milton

GOLF TOURNAMENT
Christian Hernandez*   J D Factors
Fred Scheuer*		        Intrigue Media
Steve Brand		          City-Com Communications
Stacey Halliday		      myFM 101.3 Milton
Dan O’Neill		          PRO Forma U-Want-One
Matt Zarrillo		        Zarr Tech

GOVERNMENT RELATIONS
Walter Heyden*		       Dufferin Aggregates
Sheryl Ayers		         Conservation Halton
Garner Beckett		       Conservation Halton
Richard Bolton		       Centricity360
Cheryl Ciccarelli		    Downtown Milton Business Improvement Area
John Davidson 		       Halton Region
Sheldon Pereira		      Wilfrid Laurier University
Kevin Kelley
Mike Launslager        Town of Milton, Economic Development
Carolyn Hawthorn       Wilfrid Laurier University
Evan Holt		            Office of MPP Parm Gill
Robert Thompson        Office of MPP Parm Gill

HR ROUNDTABLE
Stephanie Carruth*     ONE For Freight
Kimberly Mathieson*    ROCKWOOL
Allison Barber 		      Lowe’s Companies Canada
Alya Bax		             Milton Community Resource Centre
Sangeeta Bhagat        DSV Solutions Inc.
Shannon Connolly       Chudleigh’s Ltd.
Tracy Fabian 		        Elements Casino Mohawk
Silvia Fernandes       Lowe’s Companies Canada
Liam Finan		           MTB Transit Solutions
Nahom Firew		          ONE for Freight
                                                              * denotes Committee Chair

HR ROUNDTABLE ...CONTINUED                                             Craig Seeler		          Granite Ridge Golf Club
                                                                       Nicole Segal		          Crozier & Associates Consulting Engineers
Michelle Goddard        Amazon                                         Greg Tremble		          Elements Casino Mohawk
Bruce Heaton		          Metrie Canada Ltd.                             Lynn Trevisan		         Raintree Financial Solutions
Janet Hughes		          Crozier & Associates Consulting Engineers
Sukhdeep Legha          Chudleigh’s Ltd.
                                                                       MILTON YOUNG PROFESSIONALS
Preet Lidder		          DSV Solutions Inc.
                                                                       David O’Connell*        BANG! creative
Arun Manoharan          Uline
                                                                       Brandon Parkes		        IG Wealth Management
Pam McCartney		         Gordon Food Service
                                                                       Nathan Porter		         4Sight Search Solutions
Ralston Mckenzie        Amazon
                                                                       Tanya Vakil Fernandes   Forest Hill Real Estate Inc. Brokerage
Mike McLauchlan         Sargent Farms
Linda Moffatt		         Moffatt Scrap Iron & Metal Inc.
Carly O’Brien		         Intrigue Media                                 SCHOLARSHIP SELECTION
Odessa Olinares         CWB Group                                      Teresa Fujarczuk*       Fedar Investments/Granite Ridge
Sara Patterson		        Gordon Food Service                            Megan Gill 		           O’Connor MacLeod Hanna LLP
Karolina Pawlowski      DSV Solutions Inc.                             Ron Hudson
Kasia Pimentel		        Gordon Food Service                            Katherine O’Hearn       Crozier & Associates Consulting Engineers
Matt Rees		             ROCKWOOL                                       Mark Williams		         Milton Public Library
Bridget Saulnier		      Nuvo Network
Tammy Van		             Lowe’s Companies Canada                        SPORTS CELEBRITY DINNER & AUCTION
Jenny Walker		          CBM Ltd.                                       Teresa Fujarczuk        Fedar Investments/Granite Ridge
Justina Weir		          Parker Hannifin                                Nuno Gama 		            Crozier & Associates Consulting Engineers
                                                                       Jim Gray		              CN
INCREDIBLE RACE                                                        Andrea Hadlington       CCV Insurance and Financial Services
Nathan Porter*		        4Sight Search Solutions                        Stacey Halliday		       myFM 101.3 Milton
Vito Montesano		        Milton Public Library                          Andrew Jackson          Jackson Events

THE FOLLOWING COMPANIES HAVE GENEROUSLY SUPPORTED THE MILTON CHAMBER IN 2019.
COMMUNITY AWARDS GALA                           Milton Menace Hockey Club                      ClubLink Corporation
Aimco Solrec Limited                            Miltowne Insurance Services Inc.               CN
Austen and Noble Insurance Brokers Ltd.         O’Connor MacLeod Hanna LLP                     Cogeco
Bell                                            Oxford Properties Group                        Fedar Investments proud partner
Canadian Champion                               PROforma U-Want-One                              at Granite Ridge Golf Club
CN                                              ROCKWOOL                                       GavCom Media Productions Inc.
Cogeco                                          Toronto West KOA Campground                    Gordon Food Service
Crozier & Associates Consulting                 Wallace Chevrolet Buick Cadillac Ltd.          Impact Logistics Inc.
  Engineers                                     Wilfrid Laurier University                     Jackson Events
Dufferin Aggregates                                                                            Manulife Investments
Enable Education                                MAYOR’S BREAKFAST                              RBC Royal Bank
GavCom Media Productions Inc.                   Bell                                           Robert (Pie) Lee Insurance Agency
Granite Ridge Golf Club                         Mattamy Homes Limited                          ROCKWOOL
Halton Region Small Business Centre             OLG                                            Style + Swoon
Jackson Events                                                                                 U-Need Storage - A Durante Group
McLaren Press Graphics Ltd.                     MILTON FARMERS’ MARKET                           Company
Miltowne Insurance Services Inc.                Wilfrid Laurier University                     Woodbine Entertainment Group
MTB Transit Solutions
Robert (Pie) Lee Insurance Agency               MILTON YOUNG PROFESSIONALS                     TECH CONNECT
ROCKWOOL                                        Gordon Food Service                            Town of Milton
Style + Swoon                                    (Learning Series)                             BDO
Tandia Financial Credit Union Ltd.              CCV Insurance and Financial Services           Halton Region
The Albatross Restaurant at Granite              (9 & Dine)
  Ridge Golf Club - Jimmy D.                                                                   THE INCREDIBLE RACE
The Flower Mill                                 POLITICAL LEADERSHIP SERIES                    CN
                                                Enbridge                                       Cogeco
GOLF TOURNAMENT                                 Insurance Bureau of Canada                     Elements Casino Mohawk
101.3 myFM Milton                               CN                                             Grant Thornton LLP
Allegra Marketing Print Mail                                                                   Tandia Financial Credit Union Ltd.
Chudleigh’s Ltd.                                SMALL BUSINESS WEEK                            Two Tails Media
Cogeco                                          Halton Region Small Business Centre
Crozier & Associates Consulting                 Milton Education Village Innovation Centre     VOLUNTEER RECEPTION
  Engineers                                     Town of Milton                                 CN
Dufferin Aggregates
Fedar Investments proud partner                 SPORTS CELEBRITY DINNER                        WOMEN IN BUSINESS
  at Granite Ridge Golf Club                    APD Printing Inc.                              BMO
HJMAC Inc. - McDonald’s                         Arthur Electric Inc.                           Cogeco
Insurance Bureau of Canada                      Canadian Champion
Mattamy Homes Limited                           Chudleigh’s Ltd.