How to Shift Your Business to Current Market Conditions
Join us for a casual conversation with other young professionals regionally as we hear from one of our community leaders and Loudoun’s Top Entrepreneur of the Year for 2020, Tony Stafford, Owner of Ford’s Fish Shack. You will walk away with tips for how to shift your business to current market conditions and leverage change to your advantage. Tony will dive into the lessons he learned from 2020 and how his business emerged stronger in 2021.
Featured Speaker: Tony Stafford, Owner, Ford’s Fish Shack
Tony opened Ford’s Fish Shack in 2010 in Ashburn, Virginia. Three years later, he opened his second location in South Riding and in 2017 he opened his third restaurant in Lansdowne. With over 25 years of experience, he has worked in all types of foodservice operations, from business catering to resorts, country clubs, large restaurant groups and small boutique restaurants, and even brew pubs. Ford’s has won numerous awards over the years, including best seafood restaurant and has even taken their lobster rolls to NYC for a national lobster roll competition. Recently Ford’s started a catering division and a food truck. Ford’s is always helping local charities and giving back to the community.
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to all attendees with information and content about the event - Two tickets to each of the six events
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Annual Meeting & Community Leadership Awards
The Loudoun Chamber celebrated its 55th Annual Meeting & Community Leadership Awards on Friday, January 20, 2023. We honored top community leaders as well as celebrate the success of the 2022 Board of Directors Chair, Shawn Mitchell. We will also welcomed in our 2023 Board and the new Chair Carol Barbe, owner of Backflow Technology. 2023 Event Photos
Chamber Classic
On Monday, August 21, 2023, the 41st Annual Chamber Classic will be held at The Club at Creighton Farms. This event has been Loudoun County’s premier business golf tournament for four decades. The Chamber Classic offers our sponsors tremendous marketing exposure, and an incomparable day of golf on this Jack Nicklaus designed course. Sponsorships are available!
Small Business Awards
For 29 years, the Loudoun Small Business Awards have been the most prestigious honors celebrating the best small businesses, entrepreneurs and nonprofit organizations in our Loudoun community. We hope you will join us on Friday, November 10, 2023, to congratulate finalists and winners in 9 categories, including the top prize, at the 2023 Small Business of the Year. Winners are announced in front of a live audience of Loudoun’s top business and community leaders. Sponsorships are available!
Valor Awards
On April 27, 2023, the Loudoun Chamber honored 118 of our community’s real life heroes, including several truly heroic citizens, for their courageous, often lifesaving actions at the 38th Annual Loudoun County Valor Awards. Plan to join us next year with Loudoun’s top business and community leaders for this proud Chamber tradition, as we demonstrate respect and appreciation for these dedicated public servants and their selfless acts of heroism and service. Event Photos