The Thunder Bay Chamber of Commerce's inaugural Small Business Solutions Summit last week showcased a variety of organizations that help small businesses through funding programs and services.

Nancy Milani, the chamber's director of special events, said the concept evolved from a conversation with the chamber president Charla Robinson around the challenges faced by small businesses with tariffs, inflation, the state of the economy, labour shortages and the slow return to normal after the COVID-19 pandemic.

"It's been challenging for small businesses over the last few years, because they're short on both financial and people resources," Milani said, adding that they used the Northwestern Ontario Innovation Centre's tech conference model to develop this summit.

"We ended up bringing seven

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