Welcome to the Chagrin Falls Merchant Association Podcast. This is exciting! Molly and I are honored to work together to bring this show to you.
Small businesses supporting and collaborating with small businesses is what it's all about. And that’s what we’re creating here today.
My name is Megan Moran and I am the owner of Mompreneur Co. Studio right here in Chagrin Falls. Our vibey space offers mindful entrepreneurs, creatives and businesses a place to start a podcast, record their next course or social media videos, host a content pop up day or get together for their next meeting or photo shoot. And as a podcaster and producer myself, I’ll be creating and hosting this show for you.
What is the Chagrin Falls Merchant Association?
I am Molly Gebler and I am the president of the Chagrin Falls Merchants Association.
The Merchants Association was created 3 years ago. It started very grassroots. A couple of local business owners said, we need to focus on getting awareness strictly to Chagrin Falls businesses and started a group.
Now we have an incredible board, and an incredible events committee who are really committed as am I.
My big thing is getting eyes on and feet in the village.
We have about 60 members, and our directory as well as events are a huge selling point because it brings patrons to the community to shop, eat and explore.
Another great thing about being part of this Merchants Association is that we have a voice in the village. We have a one on one with the mayor, we're meeting with the president of council and they're listening. So to have a collective voice is super important in any kind of group.
We also host some happy hours for an intimate moment between the merchants. As a small local business owner, you’re usually working most of your business hours yourself, then you're leaving at 5pm and you wanna just get out and go. So we're trying to get everyone together so it feels less lonely.
I'm a big supporter of: How can I help you? And you're going to help me just through conversation, know? So I think the merchants getting together is a huge value.
And with this podcast, oh my gosh, I'm beyond. We're going to be able to get the word out about how incredible Chagrin is and our members are going to be able to share their stories.
There's going to be so much value both ways, for the listener and guests.
What you can expect from this podcast
In each episode, we'll share:
* Events that are going on in the association.
* Deals and events that our members are hosting.
* Potentially some giveaways.
* What's going on in the village in general.
* Answers to your questions- we want to hear from you in the comments.
* And then we’ll dive into the interview with a shop owner.
* Where you’ll get to know them both as a person and in their business.
If you are a merchant and you're not a member yet, come join us here.
If you’re a member and want to be on the podcast, book your time slot here.
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This episode was produced by Megan Moran at Mompreneur Co. Studio.
If you're a mindful entrepreneur, creative, or business looking for a Vibey space to start a podcast, record your next course or social media videos, host a content pop up day, or get together for your next meeting or photo shoot, then head to mompreneurco.com so that you can book a studio tour today and see what our place is all about.
This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit chagrinfallsmerchants.substack.com
