MBA members now have more opportunities to get together with the addition of morning and lunch meetings. Olive Bean owners Shannon and April Handy, from left, will host the new morning “Beans for Breakfast” gatherings at their cafe the third Thursday of each month at 7:30 a.m.In addition to its monthly evening meetings, the Mountain Business Association is introducing several new types of gatherings in an effort to offer additional opportunities for members to interact with one another at times that fit more easily into their busy schedules.
“Our hope is to re-engage a larger percentage of our members at some point during the month,” said Patrick Holland, MBA president for 2016. “We’re not looking to have 70 members attend a single monthly evening meeting. Because that’s not really a meeting, it’s a conference. But we’d like for the majority of our members to be involved in at least one of our get-together touch-points each month.”
The group held several morning meetings last year, which he said drew many members who had not previously attended the evening meetings.
“It was a whole different set of people, and it dawned on us that different people have different schedules,” said Holland. “Rather than holding one meeting at different times, we decided to offer more opportunities for members to get together.”
The MBA will now be hosting a monthly morning get-together the group is calling “Beans for Breakfast.” The informal gathering will be held at the Olive Bean the third Thursday of each month starting Jan. 21 at 7:30 a.m.