Small Businesses Face Sustained Pressures as Spotlight Programs Continue

The Camden County Chamber of Commerce released new installments of its Get 'N' Your Business video series this year, featuring operators such as Unleashed Camden at 258 Haddock Road in Kingsland and The Bank House Restaurant.

These regular profiles arrive as small businesses across Camden County handle elevated operating costs, tighter consumer spending and shifting supply conditions that have persisted through the first half of 2026. Chamber staff say the series exists precisely to keep attention on firms that have already adapted to those conditions rather than to signal an end to the difficulties.

Local operators in the frame

Unleashed Camden occupies a 3,600-square-foot space that combines a bar lounge with axe-throwing lanes. The venue received one of the most recent segments in the chamber series. Taco Loco, the Mexican restaurant that opened on a Camden street corner in 1991, has now passed its 34th year and appeared in a separate written spotlight earlier this spring. City Girl Fun Co., the event-planning and rental firm owned in Camden, was listed among featured businesses in the LAEDA 2025 year-in-review report released earlier this year.

Each of these listings draws from the same chamber and partner network that tracks dozens of other county businesses through the ongoing video program. The pattern shows a deliberate effort to circulate names and addresses of surviving operations even as many owners report slower foot traffic and higher insurance and ingredient bills.

Evidence of endurance

Taco Loco’s uninterrupted run since 1991 supplies one concrete marker of longevity inside the county. The chamber’s decision to include both a long-running restaurant and a newer leisure venue such as Unleashed Camden indicates the series is not limited to any single business age or format. No public count of total participants has been released, yet the listed addresses and opening dates remain the clearest documented points of reference for the effort.

Owners and managers who appear in the videos receive exposure through the chamber website and its social channels. The same outlets that post the segments also maintain directories of local resources for licensing, marketing and workforce questions. Business operators looking for the next practical step can review the latest Get 'N' Your Business installments at camdenchamber.com/giyb-videos and contact the chamber directly for referrals to the programs mentioned in those segments.

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