Wichita Metro Chamber's Chairman Wayne Chambers: Reauthorize Ex-Im Bank
The Wichita Metro Chamber of Commerce’s mission is to
drive economic growth and community advancement in the Wichita region. This means helping companies
of all sizes around Wichita
grow. When they grow, they hire more employees and the entire Kansas economy benefits.
That’s the primary reason the chamber supports
Congress’ reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank of the United States.
If Congress doesn’t act and reauthorize the Ex-Im Bank by Sept. 30, the bank
will close and put important good-paying jobs in Kansas at risk.
Since 1934, the Ex-Im Bank has played a critical role
in assisting our economy. While the bank was created to support exports and
imports, its current focus is on supporting exports by providing
working-capital guarantees (pre-export financing), export credit insurance,
loan guarantees and direct loans (buyer financing). In Kansas,
the Ex-Im Bank has helped about 65 businesses – large and small – export
products abroad and in turn sustain the Kansas
and Wichita
economies.
These are companies in our backyard, such as Cargill,
CNH Industrial, Learjet, Beechcraft
and Cessna (Textron Aviation). The bank also helps other businesses that don’t
directly export, such as Spirit AeroSystems, Clearwater Engineering, McGinty
Machine and many other suppliers that would be adversely affected if the bank
closed. Read more: Wichita
Eagle Opinion Column
Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce releases update to 'Big 5' ideas for growth
The Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce says it's making strides toward meeting its top goals for the region. The goals, dubbed the Big 5, were identified nearly three years ago. They include moving the Conservatory of Music and Dance at the University of Missouri-Kansas City to a new downtown location. In its latest Big 5 update, the chamber noted that a site adjacent to the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts has been selected, and fundraising continues. Read more: The Republic
Chamber Tweet of the Day: Kansas Chamber
A real life example of how the Kansas tax cuts are helping businesses grow,
and Kansans find jobs. #ksleg
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Lawrence Kansas Chamber of Commerce CEO confident despite lagging job growth, high taxes
It wasn’t a very “chamber of commerce” thing to say.
A chamber president is traditionally a community’s top salesperson. But here
was a letter from Lawrence’s new chamber
president and CEO that sure didn’t do much to sell Lawrence’s blue skies and green parks.
Instead, Larry McElwain told chamber members earlier this month what he has
learned thus far in his seven weeks on the job: The community’s taxes are high
and rising, the city has few job opportunities and a high cost of living, some
residents feel marginalized by community leaders, instability with the
chamber’s CEO position has hindered the chamber’s ability to lead, and
residents are hungry for community leadership to emerge.
McElwain — a Lawrence
fixture since the mid 1960s — clearly has decided now is not the time for a
sales pitch. Read more: Lawrence
Journal-World
Salina, Kansas Journal – “Chamber brings it all
together”
Construction work is beginning on the Kansas State University-Bulk
Solids Innovation Center. If you drive past 607 N. Front St., you will see groundwork
progressing for this new research center. Bulk solids are any dry powders or
granules such as flour, grain, chemicals and plastic pellets. Industry uses
them as raw materials in most of the manufacturing plants around the world, and
they have regular problems when they need to convey the materials or get them
to flow consistently out of silos or hoppers. Imagine, for example, your dismay
at breakfast if your donut manufacturer's powdered sugar had stopped flowing in
his bakery, or if your coffee tasted lousy because the beans had been broken to
pieces before they were roasted.Industry has the need to reduce problems and
improve their efficiencies when handling bulk solid materials. Salina is uniquely suited to address this
need because of our combination of cooperative university, industry and
government entities. K-State Salina will lead the student and business
education aspects, and K-State's campuses in both Salina
and Manhattan
will use this center for research. We have great local companies that
manufacture valves and conveying systems for this industry and sell them
globally. And our city, state and federal governments have provided vital
support for the project.But despite the need and Salina's unique ability to meet the need, this project would not have happened without the Salina Area Chamber of Commerce's ability to coordinate all of these entities and get them to work together. This is one of the strengths of our local chamber -- they knew the right people at the correct level of every entity and were adept at getting them to work in the same direction. Read more: Salina Journal
Chamber Vision: Forces gather behind new plan to remake slice of KC’s urban core
Don’t go thinking this could be easy. The pieces in a
proposed Kansas City
urban renewal plan certainly look as promising as any seen yet by some Warren
Buffett-backed consultants who have seen real neighborhood transformation work.
“This is as exciting as they come,” Greg Giornelli told the Kansas City school board this week.
Giornelli, president of the Atlanta-based Purpose Built Communities, is helping
Kansas City’s
Urban Neighborhood Initiative foster plans to remake the heart of the city’s
urban core. The initiative, one of the “Big 5” ideas in the Greater Kansas City
Chamber of Commerce’s 2011 vision for prosperity, has a lot of advantages over
other cities’ renewal projects, he said. Read more: Kansas City
Star
Chamber Executive Ongoing Education Weekly New Idea: Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead - by Sheryl Sandberg, CEO Facebook
Thirty years after women became 50 percent of the
college graduates in the United
States, men still hold the vast majority of
leadership positions in government and industry. This means that women’s voices
are still not heard equally in the decisions that most affect our lives. In Lean In, Sheryl Sandberg examines why
women’s progress in achieving leadership roles has stalled, explains the root
causes, and offers compelling, commonsense solutions that can empower women to
achieve their full potential.
Sandberg is the chief operating officer of Facebook
and is ranked on Fortune’s list
of the 50 Most Powerful Women in Business and as one of Time’s 100 Most Influential People in the
World. In 2010, she gave an electrifying TEDTalk in which she described how
women unintentionally hold themselves back in their careers. Her talk, which became a phenomenon and has been
viewed more than two million times, encouraged women to “sit at the table,”
seek challenges, take risks, and pursue their goals with gusto.
In Lean In,
Sandberg digs deeper into these issues, combining personal anecdotes, hard
data, and compelling research to cut through the layers of ambiguity and bias
surrounding the lives and choices of working women. She recounts her own
decisions, mistakes, and daily struggles to make the right choices for herself,
her career, and her family. She provides practical advice on negotiation
techniques, mentorship, and building a satisfying career, urging women to set
boundaries and to abandon the myth of “having it all.” She describes
specific steps women can take to combine professional achievement with personal
fulfillment and demonstrates how men can benefit by supporting women in the
workplace and at home.
Written with both humor and wisdom, Sandberg’s book is an inspiring call to
action and a blueprint for individual growth. Lean
In is destined to change the conversation from what women can’t do
to what they can.
Chiefs, KC business community celebrate new season
About 800 people showed up at this year's Kansas
City Chiefs Kickoff Luncheon, hosted by the Greater
Kansas City Chamber of Commerce, the biggest turnout ever.
The event is designed to give the local business
community an opportunity to show appreciation for the Kansas City Chiefs, and
for the team to thank the business community for its support over the past 50
years. Read more: Kansas
City Business Journal
Chamber business: Goldman Sachs is looking to help 10,000 small businesses with a $500 MILLION investment
The Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program is
a $500 million investment to help small businesses create jobs and economic
opportunity by providing them with greater access to business education,
financial capital, and business support services. 10,000 Small Businesses is
designed for business owners with limited resources who have a business poised
for growth. Applicants must demonstrate a commitment to growing their business
and creating jobs within their community. Learn more about this program and
eligibility requirements. Further information: 10,000
Small Businesses
Famous Chamber of Commerce Quotation (Education)
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