On Nov. 6, the Kentucky Chamber presented Rep. Mike Denham with the Chamber MVP Award. Rep. Denham was among a select group of legislators recognized for conspicuous actions supporting Kentucky’s business community during the 2014 Kentucky General Assembly.
“With so many important business issues in play during a legislative session, we feel it is important to highlight the efforts of those legislators who went out of their way to help ensure a positive business climate,” said Kentucky Chamber President and CEO Dave Adkisson. “Representative Denham is one of a select group of leaders who fought for a better business climate. As a small token of our appreciation, we are presenting him with an engraved Louisville Slugger to thank him for going to bat for business.” Read more: Kentucky Chamber
Indiana Chamber news: Top Honors for Lake City Bank’s Kubacki, Congresswoman Brooks and Bloomington
Lake City Bank Executive Chairman Mike Kubacki, Fifth District Congresswoman Susan Brooks and the city of Bloomington were all honored by the Indiana Chamber at the organization’s 25th Annual Awards Dinner on November 6.
A crowd of approximately 1,500 attended the event at the Indiana Convention Center in downtown Indianapolis. Saturday Night Live alum and radio host Dennis Miller was the featured speaker. The awards dinner was presented in partnership with Anthem Blue Cross & Blue Shield.
“All of our honorees have demonstrated supreme commitment to making Indiana a better place. Their efforts will be felt well beyond today and pay dividends for years to come,” says Indiana Chamber President and CEO Kevin Brinegar.
Read more about the Business Leader of the Year, Government Leader of the Year and Community of the Year honorees.
Chamber Tweet of the Day: Chicagoland Chamber
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Congrats to Chamber member @Boeing for landing on the 4th annual @thomsonreuters Top 100 Innovators list: http://trib.in/1ywl14O
KC Chamber interest: KC Rising aims to spur economic growth in the metropolitan area
A group of Kansas City area business and civic leaders on Tuesday announced an effort, KC Rising, designed to counter the region’s flagging economic growth rate.
The collaboration is reacting to sluggish post-recession expansion revealed in a Brookings report this summer. Data in the “Prosperity at a Crossroads” report indicated that many of Kansas City’s peer cities were outpacing this area in job creation.
It also found that the region’s share of national and global exports was shrinking, some of its historically strong industries were fading and it has few large companies capable of global competition. Read more: Kansas City Star
Grand Rapids Area Chamber Diversity & Inclusion Forum
Date | Friday, November 21, 2014
Time | 7:30 a.m. – noon
Attract, Retain, and Cultivate Diverse Talent!
Join us on November 21 for an insightful and practical Diversity & Inclusion Forum focusing on the things you need to know about diverse talent—from recruiting to retaining and everything in between. Learn key strategies for diversifying your talent at this year’s forum.This half-day forum features three key components:
1. A keynote presentation from Peter Gomez and Susan Medina, partners and expert in diversity and inclusion at Battalia Winston—a global executive search firm that helps clients maintain a competitive edge. More Information: Grand Rapids Area Chamber
Best Chamber Practices: 2014 Fort Smith Christmas Honors needs your help!
In prior years the support of the Fort Smith Chamber of Commerce membership for the Christmas Honors
celebration at The U.S. National Cemetery has been phenomenal. It is
the purpose of this letter to ask you to please consider continuing your
support with your time, talent and resources.
Each
wreath costs $4.00 and each red bow affixed costs $1.00 = $5.00 total.
We are proud that this price has remained the exact same since the
outset in 2009. Additional wreaths, new red bows, security, food for
the volunteers, and more are involved each year. Your help in this area
is truly needed. Whether you give enough for 1 wreath and bow or more,
you'll have the satisfaction of knowing that you have done your part to
appreciate the Veterans AND their families at Christmas time. You will
have helped to transform the National Cemetery into a real visual site
to behold!!! The end result is absolutely and incredibly beautiful!
The
financial needs for this project are real, rest assured. Should you wish
to contribute and help the cause please make your check payable to :
Christmas
Honors-2014
C/O:
The Fort Smith Chamber of Commerce
612
Garrison Avenue
Fort
Smith, Arkansas 72901
Please
visit www.ChristmasHonors.org
for insight on this patriotic community event. Please also like our Christmas
Honors page on Facebook for updates, photos, and reminders.
After nearly 40 years in politics, Mark Dayton's first re-election will be his last. At 67, the governor -- who until last week had served one term in previous elected offices -- has said he won't run again.
We can think of no surer way to his vision for a "Better Minnesota" -- or a more important legacy -- than leaving the state with a stronger business climate.
The governor's integrity and political skills, honed over decades of public service, suit him well for the task: making Minnesota a great place to start and grow a business -- and a place better able to compete, both across the nation and around the world.
The result, of course, is job creation and a far better way to lift up individuals and their families -- and strengthen communities -- than the social programs that so often come instinctively to Democrats searching for solutions. Smart alternatives for the governor and other policymakers include addressing:
-- The cost of doing business: Keeping costs in Minnesota competitive with those in other states will include attention to taxes, health care and energy affordability.
Dayton knows the moment for raising taxes has passed. That's good. For him, there should be room now for business-minded reform that includes a focus on the structure of the personal income tax. "People think of it as a personal tax," said Bill Blazar, interim president of the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce. Read more: TwinCities.com
The announcement was made at a news conference held by the Broken Arrow Chamber of Commerce.
Chamber news: TwinCities.com Editorial: Gov. Dayton's business-climate opportunity
After nearly 40 years in politics, Mark Dayton's first re-election will be his last. At 67, the governor -- who until last week had served one term in previous elected offices -- has said he won't run again.
We can think of no surer way to his vision for a "Better Minnesota" -- or a more important legacy -- than leaving the state with a stronger business climate.
The governor's integrity and political skills, honed over decades of public service, suit him well for the task: making Minnesota a great place to start and grow a business -- and a place better able to compete, both across the nation and around the world.
The result, of course, is job creation and a far better way to lift up individuals and their families -- and strengthen communities -- than the social programs that so often come instinctively to Democrats searching for solutions. Smart alternatives for the governor and other policymakers include addressing:
-- The cost of doing business: Keeping costs in Minnesota competitive with those in other states will include attention to taxes, health care and energy affordability.
Dayton knows the moment for raising taxes has passed. That's good. For him, there should be room now for business-minded reform that includes a focus on the structure of the personal income tax. "People think of it as a personal tax," said Bill Blazar, interim president of the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce. Read more: TwinCities.com
Broken Arrow Chamber news conference: Creek Turnpike gets state highway designation: Oklahoma 364
The Creek Turnpike on Monday received the state highway designation Oklahoma 364, which Broken Arrow leaders say will help economic development in the city.The announcement was made at a news conference held by the Broken Arrow Chamber of Commerce.
“Designating
the Creek Turnpike as State Highway 364 took collaboration and hard
work from many parties,” said Chamber President Wes Smithwick.
Also Monday, the Muskogee Turnpike was designated as Oklahoma 351.
“They are both still turnpikes; they are both still toll roads,” Smithwick said.
But
the state highway designation will make it easier to describe locations
along the turnpike, thereby making it more appealing to developers, he
said. Read more: Tulsa World
Best Chamber Quality of Life: First phase of Lake Maloney trail in Nebraska complete
Supporters of the Lake Maloney hiking and biking trail crowded into Jim and Mary States’ kitchen Monday evening to celebrate the completion of Phase I of the trail that runs from the edge of Jaycee Park to just in front of the States’ home along South Maloney Drive.
Members of the North Platte Area Chamber of Commerce and Development came out to cut the red tape for the trail, but no one wanted to stay outside for long in the blowing snow.
Chamber event: Muskego Jeopardy will test your knowledge of community history
To celebrate Muskego's 50th, a "Jeopardy"-style quiz of Muskego history was held to challenge the memories of area residents and business people.
The Jeopardy challenge was at the annual Muskego Area Chamber of Commerce golf outing last summer.
Families from farms that had been in the city for 50 years or more triumphed over two teams of businesspeople.
"It was a lot of fun and we might do a simpler version again at a Business After Hours," said Deborah Skurulsky, chamber executive director. Match your wits against the challenge winners: MyMuskegoNow.com
Best Chamber Quality of Life: First phase of Lake Maloney trail in Nebraska complete
Supporters of the Lake Maloney hiking and biking trail crowded into Jim and Mary States’ kitchen Monday evening to celebrate the completion of Phase I of the trail that runs from the edge of Jaycee Park to just in front of the States’ home along South Maloney Drive.
Members of the North Platte Area Chamber of Commerce and Development came out to cut the red tape for the trail, but no one wanted to stay outside for long in the blowing snow.
The trail has been an ongoing
process for the last 11 years, said Sam Perry. He and Ned Mack started
in 2003 trying to get grants from the state to fund the trail, but they
realized after several years it wasn’t going to work. There was too much
competition with the eastern end of the state for money, Perry said. Read more: NPTelegraph.com
Chamber event: Muskego Jeopardy will test your knowledge of community history
To celebrate Muskego's 50th, a "Jeopardy"-style quiz of Muskego history was held to challenge the memories of area residents and business people.
The Jeopardy challenge was at the annual Muskego Area Chamber of Commerce golf outing last summer.
Families from farms that had been in the city for 50 years or more triumphed over two teams of businesspeople.
"It was a lot of fun and we might do a simpler version again at a Business After Hours," said Deborah Skurulsky, chamber executive director. Match your wits against the challenge winners: MyMuskegoNow.com
Famous Chamber of Commerce Quotations (Attitude)
"Success in life comes not from holding a good hand but in playing a poor hand well." - Dennis Waitley
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