Good morning Chamber world! Today is going to be a GREAT day!
Indy Chamber collaboration: State offers Raytheon up to $4.4 million in incentives
Indiana is offering defense contractor Raytheon incentives worth up
to $4.4 million in a deal expected to bring 250 jobs to Indianapolis
over the next few years.
Gov. Mike Pence and Raytheon officials made the announcement Monday at the company's Eastside facility.
"Raytheon's
announcement today places the development of key national security
technology squarely in Indiana," said Pence. "We're currently witnessing
major players in the global defense and aerospace sectors growing in
the state."
The Indianapolis Star reported last week that Raytheon
planned to move work now being done at facilities in Chula Vista,
Calif., and Norfolk, Va., to Indianapolis.
The new jobs will focus
on depot support, including modernizing and upgrading the capabilities
of military platforms, systems engineering and systems installation.
They represent a 25 percent increase in the company's Indianapolis
workforce of 1,000.
"The partnership we enjoy with the state of
Indiana and the city of Indianapolis is yet another reason we're moving
forward to expand our presence in the region," said Dave Wajsgras,
president of Raytheon Intelligence, Information and Services.
Under
the agreement, the Indiana Economic Development Corporation offered
Raytheon up to $4,400,000 in conditional tax credits and up to $400,000
in training grants. According to IEDC, the incentives are based on the
company's plan to create a total 349 new jobs by 2020. IEDC said the
company is not eligible to claim incentives until Hoosiers are hired.
Also,
IEDC will provide the city of Indianapolis with up to $1 million in
infrastructure assistance from the state's Industrial Development Grant
Fund. The city of Indianapolis agreed to support the project at the
request of Develop Indy, a business unit of the Indy Chamber.
"We're
seeing a focus on the importance of fostering an environment where jobs
related to advanced industries such as these create a ripple effect
within the community," said Michael Huber, president and CEO of the Indy
Chamber. "Studies are showing that creating jobs that support advanced
industries helps our metro to be more recession-proof, promotes STEM
education, and is important when it comes to competing globally." Read more:
Indy Star
Chamber interest: Northern Kentucky leaders help welcome baseball's All-Star Game
Northern
Kentucky's business and government leaders are having a ball getting
ready for Major League Baseball's All-Star Game in July.
Boone
County Judge-executive Gary Moore joined Thomas More College President
David Armstrong, Covington Mayor Sherry Carran, Rosie Red, Northern
Kentucky Chamber of Commerce board members Mark Exterkamp, Brent Cooper
and Ralph Dusing gathered at Thomas More College Friday, March 6, during
a women's basketball game for "Baseball Across the Region."
During
the event, they passed an "All-Star Summer" baseball, similar to the
passing of the Olympic torch. It was the first such event in Northern
Kentucky. A similar event was held during the Crosstown Shootout
basketball game at Xavier University in February.
Moore was proud to participate.
"It's
so exciting that the Major League Baseball All-Star Game is going to be
held here in Greater Cincinnati this year," he said. "We are trying to
promote the event and detail the great benefits of our region. The
impact that the event will have on tourism and support for our
businesses is enormous." Read more:
Cincinatti.com
Manitowoc County (Wisconsin) Chamber Video: "Join the movement..."
El Dorado (Arkansas) Chamber Event --- Real Estate Investment
Seminar!
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 Texarkana developers,
Curt Green and Jason Clanton, have a great deal of interest in working with
El Dorado for economic development projects. Both have toured El Dorado
with me and expressed their opinions on Mellor Park Mall and NW Shopping
Village. They understand our community's dire need for apartments and
modern industrial buildings. Further, they understand our economic
development challenges of locating funds to build a speculative building or
locating a developer to build a large scale apartment complex.
Curt and Jason are organizing a Real Estate Investment Seminar
at the Chamber Board Room on Thursday, March 5th at 6:00 PM. The
Chamber's address is 111 West Main Street, El Dorado, Arkansas 71730. We
will be serving a light dinner, so please RSVP by either emailing the
Chamber at chamber@goeldorado.com or by calling at
870-863-6113.
The Real Estate Investment Seminar will examine the basics of
Real Estate Investments including Cash Flow, Equity Growth, Rate of Return,
and Cap Rates to name a few. They will explain the different types of
leases and how property and lease types affect a property's value. Their
presentation will include analyzing investment opportunities in retail,
apartments and industrial properties. This seminar is set up for
owner/lesser, active investors or passive investors.
Greater Williamsburg Chamber & Tourism Alliance Announces Career Fair Speaker William Kaufmann
The Greater Williamsburg Chamber and
Tourism Alliance announced that William Kaufmann will be the guest
speaker at the 2015 Career Fair. He is president of My Greener Future
and Kaufmann & Associate and is a personal coach with expertise in
job search strategies and career coaching. He has worked with national,
international and regional clients to form strategies to manage, change,
and improve overall business performance. His topic will be “A
Candidate’s Competitive Edge.”
The
Alliance will be hosting the brand new Williamsburg Area Career Fair on
Thursday, March 26, 2015 at Great Wolf Lodge from 7:30am to 3:30pm. The
event is going to include employer booths open all day featuring
opportunities for full time and part time employment. Also, the Career
Fair will have multiple clinics available. There will be resume clinics
to help job seekers spruce up their resume and teach proper format for
professional jobs. Mock interview clinics will be available and are a
perfect way to learn professional interviewing skills and to help with
pre-interview nerves.
The Alliance is proud to work with the other businesses sponsoring the
event including: VA Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services,
James City County Social Services, Williamsburg Social Services, and
Virginia Employment Commission. Thomas Nelson Community College, another
proud sponsor of the event, will be there and will have laptops
available on site to allow job seekers to search for jobs and apply
online. This event is free and open to the public.
Flint & Genesee chamber YouthQuest Program gets $2,000 grant from Michigan Council for Arts
The Flint & Genesee Chamber of Commerce YouthQuest program was
awarded a $2,000 grant to support the creation of Club 3D, an arts
instruction clubs for YouthQuest's middle and high school students. The
grant, awarded by the Michigan Council for Arts & Cultural Affairs,
will support art education for Club 3D at YouthQuest, an afterschool
program that serves more than 2,000 K-12 students in Genesee County.
Club 3D will utilize the "expertise of local artists who will serve
as art vendors at the program" where students can build leadership,
teamwork kills and resourcefulness and explore the areas of science,
technology, engineering, arts and math. Students will be taught the use
of equipment, tools and techniques, and art elements such as
composition, form vs. function and materials.
The program will have field trips including scrap yards, museums and
manufacturers who seek workers with the skills that students will
be introduced.
"We have found that our YouthQuest high school students like to
engage in less traditional forms of art and instead practice techniques
and skills that not only encourage artistic expression, but are also
practical introductions to career-relevant skills," said Rhetta Hunyady,
vice president of Education and Training at the Flint & Genesee
Chamber. Read more: Flint & Genesee Chamber
Wheaton (Illinois) Chamber Delight: River City Roasters Among Top 100 Small Businesses
The top 100 were named by U.S. Chamber of Commerce; Voting ends Thursday.
Tyler Fivecoat and Erich Goetel, co-owners of River City Roasters are
among two businesses in Wheaton to be named in the top 100 Businesses
by U.S. Chamber of Commerce. The window to apply and news of being named
the top 100 came at an unusual time for the business.
“I filled
the application out like two days before we went to Africa,” Fivecoat
said. “When we were in Africa, right before we came back, we found out
we made the top 100.”
Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Executive
Director Kerry O’Brien said any business could apply, but River City
Roasters was one of the businesses she encouraged to apply. One of the
others was Prairie Path Books, Gatherings and Great Reads , who are also
in the top 100 businesses.
“Those were the two that let me know they were applying,” she said.
The
business owners were in Africa to research coffee beans and the
possibility of purchasing coffee directly from a farmer - known as
direct trade coffee. But such a prospect is very expensive, so they
would have to partner with other roasters to do so.
“The cost for me to bring over coffee is very very expensive, like $90,000 expensive,” Fivecoat said. Read more: Wheaton Patch
Jackson County Chamber Spotlight: For Turf Masters, it's all about the people
Why did you go into business?
Originally I went into business to improve the turf quality at
Pascagoula's Dixie Youth Facility for baseball. The World Series was
coming here in 2002, and today we have one of the best surfaces for
playing baseball compared to any other facility around here--something
our children deserve. Since that time we have been striving to beat the
odds that face small businesses today in our country. I wanted our
company to be in the 10 percent of small businesses that succeed through
working extremely hard and having a written plan for success.
• What do you offer your customers?
At Turf Masters Lawn Care, Inc. we offer the most educated and well
trained workforce in the landscape industry on the Mississippi Gulf
Coast. We have industry certified professionals in irrigation, concrete
paving, retaining walls and turf grass management. Our team of
professionals have been transforming both residential and commercial
landscapes along the Mississippi Gulf Coast since 2000. We have grown
our landscape and maintenance company through the opening of our new
garden center and gift shop (which includes home décor items). We also
grow our own colorful annual plants (now as many as 25,000 to 30,000
annuals per quarter). We also offer outdoor living areas. Read more: Gulf Live
Famous Chamber of Commerce Quotation: (Attitude)
“Happiness is a decision. You are as
happy as you decide to be.”
~Unknown
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