Fox Cities Chamber collaboration: Gulfstream Expands Student Leadership Program To Appleton, Wisconsin
Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. recently announced a partnership among its Appleton, Wisconsin, facility, the Appleton Area School District and the local community to bring the company’s Student Leadership Program (SLP) education initiative to high schools in Appleton.
Gulfstream established SLP in 2008 through a partnership with the Savannah-Chatham County Public School System in Savannah, home to Gulfstream headquarters, with the goal of preparing students to be future leaders. Since that time, SLP in Chatham County has grown to include more than 600 students annually and 120 community advisors from local businesses including Gulfstream. Many of the graduates have continued on to a variety of roles in the business community, the military and higher education. The SLP program was expanded to the community around Gulfstream’s Brunswick, Georgia, facility in 2014.
“Gulfstream has seen the success of the Student Leadership Program in Georgia, from the students who participate to the businesses that are eager to get involved. That success has paved the way for this expansion,” said Mark Knall, vice president and general manager, Gulfstream Appleton. “Gulfstream employees are always eager to support community outreach projects. SLP-Appleton is a great venue for our employees to help students in the area navigate their way to a successful future.”
Gulfstream and the Appleton Area School System will collaborate with the Fox Cities Chamber of Commerce and local businesses on the SLP-Appleton initiative. The goal of the program is to help students develop leadership skills and discover the opportunities available to them after they graduate from high school. SLP-Appleton’s curriculum will also include site visits to local businesses and industries to expose the participating students to the many careers available to them in their communities. Read more: Aviation Pros
Chamber event: McAuliffe tells Fredericksburg leaders: Economy is back on track
Gov. Terry McAuliffe spoke with Fredericksburg business leaders Wednesday and said the state’s economy is back on track, although the looming Oct. 1 start of sequestration could throw things off kilter again.
McAuliffe’s talk at the University of Mary Washington’s Jepson Alumni Executive Center was part of the Fredericksburg Regional Chamber of Commerce’s “Community Conversations” series, which features prominent politicians speaking on topics that affect business in the region.
McAuliffe said that growing and
diversifying the economy by supporting trade and workforce development
is how Virginia will create and sustain jobs, while also lessening its
dependence on defense dollars.
Virginia, as the country’s
biggest recipient of defense funds, will be hit hard if
sequestration—mandated across-the-board federal spending cuts—kicks in
as scheduled in October. He said he plans, along with Senators Tim Kaine
and Mark Warner, to stop sequestration cuts. Read more: Fredericksburg.com
Prescott Nevada County chamber event: Second Arkansas Teacher Corps Fellow Receives Teacher of Year Honor
Randi Curtis, an Arkansas Teacher Corps Fellow, was named Educator of the Year for the Prescott School District and honored recently at the Prescott Nevada County Chamber of Commerce annual banquet.
Curtis teaches high school art in Prescott. She was named an ATC Fellow in 2013, the first class in the program established by the College of Education and Health Professions at the University of Arkansas. The teacher-preparation program addresses teacher shortages in high-need districts based on shortages in both geographic areas and specific content areas. The Fellows go through six weeks of intensive training in the summer and are assigned to high-need schools in south, central and northeast Arkansas.
"We are pleased that our Arkansas Teacher Corps Fellows are making such an immediate impact in their communities," said Tom Smith, dean of the College of Education and Health Professions. Read more: University of Arkansas
Chamber investment: Duke Energy Foundation pledges support and awards grant to “Our Southern Indiana”
One Southern Indiana (1si) announced this week the receipt of $5,000 from the Duke Energy Foundation for the “Our Southern Indiana” project. Our Southern Indiana is the process for developing a regional vision plan in anticipation of the State of Indiana’s Regional Cities Initiative. The goal is to create and implement a regional plan for Clark, Floyd and contiguous counties in order to boost population growth through Quality of Place projects.
Specifically, the Duke Foundation grant will be used to fund research and work by BNIM, the consulting firm guiding the steering committee through a process of:
- Discovering a regional vision;
- Identifying strategic initiatives to support that vision;
- Developing a financing and implementation plan to achieve the initiatives; and
- Encouraging the community to provide a consistent and inclusive engagement during the process.
Hancock County chamber collaboration: Oyster Council Offers Ideas For Rebuilding Industry
A council charged with fixing Mississippi’s ailing oyster industry will deliver its report to the governor next month. MPB’s Evelina Burnett attended the council’s final meeting in Biloxi Tuesday.
At the meeting, the three committees that make up the Governor’s Oyster Council on Restoration and Resiliency presented their recommendations.Hancock Chamber of Commerce director Tish Williams led a committee on oysters in the economy. She says, they learned a lot from Maryland, which has faced similar challenges.
"And the advice we received is, we must stay focused on the oyster, because when we do, it will be the rising tide that will lift all of the boats, that will help all of the fisheries improve their productivity," she says. "We can be successful at this as long as we all develop the plan, implement the plan, stick with the plan and work together."
The three committees' recommendations included mapping reef areas and encouraging private leases and aquaculture. Bay St. Louis oysterman Harold Strong says he liked many of the recommendations he heard – in particular, building new reefs and rebuilding existing ones. Read more: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
GLMV Chamber of Commerce to host orientation
The GLMV Chamber of Commerce will host a member orientation for all chamber members and their guests from 8-9:30 a.m. May 18 at the Community High School District 128 office, 50 Lakeview Parkway #104, Vernon Hills. Whether you are a new member or just need a refresher on how you can get involved in the many awesome GLMV activities, the event will provide orientation and introductions, as well as a chance to meet leadership and staff, and network. Breakfast will be provided by Chick-fil-A. The event is free. For more information or to RSVP, visit glmvchamber.org, call (847) 680-0750 or email info@glmvchamber.org - Source: Daily Herald
Chamber interest: Why some of Michigan's vacation
communities are seeing the state's best wage improvement
Some of the state's most rural
communities out-performed the state in wages, but in some ways they're still
playing a game of catch-up.
Michigan as a whole saw wages go up
3 percent between 1990 and 2013. The five counties with the biggest growth in
wages were Montmorency County (34 percent), Lake County (28 percent), Crawford
County (28 percent), Gogebic County (26 percent) and Clare County (26 percent).
These areas of the state aren't
exactly economic powerhouses. They're places you may head for hunting,
birdwatching, swimming or visiting a family cabin. So what landed them on a
list for the best wage improvement?
Frankly, it was the fact that
these counties had a long way to go.
Leeann Russell, president of the
Lake County Chamber of Commerce, said data showing wages have risen more in the
northern Michigan community than in the rest of Michigan doesn't ring
true. Wages there are "very, very low as far as I'm concerned," she
said. Read more: M LIVE
Big winners at the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce Executives Awards
Picture: Fran Jarrell, Executive Director of the Paintsville-Johnson County Chamber of Commerce with multiple Kentucky Chamber of Commerce Executives awards outside of the Frankfort Country Club, where the KCCE Annual Awards were presented. Other winners of multiple awards were KYNDLE, Bowling Green Area chamber of Commerce and the Hopkinsville-Christian County Chamber of Commerce and the Mercer County chamber. If any other big KCCE winners were not mentioned, please let me know. Thank you.
Friday: 157 Rules for Executive Success in Organization Management (and your Chamber of Commerce) by Patrick McGaughey
Big winners at the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce Executives Awards
Picture: Fran Jarrell, Executive Director of the Paintsville-Johnson County Chamber of Commerce with multiple Kentucky Chamber of Commerce Executives awards outside of the Frankfort Country Club, where the KCCE Annual Awards were presented. Other winners of multiple awards were KYNDLE, Bowling Green Area chamber of Commerce and the Hopkinsville-Christian County Chamber of Commerce and the Mercer County chamber. If any other big KCCE winners were not mentioned, please let me know. Thank you.
Friday: 157 Rules for Executive Success in Organization Management (and your Chamber of Commerce) by Patrick McGaughey
RULE #86 - Sit
at the planning table with the board
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