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Virginia Peninsula Chamber of Commerce Now Accepting LEAD Peninsula Class of 2016 Applications Due June 24
The Virginia Peninsula Chamber of Commerce is accepting
applications for current and emerging leaders to participate in its 2016 LEAD Peninsula program.
Formally known as the Virginia Peninsula Chamber of
Commerce Leadership Institute, the community leadership program is designed to
provide emerging young leaders with the knowledge, skills and network to become
influential members of the community.
The intensive nine-month LEAD Peninsula program has been
operating for 30 years and boasts more than 700 graduates. Members participate
in educational sessions, tours, retreats and candid conversations with
community leaders.
Topics range from local, state and federal government
issues, to education, media, economic development, social services,
environment, history, regionalism, criminal justice, health care, arts and
culture and other topics. The idea is to challenge emerging leaders to view
their community in new ways while fostering the development of civic
leadership.
LEAD Peninsula members will expand their knowledge of what
makes the Peninsula unique. They also seek to determine the Peninsula's
economic future and help shape and influence the region's cities and counties
to become more prosperous.
Looking within the business community, LEAD Peninsula works
to develop civic leadership by fostering opportunities for increased
communication and cooperation among the private, public and nonprofit sectors.
Recognized and emerging leaders will work collaboratively on issues of
importance to the Peninsula community through a series of initiatives and
programs.
For details and to see an application, visit the LEAD
Peninsula website at: http://www.virginiapeninsulachamber.com/pages/LEADPeninsula/.
Applications are due June 24.
For more information on LEAD Peninsula call Mike
Kuhns at 757-325-8170 or by email at mkuhns@vpcc.org.Flowood Chamber (Mississippi) helps family after house fire
The Flowood Chamber of Commerce is pulling together to help one of their own. On Monday night Tom and Libby Sims lost their Brandon home to a fire.Officials with the Reservoir Fire Department say the fire started in the garage of the Sims' home on Apple Blossom Drive about 9:30 p.m. and spread from there. The home is a total loss.
The Sims were inside the home when the fire started, but they managed to get out safely. The Flowood Chamber of Commerce, where Libby Sims works, is now asking for donations to help the family. Read more: MsNewsNow.com
Chamber event: Plainfield businesses go along for the ride with weekly cruise nights
Six-year-old Palen Zitzka and her 3-year-old sister Gracian gobbled up small cups of gelato during a hot and humid Tuesday evening welcomed by area residents – as well as Corvette owners – in downtown Plainfield.
Their parents got the treat for them from Simply Saucy as the new to Plainfield family walked along Lockport Street in the downtown area during the June 9 summer cruise night event, which features classic and specialty cars lining streets and parking areas.
“It’s a great time,” said Zack Zitzka, the girls’ father, who has attended two Plainfield cruise nights so far. “We get the kids out and they can walk around. I see the cars and [my wife Lauren] checks the new businesses.”
Downtown Plainfield Cruise Nights have been a regular event in the village for more than two decades. This summer, cruise nights are scheduled from 5 to 9 p.m. every Tuesday through Sept. 1, except for July 21.
The event has evolved to meet the needs of businesses along Lockport Street, many of which are enjoying a resurgence thanks to historic designation of the downtown area and a growing village population.
Business impact
Downtown is a place for unique, local and crafty businesses. Plainfield officials want to keep it that way.
But that means downtown businesses forego having recognizable big-box and anchor stores nearby, such as Wal-Mart, Target, Dunkin’ Donuts and McDonald’s and the possible foot traffic they could bring along the stretch of Lockport Street between James Street and Route 59.
Events, such as cruise night, draw people into the area.
“Cruise nights are our biggest nights for downtown business,” said Tasha Kitson, executive director of the Plainfield Area Chamber of Commerce. Read more: Herald News
Sheboygan County chamber contest: Your summer selfie could win $1,000 prize
Cameras ready?
From now through Labor Day, your creative summer selfie photo of smiling faces and Sheboygan County backdrops could win a $1,000 prize in Chamber Cash.
We hope to collect lots of great selfies of people enjoying the many wonders of this county. These photos will be used for our new relocation guide, social media promotions, websites and more.
We plan to create a selfie ruckus to let people know what a great place this is to live, work and play.
Whether you're at a graduation, work, brat fry, festival, parade, baseball game, favorite shop, restaurant, resort or any one of nearly 100 great attractions this county has to offer, we want to see your smiling face and others showing off your favorite things to do here. Read more: Sheboygan Press
Northwest Arkansas chamber leaders don't expect Pulaski County court ruling to hurt economic development contracts
Leaders of the area's largest chambers of commerce don't expect a Pulaski County court ruling to stop their economic development contracts with cities, but it has prompted changes.
Tuesday's written decision formerly clarifies Circuit Judge Mackie Pierce's ruling that city payments to the chambers of commerce and other private economic development promoters in Little Rock and North Little Rock are illegal "donations" barred by the Arkansas Constitution.
"That applies just to Little Rock and North Little Rock," said Steve Clark, president and CEO of the Fayetteville Chamber of Commerce. "The judge did not say they couldn't have a contract, he just said those contracts are not sufficient to support payment."
Clark is also a former Arkansas attorney general.
Pierce ruled twice earlier this year the contracts or financial arrangements the cities have with their respective chambers and other economic development boosters -- the Metro Little Rock Alliance and the North Little Rock Economic Development Corp. -- violate Article 12 of the state constitution. Read more: Arkansas Online
Southern Kentucky Chamber Executive Director, Corbin Economic Development Director to receive Visionary Award
Corbin’s Director of Economic Development will be honored later this month as the fifth recipient of the annual Daniel Boone “Visionary” Award, given to those who embody the values of the Boy Scouts of America.
Bruce Carpenter has been named the 2015 Visionary Award winner by The Mountain Laurel District of the Bluegrass Council of Boy Scouts. An award banquet to honor him will be held June 23 at The Corbin Center for Technology and Community Activities at 6:00 p.m.
Michael Sharpe, a local Market President for Forcht Bank and Chairman of the Daniel Boone Visionary Award Committee, said Carpenter was selected as this year’s recipient because he is on the front lines of the effort to build the kind of local economy that would encourage young, talented graduates to join the local workforce instead of moving away.
“I think everybody kind of understands that we have great, talented children growing up here. They also think it’s a shame that so many of them move away because of lack of job opportunities,” Sharpe said. “I just don’t know if we often make the connection that we can actually do something about it. The Office of Economic Development is where we do something about it. This is where it happens.”
Carpenter assumed the role of Economic Development Director in 2006. In the position, he serves as the chief executive for two industrial park boards and the Corbin Industrial Development Commission. He’s also Executive Director of the Southern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce. Read more: The News-Journal
Schererville Chamber promotes independent businesses and stays locally-focused
“Small businesses are the heart of Northwest Indiana - think
local first” is the slogan for the Buy Local partnership of the Times
Media Company and area chambers of commerce.
The
Schererville Chamber of Commerce promotes “Buy Local” and “Shop
Schererville First,” Chamber Administrator Evelyn Q. Jones says.
“It
has been very rewarding,” Jones says. “All in all, the Schererville
Chamber is a great organization dedicated to the town, its residents,
and helping small and large businesses make it in Northwest Indiana.
With all the on-line shopping done each day, we think it’s important to
shop local to support those who bring income through taxes and wages to
our area.”
Schererville is a great place not only to live but also to have a business, Jones says. Read more: NWI Times
Marshall Chamber (Michigan) votes to dissolve
The Marshall Area Chamber of Commerce will be dissolved after a vote by members Thursday.
Members approved a plan to discontinue operations and transfer assets to the Marshall Area Economic Development Alliance. The move signals the end of the partnership between the two organizations.
The Chamber previously oversaw tourism and economic development efforts in the Marshall area; those duties will be transferred to MAEDA, an entity formed in 2013 by the Chamber, Marshall Downtown Development Authority and its Main Street Program, the Local Development Finance Authority and the Marshall Economic Development Corp.
MAEDA had pledged to cooperate with the Chamber on how it would provide services to its former constituents.
The move is expected to be completed by the end of June, a date which falls in line with the start of MAEDA’s next fiscal year.
Vic Potter, chairman of the Chamber’s governing board, told a room of about 20 Chamber members Thursday morning that at least 30 percent of the Chamber’s 276 members needed to participate in the vote to make it official. Late Thursday afternoon, Potter said 103 Chamber members voted -- almost 37 percent of the group’s members -- and 85 favored dissolution. Read more: Battle Creek Enquirer
Famous Chamber of Commerce Quotation: (Leadership):
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, concerned citizens can change the world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has. —Margaret Mead
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