Wanted: Alexandria (Virginia) Chamber President and CEO
The Alexandria Chamber of Commerce is looking for a qualified candidate for the full-time position of President and CEO.
The Alexandria Chamber of Commerce, an organization that has provided over a century of successful advocacy and service to the business community of Alexandria and the Greater Metropolitan area of Washington, DC, is looking for a qualified candidate for the full-time position of President and Chief Executive Officer.
John Long announced his retirement as CEO back in June. Here’s more about the shoes that need to be filled, from the Chamber:
The ideal candidate will possess the experience, knowledge and political and diplomatic skills necessary to successfully lead the Chamber into its next 100 years, and to ensure that Alexandria remains a business friendly, innovative, and forward-looking community, while never forgetting its important historical past. Read more: Patch.com
Michigan Chamber of Commerce 2014-2016 Strategic Plan
About the Plan
Thirty-four experienced volunteer leaders (current Executive Committee members; Chamber Foundation Board members; and Senior Advisory Committee members) and senior staff met on January 22, 2013 to review and discuss the Michigan Chamber’s strategic plan. This strategic planning session was facilitated by Bob Harris, Certified Association Executive. Mr. Harris is a nationally recognized expert on association management who is very knowledgeable about state and local chambers of commerce. On April 30, 2013, the Michigan Chamber’s Board of Directors reviewed and unanimously approved a Strategic Plan for 2014–2016.
Michigan Chamber Goals
The following five organizational goals are the core competencies or pillars of the Michigan Chamber:
- Deliver Powerful Advocacy & Business Leadership in the Public Policy Arena
- Foster a More Competitive Economic Climate
- Streamline State & Local Government to Improve Effectiveness and Customer Service
- Enhance Member Involvement and Increase Use of Chamber Programs & Products
- Be Passionate about Organizational Excellence and Responsible Stewardship
Strategies
The following implementation strategies support the Chamber’s five organizational goals:
Powerful Advocacy
- Carry out 2013–2014 legislative priorities.
- Retain pro-business majorities in the State House and Michigan Senate.
- Re-elect pro-business Governor.
- Retain rule-of-law majority on the Michigan Supreme Court.
- Maintain best business advocacy program in the country.
- Increase Political Action Committee financial support.
Economic Competitiveness
- Fight to retain Michigan’s new Freedom to Work law.
- Conduct Chamber Foundation Economic Competitiveness study again in 2013, 2014 & 2015.
- Drive public policy debate with other Chamber Foundation studies.
Streamline Government
- Promote regional cooperation and local government consolidation.
- Support efforts to improve government efficiency and reform through best practices and benchmarking.
Member Engagement
- Strengthen the Chamber’s grassroots network.
- Conduct annual regional membership meetings.
- Increase awareness of Chamber programs, products and services through a comprehensive and highly coordinated marketing campaign.
- Promote the new strategic plan to current and prospective members.
- Continue to diversify Chamber membership by size, type of business, geography and expand outreach to young entrepreneurs, women and minority business owners. Read more: Michigan Chamber
Monticello (Indiana) Chamber of Commerce moves into new home on Broadway
Picture: Greater Monticello Chamber
After over a year at its temporary location on Main Street, the Greater Monticello Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Bureau has moved into its new building on West Broadway Street in Monticello.
The past year has been one of many transitions for the chamber, with the demolition of the old chamber building next to the White County Courthouse, changes in staff and the search for a new, permanent home while temporarily housed in the old Hallmark building at 103 South Main Street, according to Executive Director Janet Dold.
“It was going to be six months originally, so a bit longer than what we planned. It’s sort of been in a limbo state. Leaving that previous location was hard, obviously, because it had been there since the ‘70s. We’re very thankful that Fred Ennis let us use his building. It’s been a great home, and we love our neighbors. We’re next door all the time to Unique Graphics and bouncing back and forth,” Dold said. Read more: Herald Journal
Chamber issue: Access to capital, education critical for minority business growth
Five months ago, passers-by at the corner of Broadway and Buffalo St. in Milwaukee would have had a difficult time knowing the custom men's fashion store NL Suits resided in the basement of the building on the southwest corner.
However, after saving up some money and getting a loan from the entrepreneurship crowdfunding platform Kiva Zip, the shop's owner, Nas Laine, moved into a portion of the building's ground level in April and gained something he's never had since he founded the company in 2011: exposure. Laine is tracking to do $300,000 in sales this year with an eye toward doing $1 million in sales in the future.
"The exposure definitely adds a certain element of excitement," said Laine, who was born in Ethiopia and lived in London before coming to the United States. "It just sparks you up to drive a little more."
Laine's story is one that local business-development groups such as the African American Chamber of Commerce and Wisconsin Women's Business Initiative Corp. hope to replicate in efforts to promote minority and inner-city entrepreneurship. Often faced with barriers to securing loans from banks and a lack of business-development experience and education, minority entrepreneurs in Milwaukee lag behind their nonminority counterparts in business participation and wealth metrics, according to a study released this month by the Greater Milwaukee Foundation. Read more: Journal Sentinel Online
Sparks fly as Jack Conway, Matt Bevin spar in front of Kentucky Chamber of Commerce
Gubernatorial candidates Matt Bevin and Jack Conway highlighted their differences and traded cheap shots for a crowd of business types Tuesday at the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce's annual meeting.
The contempt the two candidates share for one another was on full display as Bevin, the Republican nominee, and Conway, the state's Democratic attorney general, threw elbows over education, health care and spending. In a rare area of agreement, both men said the state should consider privatizing operations at some of its public parks.
The two men also exchanged sharp words over Bevin's relative newness to the state and Conway's alma mater, Duke University.
When Bevin brought up Conway's time at Duke, Conway fired back by noting a dust-up last year over Bevin's claim on LinkedIn that he had attended MIT, saying "at least I tell the truth about where I went to college." Read more: Kentucky.com
Chamber interest: From Berwyn Development Corp.: Cook County Commercial
Property Tax Appeals Can Be Filed Until Sept 1. Are you
prepared?
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The
Cook County Board of Review is now accepting 2015 assessment complaints from
commercial property owners in Berwyn. The deadline for appeal is September 1,
2015. Please be advised that while individuals can file complaints on their
own residential homes, commercial property owners must use legal counsel to
complete their filing.
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information about the process and rules and access to needed forms, click
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Okolona Area (Mississippi) Chamber of Commerce - About Okolona
Okolona means good people and a good place to live, a well-kept secret. In Okolona, the cost of living is below nearby areas, yet we have much to offer. There are both public and private recreational facilities, and we are only minutes from the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway to the east. We are only twenty minutes from Tupelo, with a new four-lane highway connecting. We are only an hour's drive from three major universities, and less than an hour to a community college. Churches of almost every denomination are found in Okolona. We have emergency services. Okolona is full of beautiful old homes waiting for someone to work on them and love them. We also have beautiful building sites with large, old trees. We have two industrial parks, with land available in each.
For more historical information on Okolona, HISTORY OF OKOLONA books may be ordered from the Chamber office for $20. There are also booklets with stories of Okolona by some of the residents that can be purchased for $5. Read more: Okolona Area Chamber of Commerce
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