Northern Virginia Chamber Announces New Distinguished Service Awards
Winners to be Announced Live at Awards Gala July 19
Tysons, Va. –The Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce (Northern Virginia Chamber), formerly Fairfax Chamber, has announced a new Distinguished Service Awards program aimed at honoring individuals, companies, and non-profit organizations for their service to veterans in the Greater Washington business community. Nominees were selected by an independent committee and winners will be announced live at a July 19 awards gala at the Falls Church Marriott Fairview Park.
“We are thrilled to announce the new Distinguished Service Awards,” said Jim Corcoran, Northern Virginia Chamber president and CEO. “The companies selected as nominees represent the unsung heroes in our business community who have dedicated their time and resources to help veterans succeed.”
The Awards are presented in recognition of community stewardship and business leadership.
Veteran Business Mentorship Award – honoring an individual, company, or non-profit organization that has made meaningful contributions to support and/or mentor veteran entrepreneurs and/or veteran-owned businesses in the Greater Washington region within the past year.
Nominees:
The Capitol Post (Bunker Labs D.C.)
Dog Tag Bakery
Easter Seals Serving MD | VA | DC
Meritorious Veteran Owned Business Award – honoring a successful veteran owned business in the Greater Washington region that has demonstrated positive integration into the community, and is poised for future success.
Nominees:
Emerging Business – less than 3 years in business
MILLIE
Sonoma Cellars
Established Business – more than 3 years in business
Evoke Research and Consulting, LLC
Three Wire Systems
Two Marines Moving
In addition, Dr. J. (Jack) Phillip London, Executive Chairman and Chairman of the Board, CACI International, will be honored with the Lifetime Distinguished Service Award for his commitment and contributions to help veterans succeed in business in the Greater Washington region. A keynote address will be presented by John C. Harvey, Jr., Secretary of Veterans and Defense Affairs, Commonwealth of Virginia.
More information about the Distinguished Service Awards can be found at www.novachamber.org.
Jeff Rea, St. Joseph County Chamber: Census estimate a good sign for the region
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Census data help the state and communities make some assumptions about their overall health.
In 1902, the Census Bureau was formed for the purpose of counting the number of people in the United States. The data collected would become valuable for important tasks like allocating federal funds each year and determining the seats of the U.S. House of Representatives to the states based on their population. The data is to be collected every 10 years.
Throughout the other years, the bureau conducts dozens of other censuses and surveys, including the American Community Survey, the U.S. Economic Census and the Current Population Survey. The various censuses and surveys conducted by the bureau today help allocate more than $400 billion in federal money every year and help states, local communities and businesses make informed decisions.
The bureau has recently released its 2015 population estimates. Indiana’s growth remains slow, with more than half of Indiana counties losing population. Overall, Indiana has grown at about 2 percent since the last decennial census in 2010. But Indiana’s growth outpaces our neighbors in Michigan, Illinois, Ohio and Kentucky. The Midwest is growing at only 0.3 percent.
Most growth in Indiana has been in the center of the state, with four of the five fastest-growing counties surrounding Indianapolis. Generally, those suburbs outside metro areas have experienced the most gains while rural counties have experienced the most losses.
In our area, the populations of St. Joseph and Elkhart counties have increased again; both are among the faster growing counties outside the center of the state. In 58 of Indiana’s 92 counties, the population shrank or stayed flat. In St. Joseph County, we’re bucking a trend that included decades of population stagnation.
Population growth is at the center of the Regional Cities mission. Experts had predicted slow to no growth for our area, but Regional Cities projects are intended to help buck that trend. We’re off to a good start, but it’s a little early to celebrate our success. Read more: South Bend Tribune
Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce event: 2016 Mexico Business Forum
Date: June 22, 2016
Time 8:30 am-11:00 am
Location Miller Canfield Paddock and Stone, PLC | 225 West Washington Street, 5th Floor
Tickets Member: $35 --- Non-Member: $70
Mexico is Illinois’ second largest trading partner – behind only Canada – with a trade and investment relationship that continues to deepen. Mexico is one of the most competitive countries for productive investment; its open economy guarantees access to international markets through a network of free trade agreements and the country boasts a strategic geographic location and competitive costs to service global markets.
Learn from an expert panel about the benefits and challenges of doing business in Mexico as well as an update on trade relations between Illinois and Mexico: Register Now
Greater Beloit Chamber collaboration: Irontek U coming to Beloit students
Thanks to a partnership between the School District of Beloit and local businesses, REACH Advanced Career Education students at Beloit Memorial High School will have the opportunity to work alongside business mentors on special projects at the Irontek — Beloit’s newest business incubator. The new partnership is being called Irontek U.
“It’s going to be great getting the students exposed to an atmosphere that appreciates out-of-the-box thinking. Maybe the student entrepreneurs will headquarter their businesses in Beloit one day,” said Irontek community manager Erin Clausen.
Irontek is a new one-stop shop for businesses in Beloit to help foster entrepreneurship and support business development. Irontek’s offices are available for rent for small start-up companies. Shared conference room space also is available. In the middle of Irontek are about 40 individual spaces that freelance workers can rent.
Acculynx, Comply365, Premier Technologies, Resonate Web Marketing and the Greater Beloit Chamber of Commerce, all located in Irontek at 635 Third St., have stepped forward to work with students on computer science and IT projects. Projects may include working on a website or developing an app for either iPhone or Android.
Use of the space at Irontek is being paid for through a Carl Perkins grant, federal dollars which school districts are given for improvement of their career and technical education programs, said School District of Beloit Career & Technical Education Director Ryan Rewey. Read more: Beloit Daily News
Mount Pleasant 2016 Community Guide
The Mount Pleasant 2016 Community Guide & Membership Directory is available at the Village of Mount Pleasant today! Thanks to Anna Marie Clausen, Logan Martin and the village team for their help and direction putting this together!
Town Square Publications (www.townsquarepublications.com) can help you accomplish your chamber's gloss map, directory, community profile or publication needs at no expense to the chamber. Please email John Dussman at jdussman@tspubs.com or call (847)-427-4633.
The Ocean Springs Chamber of Commerce is seeking volunteers for this weekend's 11th annual Red, White & Blueberry Festival.
The Ocean Springs Chamber of Commerce is seeking volunteers for this weekend's 11th annual Red, White & Blueberry Festival.
The festival is from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the L&N Depot Plaza. Free vanilla ice cream with fruit topping will be served and the Ocean Springs Fresh Market and cooking demonstrations also will be happening.
Volunteers are needed to set up the tents, tables and chairs, pick up supplies on Friday and on Saturday to cut and wash fruit, scoop ice cream and clean up.
Contact: Cynthia at cynthia@oceanspringschamber.com
Kyndle Brown Bag: Lecture to Focus on Smart Payroll Solutions for Small Business
Smart Payroll Solutions for Small Business will be the focus of Kyndle’s next Kyndle Brown Bag Series lecture scheduled for Monday, June 13.
The presentation will be made by Jill M. Cape, CPA, CPP, Pay Day Payroll. Cape is a graduate of Western Kentucky University and has 30 years of experience in the payroll industry. She has owned and operated Pay Day Payroll for 11 years.
The brown bag will concentrate on four main topics: timekeeping, employee vs. contract labor, withholding taxes and how to handle overtime. There will be time at the end of the lecture for questions.
The Brown Bag is free to Kyndle stakeholders. It will start at noon in the training room at the Kyndle offices on the fifth floor of the Soaper Building at Second and Main streets.
For reservations, contact Kyndle at Info@Kyndle.us or 270-826-7505. Read more: Lane Report
Yesterday, officials at the Caro Chamber of Commerce were already looking at the weather forecast for next weekend in the Thumb region, fingers crossed that predictions for how Mother Nature will behave are accurate.
The reason is simple: better weather means more people will take part in the 27th Annual Caro Cars & Crafts Weekend and 9th Annual Bike Show that begins next Friday, June 3 and continues all day Saturday, June 4.
“It really depends on Mother Nature and the weather,” said Susan Rickwalt-Holder, president, board of directors, Caro Chamber of Commerce. “We’ve had 125 cars and we’ve had 75 cars so it really depends on the weather and so forth.
“I don’t want to jinx myself, but the weather, right now, looks wonderful. Perfect.”
In addition to those who set up for the car show, Rickwalt-Holder said the event usually draws about 50 crafters who are set up. Read more: Tuscola Today
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