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Regional Chambers Announce Northern Virginia Elected Leaders Summit
Tysons, Va. – Today, the Alexandria Chamber of Commerce, the Arlington Chamber of Commerce, the Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce, the Prince William Chamber of Commerce, and the Northern Virginia Regional Commission announced they will host the Northern Virginia Regional Elected Leaders Summit.
The event will feature The Honorable Sharon Bulova, Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Chairman At-Large, The Honorable Corey Stewart, Prince William Board of County Supervisors Chairman At-Large, and The Honorable Phyllis Randall, Loudoun County Board of Supervisors Chair At-Large. The Mayor of the City of Alexandria and a leader from Arlington County have also been invited. Bruce Potter, Chief Operating Officer, Northern Virginia Media Services, will act as facilitator.
This first of its kind event will offer Northern Virginia’s business leaders the opportunity to learn about the economic climate in each jurisdiction, hear about new and ongoing initiatives aimed at fostering economic growth, and discover how each jurisdiction in Northern Virginia can work together for the betterment of our regional economy.
“We are thrilled to co-host this new event with our fellow chambers and the Northern Virginia Regional Commission,” said Jim Corcoran, Northern Virginia Chamber President and CEO. “We look forward to hearing from the elected leaders of the largest jurisdictions in Northern Virginia on how they are working to grow our regional economy.”
The event will be held on Wednesday, August 31st, 2016, at the Northern Virginia Chamber offices in Tysons. Registration is available online. Entry is $35 for co-hosting organization members and $50 for non-members.
To learn more about the Northern Virginia Regional Elected Leaders Summit, please visit the website.
Chamber Event: Stop by Geneva Arts Fair July 23-24
For the 158 artists expected to exhibit their work at the 15th annual Geneva Arts Fair, the enthusiastic reception they receive is one of the main reasons they keep coming back.
"The whole setting there is really lovely and the audience seems very receptive and, of course, artists appreciate that very much," said 97-year-old painter, Lars-Birger Sponberg, of Deerfield.Jon Hecker, a woodworker of Bloomington, Indiana heads to Geneva for similar reasons.
"I found that the crowds there are genuinely enthusiastic about the work," he said. "We've done the show, off and on, for about five years and we really enjoy it. We've got a lot of good artist friends and it will be a small reunion when we get there."
Geneva can expect up to 25,000 visitors this weekend, which is about the number of residents in the city, according to Laura Rush, communications manager of the Geneva Chamber of Commerce. The show takes place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, July 23-24, in the downtown area, and admission is free.
"Even though we're at 22,000 (residents), we're still a small town," Rush said.
Rush finds that the art lovers who attend the fair are enthusiastic. Read more: Daily Herald
Cary Grove Area Chamber of Commerce 2016 Community Map
The Cary Grove Area Chamber of Commerce 2016 Community Map is available at the Cary Grove Area Chamber today! Thanks to Lynn Caccavallo and the chamber team for their help and direction putting this together!
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Michigan MACP 2016 Chamber Convention & Annual Dinner is October 26-28, 2016 at the Sheraton Ann Arbor
Chamber Convention & Annual Dinner
October 26-28, 2016 | Sheraton Ann Arbor
Joint programming for chamber CEOs, staff, ambassadors and board members. Recognize outstanding chamber performance, share best practices for staff and volunteers and meet with vendors to help chambers grow! Featuring exhibits with important chamber partners and best practices for ambassador programs, small business development, and strategic positioning for chambers of commerce.
The host hotel is The Sheraton Ann Arbor Hotel. Make your reservations by calling 888-627-7098 and mention the Michigan Association of Chamber Professionals to be a part of our room block.
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Early Bird Member Registration through August 31: $249 (Regular Registration Rate: $299)
Non-Member Early Bird Registration through August 31: $299 (Regular Registration Rate: $349)
Ambassador Early Bird Registration through August 31: $109 (Regular Registration Rate: $159)
For questions, please contact Bob Thomas at 517-371-7639 or Anita Lindsay at 517-371-7671.
2016-17 Kentucky Chamber leadership announced at Annual Meeting
Leadership for the 201617 Kentucky Chamber Board of Directors was announced during the Kentucky Chamber’s Annual Meeting in Louisville last week. Bill Lear, Chairman Emeritus of Stoll
Keenon Ogden, will serve as Chamber Chairman beginning in October 2016. Lear has been with the firm since 1980. He served as Stoll Keenon Ogden’s Managing Director for 22 years and Chairman of the Board for an additional four years.
Joe Craft, president of Alliance Resource Partners will serve as chair-elect.
Also at the Annual Meeting, 201516 Chamber Chairman Kevin Canafax, VP of Public Affairs for Fidelity Investments, presented a video to the crowd that outlined the year’s accomplishments.
2016: A Banner Year Among some of this years’ successes were:
- The legislative success of publicprivate partnership legislation
- The release of the “Citizen’s Guide to Kentucky Education”
- The five year celebration of the Chamber Foundation’s Leadership Institute for School Principals
- The passage of felony expungement legislation which will focus on the workforce benefits of getting former nonviolent offenders into productive jobs
Kentucky Chamber Chairman Kevin Canafax, Fidelity Investments “You are part of one of the country’s most active and engaged chambers,” said Canafax. “Thank you for getting up every day, working hard to help the Chamber craft its priorities and continuing to support us year after year.” Read more: Kentucky Chamber
Brookhaven-Lincoln County Chamber initiative: Much to see, do for retirees in Brookhaven
Brookhaven is one of 15 certified retirement cities in Mississippi, chosen by Hometown Mississippi Retirement, a state organization to attract retirees to Mississippi.
Hometown Mississippi Retirement said they evaluate each city based on crime rate, cost of living, quality of medical care, education and recreation.
It was the retirement committee of the Brookhaven-Lincoln County Chamber of Commerce that brought everything together to get Brookhaven certified, according to Homer Richardson, who runs an information page at homerrichardson.com/retireinbrookhaven.
“We retired here in 1989,” Richardson said. “I think the big thing is the size of the city and the activeness of the town itself. There are just so many things here in Brookhaven — stores that are open, businesses and places to eat.”
Richardson said a vibrant downtown is one of the major features that has made Brookhaven an attractive place to retire. “So many of the smaller towns in Mississippi, so many people took their business and took it out to the bypass,” he said. “
As a result, the downtown sections of many of these small towns essentially disappeared. In contrast, Richardson said Brookhaven has plenty of small, homegrown businesses downtown. “We have a hotel downtown, for example, and things like Janie’s (Pastry Shop and Bakery) and all these restaurants that literally you can walk to,” he said. “Not many towns have an active evening time. Things that have continued to be done through the Brookhaven Trust and others has kept Brookhaven a viable small city.”
Brookhaven was attractive enough that the Chamber was able to bring WLBT personality Walt Grayson out to narrate a minidocumentary on the city in 2008. Read more: Daily Leader
Greater Beloit Chamber Event: Lt. Gov. Kleefisch urges hiring former inmates, the disabled
After a few lighthearted pokes at the media, Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch urged employers to consider hiring the disabled and the formerly incarcerated to get higher workforce participation at a legislative breakfast Thursday.
The Greater Beloit Chamber of Commerce hosted the event Thursday morning at The Castle, 501 Prospect St.
Rep. Amy Loudenbeck, R-Clinton, introduced Kleefisch calling her a “recovering news anchor.” At the podium, Kleefisch said when media asked her about giving up her position as a delegate at the Republican National Convention, she said she was committed to her day job and talking to the constituents.
“They couldn’t believe I would give up glitz and glamor in Cleveland, Ohio to work for the people of Wisconsin,” she said.
Praising Wisconsin for its economic development, she touted Wisconsin’s assets such as the manufacturing and agriculture tax credit and the state’s fully-funded pension program. In Illinois, Kleefisch said, there is $100 billion in unfunded pension liability.
“Today, we stand nearly alone at the top, having none of those bills over our head like almost every other state in America,” she said.
Having a fully-funded pension program indicates stability and can be attractive to businesses and investors who look at communities with a long-term perspective. Those in European countries, for example, might look ahead three to five years and a family business might look ahead for up to 50 years before choosing a state to conduct business. Read more: Beloit Daily News
#BestChamber Practices: Muncie-Delaware County Chamber: Succession Planning
What if...you want to retire, you become ill, you die unexpectedly? Old National Bank, in partnership with the Muncie-Delaware County Chamber of Commerce, invites you and a guest to attend an educational Succession Planning seminar presented by Old National Wealth Management.
Tuesday, August 30, 2016
Ivy Tech Community College Auditorium
345 S. High St., Muncie, IN
Registration and heavy hor d'oeuvres 5:45pm, Seminar 6pm
$20 individual, $30 you and a guest, deadline is August 26th
Speakers: Joyce Koehn, Old National Wealth Management; Nick Tokar, Defur Voran; T.J. Bush, Whitinger & Company
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