Kentucky Chamber Professional Digest
October, 2016
Christian County Chamber event:
McConnell speaks on defense, foreign policy challenges
Whoever is elected
president in November will face significant issues with defense and foreign
policy, U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell said to a group at the Christian County
Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday.
The Republican senate
majority leader criticized how the policies have been handled under President
Barack Obama’s administration, adding he can’t think of a single place in the
world that is better off today than they were at the beginning of Obama’s
administration.
“I don’t have much good to
say about the way the defense and foreign policies have been conducted in this
administration,” McConnell said. “… We’ve been trying to restore defense
spending, but the challenge there is that for every dollar of defense we put
back, our Democratic friends want to put a dollar in the domestic fund.”
He went onto to say if
voters are happy with how the country is running, they should vote for Democrat
Hillary Clinton. McConnell then said Republican Donald Trump “is the only thing
that offers an opportunity to go in a new direction,” and later told the voters
to “turn off the personality contest.”
“When you look at the
polls, people don’t seem to like either one of them,” he continued. “But this
is a choice. So what I recommend to all of you, if you want to turn off the
personality contest, just ask yourself whether you’re satisfied with where
America is. If you are, you ought to vote for Hillary Clinton. If you aren’t,
you shouldn’t.”
McConnell said the
country’s allies in the Middle East no longer trust the United States, and that
along with vacuums left by war directly contributed to the rise of ISIL.
He did, however,
compliment the president on his decision to leave troops, around 9,000, in
Afghanistan to help prevent “any back tracking.” McConnell did slid in a dig
though, saying it took some pushing to get the president to make the decision.
Read more: Kentucky New ERA
Kentucky Chamber releases federal agenda ahead of Congressional Forum
Ahead of
its inaugural Congressional Forum, the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce has
released a federal agenda detailing the national legislative priorities of the business
community.
The
Kentucky Chamber not only advocates on behalf of business at the state level,
but also in the nation’s capital where congressional and executive-branch
decisions have a direct impact on Kentucky businesses.
Leading
into the agenda, the Chamber states that free enterprise creates jobs,
opportunity and a successful business climate. The Kentucky Chamber seeks to
advocate for federal policies that will result in economic growth, fewer
government regulations and encourage policymakers to expand – not limit – job
growth and economic opportunity through the decisions they make.
Areas of
focus in the federal agenda include tax and entitlement reform, health care,
education, overtime regulation, energy and environment, international trade,
immigration, legal reform and more.
The
Chamber’s Vice President of Public Affairs, Ashli Watts, will discuss the the
agenda during the Congressional Forum set for August 29 at the Galt House in
Louisville.
The event,
presented by Pikeville Medical Center, will give the business community access
to legislative leaders and a chance to hear detailed accounts of the issues
happening at the federal level without leaving the comfort of Kentucky.
Featured
speakers will include Kentucky U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell, U.S. Rep. Andy Barr
of Lexington, U.S. Rep. John Yarmuth of Louisville, U.S. Rep. Brett Guthrie of
Bowling Green and retiring U.S. Rep. Ed Whitfield of Hopkinsville. Read
more: Lane Report
#BestChamber practices: Total
Resource Campaign: Paducah Area Chamber
The
Chamber conducts an annual Total Resource Campaign to generate new members and
budget reduction items. It’s always an exciting and FUN time of year for
the Chamber and over 100 business volunteers. The chair for the campaign is
next year's Chamber Chair of the Board - this is always a good way for them to
familiarize themselves and interact with our volunteers!
Team
Captains recruit 10 volunteers for their teams for a total of 100 volunteers.
Volunteers
are asked to bring in at least one new member to the Chamber. Great prizes are
awarded to the top individual and team producers as well as random prizes for
the hard working volunteers - last year's winner won a trip valued at $2500!
The 2016
Campaign will run from August 25 through September 19. Everyone is invited to
the Kick-off Mixer and the Victory Celebration!
Read more about Why
Membership Matters here!
If you
are interested in participating or in donating a top prize or random prize,
please call the Chamber at 270.443.1746 or info@paducahchamber.org
2016 Total Resource Campaign Team Captains
Back row (left
to right): Daniel Jones (Strawberry Hills Pharmacy), Darlene Mazzone (Mazzone
Communications), Tara Blazina (Kemper CPA), Britne Parker (CFSB), Mike
Muscarella (Baptist Health Paducah) and Eri Gjergji (CSI); and front row:
Michelle Bundren (Edward Jones), Jessica Toren (Lourdes Hospital), Campaign
Chair Tammy Zimmerman (Payment Plus), Janice Cleary (Paducah Bank) and Beth
Clements (US Bank)
Bowling Green Area chamber news:
Warren County No. 1 in KY for incoming investment
SmartAsset, a financial
advisory company, said Warren County ranked No. 1 in Kentucky in its annual
national study on counties receiving the greatest amount of investment in their
local economies. The county ranked in the top 3 percent nationally for counties
receiving the greatest amount of investment in their local economies.
SmartAsset ranks
performance across four categories: business establishment growth, GDP growth,
new building permits and municipal bond investment.
Warren County ranked No. 4
in Kentucky in 2015.
“This recent ranking
solidifies the fact that Warren County is an incredible place to live and work,”
said Ron Bunch, president and chief executive officer of the Bowling Green Area
Chamber of Commerce.
Local investments included
a $439 million custom paint shop expansion at the General Motors Bowling Green
Assembly Plant; Bowling Green Metalforming’s $261 million, 260,000-square-foot
expansion creating 450 new jobs; and Kobe Aluminum’s $57 million,
116,000-square-foot expansion creating 112 jobs. Read more: Bowling Green Daily News
NKY Chamber’s Eggs ‘N Issues ‘Made
in Northern Kentucky’ focuses on sustainability, workforce
Environmental sustainability and workforce development were hot
topics at the Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce Eggs ‘N Issues “Made in
Northern Kentucky” panel discussion Tuesday at Receptions banquet facility in
Erlanger.
Dan Tobergte, president of Northern Kentucky Tri-ED, moderated
the discussion, which focused on the key role advanced manufacturing companies
play in the region’s economic picture.The panel included Tony Canonaco
president and CEO of Balluff Inc., Ben Schawe, Mazak vice president of
manufacturing, Chuck Thomas, site manager for Celanese Corporation and Eric
Wolff, vice president, manufacturing with L’Oreal.
Tobergte said in the early 90s conventional wisdom suggested
manufacturing was on the decline and service industries were the future.
“I am so glad that we did not listen to that and did not follow
that path,” Tobergte said. “We kept manufacturing as a target industry…and it’s
paid off very well.”
There are more than 20,000 people directly involved in
manufacturing in just over 200 companies in Northern Kentucky. More than 58
percent of the primary industry firms that Tri-ED deals with are manufacturing
based.
In the last five years alone, 74 location or expansion projects
in Northern Kentucky have been responsible for $950 million in capital
investment.
Wolff said L’Oreal is now the largest beauty company in the world.
It produces 1.2 million shampoos and conditioners at its Florence facility
every day and has a target number at the plant of 2 million. Read more: Northern Kentucky
Tribune
Greater Owensboro Chamber of
Commerce Rooster Booster Breakfast September 1
The Featured Speaker, Earl
Hewlette, is CEO of Charleston, South Carolina-based Terressentia
Corporation, owner of the new O.Z. Tyler
Distillery in Owensboro.
Since joining Terressentia in 2007,
Hewlette has overseen the dynamic growth of this company that is situated at
the intersection of tradition and technology. Over the past 8 years, annual
revenues for the distilled spirits company have grown from $7 thousand to $20
million.
Terressentia was formed in 2006
after a chemist and architect began looking for a way to mature whiskey in a
shorter period of time, as compared to spending years in a barrel. They
discovered a safe, sustainable way to use ultrasonic energy to remove
harsh-tasting impurities and reveal better taste and aroma in a variety of distilled
spirits. The company was founded around this natural process that has been
patented under the name TerrePURE.® The team at Terressentia, applies the
TerrePURE® process to a wide range of distilled spirits including whiskey
(bourbon and rye), gin, vodka, tequila and rum for the private label, private
brand, and global bulk spirits markets. The superior tasting products are
winning over not only consumers, but judges in international spirit
competitions.
In 2014, the company purchased the
former Medley Distillery and renamed it in honor of and as a memorial to the
co-inventor of the TerrePURE® process, O.Z. Tyler. After two years of
renovation, Kentucky Bourbon is now being produced at the historic distillery
site. When fully operational, the O.Z. Tyler Distillery will be turning out
30,000 barrels of Kentucky Bourbon annually.
Rooster Booster is the monthly
breakfast meeting at 7:30 and premier event for our 102 year old organization.
Held at the Owensboro Convention Center on the banks of the Ohio River,
“Rooster Booster” is considered the largest and most notable monthly chamber
meetings in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. This month’s sponsor
is Brescia University.
Cost is $12 per Chamber Member/$20
for non-Chamber members. The event is open to the public.
CONTACT PERSON: Candance
Castlen Brake, President and CEO, Greater Owensboro Chamber of
Commerce 270.691.0570 cbrake@owensboro.com
Famous
Chamber of Commerce Quotations: (Leadership)
"We have to wake up every day with a servant's heart!"
Frankfort,
Indiana mayor Chris McBarnes, age 23 (that's right, 23!) to Indiana chamber
executives at ICEA Annual Comference
Nominations being sought for Kyndle Industry of the Year Award
Nominations are now being accepted for the 2016 Kyndle Industry of
the Year Award. The event will take place on Thursday, Sept. 29, at 7:30 a.m.
at the Henderson Fine Arts Center.
The guest speaker will be Dave Tatman, executive director of the
Kentucky Automotive Industry Association
RSVP to info@kyndle.us. Nominations can also be downloaded there.
Deadline to submit nominations is at the close of business on
Sept.16. Submit all nominations to info@kyndle.us
For more information, call 270-826-7505
Previous industry winners are:
- Sights Denim Systems
- Methodist Hospital
- Alcan
- Vincent Industrial Plastics
Read more: The Gleaner
Applications Now Being Accepted for
the 2017 Best Places to Work in Kentucky Awards Competition
The Kentucky Society for Human
Resource Management (KYSHRM) and the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce are now
accepting applications for the 2017 Best Places to Work in Kentucky program.
The program is a multi-year
initiative encouraging companies in the Commonwealth to focus, measure and
advance workplace environments toward excellence. If you think your company is
one of the Best Places to Work in Kentucky, apply at bestplacestoworkky.com.
Applications must be submitted by Friday, Oct. 21, 2016.
Best Companies Group will survey participating companies and reveal award winners in January 2017. Award winners will receive a final ranking at the awards ceremony in April 2017 in Lexington. The rankings and in-depth interviews with the winners will also be published in the Best Places to Work in Kentucky magazine that will be distributed at the conclusion of the awards event.
Winners will be selected from three categories, small companies of 15-149 employees, medium companies of 150-499 employees, and large companies consisting of more than 500 employees (category based on number of U.S. employees, only Kentucky employees surveyed).The selection process is based on an assessment of the company’s employee policies and procedures and the results of an internal employee survey. Best Companies Group manages the assessment and survey based on research and list selection. All participating companies will receive the survey feedback, enabling them to develop plans and implement necessary steps to create a great workplace and continue to improve business performance.
For information about KYSHRM, visit kyshrm.org. For information about the Kentucky Chamber, visit kychamber.com.
Southern
Kentucky Chamber interest: Whitley, Knox make progress toward ‘work readiness’
certification
Kentucky Education and Workforce
Development Cabinet Secretary Hal Heiner announced August 18, 2016 that Knox
and Whitley Counties have been certified as a Kentucky Work Ready Community in
Progress.
The Kentucky Work Ready Community
certification program from the Kentucky Workforce Innovation Board (KWIB) and
the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet assures employers that
a local workforce has the talent and skills necessary to staff existing jobs
and to master the innovative technologies new jobs will require.
“We are excited to designate Knox
and Whitley Counties as Kentucky Work Ready Communities in Progress, and we
look forward to certifying many others in the future,” said Kurt Krug, chair of
the Kentucky Work Ready Communities Review Panel and vice president of North
American human resources for INOAC.
“We are excited to receive this
certification for Whitley County,” said Pat White, Jr., Whitley County Judge
Executive. “It truly demonstrates what a great opportunity our area offers
businesses through our qualified and dedicated employees.”
J. M. Hall, Knox County Judge
Executive, said, “This is an essential element for economic development in Knox
County and demonstrates our community commitment to assure both established
employers and new industry that our local workforce has the ability to compete
in the local and global economy. Thank you to the committee members for their
work on this project.”
“I would like to thank Maggie Bill
from EKU and the committee members for their hard work, time and dedication”,
said Bruce Carpenter, Executive Director of the Southeast Industrial
Development Authority and the Southern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce. “Both Knox
and Whitley Counties look forward to continuing this process, the ultimate goal
is for both counties to become Work Ready Certified Communities.” Read more: News Journal
Sullivan University Opens Northern
Kentucky Center for Learning
More than 200 Northern Kentucky community, business, government
and education leaders gathered here Tuesday for the grand opening of
the Sullivan University Center for Learning - Northern Kentucky.
Louisville-based Sullivan University, which has been
providing career-based education programs for more than 50 years, expanded
to Northern Kentucky earlier this year and will begin offering classes in late
September in the former Columbia Sussex building on Grandview Drive, which is
adjacent to Interstate 75 in Fort Mitchell.
"What a tremendous turnout," Vicki Berling, director of
the Northern Kentucky Center for Learning, said during brief remarks to the
crowd. "We are so proud to be a part of the education and business
communities in Northern Kentucky and are anxious to begin helping students
pursue their career and job goals while helping employers find and keep skilled
workers."
Sullivan University is tailoring its initial Northern Kentucky
education programs to that are tailor-made for some of the region’s largest
industries, including Logistics and Transportation Management; Business
Administration; Healthcare Management; Hospitality Management; Conflict
Management; as well as all of the outstanding online programs offered by
Sullivan University.
Sullivan University, which celebrates its 54th anniversary this
year, already has established relationships in Northern Kentucky by forging
articulation agreements with the Campbell County, Grant County, Williamstown
and Fort Thomas school districts for its renowned culinary program at the
National Center for Hospitality Studies at Sullivan University, which allows
students to use high-school credits in certain culinary programs toward their
degrees at Sullivan.
Sullivan also offers Dale Carnegie Training in Northern Kentucky
and Greater Cincinnati. And it offers a robust online offering of classes and
programs, including an executive Masters of Business Administration (MBA)
program that is designed for professionals and students who may be too
busy to attend classes.
"When I took this job I heard from the business community the
three most important issues in Northern Kentucky are workforce, workforce and
workforce," said Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce President and CEO
Trey Grayson, who also spoke to the gathering. "Sullivan University is all
about workforce development and career-focused education, and we welcome them
to Northern Kentucky." Read more: River City News
U.S.
Senator Rand Paul to speak at Paducah chamber breakfast
U.S. Sen.
Rand Paul will be in Paducah next week, speaking at the Paducah Area Chamber of
Commerce's Power in Partnership Breakfast.
The chamber
says Paul will be the featured speaker at the Sept. 1 breakfast. The event is
scheduled to start 7:30 a.m. and will be held at the Julian Carroll Convention
Center's Ohio room.
The cost of
attendance is $15. The chamber says if you don't have a Power Card, you are
asked to make reservations for the breakfast by 5 p.m. on Aug. 30. You can
make reservations through the
chamber website, by calling 270-443-1746 or by emailing
info@paducahchamber.org.
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Last Month’s Stories
Commerce Lexington named ‘Chamber of the Year’ by Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives Lane Report
#FamousChamber of Commerce Quotations: Honoring Volunteers
“What volunteers bring is the human touch, the
individual, caring approach that no government program, however well-meaning
and well-executed, can deliver.” – Edward James Olmos
Bowling Green Area Chamber of Commerce gets AT&T grant WBKO TV
The Kentucky Chamber of Commerce hosts its
first Congressional Forum Questions? For questions contact Lori Jo Goff via
email or phone at
502-848-8727
Town
Square Publications: Mount Pleasant, WI: Promises made, Promises kept! We
appreciate our partnership and intend to use their services in the future. Logan Martin, Community Development Director, Mount
Pleasant, WI
Marion County Chamber Event: Ham Days Entertainment Lineup
Announced 270.692.9594 or email info@MarionCountyKyChamber.com.
#BestChamber Practices: Chamber program Leadership Hopkins County
Famous Chamber of
Commerce Quotations: (Commitment)
“Never doubt that a small group
of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only
thing that ever has.” ~ Margaret Mead
Southern Kentucky Chamber event: Lisa Oliver Gray, Blind Ricky
slated to play NIBROC 2016 News Journal
The Kentucky Chamber of
Commerce and the National Council for Public-Private
Partnerships present: Kentucky P3: Public-Private Partnerships
Opportunities and Obstacles Contact Andrea Flanders, sponsorship development manager, at
502-848-8723 for more information about sponsoring.
#BestChamber practices: Paducah Area Chamber: Total Resource
Campaign Chamber at 270.443.1746
or info@paducahchamber.org
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a wild turkey I shot today?
Free small business consultations at Glasgow-Barren County
Chamber of Commerce Glasgow Daily Times
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Attraction Resources: Greater Louisville Inc.
Chamber interest: KY Board
of Education presents Kelly Award to NKY’s Brent Cooper, Louisville’s Audwin
Helton Northern Kentucky Tribune
Amy Cloud leaving Jessamine chamber for statewide post Jessamine Journal
If
you would like delivery of a no-cost gloss chamber directory or map in May,
2017, please contact me at your earliest convenience.
John
John Dussman | Chamber Manager
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