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WMC: Future Wisconsin Summit
December 9th, 2021
8:30 am - 1:00 pm
Monona Terrace Community & Convention Center, Madison, WI
The Future Wisconsin Project, a program of WMC Foundation, addresses our state’s long-term systemic, economic challenges. With partner representation from business, government, and education, this program seeks to bring all stakeholders of the economy to the table to develop solutions we can all implement. The year-long collaboration culminates with The Future Wisconsin Summit, held at the end of each year.
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Schedule of Event
8:30 am
Registration
(Sponsored by M3 Insurance)
9:00 am
Opening Remarks
(Sponsored by Kwik Trip)
Kurt Bauer, President & CEO, WMC
Rusty Schieber, Vice President of Operations, Brakebush, and Future Wisconsin Project Steering Committee Chairman
9:10 am
Wisconsin 2035 Report Release: The Findings & Next Steps
(Sponsored by Aon)
Wade Goodsell, Executive Director, WMC Foundation
9:45 am
Workforce & Education Panel
(Sponsored by Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges & Universities)
Moderator: Rachel Ver Velde, Director of Workforce, Education and Employment Policy, WMC
Panelists: Tom Abrahamson, Vice President of Manufacturing Operations, KI
10:30 am
Break
11:00 am
CEO Fireside Chat
(Sponsored by JP Cullen)
Aaron Jagdfeld, President & CEO, Generac Corporation
Moderator: Kurt Bauer
11:45 am
Lunch
(Sponsored by CentroMotion)
12:10 pm
Wisconsin 2035: The Tax Conversation
(Sponsored by Wegner CPAs)
Moderator: Scott Manley, WMC Executive Vice President of Government Relations
Panelists: Samantha Metcalf, Managing Principal-Private Industries, Manufacturing & Distribution, CliftonLarsonAllen
12:55 pm
Closing Remarks
Michelle Grajkowski, Director of Wisconsin Business World, WMC Foundation
1:00 pm
Adjourn
Cost
Early-Bird Pricing!
(Ends Nov. 19)
Individual Registration: $125
Table of 8 Registration: $950
CEO Fireside Chat
(Sponsored by JP Cullen)
Aaron Jagdfeld, President & CEO, Generac Corporation
Moderator: Kurt Bauer
11:45 am
Lunch
(Sponsored by CentroMotion)
12:10 pm
Wisconsin 2035: The Tax Conversation
(Sponsored by Wegner CPAs)
Moderator: Scott Manley, WMC Executive Vice President of Government Relations
Panelists: Samantha Metcalf, Managing Principal-Private Industries, Manufacturing & Distribution, CliftonLarsonAllen
12:55 pm
Closing Remarks
Michelle Grajkowski, Director of Wisconsin Business World, WMC Foundation
1:00 pm
Adjourn
Cost
Early-Bird Pricing!
(Ends Nov. 19)
Individual Registration: $125
Table of 8 Registration: $950
Marion Chamber: Vaccine Update
As you know, yesterday, the U.S. Department of Labor issued its Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) that requires businesses with at least 100 employees to ensure vaccination of their workers or, for those workers who are unvaccinated, masking policies and weekly testing.
The Department of Labor has provided several fact sheets and FAQs, which can be found here. While these documents provide useful information, there is much more detail in the full regulatory text. That's why earlier today, the U.S. Chamber hosted a special vaccine mandate briefing, which you can re-watch here.
In addition, the U.S. Chamber also created an easy-to-digest document detailing the facts on the ETS for COVID-19 vaccinations. Click here to download the fact sheet.
The 2021-2022 Geneva Lake West Chamber of Commerce Community Resource Guide
The 2021-2022 Geneva Lake West Chamber of Commerce Community Resource Guide is available at the chamber today ! Thanks to Becke Connelly and the chamber team for their help and direction with this publication
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.
Farmville Area Chamber: Get Your Shine on for Battle of the Bulbs!
Battle of the Bulbs returns for its second holiday season. After the sparkling success of last year's inaugural event, we have even grander expectations for this year's festivities! Share your holiday glow with your neighbors by registering your home or business using the registration link below.
Event Timeline
· November 19: Registration opens at 5 p.m.
· November 27: Registration closes at midnight.
· December 1: Lights should be up and ready by 4 p.m.
· December 2-12: Touring and voting take place.
· December 14: Winners announced!
Prizes will be awarded to the winners in each category:
business, residential classy, and residential tacky.
Register Your Home or Business!
Thank You to our Battle of the Bulbs Sponsors!
Battle of the Bulbs returns for its second holiday season. After the sparkling success of last year's inaugural event, we have even grander expectations for this year's festivities! Share your holiday glow with your neighbors by registering your home or business using the registration link below.
Event Timeline
· November 19: Registration opens at 5 p.m.
· November 27: Registration closes at midnight.
· December 1: Lights should be up and ready by 4 p.m.
· December 2-12: Touring and voting take place.
· December 14: Winners announced!
Prizes will be awarded to the winners in each category:
business, residential classy, and residential tacky.
Register Your Home or Business!
Thank You to our Battle of the Bulbs Sponsors!
Kentucky Chamber: Bourbon Tariffs Dropped As EU And United States Settle Trade War
Following a multi-year struggle, the tariffs on Kentucky bourbon have been lifted as a result of an agreement between the European Union and the United States. The United States and European Union have been in a trade war since 2018, when the former imposed a 25% tariff, or tax on imports, on European steel and a 10% tariff on aluminum under then-President Donald Trump. The European Union retaliated with tariffs on American products, including a 25% tariff on American bourbon whiskey.  CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE Monroe County Chamber newsletter: Retailers Are Wooing Workers With Perks From Flexible Schedules to Free College Tuition in a Tight Labor Market Merchants including Walmart, Macy’s and CVS are looking beyond wages to attract talent in a competitive environment, offering flexible schedules and gym memberships to career advancement training. Walmart is seeking to offer benefits beyond higher wages, such as free college tuition and training. — Walmart Why it matters: In order for businesses to attract talent in a tight labor market, raising wages for entry-level jobs is just part of the equation: Workers today seek scheduling flexibility and training for career opportunities, too. Many large retailers are touting added benefits such as free tuition and the ability to advance quickly. Young consumers in particular appreciate the ability to apply for jobs via text or online, such as the virtual employment screenings offered by CVS Health. In today’s extraordinarily tight labor market, retailers are reworking their recruiting strategies in a bid to position themselves more favorably to potential employees. Although retail hiring trended up slightly in September, with 56,000 retail jobs added according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, many retailers report ongoing hiring challenges despite raising starting wages for entry-level employees. While offering competitive wages remains important, workers have also had a chance to reconsider their priorities during the pandemic and are seeking jobs that offer scheduling flexibility so they can better enjoy their personal lives, training that will help them advance in their career paths, as well as other benefits, said Tom Hill, a partner at Axiom Consulting Partners. In addition, most retailers are limited in terms of the hourly wages they can afford to pay their workers, making these other incentives especially important in the current environment, he said. “Big retailers, quick-service restaurants and distribution centers—mostly [from] Amazon—have set the market for pay for all retail,” Hill said. “What we advise clients is that you can only pay so much in order to hit some of those pay levels that some of those organizations are setting right now. What other retailers need to do is think about how they can compete for talent using other components of an employee value proposition.” Where business leaders go to grow CO— is committed to helping you start, run and grow your small business. Learn more about the benefits of small business membership in the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Learn More  New Arrival: Duneland Chamber of Commerce Community Resource Guide Town Square Publications 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.
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#BestChamber practices: Clarkston Area Chamber: Future Member Surcharge
Join the Clarkston Chamber for our next Business Over Breakfast at Essence on Main this Thursday!
Join us for networking and breakfast with Essence on Main! Time will be allowed for open networking, as well as a structured networking activity. We will also hear from our host organization.
Location: Essence on Main, 4 S. Main St., Clarkston
Date & Time: Thursday, November 11, 7:45am - 9:00am
Cost: No cost for Clarkston Chamber members. $20 per person for future members.
About Essence on Main:
Essence on Main is a gourmet specialty market located in historic downtown Clarkston, Michigan. They offer a large selection of specialty foods; incredible house-made soups, sandwiches, salads and treats; as well as fantastic kitchen wares and giftables. Learn more at essenceonmain.com.
Click here to visit the registration page
Clarkston Area Chamber: Holiday Market is SOLD OUT!
Presented by Genisys Credit Union and hosted in partnership with Independence Township Parks, Recreation & Seniors, this event will see 40 local vendors at Brady Lodge. In addition to shopping, attendees can also look forward to free s'mores and cocoa, horse drawn wagon rides, reindeer and an appearance from Santa! Click here to view the event page, including a list of participating vendors.
Radio Sponsor is Spencer Real Estate. Santa Sponsor is LaFontaine Automotive Group. Hot Cocoa and S'more Sponsors are Spadafora & Zak Eye Care and McLaren Health Care. Wagon Ride Sponsor is Anthem Advisors Raymond James.
Carol Stream Chamber: Frazzled?
Knowledge is a skyscraper. You can take a shortcut with a fragile foundation of memorization, or build slowly upon a steel frame of understanding. - Naval Ravikant
My superpower is laziness.
Some of my best ideas were generated by my absolute distaste for doing any pointless work. Necessity is not nearly as inventive as laziness.
When my math-teacher father preached the gospel of understanding rather than memorizing, I was an instant convert. It appealed to my laziness.
Not only was it easier to understand new concepts than to memorize the associated formulas, but it also avoided the need for endless review before an exam.
I wasn’t just a believer; I was an extremist.
I asked “Why?” more than any four-year-old. Some teachers loved it; others were as annoyed as the parents of those four-year-olds. But I didn’t care. My laziness drove me to understand. Memorizing was too much work.
Understanding is also more robust than memorizing.
A memorized process breaks down if a single step cannot be recalled. An understood process can be recreated if needed.
As I have gotten older, I have continued to ask “Why?” I’m just as lazy as ever, but now I am also a believer in understanding for its own sake.
Life is just more interesting when we are operating from understanding. “Why” is more motivating than “How.”
(I do respectfully disagree with Naval on one point. It is faster to understand than to memorize. At first it may seem slower, but, in the end, it is more efficient and faster.)
Today, don’t settle for “How.” Channel your inner four-year-old. Keep asking “Why?” —Rod Pickett
Knowledge is a skyscraper. You can take a shortcut with a fragile foundation of memorization, or build slowly upon a steel frame of understanding. - Naval Ravikant
My superpower is laziness.
Some of my best ideas were generated by my absolute distaste for doing any pointless work. Necessity is not nearly as inventive as laziness.
When my math-teacher father preached the gospel of understanding rather than memorizing, I was an instant convert. It appealed to my laziness.
Not only was it easier to understand new concepts than to memorize the associated formulas, but it also avoided the need for endless review before an exam.
I wasn’t just a believer; I was an extremist.
I asked “Why?” more than any four-year-old. Some teachers loved it; others were as annoyed as the parents of those four-year-olds. But I didn’t care. My laziness drove me to understand. Memorizing was too much work.
Understanding is also more robust than memorizing.
A memorized process breaks down if a single step cannot be recalled. An understood process can be recreated if needed.
As I have gotten older, I have continued to ask “Why?” I’m just as lazy as ever, but now I am also a believer in understanding for its own sake.
Life is just more interesting when we are operating from understanding. “Why” is more motivating than “How.”
(I do respectfully disagree with Naval on one point. It is faster to understand than to memorize. At first it may seem slower, but, in the end, it is more efficient and faster.)
Today, don’t settle for “How.” Channel your inner four-year-old. Keep asking “Why?” —Rod Pickett
The Wauwatosa-West Allis Chamber of Commerce Special Events Guide and Community Map
The Wauwatosa-West Allis Chamber of Commerce Special Events Guide and Community Map is now available at the Chamber today! Thanks to Chris Ruditys and the chamber 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 guide or publication needs at no expense to the chamber. Please email John Dussman at jdussman@tspubs.com or call (847)-427-4633.
Birmingham-Bloomfield Chamber: "Marketing Trends: What 2021 Taught Us"
Join us tomorrow for our Professional Edge Workshop on "Marketing Trends: What 2021 Taught Us" featuring Kim Eberhardt of Identity PR. Click here to RSVP (space is limited). This will be a particularly insightful seminar as we head in the 2022. Next week is our last Member Coffee of the year. Click here to RSVP.
RSVP now for our December events: The Annual Meeting and our Holiday Mixer. We hope to see you soon.
Speaking of 2022, if your company is interested in hosting and/or sponsoring an event or presenting at at workshop or webinar, please contact our Marketing & Events Manager Kelly Bennett at kellyb@bbcc.com. We'd love to work with you next year!
Remember to keep posting and sharing your news, promotions and job postings to our website.
In Good Business,
The BB Chamber Staff
Join us tomorrow for our Professional Edge Workshop on "Marketing Trends: What 2021 Taught Us" featuring Kim Eberhardt of Identity PR. Click here to RSVP (space is limited). This will be a particularly insightful seminar as we head in the 2022. Next week is our last Member Coffee of the year. Click here to RSVP.
RSVP now for our December events: The Annual Meeting and our Holiday Mixer. We hope to see you soon.
Speaking of 2022, if your company is interested in hosting and/or sponsoring an event or presenting at at workshop or webinar, please contact our Marketing & Events Manager Kelly Bennett at kellyb@bbcc.com. We'd love to work with you next year!
Remember to keep posting and sharing your news, promotions and job postings to our website.
In Good Business,
The BB Chamber Staff
Dearborn Chamber: Join us for our Fall Festive Virtual Trivia Night!
Who is ready for another Trivia Challenge???
Join us for this fun night of virtual entertainment...
yep you can enjoy this from the comfort of your own home!
Grab 2 friends or family members to make a team for only $30.
The winning team will receive a $50 gift card from Modern Greek and Salad Bar
You can't beat that delicious prize!
Thanks to Chief Financial CU for sponsoring this fun night for friends and family, and to
Sporcle for making this event possible!
Click the link to register today... we only have room for 9 teams!!!
https://bit.ly/3bAXuvu
Five Regional Organizations to be Honored at 16th Annual Celebration of Regional Growth Awards
Lansing, Mich. – Five organizations will be honored for their commitment to the Lansing region at the 16th annual Celebration of Regional Growth (CORG) Awards, taking place Tuesday, Nov. 9 at the Kellogg Center Hotel and Conference Center in Lansing. This year’s CORG honorees include Allen Neighborhood Center, Bekum America, High Caliber Karting and Entertainment, Lansing Board of Water and Light and McLaren Greater Lansing. All five organizations are recognized for investments that are making a transformational impact in the community.
The luncheon will take place as part of Lansing Regional Chamber of Commerce’s monthly Lansing Economic Club. The CORG Awards is an annual event presented by the Lansing Regional Chamber of Commerce. This year’s luncheon is sponsored by PNC Bank and Loomis, Ewert, Parsley, Davis & Gotting, P.C. Consumers Energy will serve as the video sponsor.
“The investments by these five organizations represent the amazing transformation that is taking place throughout the Greater Lansing region,” said Tim Daman, president and CEO, Lansing Regional Chamber of Commerce. “The combined investments are transforming an urban neighborhood and a suburban shopping center, and demonstrating national leadership in health care, clean energy, international trade and advanced manufacturing.”
2021 CORG Award Honorees:
The Allen Neighborhood Center (ANC) is a dynamic hub where Lansing’s Eastside neighbors access programs focused on health, food security/access, youth development, entrepreneurism, job skill training, corridor revitalization, and neighborhood capacity-building.
ANC’s most ambitious project todate is the $11 million Allen Place, a mixed-use development converting the complex at the 1600 block of East Kalamazoo Street in Lansing, Michigan, into Allen Place, a comprehensive community space providing 21 units of mixed-income housing along with commercial space, integrative services and programming.
Bekum America has long been a national leader in the blow molding industry. Bekum’s expansion of its Williamston production facility and corporate headquarters also enhances its position as a global trade leader. The new facility adds 38,000 square feet of manufacturing and 7,400 square feet of office space to Bekum’s existing 115,000 square foot facility. The new addition was designed by c2ae and was built by Wieland. The new expansion will allow Bekum America to increase machine output, shorten lead times, and continue expanding the workforce. Bekum’s manufacturing team proudly shipped the first machine from the new machine assembly hall in May.
When High Caliber Karting and Entertainment opened its indoor go-karting, ax throwing, gamified entertainment center and bistro in the Meridian Mall, it changed the concept of what going to a mall is all about. Over the past two years, High Caliber has challenged its visitors to “Punch Boredom in the Face.” High Caliber Karting has taken its game to another level, recently opening a $2 million, 25,000-square foot expansion, includinga new bar, 16 additional lanes of gamified axe throwing, 15 lanes of throw bowling and two VIP rooms.
When the Lansing Board of Water and Light (LBWL) fired up its recently completed natural gas-fired Delta Energy Park, it took a significant step in its drive towards coal-free power. Located at the Erickson Power Station in Delta Township, the new plant will replace both BWL’s coal-fired plants, Eckert which was retired in 2020 and Erickson Power Stations, which willgo offline in 2025. Retiring both plants will make the BWL become the largest utility in Michigan to generate coal-free power by 2025, reducing its carbon emissions by 80 percent.
McLaren Greater Lansing (MGL) is a few months away from officially entering a new era in health care. Workers are putting the finishing touches on McLaren’s $600 million comprehensive health care campus, being developed at the MSU Foundations’s University Corporate Research Park, located between Collins Road and U.S. 127. MGL plans to begin seeing patients at the 240 bed, 500,000-square-foot facility in March 2022. The McLaren campus will house a state-of-the-art hospital, cancer center, ambulatory, and other facilities to support health care delivery.
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Who is ready for another Trivia Challenge???
Join us for this fun night of virtual entertainment...
yep you can enjoy this from the comfort of your own home!
Grab 2 friends or family members to make a team for only $30.
The winning team will receive a $50 gift card from Modern Greek and Salad Bar
You can't beat that delicious prize!
Thanks to Chief Financial CU for sponsoring this fun night for friends and family, and to
Sporcle for making this event possible!
Click the link to register today... we only have room for 9 teams!!!
https://bit.ly/3bAXuvu
Five Regional Organizations to be Honored at 16th Annual Celebration of Regional Growth Awards
Lansing, Mich. – Five organizations will be honored for their commitment to the Lansing region at the 16th annual Celebration of Regional Growth (CORG) Awards, taking place Tuesday, Nov. 9 at the Kellogg Center Hotel and Conference Center in Lansing. This year’s CORG honorees include Allen Neighborhood Center, Bekum America, High Caliber Karting and Entertainment, Lansing Board of Water and Light and McLaren Greater Lansing. All five organizations are recognized for investments that are making a transformational impact in the community.
The luncheon will take place as part of Lansing Regional Chamber of Commerce’s monthly Lansing Economic Club. The CORG Awards is an annual event presented by the Lansing Regional Chamber of Commerce. This year’s luncheon is sponsored by PNC Bank and Loomis, Ewert, Parsley, Davis & Gotting, P.C. Consumers Energy will serve as the video sponsor.
“The investments by these five organizations represent the amazing transformation that is taking place throughout the Greater Lansing region,” said Tim Daman, president and CEO, Lansing Regional Chamber of Commerce. “The combined investments are transforming an urban neighborhood and a suburban shopping center, and demonstrating national leadership in health care, clean energy, international trade and advanced manufacturing.”
2021 CORG Award Honorees:
The Allen Neighborhood Center (ANC) is a dynamic hub where Lansing’s Eastside neighbors access programs focused on health, food security/access, youth development, entrepreneurism, job skill training, corridor revitalization, and neighborhood capacity-building.
ANC’s most ambitious project todate is the $11 million Allen Place, a mixed-use development converting the complex at the 1600 block of East Kalamazoo Street in Lansing, Michigan, into Allen Place, a comprehensive community space providing 21 units of mixed-income housing along with commercial space, integrative services and programming.
Bekum America has long been a national leader in the blow molding industry. Bekum’s expansion of its Williamston production facility and corporate headquarters also enhances its position as a global trade leader. The new facility adds 38,000 square feet of manufacturing and 7,400 square feet of office space to Bekum’s existing 115,000 square foot facility. The new addition was designed by c2ae and was built by Wieland. The new expansion will allow Bekum America to increase machine output, shorten lead times, and continue expanding the workforce. Bekum’s manufacturing team proudly shipped the first machine from the new machine assembly hall in May.
When High Caliber Karting and Entertainment opened its indoor go-karting, ax throwing, gamified entertainment center and bistro in the Meridian Mall, it changed the concept of what going to a mall is all about. Over the past two years, High Caliber has challenged its visitors to “Punch Boredom in the Face.” High Caliber Karting has taken its game to another level, recently opening a $2 million, 25,000-square foot expansion, includinga new bar, 16 additional lanes of gamified axe throwing, 15 lanes of throw bowling and two VIP rooms.
When the Lansing Board of Water and Light (LBWL) fired up its recently completed natural gas-fired Delta Energy Park, it took a significant step in its drive towards coal-free power. Located at the Erickson Power Station in Delta Township, the new plant will replace both BWL’s coal-fired plants, Eckert which was retired in 2020 and Erickson Power Stations, which willgo offline in 2025. Retiring both plants will make the BWL become the largest utility in Michigan to generate coal-free power by 2025, reducing its carbon emissions by 80 percent.
McLaren Greater Lansing (MGL) is a few months away from officially entering a new era in health care. Workers are putting the finishing touches on McLaren’s $600 million comprehensive health care campus, being developed at the MSU Foundations’s University Corporate Research Park, located between Collins Road and U.S. 127. MGL plans to begin seeing patients at the 240 bed, 500,000-square-foot facility in March 2022. The McLaren campus will house a state-of-the-art hospital, cancer center, ambulatory, and other facilities to support health care delivery.
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