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Loudoun Now Loudoun Chamber Director of Finance and Administration Linda Coffey was honored by the Virginia Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives for her 30 years with the Loudoun Chamber. Coffey was honored March 3 by her Virginia Chamber Executives peers at the association’s annual statewide Staff Development Conference. “Linda Coffey is quite literally the heart and soul of the Loudoun Chamber. While 30 years of service is remarkable, more impressive is Linda’s commitment to ex...

Jonesboro Unlimited announces new jobs, a scholarship, and new VP Jonesboro job market grows despite challenges By Monae Stevens | March 3, 2021 at 8:55 PM CST - Updated March 3 at 9:56 PM JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) - Despite challenges in 2020, Jonesboro Unlimited has announced that 842 jobs were added to the city’s economy. At the end of year four of their five-year strategic plan, a total of nearly 4,000 new jobs were created over four years, per a press release. Chris Barber, Chairman...

Rod Slyhoff, the longtime Greater Pueblo Chamber of Commerce president who spent decades championing Pueblo and its businesses, died Monday at 66 years old. He had a heart condition. Slyhoff began working for the chamber in 1988 and became its president in 1994 after he’d previously served as vice president of membership and small business development, membership director and account representative. He was known throughout Pueblo as one of the citys fiercest advocates and greatest boosters an...

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“We closed on March 18," Hopkins recalled. "It was a Wednesday. I will forever remember that date." As a new business owner, she said she hadn’t started taking an income yet.  "I was right on the edge of doing that in March when everything kind of turned upside down," she added. So, Hopkins, like others in her position, immediately applied for the PPP loan and other grants. While she was able to get funding through the PPP, she was able to support her two employees but ran into other issue...

The Danville Pittsylvania County Chamber of Commerce’s annual membership meeting will be held Wednesday, Feb. 10, at 8:30 a.m. online via Zoom and Facebook Live. Sheree Anne Kelly, President & CEO of the Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives (ACCE), will outline what lies ahead for chambers, and the essential components for how they can adapt and evolve through a global pandemic, the discordant political climate and economic downturn. Chamber President & CEO Alexis Ehrhardt will sh...

Retiring Greater New Braunfels Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Michael Meek was honored Friday night for his civic service as the Chamber announced him the winner of the Besserung Award, often referred to as the New Braunfels outstanding citizen award. Community and business leaders gathered to hear the announcement during the Chamber’s 102nd annual banquet and awards ceremony at the New Braunfels Civic/Convention Center. The name of the winner was kept secret until the moment of the...

Bolender elected to CCEO Board of Directors Courtesy photo Julie Bolender, president of the Fayette County Chamber of Commerce, was recently elected to the Board of Directors at the January board meeting of the Chamber of Commerce Executives of Ohio (CCEO). Founded in 1916 as the Ohio Commercial Secretaries Association, the CCEO is composed of more than 130 CEOs and support staff persons employed by local chambers across Ohio. The CCEO is governed by a 20-member board of directors elected by t...

Chamber President & CEO Norma Lansing Announces Retirement Published on December 31 2020 9:50 am Last Updated on December 31 2020 5:03 pm Written by Matt Robinson The Effingham County Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors announces the upcoming retirement of President & CEO Norma Lansing, effective April 30, 2021. Lansing has served as President & CEO since 1988. During her tenure, the Chamber has nearly doubled in membership size, became a county-wide chamber, and introduced many ke...

By Staff Business owners and leaders across the state are being urged to weigh in on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and their needs in 2021 in a new survey that will be shared with the Maine Legislature. The Maine Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives, Maine State Chamber of Commerce and the Maine Tourism Association have combined on what they say is a comprehensive business study to try to capture business insights, the 2021 Moving Forward Business Survey. The su...