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Welcomed 200+ new members to
our Membership! |
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Held over 40 ribbon cuttings to celebrate
new
member businesses. |
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Created a Business Resource Information
guide as a 'leave behind' for existing
businesses as well as potential new
businesses - greatly enhancing the economic
development services provided by One
Southern Indiana. |
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Provided 100+ networking opportunities
and services for members to connect with
other community members. |
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Recognized six exceptional companies
during our annual Southern Indiana
Awards Banquet. |
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Sponsored the Regional Minority & Women
Business Owners Conference at Caesars
Indiana now promoted through Harrah's as a
'Best Practice' to sister casinos. |
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Provided countless ways for Chamber
members to advertise and promote
their businesses. |
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Hosted 10 inspiring TGI Fridays for professional
women to share their stories of personal and
professional successes. |
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Created an online portal for members to post
their events and 'hot deal' discounts. |
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Implemented the Annual Safety, Health, &
Environmental HR Conference. |
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| Growing the Economy Through Local Leadership |
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Added 2,190 projected new jobs, $84 million in new capital investment,
and $75 million annually in new payroll with 15 newly announced projects. |
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Provided referrals, links to state contacts, and assistance with
expansion planning with over 130 Business Retention/Expansion visits to
local companies. |
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Partnered with Greater Louisville Inc. on a regional approach to economic development by signing the first-ever formal cooperative agreement to
market, attract, and retain businesses in the Louisville/Southern Indiana region. |
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Co-founded the Ohio River Bridges Coalition (with GLI) to support building
the Ohio River Bridges Project as quickly and as inexpensively as possible – members include more than a dozen business, civic, labor, and government
organizations from Louisville, Bowling Green, Shelbyville, Elizabethtown,
and Southern Indiana. |
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Developed the Business-Education Exchange explaining what businesses
expect from employees to local high school teachers, counselors and
principals – will host three to four exchanges per year. |
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Secured funding (thanks to L&D Mail Masters) to send all Clark and Floyd
County public school fifth graders to Junior Achievement’s Exchange City in
the 2007-2008 school year. |
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Hosted the 9th Annual Youth Entrepreneur Success Program – a three-
day program that gives youth the chance to experience and explore the
possibilities of entrepreneurship, finance, marketing, business
development, and leadership. |
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Generated one-on-one group meetings with local, state, and federal
elected officials and staffs pushing for local projects, including dorm and
classroom projects at IUS (success!) and IVY Tech Community College in
Sellersburg (success!), as well as supporting Southern Indiana appointees to
important state boards. |
