Ann Arbor Area Chamber of Commerce

The City just recently released an income tax feasibility study conducted by Plante & Moran. If this measure appears on the November ballot, it’ll be at City Council’s direction.

Mark your calendar. Save the date. Clear your schedule. Do whatever you have to do in order to make yourself available on the morning and early afternoon of Wednesday, September 30, when the Chamber will present Impact 2009, its annual public policy conference, at Kensington Court Ann Arbor.

How often do you think about water?

It is time to stop making excuses and start aggressively cutting the cost of local government services.

I had lunch at Mediterrano last week. The new menu blew me away.

Sometime this week or next a group of Congresspeople will meet in a closed door session to discuss and hopefully propose a plan to provide health care to those who do not have insurance. What are your thoughts about what the feds should do, if anything, to provide medical treatment and keep Americans healthy?

Over the weekend, I read a little blurb in the sports section about congressional hearings demanding change in the Bowl Championship Series format. It seems some Congressman believe we should have a playoff.

The goal of the Ann Arbor Gold certificate program was to promote commerce with local companies and organizations. The Ann Arbor Area Chamber of Commerce would like to thank you for your patience and understanding as we worked through the complex legal and financial issues.

In 2009, the Chamber is 90 years old, Metzger’s wonderful German Restaurant is 80 years old, and Conlin Travel is 50 years old. All three anniversaries are possible because each organization morphed, changed, evolved in ways inconceivable to their founders.