February’s Morning Edition featured a fantastic line up of speakers including Ora H. Pescovitz, Congressman Pete Hoekstra, Sultan Sharrief, Alex Milshteyn and Bob Guenzel. Russ Collins, back from the Sundance Film Festival, was our energetic emcee.
The Ann Arbor Area Chamber of Commerce and Ypsilanti Area Chamber of Commerce held a Joint Chamber Breakfast on Tuesday, January 12 to further discuss the announcement of forming the Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti Regional Chamber of Commerce. Over 300 people were in attendance at the Morris Lawrence building that morning to hear from Diane Keller, President and CEO address the audience.
The Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti Area Chambers of Commerce announced that the respective Boards of Directors have unanimously approved a resolution to pursue joint operation and form the Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti Regional Chamber. In addition, Diane Keller, current President of the Ypsilanti Area Chamber of Commerce, will be President of the new organization.
The go!pass is one of the many resources offered by the getDowntown program. Not only does the go!pass provide unlimited usage of the bus, there are several other benefits of having a go!pass.
The Chamber recently partnered with the City of Ann Arbor, Master Business Recycler and the michigan recycling coalition to put on a special seminar series about how to save your business money through recycling. The seminar provided valuable information about the importance of recycling and great techniques to get your business and co-workers involved. One of the main focuses of the seminar was on starting a recycling program at your organization.