Photo by Sam Farmer.
Brooke Story
Brooke Story works with students at Chelsea High School during the Greater Shelby Chamber’s Keeping it Real program.
The Greater Shelby County Chamber of Commerce’s board of directors has approved the its 2015 program of work.
“Our 2015 business plan incorporates the four key areas — business support and development, community and workforce development, governmental relations, and communications — which were identified in the organization’s five-year strategic plan known as ShelbyOne back in 2012,” said chamber president and CEO Kirk Mancer.
Mancer said that 2015 will be the chamber’s third year in its five-year initiative. The programs and activities included in this year’s business plan will continue to build on the progress the chamber made in 2014 under the leadership of Regions Bank’s Bill Keller, who served as chamber chair.
Lisa McMahon, partner with Warren Averett, LLC, will serve as the chamber’s 2015 chair.
“Since we launched these new initiatives in 2013, we’ve continued to expand the organization’s efforts in each of these four key areas,” McMahon said.
She said volunteer collaboration with the chamber’s professional staff has made key programs such as the Keeping It Real program for ninth-grade students throughout Shelby County, the Business Support Center that provides valuable assistance to small business owners and potential entrepreneurs and the ‘Public Policy Agenda’ all possible.
McMahon said the chamber is looking forward to launching its Career Awareness Fair program for 10th-grade students throughout Shelby County and to providing additional mentorship opportunities for Shelby County businesses.
“This [business plan] — developed with input from our volunteers and staff and approved by our volunteer leadership — ensures that our chamber is working every day to nurture Shelby County businesses, address their business needs and continue to develop a business environment that is attractive and stable,” Mancer said.
To view the business plan, visit shelbychamber.org/about-us/2015-business-plan. For additional information, contact Kirk Mancer at 663-4542.
~Submitted by Lisa Shapiro
Greater Shelby Chamber of Commerce
1301 County Services Drive
663-4542
