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GSC President 2014 Bill Keller
Greater Shelby Chamber of Commerce President Bill Keller speaks during the chamber's February Luncheon.
One year into the Greater Shelby Chamber of Commerce’s ShelbyOne initiative, the man who led its launch passed the baton.
On Monday, Feb. 24 during the Chamber’s Annual Luncheon, Bill Keller assumed the position of Chamber president for 2014, replacing David Nolen of Renasant Bank. Keller, a member of Regions Bank leadership, thanked his predecessor for the vision he’d used in leading the chamber the previous two years.
“For the last six months, two times a month David has made me painfully aware this day was coming,” Keller said.
ShelbyOne is a five-year undertaking by the Chamber to “unite all of our county’s corporate and public leaders to guide and stimulate economic and community development throughout Shelby County,” shelbychamber.org reads. The initiative was created under Nolen’s leadership, as was an administrative restructuring that led to the hiring of Chamber President and CEO Kirk Mancer.
Under ShelbyOne, the Chamber created six active workgroups tasked with growing partnerships among the area’s businesses, government leaders and community.
Also during the luncheon, the Chamber released its 2013 annual report, which listed that in 2013 the Greater Shelby Chamber:
• Recruited 149 new members
• Held 41 ribbon cuttings
• Responded to more than 1,700 requests for business and community information
• Had 984 ninth-grade students participate in its Keeping it Real program in Shelby County Schools
For more on the Chamber’s progress in 2013, visit shelbychamber.org.
