UPPER ARLINGTON AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
BUSINESS MONTHLY
February 2011
The Power to Make a Difference
Issue 31
New year, new Chamber chair, annual meeting We are grateful for our dedicated board, volBy DON LEACH Upper Arlington Area Chamber of Commerce unteers and staff and look forward to a wonderful 2011 as we continue to build for the future! board chair Our keynote speaker for this year’s Annual Meeting I am honored to serve as & Awards Ceremony Frithe new chair of your Upper day, March 4, will be Kenny Arlington Chamber of McDonald. The Columbus Commerce. As we start the region’s economic future is New Year, we celebrate the the focus of a new ecosuccesses of the Kingsdale nomic development strateredevelopment, the initiagy, Columbus2020! tion of the ShopUA! 100 Kenny McDonald, Kenny McDonald Best Gift Ideas and heightCeCD, chief economic ofened collaboration among Don Leach ficer of Columbus2020! and senior vice presiyour Chamber, the city and Upper Arlington Community Improvement Cor- dent of The Columbus Partnership, will present an overview of this bold, new, regional publicporation. The UA Chamber has significantly restruc- private partnership. tured itself to better serve the business retention Columbus2020! has aggressive goals for our region including the addition of 180,000 net new needs of the business community. We recognize that our future is that of a value- jobs, increase in personal per capita income and added support system for business that provides recognition as a national leader in economic dechoices and additional platforms for ala-carte velopment – all by 2020. services to our members, in addition to also servMcDonald was recruited to Columbus from Charlotte, NC, where he served as executive vice ing our traditional advocacy role. In order to best serve our members, we have president of the Charlotte Regional Partneran expanded and dynamic board. We spent the ship. He holds a bachelor of science degree in busifirst quarter focusing on our strategic goals and tactics. ness administration from Dickinson State UniBased on that effort we expect to move for- versity and a masters inpublic administration from Georgia Southern University. ward with renewed energy and focus.
Save the Date! 2011 Annual Meeting and Business Expo is scheduled for 4 - 8 p.m. on Friday, March 4. www.uachamber.org
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