February 2016, Volume 12, Issue 2, www.manhattan.org
A publication of the Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce
2016 Regional Leaders’ Retreat Wrap Up region, how we can come together to improve the overall quality of place and life.
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In mid-January, over 270 business leaders from Junction City, Manhattan, Wamego, Geary, Pottawatomie, and Riley County came together for the annual 2016 Regional Leaders’ Retreat. The main purpose of the Regional Leaders’ Retreat is to strategize and conceptualize, as a
The Chamber would like to thank our Platinum sponsor, Sink, Gordon & Associates.
Presentations included such relevant topics as Workforce Needs: Employability through Targeted Skills, Resources, and Recruitment; a Manhattan Regional Airport Air Service Report; Fort Riley: Today and in the Future, and the Region’s Response; Review of the
Individual seats now on sale for the Chamber’s 91st Annual Meeting & Banquet
Friday, February 19, 2016 Manhattan Conference Center 5:45pm The Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce 91st Annual Meeting and Banquet will be held Friday, Feb. 19 at the Manhattan Conference Center. The evening will begin with a cocktail hour at 5:45 p.m. followed by dinner and presentations at 7 p.m.
Individual tickets go on sale Feb. 1. $65 each for Chamber members; $85 each for non-members. Tickets will be available on a first-come, first-serve basis.
Contact Kendra Dekat at kendra@manhattan.org or call the Chamber at 776-8829 for more information.
2015 Inter-City Visit to Columbia, MO; Workforce Solutions: Ability to Adapt to a Younger Workforce, Diversity, and Accentuating Life/Soft Skills; and a Briefing of the National Bio and AgroDefense Facility (NBAF) and Economic Opportunities for the Region. Presenters included: John Armbrust, Executive Director of the Governor’s Military Council; Tim Barr, Project Manager for the NBAF Project at the Department of Homeland Security; Jo Brunner, Workforce Services Supervisor at the Department of Commerce; Clark Coco, Dean of Washburn Institute of Technology; COL Andrew Cole Jr, Garrison Commander of Fort Riley; Jan Cooper, Human Resources Manager at Florence Manufacturing; Tracey Faulkner, Director of Human Resources at RTECH Tool and Machine; Jeff Fleming, Corporate Recruiter at CivicPlus; Jim Genandt, President of
Manhattan Area Technical College; MG Wayne W. Grigsby Jr, Commanding General of 1st Infantry Division and Fort Riley; Diane Hinrichs, Director of Highland Community College – Wamego; Jasen Jones, Executive Director of Southwest Missouri Workforce Investment Board (WIB); Jenny Locanthi, Assistant Vice President and Human Resources Director of Community First National Bank; Jesse Romo, Director of Manhattan Regional Airport; Dr. Ron Trewyn, National Bio and AgroDefense Facility Liaison and Assistant to the President of Kansas State University; and Dr. Marty Vanier, Director of Strategic Partnership Development in the NBAF Program Executive Office. Additional speakers included James Gordon, Manhattan Chamber Board Chair-Elect and CPA from Sink, Gordon & Associates, who spoke on behalf of our Platinum
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