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Mission: The Mission of the Grapevine Chamber is to collaborate, communicate, connect, and advocate for business to add value to our community.
Vision:
The vision of the Grapevine Chamber is a progressive business organization that brings relevant and essential opportunities for our investors and community to grow and prosper.
Values: Excellence Innovation Integrity Community
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Director of Tarrant SBDC slated to speak at the Membership Luncheon on April 15th The Grapevine Chamber of Commerce is excited to welcome Rodney Johnson, Director of the Tarrant Small Business Development Corporation, to the next Membership Luncheon on April 15, at the Grapevine Convention Center, sponsored by Prosperity Bank and catered by Feedstore BBQ. The Tarrant Small Business Development Center (SBDC) provides one-on-one advising, low-cost workshops, and technical assistance to entrepreneurs and small business owners in Tarrant County and are considered Ambassadors for Small Business. The SBDC partners with the U.S. Small Business Administration, Tarrant County College, federal, state, and local governments and private organizations to provide services designed to help build and grow your business. The North Texas SBDC Network serves 49 counties in North Texas. Rodney brings firsthand experience within the entrepreneurial ecosystem as an enduser of the college system, SBDC, and the Small Business Administration. He has extensive financial management experience and is a former small business owner of R4 Industries, Inc., a family-owned business, is a distinguished Alumni of the 2011 SBA Emerging Leaders Program and holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Industrial Management and a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Mechanical Engineering. He is licensed in Lean Six Sigma Green Belt and carries a Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification. Register for the luncheon by visiting grapevinechamber.org/events.
What can YOUR Chamber do for YOU? Our 2021 Chair, Phil Cunningham, asked me to write an article this month as your CEO. We can either assume he wants me to share any wisdom I might have, but more than likely it’s so that he doesn’t have to write an article this month! Either way, I am happy to do it (really, I am!) Recently we did a quick two question survey and more members responded to it than any others we have done. While the first question was about the need for a job fair (because staff wanted to know if you needed us to schedule one to help you find your workforce), the second question was a sincere ask of “what can we do for you”. The responses were varied, and we read them and shared them with the entire board of directors during our planning retreat. There were some very thoughtful comments and ideas presented, and for some of them we will be working through how to make them happen if possible. There were also a couple of comments shared that made me realize that we are not always doing a great job of explaining much of what we do! So, I thought I would share a couple of those comments from the survey and let you know how your chamber is already working for you: "I’d love to attend an event with local city and business leaders about what’s happening in town. Everything from what are they building on that corner to new changes at existing businesses." Continued on page 3 @GrapevineChamber
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