Chamber at Work

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1 BLACK BUSINESS MONTH In August, representatives from the City of Mobile, Mobile City Council, Mobile Area Chamber and the Mobile Area Black Chamber celebrated Black Business Month. The effort was intended to encourage Mobilians to support black businesses in our community as well as their contribution to the city’s economy and culture. Representing the Mobile Area Chamber was Ruthie Johnson with Bama Pest Control, chair of the Chamber’s Growth Alliance Task Force; Rashawn Figures, Dortch Figures and Sons; and Ronald McCants, Gulf Coast Supply Chain leadership coach.

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represented the Mobile Area Chamber at a number of statewide events including BioAlabama, Business Council of Alabama annual conference, Chamber of Commerce Association of Alabama annual conference – Darrell Randle, the Chamber’s vice president of small business development, who serves on and is pictured with the Association’s board of directors, and the Economic Development Association of Alabama summer conference.

3 & 4 RIBBON CUTTING Mobile Area Chamber staff and ambassadors were on hand to celebrate the opening of Greer’s St. Louis Market downtown. For more information on how the Chamber can help your business with a similar event, contact Carolyn Golson at 251.431.8622. 5 COST OF LIVING The Mobile Area Chamber continues to collect and prepare data for the C2ER Cost of Living Index. The quarterly reports track the average costs of basic expenses including housing, food, healthcare and more. The cost of living index is used to make accurate and reliable comparisons between the Mobile area and other cities across the United States, allowing the Chamber to better recruit companies and talent to Mobile.

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