CHAMBER AT WORK
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on the “value of chambers working together for economic development, which helps everyone in the region.”
attended a meeting with current board chair Terry Harbin, chair-elect Matt White and Bill Sisson, the Chamber’s president and CEO, who shared the organization’s three-year strategic plan. The members were then asked to serve in an advisory role as the Chamber begins working on goals included in the plan.
3 RECORD START TO 2021 In just one month, the
SERVICE Sixteen former Mobile Area Chamber board chairs
2 MACC AND MABCC Approximately 45 board members
from the Mobile Area Chamber and the Mobile Area Black Chamber gathered in April. Prior to the pandemic, the two organizations met regularly to explore ways to collaborate and host joint programing. Leavie King III, MABCC board chair, encouraged attendees to join both chambers, saying “we are stronger together.” Terry Harbin, the MACC board chair, focused 42 JUNE/JULY 2021
Mobile Area Chamber’s economic development team finalized seven projects: Ren Seafoods, Ray-Mont Logistics, Myer Marine Services, Chart Industries, Coca-Cola Bottling Co. United, Austal USA and Burton Property Group’s South Alabama Logistics Park. Together, the projects account for $196.98 million in capital investments and will create 263 new jobs and retain 41 more.
4 LUCKY “FORE” YOU More than 180 players participated in the Mobile Area Chamber’s Golf Classic on St. Patrick’s Day at Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail/Magnolia Grove.
