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Our last Breakfast & Biz event for 2022 was held on December 8th. Decatur Police Chief Todd Pinion and two members of his command staff, Captain Jeremy Hayes and Captain Justin Lyon, provided an overview of the Decatur Police Department and discussed holiday safety tips, current crime trends and upcoming laws that will be taking…
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On December 7, more than 40 people attended our Emerging Leaders event in the Contractor Service & Fabrication, Inc boardroom. Many of us struggle when it comes to balancing work, home and other obligations which can result in frustration and burnout. Dr. Karockas “Doc Rock” Watkins shared how finding your personal purpose can help increase…
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On November 30, three members of the Decatur-Morgan County Chamber of Commerce were recognized by our state business associations as three of the top small businesses in Alabama for their impact on their surrounding community. M & M Servs, LLC (Emerging Business), Express Employment Professionals (1-10 Employees category), and Jackson Plumbing, Heating and Cooling (11-50…
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UPDATE: Our “Shop Small, Shop Local” promotion for this holiday season ended on December 11 and we received more than 450 receipts. Twenty lucky winners were chosen to receive a $100 gift card from a Chamber member business of their choice. Congratulations to the following winners: Marshall Addie, Mike Albro, Merry Albro, Denice Carter, Sue…
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The Chamber’s 2022 Workforce NOW Summit was held on November 18 at Calhoun Community College. Keynote speaker, Nick Moore, director of Governor Kay Ivey’s Office of Education and Workforce Transformation, discussed the growing trend of skills-based hiring in the workplace. Skills-based hiring allows employers to develop skills-based job descriptions that can be matched directly to…
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(NASA News Release) Following a successful launch of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS), the most powerful rocket in the world, the agency’s Orion spacecraft is on its way to the Moon as part of the Artemis program. Carrying an uncrewed Orion, SLS lifted off for its flight test debut at 1:47 a.m. EST Wednesday from…
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(News Release) – On November 15, Calhoun Community College and the Gene Haas Foundation hosted its building renaming and official ribbon cutting ceremony for the College’s new Gene Haas Center for Advanced Manufacturing. The building renaming and renovations were made possible by a $550,000 grant that was presented to the College last spring from the…
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On November 15, the Chamber hosted a groundbreaking for the four-story, 230-space Decatur Parking Garage that will be located at the intersection of Moulton Street and First Avenue in downtown. It will also have retail space. Earlier this year, the Decatur City Council approved a contract with Fite Building Company to build the parking…
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Thanks to all who participated in our Federal Public Policy Agenda meeting on November 10. The one-hour meeting led by the Public Policy Committee provided the opportunity to review the 2022 agenda and suggest updates and revisions for the 2023 edition. The meeting focused on state issues was held on October 20 in the Contractor…
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SmartAsset ranked the Decatur, AL Metro No. 2 on the list of 2022 Best Places to Work in Manufacturing. To determine the Top 25 Places to Work in Manufacturing, SmartAsset analyzed nearly 400 metro areas across topics such as manufacturing employment, income and cost of living. According to SmartAsset, 27% of the workforce in the…
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