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January and February 2018
Emporia Area Chamber of Commerce and Convention & Visitors Bureau
From the President
Happy New Year! I hope that everyone had a wonderful holiday season, and are
ready for a successful 2018. As most years, I have sat down and charted out my
goals for the upcoming year, both personally and professionally. I have thought
about what is the best way to make it a successful year for all of our members
and the community as a whole. I have looked back at all we have accomplished,
talked to our members and the leadership of the Chamber, and I believe we are in
store for a successful and fulfilling year. I am proud of our office that includes the
Jeanine McKenna
President & CEO
Convention and Visitors Bureau, and what we accomplish together. I am happy to
have the Regional Development Association in our building as well. We all work
hard to Build Community, Through Business. I believe that we truly are meeting
our mission of being “proactive in creating an environment for business and
community success”.
We have members who represent all sectors of our community, each with
varying needs to grow and prosper, but in the end, I believe we all want Emporia
to be a community in which we can live, work and raise our families.
We are committed as an organization to continually ask you what we can do
to help your business grow. My charge to you, is to let us know your thoughts.
How can we be more purposeful in meeting your needs as a member? Remember
our mission is “To be proactive in creating an environment for business and
community success”. All we do needs to be based around our mission. I look
forward to hearing what you have to say.
We are kicking off the year with a lot of great and dynamic programs. The
Government Matters committee will be traveling to Topeka at the start of the
Legislative Session to deliver our Joint Legislative Agenda. This is the fourth
year that we have come together as the Emporia and Lyon County area, and
fourteen entities have joined us in sharing what is important for growth in our
communities, business and region. This group will also be continuing their
Dialogues throughout 2018. Be watching for more information as we draw nearer
to each event.
Our Annual Meeting will be held on Friday, January 26th, so mark your
calendar for this premier event. We are gearing up for another sell out event, and