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Featured Event
Small Business of the Year Awards' Luncheon to Recognize Arlington Businesses
On June 7, 2012 at the Sheraton Arlington Hotel, the North Texas Small Business Development Center and the Arlington Chamber will honor businesses, both small and large. The Chamber will also recognize its prestigious small businesses of the year in both the for-profit and non-profit categories. The emcee for the event will be a D/FW favorite - Scott Murray. The keynote speaker will be Preston Pearson, former Dallas Cowboy, player in 5 Super Bowls and recipient of two Super Bowl rings. To learn more, sponsor or purchase tickets, please click here.
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Preston Pearson |
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Chamber's Women's Alliance Miss Representation Screening is Thursday! | |
 This Thursday, May 3, the Chamber's Women's Alliance, in partnership with SafeHaven and Tarrant County College, Southeast Campus, will host a screening of the acclaimed film - Miss Representation. Written and directed by Jennifer Siebel Newsom, the film exposes how mainstream media contribute to the under-representation of women in positions of power and influence in America. Click here to sponsor or register. Admission is FREE for the 6:00 - 8:30 pm event at TCC - Southeast Campus. Pre-registration is required as seating is limited.
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"What if You Flip the Switch and Nothing Happens?"
One of the Topics at the May 17 Energy & Natural Resources Public Policy Forum
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Keynote speaker:
 Karen Harbert, President and CEO, U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Institute for 21st Century Energy
Guest speakers:
Jim Keffer, Chairman, Committee on Energy Resources, Texas House of Representatives
Bernard Weinstein, Associate Director, Maguire Energy Institute, Southern Methodist University
Ken Morgan, Director, TCU Energy Institute
Ron Lemons, Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Freese and Nichols Inc.
Mike Greene, Former Chairman, Electric Reliability Council of Texas and former Vice Chairman, Energy Future Holdings
The cost for registration is $25 for Chamber members ($35 for non-members). Please register by clicking here.
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Business Over Breakfast Networking Event is Next Tuesday - Register Now!
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Register here to be part of B.O.B. - a fast-paced networking event. Build relationships, present information on your business or service and exchange business cards with prospective clients and customers. Come prepared with your thirty second "elevator pitch." The event is Tuesday, May 8 from 8:00 - 9:30 am at the Chamber. Remember - attendees may be your future customers!
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Early Voting & Candidate Information Available on VoteforArlington.com | |
Early voting in the Arlington City Council and the Arlington School District Board of Trustees election continues through May 8 at 7 pm. Early voting locations, dates and times are available on the Chamber's voter information website, www.voteforarlington.com, along with information biographical information from the candidates and answers to questions on issues important to the business community. |
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Chamber's 8th Annual Golf Tournament was a Huge Success! | |
The Chamber's 8th Annual Golf Tournament was last Friday at Tierra Verde. We sincerely appreciate the support of our sponsors and participants. The weather cooperated and everyone appeared to have a great time building business relationships. Congratulations to the winning teams.
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1st Place - Double Diamond Resorts
Kerry Olson
Richard Wuensche
Bo Kennedy
Pat Patterson
2nd Place - PSK LLP
Bryan Baugham
Steve Kilpatrick
Casey Campbell
Rusty Pickens
3rd Place - Texas Rangers Baseball
Terry Turner
Lindsey Hinshew
Mike Lentz |
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Welcome - March New Members! | |
5LINX
Bookyourgoldpartydfw.com
The Dallas Directory, Inc.
Fuzzy's Taco Shop
Higginbotham & Associates, Inc.
Hooligan's Pub
Joe Chow for Congress District 6
Lena Pope Home, Inc.
Networking Results, Inc.
New York Life Insurance Company
Schifano Realty Group LLC
Transparent Electricity Quotes
Affairs To Cater
Budget Sign
ForchuTeck Consulting Group |
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Sincerely,
Henry Lewczyk
Arlington Chamber of Commerce |
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