FREE program connects local buyers and sellers
Are you looking to sell to large local companies? Are you a large company that wants to find local services/products? If so, the new Owensboro Buys It! event is tailor made for you!

The Chamber is now registering companies to participate in Owensboro Buys It! on Thursday, October 15th where purchasing decision-makers from large local companies/organizations will meet with smaller businesses who sell products and/or services. This is a FREE program to Chamber members; smaller businesses must "qualify" by learning their own unique "elevator pitch" at a Lunch'n'Learn program from noon to 1 p.m. this Thursday, June 11th or Tuesday, June 23rd. Click here to learn more and to register for Owensboro Buys It!

The Kentucky General Assembly will go into special session next week, and Governor Steve Beshear has added the infrastructure authority issue to the call. The bill—if passed—would help provide a mechanism to build new Ohio River bridges, including the Interstate 69 bridge near Henderson. This topic was the Chamber's No. 1 policy priority during the 2009 regular legislative session.

The special session call also includes a broad economic incentives bill that would provide tax incentives to small business expansion, among other benefits. The bill was sponsored during the 2009 legislative session by Tommy Thompson, local state representative.

• Tuesday, Progressive Sports Therapy, 12:15 p.m., 1605 Scherm Road