tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29308325011055346152024-03-05T21:39:31.480-06:00Rogers-Lowell Area Chamber BlogThe Rogers-Lowell Area Chamber of Commerce is focused on growing business, building community for more than 2,000 member businesses and 4,000+ individual representatives. We are one of the largest chambers in the state of Arkansas, and one of just 77 Five Star Accredited chambers out of nearly 7,000 in the U.S.RLChamberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06019539744892169140noreply@blogger.comBlogger95125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2930832501105534615.post-54128184401642292612016-05-04T08:42:00.003-05:002016-05-04T08:43:16.392-05:00Servant Leadership: You Need To Be More Than You Are | By Guest Blogger Brook Thomas, News Director at KNWA/KFTA
I answered a critical question incorrectly during my last job
interview; "What does a News Director do?". Of course, my answer was
pretty obvious; "Direct the overall news product." I mean...duh, right?
Nope.
The corporate suit interviewing me coolly looked across the desk and
said, "Brook, the primary role of a News Director is to make every
individual on his team better". It was aRLChamberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06019539744892169140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2930832501105534615.post-6898181331904243902016-04-20T15:03:00.000-05:002016-04-20T15:07:49.001-05:00Member Spotlight | Staples...that was easy!
By Marni RogersMember Relations ManagerRogers-Lowell Area Chamber of Commerce
You gotta love their tagline
and they really do make your shopping experience easy. Staples is a big company with a big heart for their
customers and supporting their local community. The staff is
always hospitable and eager to help. I
stopped in a few days ago for report covers and had a nice RLChamberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06019539744892169140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2930832501105534615.post-40858111948457687422016-04-18T15:31:00.000-05:002016-04-18T15:31:43.893-05:00Will "Arkansas Works" Work This Week?
Legislators will return to Little Rock tomorrow
to begin the second week of the regular fiscal session of the Arkansas General
Assembly. Funding the appropriation for the
Arkansas Works program, which was passed two weeks ago with a simple majority
in a special legislative session, is the governor’s plan for Medicaid expansion
in Arkansas. It will certainly be at the center of theRLChamberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06019539744892169140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2930832501105534615.post-54837767479611423852016-04-08T16:46:00.000-05:002016-04-08T16:48:59.784-05:00Arkansas Works Passes Both Houses of Legislature; Benton County Delegation Split in Support of Measure to Expand Medicaid
Members of the Arkansas General Assembly
meeting in special session voted separately Thursday to approve House Bill
1001and Senate Bill 1, identical measures popularly known as “Arkansas Works”,
which is Governor Hutchinson’s plan for Medicaid expansion in Arkansas. The House voted 70-30 in favor of the
measure. Benton County Representatives
Jana Della Rosa (Rogers), Dan Douglas (RLChamberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06019539744892169140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2930832501105534615.post-72496795299533350122016-04-06T11:26:00.005-05:002016-04-06T11:54:27.923-05:00Member Spotlight
What's Cookin' at Cook's?
By Marni Rogers
Member Relations Manager
Rogers-Lowell Area Chamber of Commerce
Something new, organic, and healthy along with friendly staff is what's
always cookin' at Cook's Natural Foods in Downtown Rogers.
Cook's is one of my favorite organic and whole foods store and have
everything you would expect to find at a health food store. They have
everything RLChamberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06019539744892169140noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2930832501105534615.post-24361371108784134282016-04-05T16:19:00.002-05:002016-04-06T11:47:16.993-05:00Special Legislative Session Begins Wednesday, April 6, 2016
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What if my business is located outside of Rogers or Lowell? Can I still join the Rogers-Lowell Area Chamber of Commerce (RLACC)?
If you want to market to the Rogers-Lowell area, you should consider joining the RLACC Chamber. Your business does not have to be located in Rogers or Lowell to belong to the RLACC Chamber. Wherever you are located, we can make referrals to your RLChamberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06019539744892169140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2930832501105534615.post-14200521502847384282014-11-14T08:05:00.000-06:002014-11-14T08:05:00.078-06:00Small Business Saturday, November 29<!--[if gte mso 9]>
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Vice-President Marketing Communications
Workforce Development:
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Vice President, Marketing Communications
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Vice-President, Marketing Communications
Rogers-Lowell Area Chamber of Commerce
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Each year the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation analyzes
data to determine what states have done over the previous year to create jobs
and expand the economy. The analysis is
broken down into two parts, one that discusses what states should be doing and one that details what states are doing and then ranking the
states using a performance, data-driven model.
The Chamber calls RLChamberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06019539744892169140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2930832501105534615.post-46942290230412469632013-07-22T14:05:00.002-05:002013-07-25T14:28:13.592-05:00What’s Working in Job Creation: US Chamber Releases Enterprising States Study
Each year the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation analyzes
data to determine what states have done over the previous year to create jobs
and expand the economy. The analysis is
broken down into two parts, one that discusses what states should be doing and one that details what states are doing and then ranking the
states using a performance, data-driven model.
The Chamber calls RLChamberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06019539744892169140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2930832501105534615.post-31676274219482487532013-07-12T08:54:00.000-05:002013-07-12T09:12:55.512-05:00Top 5 Reasons to Join the Rogers-Lowell Area Chamber of Commerce<!--[if gte mso 9]>
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The Arkansas General Assembly convened on January 14 and wrapped up their official business on April 23. After more than three months in session The 89th General Assembly filed nearly 2,500 bills and passed 61%, which is a pretty efficient conversion of bills to laws. Especially when you compare the state legislature with the United States Congress, which rarely passes more RLChamberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06019539744892169140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2930832501105534615.post-32778388139017588712013-03-25T23:40:00.001-05:002013-03-25T23:40:54.227-05:00Arkansas General Assembly - Winding Down?
The
legislative session is rapidly winding down. Maybe quicker than anyone
imagined. More than a few people suggested that the General Assembly would
adjourn on April 5, which leaves just two weeks to either consider the
nearly 2,000 bills that remain on the table or disappoint a lot of legislators
who didn't have a chance to have their bill heard. Of course the General
Assembly won't RLChamberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06019539744892169140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2930832501105534615.post-23239611638096658342013-03-03T14:20:00.002-06:002013-03-03T14:21:40.342-06:0089th General Assembly - Week 7
The
past week was full of new developments that possibly signals the start of a new
emphasis on the major pre-session issues of Medicaid and tax reform. Those are
the two key questions that everyone expected to consume the General Assembly in
2013, but which have not been the topic of much official debate. Although,
apparently, legislators have been hard at work behind the scenes on both issues.RLChamberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06019539744892169140noreply@blogger.com0