Weekly Wrap-up

The Chamber At Work This Week
January 10, 2000

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Weekly Entrepreneur Focus, The Chamber’s radio show with Valentine Radford, Jan. 11, 5:30 p.m., on KPHN 1190.

Success Kansas City Style, featuring William Berkley of Tension Envelope Corp., Jan. 18, 7:30 a.m., Kansas City Downtown Marriott. RSVP to (816) 374-5443.

Business After Hours, "Meet Me Under the Clock," with hosts Williams and Science City at Union Station, Thursday, Jan. 20, 5-7 p.m., Festival Plaza, Union Station. Costs $5 per member. RSVP to (816) 374-5424.

Special thanks to this week’s volunteers:

Nancy Seelen
(Saint Luke’s-Shawnee Mission Health System)
Chair, Missouri State Affairs Committee

 

GOVERNMENT RELATIONS & POLICY DEVELOPMENT:

The Missouri State Affairs Committee held its first breakfast meeting of the year this morning at Union Café in Union Station. Speakers included Senator Bill Kenney, Representative Randall Relford, and Representative Bill Tudor. The legislators spoke about the upcoming session, their specific priorities and their thoughts regarding The Chamber’s Public Policy Agenda. All three legislators addressed the subject of highway funding, with Rep. Relford noting, "There are streets in my small town that ride more smoothly than spots of I-70. Commerce, my family, and your families all ride on those roads – they’re not safe and we need to do something about it."

ECONOMIC GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT:

Billed as the "Dawn of the Millennium: Winter Holiday Job Fair & Career Expo 1999," the Chamber-sponsored event drew an estimated 500 potential workers to Bartle Hall on December 28. The job fair was co-sponsored by the Greater Kansas City Building and Construction Trade Councils. The Full Employment Council and Kansas City Employment Weekly served as advertising sponsors.

The Chamber can help your company become a leader in work-life employee benefits through one of the latest services available to members -- LifeWorks®. This program offered by The Chamber through an exclusive agreement with Ceridian, serves as a resource for your employees to call for professional assistance to resolve virtually any life issue, from buying a new home to caring for children or elderly parents. Learn more about this cutting-edge employee benefit program at a special presentation, Thursday, January 13, 8-9:30 a.m., in The Chamber Board Room. RSVP to Regina Cash, (816) 374-5440.

Today, William Berkley represents the fourth generation of the Berkley family as chief executive officer of the 113-year-old Tension Envelope Corporation. Hear what made the organization into the nation’s largest independent direct-to-user envelope manufacturer at The Chamber’s morning networking program, Success Kansas City Style, Jan. 18, 7:30-9 a.m., Kansas City Downtown Marriott. Costs $18 per member.