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AED/ACCE Joint Annual Conference
August 28 - 30 ~ Little Rock, AR
AED and ACCE will hold a joint annual conference in August at the Little Rock Marriott. Final conference details are being firmed up this week and more information is to be released soon.
Most of the conference sessions will be general sessions as the content benefits and impacts both chamber execs and economic development professionals. We hope you will join us for this new conference format and professional networking opportunity.
Conference general session topics to include the following:
- Hot Trends in Site Selection - Site Selectors Panel (confirmed presenters: Will Hearn of CBRE and Christopher Lloyd of McGuire Woods Consulting, both members of Site Selectors Guild).
- Eco-Tourism
- Entrepreneurship
- FOR Issue No. 3, Jobs for Arkansas Update
- Rail Infrastructure & its role in site development & selection
- Millennial Workforce Development
- Chamber Breakout Session - Putting My Acxiom Partner to work for your chamber.
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Arkansas Tax Traps & Found Money for Businesses and Manufacturers
The Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce/AIA will host a series of Tax Workshops this summer beginning in the northern part of the state. Events are set for Jonesboro, Fort Smith, and Northwest Arkansas. These workshops will provide accounting professionals with valuable information on navigating the Arkansas State Tax system and Business Incentives program. If you have members that would benefit from this course, please direct them to
THIS LINK.
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State Chamber Training Opportunities:
June 9th -
FLSA Overtime Rules: Get Ready for Potential Changes Coming in 2016
Learn how to avoid risk and liability by gaining a better understanding of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) overtime rules.
June 21st - 2016 Governor's Quality Award Health Care Seminar
"From Genetic Codes to ZIP Codes: Linking Quality Health Care and Healthy Environments"
Featured Speakers:
Trent Haywood, M.D., J.D. - Chief Medical Officer, Blue Cross Blue Shield Association
Lowell C. Kruse - Former President and Chief Executive Officer of Heartland Health in St. Joseph, Missouri Board of Directors; Chair of the Board for the Communities of Excellence 2026 and a member of the Board of Directors of the Foundation for the National Malcolm Baldrige Quality Award.
The cost is $50 per person and includes lunch.
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AED Member Spotlight
 We hope you are enjoying learning more about your fellow economic developers. Thank you to all those that have participated so far!
June's AED Member Spotlight will feature Patty Methvin from the Harrison Regional Chamber of Commerce and Brad Jordan from the City of Benton.
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ACCE Resources
The Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives offers many valuable resources to you and your chamber via their online Chamberpedia, Webinars, Samples Library, and ACCE H.E.R.O. program. If you are a member of the national ACCE, these resources are literally at your fingertips. To learn more about these resources or membership in ACCE, please visit
www.acce.org.
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Click on the links below for more information:
June 12 - 14
Tulsa, OK
August 9 - 12
Savannah, GA
September 25 - 28
Cleveland, OH
October 24 - 26
Little Rock, AR
Save the Date - 2017 MAKO Conference
April 23-25, 2017
Rogers, AR
Save the Date - 2017 IEDC Economic Future Forum
June 4-6, 2017
Little Rock, AR
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Reminder! Send us your events! 
Don't forget to send in your chamber and economic development events for inclusion on the Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce events page.
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SJR16/Jobs for Arkansans will now be known as
Issue No. 3
on the ballot in November.
This amendment
does three basic things:
1) Enhances the State's Ability to Compete for Large Projects
2) Provides Clear, Consistent Constitutional Definitions, Empowering Cities and Municipalities to Participate in Economic Development
3) Gives Cities and Counties Clear Authority to Spend Local Dollars for Economic Development Projects
Your support and action is needed to make sure this amendment passes in November.
How can you help?
* Contribute to the campaign (contact me or Joe Bailey to learn how)
* Be on the lookout for campaign updates and act when needed.
This campaign will need all of our help and support. Thank you for what you are doing and for the work that's ahead!
Resolutions in Support of Issue No. 3, Jobs for Arkansans
- City of Ashdown
- City of Monticello
- Economic Development Corporation of Paragould
- Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority
- Hempstead County Economic Development Corporation
- Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce
- Little River Chamber of Commerce
- Little River County
- Newport Area Chamber of Commerce
- North Little Rock Chamber of Commerce
- Northwest Arkansas Council
- Paragould Regional Chamber of Commerce
- Sherwood Chamber of Commerce
- Siloam Springs Chamber of Commerce
- Springdale Chamber of Commerce
If your organization has passed a resolution in support of this amendment, please send a copy to Shelley at the AED Office:
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