February 2022

Chamber At Work – Our chamber board held their regular monthly meeting on Monday. They voted to support numerous bills currently being debated at the State Capitol.

• H2344: Military Affairs Commission; Continuation – This bill would extend the Commission until July 1, 2030. It passed the House 56 – 0 and has been referred to Senate Judiciary Committee
• H2455: Incorporation Urban Areas - Currently, any community which wants to incorporate within 6 miles of a city or town must receive permission (an adopted resolution) from that city or town. This bill would reduce that distance to 1 mile. The bill passed the House 57 – 2 and is ready for the Senate.
• H2678: State Broadband Office – This bill would establish a State Broadband Office within the Arizona Commerce Authority. It requires the Office to publish and maintain a state broadband plan. It passed the house 46 – 13 and is ready for the Senate.
• H2728: Appropriations; ADOT; Tier 2 Studies – This bill would appropriate $58 million from the state General Fund to fund “Tier 2” studies for Interstate 11 in Maricopa County, North-South Corridor in Pinal County and the Sonoran Corridor in Pima County. This bill has passed the House Transportation, Appropriations and Rules committees.
• HCM 2002: Restoration; Cherrybell Mail Processing Center – This resolution expresses Arizona Legislature’s desire that the US Congress protest the closing of the Cherrybell Postal Processing and Distribution Center and take any necessary action to fully restore its operations. This resolution passed the House 51 – 7 and has been referred to the Senate Government committee.
• S1708: Motion Picture Production; Tax Credits – This bill would require the Arizona Commerce Authority to implement an “Arizona Motion Picture Production Program” which would establish an individual and corporate tax credits for motion picture production companies which produce a least one motion picture in Arizona. The bill has passed Senate committees and is up for vote by the full Senate.
• S1710: Sports’ Tourism; Film Authority; Appropriation – This bill would establish the “Southern Arizona Sports, Tourism and Film Authority and appropriates $500,000 from the state General Fund for funding. The tourism and sports authority is a corporate and political body and has all the rights, powers and immunities of municipal corporations, including the power of eminent domain. This bill has passed the Senate and is ready for the House.

Incorporate Vail Arizona? - The Board voted to support the mission of “Incorporate Vail Arizona”. This organization is a committee of Vail area residents who are evaluating the economic feasibility of an incorporated town and the interest of the community.

Golf Tournament – Greater Vail Area Chamber of Commerce’s spring golf tournament is on the calendar. If you want to play a little golf with some great friends – mark your calendar now – May 14^th at Del Lago golf course. You can sign up now by clicking  GVACC Golf 2022.

Vail Pride Day – Our congratulation goes out to all the Volunteers who helped make Vail Pride Day 2022 a huge success. An impressive array of student skills and talents were on display.

Bylaws Review – Board Chair Rosemary Bright has recruited several Chamber members to tackle the task of reviewing our organization’s bylaws. With these bylaws being our organizational foundation, it is important they are kept up to date and provide for the growth and direction of the Chamber. Stay tuned. 

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Tuesday, March 8th

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Friday, February 25th

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Friday, March 4th

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Saturday, March 5th

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Saturday, March 5th

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Saturday, March 19th

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