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How Will Changes in Tennessee Law Affect Your Business?

Monday, May 21, 2012
Posted by: Adam Lister - Policy
Following the adjournment of each state legislative session, businesses are faced with the difficult task of identifying if, how and when any of the more than 500 changes in law will affect them.

As an advocate for businesses in the Middle Tennessee region, the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce routinely tracks legislation analyzing its impact on the region’s job creators. ...
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Category: Legislative Issues
Tags: human resources inheritance tax FastTrack Business Voice economic development Governor Haslam

Congratulations to Our 2012 Academies of Nashville Awardees

Thursday, May 17, 2012
Posted by: Rita McDonald - Public Education
On Monday, 300 educators and business volunteers gathered at Rocketown to recognize excellence within the Academies of Nashville. The Academies are Metro Schools’ effort to prepare every Nashville student for college and career in the district’s 12 zoned high schools. This concept, which has become a national model, enables students to choose a theme by which their core academic subjects ...
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Category: Education
Tags: US Community Credit Union Nashville State Community College Academies of Nashville Awards education reform Rocketown Altria Metro Schools Deloitte Dialysis Clinic CMT Gaylord Entertainment Stones River National Battlefield Just Cruisin' Plus Nashville Electric Service Academies of Nashville

Regional Collaboration is Vital to Middle Tennessee's Economic Future

Monday, May 14, 2012
Posted by: Janet Miller - Economic Development
This month, the fourth annual POWER OF TEN Regional Summit will bring together more than 500 regional leaders in Middle Tennessee, representing the business, government and nonprofit sectors. Each of these leaders is committed to collaborating to address the challenges and opportunities created by regional growth, and the Nashville Area Chamber will be a key participant in the event.

The ...
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Category: Economic Development
Tags: Brookings Institution economic growth Cumberland Region Tomorrow economic recovery jobs Power of 10 regionalism economic development

Transit, Sustainability Among Best Practices Learned From Portland, Eugene

Friday, May 11, 2012
Posted by: Stephanie Coleman - Policy
Having just returned from our four-day Leadership Study Mission and Transit Study Mission to Portland and Eugene, the lessons learned are still fresh on the minds of the 117 delegates who attended one or both of the visits.

The best practices that stand out the most include transit and sustainability. Other areas – like education – gave us strong reassurance ...
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Category: Policy
Tags: transit sustainability public education Portland economic development Eugene

Chamber Board Supports Mayor Dean's Proposed Budget

Thursday, May 10, 2012
Posted by: Marc Hill - Policy
The Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce board of directors has taken a position in support of Nashville Mayor Karl Dean’s proposed city operating budget for 2012-2013, and the accompanying property tax adjustment. The Chamber developed the following questions and answers to provide additional insight into our policy process.

I also encourage our members to review the mayor’s State of Metro ...
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Tags: legislative agenda transit Mayor Karl Dean Metro budget property tax economic development school funding

Unemployment Levels Drop in Nashville Region

Monday, May 07, 2012
Posted by: Garrett Harper - Research & Economic Data
As recovery from the national recession continues, economists look at the unemployment rate as one of the key indicators that measures the health of the economy.

At the local level, recently released data on the unemployment picture in the Nashville region showcases continued strong improvement in our local economy. The March unemployment rate for the Nashville MSA was at 6.7 ...
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Category: Economic Development
Tags: employment P2020 economic growth economic recovery Partnership 2020 unemployed

State Legislative Wrap-up: Your Business Voice Was Heard

Friday, May 04, 2012
Posted by: Adam Lister - Policy
This week, Tennessee’s House and Senate completed their business and adjourned the second session of the 107th General Assembly. Working off a state legislative agenda crafted in January with feedback from our members, the Chamber advocated to keep Tennessee, and the Nashville area in particular, one of the country’s friendliest places for business.

While thousands of proposed bills and amendments ...
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Category: Policy
Tags: legislative agenda inheritance tax FastTrack job creation Tennessee House death tax Tennessee Senate economic development Governor Haslam

When Innovation, Creativity and Entrepreneurship Combine, Anything Can Happen

Tuesday, May 01, 2012
Posted by: Wendy Stoneberger - Membership & Small Business
Guest post by Alison C. Lynch, director, entrepreneurial growth & engagement, Nashville Area Chamber

As many of you already know, I am fairly new to the Chamber. What you may not know is that I am also fairly new to Nashville. I arrived in Middle Tennessee about a year ago, after 20 years as a tech entrepreneur and angel investor ...
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Category: Business in Nashville
Tags: Techville creativity JumpStart Foundry innovation Building the Investable Story entrepreneurship StartUp Tennessee Flo Thinkery Google Entrepreneur Center small business Tennessee Film, Entertainment and Music Commission Belmont University creative class entrepreneurs

MNPS Reveals Details of New State Accountability System for Public Schools

Tuesday, May 01, 2012
Posted by: Stephanie Coleman - Policy
The federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001 brought a focus on data, accountability and success for all students. Still, most education observers believed the goals and deadlines were unrealistic. Tennessee now has a waiver releasing schools and districts from the NCLB accountability requirements and replacing them with new accountability measures. So what does that mean for Metropolitan ...
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Category: Education
Tags: No Child Left Behind education reform school performance education accountability MNPS school board

'Transit Means Business' Event Highlights East-West Connector

Friday, April 20, 2012
Posted by: Stephanie Coleman - Policy
On April 18, more than 100 people gathered at AT&T to learn more about Nashville’s plans to increase access to mass transit. The program, “Transit Means Business,” was one of a series of events taking place during Transit Week. The event was co-hosted by the Chamber, Transit Now Nashville, the Transit Alliance of Middle Tennessee, the Nashville Civic Design Center...
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Category: Policy
Tags: Transit Alliance of Middle TN Transit Week Mayor Karl Dean East-West Connector Nashville Civic Design Center Tom Turner Terry Clements Bert Mathews Transit Means Business Paul Ballard Transit Now Nashville Metro Transit Authority
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