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State Legislature Adjourns - Highlights of 2013 Session

On Friday, April 19, the Tennessee State Legislature completed their business and adjourned the first session of the 108th General Assembly. Advocating for a state legislative agenda developed in January based on feedback from our members, the Chamber worked to keep Tennessee, especially the Middle Tennessee region, one of the country’s friendliest and freest places for business.

Chamber staff engaged ...

Chamber Releases 2013 State Legislative Agenda

One of the Nashville Area Chamber’s primary roles is to ensure that your business needs are a top consideration when policy decisions are made. Today, we released our 2013 state legislative agenda, which includes policy priorities in the following areas:
  • An environment where business can prosper;
  • Talent development of the region’s workforce;
  • Quality of life that attracts and retains residents ...

Business Advocacy in 2012 - Did Our Efforts Pay Off?

Over the past year, we’ve been working at the Chamber to more fully engage our members in business advocacy. Why? Because the more you become involved, the stronger our collective influence will be as we advocate for policies that lead to job creation and economic growth.

But, as many business leaders can attest, our efforts are only as good as ...

Regional Partnership Strengthens Business Voice

We are excited to announce a new advocacy partnership with the Rutherford County Chamber that will leverage the resources of both organizations and give you – our members – a stronger voice in policy issues that impact your business.

Last year, we developed a policy process to better engage our members in business advocacy. Now, Rutherford County Chamber members are ...

The Chamber Needs Your Feedback on Our Annual Policy Survey

To better understand policy issues that impact your business, we are asking for your involvement in our annual policy survey. Be on the lookout for an email on Wednesday, Oct. 10, that includes your password and a link to the 10-minute survey.

The collective results of the survey will help guide the Chamber’s 2013 legislative agenda, which will be adopted ...

Chamber Board Supports Mayor Dean's Proposed Budget

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 ...

State Legislative Wrap-up: Your Business Voice Was Heard

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 ...

Member Feedback Guides Chamber’s Advocacy Work

The Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce facilitates community leadership to create economic prosperity. Part of this role includes ensuring that business needs are a top consideration when policy decisions are made. At the Chamber, our members are our partners in business advocacy, and it’s important for us to hear from you about what’s impacting your businesses.

The Chamber distributed a ...

Reducing Burdensome Legislation in Tennessee

Regulatory reform has been a hot topic lately, and with good reason. The Nashville Area Chamber recently surveyed our members about policy issues that impact their businesses. When asked about the leading problem facing their business, the highest response, at 43 percent, was government regulation. In addition, 83 percent of respondents agreed that regulations should be evaluated for their cost ...

Chamber Shares its 2010 State Legislative Agenda

As legislation on any level is considered by elected officials, it is vital that business be part of the discussion. An important component of that discussion process is the creation of a business agenda with specific positions on legislative issues that, in the Chamber’s case, fulfill our mission of creating economic prosperity.

The Chamber board recently adopted its 2010 state ...