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Chamber Releases 2013 State Legislative Agenda

Wednesday, February 06, 2013

Posted by: Stephanie Coleman - Policy

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 ...

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Tags: legislative agenda workers' compensation K-12 education Medicaid job creation Middle Tennessee Business Voice prosperity regionalism member survey immigration reform legislative issues talent development quality of life mass transit

Video Now Available From 'Affordable Care Act: Impact on Business' Event

Friday, November 09, 2012

Posted by: Stephanie Coleman - Policy

As the dust settles from Election Day, the policy implications for business are becoming a bit clearer. One issue that has been on many business owners' minds is the impact of federal health care reform legislation, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. In early October, the Nashville Area Chamber and National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) hosted a panel ...

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Tags: health care reform National Federation of Independent Businesses Affordable Care Act health care

Regional Partnership Strengthens Business Voice

Thursday, November 01, 2012

Posted by: Stephanie Coleman - Policy

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 ...

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Tags: legislative agenda Middle Tennessee policy process Middle Tennessee Business Voice policy survey business advocacy regionalism Business Voice legislative issues Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce

Business Owners Preparing for Impact of Affordable Care Act

Thursday, October 11, 2012

Posted by: Stephanie Coleman - Policy

On Oct. 4, members of the Nashville Area Chamber and National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) heard from experts about the impact the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will have on business. Panelists included Brian Haile, director of the Insurance Exchange Planning Initiative at the Tennessee Department of Finance & Administration; Maria Iarossi, area vice president of client development ...

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Tags: health care reform Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act NFIB small business health insurance Nashville Federation of Independent Business health care

Business Participation Needed for East-West Connector Community Forums

Friday, June 22, 2012

Posted by: Stephanie Coleman - Policy

The Nashville Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) and the Transit Alliance of Middle Tennessee have announced a series of community forums for the proposed East-West Connector bus rapid transit (BRT) service that would extend from Five Points in East Nashville to White Bridge Road in West Nashville. The East-West Connector is now in its second phase – preliminary engineering and environmental ...

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Tags: Transit Alliance of Middle TN East-West Connector Metropolitan Transit Authority bus rapid transit MTA mass transit

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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Tags: transit sustainability public education Portland economic development Eugene

'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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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

Transit Means Business for Middle Tennessee

Friday, April 06, 2012

Posted by: Stephanie Coleman - Policy

Few would disagree that expanding transit options in Middle Tennessee is critical to our future prosperity and livability, particularly as the region’s population and the cost of gas continue to climb. Fortunately, many in the city and region are aware of the challenges and opportunities ahead and are working to find solutions. Still, we know it will take a community-wide ...

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Tags: Music City Star Music City Circuit transit Transit Week Mayor Karl Dean East-West Connector Nashville Farmers' Market Earth Day Nashville Civic Design Center Nashville Downtown Partnership Transit Now

Help Defeat Anti-business Bill That Will Increase your Exposure to Legal, Safety Risks

Tuesday, April 03, 2012

Posted by: Stephanie Coleman - Policy

This week, the Tennessee General Assembly is considering SB 3002/HB 3560, which would prevent business and property owners from prohibiting firearms in vehicles parked on their property, including on school property. Tennessee is already a strong Second Amendment state. Not only is this bill unnecessary, it puts businesses at severe legal and economic risk.

If this bill passes, it would ...

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Tags: hunting licenses Business Voice Second Amendment handgun permits property rights

Help the State Create Jobs through Relocating and Expanding Businesses

Monday, March 19, 2012

Posted by: Stephanie Coleman - Policy

Middle Tennessee is fortunate to have a variety of qualities that put us on the short list for major relocation and expansion decisions, including our low cost of doing business, affordable cost of living, high quality of life and talent availability. Still, creating jobs sometimes involves offering incentives.

We know that a multiplier effect exists whenever jobs are created. Businesses ...

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Tags: incentives FastTrack Business Voice job growth economic development

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