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Inside the Chamber:   Lifting the Anchor   The words, equally beautiful and potent, found in the Declaration of Independence, came to represent a moral standard to which the United States should strive.  “We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the ...read more

 Inside the Chamber:  May 14, 2020 “You were made for such a time as this.” is a statement that I play repeatedly in my mind as I push forward and lead my team, our organization and the business community in these unprecedented times.  I find the most irony in the fact that the military term, “VUCA” (Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, and Ambiguity), was first coined during the year that this ...read more

Catalyst (cat·a·lyst):An agent that provokes or speeds significant change or action.    Sparking community transformation takes action and vision. Your Chamber, alongside of our collaborative partners, serves as a game changer for business and a driver for economic growth and advancement.  Over the past eighteen months, I’ve had the pleasure of regularly convening a group called, “The Catalyst.”  ...read more

The following was written by Emily Kiziah, Intern, at the Catawba County Chamber of Commerce. In the six months that I have been with the Chamber, I can easily say that I have developed into a better professional and citizen. Through my time serving as intern, I have been engaged in transformative experiences that have pushed me out of my comfort zone into areas that I would have never navigated ...read more

Last Monday, we hosted the Tapping Into Talent Symposium in partnership with the Catawba County EDC, K-64, Catawba Valley Community College and Lenoir-Rhyne University.  We brought together leaders in business and education to spotlight local resources and best practice efforts by companies in the region regards to talent attraction, retention and development.  Topics included work-based learning ...read more

If you were to set out on a kamikaze rampage to “kill your community” how would you do it?  Doug Griffith, educator and author of, “13 Ways to Kill Your Community”, committed himself and his research to identifying common behaviors or even dysfunctions which overtime contribute to the success or demise of communities across the country.  He uses “reverse psychology” to prove his point that ...read more

Inside the Chamber: “Tapping Into Talent”  Employers continue to be challenged with turning to more unconventional or innovative solutions to meet their needs for qualified talent to fill their open positions.  Weekly, my team, along with our collaborative partners at the Economic Development Corporation, K-64 and Catawba Valley Community College stand in the gap with ideas and local resources to ...read more