Advocate: Vice Chair Jim Holmes, Sandler Training

Purpose:

To advocate for its broad and diverse member businesses, creating a climate of growth and success that benefits all.

Programs:

Economic Development – This committee partners with the City, Forward Sumner and Partnership 2010 to attract and encourage new investment in Hendersonville. This committee meets once a month. Committee Chair: Mike Gaughan, Re/Max Choice Properties.

Government Relations – This committee is designed to keep up relations between our City and State officials in order to create a city that is as beneficial to work in, as it is to live in. This committee meets once a month at the Chamber office. Click here to see our current Governmental Policies.

Manufacturer's Roundtable - This committee creates a venue for our manufacturing sector to exchange ideas, best practices,identify resources and create a vital communication link among these businesses. A collaborative effort with the City of Hendersonville ECD, the group is in its formative stages with a look to the future in usingcurrent resources to our best advantage. The committee meets quarterly and rotates the meetings among various facilities in the area. Committee Chair: Tim Altizer, Aladdin Temp-Rite.