Chamber Insider Business Blog
Welcome to the view from inside the West Coast Chamber. Keeping you on the leading edge of business innovations, trends, and best practices. Keeping you in the know about what's happening in the West Michigan business community.
The Chamber’s essential roles to support, educate and advocate for businesses are tireless, and Chambers are showing their value now more than ever.
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The West Coast Cash Corporate Buying Program is a way for larger organizations to make a positive impact for small businesses and to support our community.
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Chamber member Jeff Robinson, owner and head coach of Hybrid Machining utilizes advanced technology to solve the most pressing PPE needs of healthcare.
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While the pandemic forced us to pivot our strategy and shift our brand narratives, it’s also gave us opportunities to connect with our audiences in a more significant way.
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Over 150 people were on site at The Chamber’s 3rd annual Community Connections event on March 11. They were there to learn and share about volunteer opportunities at local nonprofits. Community Connections stems from the Chamber’s commitment to developing community stewards in our area.Post content here. Partnered with Holland/Zeeland Young Professionals and the Lakeshore Nonprofit Alliance,…
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Chamber Member Businesses Share Workers Compensation Group Dividend of $139,000 from Accident Fund Insurance Company of America Click Here to learn more about Member Discount Programs In January, our Membership Team had a great time delivering checks to members involved with the Accident Fund program. They spent the day visiting with participating insurance agents about…
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New research from New American Economy finds that immigrants contribute $2.1 billion in state and local taxes and hold $18.4 billion in spending power. On February 27, 2020 a coalition of business and industry leaders came together at the Lansing Regional Chamber of Commerce to launch the Michigan Compact on Immigration, a set of key principles…
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There are many ways to champion a community, ranging from creating and supporting economic opportunities for businesses, to raising awareness and discussion of key community issues, to developing the next generation of leaders within the community. As the connective tissue that unites businesses, nonprofits and the public sector, the West Coast Chamber is uniquely positioned…
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At some point in all of our professional lives, we will be called upon to stand up in front of a group of people to deliver a presentation. We’ve all sat through enough uninspiring presentations to know what not to do, but how can we ensure that OUR presentations don’t fall into that category? With…
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Recently I came upon this quote, “The new year stands before us like a blank chapter in a book, just waiting to be written. We can help write that story by writing goals.” This stuck in my head because it requires the collaboration of right and left brain in equal parts. The creativity of the…
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