November - American Chamber of Commerce Executives

November - American Chamber of Commerce Executives

November
Investors
Acxiom
Alessi Keyes Construction Co.
Alltel Corporation
Sol Alman Company
American Abstract & Title Company
AmeriPride Linen & Apparel Services
Ameron Protective Coatings Group
Apartment Hunters
Arkansas Business Publishing Group
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Arkansas Federal Credit Union
Arkansas Manufacturing Solutions
Arkansas Terminaling & Trading, Inc.
Arkansas’ Flag and Banner
Arvest Bank
ASCO Hardware Company
Ashley Company
AT&T
Audio International
Bailey Properties, LLC
BancorpSouth
Bank of America
Bank of the Ozarks
Baptist Health
Bell-Corley Construction, LLC
The Benham Companies, Inc.
Bird & Bear Medical
BKD, LLP
BMW of Little Rock & North Point Volvo
CDI Contractors, LLC
Central Arkansas Water
Central Flying Service
Cranford Johnson Robinson Woods
Clary Development Corporation
Colliers Dickson Flake Partners
Combs & Company
James H. Cone, Inc.
Corporate Express
Coulson Oil Company, Inc.
Covenant Medical Benefits
Cromwell Architects Engineers
Cross Gunter Witherspoon & Galchus, P.C.
Deceuninck North America, LLC
Delta Dental of Arkansas
Discount Trophies of Arkansas
Doyne Construction Company
East-Harding, Inc.
eDoc America
EDS - Electronic Data System
Elizabeth Small
Entergy Arkansas
Enterprise Rent-A-Car
Financial Centre Corporation
First Security Bank
Flake-Wilkerson Market Insights
Friday, Eldredge & Clark
Garver Engineers
Glass Erectors
Robert M. Goff & Associates
Harbor Distributing Company
Hatcher Agency, Inc.
The Hathaway Group
Hickingbotham Investments Inc
Hoffman - Henry Insurance Corporation
Hugg & Hall Equipment Company
Hurd-Long Architects & Design Consultants, PA
Clay Murphy LLC dba The Insurance Center
Irwin Partners
Jack, Lyon & Jones PA
Jim Pickens
David J. Jones & Company
The Janet Jones Company
Kinco Constructors, LLC
Kyle & Christen Pitts
Lamar Outdoor Advertising
Lay Commercial Mortgage Co., LLC
Little Rock Port Authority
Little Rock Wastewater Utility
Lomanco
May Construction Company
McClelland Consulting Engineers
McGeorge Contracting Company, Inc.
McKay and Company Residential Realtors
Meadors, Adams & Lee, Inc.
Medtronic
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Metropolitan National Bank
Mr. Klean’s Carpet & Janitorial Service, Inc.
The Multifamily Group
Nabholz Construction Corporation
NetGain Technologies
O. Wayne Long
Paul & Barbara Harvel
PDC Companies
PDC Construction
Pettus Office Products
PLANTation Services
Polk Stanley Rowland Curzon Porter Architects
Pollution Management, Inc.
Quattlebaum, Grooms, Tull & Burrow PLLC
Ramsey, Krug, Farrell & Lensing, Inc.
Rebsamen Insurance
Rector Phillips Morse, Inc.
Regions Bank
J. A. Riggs Tractor Company
River City Painting & Construction Co., Inc.
Sage Partners
Schickel Development Company
Simmons First National Bank
Southwest Power Pool
StaffMark, Inc.
Stagecoach Development Group
Stanford Group Company
Stephens Inc.
Stone Ward
Technisource, Inc.
Telcoe Federal Credit Union
A. Tenenbaum & Company, Inc.
Tipton & Hurst, Inc.
Transamerica Worksite Mktg/Aegon Ins. Group
Tricore Partners, LLC
Twin City Bank
U S Bank
United Parcel Service
VCC
Williams & Dean Associated Architects, Inc.
Windstream Communications
Wittenberg, Delony & Davidson, Inc.
X-PERT Communications Contractors, Inc.
Chamber Activity
Publications
Customer Service
Newcomer Packets Distributed: 759
General Requests: 592
(Maps, Postcards, etc.)
Publications Distributed: 657
Referrals
Chamber Member Businesses/
Organizations: 600
Economic Development: 116
Membership: 110
Little Rock Convention &
Visitors Bureau: 707
Arkansas Parks & Tourism
Department: 246
Other Chambers: 193
littlerockchamber.com
January 1 - October 31, 2006
Total Calls: 10,237
Web Traffic
Visits: 156,291
Average Visits per Day: 428
Page Views: 294,662
Average Page Views per Day: 807
Member Directory
Main Search Page: 37,724
Alphabetical Listing: 25,414
Categorical Listing: 42,398
“Search for” Listing: 9,336
New Member Listing: 7,772
Referred Member
Website Visits: 31,387
Total Searches: 154,031
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April
24th
MLRA Launches www.
metrolittlerockalliance.com,
Includes 1,400 Data Points
on Eleven Central Arkansas
Counties
of the Month
111 Exhibitors
25th
Leads Group 2 – Pinnacle
Open House
Recorded Attendance: 34; Leads: 55
26th
Leadership Greater Little Rock
Alumni Association
Board of Directors
Recorded Attendance: 14
Leads Group 4 – Top of the Rock
Presentation by Mark Hooper
(Embassy Suites Hotel, Little Rock)
Recorded Attendance: 9; Leads: 9;
Business: $1,200.00
Public Safety News Conference
Ambassadors
Foot Solutions Reception
Recorded Attendance: 2
27th
Leadership Greater Little Rock
Session 8 – Military
Presented by Arkansas
National Guard
Hosted by Camp Robinson and
Little Rock Air Force Base
Led by LTC Franklin Powell
(Class XXI)
Recorded Attendance: 65
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Karol Merrill
Ambassadors Ribbon Cutting
Foot Solutions
Recorded Attendance: 17
Chairman’s Task Force
Recorded Attendance: 13
Ambassadors Ribbon Cutting
Body Bronze Tanning Salon
Recorded Attendance: 8
28th
Calypso Cup: 2006 Total
Membership & Resource
Campaign Reward
Rally Lunch
Sponsored by Rasco, Winter &
Associates, LLP
Recorded Attendance: 22
Board of Directors
Recorded Attendance: 29
L i t t l e Ro c k Re g i o n a l C h a m b e r o f C o m m e r c e
A C Dixon & Associates Realty
AARP Arkansas
Arkansas Department of Economic Development
ADEQ Business Assistance
Advanced Cabling Systems
Advantage Service Company
Allegra Print & Imaging
Alltel
Apartment Hunters
Arkansas Small Business
Development Center
Arkansas Business Publishing Group
Arkansas Federal Credit Union
Arkansas Hospitality Association
Arkansas Minority Business Development Roundtable
Arkansas Procurement
Assistance Center
Arkansas Spanish Interpreters
Arkansas State University
Indian Club
Arkansas Surveillance Security, Inc.
Arkansas Young
Professionals Network
Asian American Reporter
AT&T
Avis Rent a Car
Aydelotte’s Fine Dining Club
Bank of the Ozarks
BCI
Breathe Freely
Cardiac Science Corporation
Carousel Fit-4-Life Wellness Center
CaterSnax
Central Arkansas Library System
City of Little Rock
Clean Smile, Inc.
Comcast
Conveyor Technology
Corporate Health America
Coulson Oil Company, Inc.
Cricket Communications
Cubby Hole USA
Dale Carnegie Training
Delta Dental Plan of Arkansas
Deltic Timber Corporation
Development & Construction
Management Inc.
Doctors Physical Therapy Centers
Doyne Construction Company
Dynamix Group
El Latino
England Lending
Enterprise Rent-A-Car
Flake & Kelley Commercial
Fleming Network Services
IKON Office Solutions
Instant Imprints
iProv, LLC
ITT Technical Institute
Jhari’s Menswear
John Brown University
John Hancock Financial
Network
Jones Harley-Davidson
Linked Office Software
Little Rock Regional
Chamber of Commerce
Little Rock Wastewater Utility
Little Rock Zoo
LR Convention & Visitors Bureau
LSC Marketing, Inc.
Magic Springs & Crystal Falls
Magna IV
Mainstream Technologies
Merrill Lynch
Metropolitan National Bank
Muzak
National Bank of Arkansas
National Linen Service
O’Brian Healthcare Inc.
Optus Telemation
Pamco Powder Puffs
Parker Cadillac
PDC Construction
Pepper Creek Farms
PLANTation Services
Pulaski County
Empowerment Zone
Pulaski Technical College
Regions Bank
S & J Scents
Safety Council of the Ozarks
San Francisco Bread Company
Secretary of State’s Office
Small Business Solutions
Source Inc. Wireless Solutions
SourceOne Graphics
Standard Business Systems, Inc.
Sue Smith Vacations
Sunbelt Convention Services
Take Shape for Life
The Bug Man Inc.
The Comfort Zone
The Computer Hut
The Heritage Company
The Vision Group
TruService Community F.C.U.
Twillie Realty, Inc.
Twin City Bank
UALR College of Business
UALR Cyber College
United Arkansas Federal
Credit Union
University of Phoenix
US Small Business
Administration
USA Express Courier
Verizon Wireless
Victory Dry Goods &
Design Company
Wells Fargo Home Mortgage
2006
Coulson Oil’s Matt Lyles,
Leadership Greater Little Rock
Take Calypso Cup; 50-Day
Campaign Raises $449,517
Top Producers
Individual
Matt Lyles (Coulson Oil Catamaran) – Winner
$45,125.00
Phillip Partain
(Metropolitan National Bank We Be Jammin’)
$27,100.00
Elizabeth Small
(LGLR Limbo Leaders) $26,420.00
Ronnie Dedman
(AT&T Margarita Mamas & Daiquiri Daddies)
$22,250.00
Carol Langston
(Pulaski Technical College)
$19,159.00
Lynne Connor
(Chairman’s Task Force Coconuts)
$15,000.00
Trey Payne
(Leads Group 2 – Pinnacle Pina Coladas)
$15,000.00
Alltel Antiguans
$23,300.00
Leila Alston
(Baptist Health Castanets)
$14,165.00
AT&T Margarita Mamas & Daiquiri Daddies
$22,640.00
Phyllis Flint
(Chairman’s Task Force)
$13,800.00
Clyde Anderson
(Twin City Bank Soggy Dollars)
$12,542.50
Crew
Leadership Greater Little Rock Limbo Leaders
– Winners $47,455.00
Coulson Oil Catamaran
$46,275.00
Twin City Bank Soggy Dollars
$32,767.50
Metropolitan National Bank We Be Jammin’
$27,100.00
Leads Group 2 – Pinnacle Pina Colada
$26,930.00
Pulaski Technical College
$23,794.00
Regions Bank Reggae Rainmakers
$14,820.00
Bank of the Ozarks
$13,450.00
$5,000 - $7,499
Thirty Volunteers from 16 Crews
Awarded Trips Based on
Dollars Raised
$12,500 and Above
Baptist Health Castanets
$34,350.00
$7,500 - $9,999
$1,750 Credit to Chamber Member T
ravel Agency of Choice
Ginny Moulton (Ambassadors Magic)
Lisa Estes (Bank of the Ozarks Jammin’
de Ozarks)
Clyde Anderson (Twin City Bank Soggy Dollars)
Chairman’s Task Force Coconuts
$22,323.00
J.T. Meister (Alltel Antiguans)
$13,300.00
Joy Secuban (Alltel)
Dawnetta Fortner (Arvest Bank)
Kimberly Hipps (Leads Group 2 – Pinnacle)
Two-Person, Four-Night Stay at
West Palm Beach Four Seasons
J. T. Meister (Alltel Antiguans)
Leila Alston (Baptist Health)
Phyllis Flint (Chairman’s Task Force)
Matt Lyles (Coulson Oil Company)
Elizabeth Small (Leadership Greater Little Rock)
Trey Payne (Leads Group 2 – Pinnacle)
Phillip Partain (Metropolitan National Bank)
Carol Langston (Pulaski Technical College)
Lynne Connor (Chairman’s Task Force)
$10,000 - $12,499
Two-Person, Four-Night Stay at Key West Hyatt
Resort or Amelia Island Plantation
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$1,000 Credit to Chamber Member
Travel Agency of Choice
David Fox (Baptist Health)
Margot Vogel (Baptist Health)
Cara Wade (Baptist Health)
Kelley Bass (Leadership Greater Little Rock)
Liza Freeman (Leadership Greater Little Rock)
Luke King (Regions Bank)
David Trice (Regions Bank)
Betsy Davies (Twin City Bank)
$2,500 - $4,999
(Four-Person, Two Consecutive Night Stay at
Mountain Harbor Resort Condominium
Ronnie Dedman (AT&T)
Linda Young (Chairman’s Task Force)
Carol Isom (Leadership Greater Little Rock)
Annamary Dougherty (Leadership Greater
Little Rock)
Joyce Taylor (Pulaski Technical College)
Chad May (Regions Bank)
Michelle Mosley (Telcoe Federal Credit Union)
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June
Leads Group 4 – Top of the Rock
Presentation by Donna Ferrell
(EmbroidMe)
Recorded Attendance: 6; Leads: 5
Sponsors
Allegra Print & Imaging
Allied Waste
Arkansas Business Publishing Company
Arlington Resort Hotel & Spa
Citadel Broadcasting Corp.
Clear Mountain Natural Spring Water
Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Arkansas
FASTSIGNS
Golden Eagle of Arkansas
Harbor Distributing Company
KATV – Channel 7
Muzak
Little Rock Convention & Visitors Bureau
Pulaski Technical College
Party Time Rental & Events
Spirits Fine Wines
Sue Smith Vacations
29th
Ambassadors Ribbon Cutting
American Cancer Society
Recorded Attendance: 13
Leadership Greater Little Rock
Graduation Luncheon
Presented by PDC Companies
Featuring Paul H. Harvel, President
& CEO, Arkansas State Chamber of
Commerce/Associated Industries of
Arkansas
Embassy Suites Hotel Little Rock
Recorded Attendance: 470
Presented by Cross, Gunter,
Witherspoon & Galchus, P.C.
River Market Pavilions
Recorded Attendance: 916
Best Taste
Aydelotte’s (Winner)
Paul & Barbara Harvel
Reception/Dinner
Chamber Building
Wally Allen Ballroom,
Statehouse Convention Center
Sonny Williams’ Steak Room, LLC
(Winner)
Peachtree Catering
(1st Runner-up)
Lilly’s Dim Sum, Then Some
(2nd Runner-up)
Pokey D’s BBQ, Chicago Style Foods
(3rd Runner-up)
Best Booth
River Market
(Winner)
RSVP Catering
(1st Runner-up)
Aydelotte’s Fine Dining Club
(2nd Runner-up)
Simply the Best Catering
(3rd Runner-up)
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L i t t l e Ro c k Re g i o n a l C h a m b e r o f C o m m e r c e
Vendors
Aydelotte’s Fine Dining Club
Capriccio Grill Italian Steakhouse
CaterSnax
The Blue Cake Company
Bosco’s
CAREFULLY Catered
Damgoode Pies
El Chico
Eureka Pizza
Flying Fish
Grab-a-Bite
Larry’s Pizza – West
Lilly’s Dim Sum Then Some
Little Caesar’s Pizza
Little Rock River Market
McAlister’s Deli
Moe’s Southwest Grill
Mr. Mason’s Pit Bar-B-Q & Catering Co.
Papa John’s Pizza
Peachtree Catering
Pokey D’s BBQ, Chicago Style Foods
RSVP Catering
Ryan’s Family Steakhouse
San Francisco Bread Company
Serendipities Sugar-Free Bakery & Café
Simply the Best Catering
Skippy Peanut Butter (Unilever Foods)
Sonny Williams’ Steak Room, LLC
Sticky Fingerz Chicken Shack
Tropical Smoothie Café
Victorian Garden Restaurant & Catering
Wild Oats Natural Marketplace
2006
Entrepreneur and PriceWaterHouseCoopers Name Little
Rock’s Bell-Corley Construction 27th Among America’s Hot
100 Companies
Newsweek Ranks Little Rock’s Central High 20th Best Public
High School in Nation; Mills University Studies is 50th; Little
Rock One of Only Five Cities in America with More Than One
School in Top 50
Forbes Says Little Rock 22nd Best Place in America for
Business and Careers
Golf Digest Ranks Little Rock’s Alotian Club Third Best Golf
Retreat in America; Ranks First in Accommodations
‘Little Rock is so Fashion,’ Vogue Magazine Calls Barbara/
Jean Ltd. ‘Barney’s of Little Rock’
Men’s Health Magazine Says Little Rock 29th Least Angry City
in Nation
Taste of the Rock
Committee
Page McDonald
(Colliers Dickson Flake Partners)
Chairman
Michelle Harper
(Citadel Broadcasting Corp.,
Boomtown Media)
Vice Chairman
Jeananne Hawking
Willie Jones
(Little Rock Job Corps/DEL-JEN, Inc.)
Mary Lewis
(Thomas & Thomas Custom Homes, Inc.)
Tracey Maulden
(Crye-Leike Realtors)
(Arlington Resort Hotel & Spa)
Becky Mason
(Clear Title of Arkansas)
Sherri Jones
(Staffmark, Inc.)
Mimi Minton
(The Peabody Little Rock)
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Deun Ogunlana
(Virtuous Woman Publishing
International Inc.)
Kyle Pitts
(Ifrah Financial Services, Inc.)
Kathy Primm
(Sue Smith Vacations)
Denise White
(Wells Fargo Home Mortgage)
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September
1st
8th-11th
Ambassadors
Director of Communications
Todd Mills Attends PhotoShop
World Training Conference in
Las Vegas
Pulaski Technical College
Ottenheimer Library Open House
Recorded Attendance: 13
12th
5th
Minority Business
Development Roundtable
Leads Group 2 – Pinnacle
Presentation by Holly Tankersly
(Window Works, Inc.)
6th
Recorded Attendance: 26; Leads: 74;
Business: $34,012.00
Presentation by Stefany Knight
(SOS Time-Saving Services)
Member Orientation Panel
Leads Group 1 – Rock Stars
Recorded Attendance: 23; Leads: 26;
Business $274,509.00
Leads Group 3 – Top of the Rock
Presentation by Joe Chacko
(Morgan Stanley)
Recorded Attendance: 20; Leads: 28
7th
Ambassador Interviews
Recorded Attendance: 9
Business After Voting
Presented by:
Citizens for Safe Neighborhoods
Sponsored by:
Allied Waste Coca-Cola Bottling
Coca-ColaofBottling
Company
Company
Arkansas,
Clear of
Arkansas Natural Spring Water,
Mountain
Clear Mountain
Natural Spring Water
Eureka
Pizza, FIREWATER,
Eureka
Pizza
Golden Eagle of Arkansas, Harbor
FIREWATER Company, Muzak
Distributing
Recorded
Attendance:
88
Golden Eagle
of Arkansas
Harbor Distributing Company
Muzak
Recorded Attendance: 88
Ambassadors Ribbon Cutting
La-Z-Boy Furniture Galleries
Recorded Attendance: 5
Recorded Attendance: 4
Ambassadors Steering Committee
Recorded Attendance: 9
Ambassadors
Hosted by Kerri Bangert
(Arkansas Coalition Against
Domestic Violence)
Recorded Attendance: 42
16th
Ambassadors Ribbon Cutting
Doggy Duds and Suds Incorporated
Recorded Attendance: 3
19th
Ambassadors Ribbon Cutting
Recorded Attendance: 31
Clear Title of Arkansas
Citizens for Safe Neighborhoods
Watch Party
Ambassadors Ribbon Cutting
Recorded Attendance: 16
So Restaurant – Bar
Recorded Attendance: 11
13th
Biotechnology Task Force
Recorded Attendance: 13
14th
Green Way Bio Energy
Announces 10 Million Gallon
Biodiesel Production Facility for
Little Rock Port; Construction
Expected to Begin in November
Windstream Communications
Welcome Luncheon
Recorded Attendance: 40
Ambassadors Ribbon Cutting
Reliable Mortgage Group, Inc.
Recorded Attendance: 7
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Featured Panelists:
Stephen Compton – Moderator
(New York Life Insurance Company)
Joel Smith (Datamax/Micro)
Sherri Jones (Staffmark, Inc.)
Rhonda Lewis (Errands with Class)
Bob Duncan (Russell Chevrolet-Honda)
L i t t l e Ro c k Re g i o n a l C h a m b e r o f C o m m e r c e
20th - 21st
17th Annual Minority
Enterprise Development
(MED)Week
Presented by The Vision Group
In Partnership with:
Arkansas Blue Cross Blue Shield
Arkansas Capital Corporation
Baptist Health
Enterprise Rent-a-Car
2006
Tim Smith on Doing Business with
the State of Arkansas
20th – 22nd
Director of Business
Development Lucas Hargraves
Attends National Association of
Seed & Venture Funds Annual
Conference in Rochester; Little
Rock to be First Southern City
to Host in 2007
Sue Coates
(Arkansas Procurement
Assistance Center) on
Doing Business with the
Federal Government
Odies Wilson on Doing Business
with the City of Little Rock
20th
Leads Group 1 – Rock Stars
MED Week Business
Networking Reception
Presentation by Chad Hamlin
(Wild Wear, Inc.)
Presented by Twin City Bank
Entertainment by Muzak
Recorded Attendance: 23; Leads: 27;
Business: $1,050.00
Leads Group 3 – Top of the Rock
Presentation by Mike & Kaye Rutter
(Pinnacle Signs & Graphics)
Recorded Attendance: 20; Leads: 29;
Business $3,745.00
MED Week Businesses
Born-n-Bred Luncheon
Presented by Metropolitan National
Bank
Featuring Pete Sims (Sims Mortuary)
Recorded Attendance: 74
MED Week Economic
Development Summit
Presented by Arkansas Minority
Business Development Roundtable
Hosted by Carol Silverstrom
(U.S. Small Business Administration)
Featuring:
Recorded Attendance: 44
21st
Leadership Greater Little Rock
Board of Trustees
Recorded Attendance: 18
Ambassadors Ribbon Cutting
Coldwell Banker Advantage
Realty – Bryant
Recorded Attendance: 9
Minority Enterprise
Development Week
Awards Luncheon
Featuring Henry Golatt (Director,
Economic Research and
Development Center, University of
Arkansas at Pine Bluff)
Recorded Attendance: 163
Audrey Baker on Doing Business with
Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield
Ambassadors Ribbon Cutting
Alan Rodgers (Babbs Bonding) on
Surety Bonding for Contractors
Recorded Attendance: 8
UALR Department of Audiology/
Speech Pathology
Minority Enterprise
Development Week Awards
Minority Business of the Year
RSVP Catering
Most Promising Business
iProv, LLC
Agriculture Business of the Year
K. Hall & Son Produce
Contractor of the Year
McCormick Asphalt Paving and
Excavating, Inc.
Manufacturer of the Year
Mundo-Tech, Inc.
Retailer of the Year
Unique Furniture
Service Provider of the Year
RSVP Catering
Minority Business Development
Agency Regional Director’s Award
Paul H. Harvel
Andrew Pumphrey, Donna Harris,
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October
1st-2nd
Leadership Greater Little Rock
Orientation Retreat
Mountain Harbor Resort
Speaker Sponsored by
Hattie Hill Enterprises
Speaker Sponsored by
St. Vincent Health System, Social
Sponsored by Flake & Kelley
Breakfast Sponsored by Eagle Bank
Breaks Sponsored by
Bird & Bear Medical
Fortune 500 Luncheon
University of Arkansas for
Medical Sciences BioVentures
Reception
Presented by Coulson Oil Company
In Partnership with
Baptist Health
Rivercity Energy Company, Inc.
Featuring John Hofmeister,
President, Shell Oil
Embassy Suites Hotel Little Rock
Presented by Little Rock Regional
Chamber of Commerce and
Fifty For The Future
Honoring Dr. Tim O’Brien
Founding Director,
UAMS BioVentures
Welcoming Dr. Mike Douglas
Incoming Director, UAMS
BioVentures
Recorded Attendance: 362
Recorded Attendance: 45
Recorded Attendance: 72
10th
John Hofmeister
Ambassadors Ribbon Cutting
Prevent Blindness America
Recorded Attendance: 12
Ambassadors Steering Committee
Leads Group 2 – Pinnacle
Ambassadors
Recorded Attendance: 21; Leads: 31;
Business: $450.00
Recorded Attendance: 7
3rd
Minority Business Development
Roundtable
Ambassadors Ribbon Cutting
The Ranch Animal Hospital
Recorded Attendance: 11
Raytheon Breaks Ground
on Expansion, To Complete
Flagship Hawker 4000 in Little
Rock
Hosted by Page McDonald
(Colliers Dickson Flake Partners)
Recorded Attendance: 28
4th
Leads Group 1 – Rock Stars
Presentation by Lynne Clark
(Red Letter Days)
Recorded Attendance: 23; Leads: 27;
Business: $10,543.00
Leads Group 3 – Top of the Rock
Presentation by Maury Mitchell
(Rector Phillips Morse)
Presentation by Shannon Dennis
(Paychex, Inc.)
Member Orientation Panel
Recorded Attendance: 5
Ambassadors
Pulaski Technical College
15th Anniversary Celebration
Recorded Attendance: 2
11th
University of Arkansas for
Medical Sciences Breaks Ground
on Expansion
Recorded Attendance: 21; Leads: 20
5th
Ambassadors Ribbon Cutting
Retirement Advisors of Arkansas
Recorded Attendance: 14
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L i t t l e Ro c k Re g i o n a l C h a m b e r o f C o m m e r c e
Chamber-Initiated
Manufacturer’s Skill Course
Graduates First Class; Training
Held at Pulaski Technical
College Training Center, Funded
by Arkansas Department of
Economic Development
2006
12th
Leadership Greater Little Rock
Recorded Attendance: 19
Ambassadors Ribbon Cutting
The Empress of Little Rock
Recorded Attendance: 8
Business Development Committee
Recorded Attendance: 7
Ambassadors Ribbon Cutting
Image One
Recorded Attendance: 7
16th
Raytheon Receives $500 Million
NetsJets Europe Order for
Hawker 4000 Aircraft; All to be
Completed in Little Rock
Midtowne Little Rock
Announces Grand Opening;
Pottery Barn, Williams-Sonoma
Join Several Specialty Retailers,
Restaurants in City’s First
Upscale, Open-Air Lifestyle
Shopping Center
Public Education Foundation of
Little Rock
Recorded Attendance:25
Featured Panelists:
Elizabeth Small – Moderator
(PDC Companies)
Dorothy Chapmon
(Enlace Arkansas)
Carol Langston
(Pulaski Technical College)
Steven Phillips
(Farmers Insurance Group)
Keith Yoakum
(Patriot Pest Control)
Recorded Attendance: 21
16th – 19th
Joey Dean Represents Little
Rock Regional Chamber at
National Business Aviation
Conference in Orlando
Leads Group 3 – Top of the Rock
Social
Anderson’s Cajun’s Wharf
Recorded Attendance: 6
17th
Chamber Announces UALR
to Review Pulaski County’s
Criminal Justice System,
Conduct Independent Audit of
County’s Finances
18th
Leads Group 1 – Rock Stars
Presentation by David Carl
(Development &
Construction Management)
Recorded Attendance: 29; Leads: 36;
Business: $865.00
Arkansas Committed to Education
Board of Directors
Recorded Attendance: 8
Ambassadors
Business After Hours Committee
Recorded Attendance: 4
Leads Group 3 – Top of the Rock
Presentation by Mike Steely
(Global Floor Safety)
Recorded Attendance: 24; Leads: 39;
Business: $36,000.00
19th
Leadership Greater Little Rock
Session 1 – Ropes Course
Presented by CDI Contractors
4-H Center, Ferndale
Recorded Attendance: 58
Ambassadors Ribbon Cutting
The Wonder Place
Recorded Attendance: 16
Minority & Women Business Council
Recorded Attendance: 6
Ambassadors Ribbon Cutting
The CW/Arkansas
Recorded Attendance: 13
Small Business
Networking Luncheon
Presented & Hosted by
Pulaski Technical College
Featuring Dr. Dan Bakke (President,
Pulaski Technical College) on
Educating Your Workforce
Recorded Attendance: 31
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