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PLANNING FOR A
BETTER TOMORROW
The Virginia Peninsula Chamber of Commerce is forging strong
partnerships. By Ben Swenson
A
chamber of commerce usually
conjures thoughts of golf outings and Christmas parades,
but when your jurisdiction
includes a major shipyard, two national research
facilities, four large military installations and
14,000 businesses, Chamber leaders have to be
more hands-on than that.
Michael Kuhns is president and CEO of the
Virginia Peninsula Chamber of Commerce
(VPCC), which represents private and public
organizations in Newport News and four adjacent
localities. He believes that a community of this
dynamic demands a proactive and varied approach
to nurturing growth.
"Our focus is to connect business with opportunities," he says. "We do that through the facilitation of
relationships - bringing parties together to improve
the business environment or their bottom line."
VPCC employs several tactics to make those
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results possible. Educational initiatives such as exVirginia
ecutive leadership roundtables and entrepreneur's
Peninsula
Chamber of
academies are a top priority. So are frequent conCommerce
versations with member businesses and civic
and local
leaders to give VPCC a sense of issues that affect
business
leaders.
constituents. This helps the Chamber bridge
divides - city lines or different branches of the
military, for instance - that stand in the way of
free enterprise. "These are all things that fall
under no one else's purview," Kuhns says.
VPCC plans for long-term prosperity,
Virginia Peninsula
too, joining businesses with the workforce
Chamber of
Commerce
through aggressive outreach, as with leadership programs in the public schools.
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"That strategy works: VPCC's memSte. 100
Hampton, VA
bership rate is growing by 5 percent
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annually," Kuhns says. "We program for
info@vpcc.org
today. We invest for the future."
PHOTO COURTESY OF BOB HARPER/VPCC
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Style Spotlight: Beach Wear
Golf: Wyndham Championship
Diversions: Stargazing
Connections: Everybody's Business
Gear Up: Stay Cool
Travel Feature: Vancouver
Great Tastes: Bonefish Grill
Special Section: Orange County, California
University Spotlight: Salisbury University
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