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2016 Annual Report<br />
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From The President<br />
As members of the Greater Memphis Chamber, you know that our team is committed to<br />
moving our city forward. Workforce. Small Business. Public Policy. Exports. Pre-K. Supplier<br />
Diversity. Throughout the year, our staff touched so many areas of our city, and many<br />
are showcased in this report.<br />
Allow me to highlight just a few of those successes here:<br />
• Creating jobs and bringing investment to the Greater Memphis region is our number<br />
one priority. In 2016 alone, we helped create and retain 7,365 jobs and attracted<br />
over $1.9 billion of investment for the region. (p. 4)<br />
• Increasing minority & women-owned business receipts is critical for the success of<br />
Memphis and its citizens. Through the Supplier Diversity Collaborative, we put a plan<br />
in place that has begun to change the landscape in Memphis. (p. 12)<br />
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<a title="Annual Report page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/757649e2?page=8"> Jobs BY THE NUMB CREATING JOBS As an economic </a>
<a title="Annual Report page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/757649e2?page=9"> ERS 7,365 CREATED & RETAINED JOBS 6,699 $60,926</a>
<a title="Annual Report page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/757649e2?page=10"> Jobs COMPANIES ServiceMaster Global Holdings, </a>
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<a title="Annual Report page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/757649e2?page=12"> Jobs “The ISO program was important to Clarion</a>
<a title="Annual Report page 13" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/757649e2?page=13"> The ISO PROGRAM was IMPORTANT to </a>
<a title="Annual Report page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/757649e2?page=14"> Jobs SUPPLIER DIV COLLABORATI The Supplier Div</a>
<a title="Annual Report page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/757649e2?page=15"> RSITY IVE • OTHER SUPPLIER DIVERSITY COLLABORA</a>
<a title="Annual Report page 16" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/757649e2?page=16"> CC Letter from Shea Since its launch four years</a>
<a title="Annual Report page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/757649e2?page=17"> Committees ACCOUNTABILITY Formed to hold publi</a>
<a title="Annual Report page 18" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/757649e2?page=18"> CC Moon Missions CREATE 1,000 ENTREPRENEURS & 5</a>
<a title="Annual Report page 19" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/757649e2?page=19"> MEMPHIS CLEAN BY 2019 Co-Chair: Spence Wilson, Jr</a>
<a title="Annual Report page 20" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/757649e2?page=20"> CC Additional Highlights ASCEND MEMPHIS BUSINES</a>
<a title="Annual Report page 21" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/757649e2?page=21"> CRIME COMMITTEE The Chairman’s Circle established</a>
<a title="Annual Report page 22" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/757649e2?page=22"> CC Chairman’s Circle Members HONORARY CHAIR Gar</a>
<a title="Annual Report page 23" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/757649e2?page=23"> EVS Gayle Rose Financial Federal William Tayloe F</a>
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<a title="Annual Report page 26" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/757649e2?page=26"> MEMBERS BY THE NUMB WORKING FOR OUR MEMBERS As</a>
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<a title="Annual Report page 28" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/757649e2?page=28"> MEMBERS SMALL BUSIN COUNCIL Roughly 80 percent</a>
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<a title="Annual Report page 30" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/757649e2?page=30"> ransformi ommunity “Creating a quality workforce </a>
<a title="Annual Report page 31" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/757649e2?page=31"> QUALITY WORKFORCE g</a>
<a title="Annual Report page 32" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/757649e2?page=32"> C OMMUNITY BY THE NUMB TRANSFORMING COMMUNITY </a>
<a title="Annual Report page 33" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/757649e2?page=33"> ERS 150 </a>
<a title="Annual Report page 34" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/757649e2?page=34"> C OMMUNITY WORKFORCE The Greater Memphis Chamb</a>
<a title="Annual Report page 35" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/757649e2?page=35"> MEMPHISCHAMBER.COM 33</a>
<a title="Annual Report page 36" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/757649e2?page=36"> C OMMUNITY COUNCILS • REGIONAL LOGISTICS COUNC</a>
<a title="Annual Report page 37" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/757649e2?page=37"> • INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS COUNCIL Chair: David </a>
<a title="Annual Report page 38" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/757649e2?page=38"> dvocating usiness “It put Memphis on the map. Eve</a>
<a title="Annual Report page 39" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/757649e2?page=39"> for EVERYBODY WAS JUST IN AWE BEALE</a>
<a title="Annual Report page 40" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/757649e2?page=40"> ADVOCATE BY THE NUMB ADVOCATING FOR BUSINESS T</a>
<a title="Annual Report page 41" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/757649e2?page=41"> ERS Prevented up to $78 million of additiona</a>
<a title="Annual Report page 42" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/757649e2?page=42"> ADVOCATE 2016 STATE LEGISLATIVE The Greater Me</a>
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<a title="Annual Report page 48" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/757649e2?page=48"> ADVOCATE INFRASTRUCT Throughout the year, the </a>
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