Political & Government Affairs
Northwest Arkansas Region Needs Collaboration Among Government Leaders
Guest blog post by Rogers-Lowell Area Chamber of Commerce President/CEO Raymond Burns Three-of-the-six Fortune 500 companies headquartered in Arkansas are located within 16 miles of each other along Interstate-49. Northwest Arkansas also supports one of the highest...
Chamber Voice Podcast Ep. 25 Johnny Key
In this episode of the Chamber Voice of Business Podcast, SVP of Government Affairs Jon Moran and Arkansas 529's Emma Willis sat down with Johnny Key, Commissioner for the Arkansas Department of Education. Johnny talks about his influences growing up, and about the...
Chamber Voice of Business Video: The Mission of the Chamber’s Government Affairs Division
The Rogers-Lowell Area Chamber of Commerce recently hosted a Government Affairs Committee Meeting. The featured speaker was Representative Dan Douglas. The video below captures footage from the event and provides some insight into the mission of the Chamber's...
RLACC 2019 Business Plan: Government Affairs Division
As seen in the March edition of the Chamber Voice, the 2019 Business Plan was created to introduce you to the Strategic Plan’s Critical Success Factors and supporting Program of Work. Our mission is “to be the voice of business, to promote and initiate responsible...
RLACC 2018 Annual Report: Government Affairs Division
As seen in the February edition of the Chamber Voice, the 2018 Annual Report offers a summary of each Rogers-Lowell Area Chamber of Commerce division’s accomplishments in 2018. An extended version of each division will be profiled on the Voice of Business Blog. The...
Vote “For” the 2018 Rogers Bond Issue
August is an important month for the future of the City of Rogers. Our citizens will decide the way forward for development and improvement projects (identified in the 2018 Rogers Bond Issue) in a special election August 14. Citizens will vote on extending an...
Chamber Voice of Business Podcast Now Live
The Voice of Business Podcast is now live! Regularly scheduled programming for the podcasts will cover topics of regional and statewide interest, current events, legislative events, interviews with community leaders, local and state elected officials, newsmakers,...
Politics and Brain Surgery – The Year of the Challenger
By Jon Moran, Rogers-Lowell Area Chamber of Commerce VP of Government Affairs Once, on an episode of The Beverly Hillbillies, Jed Clampett lamented that he needed to have a long talk with his nephew, Jethro Bodine, about his interest in politics. Jethro quickly...