{"id":86,"date":"2009-05-28T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-28T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impactpossible.com\/voice\/index.php\/2009\/05\/28\/why-do-we-care-about-magic-number\/"},"modified":"2017-06-20T16:16:19","modified_gmt":"2017-06-20T16:16:19","slug":"why-do-we-care-about-magic-number","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/impactpossible.com\/voice\/index.php\/2009\/05\/28\/why-do-we-care-about-magic-number\/","title":{"rendered":"Why do we care about the magic number?"},"content":{"rendered":"

So, there’s a reason we’re excited about surpassing the 2,000 member milestone at the Rogers-Lowell Area Chamber of Commerce, but it has nothing to do with being the biggest chamber in Arkansas. \u00a0That’s definitely interesting, but it isn’t what matters.We care because it means that we work on behalf of 2,040 member businesses representing 4,037 individuals doing business in Northwest Arkansas. \u00a0It means that business is good in our community, and growing better by the minute. \u00a0It means the number of potential connections and prospective customers our member businesses may capitalize upon is virtually unlimited. \u00a0It means our capacity to effectively serve and monitor the pulse of the business community is enhanced. \u00a0And, we care because representing more than 2,000 businesses carries remarkable impact as we advocate issues on behalf of\u00a0the Northwest Arkansas Business community at the Arkansas State Capitol, in Washington D.C. and throughout the region.A dynamic,\u00a0growing membership base is also an excellent indicator of the growth and strength of the local business community. \u00a0This may be the most exciting part. \u00a0While we love seeing positive signs of economic recovery at the national level (Associated Press: 90% of economists expect the recession to end this year:\u00a0http:\/\/www.nwanews.com\/adg\/Business\/260607\/<\/a>; Bloomberg: consumer confidence jumps by most in six years:\u00a0http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/apps\/news?pid=20601103&sid=arayDGpmRFZU&refer=us<\/a>) as well as the local level (Arkansas Business: consumer confidence soars:\u00a0http:\/\/www.arkansasbusiness.com\/article.aspx?aid=114952.54928.127081<\/a>), a steady flow of new businesses and new members is an excellent, practical measure of the state of the local economy.So, to our member businesses, thank you! \u00a0More members = more connections and business opportunities for you, and more ways for us to serve you and help you thrive. \u00a0No matter what the numbers say, that’s what we’re here to do every single day. \u00a0Thank you for your support and your continued membership!Here’s a link to some press coverage of the milestone:\u00a0http:\/\/www.nwanews.com\/bcdr\/News\/73794\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So, there’s a reason we’re excited about surpassing the 2,000 member milestone at the Rogers-Lowell Area Chamber of Commerce, but it has nothing to do with being the biggest chamber in Arkansas. \u00a0That’s definitely interesting, but it isn’t what matters.We care because it means that we work on behalf of 2,040 member businesses representing 4,037 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[126,159,160,161,162],"class_list":["post-86","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chambernews","tag-chamber-members","tag-five-star","tag-largest-chamber","tag-largest-in-state","tag-why-chamber-size-matters"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8RhO8-1o","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/impactpossible.com\/voice\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/impactpossible.com\/voice\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/impactpossible.com\/voice\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/impactpossible.com\/voice\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/impactpossible.com\/voice\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/impactpossible.com\/voice\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":207,"href":"http:\/\/impactpossible.com\/voice\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86\/revisions\/207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/impactpossible.com\/voice\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/impactpossible.com\/voice\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/impactpossible.com\/voice\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}