ACC NEWS
NEW ACC Event -- MP Dinner
ACC is launching a new event this year -- an MP Dinner. This evening function will mirror our popular MLA Dinner, in that we are inviting Members of Parliament to dine with our guests and field questions after dinner. The date is OCTOBER 13 and it will take place in Edmonton. More details will follow. In the meantime, please mark it on your calendar and watch for updates on our website or Twitter.
Fun, insightful Brenda Robinson at our Fall Board Meeting
ACC will post our registration form soon, but in the meantime, please mark November 17 on your calendar for our Fall Board Meeting and Deputy Ministers' Dinner. We have Brenda Robinson lined up as one of our session speakers during the day.
Sherwood Park Chamber hosting Canadian Chamber's Perrin Beatty at breakfast September 14
The Sherwood Park & District Chamber of Commerce invites neighbouring chambers to attend a breakfast with Perrin Beatty, the Canadian Chamber's President and CEO, September 14. The venue is the Coast Edmonton East Hotel in Sherwood Park. Please pre-register by calling Cara at 780.464.0801.
Watch ACC's CEO on Alberta Primetime
Ken Kobly, ACC's president and CEO, discussed the province's first quarter economic update on Alberta Primetime: www.albertaprimetime.com/Stories.aspx?pd=1405&FlashVars=Video/PTR_082510.flv
Premier Stelmach speaking at Economic Edge Conference
The Canadian Chamber of Commerce is holding its 2010 Economic Edge Conference in Gatineau, Quebec, on September 28, the day after the national chamber winds up its AGM. Many Alberta delegates are staying for the half-day Economic Edge, which has been built around the topic of energy. Premier Ed Stelmach is the keynote speaker at the luncheon, which wraps up the event.
For more information on the 2010 Economic Edge, visit www.chamber.ca/index.php/en/upcoming-events/C159/the-economic-edge-10
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Congratulations to Lacombe
LACOMBE GLOBE -- Lacombe has officially traded in its town status, becoming Alberta's seventeenth city. FULL STORY
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ACC's 2008 to 2010 Policy Book
The 30 new and updated policies approved at our recent Provincial Conference and Policy Session have been rolled into our existing policy book. A copy of ACC's Three-Year Policy Book is available by clicking on the book on the left.
Please note, the 188-page document is formatted for double-sided printing.