Chamber Eggs & Issues May 2016

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WE'RE ALL IN on the 1st Thursday of every month for:

Eggs & Issues Breakfast

Join us, together with the business community:

When: May 5, 2016
Topic: Broadband in our community
Sponsor: Appalachian Power Company
Where: Hilton Garden Inn | 900 Plantation Road
Time: 7:30 - 9:00 a.m.
Admission: $20 Chamber Members | $40 Non-Members

Broadband is no longer an element on the wish list for businesses; it is ESSENTIAL. Companies today expect excellent speed and capacity in their locations. As our community is poised to grow with the expansion of Virginia Tech, increase of young professional staying in our community, young families choosing to raise their families, and vibrant retirees moving here, it is imperative that our community position itself to serve the needs of not only the business community but the residents who are starting businesses and running ...businesses from their homes. Broadband is Essential to Economic Growth.

Find out what our neighbors to the north (Roanoke) have chosen to resolve their broadband issues with the formation of the Roanoke Broadband Authority.

Speakers are:
Frank Smith II, Executive Director with the Roanoke Broadband Authority
Wayne Strickland, Executive Director with the Roanoke Regional Commission
Kevin Byrd, Executive Director with the New River Valley Regional Commission

We are ALL IN for our business community.
*Eggs & Issues  are reserved for the 1st Thursday of every month unless otherwise noted.
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