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• Members’ Events Koppers Building Suite 2220 436 Seventh Avenue , PA • Virtual Annual (412) 392-0610 FAX: (412) 392-0612 Meeting Email: [email protected] Website: www.aaccwp.com June 19th Twitter: https://twitter.com/aaccwp Facebook: www.facebook.com/aaccwp • Golf Clinic July 17th DORIS CARSON WILLIAMS, CCE PRESIDENT AND CEO • In the News June 2020 to Committee Chair • Updates & resources This monthly newsletter is prepared solely for Stephanie Turman! We will available to small members, supporters & sponsors of the African again have our C-suite Businesses American Chamber of Commerce of Western PA players who you will be • Mail-In Ballots paired with to strengthen our extension theme ’Golf = Relationships”. Governor Tom Wolf has Consumer Empowerment Take a look at last year’s • Welcome New announced that Allegheny (B2C) Program video at the Chamber Members County will be in the As we gradually reopen website: aaccwp.com, put “Green Phase” of our businesses & get back to the cursor over ’Events’, pandemic restrictions new routines, your Chamber then click on the video: you beginning June 5th. We continues to work on may see yourself! It promises urge you to continue to rescheduling this & other to be a great day, & we hope take precautions to remain important programs & events to see you there. To date, safe: together we will get planned for 2020. we wish to thank this year’s through this as we move Golf Clinic Sponsors through these uncertain We appreciate your PNC – Lead Sponsor times. patience. Continue to Highmark– ACE Sponsor check your emails for Event Sponsors; The Chamber office is updates! Allegheny Community Home planning to stagger Care employees returning to We’re Going Virtual MISSION STATEMENT Jacobs the office; however, we June 19th Merrill Lynch will continue to keep you Annual Meeting Koryak informed on regulatory Your Chamber will hold the We are accepting donations The mission of the updates, procurement Annual Meeting for Chamber for the registration bag for African American opportunities & resources members virtually this year, each player: interested? Chamber of Commerce available. Thank you to and we are looking forward Send us an email to of Western those who have reached to seeing all of our members. [email protected] . out to express your To sign up, go to: How Congress can is to continuously support & the value the [email protected]. Chamber offers your support small businesses improve business firms. Your Chamber Survey opportunities for We appreciate everyone Small businesses employ African American As we receive who took the time to 47% of private sector businesses and information on business complete the Chamber workers in the U.S., meaning professionals and membership related Survey. You will be pleased nearly 60 million individuals throughout the region. issues, we will continue to with the results which will be depend on them to support Guided by the core keep you informed on re- presented at our Annual themselves and their values of equity in openings and schedule/ Meeting. families. Learn more at: opportunity, economic event changes. thehill.com/opinion/ ANNUAL GOLF CLINIC finance/488565/7ways advancement, self- Alzheimer’s Workshop July 17th sufficiency and Series Bob O’Connor Golf Course OneStopPGH entrepreneurial Member Melita Terry & Schenley Park Delayed excellence, we will seek your Chamber are work- Golf = Relationships OneStopPGH applications to advance economic ing on our next workshop. Honorary Chairman have been delayed until parity by ensuring full We hope to have it occur Actor Glynn Turman further notice. Phase 4 will participation. before Fall. Our uncertain Plan join us as we once allow citizens, utility times makes confirming a again welcome Golf Pro companies, and contractors date tentative: we look Anthony Stepney. Our to submit and pay for Right forward to you joining us. Honorary Chairman adds a of Way Permits and Fire

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