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Chamber to kick off Great Cities program at noon
If you’re planning to go, you might need to leave the office soon for the first Great Cities program by the Greater Waco Chamber of Commerce. And don’t forget your $30 ticket.
Allen Joines, mayor of Winston-Salem, N.C., will be the guest speaker at noon in the chamber’s Cooper Room at 101 S. Third St.
The program is designed to bring key leaders from some of America’s mid-sized cities for a day of networking, presentations and in-depth conversations.
“We will focus on bringing representatives from cities that are addressing similar opportunities and challenges as Waco. The goal is to learn about the challenges of those communities, the signature projects they undertook and ask the ultimate question ‘How did you do that?,’” said Scott J. Connell, senior vice president of strategic development for the Greater Waco Chamber of Commerce. “We are pleased to have Mayor Joines be our first speaker in conjunction with the Baylor-Wake Forest football game that same day.”
Wake Forest University is one of four colleges in Winston-Salem. It is the fourth largest city in the state with a population of 222,000.
Joines spent 30 years working for the city of Winston-Salem, retiring as deputy city manager. He was elected mayor of Winston-Salem in November 2001 and was re-elected in 2005.
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By Fred
August 28, 2008 10:50 PM | Link to this
Are you kidding me? Waco is one of the worst cities in the Nation. Voted fifth worst in the USA and now the the stats have been released proving “rampant poverty” in Waco. High crime and sorry public schools have infested Waco. The Greater Waco Chamber of Commerce is full of B.S. and lies. I wouldn’t pay thirty-cents to listen to Vaughn’s Greater Waco CRAP!
By La Femme Gordita
August 29, 2008 1:19 PM | Link to this
surely this is satire