It’s time to plan your business agenda for the new year, and a major networking event Jan. 7 is a good place to start.
The South Sound Chambers of Commerce Legislative Coalition Breakfast has a slew of hot-button discussion topics, and State Attorney General Rob McKenna as the keynote speaker.
The breakfast runs 7:30-9 a.m. in the fourth-floor Emerald Room at the Emerald Downs Race Track in Auburn, 2300 Emerald Downs Dr. Auburn.
Registration starts 7 a.m., followed by breakfast at 7:30 a.m., and the conference opening up at 8 a.m.
The morning’s agenda includes a discussion of the upcoming legislative agenda, followed by regional panel-discussion topics, including transportation, flood control, workforce competitiveness and government priorities.
McKenna is scheduled to speak from 8:40-8:55 a.m.
Admission is $25 per person, $200 for a table of eight, or $300 for a table of 12.
Sponsors of the event include Puget Sound Energy, Seattle King County Realtors, Comcast, Multi-Service Center, Waste Management and Port of Tacoma.
According to the South Sound Chambers of Commerce Legislative Coalition Web site, the organization “is comprised 10 Chambers from the following communities: Auburn Area, Bonney Lake, Covington, Enumclaw, Federal Way, Fife-Regional, Kent, Puyallup-Sumner, Renton and Southwest King County Chambers of Commerce. We represent approximately 3,262 businesses that employ more than 185,977 workers in the South King County and North Pierce County region. Collectively we represent businesses in the following 18 cities: Algona, Auburn, Bonney Lake, Burien, Covington, Des Moines, Edgewood, Enumclaw, Federal Way, Fife, Kent, Milton, Pacific, Puyallup, Renton, Tukwila, Seatac and Sumner.
To learn more, or to register visit the Southsound Chambers of Commerce Legislative Coalition Web site at www.southsoundcoalition.com
