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Contact: Nine Local Chambers of Commerce Form May 6, 2010. Tucson, Ariz. Thursday, April 20, 2010, nine southern Arizona chambers of commerce ratified bylaws forming a Southern Arizona Chamber of Commerce Alliance (SACCA). These chambers of commerce represent more than 4500 businesses in southern Arizona. The formative purpose of SACCA will be to influence local governments in southern Arizona to consider and enact legislation to ensure that our region is viewed as friendly to business – a good place to start a business and a good place to relocate a business. The Alliance will also emphasize economic development, orderly growth and business retention. As a first step, SACCA has issued a letter to Tucson Mayor Walkup and City Council urging the full staffing and regular meetings of four existing business commissions which have been severely underutilized – these include the Small Business Commission, the Land Use Code Committee, the Citizens Sign Code Committee and the MWBE Commission. SACCA has offered to assist the City Council, as appropriate, to identify suitable candidates for these posts. SACCA has appointed Ms. Lea Marquez Peterson, MBA, President/CEO, Tucson Hispanic Chamber of Commerce as its first chairperson. Mr. Sheldon A. Fishman, MBA, CFP®, President, Tucson GLBT Chamber of Commerce, will serve as vice-chairman. While the initial emphasis on policy making and economic development will be within Pima County, the SACCA bylaws allow and encourage other southern Arizona chambers of commerce to join the alliance as associate or full members. For further information or interview opportunities, contact Kimberly Schmitz, at kschmitz@visittucson.org or 770-2143. ### Contact: Media alert TUCSON GLBT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE March 16, 2010. State Representative Matt Heinz will discuss his efforts to pass a bill intended to enable most Arizonans to purchase health insurance on the same basis as state employees at the GLBT Chamber of Commerce breakfast Thursday, March 18, at 7:30 a.m. at the Hotel Tucson City Center Conference Suite Resort (475 N. Granada). The cost to attend the breakfast meeting is $20 for non-members and $15 for members of the GLBT Chamber of Commerce. Please RSVP by e-mailing info@tucsonglbtchamber.org or calling 520-615-6436. About Matt Heinz Dr. Heinz is a Graduate of University of Arizona Internal Medicine Residency who currently represents Arizona Legislative district 29 in the Arizona House of Representatives. He lives in Tucson's Armory Park neighborhood and is a Practicing Physician at Tucson Medical Center with experience at UMC and Southern Arizona VA Health Care System. Heinz serves as an Executive Committee Member on the Healthy Arizona Initiative and is a Harvard Research Fellowship Award recipient. About the GLBT Chamber The GLBT Chamber of Commerce is an organization of GLBT-owned businesses and their allies dedicated to the furtherance of our businesses in southern Arizona. The chamber is dedicated to economic development in the GLBT community and emphasizes education of its members, an environment that promotes networking among members and guests, and political advocacy that promotes policies that support the business objectives of the GLBT community and allies. ### Kimberly Schmitz FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TUCSON GLBT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Kimberly Schmitz Congressman Grijalva to Address Tucson GLBT Chamber Membership August 12, 2009 — Congressman Raul M. Grijalva (D, District 7) will address members and guests of the Tucson GLBT Chamber of Commerce on Thursday, November 20, 2009 at 7:30 a.m. at the Hotel Tucson City Center Conference Suite Resort (475 N. Granada). Congressman Grijalva has been asked to speak on issues including civil rights for GLBT Americans, health care reform, federal stimulus funding benefiting Tucson, and border and immigration issues. The cost to attend the breakfast meeting is $20 for non-members and $15 for members of the GLBT Chamber of commerce. Please RSVP by e-mailing info@tucsonglbtchamber.org or calling 520-615-6436. Congressman Grijalva is currently in his fourth term as a Member of Congress and serves as a member of the Committee on Education and Labor, The Committee on Natural Resources, and as the first Vice Chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus. About the GLBT Chamber ###
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