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What It Takes To Make Government Work-Part 2: Government Is Not a Workgroup
San Francisco did not need another coordinating body to coordinate the existing coordinating bodies. It needed the people already at the table to make decisions. Seattle and this region have rarely encountered a hard decision that could not be handed to a workgroup....
What It Takes to Make Government Work- Part 1: It Is Safer to Fail Quietly Than to Succeed Publicly
I am writing this somewhere between San Francisco and Seattle, on the flight home after several days spent trying to understand a city that appears to be changing in real time. Like many people, I had been watching that change from a distance. I followed Mayor Daniel...
Business Leaders Welcome Mayor Wilson’s Focus on Fiscal Responsibility and Public Safety in Proposed Budget
The Seattle Metro Chamber, Challenge Seattle, and Washington Roundtable today welcomed key elements of Mayor Wilson's proposed budget, citing its emphasis on public safety and fiscal responsibility, amid challenging economic and budget conditions. The proposal...
Winning Is Easy, Governing Is Harder.
Dear Chamber Members and Partners, Over the next few weeks and months, our mailboxes will fill with campaign flyers, endorsements, and eventually, ballots. Like many of you, I'll...
Opinion: Seattle’s Biggest World Cup Win — Showing the World Who We Are
By Joe Nguyen, CEO of Seattle Metro Chamber, and Jacqueline Miller, CEO of World Affairs Council of Seattle PUGET SOUND BUSINESS JOURNAL This summer, the world got a closer look at...
America at 250
This year, the United States turns 250 years old. For a nation, that is both a long time and no time at all. Long enough to have endured civil war, economic hardship, and...
What the World Cup is Revealing About Seattle
Dear Chamber Members and Partners, On the day of the United States match against Australia, I woke up excited. There was a palpable energy across the city, and judging by the crowds...
Seattle Metro Chamber Receives Two International Awards for Small Business Readiness Playbook
The Seattle Metro Chamber has received two prestigious honors from Business Retention & Expansion International (BREI) for its innovative “Small Business Readiness Playbook: A...
The Problem Isn’t Our Values. It’s Our Outcomes.
There is a growing assumption in Seattle political circles that attacking big business is politically popular. You hear versions of it all the time: big companies are...
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Seattle Metro Chamber
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POLL: Mayor Wilson’s favorability drops to 37%; Voters want greater transparency, accountability and progress on public safety
SEATTLE — A citywide poll commissioned by the Seattle Metro Chamber on behalf of a broad cross-section of Seattle’s employer community shows growing concern among voters about public...
POLL: Seattle Voters Strongly Back Immediate Public Safety Action
75% support public CCTV cameras, 90% support increased police patrols in problem areas, and 86% support a public safety action plan with measurable goals within 100 days. Seattle,...
Eastern Washington Wildfire Relief
For those looking to lend support, we’ve gathered trusted resources and ways to help communities in need: Innovia Foundation – Eastern Washington Wildfire Fund – Supports nonprofit...
Winning Is Easy, Governing Is Harder.
Dear Chamber Members and Partners, Over the next few weeks and months, our mailboxes will fill with campaign flyers, endorsements, and eventually, ballots. Like many of you, I'll...
Opinion: Seattle’s Biggest World Cup Win — Showing the World Who We Are
By Joe Nguyen, CEO of Seattle Metro Chamber, and Jacqueline Miller, CEO of World Affairs Council of Seattle PUGET SOUND BUSINESS JOURNAL This summer, the world got a closer look at...
America at 250
This year, the United States turns 250 years old. For a nation, that is both a long time and no time at all. Long enough to have endured civil war, economic hardship, and...
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Mara Samudrala
Director of Marketing and Communications
Seattle Metro Chamber
(206) 389-7235
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