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Each year, we recognize individual, corporate, and architectural achievement at our Honors Night celebration. The 2015 event will be held on Tuesday, April 21.“Honors Night celebrates an outstanding individual, exemplary corporate citizens, ...

In 2005, Jared Estes, his wife Paige, and two friends were hit by a drunk driver on Kellogg. Jared sustained burns to more than 50% of his body, and Paige sadly did not survive the crash.Jared shared his story with a sold-out Sunrise Scrambler crowd ...

Last week’s Annual Meeting kicked off with 2014 Board Chairman Wayne Chambers passing the gavel to 2015 Chairman Jon Rosell and ended with Dr. Condoleezza Rice answering questions submitted by the public. A crowd of 3,000 people were in ...

The Wichita Metro Chamber is accepting nominations for the 2015 Small Business Awards now through Friday, Dec. 12. The program, presented by Balco, Inc. and Icon Structures Inc., offers well-deserved recognition to small businesses for their ...

The Chamber will host our tenth annual Exposure, the area’s premiere business networking event, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. this Thursday, Sept. 25 at Century II. This year, there are more than 220 registered exhibitors from every industry in ...

Thirty Wichita-area citizens are participating in the Chamber’s 2014 Leadership Wichita class, which began this week and runs through November 20. Participants in the leadership training program are identified through a nomination process, ...

Jamie HaenggiA recap of the May Sunrise ScramblerChamber member Protection 1 embraces a two-word mission statement: To Grow. The company’s 2,500 employees at 75 branches clearly understand how to accomplish that mission.During today’s ...

Jim Holt of Mid American Credit UnionThe April Sunrise Scrambler event is always devoted to learning lessons from our Small Business Awards finalists. It’s a rare opportunity to hear directly from some of our must successful business ...

A recap from our March Sunrise ScramblerChamber member Bill Gardner shared his branding and design knowledge during the March 19 Sunrise Scrambler that was held at the newly remodeled Holiday Inn East. (Check out the Holiday Inn East Facebook page ...

Aaron BushellA recap of the February 2014 Sunrise Scrambler by Aaron BushellWhat do Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Edison, Steve Jobs, Walt Disney, Oprah Winfrey, J.K. Rowling, Michael Jordan, and the Wright Brothers have in common? They share another bond ...

Presented at Wichita Metro Chamber Sunrise ScramblerNovember 20, 2013Jennifer Szambecki, Brand Manager for the Kansas Turnpike Authority, was on a mission during her presentation at this week’s Sunrise Scrambler -- to help all of us extend ...

The op ed piece in the September 29 edition of The Wichita Eagle, Local action needed in global jobs war, by Wichita Metro Chamber Chair Debbie Gann, couldn’t have been timelier. The front-page story of the same edition, Layoffs leave Wichita ...

Thank you to everyone who had a part in making EXPOsure Wichita 2013 a success. Whether you were one of the 187 who exhibited or the 1,500 who attended, we were glad to see you there. (Click here for the complete list of exhibitors.)Below is the ...