In Action: Chambers Change Things - October 2026
Education and Talent / October 2, 2026
- The Rochester Area Chamber of Commerce launched Momentum30, a five-year, $1.34 million strategic investment campaign designed to build on the region’s momentum through targeted investments in talent attraction and retention, business growth and advocacy.
- The Indy Chamber today announced a new regional workforce initiative supported by a $250,000 grant from Walmart to strengthen how Greater Indianapolis connects workers with skills, quality jobs and opportunities for career advancement.
- An Education Strategy Group brief recently featured the Greater Phoenix Chamber’s ElevateEdAZ initiative and its approaches to connecting education and industry. The piece offers practical takeaways for chambers looking to address talent needs and strengthen career pathways in their communities.
- The Chamber of Commerce of West Alabama and West Alabama Works reopened the West Alabama Workforce and Community Development Center after months renovating. The Center operates as a shared hub for workforce development across the region, linking businesses, job seekers and community organizations with training and resources.
- The Chamber of Commerce Hawaiʻi Young Professionals and Housing Hawaiʻi’s Future coordinated a housing bus tour for 60 young professionals. The goal was to learn how housing is actually built, meet the people behind the developments and start thinking about they we want the future of housing to look like in the state.
- The Indiana Chamber will host its 2026 Indiana Workforce Summit this month. The summit will focus on Indiana’s workforce development challenges, including education and training, the impact of artificial intelligence on jobs and workforce systems, work-based learning, labor market information and workforce policies.
- Candidates for the Palo Alto City Council talked policy and debated housing development, retail preservation and public safety during a forum organized by the Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce.
- The Covington Business Council (CBC), Life Learning Center (LLC) and City of Covington have partnered to launch the “Covington Clean and Safe Initiative,” a new community pilot program created to enhance the cleanliness and safety of Covington’s downtown streetscapes, public spaces and entertainment districts while strengthening workforce development.
- Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce CEO Joe Nguyen inaugural annual meeting address to bridge the gap between regional business priorities and broad civic goals. Delivered, urging regional leaders to understand that progressive social goals cannot exist without a thriving employer base.
- Maui business owners will have a new opportunity this fall to step back from the day-to-day demands of running a business and focus on what comes next through The Business Expansion Blueprint, a six-week interactive business-growth experience offered by the Maui Chamber of Commerce in partnership with BizFlixTalk.
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