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Keep up with what the Longmont Area Chamber of Commerce is doing for and with our community. We make regular posts on this blog, and you can follow us on social media for more frequent news.

Contact Leah Winkler, Event and Communication Director, with news tips or inquiries: lwinkler@longmontchamber.org

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Minimum Wage Update: December 2024

The Chamber continues to monitor and work closely on the minimum wage question. You may have seen recently that the Boulder City Council voted to increase the minimum wage for Boulder beginning 1/1/25. While we’ve now seen an increase in City of Boulder and Boulder...

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Representative McCormick on Colorado Proposition 129: Veterinary Professional Associate Initiative

For 40 years as a veterinarian, compassionate animal care has been my calling. As a State Representative, we have explored the idea of a Veterinary Professional Associate (VPA), in Prop. 129, for three years. After hundreds of hours researching, listening to experts, veterinary economists, the FDA, the USDA, universities, accreditation teams, veterinary liability providers, professional organizations of veterinarians and veterinary technicians, shelters, practice owners, rural folks and animal lovers everywhere…we heard serious safety concerns and barriers, concluding a VPA would be unable to truly help the animals we love.

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First Impressions

We’ve all been surprised positively or negatively by a first impression. First impressions matter. There is only one chance for the first communication that we give about ourselves, our companies or our community.  A Chamber of Commerce is often the first impression...

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