Growing Business

Why It’s Important to Buy Local First

When you shop local, you do far more than get the items that you want quickly and conveniently. Buying local actually stimulates the economy in our community, helps benefit local schools and charities — and it even helps the environment.Take a look at some of the many...

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A Guide to Ending Conversations Strategically

A Guide to Ending Conversations Strategically Every so often, we might encounter people who continuously talk without allowing the other person any input. If you encounter this during a busy workday where you're struggling to meet your work quota, dealing with...

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NATO Forum: Business, Goverment Discuss Making World Safer

For the first time in the 75-year history of NATO, an alliance-endorsed working conference of business executives, defense officials, and NATO leaders gathered to seek solutions to a safer world.At the NATO Summit Defense Industry Forum, hosted by the U.S....

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See the Policymakers and Leaders Who Meet with the Chamber

Policymakers, business leaders, and top officials meet with the Chamber every year to discuss issues and champion pro-business priorities.As the world's largest business organization, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce connects a diverse membership, from small businesses...

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Chamber Poll: Voters Say Taxes Are Too High

In December 2017, Congress passed the landmark Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), the most comprehensive tax reform legislation since 1986. The TCJA significantly reduced and simplified the federal income tax burden for American families and workers and modernized the...

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Turn Conference Insights into Actionable Strategies

Capture and Organize Key TakeawaysAt good conferences, there’s rarely a shortage of ideas. In fact, you likely come away from attending one with a million ideas in your head.But then life happens. Someone has a crisis or there’s a fire to put out, and suddenly you’re...

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Water Day this Weekend in Caddo Common Park!

x Buckle up your water wings and get ready for a splashing good time at Caddo Common Park on Saturday, August 24 from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM! The Shreveport Regional Arts Council is thrilled to announce our first-ever Water Day in Caddo Common Park, a fun-filled afternoon...

Why We Must Grow the Economy by at Least 3% – and How to Do It

Today, many Americans feel the burden of rising prices, homeownership seems increasingly out of reach, and they see growing government debt and deficits. They don't view the economy as working for them.America needs to make economic growth a national...

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