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In later years, Decker was the founding president of The Lynnwood Foundation, served on the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce and was president of the Doncaster division of Tanner Companies. [3] She was the Charlotte "Woman of the Year" in 1998. Decker is also a lay pastor in the Presbyterian Church. She and her husband, Bob, have four children.
Three students persisted despite hostility and hostile demonstrations but leaders of the business community were very distressed about the negative picture portrayed about the city of Charlotte. [3] In 1962, Alexander, representing his family business, became the first African-American member of the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce.
The NC Chamber, along with the North Carolina Commerce Coalition, was a major supporter of the NC Commerce Protection Act of 2013 (Senate Bill 648 [22]). [23] This legislation, commonly referred to as an ag-gag bill, seeks to criminalize undercover investigations by journalists and advocates seeking to document and expose illegal activity on ...
Becker was voted Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst & Young in North Carolina in 1996, [10] and by the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce in 1998. [11] Additionally, he has served as president of the N.C. Chapter of the German-American Chamber of Commerce for seven years, from 2004 to 2011.
He is currently a member of the Charlotte Executive Leadership Council, Charlotte Chamber of Commerce board of directors, the Charlotte Sports Foundation board of directors, and his alma mater Campbell University's board of trustees. Whitfield and his wife Mary reside in Charlotte, North Carolina.
The Marlborough Regional Chamber of Commerce in Marlborough, Massachusetts. City chambers of commerce have a long history in the US. The Charleston Chamber of Commerce is one of the oldest, dating back to colonial 1773. [24] That same year, Boston's Chamber of Commerce organized a seminal tax protest: The Boston Tea Party. [25]
129 West Trade is a 250 feet (76 m) high-rise in Charlotte, North Carolina. [1] It was built in 1958 and has 15 floors. The building is clad with 3,822 - 2,000 pound (890 kg) precast concrete facade panels which measure 5.5 by 6 feet (1.6 by 1.8 m).
A 1927 Chamber of Commerce report said the Johnston Building had 125,000 square feet (11,600 m 2) of "first class" office space. Only the First National Bank Building, which superseded the Johnston Building as Charlotte's tallest in 1926, had more space with 160,000 square feet (15,000 m 2). In 1929 two more floors were added.