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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]
The California Chamber of Commerce (CalChamber) is a broad-based business advocacy group in California, United States, originating as the California State Board of Trade in 1890. Its membership includes large and small firms from every industry, representing one-quarter of the private sector jobs in California.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce was founded at a meeting of delegates on April 22, 1912. [13] An important catalyst for the creation of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce were two prior business engagements between the U.S. and Japan. In 1908, Eiichi Shibusawa invited the first official, modern day U.S. business delegation to visit Japan.
The Clearwater Historical Society is an organization that researches and preserves the past of the city of Clearwater, Florida. The society was started in 1978 by friends and neighbors that wanted to save the history. In 1983, the society moved to the historic Plumb House, 1380 South Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, Clearwater. In 2014, the ...
The club's charter and by-laws were officially registered on 14 February 1911. [4]Snipe fleet number 46, based at the club, was very strong in the 1930s and first hosted the Midwinter Snipe Championship Regatta in 1935, [5] and has been raced ever since with the exception of the war years.
In 1995, the Taylor Estate sold the building to Accents Craft. Until 1999, the building was used as a social hall, featuring events geared for the youth of Clearwater. In 1999, the Clearwater City Commission attempted to purchase the theater but this effort failed. Accents Craft owner Larry Joe Cotton sold the building to Socrates Charos. [11]
The Clearwater and the Clearwater Festival have worked to draw attention to the problem of pollution of the Hudson River.Pollution in the river has included mercury contamination and sewage dumping, [8] [9] but the most discussed issue has been General Electric's contamination of the river with Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) between 1947 and 1977. [10]
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC; French: Chambre de commerce internationale) is the largest, most representative business organization in the world. [2] ICC represents over 45 million businesses in over 170 countries who have interests spanning every sector of private enterprise. ICC's current chair is Philippe Varin. [3]