Serving as a Champion for YOUR Business and OUR Community

August 26, 2019

The Arvada Chamber of Commerce is committed to serving as a champion for our members and our community. This year, we'll accomplish this goal by advocating legislation, recognizing community leaders, and hosting events to connect you to critical decision-makers. This month, we have several important events to share and ways for you to get involved.

JOIN US SEPTEMBER 20: CITY COUNCIL ELECTION FORUM

The next Community Impact Breakfast, Friday, September 20th, is our City Council Election Forum, where we will hear from the candidates for Arvada City Council and Mayor! This forum will dig into the biggest issues that impact Arvada and how these candidates will work to make Arvada a great place to live, work and play. To register, click here.

See the dates of all our upcoming breakfasts below!

2019

Community Impact Breakfasts

September 20: City Council Election Forum

October 18: The ABCs of Electing Your School Board

November 15: Annual Mayor's Roundtable

"ARE YOU A LIZARD OR A WIZARD?" ARVADA CHAMBER HOSTS COMMUNITY FORUM ON IMPROVING CIVIL DISCOURSE

On August 7, the Arvada Chamber of Commerce hosted the Membership Luncheon “Impacting Civil Discourse: Say What You Mean, but Don’t Say It Mean.” Civility represents the quality of our behavior with others in our community and is a collection of positive behaviors that produce feelings of respect, dignity, and trust. At this luncheon, the Arvada Chamber and community leaders led a discussion on strategies to step up to improve civil discourse locally.

The panel discussion included City of Arvada Mayor Marc Williams, Ashley Verville (Director of Communications and Outreach for Congressman Ed Perlmutter), Dana Coffield (Senior Editor, Colorado Sun), and Ben Irwin (Communications Manager, City of Arvada). The discussion was moderated by Dave Runyon (Co-founder and Director, Arvada Church Network).

“We’re in a unique time in our culture,” Runyon said at the top of the program, referencing today’s increasingly divisive climate. “When things get toxic, one or both parties are triggered and respond with emotion.” He says this reaction is the lesson of “Lizard Brain vs Wizard Brain,” taught in school to his kids. In times of conflict, the reptilian or “lizard” part of the brain – the section housing emotions and the fight or flight response – often takes over, triggering impulsive responses. Wizard Brain thinkers, however, recognize that they have more than one choice in responding, and use critical thinking skills to assess and analyze the best way to communicate.

Click here to read the full recap of this luncheon, including the panel's top four lessons for improving civil discourse in our community.

We Choose Civility

The Arvada Chamber of Commerce is dedicated to developing the catalytic leaders of the future. Improving civil discourse in Arvada will allow leaders to have more effective conversations around the betterment of our community. We recognize that our membership and community as a whole is diverse and we need to ensure that we are working through civility to hear the voices and concerns of those we represent. This will allow us to better communicate not just with ourselves, but with key decision-makers at the local and state level.

With a goal of training 200 local leaders on civility, the Arvada Chamber will commit to improving civility in the community by:

Setting the standard
Modeling the standard
Coaching the standard
Embedding accountability

Learn more at arvadachamber.org/choosecivility.

GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

The Arvada Chamber Government Affairs Committee is focused on ensuring that the business community can continue to thrive by serving as a champion for our local businesses. This active committee is non-partisan and considers issues through the lens of our incredible business community.

How can you get involved?
Anyone interested in getting involved should contact Kami Welch at 303-424-0313 or kami@arvadachamber.org.

Join Us At The Next Government Affairs Meeting!

Please join us on Friday, September 6th for the Government Affairs Committee discussion on Jefferson County Debrucing. Hear presentations from both sides of the issue and its potential impact on our business community.

Click here to register for free!

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