FT. MITCHELL, Ky. -- The Northern Kentucky Chamber, in conjunction with chambers of commerce across the country, is taking part in the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s “American Free Enterprise: Dream Big” campaign.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce launched the initiative to stress the importance of the free enterprise system as the foundation of how entrepreneurial dreams are started.
“Every day Chamber members talk about the issues that impact business, issues like health care, energy, workers compensation and taxes,” Gary Beatrice, chairman of the Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce and president of Business Benefits/Hammerlein Garner, said in a news release. “Our members not only have strong opinions about these issues, but they want the nation to understand that business must play a vital strategic role in our economic recovery. They recognize our nation was built on the principals of free enterprise and that these principals will lead our nation to economic recovery.”
Through a national advertising campaign, grassroots advocacy, and a broad program of community outreach and public education, the campaign intends to create 20 million jobs in the next decade. This figure is the number of jobs lost in the current recession and meets the needs of America’s growing workforce. Locally, that means creating 180,630 jobs in Kentucky and 452,088 in Ohio in the next ten years.
The Northern Kentucky Chamber will lead the regional dialogue about the essential role that free enterprise plays in strengthening our economy and the ways Northern Kentuckians have benefited from America’s free enterprise system. These stories will be used to enhance the Chamber’s advocacy and media efforts at the local and national level.
“The small, medium and large businesses of Northern Kentucky and Cincinnati know better than anyone the importance of having the freedom to run their own business and are best equipped to educate legislators and the public about how government should assume a limited role and allow them to create jobs and grow the economy,” said Steve Stevens, president of the Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce.
Visit
www.nkychamber.com for information on how Northern Kentucky Chamber members can join the “American Free Enterprise: Dream Big” campaign.
