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Confidence Returning for Air Travelers

May 12, 2021
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COVID · KC Chamber

A survey of area businesses shows that people are beginning to fly again. Carl Wolf, Chair of the KC Chamber’s Aviation Committee and Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Garmin’s Aviation Group, said, “We have a solid sample size (739 respondents) which indicates to me that many people are considering travel again, and up from our similar survey of last year. Both personal and business travel is increasing, with personal travel (57 percent) leading business travel (43 percent).” Read Article
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CommCARE Announces Racial Equity and Mental Health Panel Series

May 11, 2021
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Member News

Kansas City, MO: CommCARE is partnering with REACH Healthcare Foundation and the Metro Council of Community Behavioral Health Centers to host a 4-month racial equity and mental health panel series on Zoom. The first panel session is on Thursday, May 20 from 9:30-11:00 a.m. CT, and additional sessions will be held on Thursday, June 17, Thursday, July 15 and Thursday, August 19 from 9:30-11:00 a.m. CT. The topics for each session include: Read Article
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Your Chamber at Work - May 10, 2021

May 10, 2021
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Newsletters

FROM THE KC CHAMBER'S PRESIDENT AND CEO Vaccine hesitancy is a problem in the push to vanquish the COVID-19 pandemic, so what can business do to help overcome it? Business does have a role in public health. There are a number of ways to help: sharing information with our employees, offering paid time off for the time necessary to get vaccinated and for dealing with any of the minor side-effects; getting creative with incentives; directing employees to locations where they can get their shot. Read Article