Megan Lucas, President & CEO of the Lynchburg Regional Business Alliance joins us for this episode of the Chamber Chat Podcast to discuss her experience while merging the Chamber of Commerce and Economic Development organization.
With many Chambers facing difficult choices recently in the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, some are seeing a merger as a very viable option to continue serving their business community. For some this is a merger between two Chambers. For others it may be a merger with the local economic development organization such as in Lynchburg or another organization all together.
Megan mentioned how any merger like this needs to be volunteer driven. These decisions should be managed largely by the board of directors for the organizations. She also made mention of an intercity trip that they took to Commerce Lexington to learn from Bob Quick about their experience with merging organizations.
If you would like to connect with Megan about her experience with merging organizations you can see her contact information below.
At the beginning of this episode, I made mention as my son introduced the episode that I recently helped him to produce his own podcast called “Imagine If?“. It is an alternate history podcast where he shares stories of how history might have played out if something in the story went a little different. If you feel like checking it out, he would love to see the bump in traffic! 🙂
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