BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P1H REFRESH-INTERVAL:P1H CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU DTSTART:20070101T000000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU DTSTART:20070101T000000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210624T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210624T130000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Inaugural Charlotte Area Chamber Lunch Meeting DESCRIPTION:Registration Deadline: 6:00pm on Monday\, June 21\, 2021Join members and guests for the Inaugural Charlotte Area Chamber Lunch Meeting. Come see some familiar faces and meet new connections while enjoying a fabulous lunch at the brand new Hyatt Centric SouthPark. We will hear from Peter Zeiler\, Director of the Office of Economic Development for Mecklenburg County\, NC. He leads a team tasked with creating and implementing the comprehensive policies and programs called for in the County's first ever strategic framework for economic development\, including: business attraction and retention\, small business and entrepreneur support\, work force development\, tourism development and building strong connected communities. Agenda:11:30AM - 12:00PM - Networking and Visiting Sponsor Tables\n12:00PM - 1:00PM - Curated Program for Business ProfessionalsSpeaker:Peter Q. Zeiler - DIRECTOR\, OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTAs a Certified Economic Developer with 18 years of experience\, Peter Zeiler serves as the Director of the Office of Economic Development for Mecklenburg County\, NC. He leads a team tasked with creating and implementing the comprehensive policies and programs called for in the County's first ever strategic framework for economic development\, including: business attraction and retention\, small business and entrepreneur support\, work force development\, tourism development and building strong connected communities.Past experience includes: leading a team of project managers in Austin\, TX in facilitating the development of more than 800 acres of City owned land in public private partnerships\; managing transit-oriented development\, public private partnerships and business attraction in Charlotte\, NC\, and the development of public assets and business attraction in Detroit\, MI.\n\nIn addition to serving on several organizational boards\, Peter has also taught undergraduate classes as adjunct faculty and frequently lectured for graduate coursework in urban studies and economic development. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Registration Deadline: 6:00pm on Monday\, June 21\, 2021
Join members and guests for the Inaugural Charlotte Area Chamber Lunch Meeting. Come see some familiar faces and meet new connections while enjoying a fabulous lunch at the brand new Hyatt Centric SouthPark. \;
We will hear from Peter Zeiler\, Director of the Office of Economic Development for Mecklenburg County\, NC. He leads a team tasked with creating and implementing the comprehensive policies and programs called for in the County'\;s first ever strategic framework for economic development\, including: business attraction and retention\, small business and entrepreneur support\, work force development\, tourism development and building strong connected communities.
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Agenda:
11:30AM - 12:00PM - Networking and Visiting Sponsor Tables
12:00PM - 1:00PM - Curated Program for Business Professionals
Speaker:
Peter Q. Zeiler - DIRECTOR\, OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
As a Certified Economic Developer with 18 years of experience\, Peter Zeiler serves as the Director of the Office of Economic Development for Mecklenburg County\, NC. He leads a team tasked with creating and implementing the comprehensive policies and programs called for in the County'\;s first ever strategic framework for economic development\, including: business attraction and retention\, small business and entrepreneur support\, work force development\, tourism development and building strong connected communities.
Past experience includes: leading a team of project managers in Austin\, TX in facilitating the development of more than 800 acres of City owned land in public &ndash\;private partnerships\; managing transit-oriented development\, public private partnerships and business attraction in Charlotte\, NC\, and the development of public assets and business attraction in Detroit\, MI.
In addition to serving on several organizational boards\, Peter has also taught undergraduate classes as adjunct faculty and frequently lectured for graduate coursework in urban studies and economic development.