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Congratulations, 2024 Chamber of the Year Finalists!

GrowthZone

Those honored with the designation have demonstrated organizational strength and made an impact on key community priorities, such as education, transportation, economic prosperity, and quality of life. The Chamber of the Year award recognizes the leadership role chambers of commerce have in their communities.

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Out of Bloom: Lessons from a Nonprofit’s Demise

Associations Now

A nonprofit startup called inBloom, backed by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, was supposed to change the education landscape by embracing big data. But the organization, founded as the Shared Learning Collaborative in 2011 , ended up announcing its shutdown this week, after parents and educators raised privacy concerns.