Montgomery Business Journal

Power Play

The River Region’s energy industry goes beyond generating the power that runs our lives and businesses, serving as a conductor of increased connection and charging up our economic development efforts.

We Will Recover Together

COVID-19 has presented Montgomery and the River Region with multiple challenges, but one thing is certain: We will recover, and we’ll recover together.

Tourism Update: Staycation 2020

Montgomery’s record breaking tourism numbers for 2019 set the state for the future.

Higher Education Update

Here’s the news you need to know about our area’s multiple higher education institutions to earn top marks: their latest additions, announcements, expansions, offerings, awards and more.

#MyMGM: MGM Impact Makers: What Makes the Maker?

Influence. Affect. Change. Touch. Transform. These words describe and define the action of making an impact on something or someone else. But what does it really take to be named a Chamber Impact Maker? And in what areas of Montgomery life are they most needed? We asked our past Impact Maker award winners to share their thoughts.

GiveBack: Doing Good Together

MGM has come together in moving and motivating ways in the last four months. Here are a few highlights of the capital city’s community spirit shining brightly through the COVID-19 cloud.

Small Business Briefcase: The New Normal in Working Remotely

COVID-19 and the resulting shutdowns pushed many to work from home, but now that the virus is loosening its hold on the country, working remotely might remain a key part of the “new normal.” Here’s what employers need to know.

Sharleen Smith

Member FAQ: What is the Recover Together Small Business HUB (Helping Unite Business)?

A communications, counseling and case management vehicle, the Recover Together Small Business Hub provides a free clearinghouse service that helps identify and prioritize small business requests, and then connect those small businesses to the resources they need most. In addition to receiving requests for help, the Hub will be initiating community outreach to engage small and minority-owned businesses across Montgomery. This public-private collaboration is an early outcome of Mayor Steven Reed’s Economic

Chamber News Connect

Powerhouse Q&A: Bruce Crawford, BBVA

Bruce Crawford is a self-described “people person,” and in his position as Montgomery CEO at BBVA, he gets to put his interpersonal skills to good use while also reaping rewards from the countless relationships he forges and fosters in his job.