Press Releases

As one of the largest chambers of commerce in the country, the Detroit Regional Chamber has a lot of late-breaking news. The Chamber always aims to keep members updated on the latest developments and events in Southeast Michigan.

• Detroit Regional Chamber Releases Bipartisan List of Endorsements for November Election

  The Detroit Regional Chamber’s Political Action Committee (PAC) announced bipartisan endorsements in several key races at local, state, and federal levels for the November general election. This follows the Chamber PAC’s first round of endorsements for the August primary election.

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• Governor’s Futures for Frontliners Will Help Chamber in Reaching 60% Postsecondary Attainment by 2030

  Gov. Gretchen Whitmer today launched the nation’s first program offering tuition-free college to an estimated 625,000 Michiganders who provided essential, frontline services during COVID-19 Stay Home, Stay Safe orders from April to June of 2020. Read the Chamber President and CEO Sandy K. Baruah’s statement.

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• Detroit Regional Chamber, Detroit Public Television Launch New Digital Series Inspired by the Mackinac Policy Conference

  “MPC20 Conversations will bring viewers, across Michigan and beyond, the type of public conversations that drive action around the crucial immediate and longer-term issues that will move our region and state’s prosperity forward,” said Sandy K. Baruah, president and CEO of the Detroit Regional Chamber.

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• General Motors, Detroit Regional Chamber Launch Third Annual NeighborHUB Grant Program

  Amid COVID-19 challenges, funding expands from five to 10 $30,000 awards, other benefits for nonprofits, small businesses

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• Detroit Regional Chamber Statement on State Budget Agreement

  Monday, June 29, 2020 — Detroit Regional Chamber President and CEO, Sandy K. Baruah, released the following statement on the Governor and Legislature’s budget agreement.

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