Author Archives: Metro Chamber

Sacramento Metro Chamber Launches the MetroBusiness Center that Provides Comprehensive Free Resources for Small Businesses

By Metro Chamber|April 13, 2022

Businesses throughout the region have access to a suite of customized resources including one-on-one consulting services, technical assistance & more SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The Sacramento Metro Chamber is proud to announce the MetroBusiness Center officially launches today, serving the six-county Greater Sacramento Region. The in-house Metro Business Center offers one-on-one…

Metro Chamber Supports Proposed Ballot Measure to Reduce Homelessness

By Metro Chamber|March 15, 2022

Sacramento, Calif. – The Sacramento Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce has announced its public support of a local proposed ballot measure to reduce homelessness in the region. The Emergency Temporary Shelter and Enforcement Act of 2022 demands an immediate and urgent response from the city of Sacramento, requiring the city to increase shelter space…

Sacramento Metro Chamber CEO Talks Rising Gas Prices

By Metro Chamber|March 10, 2022

With COVID-19 protocols lifting across California, millions were ready to slip back into their regular routines, off and on the clock. Now, spiking gas prices have many rethinking even the shortest of commutes. Amanda Blackwood, president and CEO of the Sacramento Metro Chamber of Commerce, joined Sonseeahray to talk about…

About 23% of Sacramento’s workforce may leave the region within three years, study finds

By Metro Chamber|September 9, 2021

About a quarter of 420 Sacramento area workers surveyed by the Sacramento Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and the University of California Davis Graduate School of Management said they may leave the Sacramento area within three years. Most of the people surveyed were full-time, Sacramento city-based workers in the education, nonprofit,…

COVID unemployment benefits are about to end in California. Will there be a rush for jobs?

By Metro Chamber|September 2, 2021

When an estimated 2 million Californians lose their unemployment benefits next week, concerns about health and child care are likely to keep many away from the job market. That’s the finding of experts around the country, who have identified a pattern in the roughly two dozen states that cut off…

Sac Metro Chamber Partners with SAFE Credit Union Launches Corporate Culture Indicators Survey & Debut Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Training Modules

By Metro Chamber|August 31, 2021

The Sacramento Metro Chamber – in partnership with SAFE Credit Union – is proud to launch a corporate culture indicators survey and debut a series of diversity, equity and inclusion training modules that are free and available now for utilization by businesses throughout the Greater Sacramento region. The diversity, equity…

Sac Metro Chamber Pres & CEO Amanda Blackwood on the Vaccine Mandate

By Metro Chamber|August 24, 2021

As our dedicated community leaders explore ways to protect each other, keep the economy open, and work to avoid another full or partial shutdown, today the Sacramento Metro Chamber -- along with a number of other chambers and business organizations -- has presented the attached letter to Mayor Darrell Steinberg…

Sac Metro Chamber Pres & CEO Amanda Blackwood on the Annual Cap to Cap Trip

By Metro Chamber|July 14, 2021

A powerful and impactful advocacy program presented by the Sacramento Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce, Capitol-to-Capitol (or Cap-to-Cap) has been an institution for more than 50 years. After a pause in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, the much-anticipated advocacy program is returning this fall when a local delegation will meet virtually…

Metro Chamber responds to Newsom’s California Comeback

By Metro Chamber|July 14, 2021

When people point to what’s choking off opportunities for new business in California, high taxes and excessive regulations are two directions people often point in. If those are the problems, how can the state succeed long-term with them? And what can Gov. Gavin Newsom’s new plan to recruit businesses do…

Cap-to-Cap Returns!

By Metro Chamber|July 9, 2021

Amanda Blackwood, President, Previews Cap-to-Cap Cap to Cap Sacramento, Calif. – a powerful and impactful advocacy program presented by the Sacramento Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce, Capitol-to-Capitol (or Cap-to-Cap) has been an institution for more than 50 years. After a pause in 2020 during the covid-19 pandemic, the much-anticipated advocacy program…