RLACC Mission 5 | Your Quarterly Report: Community Development

Posted by: Justin Freeman on Friday, May 13, 2022

Our Vision is for the Rogers-Lowell Area to be the center of world-class business, welcoming communities, and opportunities for all. This Vision drives our mission-work.

The Mission 5 Report is a new quarterly report highlighting our results, accomplishments and other outcomes from the Chamber’s efforts to be influencers, catalysts, and conveners: the trusted source for growing business, activating leaders, and building community.

The Chamber’s five key focus areas for its mission-work, called the “Mission 5”, include Economic Development, Community Development, Small Business & Entrepreneurial Development, Advocacy & Government Affairs, and Destination Marketing & Management.

Whether you are an investor in our mission-work through Vision 100 or through membership in the Chamber, or both, you are helping to fuel these important outcomes for the Rogers-Lowell Area. We thank you for your investment in our community’s future and taking time to learn more about our mission-work highlights in this report.

Community Development

This mission-work activates a diverse, next generation of business and community leaders. We champion community engagement and inclusion initiatives by convening and engaging the right people at the right time. Our work also improves our community’s quality of life by supporting quality of place initiatives.

Q1 2022 Highlights:

Kicked off Leadership Benton County Class of 2022 convening 35 business and community leaders to learn more about the community and ways to give back and get involved.
Launched in partnership with the Rogers Public Schools a new Leadership, Education, Activation and Development (LEAD) program reaching over 100 students. LEAD prepares our community’s youth with tools, training, and direction in their pursuit of higher education, and clears a path to career opportunities so participants are workforce ready. This provides local businesses with workforce development. The project is made possible by a grant from the American Electric Power Foundation to the Rogers Development Foundation.
Staff helped with the launch of the Feed Rogers Food Pantry (a program of NWA Food Bank) to help serve those in our community experiencing food insecurity.
Collaborated with Salvadorans United to help the Consulate of El Salvador find a permanent home for office in our region.