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SUMMARY:Legislative Breakfast
DESCRIPTION:FEATURED SPEAKER - \n\n \n\n\nBill Blazar is Senior Vice President of Public Affairs and Business Development at the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce. Blazar directs Grow Minnesota!\, the Chambers statewide business retention and expansion program. This year\, Grow Minnesota! completed retention visits with over 900 Minnesota businesses and provided direct assistance to 200 of them.\n\nBlazar represents the Minnesota business community on several task forces and study groups\, for example\, the United State Chamber of Commerce's Labor Relations Policy Committee. He is a past member and chair of the board of the Minnesota Government Relations Council. \n\nBlazar has also served in a leadership capacity for Minnesota's P16 Education Partnership\, the Minnesota Health Data Institute\, the Citizens League and the Lake Calhoun Sailing School. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Economic Development Association (MEDA) and the Loppet Foundation. \n\nPrior to joining the Chamber\, he was Manager of Government Affairs for Target Corporation from 1987-1992. Before working for Target\, Blazar was a freelance public policy analyst\, specializing in state and local fiscal policy\, economic development and telecommunications.\n\nBlazar has a B.A. (Political Science) from Northwestern University and a M.A. (Public Affairs) from the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs\, University of Minnesota.\n\nhttps://www.mnchamber.com/staff-members#sthash.8IUR3Z2d.dpuf \n\n \nLegislative Breakfast\n\nSeptember 2015 - June 2016 Series\n\nFocusing on Local & Statewide Issues\n\nAffecting Your Business
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<div style="text-align: center\;">\n<div class="views-field views-field-name" style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; direction: ltr\; color: rgb(34\, 34\, 34)\; font-family: Corbel\; font-size: 16px\; line-height: 16px\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\;"><b>FEATURED SPEAKER -&nbsp\;</b></div>\n\n<div class="views-field views-field-name" style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; direction: ltr\; color: rgb(34\, 34\, 34)\; font-family: Corbel\; font-size: 16px\; line-height: 16px\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\;">&nbsp\;</div>\n\n<div>\n<p style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em\; padding: 0px\; direction: ltr\; line-height: 1.6\; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility\;"><span style="color: rgb(34\, 34\, 34)\; font-family: Corbel\; font-size: 16px\; line-height: 16px\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\;">Bill Blazar is Senior Vice President of Public Affairs and Business Development at the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce. Blazar directs Grow Minnesota!\, the Chambers statewide business retention and expansion program. This year\, Grow Minnesota! completed retention visits with over 900 Minnesota businesses and provided direct assistance to 200 of them.</span></p>\n\n<p style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em\; padding: 0px\; direction: ltr\; line-height: 1.6\; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility\;"><span style="color: rgb(34\, 34\, 34)\; font-family: Corbel\; font-size: 16px\; line-height: 16px\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\;">Blazar represents the Minnesota business community on several task forces and study groups\, for example\, the United State Chamber of Commerce&#39\;s Labor Relations Policy Committee. He is a past member and chair of the board of the Minnesota Government Relations Council.&nbsp\;</span></p>\n\n<p style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em\; padding: 0px\; direction: ltr\; line-height: 1.6\; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility\;"><span style="color: rgb(34\, 34\, 34)\; font-family: Corbel\; font-size: 16px\; line-height: 16px\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\;">Blazar has also served in a leadership capacity for Minnesota&#39\;s P16 Education Partnership\, the Minnesota Health Data Institute\, the Citizens League and the Lake Calhoun Sailing School. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Economic Development Association (MEDA) and the Loppet Foundation.&nbsp\;</span></p>\n\n<p style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em\; padding: 0px\; direction: ltr\; line-height: 1.6\; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility\;"><span style="color: rgb(34\, 34\, 34)\; font-family: Corbel\; font-size: 16px\; line-height: 16px\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\;">Prior to joining the Chamber\, he was Manager of Government Affairs for Target Corporation from 1987-1992. Before working for Target\, Blazar was a freelance public policy analyst\, specializing in state and local fiscal policy\, economic development and telecommunications.</span></p>\n\n<p style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em\; padding: 0px\; direction: ltr\; line-height: 1.6\; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility\;"><span style="color: rgb(34\, 34\, 34)\; font-family: Corbel\; font-size: 16px\; line-height: 16px\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\;">Blazar has a B.A. (Political Science) from Northwestern University and a M.A. (Public Affairs) from the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs\, University of Minnesota.</span></p>\n</div>\n<span style="color: rgb(34\, 34\, 34)\; font-family: Corbel\; font-size: 16px\; line-height: 16px\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\;">https://www.mnchamber.com/staff-members#sthash.8IUR3Z2d.dpuf&nbsp\;</span>\n\n<div>&nbsp\;</div>\n<span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:verdana\;"><u><span style="font-size:16px\;"><strong><span style="color:#154734\;">Legislative Breakfast</span></strong></span></u><br />\n<strong><span style="font-size:16px\;"><span style="color:#154734\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;">September 2015 - June 2016 Series</span></span></span></strong><br />\n<em>Focusing on Local &amp\; Statewide Issues<br />\nAffecting Your Business</em></span></span></div>\n
LOCATION:Hampton Inn - Concordia/Hamline Room North Metro Event Center http://northmetroeventcenter.com/location/ - map to 1000 Gramsie Road in Shoreview\, Minnesota 55126 This venue can be seen on I-694 (on the north side of the interstate) Green Mill Restaurant which will be catering our buffet breakfast.
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URL:https://business.twincitiesnorth.org/events/details/legislative-breakfast-04-15-2016-10873
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