BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20190502T183000Z DTEND:20190502T200000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Monthly Luncheon (2019) DESCRIPTION:Join us for our Monthly Luncheon to network with other area professionals and hear from our speaker.\n \n\nSpeakers:\n\nWashington Retail Association\n\nRenee Sunde\, President & CEO\n\nMark Johnson\, Sr VP of Policy and Government Affairs \n\n\n\nRetail: the Industry that Impacts Everyone\, Everywhere and Everyday\n\n\n\nFrom the smallest communities to the largest cities\, retail has been on the forefront of many an era. Since the advent of Main Street USA\, up to and including today's multi-channel\, experiential approach\, retail consistently shapes our everyday lives. \n\n\n\nRetail has experienced major disruption and transformation over the past few years. While the challenges for retailers are real\, we will explore the opportunities and trends driving today's retail industry. \n\n\n\nWith the wrap-up of the 2019 Legislative session\, Mark Johnson\, Sr. VP of Policy and Government Affairs will discuss recent legislation impacting retailers and small businesses. From taxes\, employment regulations\, market place fairness and data privacy\, this year's session offered a broad range of bills that further require retailers to adapt.\n\n\n\nMenu: \n\nStarter salad: \n\n360 salad-mixed field greens\, candied walnuts\, feta cheese\, sun dried cranberries with a poppy seed vinaigrette served with fresh baked rolls and butter \n\n\n\nEntr es:\n\nChicken Piccata served with herb roasted red potatoes and baby carrots \n\nVegetarian dish "Gardein meatless chicken" Piccata served with herb roasted red potatoes and baby carrots \n\n\n\nDessert: Carrot cake \n\n\n\nGold Sponsor: Taylor Thomason Insurance X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Join us for our Monthly Luncheon to network with other area professionals and hear from our speaker.\n