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Column: Chamber survey says a lower income tax would fund resident priorities

4/25/2022

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NOTE: This "Your Turn" guest column by Chamber CEO Eric Spoonmore was published in the April 24, 2022 Bloomington Herald-Times.
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Mayor John Hamilton recently proposed an increase to the Monroe County Local Income Tax rate to fund $18 million of new city investments in four primary categories that include the following:
  • public safety ($4.5 million)
  • climate change preparedness and mitigation ($6.5 million)
  • equity and quality of life for all ($4 million)
  • essential city services ($3 million).
The plan proposes to increase the local income tax rate for all Monroe County residents to 2.2%, which is a 64% increase from the existing rate of 1.345%. Under this proposal, a household earning $50,000 annually would pay an additional $425 a year in local income taxes to fund new spending initiatives for the city.

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WGCL Glass in the Afternoon: Greater Bloomington Chamber of Commerce Update: April 20, 2022

4/20/2022

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Kelley Impact Competition, created with alum’s support, helps chamber address DEI issues

4/12/2022

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NOTE: This Kelley School of Business Go from Moment to Momentum article was published on April 5, 2022 with Indiana University's Kelley School of Business Blog.
​By: George Vlahakis
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Hosted by the Kelley Institute for Social Impact, the Kelley Impact Case Competition brings together socially minded students in order to find and implement solutions to a social issue in Bloomington.
As a student at the Indiana University Kelley School of Business, Lance Breitstein fell in love with the stock market. He read or watched anything he could find on the topic, whether it was a book, a blog or a video.

“What I realized was that I really wanted to go into the field of stock trading,” recalled Breitstein, a 2011 Kelley alumnus who today lives in Chicago.
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After getting a bachelor’s degree in finance, Breitstein spent a “wonderful” decade working at Trillium Management, one of the nation’s first and fastest growing digital trading firms. He managed its Chicago office and became one of its top traders.

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Eric Spoonmore: New CEO At Chamber of Commerce

4/11/2022

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NOTE: This Business/Finance feature was published in the April/May 2022 edition of  Bloom Magazine. 
​By: Kristen Senz

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Eric Spoonmore is driven to help make his local community a better place to live, work, and do business.

That’s why, he says, after earning bachelor’s and master’s degrees in public affairs at Indiana University, he moved with his wife, Lindsey, to Washington, D.C., to consult with local government officials. But he quickly came to a stark realization.

“We were ready to go whip the world in Washington, but we realized it was just not for us,” says Spoonmore, 40, who
became president and CEO at the Greater Bloomington Chamber of Commerce in December 2021. “The community did not suit me the way Bloomington did.”


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PRESS RELEASE: 4th Annual Kelley Impact Competition Partnership with The Greater Bloomington Chamber of Commerce Awards Spades Consulting as Competition Winner

4/4/2022

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PictureEric Spoonmore, Ashwin Ramesh, Kayla Oxley, Naina Prabhakar, Katie Cole, and Lance Breitstein // Photo provided by The Greater Bloomington Chamber of Commerce
​The Greater Bloomington Chamber of Commerce’s partnership with the 4th annual Kelley Impact Competition (KIC) hosted by The Kelley Institute for Social Impact (KISI) concluded on April 1st, 2022. The winners of the competition, Spades Consulting, will implement their diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) plan in the 2022-2023 school year.

The annual case competition brings together socially minded students at Indiana University and is made possible by a gift from Kelley School of Business alumnus Lance Breitstein, BS'11. In addition to $15,000 in student prizes, $10,000 in seed money supports the implementation of the winning idea to create lasting social change in the community.

The winning team consisted of four Indiana University sophomores, Naina Prabhakar (majoring in Marketing and International Business), Kayla Oxley (majoring in Marketing and Business Analytics), Katie Cole (majoring in Marketing, Business Analytics, and Sociology), and Ashwin Ramesh (majoring in Finance and Business Analytics).  The Spades Consulting team said they decided to participate in KIC so they could make an impact on the community and grow as leaders.


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