From the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce: ) - Alvaro A. Diaz, Executive Director of the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of the L.V. (HCCLV), announces partnership with the Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce and the move of the HCCLV office from Allentown to a new location in Bethlehem, as of February 1, 2012. The office is located at the Main Street Commons Building, at the heart of the Bethlehem business district. The move was facilitated through the strategic partnership that HCCLV established this year with the Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce (GLVCC), which allows HCCLV tapping on resources and logistical expertise from GLVCC and enhances the diversity footprint of GLVCC in the Valley. The Hispanic Chamber is in the process of launching a new website to help better serve its members. The office move “places us literally at the center of the Lehigh Valley with easy access to our current members, as well as to potential new members in the bustling Southside of Bethlehem”, Diaz commented. A press conference will be held on Monday, February 27th at the Hotel Bethlehem, 437 Main Street, Bethlehem, PA at 3:00 PM and following a ribbon cutting at the new Chamber office at located at 561 Main Street, Suite 245, Bethlehem, PA. at 3:30 pm.
HCCLV was created with the purpose of advancing the commercial, industrial and professional interests of all its members, especially its Latino members, in the Lehigh Valley. Founded in 2003 as a separate and independent chamber of commerce, HCCLV accomplishes its mission by focusing on three key principles: Advocacy, Business Development and Community Development. HCCLV, through its Fe Foundation, provides entrepreneurial training and internships to high school students in the Lehigh Valley.
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Knock it off, please. Not funny.
As you obviously did not get my point let me rephrase.
It would have made more sense to put the hispanic chamber on the south side as it seems there are more hispanic businesses there then in downtown bethlehem.
I was not trying to be funny just realistic.
That's fine. The way it was phrased originally could be interpreted as suggesting something else.
Sometimes my mind doesn't always get all the way down my arm to my fingers.
Why is it that the Polish, Germans, Irish, Chechs, Italians etc that come to this country to find work and raise a family, don't have their own chambers?
Because they wanted to learn and speak the native language which is "ENGLISH"!
I just don't get this we want to maintain our culture and language thing, you can, just be proud of the American soil for which you stand!
Every concentrated ethnic group has always had its own organizations to promote its values, from Hibernians for the Irish to Polish halls. Let's stop the revisionist history.
America will eventually fall if there are 2 languages. Doesn't seem it could but the us against them will prevail.
There are 10 #'s available on the telephone, will we begin to press #3 for Chinese?
This post has nothing to do with English only or dual languages.
Hat's off to the group and hats off to Bethlehem. These are solid business people who want to succeed in a healthy business environment. I'm not surprised they feel more welcome in Bethlehem. Allentown is in the process of racially purifying it's arena district and is not a good choice for minority business people.
Just what we need....more Chambers.
Which Bethlehem Movers are you guys moving with may I ask?
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