9/8/14 - A new business organization has come to Livingston County hoping to represent local businesses with a holistic bent. The Holistic Chamber of Commerce has started a Brighton chapter, and will be hosting its first meeting later this month. President Sherri Richards says holistic chambers are emerging around the nation, and seek to represent businesses that try to balance making profits with being responsible toward the community and the planet. She says these kinds of chambers of commerce originally focused on holistic health professionals, but have branched out into all sectors and now focus more on the business model than the products or services being offered. The Brighton chapter will hold its first meeting at 2|42 Community Church beginning at 6:30pm on September 16th. The kickoff meeting for the holistic chamber is free to attend. However, one established organization is trying to make sure it remains distinct from the new holistic chamber in the public mind. Pam McConeghy, president and CEO for the Greater Brighton Area Chamber of Commerce, says she did not get notice that the holistic chamber was coming to the community until after the fact, and that it is in no way a division of the Greater Brighton Area Chamber of Commerce. (TD)
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