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  2. 1946. Chamber successfully fights for legislation to finance construction of freeways in Los Angeles. 1956. Chamber relocates for the seventh time to 404 S. Bixel. Air Pollution Control District and Chamber create "Share the Ride" campaign. 1958. Chamber attracts Dodgers to Los Angeles. 1967.

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    The Chamber has championed the needs of the business community and the citizens it serves through a period of raw, brilliant boosterism to a continuing era of sophisticated, national influence. In 1888, the founding members of the Chamber created the organization to function as a vehicle to attract new business to California. In 2013, the Chamber w...

    Population Loss: Los Angeles experienced dramatic population losses during the late 1880s. 1,000 people each month left the city, which caused the cities population to fall from an 1880 high of 70,...
    A Plan: Early Chamber members formulated two objectives: stimulate migration and to market the area's products in other parts of the country. They decided to attract Midwestern farmers to Los Angel...
    Other Ideas for Making L.A. an Attraction: In addition to exhibitions, the Chamber encouraged grass roots investments in several manufacturing enterprises. Beet sugar manufacture benefited from tec...
    Post World War II: After World War II, the Chamber transitioned from organization that sought to attract new business to Los Angeles County into one that now worked to address modern issues associa...
    International Trade: To realize its dream of becoming an important commercial center, Los Angeles needed a deep-water harbor. To open the campaign, the Chamber presented a resolution to Congress, a...
    Environment: To feed the growing water needs for an expanding Los Angeles, Chamber Director Fred Eaton and William Mulholland, superintendent and chief engineer of the Municipal Water Department, d...
    Transportation: One of the major Chamber issues has been transportation. In 1946 the Chamber led a successful fight for legislation to finance construction of freeways in Los Angeles County and oth...
    Education: Education is another continuing focus. Through FIRST BREAK and the Genesis project, the Chamber cooperates with other community and educational groups to identify jobs for teenagers and...
  3. The Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce is Southern California 's largest not-for-profit business federation, representing the interests of more than 235,000 businesses in L.A. County, more than 1,400 member companies and more than 722,430 employees.

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    • Maria S. Salinas, President & CEO
  4. Oct 22, 2008 · A brief overview of the history of Skid Row in Downtown Los Angeles written by the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce. Addeddate 2021-12-15 03:06:09

  5. Title supplied by cataloger.The Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce's first meetings were held in the old board of trade building on First and Broadway, which has since been torn down. In 1890, the Chamber moved into the Mott Building at 131 S. Main Street, where it stayed for four years. In 1894, the organization moved to new quarters at the southeast corner of Broadway and 4th, in a building ...

  6. A History of the Chamber of Commerce of Los Angeles, California: From Its Foundation, September, 1888, to the Year 1900 Charles Dwight Willard Kingsley-Barnes & Neuner , 1899 - Business & Economics - 322 pages

  7. 37. Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce. 9,814 followers. 1d. Congratulations and welcome to our 10 new L.A. Area Chamber Board members. They join 130+ experienced leaders who advise the Chamber ...

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