Greensboro business action report [January 1970]

              The Tax Reform Act?
Find Out on February 4
Mark February 4 on your calendar. Chamber
members are urged to attend a bring-you-up-to-date
meeting on the much-publicized Tax Reform Act of
1969, a sweeping law which affects each business
and citizen.
The meeting, sponsored by the Greensboro
Chamber of Commerce and the Piedmont Chapter
of the National Association of Accountants, will bew
held at Snider Auditorium, Greensboro Public Library, on Wednesday evening (7:30), February 4,
with a panel of experts who will cover the various
aspects and implications of this legislation.
The panelists are William H. Westphal of A. M.
Pullen & Company, Robert Lloyd of Peat, Marwick,
Mitchell & Co., and Gerald Schultheiss of Strand,
Skees, Jones & Company.
Chamber members should call the Chamber at
273-8687 to make reservations for this February 4
meeting.
Distribution Developers
Announce Graybar Plans
John R. Larsen, 1969 chairman of the Distribution Development Committee, recently announced
that Graybar Electric Company, Inc. has purchased
a 3.26 acre sits from the Redevelopment Commission at the corner of West Bessemer Avenue and
Grecade Street where the company will build a 30,-
000 square foot distribution center.
Graybar is the largest independent distributor
of electrical products in the country and is the largest company in the world owned entirely by its employees.
The Distribution Development Division has been
working with Graybar since April 1966 when market studies were prepared for the company.
Chamber Budget Needs
Tagged "Urgent for Greensboro"
The Greensboro Chamber Board of Directors has
unanimously approved a $47,000 increase in the
Chamber's budget. The record budget, according to
the board, is authorized to cover urgent community
and Chamber needs. As one director put it, "When
we say 'urgent,' we mean 'urgent.' All of us in
Greensboro have to get on the stick, or we'll get
caught in left field." Principal objectives of the
Chamber's 1970 Program of Work are "a better
selling job of Greensboro," using the most productive community marketing techniques; greater Chamber involvement in community planning "to see that
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Greensboro
business
JANUARY  1970
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PORT
This is the first issue of the Action Report — a
monthly supplement to Greensboro Business. This
Newsletter includes Action Reports from the various
Chamber divisions and the board of directors. Public Relations Division Chairman Douglas Tice urges
Chambermen to look for meeting announcements and
other communications, previously mailed separately,
in this monthly four-page Newsletter.
The Public Relations Division suggests that committees with chamber program news should keep
Action Report informed so that Action Report can
do a better job of keeping members informed.
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The Housing Challenge
"One of the primary challenges facing Greensboro, and all of America, today is housing. If action is not taken soon, housing conditions will worsen, costs will soar, and all related problems will
be more difficult to solve. Private citizens and community organizations in Greensboro have waited
long enough to take the giant step necessary to
bring about a solution to this problem. It is a time
for decision. It is a time for action."
(From "Substandard Housing in Greensboro," a report prepared by the Population
Committee of the Research Division, August
1969.)