Montgomery Chamber Hosts Business and Government Leaders
The Montgomery Regional Chamber of Commerce brought local business owners together with elected and government officials at its Governmental Affairs Conversations & Coffee event.
Updated on Nov. 6, 2026 in Openings & Closings
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The Montgomery Regional Chamber of Commerce hosted its Governmental Affairs Conversations & Coffee event, giving local business owners the chance to meet directly with elected officials, government representatives, and other decision-makers. Speakers addressed public safety, the judiciary, economic development, and workforce development.
Why it matters
The event gives Montgomery-area businesses a direct line to state and local leaders who shape policy on safety, courts, and economic growth. Informal exchanges of this kind help the business community communicate its priorities to the officials who act on them.
The Montgomery Regional Chamber of Commerce represents 1,400 businesses and organizations, according to the chamber's membership count. The extraction does not indicate what specific commitments or policy outcomes came from the event's discussions.
The players
Montgomery Regional Chamber of Commerce
The chamber is a business membership organization representing 1,400 businesses and organizations in the Montgomery region.
Shomari Figures
Figures is a Democratic U.S. Representative who won a second term representing Alabama's 2nd Congressional District.
Derrick Cunningham
Cunningham is the Montgomery County Sheriff, whose office works with the ATF, FBI, DEA, and federal marshals through task forces.
Will Sellers
Sellers is a justice of the Alabama Supreme Court who spoke at the event about the judiciary's role in business confidence.
Kenneth Boswell
Boswell is director of the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs.
The details
Business owners and elected officials took part in informal conversations at the chamber event, where speakers addressed public safety, the judiciary, economic development, and workforce development. Participants included Alabama Supreme Court Justice Will Sellers, who discussed the judiciary's role in building business confidence, and Montgomery County Sheriff Derrick Cunningham, who described his office's task force work with federal agencies.
Timeline
November 5, 2026: Chamber hosted the Governmental Affairs Conversations & Coffee event in Montgomery.
Market Landscape
Local chambers of commerce increasingly serve as the connective tissue between small businesses and state economic development agencies, which set the incentives and workforce programs that shape regional growth. Events like this one put business owners in direct contact with agency leadership, including the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs.
Montgomery business owners who want to influence local policy on safety, courts, and workforce issues now have an established channel through the chamber's governmental affairs programming. Attending these events gives owners a way to raise concerns with officials directly rather than through formal channels alone.
The takeaway
Business owners who engage with chamber programming gain direct access to the officials whose decisions affect their operations. Regular participation in these conversations can turn general concerns into specific, actionable dialogue with decision-makers.
Further reading
For more local business developments, see Openings & Closings in Montgomery.
Source note: This article includes information reported by Alabama News.
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