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The Richardson Economic Development Partnership (REDP) is producing educational workshops as part of this year’s goal to concentrate on leasing at least 1 million square feet of Richardson’s 2.3 million of large blocks of Class A&B office space. Targeted workshops have thus been held for key tenant rep brokers and property owners, a major Dallas area brokerage firm, in addition to a landlords' ...read more

Interested in learning new skills and developing as a leader? Do you know someone who wants to take their leadership to the next level? Check out Leadership Richardson. Learn more about Leadership Richardson at a special informational session Thursday, May 3 at 5:30 p.m., at American Tap Room, 3000 Northside Blvd near UT Dallas. This nine-month program is a unique opportunity for participants ...read more

The 2018 Richardson Chamber of Commerce annual report is on its way to you. We want to give you a sneak peek. This year, Board Chairman Bryan Marsh offers a summary of chamber goals and successes. “I want to thank the hundreds of volunteers and the Chamber staff who commit their time, talent and treasure to the goals of our organization. Because of them, our Chamber is truly driving business ...read more

Chamber membership and participation is imprinted on Steve Rolandelli’s DNA. His grandfather was involved in his hometown chamber in the San Francisco Bay area. His father was president. Even his father-in-law was president of a similar organization. And the Richardson Chamber is a natural fit. “Like where I grew up, it’s small enough where you can get to know people,” Steve said. “In ...read more

We send our loving condolences to the family of Martha and Ron Ritter. Martha was chairman of the Chamber in 2002 and our Citizen of the Year in 1995. She was mayor of Richardson from 1983-1987. The former Richardson Mayor Martha passed away on Feb. 5, and Ron passed away Feb. 21. Ron and Martha Ritter's viewing will be from 3-6 p.m. March 25 at Restland Funeral Home, 13005 Greenville Ave., ...read more

A study of Richardson’s East Arapaho Transit Oriented Development (TOD) and Innovation District will determine the economic/competitive position and identify opportunities that could one day attract leading-edge anchor institutions and business clusters and revitalize the corridor. The study will look at work, life and transportation patterns; existing commercial real estate; desired ...read more

Personal attention and business support are keys to business recruitment. And that’s how Mike Skelton, director of the Mayor’s office of international business, describes his success recruiting the latest foreign company now calling Richardson home. “Axionent is the latest foreign company to establish their U.S. presence in Richardson,” said Mike. “I met with the CEO of this Sri Lanka-based ...read more

Mayor Paul Voelker, RISD Superintendent Dr. Jeannie Stone and Richardson Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Bill Sproull gathered at City Hall to officially kick off the new Richardson Mayor’s Summer Internship Program. The program, a collaboration between the City, RISD and the Chamber, will enable 50 incoming high school seniors to receive eight weeks of paid employment this summer at a ...read more

Richardson Mayor Paul Voelker presented an impressive and in-depth State of the City at the Eisemann Center for the Performing Arts on Jan. 31. View the entire presentation or easy to read bullet points here. For a more business-targeted take on the presentation, read on. The City Council is working with DART on plans for a flyover for the Cotton Belt Line to go into CityLine. Originally there ...read more

The Richardson Chamber of Commerce will host a candidate forum for Texas Senate District 8 in Collin and Dallas counties Feb. 27. Senator Van Taylor's departure to run for Congress has left an open seat in the Texas Senate. Hear from candidates for SD 8 and their plans for our region at a moderated candidate forum. Candidates Angela Paxton (R), Brian Chaput (D) and Mark Phariss (D) will ...read more

Richardson has won the 2017 fDi strategy award recognizing City’s soft landing services for international businesses   fDi Magazine’s year-end fDi Strategy Awards recognize “best of the best” from year’s award submissions; Richardson has previously earned honors three times in magazine’s bi-annual “American Cities of the Future” Awards   On the heels of being honored earlier this year, for a ...read more

Krishna Upadhyaya earned her blue Ambassador jacket for ambassador activities and was awarded in January. Krishna is the owner of the local PMI Star of Texas property management franchise. She has extensive experience in real estate in the Richardson area. She knows the schools for PISD & RISD and surrounding school districts. She has served on the PTA board for Otto Middle School and is ...read more

Primary voting is important, especially in Texas where party lines are strong. This year, early voting for the primaries will begin Tuesday, Feb. 20, and continue through Friday, March 2. Primary elections will be Tuesday, March 6. Voter information is available on the chamber website. http://richardsonchamber.com/pages/voting-info If you would like to have a voter registration drive at your ...read more

The Chamber continues to focus on fostering local businesses and entrepreneurs, by introducing two new programs to connect local executives in tangible ways – the Peerspectives program, and the Richardson Chamber of Commerce (RCC) Executive Advisory Board program.  The PeerSpectives program was created by the Edward Lowe Foundation, and has been operating for more than 13 years across the U.S. It ...read more

Amazon has narrowed the field on potential cities for its headquarters, and Richardson is in a great position to capture that prize, said Richardson’s Mayor Paul Voelker. "We're one of few cities in the nation that have the right pieces in place to chase one of the world's largest mega-deals," Voelker said in a recent article from the Dallas Morning News. He recently presented his State of the ...read more

Real Richardson.com highlights the ways in which a Richardson lifestyle is attractive to young professionals. Introduced in July 2016, the website is now more informative, interactive and mobile-friendly. It’s a valuable tool for young families, millennial workers and recent college grads, as it provides information on living, working and experiencing Richardson with job opportunities, housing ...read more

Nine local businesses are being celebrated at this year’s Richardson EDGE awards at the 35th annual event, Wednesday, Nov. 15 at the Holiday Inn Richardson.  EDGE is the economic development growth and expansion initiative of the Richardson Economic Development Partnership (REDP). Each year, REDP, the Richardson Chamber of Commerce and the Richardson Rotary Clubs recognize Richardson companies ...read more

The Richardson Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce that class XXXIII of Leadership Richardson has been selected. The 2017-18 program year will begin in September.   The 42 members of Leadership Richardson will meet once a month to learn about Richardson and what it takes to run a city, while also developing their own leadership skills and building a network of civic minded ...read more

The Richardson Chamber hosted its second annual bowling tournament at chamber member Plano Super Bowl on Friday, June 16. The tournament, sponsored by Sooner Management, brought in more than 110 participants from the Richardson area.  The bowling tournament was started to bring chamber members together for an event during the summer heat, and was hugely successful thanks to the cooperation of ...read more

Congratulations to Mary G. Windsor, the Chamber’s Ambassador of the Month for June. Windsor joined the ambassadors program earlier this year.  “I truly enjoy getting to know the other members of the chamber,” says Windsor, “and I also like having a network of people and businesses that I can count on for myself and to refer to friends and clients.”  Windsor started her business, Grace by Design, ...read more

This article originally appeared in D CEO - Healthcare by Olivia Nguyen. Read more here. Methodist Richardson Medical Center has expedited plans and started construction on its $85 million expansion project. It will build its third cardiac catheterization lab at the center as well as a new parking garage. According to Methodist Richardson, it sped up construction plans due to “an increased ...read more

Richardson Chamber Member Roger Wakefield, owner of Texas Green Plumbing, won the American Standard Plumber Know How contest and will be their designated Plumber Expert, American Standard. Wakefield will be representing the Richardson community through social media posts in which he offers advice to the plumbing community nationwide.  “It is such an honor,” said Wakefield. “To be named the first ...read more

Sue Thornton is no stranger to creativity. She uses it in her business, and she uses it in her work with the Chamber. Sue is our Ambassador of Month, but that’s only part of her involvement with our organization. Sue also is a tri-chair for Early Net, the Chamber’s Wednesday morning breakfast networking event. Her job is to book the five-minute commercials. She has been a Chamber member four ...read more