Please please bring in some big name entertainment. Bozeman got Zack Brown, and many others. Missoula also brings in big names. Only after Missoula sold out Elton John, did we get him here. This may not be within your area of business, but a big name concert would certainly give Billings a boost in hotels, restaurants, etc. Thanks.

Participate in first Friday in downtown billings. Also in art walks.

Start a chamber facilitated question and answer forum for businesses.

The chamber need to provide members ideas or suggestions on how to share their pride in being a member.

Ask Denny Menholt to lease the chamber and CVB and SEMT company vehicles for low rates. Then wrap them in logos.

Create a partnership with local businesses and the City of Billings to provide a "Remodel Advisor and Architectural Design Services". See link for an example: http://www.stlouispark.org/home-improvement/remodeling-advisor-and-architectural-design-service.html

We love the trails in Billings and we would like to see more of them. There is an opportunity to add lots of additional trails along the irrigation ditiches. We would like to see that in the near future. They would provide safe connections in town. We love to bike, but we don't bike in traffic. We are too old for that. Please add trails to the list of things that make Billings the best.

The Chamber should have logo/graphic enhanced vehicles for staff. Since many of the staff drive all over town regularly, it would be excellent brand recognition/exposure. It would also look professional and intriguing.

I wonder if the first step of building the Chamber of the Future should be to preserve the documents of the Chamber of the Past? The Billings Chamber is one of the oldest and most significant organizations in town. Have we done a good job of preserving our own internal history for future generations? Something to think about . . . .

incorporate SCORE (Senior Corps of Retired Executives), a Resource Center under the SBA, into the Chamber committee structure and Chamber activities. This is a small business advocacy group commonly referred to as "Counselors to America's Small Business".