PElla Chamber

The Pella Chamber of Commerce will explore the ways Pella can keep their economic strength at their quarterly meeting this week.
For nearly two years, the Pella Area Development Corporation (PADCO) has been working with a team of faculty from Central College to answer the question of what the city needs to do in order to remain a vibrant community in the coming years.
Dr. Andrew Green and his team studied 372 communities similar in size to Pella, and will go over their findings of the most influencing factors for Pella’s success.
Green says experts from Central’s faculty contributed to the report, which aims to help decision makers in the public and private sector plan for the future.
“I think this is an innovative relationship, where we have a group of academics who do academic research here at the college who are working together with our community leaders and decision makers to help inform them about the policy options that are out there and the effectiveness,” he says.
Chamber members and their employees are invited to attend on Friday at 7 a.m. in the Vermeer Global Pavilion.