﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Forsyth County Chamber of Commerce Events Newswire</title><link>http://www.focochamber.org</link><description>News related to Forsyth County Chamber of Commerce</description><copyright>(c) 2026, Forsyth County Chamber of Commerce All Rights Reserved.</copyright><ttl>5</ttl><item><title>Human Resource Council Q4  10/1/2025 11:30 AM - 10/1/2025 1:00 PM</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://web.focochamber.org/External/WCPages/WCWebContent/webcontentpage.aspx?ContentId=25073" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
</description><link>https://web.focochamber.org/events/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=9072</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2025 19:23:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Power Networking Lunch 10/7/2025 11:30 AM - 10/7/2025 1:00 PM</title><description>&lt;p style="text-align:center"&gt;&lt;img src="https://web.focochamber.org/External/WCPages/WCWebContent/webcontentpage.aspx?ContentId=23925" style="height: 322px; width: 450px;" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="text-align:center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#003366;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:24px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Join the Chamber&amp;#39;s Power Networking Lunch on Tuesday&amp;#39;s!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="text-align:center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#003366;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:28px;"&gt;October 7th @ 11:30 am&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="text-align:center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#003366;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 28px;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Palapas Bar &amp;amp; Grill&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="text-align:center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#003366;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:28px;"&gt;3647 Brown&amp;#39;s Bridge Road, #1068&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="text-align:center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#003366;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:28px;"&gt;Cumming, GA&amp;nbsp; 30041&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="text-align:center"&gt;&lt;a href="https://web.focochamber.org/atlas/events-v4/register/9116"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#003366;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:26px;"&gt;Click Here to Register&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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</description><link>https://web.focochamber.org/events/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=9116</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2025 13:51:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Forsyth County Leadership Lab 10/8/2025 11:30 AM - 10/8/2025 1:00 PM</title><description>&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://web.focochamber.org/External/WCPages/WCWebContent/webcontentpage.aspx?ContentId=23903" /&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="file:///C:/Users/AToole/Downloads/2025%20Leadership%20Labs.pdf" /&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="file:///C:/Users/AToole/Downloads/2025%20Leadership%20Labs.pdf" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:24px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;Join us for an engaging session with Chief Executive Officer at Boys &amp;amp; Girls Club of Lanier, Steven Mickens as he shares his leadership strategies and answers your questions!&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000066;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:24px;"&gt;Wednesday, October 8th&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000066;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:24px;"&gt;11:30 AM - 1:00 PM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:20px;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;strong&gt;In-Person:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000066;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:24px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;Forsyth County Chamber of Commerce Boardroom&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:18px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000066;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;212 Webb Street Suite 200&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:18px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000066;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;Cumming, GA 30040&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:24px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000066;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;$15 For Everyone&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000066;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Link Provided After Completion of Registration&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://web.focochamber.org/atlas/events-v4/register/9058"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:36px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000066;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Click Here To Register&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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</description><link>https://web.focochamber.org/events/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=9058</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2025 17:51:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>2025 Transportation Summit 10/22/2025 10:30 AM - 10/22/2025 1:00 PM</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://web.focochamber.org/atlas/events-v4/register/9088"&gt;&lt;img src="https://web.focochamber.org/External/WCPages/WCWebContent/webcontentpage.aspx?ContentId=24014" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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</description><link>https://web.focochamber.org/events/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=9088</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2025 17:15:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Q4 Real Estate Roundtable 10/23/2025 12:00 Noon - 10/23/2025 1:30 PM</title><description>&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://web.focochamber.org/atlas/events-v4/register/9113"&gt;&lt;img src="https://web.focochamber.org/External/WCPages/WCWebContent/webcontentpage.aspx?ContentId=25153" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
</description><link>https://web.focochamber.org/events/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=9113</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2025 15:32:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Politics &amp; Pints 10/27/2025 5:30 PM - 10/27/2025 7:00 PM</title><description>&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://web.focochamber.org/atlas/events-v4/register/9118"&gt;&lt;img src="https://web.focochamber.org/External/WCPages/WCWebContent/webcontentpage.aspx?ContentId=25085" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
</description><link>https://web.focochamber.org/events/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=9118</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2025 20:54:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Power Networking Lunch 10/28/2025 11:30 AM - 10/28/2025 1:00 PM</title><description>&lt;p style="text-align:center"&gt;&lt;img src="https://web.focochamber.org/External/WCPages/WCWebContent/webcontentpage.aspx?ContentId=23918" style="height: 322px; width: 450px;" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="text-align:center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#003366;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:22px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Join the Chamber&amp;#39;s Power Networking Lunch on Tuesday&amp;#39;s!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="text-align:center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#003366;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:28px;"&gt;October 28th @ 11:30 am&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="text-align:center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#003366;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 28px;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;The Well&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="text-align:center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#003366;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:28px;"&gt;420 Vision Drive, #A101&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="text-align:center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#003366;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:28px;"&gt;Cumming, GA&amp;nbsp; 30041&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="text-align:center"&gt;&lt;a href="https://web.focochamber.org/atlas/events-v4/register/9019"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#003366;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:26px;"&gt;Click Here to Register&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#003366;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Please make sure to pre-register for this event - &lt;u&gt;NO WALK UPS ALLOWED!&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#003366;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If you have any issues registering please email Beth Harris @&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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</description><link>https://web.focochamber.org/events/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=9070</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2025 18:22:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Manufacturing Society | Unpacking the One Big Beautiful Bill 10/29/2025 8:30 AM - 10/29/2025 10:00 AM</title><description>&lt;p data-end="169" data-start="101"&gt;&lt;img src="https://web.focochamber.org/External/WCPages/WCWebContent/webcontentpage.aspx?ContentId=25104" style="height: 300px; width: 900px;" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;h2 data-end="143" data-start="75"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Manufacturing Society: Preparing for the One Big Beautiful Bill&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p data-end="227" data-start="145"&gt;Are you curious how your peers are preparing for the &lt;strong data-end="224" data-start="198"&gt;One Big Beautiful Bill&lt;/strong&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-end="544" data-start="229"&gt;Join us at the next &lt;strong data-end="282" data-start="249"&gt;Manufacturing Society session&lt;/strong&gt; (sponsored by &lt;strong data-end="350" data-start="297"&gt;Pinnacle Financial Partners &amp;amp; Geo-Hydro Engineers&lt;/strong&gt;) to hear directly from finance experts and local manufacturers already navigating these sweeping changes. You&amp;rsquo;ll walk away with practical insights to benchmark, plan, and act with confidence.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h3 data-end="569" data-start="546"&gt;What You&amp;rsquo;ll Learn&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p data-end="601" data-start="570"&gt;Our expert panel will unpack:&lt;/p&gt;

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	&lt;p data-end="666" data-start="604"&gt;&lt;strong data-end="628" data-start="604"&gt;Key tax implications&lt;/strong&gt; every manufacturer must prepare for&lt;/p&gt;
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	&lt;li data-end="734" data-start="667"&gt;
	&lt;p data-end="734" data-start="669"&gt;&lt;strong data-end="691" data-start="669"&gt;How new provisions&lt;/strong&gt; could reshape operations and investments&lt;/p&gt;
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	&lt;li data-end="808" data-start="735"&gt;
	&lt;p data-end="808" data-start="737"&gt;&lt;strong data-end="760" data-start="737"&gt;Real-world insights&lt;/strong&gt; from local manufacturers responding right now&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;h3 data-end="832" data-start="810"&gt;Meet the Experts&lt;/h3&gt;

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	&lt;p data-end="925" data-start="835"&gt;&lt;strong data-end="849" data-start="835"&gt;Moderator:&lt;/strong&gt; Scott Jordan &amp;ndash; Area Manager, North Metro ATL, Pinnacle Financial Partners&lt;/p&gt;
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	&lt;p data-end="1011" data-start="928"&gt;&lt;strong data-end="941" data-start="928"&gt;Panelist:&lt;/strong&gt; Boozer Downs &amp;ndash; Trust Portfolio Manager, Pinnacle Financial Partners&lt;/p&gt;
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	&lt;li data-end="1108" data-start="1012"&gt;
	&lt;p data-end="1108" data-start="1014"&gt;&lt;strong data-end="1027" data-start="1014"&gt;Panelist:&lt;/strong&gt; Brad Pittman, CPA &amp;ndash; Principal, Specialty Tax Services, Smith + Howard Advisory&lt;/p&gt;
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	&lt;p data-end="1180" data-start="1111"&gt;&lt;strong data-end="1124" data-start="1111"&gt;Panelist:&lt;/strong&gt; Dr. Bernd Deffland &amp;ndash; President/CFO, Dieffenbacher USA&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;h3 data-end="1256" data-start="1237"&gt;&lt;u&gt;Event Details&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p data-end="1398" data-start="1257"&gt;&lt;strong data-end="1291" data-start="1260"&gt;Wednesday, October 29, 2025&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br data-end="1294" data-start="1291" /&gt;
&lt;strong data-end="1315" data-start="1296"&gt;8:30 &amp;ndash; 10:00 AM&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br data-end="1318" data-start="1315" /&gt;
&lt;strong data-end="1351" data-start="1321"&gt;Phoenix Systems Automation&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br data-end="1354" data-start="1351" /&gt;
6470 Corporate Court, Alpharetta, GA 30005&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-end="1451" data-start="1400"&gt;Don&amp;rsquo;t miss this opportunity to hear how other Georgia manufacturers are preparing and leave with strategies you can put to work immediately.&lt;/p&gt;
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