Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce Centennial Gala dazzles
Chamber’s First 100 Years Celebrated in a Style Quintessentially Brooklyn
The time was just past 5 pm.. on a drizzly Saturday evening. Everyone gathered on the Downtown Brooklyn Marriott’s 36th floor on Feb. 10 for a VIP reception that would precede the night’s main event. Nor was VIP used lightly here. In groups of twos and threes elected officials from federal, state, municipal and county government, party leaders from either side of the aisle, public institution heads, private sector dignitaries and leaders from the nonprofit world emerged from the bank of elevators and marched down the hallway.
But their own prominence notwithstanding, tonight was their turn to pay homage to a very special guest of honor celebrating its 100th birthday.