Chamber of Commerce president sets ambitious agenda for 2020
CONEY ISLAND — Randy Peers, the new president and CEO of the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce, laid out an ambitious agenda as he spoke at the organization’s annual dinner on Wednesday, outlining plans to establish a political action committee, embrace technology and set up micro-lending programs for fledgling business owners.
“We definitely are not your grandfather’s chamber of commerce,” he told a crowd of 400 chamber members, elected officials and civic leaders in the ballroom at Gargiulo’s in Coney Island.
Peers vowed that under his tenure, the chamber would offer full-throated support to entities like Industry City, which, he said, create jobs and are dedicated to economic development.