The Mobile Area Chamber celebrated the end of its 175th year with a gala event – Opportunity 175 – on Thursday, Jan. 26, at the University of South Alabama Mitchell Center. Presented by BankTrust, the gala celebration featured a reception, dinner, a dessert reception, fireworks and music by the Mobile Symphony Orchestra, and attendees received a commemorative coffee table book about the Chamber’s history. Chamber board chair Michael Pierce, chairman of Commonwealth National Bank, and executive director of the MLK Development Corp., spoke about his vision for the organization moving forward, while Dr. Stephen Dill, director emeritus of The J.L Bedsole Foundation spoke about how Mobile’s history has brought us where we are today, and how everyone in attendance has a role in writing Mobile’s future.



Click here to see a video of Dr. Dill's presentation. (sound quality is low)







The following companies were instrumental in helping the Chamber present its 175th anniversary celebration: 

Legacy Sponsor - BankTrust

Legend Sponsors - Alabama Power Co.; Armbrecht Jackson LLP; Austal USA; BP America Inc.; Callis Communications; ExxonMobil; Kingdom Coach LLC; Lewis Communications; Mobile Airport Authority; Regions Bank; Hancock Bank/Whitney Bank

Leadership Sponsors - BB&T; Burr & Forman LLP; Commonwealth National Bank; Continental Motors Inc.; Evonik Degussa Corp.; Gulf States Engineering; Hargrove Engineers + Constructors; Hoar Program Management;

For more information about this or upcoming annual meeting events,
contact Ashley Horn at 251-431-8623.