Birmingham Barons to sponsor Chamber luncheon, David Sher to speak

The Birmingham Barons Baseball Club will sponsor the Chamber of Commerce luncheon on March 20 and has invited David Sher as the speaker. Sher is Co-CEO, with his brother, of AmSher Receivables Management, a nationally licensed collection agency headquartered in Birmingham. He is also co-founder of Buzz12 Advertising.

He loves Birmingham, but is disappointed because he feels metro-Birmingham has never achieved its potential. He has watched as children, grandchildren and businesses have left the Birmingham-Hoover metropolitan area for opportunities elsewhere.

Sher is a small business owner who has been active for years in the big picture of the metropolitan area. He has chaired the Birmingham Regional Chamber of Commerce (now the Birmingham Business Alliance or BBA  after merging with the Metropolitan Development Board)Operation New Birmingham (now REV Birmingham); and the City Action Partnership.  He served on the Birmingham Business Alliance Strategic Planning Committee that developed Blueprint Birmingham.

Sher is the author of the ComebackTown.com blog and will speak about better government for metro Birmingham. 

To attend the luncheon, please make your reservations no later than Monday, March 17, by calling 988-5672 or emailing Lisa Dunbar at admin@hooverchamber.org.  Networking begins at 11:15 a.m., with the meeting starting sharply at noon. The Luncheon is $20, payable at the door. Cancellations are accepted until the morning of the luncheon, but those who make reservations and do not attend will be invoiced.

The Hoover Country Club is located at 3140 Club Drive.