Free Enterprise Forum
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The Free Enterprise Forum is a non-profit organization that analyzes local government policy and monitors more than 100 boards and commissions in Central Virginia. They cover Albemarle, Fluvanna, Greene and Nelson Counties, as well as the City of Charlottesville.
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History
Launched in 1998, the Free Enterprise Forum was previously known as the Charlottesville Area Legislative Action Coalition (CALAC), a coalition of the Charlottesville Regional Chamber of Commerce, the Blue Ridge Home Builders Association, and the Charlottesville Area Association of Realtors. The organization's goal is to providing clear positive balance to the discussions of important issues of the day. This balance is geared to counter what is often a vocal minority in the community.
The Free Enterprise Forum:
- Promotes dialogue with local government
- Sets a positive tone and pro business agenda with local government
- Encourages government policies that support our free enterprise system
- Provides critical information and analysis of issues of the day
- Tracks more than 100 appointed commissions and boards
- Researches issues to evaluate the situation and find potential solutions
- Alerts businesses to issues that will impact their sphere of endeavor
- Mobilizes businesses and citizens affected by government action
- Offers expertise to monitor and analyze city, county, and state public policy and its impact on the business community
Officers & Directors
Board of Directors
- Frank Ballif
- Sam Craig
- John Kerber
- Jay Willer
- Sue Goldman
- Robert Hodous
- Timothy Hulbert
- Valerie Long
- Bill May
- Percy Montague
- Charles Rotgin Jr.
- Frank Stoner
- Frank Cava
Staff
- Neil Williamson, President and Executive Director
- Pauline Hovey, Greene County Field Officer
- William J. Des Rochers, Fluvanna County Field Officer
- John Haksch, Louisa County Field Officer
Local Elections
The Free Enterprise Forum hosted non-partisan candidate forums for the 2005 Albemarle County Board of Supervisors elections in 2005.
In the 2007 and 2009 local elections, the Free Enterprise Forum co-sponsored with Charlottesville Tomorrow non-partisan candidate forums for elections to the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors and the Charlottevsille City Council.
External Links
Charlottesville Tomorrow coverage
- Ron Utt December 4, 2007 presentation to Free Enterprise Forum
- Sam Staley April 2008 presentation to Free Enterprise Forum
