Economic Summit date announced

SANDPOINT — The Greater Sandpoint Chamber of Commerce & D. A. Davidson & Co. would like to welcome area residents and businesses to next week.

The summit will be held from noon-1:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 10, in the community room of the Panhandle State Bank building, 414 Church.

Once again, D. A. Davidson & Co. has brought in two prestigious speakers to cover local, regional, state-wide and national issues.

“Don’t miss this chance to learn about the current state of our economy and what the future might hold,” said Kate McAlister, Greater Sandpoint Chamber president and CEO.

This year’s speakers will focus their presentations on the recent formation of the Idaho P-TECH — Pathways in Technology Early College High School — network. Nick Guida, founder, chairman of the board and CTO of Tamarack Aerospace Group, Inc. is the first speaker at the economic forum.

Guida will talk about the state of our local and regional aerospace industry, Tamarack’s connection with the Idaho P-TECH Network and he will update us on Tamarack’s progress with the development of their active winglet technology.

Jamie MacMillan, executive director of the J.A. and Kathryn Albertson Foundation, based in Boise, will keynote the event by announcing the formation of the Idaho P-TECH network and the planning grant they recently made to support the development of the network.

MacMillan also will talk about the foundation’s long-term goals for this state-wide initiative.

An RSVP is required and space is limited. Register online at www.sandpointchamber.com or call 208 263-2161 to reserve a spot.

The cost to attend the luncheon event is $15 for members and $20 for non-members.