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2106 Chamber of Commerce Summit in Mamaroneck Features Local Entrepreneur

Eight Chambers of Commerce participated in the event.

MAMARONECK, NY — The 2016 Chamber of Commerce Summit was recently held at the Weaver Street Firehouse in Mamaroneck.

Eight Chambers of Commerce in Senator George Latimer’s 37th Senate District participated in the event.

The chambers included Yonkers, Armonk, Harrison, Mamaroneck, Rye, Port Chester-Rye Brook, Bronxville and New Rochelle.

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Latimer, a former marketing executive, said the summit was an opportunity to share ideas “in recognition of the good work businesses in our communities are doing.”

The guest speaker this year was Travis Sluss, who created a company called MacInspires, located in Larchmont and Greenwich.

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His business aims to help people get more personalized and better results from Apple products, as well as provide maintenance and repairs.

Latimer said Sluss is a local entrepreneur who went to SUNY Purchase and stayed in the area to grow a new business.

“Travis Sluss is an example of what our communities need to support and attract,” he said.

The 2016 summit was co-sponsored by Mamaroneck Town Supervisor Nancy Seligson.

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