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deep community commitment
• DRCFA's selection of Chemical Bank represents strong
financial future and move toward becoming a self-sustaining
facility by 2024; saving Michigan taxpayers millions of dollars
• Chemical Bank and the DRCFA to announce the new
name of the world-class Convention Center by the end of 2019
• The 22-year, $1.5million-a-year agreement gives the bank
exclusive naming rights for the center and sets a new industry
standard reflective of the world-class facility and Detroit's rise
in the national market.
"Our announcement today gives us all an important mes-
sage: that public-private partnerships work, and that we contin-
ue to dedicate ourselves to serving the customers of this great
Center and to the rebuilding of a truly great American city,"
said Larry Alexander, Chairman of the
DRCFA and President and CEO of the
Detroit Metro Convention & Visitors
Bureau. "There could not be a better part-
ner than Chemical Bank."
Chemical Bank being awarded the nam-
ing rights of Cobo Center comes at an
exciting time for the company. Chemical
Financial Corporation recently announced its merger with TCF
Financial Corporation, which will be headquartered in a new
20-story building in downtown Detroit. The combined holding
company and bank will operate under the TCF name and
brand following the closing of the merger. The merger is
expected to close in the late third or early fourth quarter of
2019, subject to satisfaction of customary closing conditions,
including receipt of customary regulatory approvals and
approval by the shareholders of each company.
May 17 Latinas in Business Inc. Entre-pre-
neur Empowerment Lunch (EEL) and Latina
Entrepreneur of the Month Awards, presented
by Latinas in Business Inc., NJ. For more infor-
mation visit (http://latinasinbusiness.us)
or
email (Susana@latinasinbusiness.us.
May 22-23 3AF 2019 Asian Marketing
Summit, presented by Asian American
Advertising Federation (3AF), Los Angeles, CA.
For more information visit http://www.-3aforg.
May 30-June 1 Jamaica International
Exhibition, Montego Bay6 Convention Center,
Montego Bay, Jamaica. For more information
call (876) 978-7755 or email rdurrant@jampro-
corp.com.
June 1-7 Caribbean Marketing Confer-
ence, presented by the Caribbean Tourism
Organization, New York, NY. www.one-
caribbean.org
June 4 Daphne Muse: Civil Rights History
Through Letters forum, Taube Family
Auditorium, San Francisco, CA. For more infor-
mation call (415) 597-6705.
June 5-6 Select LA, Los Angeles, CA. For
more information visit http://www.selectla.-
org/register
June 6 The AAF's 2019 Mosaic Awards,
presented by the American Advertising
Federation (AAF), Hollywood, FL. For more
information visit http://aaforg/mosaicawards.
June 6 MFHA Regional Roundtable, hosed
by The Cheesecake Factory, Los Angeles, CA.
For more information visit https://mfha.net/-
events.
June 11 MFHA Regional Roundtable,
hosed by Ecolab, St. Paul, MN. For more infor-
mation visit https://mfha.net/events.
June 11-12 2019 CMC Annual
Conference, presented by The Culture
Marketing Council: The Voice of Hispanic
Marketing, Dallas, TX. For more information
visit http://www.culturemarketingcouncil.org.
June 19-22 Black Enterprise Event,
Charlotte Convention Center, Charlotte, NC.
For more information visit wwwblackenter-
prise.com.
June 20 Community Marketing &
Insights 12th Annual LGBTQ Marketing &
Advertising Symposium @ Google, presented
by Community Marketing & Insights, New
York, NY. For more information visit
http://communitymarketing.com/lgbtqlean.
July 9-10 Multicultural Women's National
Conference, Working Mother Media, New
York, NY. http://www.workingmother.com/-
conferences
July 24 – 26 ColorComm's 6th Annual
Conference, ColorComm Media Group, Mia-mi,
FL (http://www.colorcommconference-.com
July 24-26 23rd Annual International
African American Hotel Ownership &
Investment Summit & Trade Show, Miami
Marriott Biscayne Bay Hotel, Miami, FL. For
more information call (954) 7-7102 or visit
www.summit@NABHOOD.com.
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