MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT


September 22, 2025

How we appear to the outside world matters. In a world flooded with data, how site selectors interpret information and draw conclusions is increasingly important. Our Developing Delaware conference is just weeks away, and we are fortunate to have the opportunity to hear from Ron Starner, executive vice president of Conway, Inc. Also serving as the publisher of Site Selection magazine, Ron is uniquely qualified to share trends and realities in the business location market with us.


In addition to hearing from Ron, we’ll sit down with DNREC Secretary Greg Patterson and Steve Smailer, director of the Division of Water, to learn more about the plans to improve permitting management within the Department, as well as recent process improvements in certain areas.


Our lightning round presentations, always a favorite of attendees, will include spotlights from the three county leaders. This year, we’re adding a new twist with a second segment focused on key projects happening in the state, including Starwood Capital Group’s proposed Delaware City data center, ALOFT AeroArchitects’ planned innovation center, and the The Downtown Dover Partnership’s Capital City 2030: Transforming Downtown Dover! master plan.

 

This is always a half-day event filled with a lot of substance. I hope to see you and your colleagues there! You can register for the event here.

News You Can Use

We kick off the week today with several speeches from Fed leaders. Tomorrow brings remarks from Fed Chair Jerome Powell and Fed Vice Chair Michelle Bowman, along with S&P flash U.S. services and manufacturing PMI for September. On Wednesday, we get new home sales for August, followed by initial jobless claims for September, Q2 GDP estimates, advance retail and wholesale inventories of August, and existing home sales for August on Thursday. Friday rounds out the week with personal income and spending for August, PCE index for August, and September consumer sentiment.

 

This week of earnings calls kicks off tomorrow with AutoZone, Micron, and Cantaloupe. Wednesday brings calls from Cintas, Thor Industries, H.B Fuller, and Stitch Fix. Costco Wholesale headlines Thursday's calls, and is joined by Accenture, CarMax, and BlackBerry to round out the week.

Michael J. Quaranta

President

Delaware State Chamber of Commerce

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Upcoming Events

Developing Delaware

Thursday, October 9

8:30 am - 1:00 pm


Delaware Technical Community College

100 Campus Dr., Dover

27th Annual Superstars in Business Luncheon

Wednesday, November 5

11:15 am - 1:45 pm


HOTEL DU PONT

42 W 11th St., Wilmington

Taste of Delaware

Wednesday, December 10

4:00 pm - 7:00 pm

 

Russell Senate Office Bldg.

2 Constitution Ave NE,

Washington, DC 

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