The Greater Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce 2015 YEAR IN REVIEW | Page 3

Our Mission
The Greater Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce (GPCC), the advocacy arm of the Allegheny
Conference on Community Development, serves as the 10-county Pittsburgh region’s chief
advocate at all levels of government to secure public sector investment and legislative and
regulatory improvements to improve the economy and quality of life. The enduring contribution of the GPCC is its ability to bring people and organizations together around issues critical
to the region’s competitiveness and, through a unified voice, effectively convey the needs and
priorities of the region to local, state and federal decision makers.

The Greater Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce provides regional, state and federal
advocacy critical to achieving the goals of the Allegheny Conference’s 2015-17 agenda of
Connecting People to Opportunity and to improve the economy and quality of life in the
10-county Pittsburgh region.
– Dennis Yablonsky, CEO, Allegheny Conference on Community Development

The Greater Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce

2015 RESULTS

10

On Behalf of

Counties
Working
Together

Resulting in

1 Region …
Big Wins for the Region

• Elimination of the uncompetitive Capital Stock and Franchise Tax
• Passage of a $305 billion federal infrastructure investment package
• Reauthorization of the federal Export-Import Bank
• $61 million federal budget increase for the National Energy
Technology Laboratory (FY 16)

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