Business Networking Breakfast

The Business Networking Breakfast is an opportunity for Chamber members to network with other business owners and establish partnerships. This exclusive event is free to Chamber members.

Bill Bowman has been a Fayetteville Chamber of Commerce member for 36 years. He has held dozens of positions with the Chamber over three decades, from serving as an Ambassador, leading Chamber Membership Drives, developing the Networking Breakfast, and serving over fifteen years as a Faculty member and advisor to the Chamber’s Annual Leadership Fayetteville Program. Bill is the recipient of the Chamber’s Small Business of the Year Award and Methodist University’s Business Person of the Year. In 2016, Bill startled the nation when he became the first male to win the ATHENA Award for developing Women’s View Magazine and his commitment to advocating and promoting women’s issues. Currently, he is the publisher of Fayetteville’s only remaining community newspaper, the Up & Coming Weekly, which he created 27 years ago, and a Media Marketing Consulting Service that focuses exclusively on helping businesses be successful in Fayetteville and Cumberland County.