The

Fayette County Chamber of Commerce should provide

better leadership in the community, said incoming

Chairman Tate Godfrey Saturday.

Speaking

during the group's Annual Banquet, Godfrey gave

his expectations for the coming year.

"I

hope to build on the chamber's role as the voice

of business in Fayette County and I thank my

predecessors, Dot Kite and Michael Whiteside, for

their tremendous strides on that issue," he

said. "I have asked the board and the

Governmental Affairs Committee to become even

more aggressive in speaking out on behalf of our

member businesses," he added.

"I

have challenged the board to insure we are

providing high quality services and the acid test

of any chamber program should be `Does it help

build wealth and security for our

members?'," Godfrey said.

"We

are evaluating member surveys and will be

sponsoring seminars on topics beneficial to

members," he added.

"The

business community in Fayette County," he

concluded, "has an obligation to provide

better leadership in shaping our future. I ask

all of you to join in and help us provide that

leadership."

Godfrey

is employed by Pathway Communities as director of

industrial sales and office leasing.

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