17th Annual CACC Business Luncheon

Attendees had the opportunity to win prizes; First State Bank offered cash and lottery tickets!

Attendees were treated to an exciting 5-minute video of the Chaldean Community Foundation’s year in review.

Detroit Councilmember Coleman A. Young II presented CACC president Martin Manna with a Spirit of Detroit Award, for the Chamber’s 20-year anniversary and for “not leaving the city when every other business did.”

MotorCity Sound Board was packed for this annual business event.

Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan took questions from the audience.

Photos by Dany Ashaka

The Chaldean American Chamber of Commerce hosted the 17th Annual Business Luncheon on Friday, October 13 with Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan as the keynote speaker. Approximately 300 attendees from the Chamber’s member businesses as well as invited dignitaries and elected officials enjoyed the opportunity to network and even ask questions of the mayor at the event at MotorCity Casino’s Sound Board Theater. During the program, Detroit City Councilman Coleman A. Young Jr. presented Chamber president Martin Manna with a Spirit of Detroit Award, acknowledging the Chamber’s 20-year anniversary and thanking the Chaldean community for keeping Detroit in groceries after most businesses fled the city following the 1967 riots.