Story last updated at 12:20 PM EST on June 14, 2007

TALK OF THE TOWN

Paul E. Tait, executive director of SEMCOG, will be the featured speaker at the Southern Wayne County Regional Chamber's Business Forum Monday at Crystal Gardens, 16703 Fort St., Southgate.

SEMCOG is a regional planning partnership of over 150 local governments responsible for planning and intergovernmental coordination on a variety of regional issues including transportation, water quality, air quality, solid waste, land use, community and economic development and data.

The forum will begin with registration at 11 a.m., followed by lunch at 11:30 a.m. and the program from noon to 1 p.m. The cost to attend is $15 per person or $150 per table. The public is welcome to attend. To register, visit www.swccc.org or call 1-734-284-6000.

Sponsorships are available for this business forum. Sponsor businesses are invited to a pre-forum reception where they meet and have their photos taken with the guest speaker.

Sponsors also sit at the head table during the program. They are introduced in the opening remarks and are listed in the program, on a marquee sign at the event and in the Business Connection news magazine.

To get more information about sponsorship, contact Mary Jarosz at 1-734-284-6000.