EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

■ Port Angeles Regional Chamber of Commerce — Twice-monthly luncheon meetings are held on the first and third Mondays at noon in the second-floor meeting room of the Red Lion Hotel, 221 N. Lincoln St.

According to an email from the chamber:

“Based on responses to our survey, the Chamber is changing our monthly meetings program.

“Once that is completed (this month), we will communicate the new schedule and format.

“Until then, there won’t be a 1st Monday or 3rd Monday luncheon.”

■ Sequim-Dungeness Valley Chamber of Commerce — Twice-monthly breakfast meetings are held at 11:45 a.m. on the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month at SunLand Golf & Country Club, 109 Hilltop Drive, Sequim.

This Tuesday’s meeting will feature the program “League of Women Voters and Civic Engagement.”

The meeting’s sponsor is Windermere (Sequim East) Real Estate.

Reservations for luncheon at $15 or beverage at $3 are required by noon Monday. Phone 360-683-6197 or email info@sequimchamber.com to RSVP and for further information.

■ Forks Chamber of Commerce — Luncheon meetings are Wednesdays at noon at Blakeslee’s Bar & Grill, 1222 S. Forks Ave.

This Wednesday’s gathering will feature Kevin Hoult of the North Peninsula Small Business Development Center.

Lunch of $9.75 will include an entree (pulled pork sandwich) and sides. The soup of the day will be cheeseburger mac.

■ Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce — Weekly ­luncheon meetings are held Mondays at noon at the Port Townsend Elks Lodge, 555 Otto St.

This Monday’s program will feature Amanda Mulholland, director of the Jefferson County Farmers Market.

Lunch by Subway costs $8.

■ North Hood Canal Chamber of Commerce — Representing the “Emerald Towns” of the Hood Canal, Quilcene and Brinnon, the chamber meets monthly on the third Monday of the month.

The group will meet this Monday at 5:30 p.m. at the Brinnon Community Center, 306144 U.S. Highway 101 in Brinnon, to hear Jefferson County Commissioner Kathleen Kler discuss her background and how it influences her policy decisions in an interview with the chamber’s executive director. The public is invited. A question-and-answer session will follow.

■   Port Angeles Business Association — Breakfast meetings with networking and educational programs are Tuesdays at 7:30 a.m. at Joshua’s Restaurant, 113 ­DelGuzzi Drive (off U.S. Highway 101) in east Port Angeles.

​​​​T​h​is coming Tuesday​’s meeting​ will feature a presentation ​by ​M​ary Ellen Winborn, ​director of the Clallam County Department of Community Development,​ on changes in the department since her election in 2014 and county-wide issues being handled by her staff.

There is a $3 minimum charge by Joshua’s for those who do not order breakfast.

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All of the above meetings are open to the ­public.

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