Beginning a year-long stint as chair of the Greater Columbus Georgia Chamber of Commerce Thursday, Alan Rothschild said the organization simply cannot be content with past successes it has had — or proceed business as usual.

“As businesses have emerged from the recent recession, many of us are now facing a very different business climate,” he told those gathered at the chamber’s annual meeting, held at the Columbus Convention and Trade Center.

“We’ve got lower headcounts in our businesses, which means more responsibility shifted to the remaining employees,” he said. “And community contributions of both time and money are no longer guaranteed. They must be justified as adding value.”

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