EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

■ Port Angeles Regional Chamber of Commerce — Monthly luncheon meetings usually are held on the second Wednesday of each month at 11:15 a.m. in the second-floor meeting room of the Red Lion Hotel, 221 N. Lincoln St.

From 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. ​this coming ​Tuesday​, the Port Angeles Business Association, the ​Port Angeles Regional Chamber​ of Commerce and the Port Angeles Downtown Association ​will hold a ​special ​joint ​meeting in the second-floor banquet room at the Red Lion Hotel in Port Angeles. (See PABA entry below.)

■ 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 Robert Larsen, CEO of the Composite Recycling Technology Center.

The meeting’s sponsor is the Sequim Lavender Growers Association.

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 U.S. Rep. Derek Kilmer, Washington state’s 6th District representative.

Lunch of $9.75 will include an entree and sides.

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

From 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. ​this coming ​Tuesday​, PABA, the ​Port Angeles Regional Chamber​ of Commerce and the Port Angeles Downtown Association ​will hold a ​special ​joint ​meeting in the second-floor banquet room at the Red Lion Hotel in Port Angeles.

The meeting will feature representatives from the Association of Washington Business in soliciting comments, suggestions and ideas for its “small-business agenda” for the 2017 state Legislature.​

​There’s no cost​, and the meeting is open to the public​. But the association ​says those planning to attend need to RSVP so AWB can email registration materials ​to them ​and order enough refreshments.

To RSVP, contact Jackie Riley at ​JackieR@awb.org or ​360​-943​-1600. Specify the Port Angeles meeting and give your name and email address.

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All of the above meetings are open to the ­public.

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