The Jackson Area Chamber of Commerce will help sponsor the Uptown Jackson Revitalization Organization's monthly Uptown Coffee gathering from 8 until 9 a.m. Wednesday at the Cape Girardeau County History Center, 102 S. High St. in Jackson.

Uptown Coffee gatherings are held on the first Wednesday of each month at the history center.

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The Cape Girardeau Area Chamber of Commerce will conduct a groundbreaking ceremony at 3 p.m. Thursday to symbolically kick off construction of the Newbridge Retirement Community, an assisted-living and memory care facility, at 1205 S. Mount Auburn Road near South Kingshighway in Cape Girardeau.

The Cape Girardeau chamber's October Business After Hours gathering will take place from 4 until 5:30 p.m. Oct. 14 at The Library, 10 S. Spanish St. The event will also serve as a reception honoring John Mehner, who has announced he will leave his post as president of the chamber between now and the end of the year.

A gathering of Leadership Cape and Leadership Jackson alumni will begin at 5:30 p.m. at the Library.

Register for the event online through the chamber's website, www.capechamber.com.

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Thursday is the reservation deadline for the Cape Girardeau chamber's annual dinner.

The event is set for Oct. 21 at the Show Me Center, with cocktails beginning at 6 p.m. and dinner at 7 p.m., followed by a program and the chamber's annual awards.

Reservations are $50 per person or $400 for a table of eight and may be made through the chamber's website, www.capechamber.com.

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