The Aurora Regional Economic Alliance is launching a new membership structure after it recently completed strategic planning.

The relatively-new economic development and chamber of commerce organization was formed near the start of this year from the merging of four local groups: Aurora Downtown, the Aurora Regional Chamber of Commerce, Invest Aurora and the Quad County African American Chamber of Commerce. However, the city of Aurora is currently looking at recreating a group like Aurora Downtown .

Up to this point, the Aurora Regional Economic Alliance has been in the midst of creating a strategic plan. That plan was formally approved by the organization’s board last week, Interim President and CEO Jenny Maltas told The Beacon-News in a recent interview.

The organization’s members

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