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.

This Monday’s program will feature a review of a Coast Guard exhibit that will open in April at the Clallam County Historical Society’s Museum at the Carnegie in downtown Port Angeles.

Tickets for the luncheon are $15 and can be purchased from the meeting room cashier. For those not having lunch, there is a $3 participation fee that includes a beverage.

■ 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 speaker will be Marsha Massey, interim executive director of the Olympic Peninsula Visitors Bureau, on “Tourism: Front Door to Economic Development.”

The meeting sponsor is Home Owner Helper.

■ Forks Chamber of Commerce — ­Luncheon meetings are Wednesdays at noon at JT’s Sweet Stuffs, 80 N. Forks Ave.

This Wednesday’s meeting will be devoted to a discussion on local business issues. Lunch costs $8; a bowl of soup, $4.99; and a cup of soup, $3.99 (all prices plus tax).

■ Port Angeles Business Association — Breakfast meetings are Tuesdays at 7:30 a.m. at Joshua’s Restaurant, 113 ­DelGuzzi Drive, Port Angeles.

The speaker at this Tuesday’s meeting will be Clallam County Prosecuting Attorney Mark Nichols on “justice reinvestment.”

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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