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.

Today’s program will focus on “The Future of Multi-modal Transportation and Bicycles.”

Scheduled speakers will be Jeff Bohman, president of the Peninsula Trails Coalition; Barbara Chamberlain, executive director of Washington Bikes; Kevin Dayton, state Department of Transportation Olympic region transit liaison; and Wendy Clark-Getzin, general manager of Clallam Transit System.

George Bergner, director of Port Angeles Likes Bikes, will provide opening remarks.

Updates on efforts by Tom Swanson of Green Crow, who is cycling across the U.S. to raise funds for a $100,000 scholarship, and Mark Urnes of the Port Angeles Education Foundation, which will administer the scholarship, also will be featured.

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.

Today’s speakers will be Judy Alexander of Local 20/20 and members of the new Jefferson County Local Food System Council.

The meeting sponsor will be Homer Smith Insurance.

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

This Wednesday’s gathering will be the usual first-of-the month business meeting.

Lunch costs $8; a bowl of soup, $4.99; and a cup of soup, $3.99 (all prices plus tax). The entree is chicken enchiladas.

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

This Tuesday’s speakers will be TV personality Mick Dodge and Roger Oakes to discuss the Hoh River.

Dodge is the star of the National Geographic Channel show “The Legend of Mick Dodge,” and Oakes, a retired Port Angeles physician, is a board member of the Hoh River Trust.

There is a $3 minimum charged by Joshua’s for those who do not order breakfast.

All the above meetings are open to the public.

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