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Proximity to lawmakers draws many groups on the move

Heavy business before Congress drives associations to relocate; effort is fraught with challenges but planning, hiring help pay off CEOs are often brought in to take their associations to a new level. But many CEOs this year also have taken their groups to new locations—in most cases, closer to Capitol Hill. When David Almy took leadership of the $2.5 million-revenue Marketing Research Association in 2010, he asked a simple question about the group’s headquarters in tiny Glastonbury, Conn., its home for more than 20 years.“I asked why we were here,” Almy told CEO Update. It turned out a long-retired top executive had lived in the area. Almy proposed moving, and in… Read More