The Marion and Hillsboro joint Chamber of Commerce Annual dinner is 6:15 p.m. Monday in the Marion Community Center Ballroom, 203 N. 3rd St.

Dinner will be served at 6:45 p.m. The cost of the event is $20.

Don Macke is the featured speaker at the event. He is the director of the Rural Policy Research Institute Center for Rural Entrepreneurship. He has nearly 30 years of experience and has traveled extensively to speak about rural community economic development.

He has been a consultant in nearly 40 states, Canada, and the Caribbean. Lincoln, Neb., is Macke’s home and he has served in the Nebraska Legislature.