By banding together, the association can work effectively to improve business and the community. Since a healthy community leads to healthy businesses, the mandate can be far reaching.
Businesses pay a membership fee to become a part of the association.
The membership fees support the activities of the association and give the member a voice in the Chamber's activities. Membership also has many other advantages through discounts on credit card fees, long distance, fuel, etc. These come from the buying power of the association and are an added bonus to membership. The Chamber is run by a volunteer board that is elected from the membership every 2 years. The board makes the vast majority of the decisions on behalf of the membership regarding spending, policy, and the Chamber's specific activities.